God of War: Daughter of War

Flurry had no idea how long she had been bound for, save for the fact that it did seem to take the Furies time to travel from the island of Delos and reach their destination, a massive imposing prison of sorts that looked like it was designed to be some sort of terrible creature. Orkos, being close to her during the flight, revealed to her the truth, that this was Aegaeon the Hecatonchires, who was the first oathbreaker due to the fact that he made a blood oath to the gods and was punished by his Mothers, a story that pleased Alecto and her sisters when they heard their son say it. He was turned into a living prison, as part of his own punishment, hence the chains that locked many of his limbs into place, and it was unknown if he was even still conscious, but it hardly mattered since his body had been turned into a living prison to contain beings like him, those who dared to break an oath with a god. Kratos was special, as Ares still had a use for his services, and Alecto quickly confirmed that they would be devoting their time to breaking him in whatever manner they could, to restore him to the path they had set him on not that long ago, which only served to infuriate Kratos even more than before.

Something sprung to mind as they started to make their way down into the prison, seeking out areas to contain all three of them, where she found that she was being stuck in what appeared to be a lone cell above one of the arms, which was just three solid walls and a fourth that was grated with an iron door.

"Why are you treating me like an oathbreaker? I haven't made an oath with a god." Flurry pointed out, though as she was forced into the cell, causing the black goo to dissolve almost instantly, she found that the Furies took her bow, arrows, and her sickles, though interestingly enough they didn't take the pouch as well, rather Alecto glanced into it and found nothing, as odd as that sounded.

"While that is true, you haven't broken an oath like the Spartan has, you are far too valuable to leave unattended for too long." Alecto remarked, as she and her sisters had seen the little one's power during the battle on the gauntlet, how she was able to apparently see through Tisiphone's illusions and had launched Megaera's severed arm into the water so none of them could get it back, and it told her that they might have found the key to Ares' plans, "So here you will remain for a time, until we're done with our work on Kratos... once he's ready to cooperate, and go back to being Lord Ares' servant, we will come collect you and deliver both of you to the God of War. Someone like you will do well under his command, maybe he'll give you a high ranking position after a couple of years, but for the time being we'll keep you here, where nothing will bother or disturb you."

Flurry rushed at the bars for a moment, to try and get something, anything, of hers from the Furies before they departed, but they remained out of reach and she had to listen to Alecto's foul laughter as they flew off, causing her to huff as she took a seat, mostly to wait until they were long gone before doing anything else. While she waited for them to go away she found herself looking at the massive being that had been fashioned into a prison, making her wonder how much they had tormented and tortured him for breaking his oath, and with which god Aegaeon had annoyed by breaking said oath, but all she could see were the additions the Furies had infused him with. It was clear that they were serious about being the ones who punished oathbreakers, with all the cells and who knew what else, since she couldn't see inside the creature's arms, legs, or even it's chest, but everything she could see informed her that they had to get out of here soon, before any of the Furies tried anything on them. From her prison Flurry noticed that Megaera moved to an area above where she was resting, instead of heading over to a structure that seemed to be Alecto's domain, and potentially her sisters as well when she thought about it, meaning she was likely charged with chaining Kratos in the place they had designed for him, as soon as they learned of his oath breaking.

After watching the area for a time, as she was able to tell the passing of time thanks to a small window in her cell, Flurry found that there were no guards outside her cell, in fact it looked like the Furies might not believe in such a thing and did their work on their own, where she found a way to get her hand through the bars and held it out, silently beckoning one of her sickles to come to her, only for nothing to happen.

"Of course it's not that easy." Flurry sadly said, as she was hoping that the summoning power, or whatever she had used to call her sickles to her side earlier, could be used without her actually having the knowledge and training to do it on her own, meaning she was going to have to figure out some other way to get out of her cell, which had no openings save for the ones she had seen so far and a small section likely for food.

Unfortunately the Furies knew her better than she thought they did, as her cell literally had nothing for her to interact with or use, meaning she was to spend her days sitting on the floor, thinking about what they wanted from her or what one of them might do to her, or sleeping on the stone cold material that was below her. The Furies had left her with nothing to do to occupy her time, save for thinking about what she had done and who she had traveled with, as if they were trying to punish her for traveling with Kratos, an oathbreaker, instead of waiting for someone like them to find her. It annoyed her the more she thought about it, that they thought themselves above everyone and everything in the world, but even then something came to her while she waited, Alecto and her sisters spoke of 'Death', as in the sickles Flurry carried since she first woke up in this land. Based on that information, along with the fact that they had tied her up far more than what they did to Kratos, it told her that they were scared of her and her power, not to mention the power of her weapons, almost as if the sickles were the keys to ending their lives.

It would explain a few things as she thought about it, as Kratos, despite having slain a number of beings with his blades, and also hacked off one of Megaera's arms during their battle, was chained in his holding area with his weapons, while she was left with nothing, signifying that she was more dangerous than he was. Even with her thoughts on the matter it really didn't make that much sense, she was a kid, a novice at fighting, and she had no powers to speak of, save for gliding from high places and occasionally making a smart call when dealing with puzzles, so the Furies shouldn't be afraid of her, even after what happened on the gauntlet earlier. There was something she was missing, that much was clear to her, but Flurry had no idea what that something could be, meaning all she could do, until she figured out how to get out of the cell, was just think about everything in silence, with no one to talk to or bounce ideas off of. Such a thing made her miss Kratos far more than she thought it would, because while he could be brutal at times, finding bloody ways to end his foes, he did care for her and it made her care for him as well, like a little family of sorts, causing her to sigh as she returned her focus to trying to figure out how to get out of her cell.

Following that she discovered that the hours started to turn into days, as she saw the passing of the sun and moon from her cell, and there were a few interesting things that happened, such as the fact that each sister to her every now and then, all for their own reasons. One of their reasons, as she quickly discovered, was to feed her, as Megaera was the first to arrive, on the night of her capture, and she carried a tray that had meat, cheese, bread, and fruit on it, though she did have a scowl on her face, annoyed over the loss of her arm, but she did make sure Flurry also had some water to drink. The other two took turns doing the same thing, as if they had a rotation of sorts between them, though in addition to that Tisiphone wanted to know how Flurry was able to see through her illusions, causing her to shrug in response, as she had no idea herself and that meant she couldn't tell the Fury anything. Alecto, on the other had, came to chat, mostly about how traveling with Kratos for a time had sharpened her skills and that she would be better served to offer her talents to the God of War, but she kept her mouth shut, mostly because she didn't believe the Fury in question.

After a full week in the cell, as she had counted the days to help stave off any potential insanity from being trapped in the same place with nothing to do, something unusual happened, because instead of Megaera or Tisiphone coming to tend to her, like she expected, Flurry found that the odd gorgon from the statue of Apollo was rapidly moving towards her cell, as if the Furies themselves were hot on her tail.

"Quick, you... must... flee." the gorgon stated, speaking the moment she came to a stop in front of the cell, where Flurry had the feeling that she wasn't used to talking, or if she was it had been some time since her last actual conversation with someone, but before doing anything else she stopped, checking to be sure the Furies weren't coming, before using one of the sickles to hack through the door lock and open the way for her to escape.

"Thanks, but I can't leave yet. I must find Kratos... my guardian?" Flurry said, as she still wasn't sure what sort of relation she had with the brutal warrior, though for right now that was the furthest thing on her mind as the gorgon held a hand out and let her take all of her weapons, as in both sickles, her bow, and a full quiver, making her wonder how the creature had gotten them in the first place, before deciding not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

The gorgon could only stare at her and the surrounding area for a few seconds, as if studying where Flurry wanted to go before the Furies showed up, before nodding as she beckoned for Flurry to climb into her arms, though as she did so the odd creature, after making sure she was held tight, sped off to avoid being caught by the Furies. Such a thing meant that they went moving down the odd paths that the Furies had added to Aegaeon's arms, as if designed to confuse anyone who actually escaped from where they were placed, or maybe it was for Tisiphone to use her illusions, like having a base helped her use her incredible magic. Flurry realized what the creature's plan was, she was taking them to a high place, no doubt so she could use her wings to glide down into where Kratos was currently being held, though such a thing meant that the gorgon would have to flee before the Furies tracked her down, something she seemed okay with, as long as Flurry got to Kratos safely. It was a dangerous plan, since she couldn't fly and if she misjudged her mark there would be no for her to correct her course before it was too late, not to mention the fact that if a Fury discovered her she wouldn't be able to flee on her own, but she decided not to focus on those possibilities as they made their way to their destination.

When they reached the top of the hand that the gorgon was heading towards, where it was strange to not hear an alarm or something because of her escape, the creature set Flurry down as she beckoned to the hand that had been fashioned into an open holding area, where Kratos was partly chained, his blades stuck into two slots on the left and right walls, meaning the rest would come in time.

"There he is... be safe, alright?" the gorgon said, as if she knew that Flurry was going to move towards Kratos' position and free him so they could complete his quest, because the Furies were his ultimate goal and this meant it might be easier for them to track his targets down, all while showing her concern for someone of her age, especially since Megaera was on her way to Kratos' prison.

"I'll try. Going to be hard with the Furies closing in." Flurry replied, taking a moment to smile at the gorgon, showing her that she meant it, something that caused the creature to smile as well for a few seconds, despite the danger she was putting herself in, before patting her head once more and slithered off to avoid being caught by the Furies.

Flurry stood there for a few seconds, just to be sure the gorgon was safe, before steeling herself as she opened her wings and pulled out her sickles, where she watched as Megaera stopped in front of Kratos, meaning his torment was about to resume, causing her to run off the hand she was on and jump into the air, allowing her wings to catch her as she glided towards her destination.

"The little one has freed herself, Spartan... you are too far out of her reach, so where else would she go?" Megaera asked, showing that she and her sisters assumed that Flurry must have fled the moment she was no longer trapped in her cell, as if, despite her skills, they knew she wouldn't dare to come at them after all three of them bested her and Kratos after they freed the Eyes of Truth.

Kratos, despite himself, couldn't help but chuckle at that, because it was amusing to see the powerful Furies terrified of a little girl like Flurry, he could see the lingering fear in Megaera's eyes as she thought about what Flurry was capable of, like Death had been unleashed and the Furies were worried that it was coming for them, and he knew exactly who was on her way to interrupt Megaera.

"She's right here!" Flurry stated, speaking the moment the tips of her sickles embedded themselves in the Fury's back, as her plan had been to remain silent until what could be considered the very last moment, when the tips of her weapons dug into Megaera's flesh, causing the Fury to scream in pain as she waved her spider appendages around wildly, exactly as she intended.

What Flurry had been thinking was that forcing Megaera into this state would provide her with the force needed to free Kratos, using the power of her limbs to force open the locks that were holding one of his blades captive, which caused the Fury to pause in fear as the blade came from. Kratos, sensing the opportunity that had been provided to him, lashed out with the weapon by lifting it into the air and brought it down on Megaera's chest, missing her heart in the process based on what he was seeing, but right now his plan wasn't to kill her, at least not for the time being. Together the two of them started to force the Fury off the platform he had been chained on, which would keep her in a pained state as long as the second blade remained locked up, and Megaera knew that as her eyes widened in pure fear, that if she did nothing one of them would end up ending her life. She had no choice in the matter, it was either keep Kratos trapped and Flurry would end her life, since her weapons were far better at that in Kratos' eyes, something that would end in him being freed in the end, or she could free him, find an opportunity to escape, and maybe regroup with her sisters to bring them down.

Finding that she needed some prompting Flurry ripped out one of the sickles, causing Megaera to scream in pain, before using it to cut through one of the spider appendages, forcing the Fury to aid Kratos in freeing the other blade, who quickly launched them off the platform and removed Flurry from Megaera's back, allowing him to kick her down onto the ground as he landed nearby with the little girl in his hands.

"Flurry, are you alright? Did they hurt you?" Kratos asked, choosing to focus more on Flurry and less on the Fury that was in the middle of retreating, though it was at a slow pace since the sickles had done a number on her backside, something he couldn't believe when he thought about it.

"I'm fine. Honest, I'm fine... they were more interested in talking than torment." Flurry replied, which still weirded her out when she considered what the Furies had done, and what they could have done given everything she had learned about them, before she shifted her stance and raised her sickles, since this time it looked like she might be able to join Kratos in all of the fights that were ahead of them, "As for how I got out... let's save that for later, when they're gone."

Kratos had a feeling that he knew what she didn't want to say, that someone had come her to rescue, since it would alert the Furies to a potential intruder, causing him to ready the Blades of Chaos once more, where Megaera flinched as soon as she saw their determination to kill her, something that caused her to retreat into the prison. They found that the loss of a spider limb caused her to move wildly, as she moved along the various walls that were in front of them, though all it did was cause pillars to fall in their way, not that it mattered since both Kratos and Flurry could jump over the fallen stones with ease. This time around the only enemies in their way were the green beetles, where Kratos found that Flurry, despite a weak of isolation on Alecto's command, switched to her bow and let a few arrows fly without delay, taking out several of the bugs while he cleaned the rest up, allowing her to collect what was usable as they followed the injured Fury, who was growing increasingly worried as time progressed. As Megaera fled the pair followed after her without wasting time, finding that they had to jump up sections of the prison and cross oddly designed bridges to keep pace with her, plus they could see that she was growing increasingly terrified of the idea of them catching her.

Something that interested Flurry was the fact that Megaera had the amulet on her belt, meaning that when they caught up with her, and she was sure that she and Kratos would do such a thing, they could take the artifact and continue on to the rest of the Furies, they just had to take this one down first.

When the path lead into one of Aegaeon's arms, however, Flurry found that she wasn't grossed out by the fact that the Furies had hollowed out an entire inner complex and all sorts of hallways for the oathbreakers, even if it meant walking on what seemed to be bone, meaning she was far too focused on her goal right now and would likely freak out once the three Furies were no more. Megaera even dropped them into a larger chamber by breaking part of the pathway, where Flurry got her first glimpse of the infected that Kratos had mentioned back in the statue, where she found that some of the odd green beetles latched onto some of the inmates and twisted them into new monsters, as in the lower half of their arms and legs were the same green as Megaera's own spider legs. Kratos told her that it was best to think about these as brand new monsters, instead of people, since he knew she might have trouble with killing people, causing her to nod as she did her best to avoid them and cut into them with her sickles, allowing the more experienced warrior to take them down so they could press onward. Megaera even tried to insult them by stating that they 'fought like Athenaens', though it didn't do much since Kratos was ignoring it and Flurry had no idea what she meant, though once the last infected was down the Fury departed as fast as she could, showing that she was being very cowardly towards them.

She also showed them that she wasn't very smart as her attempt to flee knocked loose something for Kratos to pull down so he could jump up onto the main walkway, with Flurry on his back for that instant, before reaching a ladder that ended at a door, one that allowed them to head outside.

When they caught up with Megaera, right in front of the doorway that Flurry was sure lead to the chamber that Alecto and Tisiphone were in, she jumped over to one of Aegaeon's arms and did something disgusting, her parasites emerged from holes in her chest, which were the beetles she realized, and penetrated the arm. Such a thing caused the limb to come to life before their eyes as it's six fingers were brought to life, only a large insect creature burst out of it's palm and had two large wicked curved hands that looked like they were useful for carving things up. As the creature moved, however, they found that the arm it was part of was linked to the one that served as the walkway they were currently standing on, so the moment it started to move and tug it shattered the walkway, turning to face them on what seemed to be a makeshift area for them to fight in. Even with two enemies to fight Flurry found that the creature didn't even look at her, either because it was like Megaera and was scared of her, like all the Furies were, or maybe the cowardly Fury had commanded the couple of beetles to avoid her, for Alecto's plans, and it was doing so, focusing on Kratos.

She did, however, find that the creature was far too large for her arrows to do anything to, so she focused on using both of her sickles when it came close to the platform, and when she struck it they discovered that it flinched in pain, where Kratos was sure that there was something about the sickles that terrified everyone. Kratos used that opening to use both of his blades to get up onto the creature, shatter some armor on it's shoulder, and then slammed it into a structure when it tried to move around, before he realized that he had forgotten about Flurry's inability to do what he did and glanced at her to make sure she was fine. What he discovered was that she had stabbed the ground with her sickles, meaning that she was able to hang upside down thanks to how the creature was moving, allowing him to turn his attention back to the creature as Flurry considered how to help him. It quickly dawned on her that in this sort of situation, with a giant monster blocking their way, the best thing to do was to stay out of Kratos' way, especially as he found a way to get onto one of the creature's arms and got onto it's back, where his blades were embedded in one of it's arm blades and he used it to slash open the thing's neck, much to her continued amazement.

With the hand creature stunned, potentially dead already, Kratos leapt to the ground when he discovered that it was more like a ramp now, like what he and Flurry found in Apollo's statue, so while he slid down the path in front of him Flurry found a way to glide after him, allowing them to follow Megaera once more, only for them to end up in what looked like some sort of sewer system inside one of Aegaeon's arms.

Kratos took a few moments to stretch his arms and legs, as it had been a while since he was last able to move and he really didn't want to inflict pain on his body at the worst possible moment, before Flurry climbed onto his back as he climbed out of the area they had landed in. It wasn't hard to get out of that area and found that Megaera was still trying to taunt them, a bad move on her part since she should have fled the moment the odd creature had been made, to get her sisters, but that would spell her end soon enough as Kratos kicked a grate out of the way and found that they had to climb up the side of a wall to get to another level. Such a thing took barely a minute for him to accomplish, since he was experienced in this field as well and the climb was rather short, allowing them to walk on a flat surface for a time as Flurry pointed out a lever, one that seemed to open the way for them to pull a chain, while freeing some of the infected in the process. That only caused them to repeat their earlier actions, Flurry weakening them with a well placed hit so Kratos could finish them off in his own brutal way, usually by either splitting them in half or ripping them apart above his head, though after dealing with their enemies the pair made their way to the chain.

Flurry ended up finding an interesting piece of amber that looked like something was trapped inside it, maybe a bug or even a creature, since she was sure anything could swear an oath to the gods, where she shrugged and pocketed it in her bag as Kratos pulled the chain, lowering a door so they could press onward.

As they entered the structure, however, one of Aegaeon's arms grabbed onto the section of the prison they were walking through and actually pulled the cube they were in out, handing it like it was a toy while rotating it, meaning Megaera had to be in control somewhat, though it also caused more infected to attack them. With that in mind the pair simply repeated the plan that had worked so far and crushed their attackers with ease, though such a thing eventually caused Aegaeon to break a portion of the cube they were in, while also discovering a hand that served as a grapple point. Flurry didn't need to be told anything as she grabbed onto Kratos' back so he could get them out of there, using the blades to pull them out of the cube before it was destroyed, allowing them to land on solid ground, though for how long they had no idea as the hands crushed the cube until nothing was left. With time of the essence, since it was only a matter of time until Megaera realized they were still alive, Flurry found that there was a chain that could move a gear, but they needed to move another gear into place to accomplish whatever it was supposed to do, and Kratos discovered the lever that moved the second one.

Of course a cyclops had to show up and attack them, causing Flurry to get out of the way as Kratos used it's power against all of the other enemies, infected, that showed up to deal with them, so once the area was cleared, showing his skills in dealing with large groups quickly, he killed the creature and moved back to the gears. Such a thing revealed a point that Kratos could grapple onto, allowing them to reach a new level, before he found a door that he had to swung down into, only to find that it brought them to a cell that had a buff oathbreaker chained inside it, who seemed pleased with their sudden arrival. By that Flurry found that the man in question seemed to thank the gods for their arrival, only for the bladed arm of the creature to pierce the cell and miss him, but when the man called out for the gods to give him strength he seemingly vanished, much to the insect creature's annoyance. They also found that the creature cut off the hand sections around it, which allowed them to move as well since one grabbed the pair and slashed them through some of the walls, Kratos taking the majority of the damage since he placed himself between Flurry and the danger.

When the hand came to a stop, however, Kratos turned and slashed into it's palm with his blades, causing the hand to pull back as he and Flurry turned on the insect creature stopped close to their position, a terrible move in Flurry's eyes since it should know that they weren't to be underestimated. After weakening it for a few moments Kratos found a way to pull a section of the ceiling down on top of it, without endangering himself or Flurry in the process, something he was able to do twice before it seemed to wise up and not leave itself vulnerable, at least for a short period of time. After dealing some more damage to the creature Kratos found an opening to knock it backwards, allowing him to latch on with the blades as he stabbed it's hands into the spikes of the pillar behind it, before stabbing the creature itself in the chest with one of the larger spikes. As he did that he wasn't too surprised to find that Flurry had gotten onto his back, so while he maneuvered himself to break it's spine, thus killing it, Flurry dropped onto it's chest and swung her sickles at it for a time, like she was a distraction for him to do his job, allowing him to pull the creature's upper body back and shatter it's spine.

As that happened one of Aegaeon's pure hands grabbed the insect and crushed it against his body, allowing them to enter part of the massive creature's body, where Kratos insisted that they pause for a moment, to see if Megaera lowered her guard, allowing them to rest for a short period of time before continuing on their quest to kill the Furies.