Sovereign Impotence

**Started June 16th**

**Finished June 21st**

**Takes place in 2038**

8 years ago

Nox was much younger, maybe 8. She was training with her mother. She had no tattoos. She ducked under a slash of her cane from Kimi and punched Kimi in the stomach. To realize it did nothing. Her Mom backhanded her with her cane. Leaving a mark across her nose. She held her nose, she was bleeding.

Nox: Mom, I’m b-

Kimi hit her again, across the face. She put her shoe to Nox’s face.

Kimi: C’mon…

Nox was struggling, and whimpering in anguish. Her hands were shaking with uncontrollable black energy. She then stopped, and pleaded.

Nox: Mom! Don’t you see? I’m bleeding!

Kimi: Your enemy won’t stop because you're bleeding. I’m going to kill you.

Nox was quiet for a second. Kimi brought her cane down into Nox’s side, and started driving it into her. Nox screamed overdramatically. But for good reason. She was covered in an unstable black aura. She started to see visions. She saw a girl who was beaten badly. Her clothes were torn badly. She stepped out of a pile of rubble. On her back, was the branding of a Phoenix. Nox suddenly felt this girl’s pain, her anger. It was like she had been dragged to the pits of hell and then being spat back up again. She threw her Mom off of her. She stood up, crying with the black aura still around her, starting to engulf her.

Kimi: Yes Nox…

Nox then felt the energy leave her. She became tired, and fell down.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Nox woke up in her bed. She had been bandaged up. Her mother was looking around her room.

Kimi: This room is filthy…

Nox: What happened?

Kimi: You slipped into chaos.

Nox: Chaos?

Kimi: That’s a topic for when you're older. All you need to know is that It makes you far more powerful.

Nox: So what if I learn how to use it? Then I’ll be super powerful!

Kimi: How did chaos state feel?

Nox: Dark...And I saw things.

Kimi: What’d you see?

Nox: A...girl. She had uhm, orange hair like mine. She was walking out of a cave. She had this red armor. Oh! And the marking of a phoenix on her back! She was hurt...angry. But it was like she had woken up from a long nap.

Kimi: A long nap?

Nox: Mhm. I felt connected to her somehow...Have you ever seen her?

Kimi: ...Not in a long time. You saw Terra. The goddess of Earth.

Nox: The goddess of Earth?

Kimi: She’s no goddess though. More like a devil. Glowing red devil. I’ve met her, and fought her. She attacked my village, and spread lies that she was the second coming of Artemis. She snuck up on me and tried to kill me. I’ve heard of her atrocities. Killing innocent metahumans...Even some humans. She must be torturing them in her torture room as we speak. Branding them with her same mark.

Nox: Oh my god…

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

The present

Terra’s hand rested on the steering wheel of her car. She was in her mid-thirties just like Delta. Her orange hair was long as usual. She wore a fur coat, it was light brown with white fur. Under this she wore a grey shirt and black and white sports pants. She wore sandals on her feet. Her light green eyes almost shed light on her windshield. She was waiting outside of a school. There was a baby in the backseat of her car. It was fast asleep. Terra looked stressed. She started to fall asleep, when she was startled awake when her head fell on the horn and beeped it. The baby in the backseat woke up and started crying.

Terra: Hey! Hey, little Ellie. Come here, see Mommy? See Mommy?

Terra looked back at Ellie. She stopped crying and looked at Terra, and then immediately started scream-crying.

Terra: Goddammit...Have a kid they said, it’ll be fun they said!

Terra turned on some cartoons for the baby. She started to quiet down.

Terra: Donna should be out by now…

Terra got out of the car, and went into the school.

Terra: Delta?

A little kid, Donna with green hair and heterochromatic eyes was hanging on Delta’s arm.

Delta: See, that’s pure muscle right there.

Donna fell on her butt and laughed with Delta. Delta helped her up.

Donna: Can I see your weapons again?

Delta: You want to see lefty, or righty?

Donna: Both! I dare you!

Delta took out a pair of twin pistols. They were colored dark green with blue outlines.

Delta: Boom.

Donna: Can I...Hold them?

Delta: Knock yourself out.

Delta handed Donna her guns. She put one of the guns up to Delta’s face.

Donna: Boom!

Delta: Ah!

Delta fell back like she had been shot.

Delta: Oh the horror! I’ve been executed by Donna the Destroyer!

Terra: Delta! What the hell are you doing?! Donna, give me those!

Donna: Awww...We were just playing.

Donna handed over the guns. Delta got up.

Terra: Uhm Donna. Can you go watch cartoons in the car with Ellie? I have to have an adult talk with Delta here.

Donna: Where’s my Mom?

Terra: Amelia has work, honey. You know that. You can hang out with me, Ellie and Temp for a little while. Okay?

Donna: What about Delta?

Terra: We’ll see. Here, come on. Let me walk you to the car,

Terra walked Donna to the car, She put her hand out, telling Delta to wait. Terra came back shortly.

Terra: Seriously?! Guns on school property?

Delta: Sorry, sorry. I was just playing.

Terra: What if she actually shot you in the face?!

Delta: Gun wasn’t loaded. Unless she had some olympian magic to spare.

Terra: You could get arrested for something like that, Delta!

Delta: Damn, someone became stuck-up since last time we met.

Terra: I’m just saying, things could’ve gone wrong! How would I explain to Amelia that her daughter killed someone?

Delta: I’m willing to bet Amelia’s so out of it she doesn’t even know who I am.

Terra: Okay, okay. What are you here for, last I heard from you, you were settling somewhere new.

Delta: Well. that kind of went down the drain. I think I’d rather show you the trouble.

Terra: Do you need my help? Is it bad?

Delta: Well, it’s not preferable.

Terra: How are you going to show me, anyway?

Delta: I left the evidence at an art museum. She’s probably so blown away by the art that she can’t even move.

Terra: Is this “evidence” dangerous?

Delta: That’s why I’d like to speed this up.

Terra: I have a 1 year old daughter. I need to make sure she’s safe. So whatever you’re pulling me into ha-

Delta: You’ve dealt with the worst of the worst. You can deal with this.

Terra: At least show me the situation, I’ll see what I can do.

Terra sighed and finally cracked a smile. She hugged Delta.

Terra: Nice to see you, Delta.

Delta: There’s the Terra I know.

Terra and Delta drove to Terra’s house. The group walked in. Terra’s husband, Tempest was cooking. He had grey eyes, and wore a grey wife beater. He had long black and white pants.

Tempest: Hey Terra!

Terra was holding Ellie, Ellie was crying.

Terra: Temp, can you take the baby? Please?!

Tempest: Here, Ellie.

Terra handed Ellie to Tempest. She stopped crying when Tempest looked into her eyes.

Terra: Why does she always cry around me?

Tempest: Your energy rubs off. I can tell you’re stressed.

Delta: Well, Terra. We should go. Quick.

Terra: What should I be ready for?

Delta: The person we’re going to see is...A lot like I used to be.

Terra: Kindred spirits?

Delta: She’s strong. But we can keep her down.

Terra: So what’s the problem that’s so bad?

Delta: Well, I moved to the white mountains. To find a good amount of it is taken up by a woman called Kimi Lorenz.

Terra: Kimi...My Mom.

Delta: I hate to ask, I know you have the kid. But I need someone’s help. Someone I can really trust.

Terra: I’ve won against my Mom before. I can do it again.

Delta: She’s stronger now.

Terra: So am I. I’ll go. But promise me we’ll all come back alive.

Delta: I promise, Terra.

Tempest: You’re getting into it again?

Terra: I’ll come back safe, Temp. I promise.

Tempest: Ellie wants to see you back safe.

Tempest turned Ellie towards Terra. Ellie put her hand to Terra’s face. Terra kissed Ellie on the forehead. Her and Tempest then kissed.

Delta: Ew…

Terra: Let’s go. How long do you think this will take?

Delta: Not long. I hope.

Terra called her armor to herself. She took off her coat and kicked off her sandals. Her armor snapped on, like Deltas. A red chestplate, gauntlets and shinguards, along with a belt that held two large portugues. In Terra’s front and back.

Terra: Let’s go.

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Nox was looking at the art in the museum. She was admiring a portrait of two hands touching. The slender, soft hand of a mother, and the small innocent hand of a daughter. It was called “mother and daughter”. The painting’s background was a dark red, surrounding it with a contrasting feeling. Nox couldn’t help but stare into it, looking for greater meaning in it. Lots of people started to walk in. They got in a line, they entered the museum. Starting to crowd around Nox. This was the first time Nox had seen so many people. She started to get claustrophobic. Nox was in front of the painting, touching it. She had crossed the enclosure of the painting. A staff member came over to her.

Staff: Excuse me, you can’t touch the paintings, young lady!

Nox: Stay away from me.

Staff: Do you even have an admission bracelet. We may have to call security.

Nox: Security? Just back off! Back off, back off, back off!

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Staff: Ma’am, try and control yourself!

Nox: You try and control yourself!

Staff: That doesn’t even make sense!

Nox walked out of the art enclosure and walked up to the staff member.

Nox: I could snap you in half like a twig.

Staff: Okay, I’m calling security.

Nox knocked the walkie-talkie out of the staff member’s hand. She crushed it with her foot and punched the staff member in the chest. She went flying back and broke the glass of an exhibit. She fell down.

Staff: What did you do…?

All the people around Nox started screaming and pointed at her.

Man: Everyone! It’s a metahuman!

Nox: I’m not a metahuman…

Nox called upon Zeus’s spear. She held it out at the people. She slammed it onto the ground, causing a large surge of electricity. All the people cowered before Nox. Until Nox was knocked down by a piece of armor that wrapped around her leg. She was slammed on the ground. Terra ran in and stood above Nox.

Nox: You…

Nox summoned her super speed and quickly got to her feet. She threw kick after kick at Terra. Terra put her gauntlets up and blocked. She telekinetically made her spear into a full spear and swiped Nox’s leg that was planted on the ground. Terra grabbed her kicking leg as she fell. Terra’s gauntlets covered Nox, and so did one of her shinguards.

Terra: I can snap your leg in half. Give this up.

Nox took control of Terra’s armor and kicked her in the stomach. Terra went flying up a little. Nox jumped up and punched Terra in the stomach. She went flying back, but found her footing.

Terra: You’re like me…

Nox: I’m nothing like you! Devil!

Terra: I don’t have any horns.

Terra held out her hand. Nox suddenly felt sick. She fell over.

Terra: She’s strong.

Delta: Yeah.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra and Delta were driving to the white mountains in Terra’s car. With Nox in the backseat, unconscious.

Terra: Well, Kimi isn’t very friendly to visitors. She’s an outcast. It didn’t even take her long to cast me out. Well, two times.

Delta: I think I gathered that she’s batshit crazy.

Terra: Yeah. How did you not beat her?

Delta: She sent Nox to send me to the underworld. Unlucky for Nox, she got to come with me. Nox isn’t a bad person.

Terra: Uh huh…

Delta: Well, she is. But her Mom made her that way! Think about how you may have been if you were actually raised by your parents.

Terra: I see what you mean.

Delta: Nox can be better. Trust me. It starts with showing her who Kimi really is.

Terra: So you said Mom. Right?

Delta: Oh yeah…She looks like you, huh?

Terra: She does, yeah. That’s my sister.

Delta: Just what you need, a long-lost sister.

Terra: How’d I not catch that? How could Mom not even try and contact me?

Delta: Did you catch the part about batshit crazy?

Terra: Of course…I want to get to know her

Delta: I’m not sure if the feeling’s mutual.

Terra: I’ve got an idea.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Delta: A picnic? That’s your idea?

Terra: Just...Go wake her up and ask if she’s hungry,

Delta: Well...Okay.

Delta went over to the car and shook Nox. She woke up. She scrambled to a sitting position, looking at Delta.

Delta: Nox. It’s okay.

Nox: What do you mean it’s okay? You asked the devil for help!

Delta: Well, that may be. But she’s not the devil. She’s a good person. Trust me,

Nox: She’s not good,

Delta: Trust, Me. When have I steered you wrong? I swear on my tribe she won’t bring harm to you unless you bring harm to her or others.

Nox: You’re telling me she isn’t a terrorist?

Delta: Terra the terrorist gave up that role a while ago.

Nox: Dammit...Just bring me to her! You’re obviously too stupid to understand the severity of this situation.

Nox made her way over to Terra. Who was peacefully setting up a picnic for her, Nox and Delta. Nox sat down. She had the face of a pouty child.

Terra: Nox...What do you want? PB&J? Ham sandwich? Roasted Duck?

Nox: I don’t want any of your food!

Delta glared at Nox.

Delta: Cmon.

Nox: Peanut butter and jelly…

Terra handed Nox a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Terra: Here you go! I already had it ready for you! I figured you might like these...Considering they're my favorite too.

Nox: There’s nothing similar about us. You’re a devil.

Terra: What is it that my Mom told you?

Nox: I’ve never met your Mom.

Terra: Kimi Lorenz. You’re Nox Lorenz, I’m Terra Lorenz.

Nox: Where’s the proof?

Terra: Why would I lie? Besides, I don’t know if your Mom can do this, but…

Terra ripped Hermes’ boots off of Nox’s feet.

Terra: You controlled my armor back at that museum.

Nox: I can’t...I won’t believe it!

Terra: We’re sisters. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for the last 16 years.

Nox: We didn’t want you around.

Terra: Answer this for me. Why?

Nox: You hurt my Mom! You killed countless people! Like I said, you’re a devil! Why would I want to be friends with you?! Where’s real proof that you’re my sister!?

Terra: Kimi is my Mom. I don’t remember much about her. I do remember that she only liked to eat veggies.

Terra thought hard about Kimi.

Terra: She walks with this...overbearing presence. She always called me “child”. Oh! Why hadn’t I thought about this? Her parents' names were Carl and Ellie! They lived in a village that was burnt to the ground by a group of bad people called the MFI. You wouldn’t had met your grandparents. But Carl had many relics of the past, Ellie could always make the best chicken pot pie. That was the one thing I think me and your Mom agreed on.

Nox looked at Terra in silence. Kimi had talked about her parents. Their village was burnt down, and it’s ruins were rebuilt by Kimi, and many were given proper burials.

Terra: Am I wrong?

Nox: Just because you’re my sister doesn’t mean that I’m going to automatically look up to you. Hell, I could probably beat you in a fight.

Terra: Let’s just eat.

The group sat in silence and ate.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

After hours, the group had began walking up the white mountains.

Nox: You’re a god of earth? Right?

Terra: Yeah.

Nox: You don’t act very godlike.

Terra: Well, I think it’s overrated.

Delta: Me and Terra actually competed for the role of god.

Nox: You what? How’d you lose Delta?

Delta: I let Terra win. Don’t worry. My mother was Artemis. Well, adoptive. I was one of her nymphs.

Nox: Why are you people so weird?

Delta: I wanted to be just like her, and well. Things didn’t turn out that way. My Mom was insane. The Olympian stories made her sound like a badass who resisted normal human tendencies. But I have known her since I was born. She resisted them so much she resented them. Being stupid me, I went out on the world. Did what I thought my Mom wanted. It wasn’t what I wanted.

Nox: Why do you all feel the need to tell me your backstories?

Delta: Well, how are you going to understand us? Me and Terra even fought Olympians. I beat Apollo in a pretty awesome fight.

Nox: No you didn’t.

Delta: No, I’m that cool. It’s okay to be jealous.

Nox chuckled, and then immediately went back to her normal face. Trying to ignore she even smiled.

Delta: Ah! Hey! I heard that! I heard a chortle!

Terra: Delta, don’t toture her.

Delta: I’ll always remember this, I’m definitely going to tell your kids about it, Terra.

Terra: Hey, look in the cave over there!

Terra pointed at a cave. There was a small group of people.

Delta: Those...Those are my people! Hey! Guys!

Delta ran over to her tribe. They all tackled her with hugs. Delta quickle situated herself in the middle of a circle of people. She instructed them to let Terra and Nox through. Terra, Delta and Nox stood in the middle of Delta’s tribe.

Tribe member: Whose the girl with the tattoos?! The armored one’s daughter?

Terra: She’s my sister. Nobody hurt her.

Delta elbowed Terra.

Delta: Why would they hurt her. Terra?

Terra: Oh, yeah.

Delta: Someone, tell me why you’re here.

Ollie, the kid who Delta helped with his arrow skills, walked out.

Ollie: We were attacked by a neighboring tribe. Led by someone named Condor…

Nox: Psst Delta, that’s her…

Delta: What happened?

Ollie: She...Killed many of us, maybe half…

Delta expected this response, but wasn’t ready to hear it up front.

Nox: Mom did that…?

Ollie: Mom?

The tribe members all looked at Nox.

Tribe member: Hey! Her tattoos are just like Condor’s!

Delta: She’s on our side! Okay?!

Ollie: Well, where were you when we needed you, Delta?

Delta: This might sound bad, but I had met Kimi. She obviously was planning the attack, and she sent me far away.

Tribe member: And you befriended her daughter?!

Delta sat on a rock and thought for a couple minutes. Everyone mingled, they were glaring at Nox.

Delta: I’m going to make this right.

Terra: Delta…

Delta: Terra, you stay here with Nox. You two help my people settle down.

Nox: I’m going to go with you, Delta.

Delta: No, it’d be safer with Terra.

Nox: Around all these people?! I might kill one of them. Just let me come, please. I don’t feel safe.

Delta saw Nox’s look of panic.

Delta: Okay, okay. Come with me.

Nox: You’re going to attack my Mom, right?

Delta: I’ll do what I have to.

Nox: Don’t kill her. That’s all I ask.

Delta: Deal. Come on.

Terra: Delta, you’re going to do something you regret.

Delta: Who leads these people? I know damn well it’s not you. You’ve beaten Kimi before. I know I can too.

Terra: Just...Be careful. Maybe I should come with you?

Delta: You have to protect the tribe.

Terra: I think they can take care of themselves.

Delta: Ugh...I guess if I need backup. Come on.

Terra: Alright.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Kimi was meditating in her private study. Everything around her became weightless. Like reality was showing it’s true colors. She opened her eyes. She saw a man meditating across from her. He wore a black bathrobe. He had a beard that had begun to turn grey. His hair was long, and slicked back. He held it back with a helm. His eyes were golden. The beauty of his eyes was drawn away by multiple scars across his face.

Kimi: Enzo. I’m happy you were able to reach me.

Enzo: Come on honey. This is less than business.

Kimi and Enzo stood up. They walked to each other, embraced and kissed.

Enzo: That’s the Kimi I know.

Kimi: I am still here for business, Enzo.

Enzo: I know. I just wish one day we could cast away all of this. Maybe go on holiday?

Kimi: We all know that can’t happen.

Enzo: Yes, yes. I know. Why have you called upon me?

Kimi: I have a favor.

Enzo: You always do.

Kimi: So do you. Like that time you wanted Atlas’s Cane to “cut meat”.

Enzo: It’s a good castrating tool.

Kimi: You could’ve just used a machete or something.

Enzo: I didn't want my people to suffer. Anyway, what’s the favor?

Kimi: I want you to call someone for help.

Enzo: Who would that be?

Kimi: Pandora.

Enzo: Kimi...That’s a big favor.

Kimi: Well, you heard me.

Enzo: Okay. It may be difficult though. I’ll have to get in contact with Mom.

Kimi: Please. Do what you have to. I need to protect my tribe.

Enzo: Okay, if it’s that serious.

Kimi: Thank you.

Kimi stopped astral projecting. She came back to her body. She walked out of her study and into her village. She saw an arrow fly through the air, straight at her. She brought her hand up and caught the arrow in one swift motion. Terra’s armor came out of nowhere. It wrapped around Kimi and drove her to the wall. She made the armor go onto her body. Terra came from behind Kimi with Delta’s gun. She put her gun up to Kimi’s head.

Kimi: Terra.

Terra: Hey Mom. Up to your old tricks?

Kimi: You have no idea.

Kimi made Terra’s armor attack her. Terra was pushed into the wall. Kimi ripped off her chestplate and stabbed Terra in the stomach with her cane.

Terra: Goddammit! Not again!

Kimi: I’m counting on this to kill you.

Kimi was stabbed in the back by an arrow. Terra took the cane out of her stomach quickly. She took control of her armor and slashed Kimi’s cane at her. Kimi dodged every single one of Terra’s slashes. She took out her spear and slashed it around her body. Kimi jumped in the air.

Kimi: Nox, I feel your presence...

Terra kicked off her spear and spun around it. She kicked Kimi in the stomach. She slid across the ground and ran into a wall of Earth. Terra made the wall push Kimi towards her. All the bricks on the ground were kicked up. Terra took control of them and made tons of bricks crash into Kimi. Terra slashed her spear across Kimi’s side. She fell down with the huge gash in her side.

Kimi: Very impressive Terra.

Terra looked behind herself. There was Nox and Delta. Nox looked horrified.

Nox: ...Mom?

Kimi: Nox…

Delta: Nox. This had to be done, you know that, right?

Nox: No...I saw you. I saw you, devil! You did this to your own mother!

Terra: I didn’t kill her. She needs to be stopped, don’t you understand, Nox?

Nox started laughing. Pure black energy began to surround her.

Delta: Nox!

Nox’s skin turned black, Her face was pure black, so was her hair, Her eyes were a bright white. She was pure black. Pure chaos. Delta took out her gun. She held them to Nox.

Terra: Delta, that’s not Nox.

Delta shot her gun at Nox, amped with Olympian energy. The bullets did nothing to her. Nox blitzed Delta and tried to backhand her. Delta ducked under and kneed Nox in the stomach. Delta felt her armor start to burn.

Delta: What the hell…?

Nox punched Delta in the face. She went flying back. Terra slashed her spear at Nox. Nox put out her hand, and Terra’s spear was sliced by Nox’s hand like butter. Nox fell to her knees. She was crying. She fell in front of her Mom.

Terra: What...What was that?

Kimi: Enough for me to heal a stab wound.

Terra: You...You let this happen.

Kimi: You’re strong Terra. But not clever in the slightest. Think about it, you could’ve gotten yourself out of killing all those metas. Maybe you did it because you liked it.

Terra advanced forward and punched down at Kimi. She left a large indent on the ground. Kimi did an axe kick and hit Terra on the head, this only served to annoy her further. Terra took her two halves of her spear and slashed them at Kimi rapidly. Again, Kimi dodged every slash from Terra. She turned and dodged a slash. She caught Terra at the side with a kick, and brought her to the ground. Delta shot her gun at Kimi. Kimi ducked behind the wall Terra had made. She looked in the air and saw something coming. Kimi walked out in the open and put her hands up.

Kimi: Okay. I give up.

Delta: You really think I’m going to fall for that?

Kimi: Well, I give up fighting at the very least.

Delta: Why’d you kill my people, Kimi? Stop playing games and tell me.

Kimi: Why’d I do it? I mean, it’s simple. This is my land. My space.

Delta: So what? You just want to be alone? You never want to see anyone outside of your little village?

Kimi: Outsiders hurt people. They burn villages to the ground. They hunt our food. They discriminate against villagers. No matter what, letting that filth in always turns out to be a costly choice. You are nice enough. What about that one villager? Who isn’t comfortable with sharing their things with others? Then they start an uprising. They find like minded individuals. When they attack, it’s nothing but a mob. Mob mentality.

Delta walked closer to Kimi as she spoke.

Delta: And you killed half of my people because one of them could be that person?

Delta was now face to face with Kimi.

Delta: You’re a piece of shit.

Delta held her gun to Kimi’s face. A blast of light then came raining down on them. Right in the middle of Kimi and Delta. Delta flew back. Terra got next to Delta. A beautiful woman stood before Delta and Terra. She wore white robes with a golden belt, similar to Athena’s. Wing-tipped shoes like Hermes’. Both Terra and Delta were entranced by her beauty.

Delta: Hey! Terra! Stop looking at the impossibly hot woman!

Delta tapped on Terra’s side. She was snapped out of it.

Delta: That’s Pandora.

Terra: Pandora?

Delta: I read about her. She’s the Olympians ultimate creation. Made if something goes wrong,

Pandora: Hello ladies~

Delta: God...Most of the stories about her are sexist as shit...She’s like the anti-me.

Terra: I thought I was the anti-you.

Delta: Seems you’ve been replaced.

Pandora: I know, my beauty is hypnotizing. Yet, none of you would fall to my tricks. All about brute force...So uncivilized.

Pandora took out a suitcase. It had the inscription of a lion on it, and it glowed golden, despite being black. Pandora opened the suitcase and put her foot in it. Lightning flashed around her, and she gained the powers of Zeus, She started throwing lightning bolts at Terra and Delta. They were both hit and went barreling back. She threw lightning bolts again. Terra and Delta turned on their destruction forms. But the lightning bolts weren’t slowed down in the slightest. They were hit again. She summoned the powers of Apollo, and shot arrows in the air. She summoned the powers of Dionysus and summoned plantlife to hold Terra and Delta down. Finally, she summoned the powers of Poseidon, and sent a tidal wave their way. Their destruction forms were deactivated, and they were pelted with arrows and washed away by the tide.

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Nox was sitting at breakfast with Kimi. Nox was picking at her food.

Kimi: Eat your food. You need energy for today.

Nox: What’s today?

Kimi: Terra and Delta will be coming back united. Maybe with help. But we have something that can beat them. Pandora.

Nox: Where’d Pandora go?

Kimi: She’s exploring the town of course, think about it. A god admiring my town. My town!

Nox: Mhm, that’s great.

Kimi: Terra, I’m sorry you have to meet her like that.

Nox: Is she really my sister?

Kimi: I’m afraid so, I will be honest. She could kill me if she wanted, easily. You saved you’re mother’s life, Nox.

Nox felt a strange feeling of euphoria. Dissatisfying euphoria.

Kimi: Plus, I saw your chaos form in action. Finally,

Nox: What happened? I don’t remember anything.

Kimi: You protected me. With your black energy, you can destroy any olympian artifact.

Nox: I...Can?

Kimi: Soon enough, we’ll work on controlling your power.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra and Delta had taken refuge in a cave. They had set their armor aside, and were both soaking wet.

Delta: Ralph and Vickie, Taylor, Luis, Bev, Dustin…

Terra: Delta?

Delta: Some of the people we must’ve lost.

Terra: Delta, I think we need to be...forward thinking on this one.

Delta: To stop anyone else from getting hurt.

Terra: What about Nox? What do we do about her?

Delta: I...I don’t know.

Terra: You resonate with Nox, right?

Delta: I see me in her. Someone who could become as bad as myself. Or, atleast who I used to be. If we don’t help her, she could become just like me. She could kill hundreds.

Terra: Or millions.

Delta: Will we be able to do this without killing anyone?

Terra: We will.

Delta: So what about Kimi?

Terra: She’s strong.

Delta: Well she is your mother.

Terra: Maybe strong isn’t the word, she’s fast.

Delta: That’s it!

Terra: ...Yeah. It is.

Delta: There’s two things we could do. Or well, a combination of the two. I’m faster than you, right?

Terra: Well, yeah. I’d say so. But not as fast as Kimi.

Delta: But she hasn’t fought me. She doesn’t know my style.

Terra: That’s not enough to beat her though.

Delta: The final piece of the puzzle! Hermes’ boots. Any one of us would run circles around her.

Terra: She predicts moves…

Terra & Delta: Unless we’re too fast for her.

Delta: We’ll need my people.

Terra: They can fight, right?

Delta: With the right leader, like hell they can.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Delta and Terra went further down the mountain. Delta came to her people. Ollie came up to her.

Ollie: Did you do it?

Delta: I understand why we lost so many now, and I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you guys.

Delta went to her knees.

Delta: I didn’t tell you about Kimi, I’m not the one who makes us a civilization. It’s all of you guys. So I...I want to fight as a united front. We can destroy Kimi’s people. They’ve gotten comfy in their little civilization in the woods. Tell me everything you know about their tactics. We weren’t ready when they attacked us. Now we’re making the attack.

Terra: Delta, you got a plan?

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Nox was walking around the village. People always seemed to avoid her. She remembered something Terra had said. That Carl used to be a collector of Olympian artifacts. Nox decided to go on a walk. She walked towards the outskirts of the village. There was an abandoned house in the woods. She remembered she used to play in it often. She walked to the house and began looking around. It was still standing, but lots of it had clearly been burnt. It all lined up with how Terra described the events that had transpired there. Nox hesitantly went into the house.

Nox: The house where the devil was raised...It’s too cozy for a devil to have lived here.

The house was cozy indeed. She had never looked at it in depth. She had just found Hermes’ boots and left. She sat down in a big chair towards the back of the house. She sunk into the chair, it was half burnt. But had clearly been lived in. She took the Artemis book she had out of her bag and looked at the face of it. Two arrows intersecting with the outline of a deer on either side. Nox looked at the outline of dust on the night table next to the chair. It was an exact match.

Nox: Mom always had this book...She’s had it since birth. Was there...another copy?

Nox opened a drawer. She found some pictures. Some were pictures of Olympian artifacts. Then Nox found a black and white picture, that was clearly older than all the others. It was of a little girl, who was smiling. She was missing one of her front teeth. She wore green robes. Nox then took out another picture. It was like the little girl from the black and white picture had come to life. She flipped the pictures over. The black and white picture read “Kimi”, the colored picture said “Terra”. On Terra’s picture, it said “They look alike? Don’t they?” Nox put the pictures in her bag. She kept looking around. There was a living room, with a fireplace in the middle. Nox went left down a hallway at the end of the living room. To her right were stairs. She went upstairs, and found a bedroom. She laid in the bed, and looked over at the wall. There were words inscribed on the wall roughly. “Terra’s Room!” Nox was astounded. This really was Terra’s childhood home. She looked over at an open closet. There was a spear. Nox picked up the spear, it was light, and easy to use.

Kimi: Nox!

Nox jumped out of Terra’s bed. She came down the stairs.

Nox: Oh hey Mom, I was just exploring.

Kimi: Exploring?! Now?! What the hell’s wrong with you? Can’t you see we have a war to prepare for!? And put all this shit back!

Nox: I-I know I just wanted-

Kimi: Shut up! Look Nox, I have a mission for you, this isn’t time for fun and games...I need you to serve as a distraction for Terra and Delta. I know they like you. So I need you to throw them off their game. Then Pandora can go on the offensive. We need to get your shadow form working so you can weaken Terra and Delta. Okay?

Nox: Mom...I don’t know if I-

Kimi: Don’t know if you can what?! This is for the village! You’re lucky you’re back here at all.

Nox: What’s that supposed to mean?

Kimi: Nothing. I’ll be there tonight to train with you. I have to assimilate the troops.

Kimi grabbed Nox by the arm and practically dragged her out of the house.

Kimi: I can’t believe you went to this godforsaken place…

Kimi brought Nox back to their house. She brought her into the training area.

Kimi: Get ready, tonight I won’t show any mercy.

Nox: Mom? What if they came tonight?

Kimi: I have soldiers ready, guarding the perimeter. Either way, stay put.

Nox: Yeah,,,

Kimi left. It might’ve been the first time Kimi had left Nox alone in a long time. Nox put down her bag and started wandering the dojo. She looked at the door to the place she was never allowed. Under any circumstances. Kimi’s study. Nox went over to the door. It creaked open. She closed the door silently. Nox coughed from the smell of incense. She’d never smelled something that strong up close. Nox looked at a small book in the center of the room. Where Kimi must’ve meditated. Nox picked it up. “Logs”

Nox: A secret diary?

Nox opened the journal. “Log 10/18/38, Me and Enzo astral projected to each other today.”

Nox: What the...Enzo? That’s Dad.

He’s charming as ever. He seems to disagree with the way I carry myself. I don’t understand how he doesn’t bring himself to a higher standard than me with all those metahumans. I asked a favor of him, to bring Pandora to me. So I could snuff out my daughter and her friend. I can’t believe that Terra came back. I got rid of that godforsaken devil for a reason. The prophecy, that came true anyway. The red devil who killed all the metahumans.”

Nox: She’s...She’s seeing Dad. Whenever she meditates.

Nox’s curiosity got the best of her. She kept looking through the book. She found a passage from the day she was sent to the underworld with Delta. “Log 10/4/38, We’ve gotten rid of Delta. Without their leader, their village is open to attack. It’s almost nice not having Nox around.”

Nox: Mom? What?

“I figured she’d get dragged into the underworld anyway.”

“I can just have another kid with Enzo. That’d be nice, really. To start again. He could make my aging slow, we could have one more. One that isn’t a devil, one that isn’t cursed with dark energy. I have such bad luck with kids.”

Kimi: Nox! Delta has been spotted! Nox?

Kimi walked into the dojo.

Kimi: Nox! Where the hell are you?

Nox walked into the dojo.

Nox: Oh, hey Mom.

Kimi: Where did you go?!

Nox: A run around the dojo. What’s wrong with that?

Kimi: Oh, that’s...that’s fine. We need your help. Delta is approaching. There is no time to train.

Nox: I feel like I’m ready. I’ll hold her back the best I can.

Kimi: Good.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Delta and Terra led the charge of Delta’s remaining people. They wore light armor and had bows and arrows. Some had swords and spears, along with shields.

Delta: Terra, do you feel that power?

Terra: Pandora’s up ahead.

Delta: Terra, take the troops right, attack from the other side. I’m going to move in against these people.

Terra: No, you lead them. They need you, don’t make the same mistake you did before.

Delta: I guess I should be able to get to Kimi if we go around.

Terra: There’s people surrounding the entire place. Be careful.

Delta: I think you need it more than me.

Terra was on her own now. Delta brought her troops towards the right. Terra walked up the mountain just a little further. She saw that Pandora was waiting for her. She was standing there with her box next to her.

Terra: So, it’s just me and you!

Pandora: You are not the one I’m supposed to be battling.

Terra instantly ran at Pandora. She made her armor fly off and rotate around Pandora. She stayed still, and threw her suitcase into the air. It landed on her head as a helm. She turned invisible. Terra lifted up both of her hands. She made four walls of Earth come up around them. Along with a roof. Pandora started laughing.

Pandora: You think you can trap me? Are you insane?

Pandora summoned the powers of Hestia. She put her hands in the air, and made the box Terra had made around them explode.

Delta: Oh god Terra…

Terra: I thought you’d be able to make a bigger spark than that.

Terra came up behind Pandora and got her in a chokehold. She made new walls around them.

Terra: You aren’t getting away, you’ll have to kill me.

Pandora: Maybe I will.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Delta’s soldiers tore through Kimi’s defenses. The soldiers fought back and forth, Delta’s soldiers overpowered Kimi’s large numbers of soldiers. Delta split her armor off and knocked out a bunch of soldiers around her. She saw another group of soldiers come out. Delta took out her guns.

Kimi: Hey! Do you really want to finish this the fair way?

Delta: Guess I don’t have a choice.

Kimi fired two blasts of fire from her hand straight at Delta. Delta summoned her armor and blocked the barrage of fire. Delta made some plants come from the ground, they wrapped around Kimi’s legs. Delta threw a punch at Kimi, Kimi ducked under and blasted herself into the air with fire. Delta was pushed back. She shot in the air at Kimi. Kimi dodged and landed on the ground. She slashed at Delta with her cane. Delta advanced forward, and then felt the cane slash across her armor. Her heart sank, but she grabbed Kimi and slammed her on the ground. She started punching her in the face. Delta had realized that everytime Kimi got hit, she never lost any blood. She was spotless. But something flickered around her everytime Delta hit her. Like a shield. She put her gun to Kimi’s head.

Delta: Give up.

Kimi: So you won’t kill me?

Delta shot her gun into Kimi’s head. She heard a crack. Kimi’s shield was cracked off. Delta punched her in the face, this time, it left a mark. Kimi did the only thing she could. She took control of Delta’s armor. She made Delta’s armor cover her head. Delta was thrown back. Kimi shot some weaker fire blasts at Delta. Delta was hit clean in the stomach. Where she was open to attack. Delta went flying back and slid across the ground. Kimi threw Delta’s armor off of her.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Pandora slammed Terra into the wall and dragged her across the wall. She slammed Terra through the wall.

Terra: Naturally, you’d be attracted to something as strong as you to fight.

Pandora: You think that you are on my level? I’m all of the Olympian’s best parts! I’m the shining example of what an Olympian should be! Can’t you tell by my charms?

Terra: That’s why I think you’re so weak. You know why most of the Olympians are dead now? Because none of them have good parts about them. Some of them were just psycho rapists! What’s good about any of the Olympians?

Terra summoned her destruction form and ran up the wall. She jumped on Pandora and flipped her over herself, and slammed her on the ground. Pandora jumped to her feet. Terra hit her with two clean punches. She threw a punch back. Terra blocked it and socked her in the face. This time Terra heard a clean crack. Pandora spit out a tooth.

Pandora: My face! What have you done?!

Pandora summoned the power of Poseidon and shot water into the air. Terra dodged as much of it as she could. She ran at Pandora to stop her. Pandora shot the water into Terra. She was blasted through the wall. Pandora walked out. She made Terra come flying back with water, then summoned the might of Ares and body slammed Terra. She started beating Terra senseless.

Pandora: You say you’re as strong as me? You’re worthless! Worthless! How are you an Olympian god?!

Terra felt Pandora’s punches change force. She had just felt like she was being punched with tons of bricks, over and over. Now it felt like a pitiful slap. Terra threw Pandora off of her. Pandora stood up and summoned the power of Zeus. She extended her hand. Nothing happened.

Pandora: What…?

Terra: Huh. Awesome. So that’s why you aren’t even an Olympian. No real power. It’s just that suitcase.

Pandora looked behind her. Nox was holding her suitcase. She had closed it.

Pandora: Child. Hand me that suitcase.

Pandora made a suggestive pose towards Nox.

Nox: Seriously? When you look like that?

Nox picked up the suitcase and threw it into the air. She kicked it with the strength of Hermes’ legs. It flew for Hundreds of meters. Maybe miles.

Pandora: What’s wrong with you?! You were backup! Backup!

Terra waved her hand. Pandora was suddenly struck with a terrible coughing fit. Through her hacking, she spoke up.

Pandora: What...What is this?

Terra: Just a cough. Don’t worry. It’ll go away.

Nox: So...Are you really a devil?

Terra: Horns? Do you see any horns?! I’m human. Just like you. If I’m a devil, then so are you. So is everyone.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Kimi was beating Delta with her cane.

Kimi: You try to turn my daughter? I expected her to die. Now that she’s back, she’s been acting out of line. What did you do?!

Delta spat out some blood.

Delta: I dunno, I got out of the underworld, we went to a bar and beat up some bad guys, met your “devil” of a daughter, climbed the mountain and had a picnic. Must’ve been the picnic. I make a mad PB&J.

Kimi: Do you think this is a joke?

Delta: Well of course not. You killed my people. I want nothing more than to gut you like a fish right now.

Kimi: You shouldn’t say that when you’re at my mercy.

Delta: No, No. I think you’re at my mercy.

Kimi: What the hell are you talking about?

Delta: I’m just saying. You’re weak. Some old bitchy hag!

Kimi: You’re just stalling!

Delta: No, no no! Serious now! Just, let me give my last words!

Kimi: Those are your last words.

Kimi stabbed her cane down at Delta’s face. Delta put her hand in front of Kimi’s cane. Kimi stabbed her cane through Delta’s hand. She cried out. Delta used her other hand and pushed Kimi’s cane out of the way. Kimi pushed down, The cane slashed Delta’s cheek.

Nox: Mom!

Kimi: Nox, were you able to stop them?

Nox: I stopped Terra.

Nox had Terra behind her in cuffs.

Kimi: Good job Nox. I have a final mission for you.

Kimi pushed her cane into the ground.

Kimi: Kill Delta for me.

Nox came over. Kimi handed her cane to Nox. It was still wedged through Delta’s hand.

Delta: Hey, Nox. You know what’s best. Send me back to the underworld.

Nox: Mhm.

Nox took Kimi’s cane and brought it above Delta’s face. Delta didn’t even try to protect herself. Blood smeared across the ground in one quick slice from Nox.

Kimi: ...Nox!

Kimi was on one knee with her hand on her eye. There was a large gash across her face.

Nox: You hate me and Terra...You wanted me to get trapped in the underworld. What kind of Mom wants that for her child?! I don’t think I’ve ever felt love from a parent, and I was never given the chance to meet Dad. Who you’re seeing.

Terra: I thought you hated each other…

Kimi: You broke into my study?

Nox: Yes. I guess sending me to the underworld was your death wish.

Kimi: What?

Nox: We kill our enemies. Right? N-no matter what.

Kimi: You would be correct.

Kimi extended her arms out.

Kimi: If it’s so. Then do what you must.

Nox held the cane up and pointed it towards Kimi.

Terra: Nox! Stop it!

Nox: What? Don’t you hate her the most?

Terra: I think my Mom is a dirty piece of shit who deserves to rot. But not in a grave.

Delta put her hand on Kimi’s leg. She was turned to stone.

Delta: So, who wants to carry her? I know I can’t.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Weeks Later

Delta and Nox were holding gigantic scissors in front of a motel now owned by Delia Territories. Delta and Nox held the scissors together and cut the red tape in front of it. People around them cheered. Delta and Nox made it to a hotel room. They put their bags down.

Nox: Wow, this is nice.

Delta: I’m glad you think so. I think this is a better change. If I committed to the idea of secluding myself away from society. I guess I’m no better than my Mom.

Nox: Or my Mom.

Delta: I mean, we are going to go up there and start the second cleanup.

Nox: I’m...actually looking forward to it.

Delta: Really?

Nox: Yeah. Terra’s coming right?

Delta: Yeah.

Nox: I don’t really care about the memories there anymore. It’s just a village.

Delta: Don’t push those memories out of your head. Remember them. Maybe even hold them close. I have a feeling those memories are what make you who you are.

Nox: Don’t get all philosophical on me.

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The next day came quickly. Delta. Terra and Nox were in Kimi’s village. It was abandoned. Terra and Nox were in Terra’s old home.

Nox: Actually...I had something for you I had forgotten about.

Nox took out the stack of pictures she had found years ago.

Nox: Mom made me put them back. But she can’t do that anymore.

Terra looked at the pictures. She saw herself, and then her grandparents next to each other holding hands. With Terra budding in.

Terra: I...Never saw this one. Thank you, Nox.

Terra held the picture close to herself.

Terra: I’m really thankful that Mom left me with them.

Nox: I guess I am too. I probably wouldn’t be here.

Nox showed Terra around the house, and to her old room.

Terra: Nox, you’re going to make me cry. This place, so many memories. I can’t believe I didn’t come back sooner. I want to be a real sister to you, Nox.

Nox: Me too. We should do something all sisters do!

Terra: Like what? Braid each other's hair?

Terra and Nox laughed.

Nox: Maybe...Get a facial or a massage or something.

Terra: You know, I’ve never treated myself like that. Why not?

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Delta was kneeling in front of a bunch of graves. It was the many graves of her people.

Delta: I’m sorry I was arrogant. I’m going to be a better leader. For you guys, and for everyone who stood and still stands by me today. Thank you all for following me to the end.

**The end.**