Death.

That was in the air. So sweet. Hades had never ever felt so alive up until now. This was so....thrilling.

Hades looked down in his clenched fist and suddenly a small fire began to form around his fist. However it wasn't a physical fire. It was more of an energy. Bestowed to him by the Phoenix Force that was being wielded by his new companion Maria. What a strange encounter it truly was. It was like he was just attracted and magnetized to power. Power beyond the stars. Hades stood there in the middle of this beautiful field. What a beautiful place to end everything, such an irony. It was the only place in all of the United States that wasn't plagued and pillaged by war and despair and that was all about to change. How fitting. He looked upon the field and then towards the sky knowingly full well who would be coming for him. It was strange to even think about it all.

So Hades waited. He waited in the middle of the field surrounded by the yellow flowers as a small breeze walked by. No where to hide for miles. Just face to face.

A small breeze. The final omen. This would end all be all.

Interesting.

Gaea had presented herself in front of Hades standing practically on the other side of the field. His grandmother stood in her place and called out to Hades telling him to stop this all, and threatened him with consequences. Hades chuckled on the inside. What a foolish old bitch she was. Hades did not care for consequences or the lives to be destroyed. He was all in it for the fun and excitement of it all. For centuries he was forced to behave, overpowered by the wave of humans who wielded the power of the gods. Now he had the ability to control more than he ever could. Imbued with the phoenix force he was granted all the power he needed to change the world. They didn't understand the magnitude that Hades has been left in.

Suddenly a light opened up and Apollo came down from the sky, wielding his sickly bow and arrow that aimed to pierce through Hades. Futile. Suddenly animals began to run towards the field gathering on the side of Gaea and Apollo and Hades already knew who was the next challenger. Artemis. With a wave of his hand Hades would also build his army, as a souls began to form and revealing an army of the undead, numbers matching of what Artemis had brought to the battlefield. Foolish Artemis brought animals of the earth but their numbers were limited. But Hades had the arsenal of all the undead soldiers in the underworld throughout all the centuries. He would have been fine to fight just as the gods but if they insisted on using our familiars then Hades had no other choice.

"Grandmother! Why you look amazing. You don't look a day over 3 billion. What moisturizer do you use?" Hades cracked. In a normal circumstance he wouldn't have angered Gaea but he was confident. "Nephew. Nice to see you so soon. Thank you for informing me of this power" He nodded in thanks to Apollo. "And niece. Good to se you. I see you've brought your friends. I guess it's true what they say. Bitches run in packs." With that he wraith form his lower body and began to fly and hover above his army. "COME FAMILY!" Hades said "LET'S BRING DESTRUCTION TO THIS COUNTRY!" Hades did not care what happened to this country. So if Gaea decides to create earthquakes and fissure and volcanos to combat him then she would risk what she stood protecting. Or atleast what her niece and nephew protected. And anything less of a natural disaster would not be sufficient in stopping Hades now.

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GAEA,apollo,artemis,

Grandmother had summoned her own little army to add onto Artemis pack of enraged animals. So as they began to charge the field his army began to charge as well. Apollo had also seemed to have also blessed the animals with a little armor to help aid them against his army. The main problem between the 3 of them was Apollo. Although he wasn't as much of a warrior as his grandmother and sister, his healing would be a pain to deal with. Gaea and Artemis would eventually be tired but if they got continuous heals it would become more a problem. Luckily Artemis had given him an answer.

From a far the mighty huntress shot her arrows towards Hades. Now he could easily dodge it with his wraith form but he had a better idea. Instead he would let the arrows soar towards him and as soon as they got closer, Hades opened a portal. His powers had been intensified by the phoenix force which made making portals quickly a breeze. One portal would open infront of him and the other would open right behind Apollo. The arrow would stay its course of natural trajectory and follow through and if Apollo wasn't quick enough he would be stabbed in the back.

However Hades wasn't finished. The arrows would merely provide him a distraction or a cover for his bigger move. He needed to even the playing field just a little bit. As soon as the arrows entered the portal, he used his gift of darkness manipulation to create a giant arm created out of solidified darkness and around it glowed a feint coat of Psionic boost from the phoenix force.. With one fell swoop of his arm, the giant black arm swoop down towards the field essentially harvesting the golemns and animals before him, as well as leveling some of his soldiers that had rushed into battle. The arm was backed with the power of the phoenix force and as it came in contact with the golemns they would be crushed by the powerful impact. Any animal would suffer broken bones and most likely death. This would not clear all of them but would essentially cut their forefront in half. The arm had also extended that the very tip of its fingers would graze his family.

Hades would honestly much prefer it if his family had just fought them on their own. No familiars. Just the power of the gods for he wanted to test his own true power.

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GAEA,apollo,artemis,

Mistakes.

That's all these children made at this point. They lacked the war frontal knowledge Hades had. He had seen wars unfold when these children played with their toys. He watched as soldiers died and listened to their testimonies and stories of never ending battles. He may not be the god of war but experience was what wins battles and if that held true then these children were simply outmatched.As the arrows landed on Apollo's back it would naturally heal. Of course that wasn't the defining blow that Hades looked for. Of course not. As Artemis mindlessly ran through his army like a idiot savage Apollo attempted to disarm his arm. Unfortunately that wasn't the real ploy.

Hades walked through the portal that was still open and that he never closed. This took him directly behind Apollo who had only moved a couple meters away as he stood by his sister but wouldn't matter. He was at the flank now. As soon he stepped out of the portal he used his newly obtained psionic powers and dragged Apollo towards him, pulling Apollo at mindless speed that met 4 shadow tendrils to enter both his thighs and forearms. Hades kept a psionic lock on him to keep him in place of course. It would have been troublesome for him to teleport out. Apollo would have been to busy trying to summon this orb that he needed some time to create. By the time he launched it towards his dark hand Apollo was already taken.

A psionic message interrupted in Apollo's head quickly. Do not move nephew. This is not a fight you can win. There are bigger things than me to deal with it. The battle is not here. Do not make do something troublesome. Gaea would have no problem dispatching Apollo in hopes to stop me. But at this point Apollo wont be able to save himself if Gaea attacked. Artemis is a wildcard but she would have thoughts of using her brother to get what she wanted. "Stand down Artemis. If you don't I swear on the river styx that I will make a twin out of your brother." The tendrils coiled around Apollos limbs and started a pull. Although the light from the orb was bright, these tendrils were too close too Hades too be greatly affected. They could still rip this little godling in half