The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

[Knox, Kuoh Forest] 

"I am bored…" Rumi whined as her ears plopped down on top of her head. She was rocking a whiskey glass with her finger as her whole torso was plopped on the table. 

"I am also kind of feeling the same… maybe we should go out and have some fun… what do you say?" Dora offered as she perked up from the other side of the table. 

"May God have mercy on humans" Ororo whispered in a very low tone. Ororo had a juice glass in her hand and she also looked kind of bored. Ororo thought that she wasn't loud, but apparently, she was loud enough. 

"Excuse me!! I haven't crashed in a whole year and just like I had said, it wasn't my fault! That bloody arsehole had jumped in front of my bike…" Dora defended herself as she glared at Ororo. 

"I wasn't talking about that time… I was talking about the time you tipped over a public bus" Ororo recalled and Dora blushed in embarrassment. 

"You can't blame me for that… the bus crashed into me. I am the one who should be complaining" Dora pointed out and both Rumi and Ororo burst out laughing after hearing Dora's words. 

"Then you shouldn't have seen the signal over your head" Rumi said and started to snicker and Dora's hair turned bright red in shame. 

"So, what do you want to do for fun?" Ororo questioned changing the topic. 

"...Hmm… how about we go visit the comic-con or something?" Dora offered and both Rumi and Ororo looked at each other for a moment. Moments later, the two of them shrugged at the same time. 

"I have never been to a comic-con or something… I was never interested but it surely couldn't hurt…" Ororo said with a shrug. 

"Yeah… at least it would be much better than sulking here" Rumi added as she got up. 

"Brill!! I am already dressed, why don't the two of you get dressed and meet me in the garage?" Dora questioned, her eyes brimming with excitement. 

"Ok, sure… but how are we going. There is no way in hell I will be riding with you. No matter how durable I am, I don't want to tempt my fate" Rumi pointed out and Dora felt sharp arrows piercing her chest. Ultimately, Dora had to place her arm over the table as she started to sulk. 

"How about we take Reo's car?" Ororo offered with a grin. 

"Fuck yeah!! I always wanted to drive Reo's car" Dora cheered, once again, she was back to her usual silly and cheerful form. 

"Nah… that won't be happening. It is for the collective good of everyone on the road" Ororo pointed out and Dora simply hmpfed while grumbling about how 'unfun' both Rumi and Ororo were. 

"Fine fine… I will be waiting for you two meanies in the garage" Dora huffed and walked away while pointing her nose up, that was apparently a mistake as moments later, she stumbled. 

Only after a few minutes, both Ororo and Rumi arrived in the garage, dressed in jeans and leather jackets. Dora wanted to complain… She wanted to tell them that they weren't supposed to visit comic-con dressed like that but she knew that neither of them would listen, so simply shrugged. After all, Dora herself wasn't any better. 

Ororo decided to sit behind the driving wheel as she was the one who was most experienced in driving cars… Rumi didn't know how to drive cars and she never tried to learn as she didn't find it useful. You don't drive cars when you can directly teleport wherever you want. 

Dora was… Dora… she also didn't know how to drive cars. Learning from YouTube didn't count. So, Ororo was the only one who had to shoulder the responsibility… Ororo put the key in the ignition and the car roared into life. Moments later, the three of them were driving away from Knox, at high speed… 

[Realm of the Dead] 

For the first time in a long time, Hades was feeling afraid. Right now, he would be sweating like a pig, but there was a tiny problem, he couldn't sweat. After all, he was a fucking skeleton!! 

He had a genuine reason for feeling afraid… he just returned to the Realm of the Dead after meeting Zeus and the meeting was more than interesting. Hades didn't know how to react, so he simply didn't react in front of Zeus, but internally the skeleton was panicking…

~FLASHBACK~

Like always, Hades was minding his own business while making various plans to eradicate the Devils and the Fallen Angels. All of a sudden he froze when he felt like he was being summoned to Mount Olympus. Hades would have frowned if could when he found that he was being summoned by none other than Zeus.

For a moment, Hades wondered if Zeus had caught him but moments later, he simply shook his head. There was no way Zeus could make a connection between Hades and the actual lightning thief as the thief himself didn't know who he was stealing for. 

Hades didn't know what his brother wanted but he decided to entertain his brother. His brother was kind of angry and unpredictable due to the loss of his master bolt and Hades knew that he shouldn't tempt his brother… Zeus was known as the strongest God of their Pantheon and such a title wasn't just for show. 

Hades quickly prepared the teleportation circle and after only a minute, he arrived inside Zeus's Throne Room. Hades snorted in disdain as his gazes landed on Zeus… Hades noticed that only Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus were present inside the Throne Room… 

"What happened? I was busy with my duties" Hades said haughtily, but he was quite surprised that nobody reacted to his jab. This was something new. 

"Hades, my brother. You have finally arrived?" Zeus asked in a caring tone and Hades was already on guard. What sort of sick game Zeus was playing at?? Hades's eyes immediately darted around the room, searching for any type of traps or anything like that. 

"Yes… as you already saw me and I assure you I am not an illusion" Hades said in a neutral tone but he was still looking around… looking for any signs of attacks.

"Brother, Olympus is facing a massive threat" Zeus started to speak and Hades didn't believe Zeus for a moment, this is how Zeus acted whenever he wanted something from him. 

"Is that so? What type of threat?" Hades questioned in a fake concerned tone. He was extremely old and with his skeleton face, he was extremely good at acting. 

"The Fates were erased" Zeus said in a fearful tone. For a moment, Hades wanted to scoff at Zeus's statement but his gaze finally focused on Hera and Poseidon, both of them were looking kind of solemn.

Hades knew that neither Poseidon nor Hera would participate in Zeus's games, so he decided to believe Zeus. "If someone erased the Fates, then they must be really strong. But for whatever reason, I didn't feel their Soul in the Realm of Dead" Hades gave his opinion on the matter. 

"They weren't killed, brother. They were erased" Zeus corrected his brother and Hades's eyes would have grown wide in surprise if he had eyes in the first place. But the light inside his eyes did flicker for a moment after the realization dawned on him. 

"...Do we know who was responsible for this?" Hades asked after a few moments of silence. 

"The Destroyer, he is the same being who had appeared in Kuoh Town" Zeus said and that is how Hades knew that he had fucked up… 

~FLASHBACK ENDS~

'Everything is not lost… I can still fix it' Hades thought with a determined glint in his eyes. For now, Zeus had only decided to inform the Poseidon, Hera and himself of the recent development. He was pretty sure that Erebus and Nyx weren't that good at a poker face. 

Hades immediately started to suspect that someone in their group had betrayed him. Hades was planning to attack the Destroyer and his family but at that time he had no idea about his true identity. Right now, Hades had already scrapped the plan but he also didn't want to be caught with the weapon in his possession. 

Hades needed to get rid of the weapon… there was no other way. There was no way that the Destroyer would have found out about his plan if anyone hadn't betrayed them. Only five beings including himself knew about the plan… and someone among them had betrayed them. 

Hades wanted to hand over the weapon to a group of extremely strong humans. The group wanted to kill the Great Red… Hades quickly made his way towards the place where he kept the Master Bolt… He was sure that the group of humans would find a good use for the weapon and even if they don't, they will surely gain the Destroyer's attention… 

The Destroyer's attention is what Hades was trying to avoid right now… he could scheme another time but he needed to stay alive if he wanted to do that… Yeah, survival was more important… 

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