Unafraid and brimming with confidence, still charged with power from earlier, Metabo jumped straight at Zeus
Unimpressed, Zeus simply dodged, choosing to instead observe a bit, commenting,- "It doesn't look like the Titan blood took with you, you're still so small, no wonder I couldn't see you back there..." After dodging a couple more times, Zeus sighs disappointingly,- "...It's a shame, I was hoping for a bit more after coming down here, but it seems this is it."
Speeding over Zeus swats down his latest attempt to jump,- "Stay down, I didn't give you permission to use my skies."
Metabo getting a bit of a power boost, crawled back to his feet roaring up at him, ready for more.
"Can all you do is roar?" Asked an annoyed Zeus rhetorically as he flew down punching him straight in the face, shutting him up, and sending him crashing right back into the ground. Creating a small crater and cracking the surrounding area.
Landing next to him, Zeus decided to increase his size to the same height of 10' while waiting for him to get back up. Dodging slow swinging fists as he leans in putting a bit more in his next punch, nailing Metabo in the solar plexus, stunning him only briefly. Not nearly doing as much damage as Zeus was hoping for as he dodges a few more strikes.
"You certainly are durable, I"ll give you that much, but I think we're just about through here," Zeus says thinking he's seen all there is with this one.
Unable to land his own blows, Metabo's increasing power from each strike taken goes unnoticed due to the vast disparity between them.
Believing there was nothing left to see, Zeus goes in for the finish, unleashing a barrage of fists, turning the little failed titan into a literal punching bag. Finishing with another powerful hit to the face, knocking him down once again.
Only for Metabo to get right back up as if nothing happened.
A bit ticked off at seeing him rise again faster than before and seemingly unharmed, Zeus feeling mocked moves in for the kill.
A surprisingly fast right fist greets his approach, appearing in front of his face which he spins just managing to avoid it, almost forgetting about the three other fists as he completes his turn, blocking the lower right and upper left with his arms as the lower-left slips through landing a painful liver shot that sent him back into the air.
Not believing what just occurred, an astonished Zeus stares down at his unusual foe.
"Well now, would you look at that, seems like there is more to you than meets the eye, let's see what you got," Zeus smirked powering up a bit, his body now crackling with lightning.
Flashing forwards, Zeus begins to pummel him into the ground for about a minute, and when Metabo tries to rise again, lifting his head. Zeus kicks it away, sending him crashing through the ground, leaving a trench behind as Zeus gives chase. Grabbing Metabo's head when he begins to slow, pushing his face further along the ground before throwing his body up and then appearing right above where it was headed, hitting him back down where he crashes and creates another crater.
He then powers up his hands with balls of lightning and throws a dozen of them in rapid succession, creating multiple explosions and obscuring the area in smoky debris before finally stopping, expecting it to be over now.
"What!" Zeus exclaims, shocked and angry when moments later he sees Metabo unharmed and crackling with azure lightning.
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Meanwhile, Theoric and the girls are trying to keep a low profile while continuing to fight Deviants and Vampires who don't see the writing on the wall or seem to be able to stop following orders, but the war was basically over, their purpose for being there was over, Athens was over.
Theoric looks on with disdain,- "Look at that fool, doesn't even realize he's empowering him." he says doing his best to brush off his unease while casually cutting down another with his sword after telling the girls to tone down the flashy powers so they don't draw attention, not that Thena needed to be told as she carefully swung her Halberd around severing off one's head. She wasn't about to do anything to draw Zeus's attention, she's survived all her life avoiding the man as best she could, and now there he was, a stone's throw away.
To say this was an unnerving experience for them would be putting it mildly.
Not well versed in hand-to-hand combat, Sigyn ducks behind him when another gets too close,- "So that's Zeus? hmph, when I'm strong enough, I'll be sure to slap him around," she says trying to lighten the mood.
Theoric grinned,- "Is that right?"
"Yes, I'm now a powerful warrior!" she said cutely, flexing, putting a small but brief grin on all their faces.
"Then you better learn some hand-to-hand combat then instead of hiding behind me my adorable little warrior," He chuckles as Sigyn playfully sticks out her tongue while watching Nina and Lydia working well together since having grown closer to one another.
Thena slightly amused, quickly sobered back up,- "We're still too close, we need to retreat further, this isn't something we can participate in, nor should we," she said somberly.
Theoric agrees and begins making his way out as he glances over his shoulder at Zeus raining down lightning balls, looking forward to the moment he'll be able to kill him.