"Prometheus, are you next?" Striker finally said after rubbing his eyes for a few moments.
"Unfortunately not." Prometheus said, sounding more hollow than before.
Striker lunged forwards and swung the blade in a wide arc, slicing Prometheus' body in half. The titans body glowed as the sliced halves of the two bodies became covered in flames.
"Your final opponent will be him!" Prometheus said as the flames turned into embers and danced away in the wind.
Gently, Striker got up from his lunge and stared at the spot that Prometheus once stood. As he looked at the scorched earth a shadow caught his eye. Following it, he looked up to see a child, no more than twelve standing below him. Watching him brought a smile to Striker's face.
"KRONOS!!" Sky shouted as he stood before Striker, his knees shaking furiously.
"Relax, everything will be fine." Kronos' voice burst into his head.
"Fine my ass! Where are you!?!" Sky shouted again.
"Watching from behind of the trees." His voice hummed.
Sky spun around. "GET OVER HERE!!!" He shouted at the trees.
"I can't, in order to give you full support my body needs to be in a place where Striker can't attack it," Kronos explained, "Besides, this battle is yours to win, not mine!"
Over the quiet and calm battlefield a chuckling started which soon led to a loud and deep laugh filing the air.
"VoVoVoVoVo, Oh how the gods have fallen..." He laughed, "Placing all their hopes onto a child of all things, VoVoVoVo!"
Striker buried his blade into the ground and covered his face with his hand as he continued to laugh.
"Sky, you need to repeat what I'm about to say," Kronos' voice spoke rapidly in his head.
"What!" Sky turned around by instinct, realizing no one was there then turning back around to face Striker.
"Say this…." Kronos said, still speaking quickly, "Then cross your arms across your chest."
"Why would I say that?!" Sky shouted.
"Just do it!" Kronos shouted back.
Finally, Striker regained control. "Despite being a child you are still the only child of Zeus alive, and thus the only threat to father!" Awkwardly, the blade in the ground was moved back and forth by Striker until he pulled it out.
The blade rose until it was parallel to the ground and pointing at Sky. "As such, I will treat you no different than Hephaestus."
"Quickly!" Kronos shouted, there was a strange panic in his voice.
"Fine! Great lightning from the sky's I command you, for I am your master..." Sky started.
"Sky Slicer!" He shouted.
FWHIP!!! The giant body of Striker disappeared once again. A strange pressure was building in the air. Sky sensed something getting closer and closer to him but he continued speaking. "Answer my call and serve me, for I am the child of Zeus!" He finished.
A thin blue strip of electricity danced across Sky's body. The dancing occurred quicker and quicker until his body became surrounded in blue electricity. His eye color started shifting like a kaleidoscope until it settled on a light blue, allowing thin strands of current to flow from it to his ear. His hair rose and bounced on his head as a small current jumped between the clumps. His canine's sharpened slightly, discharging small currents of electricity.
Unaware of the changes, Sky remembered Kronos' next command and crossed his arms across his chest.
WHAM!!!! Suddenly Striker appeared before him, the tip of his blade on Sky's forearm. The impact sent discharge flying in all directions as some of it flew upwards into the clouds, causing them to change shape and color.
"Grr!" Sky grit his teeth as he struggled to keep his feet buried into the ground.
A thin crack ran through Striker's blade as he continued to push. His eyes widened at the sight of it, before he clenched his teeth. "GRUUUUUUAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" He shouted, putting all his strength into the thrust.
"GUAAAA!!!" Sky yelled as he became overpowered and was sent flying towards the trees.
A strange sense of self control came over Sky as he realized the attack hadn't hurt as much as he'd thought. A smile flickered on Sky's face as he twisted his body and dug his feet into the ground, followed by his hand. A trail of dirt stirred up as he finally came to a stop.
"Impossible…." Striker mumbled as he stared at the crack in his blade and the slowly recovering child.
"Emotions aren't the only way to draw out one's powers..." Kronos' voice hummed in Sky's head.
Sky looked at his hands, feet and body staring at the electricity dancing across his body and the blue light it gave off. He focused his eyes, seeing clearer than he could before, being able to pick out the crack in Striker's blade. He also saw a small, string-like line leading from Striker's head to the clouds above. A sharp sound blasted to his left as he quickly turned around to face it. When he looked harder, Sky realized it was just the lava from the distant volcano bubbling. Carefully, Sky's hand found its way towards his mouth as he felt the sharp canines that now made a home there.
"What is this…?" Sky murmured.
"This is the manifestation of your power, your starting point on the journey to becoming a demigod!" Sky could feel Kronos' smile in his head.
A sudden realization hit Sky. "Kronos are you-?" He was stopped by the voice.
"I'm fine, it's a bit dangerous but I've released my hold on the Nightmare Woods." He replied.
"Then…." Sky closed his eyes thinking before opening them. "I won't hold back."
Kronos smiled. "Don't worry, you're the only thing I'm focusing on right now, GO WILD!!" He shouted.
Striker watched from afar as a strong sense of determination found its way onto Sky's face. There was an unyielding look in his blue eyes. Strangely, a smile formed on Striker's face while watching him. "That look… suits you!" He said.