I knew I was near death, and for the first time i actually felt the underworld calling me, i began to dream. I could tell that the fates were smiling on me, these dreams were from the near future. The life after all of this was a life of living as a normal man with people I cared about and not having to worry about monsters or gods or anything else greek. One word began to echo in my head,
"Thanatos." Over and over. I saw him fighting Hades himself, after that I began to see images of me and Emma, having a family and a home together, and we were happy. I still kept in touch with Hope Marco, Borus and Foxy. I was weeping, I could feel myself weep as these images passed in my brain, but then it turned dark. Me and Emma had a son, but his fate was in danger. Our son would have to clean up my mess. He'd be the one to defeat all of the monsters in tartarus and bring an era of pure peace. Then the final image was a picture of his face, and his eyes were burned into my soul.
His eyes were like silver coated in black, they were like the moon inside a ball. I couldn't believe his eyes, he looked just like me but he had Emma's enchanting smile. At that last image I snapped awake in the infirmary as usual. Once I sat up my body exploded in pain, I had to resist the urge to scream in agony. I collapsed back down my eyes tearing up from the pain, I could feel my body beginning to ache from the pain. I began moving my eyes and then I saw my dire situation.
I saw tubes flowing from my body, I saw my bed lined with stim packs, I couldn't believe it. I began to cry, not out of sadness but out of fear. I didn't want to die, I wanted to live out all of those dreams with Emma and our friends. I refused to die here, i kept saying that to myself for i don't know how long. I stopped when I heard Emma's voice outside,
"He's been like that for two days. I'm scared he wont make it."
I heard that but I couldn't hear the other person's response, so I began crying even harder. I strained my eyes to see her, I longed for nothing but her. I couldn't bear it anymore, I tried to talk but I just groaned from the pain.
"Ohhhh" Was all that managed to escape my lips.
She froze, she clenched her fists and she began to cry.
"I don't wanna see him like that," She began to sob.
I wanted her so badly, I tried to call out again but this time her name came out as a whisper.
"Emma" I called.
I saw the fear in her eyes as she slowly looked into my room. Her eyes were red from crying and her right arm was full of tiny cuts and bruises. I tried to reach out to her so my arm wont move, I could only cry. I watched her look at me in shock and fear as I kept crying and crying. She rushed over to me, her face covered in tears. She pushed her head close to mine and she quietly said,
"You bastard. Don't die on me, please."
It made me laugh,
"Ha.. I don't plan on dying for a long time..."
Then I began to tell her of the dreams I had, soon she was crying tears of pure joy and happiness. I kept talking for hours and hours on end, just the two of us, but I knew that this wasn't over yet. There was one person I still needed to kill, the person who was controlling Thesis, the being who made my brother do disgusting and vile things. I couldn't let him live. I knew he had to die, but after that I was done, i couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't fight all these massive monsters or fight alongside gods anymore. I had one more mission to complete, I had to kill Thanatos.
I knew he was the man controlling Thesis because he planned to usurp hades thrown. I promised myself with Emma in my arms that this was my last mission. I stopped talking, imagining my blades piercing Thanatos's skin. As if she was reading my mind Emma said,
"You must find him" She said.
"I will. He was being controlled by that blasted Thanatos, he was doing such vile and disgusting things but he's in a better place now."
I said, Emma kept quiet and hugged me tighter.
"You have to stay in bed for three weeks, then your body will heal to the point where you can train." Emma said,
"Then i'll wait." I said, my nerves steeled.
Three Weeks Later
I was counting down the days till i could train again, as soon as I woke up the morning of the day i could train i got dressed and grabbed my ring sword and went to the arena. I walked in and saw Emma there with six training dummies set up. I stood and watched as she managed to leave a long slash on each dummy's torso.
"Alright it's my turn," I said with a smile. SHe was in a sports bra and gym shorts, her body dripping sweat. I had to pry my eyes off of her to attack the dummies. I tried out a new move, I managed to use my top speed and decapitate all six dummies at once.
"Kiguri," I said, my smile growing bigger.
I had invented that move a long time ago and i didnt think I'd be able to do it again, so I was happy.
"Duel me, then I'll decide whether you can go to Tartarus to fight him." Emma said.
I sheathed my blade and ripped off my shirt, causing Emma to blush red, I revealed my battle scars and my lean muscular body. Emma had to look away in awe.
"Bring it, but I won't hold back." I said.
All she did was smile and we fought.
Six months later