Volk looked around, regretful. Tori still held Alepou up. Acheron and Nahe walked towards Kenos. Yuzui, Nichi and Elias moved to make sure Volk couldn't do anything. As the fire started getting more intense, Kenos stopped helping Stella up.
Volk: To have some many people care for you...
He sat down on the floor.
Volk: I was lied to, and I dragged her along with me.
He laughed momentarily and once he stopped he punched the ground in anger.
Okami: We all were. Not by Lykos, not by Argos but something worse. Some monsters worse than any monstra, worse than any corrupt god.
Stella's hair turned brown again as Lykos reappeared. He stumbled from a lack of energy and almost fell, but Tori let go of Alepou and grabbed him.
Kenos: So Volk, you might want to start explaining?
Alepou: Accalia is after you two. He wanted us to capture you.
Okami: Capture? He told me to kill.
Alepou: He knew you wouldn't be able to kill him, you just needed to weaken him enough for Volk to capture him.
Everyone in the room looked at her.
Elias: So...he's using you all to kill his son?
Lykos: It sure seems like that.
He grabbed his head, not from physical pain as he couldn't feel anything. He grabbed his head out of anger. Sirens were heard approaching the building as voices were heard outside. Kenos quickly ripped into reality and grabbed a yellow orb which he then threw in between everyone. As the torn up hotel room began to burn even more, the all shifted away as firefighters kicked open the door. The group was now in a completely different part of the world. A house sat on top of a hill as the surrounding forest seemed to have lost its leaves. Kenos' arms were emitting smoke. Yuzui ran over to him and touched his head.
Yuzui: Ken, you're hot.
Kenos: Thanks.
He coughed as Yuzui got angry.
Yuzui: You know that's not what I mean!
Elias: Are you okay, Ken?
Kenos: Yeah, don't worry.
He laid down in the grass.
Lykos: Vis Defectus.
Kenos gave a thumbs up as he was still emitting smoke and coughing.
Elias: Oh...that's what it looks like.
Volk and Okami: The what?
Alepou: It's when you push the amount of power you have passed its limits.
Tori: Huh...so you do have limits.
Yuzui: He's not a god, of course he does.
Tori: For a human, his limit is impressive.
Volk: He's not just a human.
Everyone except Alepou looked at him.
Kenos: Do you know something we don't?
Volk pointed at Lykos.
Volk: Lykos is not actually Accalia's son. His father is actually Astraeus, a Titan.
Kenos: WHAT?!
Alepou: Not only that, he took you in after they had died.
Lykos looked at the ground and took a deep breath.
Lykos: So that is true...
Kenos: You knew?!
Lykos: I think Argos is the one that knows, this happened in my dream.
"This is news to me as well dude." said the voice in his head. "What? How did I figure that out then?!" Lykos responded, confused. The voice stayed quiet for a second. "The other one." Lykos said, followed by "The actual Stella." from the voice.
Lykos: Ken, what was the other Argos from your timeline?
Kenos: He- wait...why do you want to know now?
Lykos: We have a hunch about who actually killed you all.
Kenos: And it involved....OH.
Lykos: You see where I'm getting at?
Kenos: So you're thinking that he could still be within you, and he's the one that took control all those years ago.
Lykos: Not just that but I think that he talked to me directly before we were sent to Russia.
Okami: What is happening?
Kenos: Okay, let's address the elephant in the room. Volk cough tell us what you know.
Volk: Look, before anything...Ly.
Alepou: Look, just get it out of the way. We didn't mean any of that.
Lykos looked at her with disgust.
Lykos: Yeah, sure. And you two weren't about to kiss?!
Alepou: You're the one that's seeing someone else!
Lykos: AND WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!
Yuzui: Should we leave them be?
Kenos: Definitely.
Alepou: The person that actually brought us back!
They both got closer to each other.
Lykos: The person that pretended to be my father and never bated an eye to even see me?!
Alepou: Well at least he brought you to us!
Lykos: And that give you the right to trust him?!
Alepou: Why did you even fight for me? It's not like we can be a thing anymore!
Lykos grabbed both her arms as he got agitated.
Lykos: Because I had lived a lifetime with you, I only realized it was all fake a day ago!
She moved her arms through Lykos' hands.
Alepou: Just go talk to your new girlfriend...which speaking of her why's her hair brown.
Lykos: Tori...get over here.
Tori walked over to the two and as Alepou and her met eyes, the two seemed very mad.
Lykos: Ale, this is Tori. Kit's other personality.
Tori: Argos told me so many great things about you...never knew he could be wrong.
Alepou: Woooow. Didn't know he could just replace me with someone worse.
The two immediately rivaled energies.
Lykos: Tori, don't fuel her anger. Just tell her we aren't a thing.
Tori: Oh nah, me and Lykos have been together for a while now! I love him with all my heart.
Nichi: Things are heating up. Should we grab some popcorn?
Alepou moved back flustered.
Alepou: Well fine, you can keep him! It's not like we can be together anymore, he's 9 years older than me.
Tori: I will, and I'll enjoy what you missed out on!
Tori grabbed her head from how agitated she was. Her hair turned black as her eyes and clothes changed. Kitsune had taken her place, she seemed flustered as well.
Okami: Damn, I knew Tori was crazy but holy shit.
Kitsune: I take no responsibility for whatever she did, but you were kind of looking for that Ale.
Alepou: It's fine, I know they aren't actually a thing. You would have been able to move when he stopped everything if that were so.
Volk: So that's why you were able to move...he gave you access to his powers.
Lykos: Yeah, way back when we were alone in a house.
Okami: Don't you have to-
Lykos: Yes Okami, we do.
Okami: Hey man, I'm not judging. Me and Kit woulda done that too, in fact-
A spirit book hit his face.
Kitsune: You better not finish that sentence.
Elias: What? Now I'm curious how to do that.
Kenos: Elias, you ever heard of the birds and the bees.
Nichi: Huh, interesting.
Elias: Oh.
Volk: When in Helheim's name did you two even find that time?!
Alepou and Lykos: Don't question it.
Lykos: Times were hard and we were curious.
Alepou: We didn't know if we'd make it out alive.
Lykos: Plus... you know, we finally had time together.
Volk: You don't need to make up excuses, we get it. Can we move on please?
Lykos: Just forget we even talked about this.
Lykos closed his eyes as the voice in his head said "Is that really all it took?! Is that the only way to do that?! Uh oh." Argos was left dumbfounded by this discovery. "What the hell do you mean 'uh oh'?" Lykos asked, confused.