Exiled PT7

Exiled PT7

"Daedric Influence"

I landed graciously onto the runway after the intense battle died down. I thought about what I was going to do the wounded was wrong, it would only make them stronger. It would make enemies and that is the last burden I need. I began to shine and shrink into a more human aspect. Ashley managing to get off my back in time, and this time I was dressed like a Roman Emperor. A platinum cuirass, and black cape, and a Mithral helmet, so I come to the conclusion I may be the most stylish dragon god whenever it comes to aspect clothing, I change every time, but I like this apparel more than others. It just fits me well. So, I turned around and headed to the hanger where Nezaar was trying to infiltrate. I drew out my sword and walked carefully to the door. I sensed there was little resistance, but there was some. I kicked open the door and walked. The resistance was gone, so I sheathed my sword and I opened another door, that time it was civilized. I whistled at the size of the Ebony Eagle, four engines, 90 feet long, 16 landing gear wheels, and completely black. Yes humans overdo their defense a bit too much. A backdoor opened and it startled me as smoke was bellowing out. I then saw Nezaar walked out.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Come on!"

"Ok, I'm just shocked how impressive this feat of engineer is!"

I walked into the plane with Ashley right behind me. I thought I will have to rename her. Her name does not suit her position. The door-ramp closed and the hangars behind to open, that let light shine into the dark hangar. I turned to face Ashley.  She was sitting looking out a window. I walked up and got her attention. As the jet began to turn and take off. I began my conservation.

"Ashley."

"Yes?"

"I have been thinking, your name does…"

"Not fit my greatness? Yes, I know, and I already picked out a new name, Lumina, is that fine?"

"Yes, I guess?"

"Fine, then we're done now."

I got up from the seat and walked around. That was strange, how did she knew that I picked Lumina. I guess all I could do is just sit around until we get to London.  I looked out the window and saw the orange desert. Little could be done out there, except herd, get lost, or even live here. I bet none of these humans know what is about to happen. The coming hardships ahead are, troubling. I still have hope in the race. They have managed to stave off a dragon invasion until my arrival. But, I wonder them, me, and my fellow divines are preparing for war. What is to come from the Void, Oblivion, Underworld, or whatever you coin it. Those creatures are technically not evil as the ones in Hell, but not as benevolent as us.   Then I felt a eerie thing near me. Whatever it was it was close. I turned around and saw an assassin right in front of me. It was masked and the body looked male. He had a drawn dagger up.

"An assassin?"

"For the Liberation Army."

The Lumina appeared and her gun drawn out. The assassin flipped around to face her as a I got back. Even though I am exceptionally powerful while a human I can lose this form. I saw Lumina throw a punch at the assassin, then a kick, she then tried to roll him off her back, but she rolled over him. She fired her gun three times, but the assassin vanished, but Lumina seemed certain that he was here, however I thought he was gone. Lumina the dashed to the right as the assassin swung his dagger, Lumina then began to rapidly fire her gun. The assassin got him close, but Lumina casted some type of nightly energy at him. It knocked him back and stunned him, but he got up slowly at first. Lumina then drew her sword and began to charge at him, in a moment of sheer fear for what was next. Lumina slid on her knees as the assassin jumped. I then realized that the assassin struck Lumina in the stomach.

"Lumina!"

I unsheathed my straight-sword and began to charge after the assassin. Sprung into the air, held my sword with two hands, and slammed into the ground. Next I saw the assassin trying to escape out of the docking bay and then I sprinted after him faster than any human. My sword thrusts through his heart as pushed the button. I pulled my sword out his body, but yet he seemed able to fight. He swung his dagger at me, but only to catch it mid-swing, while impaling my sword through his, well, head. He instantly fell down and I pulled my sword out of him once again. I hurried back and saw Nezaar kneeled over her.

"How bad is it."

"Bad, that blade was poisoned, I don't think she has long maybe 5 or 10 minutes at most. I tired healing her but nothing works, sad thing is I located Tamara's healing shot."

"Lum-, Ashley, I am sorry for this. I have avenged you, but…"

"Save that until I head to wherever I am going, but first I do something."

"What is it?"

"Heavenly Father please watch over not me, but my dearest one. Lead him to warm sands or crisp cold air. Guide him in times of most desire. Let your mercy be upon him as he would be a better companion to you than was I. Guide him to victory and eternal peace. Let him rejoin his family in this time of suffering. Lord…"

"Ashley, you will be in a better place now. Nezaar…"

"I do not go by that name any time after this, it is now Dante."

"Dante I will carry out her wishes."

"Xremisis, she did not mean those words me, she meant them for you." He said and I looked at the dead pale body of my friend.

"Don't worry Ashley, you are safe now. Dante, how far are we from New York?"

"60 minutes, what we will do with her body."

"I will bury her in my temple, but I now realize the reason of her death. I was to high profile and made enemies that were clever enough. I need an aspect name and I cannot reveal myself to crowds anymore.  I will call myself Marcus, because everyone knows of my old Nikolai name."

"Fairly common here, why that name."

"Because, my father's aspect name was Marduk, and you may have heard about him."

"Oh, yes, I forgot."

I kept my prince-like clothes, but changed them all black with golden trimming on the edges, still I the cape on me with markings near the bottom of the cape all trimmed in 24 carat gold. I changed my hair color to dark brown; I then changed my eye color to blue, and my eyes human but with a slight hint that I am a Dragon, because they were slightly more oval however only a master assassin or a hawk could tell that I am a Dragon. I changed my skin from ghostly pale to a healthy tan, and that concluded my change. With this new aspect form I can get less attention and probably enter my realm undetected, so I would not have taken hostage powerful artifacts of other gods.

"Nezaar, you think that I will pass as a mortal if I went to my realm?"

"Surprisingly, yes you could do so? Why?"

"It will be a faster way getting to my…by my father's will!"

The city of New York or what was left of it! The skyscrapers were at least half destroyed with burning windows. The sky was blood red and my temple was by far the worst manipulated a column on light was protruding. I started to worry about Thalia and Cerelalis. Damn those other gods for exiling me. Dante then made a dive and saw that we were coming in from the…but then suddenly I felt my entire essence be drug out. I was now in a zone of twilight and unimaginable beauties of shades. I thought Jurousos summoned me, but I did not feel the Dragon's essence but something entirely different. Then a elegant woman dressed in robes her skin was light blue, had elf ears, and hair as black as night.

"Greetings Xremisis." She spoke with benevolence of Earma.

"Who are you?"

"I do not have very long, but I will tell soon. This outcome of this battle is so influential that it caught our attention."

"So, does that mean you will help us."

"Yes, and you might want to head east, that is where the human fleet is gathering, along with the Olympian army, or head west where your Dragon deities' army are about to invade with our Daedric armies, oh and also the ground forces of the mortals."

"Daedra? I heard you were kind that preferred destruction?"

"No and yes, we are harbingers of great destruction, but we want an influence on mortals, therefore we must pay our duty to protect them."

"I will head west.  But, I need to know who you are."

"We will speak more once you arrive."

I was abruptly cut off from my summoning. I got my bearings and tapped on Dante shoulders. I told him to head west, and he complied heading away from the destroyed city. I wonder if anyone was still alive after Kronos' attack. We arrived at the forward base and surprising the aircraft had VTOL capabilities. Dante opened the ramp door and walked on to the muddy ground. I looked back at the city.

"This is the final battle. Tiamat was just a catalyst, just a decoy so that he could be summoned."

"Yeah, I guess so, but today will prove his undoing. Even though the city may look destroyed, but I see no defenses of any sort." A familiar proud voice said to me and I turned around. It was Hjorwall in an anthro form and dressed in some heavy gold armor. I assumed my anthro dragon form by glowing lunar and nightly energy.

"You are not attacking me? I am exiled."

"Xremisis, once we exiled you. Your entire plane weakened and let in a colossal Titan army. I held the line with Darma so that the others could escape. Your wife Cerelalis made it out, but Thalia."

"What happen to her! Is she captured!"

"She is with your mate, and she is well."

Thank the Overgod! I could not describe what I would have felt if she was dead. After this, I am retreating from the mortal realm. I do not want to miss a moment of aging to an adult. I sensed that she and my mate were just 50 feet away. I went into the large tent and saw them.

"Xremisis?!"

"Yes."

Cerelalis came up and hugged me, since Dragons do not kiss while one is in human form and the other is dragon, hugging is the next best option. I squatted to pick up my daughter.

"You are alive!"

"Yes, Yes I am." I said to her and placed her down.

"Xremisis, I am sorry for every…My, my rose!" Cerelalis said.

"Picked it for you."

"Xremisis, thank you, but you should see your father. They are discussing how the invasion shall go."

I nodded and headed off. I climbed down stairs 26 chairs and a huge table with a projection of New York City in the middle. I saw my father standing in front of closest chair to the stairs.

"Son, I have been expecting your return, touch a mortal, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"That rule has been revoked, I do not know why they exiled you for it."

"Maybe because, without your influence, the deities have lost the definiation of Law is."

"Do not forget Mercy either, son. They were devoid of that too. Seems that these younger gods needs to be taught discipline, and respect the Law." My father glared an eye at the four that brought me down.

"So, do we have a strategy?"

"Yes, a human came up with the idea, but Athena perfected it. Come, take your seat next to me and Darma."

I took my seat on the second left seat. My father looked at me and pointed at the war assets. He named them.

"The humans are: General  McDonnell, General Symington, General Thomson, Colonel Keyes, and Major Dickinson. The Daedric Princes are: Azura who you will be paired with, Merida will be paired with Cerelalis, Sheogorath will be paired with Jurousos, I will paired with Nocturnal, your mother will be with Malacath, and Hjorwall will be paired with Mehrunes Dagon. Earma, Scriesus, Inalitha,  and Darma will help with the fleets. Akatosh and Atwariz will provide reinforcements."

"Well, that's confusing."

"It must to be to throw off Titan counterattacks."

"General McDonnell, I assure you that an all out attack to the temple will work. It is faster and much less confusing."

"With all due respect, Dagon, we need to be as quiet as possible so we don't have hostages!"

"He is right, Kronos will stop at nothing." Major Dickinson said.

"Nocturnal?"

"Coordinated sneak attacks, because those brutes expect a clear invasion, I think that we need to deploy two vanguards then make the all out attack."

"Those vanguards will be who."

"Xremisis and Azura, they will infiltrate the city and radio us back to give the go. And Xremisis, you will need more modern armor. There is chest right outside the entrance, open it."

"Alright sounds like a plan." Athena concluded.

We all got up and a woman dressed gray ceramic-metallic came to me, I assumed this is Azura. She greeted herself. I asked why she did not have a helmet. She answered it is too bulky. We climbed the stairs and waved at my parents before I exited the tent. I did not see Cerelalis or Thalia, I guess they were summoned. I looked to my right and saw the chest. I opened it and dressed myself in midnight black metallic plate armor. It did not have a helmet, but I was not worried. I fought plenty of times without one. I would have preferred Dagon's plan of attack so I can assume my full dragon form. I saw the two helicopters where everyone on our teams were boarding. I thought that this was the point of no return. Do or die. I boarded the helicopter to receive claps from all who were in. I warmly smiled and sat down.

"So, this is how it is going down. Our team is land about 1.1 miles from the temple. We assume that the temple is going to be used as a gateway for Kronos. Our orders are to kill Kronos and destroy the temple. Any fight we can't handle the fleet will support, but they have problems of their own. Once we make to the temple we signal the main force codename Calvary to come in and finish off the rest. The deities go back to planes and everything goes back to normal." An African-American said.

"It does not matter we have scarred this plane." I said.

We approached the city and we saw heavy gun fire head towards us. The helicopter pilot took evasive action and flied low. Then a shudder rocked the aircraft. We have been hit, and I could see the skyscrapers just a mile away from the landing zone.  The pilots slowed and proceeded to land two miles away from the temple.

"This is too much fire! We won't make it back if we keep on heading forward!"

"No, keep pushing, I think a world is more important than a helicopter, keep on." I said.

"MISSILE!"

The stream of smoke headed right towards from the side and it sliced the tail off. The pilot quickly lost control and the copter begun to tailspin. I held on a handle as the hulk crashed into the concrete streets and once we came to complete stop; I heard bullets deflecting off the hull. It appeared that everyone was excepting this and causally got ready for battle. Someone tossed me a bolt action sniper rifle. I certainly preferred this over my sword. We exited through the blast hole and took cover behind some cars. A dragon similar to me but just blue and orange got on the radio.

"This Shadow One, were down but at full strength. Shadow Two report."

"Were coming up in front of crash site, we are going to take care of these guys." Azura said.

The second helicopter appeared and fired its gatling gun completely destroying the barriers and hostiles. The second team roped down and surprisingly most of the team was female, with the exception of one male.

"Alright we know what to do. Follow me." I said.

I leaded the teams up. We were running and gunning. I was running and took aim on a Titan on the fourth story of the building, and fired.  I laughed proudly as it fell. There was light resistance to the temple only a few barriers, but once we got the temple it was a nightmare.

"Scans suggest nearly 1,500 Titans guarding it." Azura said.

"Time to call in the Calvary, Calvary this is Shadow one: we are in position!"

"Copy that main force on the way, ETA ten minutes."

"Roger that, Shadow out. Alright, set up a defense we got five minutes before the calvary arrives." I said

We all dug a trench and fortify the position. It seemed to grab the attention of the Titans. I saw contacts coming in four directions.

"Contacts from all sides!"

"Good that means that we can shoot anywhere."

I saw the one rusher and took sites on it. I fired and the bullet met its heart. It dropped dead. I took sites on another one and fired. Saw three charging in the same place and I fired all three fell to the ground. I reloaded and took a drink of water to keep me cool.  The Titans on my side seemed to fall back making my shots more deadly. Then I saw the retreating one, I fired, and got his head. That must have demoralized them. I shot again at another hostile, until a line of explosions headed away from me, which completely destroyed all the titans in front of me. I still kept on firing as more were coming and I told my team to bunker out.

"I repeat the Calvary has arrived, head on in to the temple"

"Roger that, Shadow team move into the temple."