The Return of Medusa: Part 3: Unleashing Chaos

Kid Icarus Uprising: The Return of Medusa- Part 3: Unleashing Chaos

Pit had escaped the jaws of death many, many times but even he was having doubts whether or not he was going to survive this situation. Being surrounded by invincible Ornes that kill you with one touch. The chances of living through this seemed rather low.

Magnus cursed under his breath, "This is not the way I wanted to die. Surrounded by musical skulls."

"I just wish they would stop with that vile music" Gaol muttered. Even she seemed to have given up. The only one who appeared to have not lost their spirit was Dark Pit. He stood glaring at the Ornes, his bow poised to fire.

"Why bother?" Magnus grunted, "Our weapons have no effect on them."

Dark Pit gritted his teeth, "If this is the end, then I'm going down fighting!"

Pit was about to say something when he heard a voice in his head. A voice that immediately restored his confidence.

"Lady Palutena!"

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you earlier Pit. Medusa must have blocked my link to you, but that's no longer the case. Just hold on, the Centurions are on their way."

"Great... but these are Ornes we're talking about. Are you sure the Centurions can handle them?"

Palutena's voice sounded very laid-back, "I'm pretty sure they can manage."

Pit was about to reply when he heard Magnus call out in alarm. One of the Ornes had decided that intimidating its victims was getting boring and was floating towards him, eager to extinguish his life. Pit backed away, saw an arrow fly past his ear and the glowing skull promptly vanish in a flash of light.

Everyone looked up to see a squad of Centurions enter the battle zone and immediately engage the Underworld troops who seemed surprised by this sudden attack. More arrows rained down on the Ornes, destroying each one of the vile creatures. Pit glanced at the bow the Centurions were carrying.

"Are those arrows of light?"

Palutena sounded rather excited, "Dyntos was kind enough to craft them for the Centurions. I will let him know that they were like a charm. Not even Ornes are safe from us now!"

"Do I get one?"

"Of course! I have a personalised bow of light waiting for you... oh, and a pepperoni pizza with extra cheese."

"It's like my birthday has come early!" Pit cheered. He turned to Magnus and Gaol, "Thanks for the help guys, but what will you do now?"

Magnus grinned, "Well there are still Underworld forces attacking the town and we can't let the Centurions have all the fun can we? See you around angel face."

Pit nodded, "Good luck... wait, where's Pitto?"

His answer came from above him, "Dealing out some pain... and stop calling me Pitoo!"
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"Well, it appears that the Ornes and Hewdraw failed to eliminate Pit."

Medusa turned off the holographic screen and glared at the two individuals hovering in front of her. "For once, just once I would like my strategies to go according to plan. Is that too much to ask?"

Thanatos shrugged, "Don't look at me. I wasn't leading that attack force. But if I had then I'm certain that we would be swimming in victory."

The beautiful women floating next to him laughed sarcastically, "If that is true Thanatos then why didn't you volunteer to lead the attack?"

"Pandora sweetie, I wanted to give Hewdraw his place in the sun. Besides I have allergies."

"Yes, it's called chicken fever."

"That's unfair! Anyway, if you spent more time actually contributing to the war effort instead of doing your hair, then maybe we would be getting close to victory."

"At least I have gorgeous hair you bald green ogre!"

"You just crossed the line my dear! I ought to slap you across your very attractive face!"

"SHUT UP!"

Medusa's eyes were glowing a fiery red and the snakes in her hair were hissing angrily. Pandora shifted uncomfortably and Thanatos made a high pitched squeaking noise.

"May I remind you both that I decided to resurrect you and I can easily reverse that. Especially you Pandora, I could change you back to a sentient ball of fire this moment. Do you want that?"

Pandora shook her head. Medusa paused to let her words sink in and continued, "If you fought as well as you argue, then we would be ruling Skyworld right now. So tell me, what do you plan to do about this?"

Thanatos coughed politely, "Umm... I have a plan to eliminate Pit's two human friends. I can get started right away."

Medusa relaxed slightly, "Then you'd better get started. Take Twinbellows with you, the vet thinks he's getting overweight and needs exercise."

Thanatos saluted and vanished in a puff of smoke. Pandora put her hand son her hips and muttered something.

"What was that Pandora?"

"It was just wondering why you have resurrected all your previous minions when you could easily hire some new ones. It seems a little lazy."

"Pandora, has any ever told you that it's better to keep opinions like that to yourself?" I strongly advise you to get out of my sight before I turn you back into your spirit form and use you as a stress toy."

Pandora disappeared immediately. Medusa smiled to herself and closed her eyes. "I think it's time to summon a force that I can rely on to its job properly." She began tracing a symbol in the air with her finger, keeping her mind focused on her goal. She began whispering an ancient incantation and traced the symbol, knowing that a single interruption would deny her what she sought. The ritual finished, she opened her eyes and smiled. She had opened the Chaos Vortex.

The crack in front of her was small but Medusa knew that the force that resided within had just been freed from its imprisonment. She leant forward and whispered two words. Chaos Kin.

Something inside the Vortex stirred. It recognised its name. It sensed that something was seeking it, a force clouded in darkness. A force that hungered for revenge against the same opponent it did. The angel. The angel which freed it from its prison only to seal it up again. It wanted revenge against the angel. Now it could finally taste freedom. The freedom to feed and destroy. The freedom to bring endless chaos.

Medusa bit her lip. This was taking longer than she thought. Her entire plan rested on freeing this dark creature and somehow convincing it to serve her. Without it, then her victory seemed impossible. She hated to admit it but Pit was a strong opponent. She needed something to rival his power. The sole denizen of the Chaos Vortex would give her that power.

She suddenly spotted something out of the corner of her eye. A dark flash of energy that shot out of the vortex like a bullet. Medusa quickly sealed up the crack again and turned to face the entity floating before her. She smiled. Now victory was all but certain. The Chaos Kin was free.

To be continued...