The Adventures Of Perseus

Prologue

The sounds of swords clashing filled the air. Four men in an abandoned room with their weapons out facing each other. Three shorter men on one side and the last, taller man on the other.

"Give up, father", said a black haired man, from the three, rather venomously, "you have no escape."

A loud, booming laughter came from the taller man. "You think that you have won yet you forget that I have millennia of experience on you, I have trained far longer and am far stronger."

"You're alone, father. Give up now and we'll be lenient in your punishment", said the tallest of the three. "Please stop this madness and surrender"

"Surrender? You would think me a coward to surrender to the likes of you?" Came the reply from the taller man who was alone.

There was a silence that followed. With the last and youngest member of the three silently fuming, not ready to give the man opposite him a chance for surrender, instead desiring to decapitate the head, of his so called father, right of his neck.

Finally he had enough, "brothers! Why do we wait? Let's just attack and rid the world of this filth!"

The two other brothers looked at their younger, headstrong brother disapprovingly. The sea-green eyed-one never looking away from the monster, that was their father, said, " calm, Zeus! There are easier ways to do this. While we may outnumber him, it will not make the fight any easier."

"We can take him." Came the boisterous reply from the newly christened Zeus.

The other brother, eldest of the three, just watched his brothers argue with building annoyance. The ever so silent Hades, rarely got angry as was seen over the course of the war but this childish argument at an important time was crossing the limits. Just as he was about to intervene, the tall man known as Kronos lost his patience.

"Enough!" He bellowed and with that he proceeded to attack the three brothers.

The three brothers retaliated accordingly and raised their weapons; Zeus with a sword crackling with electricity, Hades with a pitchfork and finally the last brother, Poseidon, with a trident.

As soon as they clashed, Kronos retreated but quickly went back on the offensive, not letting the three brothers have a break. Kronos fighting with intense ferocity that the three brothers were barely able to hold their own.

Kronos' weapon, a scythe, pulsing with power and a soft hum coming with every clash. He was fighting with such skill that he was unparalleled by anyone much less the three brothers.

After the initial clashes, all that was seen was a blur of colour and sparks and almost a dance-like movement between them.

Not long after, Hades was sent flying after a blow to the head from the butt of Kronos' scythe.

"Hades!" Came the yell from Zeus and Poseidon. Enraged, Poseidon charged at Kronos and went blow for blow until a mistake coupled with fatigue allowed Kronos to cut a deep gash on Poseidon's chest followed by a strong Spartan kick, sending him into a pillar in the corner.

"My son! Now I ask that you surrender, surrender and join me in vanquishing the rest of the pesky gods from the world."

Zeus offered no reply but to narrow his eyes in challenge to Kronos.

Kronos huffed, "when will you learn?"

Without warning, Zeus jumped at Kronos and attempted to sever his head from his body but he stayed in place, unmoving.

"Fool!" Kronos bellowed, "I'm the lord of time and time is the strongest force in the world"

Kronos slowly walked over to Zeus. "What do I do with you? So much potential yet such a disappointment."