God of War 3: Zeus boss fight

[A/N: Headsup I'm not gonna be changing the name of the Box of Pandora cause its fucking awkward. And I'll be referring to the GoL as Zeus to avoid confusion. And because the fucked doesn't even have a canon name.]


"Hmm... This'll be fun." King said throwing the recording crystal towards Saber.


"Hmm... Ahh, how nostalgic." Saber sighed, looking over the crystal before slotting it in.


"Alright, everybody! I have a this neat recording, that I'm sure Ozpin and Salem will definitely enjoy." Saber smirked at the immortal couple.


"I highly doubt, Ozpin has anything in common anymore with the evil witch." Ironwood pointed out.


"Not even to kill a god?" Saber challenged.


"How interesting..." Salem smiled evilly.


"Not that the knowledge would hurt." Ozpin shrugged his shoulders.


"Excellent! And I get to feel nostalgic about this. So Win Win!" Saber clapped her hands and.


"I am sorry. But can somebody explain what were even going to be watching!" Weiss interrupted, the fast pace of the conversation.


"Later, snowflake." Saber ignored her, when the screen began to light up.


The scene began with Penny and Salem just a few moments away from unlocking the Flame of Olympus and getting to the Box of Pandora.


Penny dashes for the Flame, but Salem catches the girls arm before she can run off.


"Penny, no!"


"You know why I'm here! You brought me here to do this!" Penny protested, trying to break free from Salem's hold.


"That light... What is it? And how is Penny connected to it?" Weiss asked.


"That light. As you put it, is called the Flame of Olympus; the lock of the Box of Pandora within it." Saber explained.


"And Penny knows how to unlock it, I'm guessing?" Salem said.


"Sorta. But if I answered that, then where's the surprise." Saber explained politely.


"I will find another way!" Salem tried to convince the struggling Penny from her hold.


"No child!" Salem ordered, feeling Penny slip from her grip.


"No, Salem! There is no other way! Let me go! I am not a child" Penny protested, pulling herself away from Salem's hold.


"Shit. Penny isn't just some girl that magically knows how to unlock that thing, is she?" Raven looked at Saber.


"Ding Ding Ding! Birb mom gets a prize! Though I'm not revealing any specifics just yet." Saber clapped, winking at the bandit queen.


"I haven't seen you that insistent. Since, well you know." Ozpin scratched his head awkwardly.


"Yes, apparently being a mother does that to you. And a being a controlling bitch too, apparently." Salem sighed, looking back at the screen.


Penny ran across the floor, but before she approaches the Flame; Penny collides with an old man sending her crashing to the floor. While Salem could only watch as Zeus picked up the helpless girl by the neck.


"Penny!" Her friends yelled in worry.


"Well, I'll be damned... He looks even more like an asshole." Ozpin said in surprise.


"Did the God of Light actually look like that?" Oscar turned to Salem.


"Last I saw him, he looked like a retard in a Faunus furry costume... Should have brought a flamethrower." Salem said in disgust.


"That bad too, huh?" Ozpin sighed, looking at Salem.


"Salem help!" Penny screamed to Salem for aid.


"Put her down, Zeus!" Salem ordered the King of the Gods.


"I never noticed this. But she has quite a large scar in her stomach." Ironwood pointed out.


"Oh, that. A few hours to a day or so, Salem had just gone back through time after narrowly escaping death when the GoL stabbed her with the Blade of Olympus. And that's where the scar came from." Saber explained.


"Your obsession with this... This... Thing, has become somewhat of a nuisance, my daughter." Zeus replied, tightening his grip on the struggling Penny.


"Wait. What?" Everyone looked at Salem, then at Saber.


"Right, so Salem is the many hundred of Zeus's children. And the current God of War, the details on the time travel, and technicality after absorbing the soul of the GoD earlier kinda makes overly complicated. But in short, after absorbing a bunch of god's souls she's basically a god again even though it technically..." Saber trailed off.


"So basically its so stupidly complicated. That you don't even remember, but the gist of it is Salem's a god because parent is Zeus?" Summer summarized.


"Yeah, pretty much. In my defense its been a while since I checked on her." Saber shrugged, byt agrees.


"Release the girl, Zeus!" Salem demanded in anger.


"Don't confuse this object... This construction of Pietro with your own flesh and blood." Zeus told her insubordinate daughter, who merely glares as he floats towards the Flame.


"Oh, god! Its V8 all over again!" King whisper-yelled, remembering the recent volume.


"Oh, hell nah. Kick his ass!" Neptune yelled at the screen.


"So... This Penny's purpose is to be sacrificed in order to unlock the secret to kill a god?" Penny looked at Saber, having realized why Penny was special.


"Afraid so, dear." Saber nodded to the girl.


"But perhaps you already have, Spartan. You're quest for Pandora, you're pathetic attempt for atonement from the family you slaughtered. Has caused nothing but havoc on Olympus! Look around at what you've done!" Zeus presented to her, showing the entire chambers floor destroyed and fires coming from bellow it.


"Atonement... Would she/I really go so far to atone for the past." Ozpin and Salem whispered to themselves.


"W-What did she do?" Summer found the courage to ask.


"She was tricked by her predecessor, the God of War. Into serving him, and in one of said service massacres an entire town. But unbeknownst to her, she mercilessly kills her family inside in a blood rage. Following that an old woman curses her to bear the ashes of her family on her skin; and the reason why she has an ash like complexion." Saber explained. Much to the horror of some in the audience.


"Cursed to forever remember the family you slaughtered... That's just brutal." Qrow laughed dryly.


"I see only what I have come to destroy!" Salem said in defiance.


"Taking pity on you was my greatest mistake, Salem. Just like taking pity on this thing will prove to be your greatest mistake." Zeus continued to lecture, while violently shaking Penny.


"THE ONLY MISTAKE HERE IS ME BREAKING CRESCENT ROSE AFTER SHOVING IT SO FAR UP YOUR OLD ASS THEY'LL CALL YOU IRONASS." Ruby raged, throwing a can of soda through the screen.


"Clearly, I have been a very naughty influence." Cinder chuckled awkwardly getting stares from the Rose-Xiao Long Family.


"Fuckin hell... Not gonna lie, seeing I'd pay to see that." Saber admitted.


"This has nothing to do with her." Salem yelled aggressively. When Zeus lifted Penny through her neck and legs.


"Put her down!" Salem threatened the god; then pulling the Blades of Exile from her back.


"As you wish." Zeus complied, sending the helpless girl flying towards a shaky rock away from them both. Salem sends Zeus and herself flying, the two gods send each other flying the opposite direction.


When they both got up, Zeus flies into the air sending several bolts of lighting while Salem closed the gap by jumping towards him. Returning the favor, Salem begun swinging the Blades of Exile wildly; hooking Zeus with her blades then slamming her body hard towards the god. Forcing Zeus to teleport out of her sight.


"That's so cool! What? How does she swing those chains so easily!" Ruby said excitedly.


"Yes, its quite an interesting concept. Even I don't swing Gambol Shroud that recklessly let alone dual wield, she makes swinging a sword like that so eaassy." Blake said, finding the movements of the Blades of Exile almost hypnotic.


"Still she's facing who's essentially the King of the Gods, without any sort of god killing powers though." Weiss noted to her teammates.


"Still, she's clearly powerful enough that Zeus had to flee her relentless attacks. So perhaps its such a onesided fight after all." Pyrrha voiced out her opinion.


"Hmm... Hooking my opponents with Midnight? Perhaps, I can incorporate that to my style once I gain hold of the Fall Maiden's power." Cinder noted, having Emerald write down important notes on the fight.


Salem switches to the Claws of Hades, when Zeus reappeared behind her. Swinging the Claws she manages to hit Zeus several times before switching mid-swing to the Nemesis Whip for some odd reason.


"Woah! She's so damn skilled, she switches weapons mid swing?" Summer awed at the risky display of skill by the Ghost of Sparta.


"Those weapons, what are they?" Ironwood looked curiously as the weapons seem to be really powerful to make a god pause.


"The purple one is called the Claws of Hades, a weapon Salem took after slaying Hades or the God of Darkness for you Remnant people." Saber explained.


"The green one you saw briefly is called the Nemesis Whip. Made by Penny's father to help Salem on her journey towards the Labyrinth if memory serves me correctly, however Pietro betrays Salem to keep her away from Penny but ultimately Salem manages to kill him." Saber continued, adding a few extra details.


The split-second gap allowed Zeus to launch a thunderbolt at Salem point-blank, sending the God of War flying a few feet.


"You disappoint me." Zeus lamented. Prompting Salem to pull out the Blade of Olympus in a rage against her father.


The world that surrounds them turns grey, in her rage Salem wildly swings the Blade of Olympus but Zeus blinks behind her, repeateadly firing bolts of lighting towards the raging Spartan.


"Holy Smokes! That is one cool ass sword." Nora gushed, excitedly.


"I wonder if its also a gun?" Ruby asked out loud.


"Fuck no! That things basically a nuke if it turned into a gun." King denied the thought.


"As if the Blade of Olympus wasn't basically OP already..." Saber shivered at the thought.


Salem uses the momentum of the sword to launch herself closer to Zeus, thrusting the blade towards Zeus's chest in an unstoppable attack.


As Salem's rage dissipates, she discards and switches to the Blades of Exile. She boldly swings her blades towards Zeus, who matches each of her strikes with one of his own. Grabbing her by the head, he stuns the warrior with his bear fists showing his immense power.


"He's just been using the same attacks over and over again..." Pyrrha said in awe of the god's power.


"He's either playing with her, or he's holding back for something bigger." Winter surmised.


"It could be. Though it doesn't really change the facts that in a few hits he's managed to knock back another god." Qrow analyzed.


"And it doesn't help that he's teleporting everytime Salem attempts to attack him. Wasting her energy is a surefire way to ein without doing much." Raven pointed out to her brother.


"Damn. Professional huntsmen really are on another level." Jaune said, astonished at the immediate analysis that all of the professional huntsmen have already developed.


Zeus watches as Salem attempts to get back up, deciding to finish this. He summons a massive lightning strike on his palm, he detonates the lightning causing a blinding light to cover the entire area.


"He does not mess around too apparently." Tai said, slack jawed at the seemingly quick match.


"Nice to know I still get my ass kicked..." Salem huffed indignantly.


But to his surprise as the light began to clear, a wall of Spartan shields surrounded the seemingly defeated god.
Salem had called upon the souls of his exiled brethren to shield her from certain death.


"It would seem that the fight has only just begun." Cinder said, smirking.


"I forgot she could do that..." Saber said, while King gave her the look.


"I only ever use the Claws of Hades, okay?" Saber defended herself.


Zeus attempted to put distance between himself and the phalanx, but the ever reaching spears of Sparta had thrown him off, not to be outdone he launches several lightning bolts as the phalanx disappeared.


Caught off balance, Salem easily got under the flying deity and used the Nemean Cestus to rock the floor beneath them sending Zeus crashing down.


"Oooh. Me likey." Yang said with heart eyes.


"Of course, you would..." Tai can already feel his wallet going extinct after this.


Not relenting, Salem punches Zeus towards the wall. Hitting him repeatedly without a single pause. In a twist of irony Salem uses the Nemesis Whip to electrocute the god.


Salem swings the whip, causing electricity to attack Zeus who continued to merely shrug off the pain.


"Yeah. I don't know what that was. But electrocuting the god that uses lightning? Really?" Jaune raised an eyebrow.


"Its quite poetic actually. Getting killed by your strongest asset." Cinder said with a sigh.


"Yeah, nothing like fighting fire with fire after all." Blake supported.


"It would have been crazy hilarious if he actually got killed with electricity though." Saber joined in.


"Alas, it didn't work." King rolled his eyes.


The two gods continued to trade blows, with no one having the upper hand. Salem continues to hit Zeus with everything she has, switching between weapons as quickly as possible while maintaining the offensive. Until an opportunity to end the fight finally come to her.


Closing the gap, she attempts to punch Zeus just at the same moment Zeus thinks the same thing. Launching both of them into pillars on either side of the path.


Not stopping. Salem draws the Blades of Exile, charging Zeus head on at the same time she throws her blades launching the god back onto a pillar. Not stopping there she hooks the blades onto Zeus and pulls herself towards the god; pummeling him deeper onto the pillar then throwing him onto the other side.


"She's like a killing machine, she's unstoppable..." Sun awed at the unstoppable force of Salem's attack.


But Salem unexpectedly, lost her momentum when Zeus launched himself towards her. But Salem wasn't one to give in, closing in once more she executes the same attack with far greater speed and precision, that when Zeus attempted launch himself towards the Spartan he's flung back hard on a pillar causing it to bury him inside.


"Dude. This is awesome!" Neptune exclaimed, watching the fast pace of the action.


"Its honestly impressive how they're both still standing..." Weiss said.


"But it can't possibly be that easy." Pyrrha said, noticing the far too quick defeat of Zeus.


In that same minute, Zeus bursts out of the rubble charging at the Ghost of Sparta.


"Surrender to me and Penny will live." Zeus tried convincing Salem, but is only met with a rage filled Salem charging at him as well.


Gaining the upper hand, Zeus uses short bursts of thunderbolts on his palm to stave off Salem's attacks.


"I am the King of the Gods!" Zeus yelled in fury, blinding the chamber with another powerful strike; which Salem narrowly escapes with the help of her exiled Spartans.


"She's losing her advantage." Qrow gritted his teeth.


"She's far too enraged. Nothing will put her on the defensive now except death." Raven said, noticing the stopped momentum that the earlier fight had.


Unwilling to give up, Salem enter into another Rage just as Zeus reappeared in front of her. Slashing and stabbing the god, rage fueled her attacks shrugging off Zeus's lighting strikes until Zeus teleported behind her again.


Still enraged, she uses the Blades of Exile to extend her reach quickly unwilling to stop her onslaught. But even she can no longer shrug off Zeus's attacks, being able to launch one final strike against Zeus using the Claws of Hades before being stunned.


In a fit of clever thinking, Salem unleashes a soul from the claws, then uses the Nemean Cestus to punch Zeus back, before using the Boots of Hermes to kick him towards the pillar. Then stepping back, rapidly firing arrows, as Zeus slowly approached him once more.


"She's surely getting her money's worth of all those weapons, huh?" Qrow said.


"Gods damn, its like she just combined all of our fighting styles and unleashed it all at once." Mercury said, slack jawed.


"Even the maidens combined have never reached that amount of power..." Ozpin said in astonishment.


"Well, yeah. They're gods after all." Saber looked at Ozpin.


Zeus throws a powerful hook towards, Salem who counters it with one of her own. Launching the god back a few feet. Taking advantage of the weakened Zeus, Salem lifts him up and pushes her into a pillar and repeatedly dishes out punch after punch on the weakened god.


"Why do I feel like this has happened to me before?" Roman said, squinting his eyes at Cinder.


"Perhaps, its just a case of deja vu." Cinder smiled innocently.


Zeus after taking a heavy beating attempt to get up, but Salem had cracked the wall behind him causing it to come crashing down at the last possible moment.


As the chambers structure continued to collapse, Penny is  shown to have climbed towards the Chain of Balance almost nearing her goal.


"I swear, that girl is a giant death flag..." Cinder remarked upon seeing the really dangerous situation.


"You'd be amazed at how true that is..." Ironwood mutters.


Debris continued falling around her, one of which knocks the chain to fall down. Realizing the danger she was in, Penny hurriedly runs for her life as the chain continued to shorten and shorten. Finally, nearing safety Penny jumps for the ledge.


Salem is once again shown, towering above Zeus under the rubble. Seeing her chance, Penny makes a run for the box; catching Salem's attention.


"Penny!" Salem yelled, running after the girl who has finally stepped into the flame. The flames soon reacted, emitting a blue hue as it tried to drag Penny into the flames


"Penny you dummy! You're gonna get killed!" Penny's friends yelled at the screen.


"I do not understand, you're concern. Is the other me's purpose not supposed to be the key to the power inside the box? Is it not her purpose to sacrifice herself to unlock the power to help Salem?" Penny asked, confused at their reactions. Saber merely stood up and took the robot into her arms.


"Penny, darling. Understand this, no amount of power will ever compare to her life or yours... And if all your friends could have they're way, anyone that says otherwise can go burn." Saber said, flipping her tone at the mention of sacrifice.


"If I had a nickel for everytime Penny dies, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice..." King muttered to himself.


As Penny continued to be sucked into the flame, Salem manages to grab hold of her arm, preventing the flames from consuming her.


"Penny, no!" Salem tried to reason while she pulled on Penny's arm harder.


"Stop her, Salem! Do not let her into the flame!" Zeus said, staggering out of the ruins on top of him.


"This is what I'm meant to do! You know that! Please" Penny begged as the flames pull got stronger.


"Hush." Zeus attempted to silence the girl, as he slowly walked up to them.


"Salem. You know its the only way!" Penny continued to beg.


"Don't listen to her, Salem." Zeus attempted to reason, making Salem look at her father in anger.


"For once in your pathetic life. Don't fail." Zeus berated, causing Salem to get angrier.


"Damnit. Stop distracting her!" Summer said in frustration.


"He's still as every bit infuriating, huh... Then again, why should I be surprised." Salem said with a touch of disdain.


"Perhaps, in a long time. We are in agreement, he is a distraction and is once again doing the exact opposite of he's aims." Ozpin answered.


"Huh. Chalk it up to the God of Light's brilliant failures then?" Saber smirked at the two.


"Definitely. I mean making someone immortal, and telling them to learn the meaning of life and death? Big brain moment right there." Ozpin answered with a laugh.


"Don't fail her like you failed your family." Zeus said, finally sending Salem over the edge. Letting go if Penny, she charges against Zeus punching him repeatedly until a blast blackened the screen signalling Penny's death.


"All he had to do was shut the fuck up! How the hell is that guy a god?" Weiss complained in anger.


"Welcome to the club, sister. We have meetings in Evernight at Friday." Salem rolled her eyes at the girl.


"Petition to decommission the PENNY Project so Penny can live a normal life." Ruby raised her hand, followed by almost everyone in the room.


"Sorry general, I'm gonna have to disobey orders." Winter said raising her hand.


"Winter is a walking German stereotype and no will ever convince me otherwise." Saber eyes the specialist.


The screen comes back to life, the same time as Salem regains consciousness, briefly looking around she spots the Box of Pandora waiting for someone to open it.


"Penny!" Salem says worriedly, finally regaining her wits as she ran towards where the Flame of Olympus once stood.


Dramatic music played, as she slowly approached the box. Just as Zeus tried to stand up to see Salem touching the lid of the box.


"The power to kill a God." Salem said in astonishment as she pushed the box's lid to reveal its content.


Everyone in the audience stood in silent anticipation, as the viewings atmosphere tensed up.


It revealed nothing. Salem stood in disbelief as the box contained nothing much to Zeus's amusement.


"After all that... Bullshit its empty!?" Cinder yelled, in poorly concealed anger.


"Was there even any power to kill a God inside?" Weiss asked.


"Perhaps. Perhaps not." Saber answered cryptically.


"Empty?" Zeus laughed, taunting the Ghost of Sparta's failure.


"What I'd pay to shove my heels up that fuckers ass..." Summer glared in annoyance.


"Relax, dear. No need to threaten people with violence." King replied with a small laugh..


"Fucking hell, now he sounds like my father..." Weiss glares at the screen.


"After all have sought. After all you've sacrificed. It ends in another stunning failure." Zeus continued to taunt Salem who gets progressively angrier every sentence, then disappearing from the chamber.


••••••••••


"Alright guys and gals. We're gonna have to pause a bit, due to... Another overheating failure." Saber groaned in annoyance.


"So, yeah. Go to the bathroom, grab more snacks and then meet me back here in a couple minutes..." Saber shrugged, conjuring a pack of ice from thin air.


"I think I'll stay if you don't mind, Ms. Saber." Penny said, separating from the general and Winter.


"Sure. Sure. Just take a sit anywhere you want." Saber waved off, pouring ice into the recording slots.


"Yo, I've just received a text from Erika. Says she needs more time before they're good to go. Or more specifically if won't you change your mind about this dumb idea." King says waving his phone around.


A/N: Yo, its me ya boi. Anywho I cut this chapter short and plan on doing a part 2 to this... Heck in fact its basically the next chapter. So hold on tight, cause my sembreak is sometime probably next week which would allow me to focus writing again.


In other news, what's your thoughts about me making a God of War Reacts to the Multiverse fic? Its basically already in the works with one chapter ready to be published since last week, along with the RWBY Reacts to BF1 that I've promised I'd make in the near future.


Anyways have a nice day/evening/afternoon




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