The God of Gravity part 2: Olympus

She's Mine Now

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"That's where the village is, isn't it?!!!" exclaimed Jack.

"AAARGH!!!" cried Sayuri until her knees became so weak from the sadness so she knelt. She threw Jack's goggles as her tears fell and dried in an instant it touched the sand.

Jasper has a smirk mixed with terror and surprise as he saw the men, women, and children falling from the sky with the sand. He couldn't put the face of sadness or anger because he doesn't know how to. Then he looked at Sayuri as she made her sheathed sword stand on the ground in front of her while she kneels and frowning in anger. She grabbed the hilt then saw far from where they are, Cleopatra started flying using her sand toward them but they hid behind the boulder. Cleopatra has no idea that they are there because of Sayuri's ability.

She growled, "I'm gonna kill that ugly hag!!" but Jasper held her hand on the hilt when she tried to unsheathe her katana.

She glared at Jasper in a look that made him feel like thousands of sharp tips of swords surround him and only inches away from impaling him everywhere on his body.

"Do you want me to slice you first?" she threatened.

Hiroki can't do anything because he's on the ground and disabled. Jack took his first step (literally) but she glared at him so he pulled his metal feet back into its place. Then she looked back at Jasper's eyes and this time, his smirk is unlike any other smirk they have seen from him. His smirk is not like he is always doing. The corners of her lips were crumpling in anger, his teeth clenched like he could make them shatter against each other, his eyes got shrouded by his frowning eyebrows, and his cheeks look like they could rip because of his way of stopping to show his emotion while feeling excitement, surprise, sorrow, and incinerating anger at the same time.

With that face, he says, "I want to kill her as much as you, my lady. I want to make her suffer and pay for what she did but not right now. I am not saying you cannot defeat her but not right now for we don't have a plan, we are just starting to recover from our injuries, and she still has the support from the massive devotees she has."

"Jasper...," she said and as if the air went cold and dead as it touched the voice that uttered it. "let go," she said as the words passed through her clenched teeth.

"Nothing will change in this continent if you kill her right now!" he raised his voice. "I am begging you to TRUST ME and I assure you that the CHANGE in this continent will start with a SINGLE SWING OF YOUR SWORD!!!"

She panted as she is angry and pulled her sword forcefully from Jasper's grip.

"My lady!" exclaimed Jack.

Then Cleopatra is already flying above where they are, And she did not notice a thing or any presence of people below her. She can't see under her sand as she rode them and went eastward with her mind thinking about getting herself fixed and dressed properly after the battle. She's back to her face of grace and kindness but her mind is revolving around the thought of getting her wound healed up as soon as possible so it would not scar. She flew faster.

As soon as Cleopatra got far enough to disappear behind the horizon, Sayuri summoned herself a wide sword and went to the village - already crumbled into pieces and in shambles. Jasper just watched the goddess fly to the village with a calm face with a small trace of sadness guilt. Jack just tapped Jasper's shoulder as a sign of affection and went to pick up Hiroki - who has his eyes shimmering because of his tears.

"Let's get to our lady, Hiroki," said Jack as he showed his hand.

Hiroki just looked at it as he sobbed, "So many innocent children were taken!" He squeezed his head trying to stop thinking about it as his heart swelled in sadness that suffocated his lungs.

Then Jack sighed and knelt with his composure as he is used to seeing death as part of his job. He calmly says, "Maybe there are survivors, and we can help them. Let's go."

Hiroki sniffed in a sob before grabbing Jack's hand. He carried him on his back and went to walk beside Jasper - who is still drenched in his thoughts.

"Let's go to our lady, Jasper," said Jack and they walked downhill to the west.

Jasper was silent for a few seconds until he parted his lips half-way as he feels unsure of what he is about to say. "Could've we done something?" he asked.

Then Jack got confused but just guessed for an answer so he says, "If we knew that this would've happened, we could have."

"Yeah, but as the one who Lady Sayuri entrusted to be the one who does the plans, this is my failure. I should have predicted that this is going to happen."

"No, don't blame yourself, Jasper. This is the fault of the people who fought here, not-"

"The one who just flew over the burning oilfields without sparing a single thought about the safety of the innocent people who are just a horizon away?"

"You're not thinking straight right now, Jasper."

Then he touched his forehead with his wrist and he smirked. "Oh, right... Sorry. This is not the fault of any of us but I feel that I must feel guilty. That witch surely did a great damage to me. As soon as that god landed near the village, I was sure about the safety of the villagers because I thought Cleopatra is a merciful goddess that protects the innocent. My intuition was right all the time. I could not believe I didn't trust it. As the God of Trickery, this is humiliating. I should be the one who does the tricks. and not the one who's being tricked." Jack patted Jasper's back and they continued striding on the sand to accompany their lady.

Sayuri is panting and her eyes welling up with tears as she used her powers to dig the sand. She already checked the bodies she found on the surface but they are already dead with snapped bones, deep b****y wounds, and fatal traumas after a fall that is not survivable. Around her are trees, debris, walls, and nothing but destruction by sand.

Then she noticed a small hand that she's familiar with. She stopped using her blades to dig and used her bare hands. What she found was the face of Anfisa - the sweet girl who had the courage to talk to her. Sayuri wept so hard after seeing the lifeless eyes of the child filled nothing but sand. She's dead.

"Haaaargh!!!" she cried as she knelt and hugged the dead body of Anfisa. "I'm gonna kill her!!!"

She left the dead girl, stood up, and unsheathed her katana. She went to face the southern desert and made her katana and eyes glow violet. So enraged that she sliced the sand down to let out her anger, all the while creating a tall spike of violet fire that moved to the south.

"Lady Sayuri!" exclaimed Jack and tried to sprint to get to her but Jasper got a hold of him.

"Let her be," he said. "she needs to let out her anger without hurting someone." He sat on the tip of the dune and watched her raging violet fire spreading chaos into the air and onto the sand. "She will be fine because we will be there after she settles down and we will let her know that we are here with her."

Jack put Hiroki on the sand and he too sat on it and watched to the west. Then Jack asks, "Your butt doesn't hurt anymore?"

"Just shut up, Jack," he said as he turned to lay prone while his eyes are twitching because of the pain after he forgot that he has the wound.

Somewhere from where they are, a boy around the age of teens saw the moving violet towers of the violet flame, he is looking from the north. He is very pale, has black hair, from an oriental ethnicity, and blood all over his mouth and bare chest after slurping all of the blood out from a man's neck. He has no shoes but only his jeans as his covering. The sun is not bothering him. His crimson eyes widened at the sight but then narrowed it as he threw away the dead man he fed on. He is surrounded by several dead men that he discarded after drinking all of their blood. They will soon be part of the sand, as well as their carts full of the white stuff, save their camels that do not interest him.

"Well, what do we have here?" he asked himself as he smirked and his b****y fangs were piercing his lower lips. He sniffed so hard that he faced the sky and he stopped. "Someone smells interesting..."

Sayuri is still swinging her sword endlessly that it made her so tired. Her anger is greater than what her body could bear so she felt very weak but her feelings would not go. She created a dust cloud around her that the three from the distance can only see her silhouette as she summons the violet fire.

She panted for a couple of seconds then, "YAAAAARGH!!!" she screamed as she sent another wave of sharp violet flame to the distance that sliced and melted the dunes until they became bigger grains of glass. She grunted as she struggled to lift her katana but then she fainted and fell.

A pair of b****y hands caught her.

"I guess that's it," said Jasper. "she's got enough. Let's go."

"Wait!" exclaimed Jack after sensing someone with an Olympian Strength except Sayuri and Jasper. "Who's-" He didn't hesitate and grabbed his briefcase behind his back and transformed it into a sniper rifle.

The 'b****y' guy is carrying the unconscious Sayuri on his arms and sniffed her neck, up to her chin so the blood on his nose stained her. He said, "Your blood smells interesting..." with a lusty smirk. Then tilted his head forward to dodge the bullet that came from Jack.

The sand cloud cleared up and they saw a teenage boy with blood all over his mouth and body. Jack felt wary and dread after seeing the neck of their lady stained with blood. Jack is already near and aiming his rifle at the boy's head. Then he saw that she doesn't have a wound but only a bloodstain on her neck. He approached slowly and warily, watching out for sudden movements that will hurt the goddess.

Jack says, "Put her down, slowly, and gently." The guy just narrowed his eyes while sniffing. "Now!" yelled Jack.

"No," he said and Jack got startled. Then he smiled as he said, "she's mine now."

"Think again!" he threatened while transforming his sniper rifle into an assault rifle. "I'll ask again one last time! Put her down!"

The guy pouted his b****y lips before saying, "Okay, okay..."

Then Jack felt at ease as the guy slowly put her down but, "What-" he said before grunting in pain as he felt pain in his chest that he collapsed forward on the sand.

"That was a joke," said the guy rising up and walked toward him while smiling intensely as he looked at Sayuri's face. He put his right foot on Jack's back and says, "You puny human with your g*n. It wouldn't work on me."

Jack grunts, "Don't.... ugh.... hurt.... her..."

"Hurt her? A sip of blood or two wouldn't even hurt her that much." Then he smirked with his eyes glowing in l**t for blood. "Mind if I have a bite of your goddess?"

"NO!!!" screamed Jack.

The guy bared his teeth and went for the goddess's neck when "Hyun?!!!" exclaimed Jasper after transforming from a bird.

The guy stopped and just looked at Jasper with his mouth wide open. "Jasper?" he asked.

Jasper laughed as he asked, "What the heck are you doing here?!!!"

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