Expeditions in Britain

"What is this rainy hellhold?" Khutulun spoke and handing her my bear skin fur around her shoulders spoke, "Britain, don't worry it get's a lot worse than this!" "How many are left?" "Six, there is two here, Medusa, the true one is in Africa. A Draugar, a Hafgufa blocking the pass and finally Gnawer the Troll leader of an Troll army! I wonder what Draugar wants...they are usually defending something!" "Let's worry about that after!" Athena shivered and nodding I stated, "Yes, I forget about you human's and body temperature, right you all prepare and set up base, get out of the breeze, I will try and track this Cyclops down! Saxa!" she nodded before shivering spoke, "I will come, I just need some warmth!" I nodded before looking at her spoke, "That will be sorted in a few moments!" "What do you mean?" "You were the first recruit so you are the first armour set!" there was clunk from the sky and walking over I smiled, "Saxa your armour" "How will this keep me warm, it's literally thin metal!" "Trust me!" she looked at me before nodding rushed off as I read the note, "Adapted to keep the body temperature normal and lined with golden apple and dried mermaid intestines!" "Ew!" Eva spoke and laughing I spoke, "Saxa you ready?" she nodded causing me to say "Now watch this..." I drew my sword and stabbing her in the throat watched her drop to the floor, "What the fuck?" Eva bellowed and shaking her head Artemis stated, "Watch this!" the wound healed and coughing Saxa spat, "Why in the hell did you do that for?" "Prove a point, wearing this armour she is immortal!" "So I am like you?" "In a way, more of an Demi-God!" she nodded before adjusting her bracers spoke, "Let's go, where to?" "Caved area to the north just like the Giant's they like to hide away only difference is they are much more aggressive and violent in their actions!" she nodded before looking over to the area spoke, "Go on track it down" "What?" "You know the smell and the signs, it's your turn!" she walked forward and looking down for signs and watching her work smiled when she found the signs and rushed forward. She rushed forward hurriedly and losing it's track I spoke, "Too hastily and you lost it! Go back to your last sign and go from there!" we walked back and retracing her steps stopped when she saw the footstep, "It shows the way we came from!" "Yes but look, to your left!" she looked over and seeing another step causing me to state, "Changed course!" I signaled her forward and marching forward we continued on our journey into the higher territory. "It stops here!" "You have reached your destination, look!" I pointed down into the small man-made or in this case Cyclops made den, "The plan?" "Lure it out and aim for it's eye, then hack away until it's dead!" "Well we have a problem there!" "What do you mean?" and pointing over there we saw the beast bellow and a man's voice cry out, "Come on then you oversized one eyed bastard, I will use your head for target practice and your balls as punch bags!" and throwing rocks at him it started to charge out.

This bearded man did great, he must have been almost seventy but still fought away, he rolled out of the way and delivering another clubbing blow into the beasts knee and seeing it fall to one of them he leapt up and slammed his club into it's eye. It got up and wailing flung him around but he didn't care instead he pulled his long knife out and pushed it deep into the now exposed neck straight through the windpipe and holding on as it fell forward on to it's hands and knees he pulled his club out from the eye and sent it down against the beast's head one final time leaving it to fall into the shallow water and laughing he spat, "A piece of piss!" I looked at Saxa who nodded watched me jump down with a thud and standing upright he turned around, "What do you want?" "Another one off my list, I thank you for that!" "List?" "Yes of escaped monsters from the underworld, I would say don't believe me if you want but I think the body there proves it!" "Seven more to go!" "So seven more of these big over-bloated flesh bags are walking around here?" "Not here exactly but over the world and not all like that all different!" "Sounds fun!" "Want to join our group of hunters?" "And get what?" "What's your name?" "Tormund!" I smiled before saying, "You know Brienne?" "Yes why?" "Well Tormund you will get legends written about you, elevated to Demi-god and I could even arrange for you to see Brienne again! I am...the son of the God of Death!" "Your Thanatos' son?" I nodded before saying, "Second child of him and Cersei!" he nodded before saying, "Your name?" "James!" "Well James do I get fame for smashing heads in like his?" "Yes and Free ale with it!" "Free? hmm, I did want to see Brienne again!" and smiling he spoke, "Alright but I don't take orders well!" "No one ever does!" I stated and pulling out the glowing flower spoke, "But first of all, let's sort out your age and wounds!" I hovered it over his body and waving it gently back and for he stood there before smiling I commented, "Much better!" he looked down and seeing the orange hair spoke, "Much better!" "Any rules?" "Two one complete loyalty to all members and secondly Athena won't sleep with you...she sort of likes me; so naturally refuses the rest!" he nodded before querying, "Other women?" "Both in and out of the camp!" "Excellent!"

“People welcome our new member Tormund the mad-beard” “Mad-beard?” “Yes the mad-beard” “What did he do to prove himself?” he smiled bearing his teeth before stating, “Killed a cyclops with my bear hands!” they stopped and looking in shock I spoke, “Let’s reword that shall we...You killed a cyclops by yourself, impressive you only used your bare hands after it was dead because you started to kick and punch it, either way impressive!” “So where now?” “We wait for Athena to get in contact with us, she is trying to find an rough location of the Dearg Due” “I have been meaning to ask...what is a Dearg Due?” “It’s sort of an Vampire and succubus together...it is meant to seduce men and suck their blood, created due to men or someone treating them poorly and in death come back for revenge, however what Athena has stated is: this one is coming out every night not the traditional one or two times a year and she is seducing all not just men! Mark my words this is going to be harder than the others!” “It’s a woman with fangs!” Tormund joked causing me to comment, “The difference is with the others they weren’t providing a direct threat where she can. We chose to attack them but she would willingly attack us!” “How do we kill it?” “We need to keep it down for long enough to bury her and put big rocks over it so she can’t escape after that Hades stated he would take care of the rest!” “How big will this group get?” Eva spoke looking at the limited tent space, I looked around and spoke, “The last one will be the hardest the Troll has a army so we need the best fighters as possible. Right...Eva and Tormund? You like the unique, Athena and Saxa and Artemis you can have the big one!” “I don’t get feel the cold. Tormund can have the small one, Eva, Athena and Saxa the large one I will lay under the stars!” I nodded before hearing, “Where will you sleep?” “I don’t need it, never have!” “You don’t need to eat or drink but choose to, you don’t need to piss or shit and now you don’t sleep, what next?” “Think of a dead person and that is what he shares, their qualities!” Athena nodded before turning in behind Eva and Saxa we nodded to Tormund who throwing his boots off yawned before closing his flaps, I sat on the ground back against the log and wrapping my arm around Artemis spoke, “Time for a big ol’ hug from my consort!” she laughed hugging me and smiling she spoke, “You know something? Thánatos offered the exact same to me, he offered himself to stop others from getting their chance and to keep me free, he understood this and banished me in your direction, believing you would help!” “I like you Artemis, you are family and I will defend your freedom in all the ways I can!” there was a beep and pulling out of her parchment she read, “Please! Please! Fuck, if you don’t I lose my Lyre-Apollo!” “Just hug please or I lose my Trident-Poseidon” “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! -Persephone!” I laughed before Artemis wrote, “Athena any news?” “It looks like it is located in South Wales, I don’t know why it is soo far away from its homeland!” Artemis nodded before Persephone wrote, “How are you James?” “Fine!” “Well that is blunt!” Artemis laughed and kissing her lips she smiled before kissing me back she laughed, “I couldn’t do it with so many people watching!” she laughed before laying in my arms spoke, “At least Poseidon loses his trident!” “Good, he is a major dick anyway!” “Oh yeah I forgot you hated him!” “Demeter, Medusa all friends of mine! All violated by him and with no trident is useless!” “You could kill him anyway, you are more powerful than him!” “I don’t care at the moment let’s just kill these monsters first and then we can “talk” it out!” and agreeing she turned to my side and lowered her head to my chest.

We marched South whilst Eva took her ship around the island, “So what do we do?” “We track it then we either find her and drag her back to the grave or wait until it returns if it does and put her in the ground!” “Where do we start?” “A man called Wilkin Brattle has been following it, we meet him and follow him to the grave!” “Why hasn’t he tried to kill it?” “Apart for Tormund would any of you do it on your own?” “Can we trust him?” “We have no reason not to!” “Why help us?” “Because he has nothing left...his wife was slaughtered by the Barons men and child tore out of her body and the Baroness who “fell in love” with him used him to secure her position, we have to trust him, no one else has!” “If you say so!” “I do! Now let’s go!” we marched to the location given and seeing the man sit quietly at the fire he stopped to look over to me, “What come to kill me now?” “The complete opposite, we are looking for the Dearg Due and we’ve heard you know where it is. Take us to her grave and we will leave you in peace or you could come with us if you want!” “And do what?” “Kill monsters” “And after that?” “Reach paradise!” “If we make it then I might consider it, this way; it was last seen North of here in the forest area!”

I took him to scout forward whilst Saxa followed to get the sense of the smell left behind, "Now this can be tricky, they smell like death but it is hard to smell if there is a trail of dead bodies near it!" "Only recent bodies will be around, the others are carted away and burnt!" "Good! smell for the rotten flesh!" she nodded before saying, "She is over there!" I turned around and seeing the woman fangs bearing hiss at me spoke, "Come little one, I know a place we could go quiet and talk out what you want!" "You back in the underworld simple!" as and feeling a clunk on her head Tormund spoke, "Simple!" but feeling her hand grab his throat Wilkin grabbed his wooden spike and stuck it into her head, "Tormund you owe this man a thank you!" "Never mind that, she will be awake soon!" "Right you and Tormund find heavy rocks, Saxa let bury her!" "She is waking up again!" and kicking her in the head with my steel boots spoke, "Lets get on with this!" she nodded hurriedly dropping her in the grave, "Body first then head!" Saxa spoke I nodded before burying her legs in Tormund slammed a massive rock onto her head before dropping the rock on her waist brought the next to lay on her chest and seeing us put the last spades full of dirt leaving only her head free from dirt and walking up to her knelt before speaking, "Orga, I am sorry for your life, I'm sorry Grian never got to be with you and maybe if your father wasn't a bastard we wouldn't have been in this situation. I'm sorry he didn't listen to your prayers and pleas and I am sorry he failed to protect you as a father! I'm sorry he sold you off like and object and that he gave you over for coin, I assure you he is suffering like your husband who should never have treated you like you did! I assure you your cries were not ignored, at least not by me and my family; I free you and made a deal with Dis Pater your creator, a associate of our family! You will be freed from your curse and see Grian again and if Persephone refuses to let you in Elysium, just say I sent you!" she looked into my eyes before saying, "Thank you!" I nodded before putting my hand on her head felt the pain of her memories enter my mind retracting my hand winked as she saw my red eye's settle beneath my golden colour and looking over to Wilkin as Saxa buried her I nodded whilst he pushed the largest of rocks over but signalling my hand to halt him on top and panting spoke, "What now?" "This!" the ground shook and seeing the glowing fire around the rectangular shaped grave the rocks and dirt shook before vanishing leaving only the smell of burnt wood and scorched dirt, "Another one done! four to go" they nodded before looking over I coughed smelling the blood in their bodies, "Where will go next?" "Scandinavia, three roam there! You staying?" "If you are leaving this land then I will come, it looks like you need to someone to ensure you aren't doing stupid stuff that will get you killed!" and looking over to Tormund I laughed before joining the others, "What did you agree to?" Saxa muttered and keeping my distance spoke, "Just make sure you keep Athena and the others away from me!" "You didn't?" and bearing my fangs spoke, "I had no choice, she didn't deserve it and I had only one option!" she nodded before taking a step away from me nodded.