Cthulhu Awakens

[Cazador]

It had already been a few days since Relampago returned from Isafaro. He had expected Cazador to already be in Hollowtown looking for him, but was no where to be found. He wondered whether or not he would take him up on his offer or just continue feeling sorry for himself. It was sad to see a strong warrior fall so far. Then again, Cazador should of known the risks trying to fight the demon child known as Legion. If Relampago hadn't shown up when he did, then Sector 11 would of been consumed. Part of Relampago did praise Cazador. It must of taken immense courage to face down thousands of demons and to relive the night his family died. His spirit was broken, but Relampago knew in time that he would come.

Just a few miles outside of the Hallowtown, Relampago was preparing to test his newest experiment. He was the only lone figure out in the plains by the ocean. When Relampago first left Skyrim, he discovered Genesis. At first he thought it was just some alternate world, but soon discovered that it was the main source for other worlds to travel to. Even though Genesis was rich in information on the other dimensions of the Multiverse, Relampago still wished to know about the other worlds. The experiment was simple. Attempt to open a portal to another dimension. He could easily travel between Skyrim and Genesis, but had never attempted opening a portal to another world. Relampago had picked to do the experiment outside the town to ensure everyone's safety.

He was sure the experiment would work, but there was no sense in taking any chances. He went over all his notes back at Hellsing Estate to make sure all would go well. It was good of Sebastian to allow Relampago to stay there. The library was a valuable asset to his research, but now the time came for him to put his knowledge to the test. He extended both hands out in front of him and focused in the fabric of time and space. He began to chant an unknown language and his body slowly began to glow in a purple aura. The sky was starting to grow dark and the wind was beginning to pick up. It was as if the world was reacting to his power's attempt to open the gate. Nothing seemed to be happening though. After a few minutes, surging bolts of power began to shoot up from the ground. Something was about to happen.

The air around him was beginning to bend. The dimension was starting to open up. Relampago wasn't sure to where, but his plan was coming together. He gave a small smile. It was always satisfying for him to see an experiment come together perfectly. He didn't want the entire area to be sucked into another world so he started to condense the power into a small area by the cliffs towards the ocean. The sky was brightening back up again and wind started to die down. Relampago gave one final push of energy and at last the portal had opened. He did it. Relampago opened up another dimension. He peered inside, but was disappointed to find nothing. It was a dead world with nothing, but blackness. There was no sign of any life. There was a slight look of disappointment on his face as he prepared to close the portal and return to Hellsing estate.

The portal slowly closed, but then the unexpected happened. It was reversing and growing larger. He couldn't stop it. A dark feeling entered his stomach. All he could feel now from the portal was infinite darkness and evil. Then it dawned on him. He wasn't looking at an empty void. He was looking into the darkness of what had consumed the dimension. The portal moved into the ocean overlooking the plains. It was like it grew a mind of its own. This wasn't looking good for the elf. His experiment was about to turn into a walking nightmare. A deep sense of blackness filled the ocean. Relampago could sense nothing, but pure evil coming from its depths. Hollowtown would be in serious danger due to his curiosity. From the oceans of where the portal moved to, a large creature emerged from the waters. Its power was unfathomable and felt unlimited. Relampago could do nothing, but stare at the colossal creature.



"What have I done!?"



Relampago had heard stories of the creature, but never believed they could be real. He had done the unthinkable and awoken the powerful god, Cthulhu. He was unprepared to deal with a creature of that magnitude. With no fail safe in place to stop it, he would need to battle the creature back until he could figure out how to send it back. Would Hollowtown be doomed or would the Dragonborn be able to stop it?

[Dracula]

Dracula could sense a disturbance in reality itself coming from the mountains just outside of the city as he looked up from his seat in front of the warm fireplace in his room. The darkness that now loomed outside of the city in the ocean, the madness. It was enough to make his nostrils flare as he rise from his seat and went over to where his sword was being hung on the wall.

"It seems I will get to see some action today after all."

Dracula turned around and walked forward, instantly arriving in front of the ocean where the god resided due to his ability to move from one spot to another. Appearing as he had just arrived in the area with no indication from where, but certainly not something a person would take as abnormal from the get-go. With his glasses down the tip of his nose, his brown eyes looked Cthulhu over feeling the madness that dripped from the surface as his hand brushed over the hilt of his blade.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were trying to drive me insane."

A smile drew on his lips.

"If you can call that dissatisfying feeling insanity."

[Cazador]

Relampago could see the monster's aura. It could cause lesser minds to go insane just by looking at it. Not only could it destroy the town, but if the average citizen were lay their eyes on the creature, they would lose all sense of sanity. The height of the Cthulhu was massive enough as it was. With its height, the people of the town would easily see it over the horizon. Relampago looked back towards the town and using his manipulation of the land to raise the mountain in front of the city up even higher. It was an amazing and frightening sight to behold. At least this way it would buy Relampago more time to stop the Great Old One.

He set his gaze back on the evil in the ocean. Cthulhu was already starting to move towards the land. It looked to be moving slow due to its large size, but the monster was moving very quickly. Each step through the sea was causing the waves to rise higher and higher. In no time at all a Tsunami was formed to rip apart the land in front of it and take the city into the depths of the ocean. The giant wave rose to almost half the size of Cthulhu himself. As the Tsunami raced towards the land, Relampago extended his hands towards it and started to make his attempts to stop it with his control over water.

Relampago had never attempted to stop a wave that size before. He was struggling to stop it. The force of the wave was massive. Slowly it came to a stop just as it was about to sweep Relampago into it. This was his chance to counter attack. The the tsunami stopped and just standing still, Relampago sent it back in the opposite direction. The giant wave the monster created would now be used against it. Relampago continued to speed the tsunami up to crash into Cthulhu. A great strategy, turning an enemy's attack against them, but Relampago's enemy would not be easily stopped. The only thing his counter attack did, was cause the god to take two steps back. Other than that, there wasn't even a scratch on it.

Cthulhu looked down on Relampago. It was like staring down to look at an ant. The Great Old One was amused by the elf's attempt to stop the destruction. Its eyes glowed orange and started to speak telepathically to Relampago.

"Foolish mortal. You can not stop me. This world is mine to consume. For freeing me, I shall grant you a quick and painless death. Struggle and I will make it as slow and painful as it will be for the rest of this pathetic planet."

It wasn't the first time Relampago challenged a god, but Cthulhu managed to make Alduin look like a pushover. Its power must of been a million times greater. He didn't know how he was going to drive the creature back. As he was thinking of a plan, a new challenger arrived to also challenge Cthulhu. Relampago looked to his side. The aura in the air was changing, when out of nowhere, the new challenger revealed himself.

"I was wondering when the more powerful beings of Hollowton would show up. I'm pleased to see you came ready to fight."

There were now two ready to fight off the god. Would two even make a difference though? To Cthulhu, it was now looking at two ants instead of just one. The Great Old One telepathically spoke to the two in front of him.

"If you both wish to die slowly with your world, then so be it. Now come. Entertain your lord and master."

[Queen Lori]

Lori was falling into the habit of seeing bad things outside the window of her throne room. First it was a large demon that was summoned during a previous demon attack on their land, then it were riots generated by her own unhappy people and now... It was a large creature emerging from the ocean like the Sea Witch that came before it. She was starting to consider to fill this window up with more wall.
"Sparda! Hallowton is under attack. Eliminate the target at once!"

[Kyrie]

After hearing word that Sparda had relocated to Hallowton Kyrie set off from Kari to the Victorian style city. The last thing she expected while nearing the entrance of the city was to see a large create coming out of the oceans by the mountains that were growing in size, heading for the city. "You can't spit in this place without running into another demon." Raising up her staff, the White Mage ran towards the site where a resistance has already begin to form against the great beast. Standing next to them and then looking towards the monster. "Forgive my intrusion, but I couldn't help noticing you were in grave need of killing something large and icky."

[Cap'n Failz]

I am [darkness]

I am [night]

I am [vengeance]

I bring [light]

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He had first caught wind of t he trouble when the portal had first been torn open. He sensed the flows and changes in the energy on the city's outskirts, but had paid it no mind at first, even when it began to grow more malevolent. Only when he could actually feel something truly dark did it pull his attention away from the short moment he had to himself. With a deep sigh, he shook his head and placed aside the tea in his hands. Taking up his helmet, he tucked it under one arm, and plucked his gauntlets from the table near him as he strode from his place of rest.

Within mere moments, he had reached the outside air, gauntlets pulled onto his hands. His gaze swept over the city, trying to find the source of the feeling he could feel for several seconds before he spotted it over the mountains at the borders of the city. The merest sight of the creature -- for that was all he could describe it as -- drove a knife of madness into his mind, and it repulsed him, driving him to look away instinctively. He was shaken and horrified by the vision, and left a cowering wreck, but only for a handful of seconds. With a surge of raw willpower, he threw off the horror and insanity, and pulled the helmet over his head. And all at once, his mind was calmed. The blessing inlaid into the armor brushed aside the mentally destructive effects of the insanity and left him protected.

Setting his gaze on the creature again, he would break into a swift run. Despite his great size, he practically flew across the ground, a massive black and silvery blur. Within only a handful of seconds, his presence was heralded as he arrived on the scene. There seemed to already be others there forming something of a defense, which put his mind at ease. He took the moment of his arrival to already launch an attack against the massive beast. With a fluid motion, he drew Alondite from its sheathe, and all at once it lit up with a searing blaze of blue and white flames, flickering iridescently along the pristine white blade. He drew the blade in a broad circle above his head before bringing it down in a lightning-quick slash. The very tip of the blade touched the earth, and yet it tore open a razor-thin gash in the earth for nearly ten meters before it, even as a massive blast of holy flame was blasted at the great old one.

His presence thusly announced for all to see, he spoke shortly. "I trust my intrusion upon this matter will not be unwelcome. This creature is most unsightly, and I could not refrain from wishing it gone from this city."

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Cloak and dagger, [cape and mask]
[Smoke and mirrors], guilty past

thoughts ► How obscene a creature.
feelings ► Anger, disgust

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[I am the man behind the mask

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muse ► Excellent
tags ► Whoever is to go next.
notes ► Aw yeh, fightin' Cthulhu.
music ► The Strong
bio ► The Black Knight
credits ► ``Aurion!

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A winter breeze, [summer's past]
[the world is broken], I'm just fine
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[Sparda]

"By your command, Your Majesty."

Something approached. The towering beast would feel it as readily as the forming resistance would. From within the castle exploded forth an aura of unparalleled demonic might, reaching out across the whole city with a power that was almost physically suffocating to those sensible to it, even from this distance. Within moments, the source was upon them, rocketing through the streets with haste and purpose; soon, the velvet-clad form of the devil at Her Majesty's right hand blurred into sight beside the Black Knight.

He didn't speak at first. He was far too busy staring down the otherworldly monster before them. The sight was maddening, disgusting - enough to drive a lesser mind mad - but the legendary demon's gaze didn't waver in the slightest. With this act of will and defiance, he issued his silent challenge.

"I'm getting rather tired of this target painted on our backs."

[Cazador]

Relampago and Dracula stood their ground against Cthulhu. The tension in the air was high. If they failed then the creature would not stop with Hallowton. It would continue its destructive path until Genesis would be nothing, but a floating pile of debris among the cosmos. It seemed to be inevitable. If the stories were true, then The Great Old One would be over vigintillion years old. It would make it older than most known universes. For being able to live for so long and go past the limits of death, how would they defeat a true immortal. Relampago clenched his fists. His scientific curiosity might just of cost Genesis its existence. He couldn't let himself falter. Even if there was the slightest chance they could somehow stop the god, he would do it.

At that point he could understand what Cazador had gone through when he tried to take on Legion. The feeling of hopelessness while at the same time never giving up. As Relampago prepared to accept Cthulhu's challenge, he could sense several more powerful beings coming to join the fight. The first of them arrived in the form of a young woman. Relampago could tell from looking at her life force, that she was also mage. Before he could even greet her, she was already prepared to help fend of the approaching apocalypse. The Dragonborn smiled at her resolve.

"I admire your bravery. I hope you're ready."

The next of the coming would be saviors was a man dressed in black armor. He was more gung ho than the others were. The man was ready to make his presence known to Cthulhu by attacking the god head on. Most would call it suicidal, but a more proper term would be suicidal bravery. It was admirable. Despite the warrior's fast moving speed, Relampago could see the flames around the blade. The physical force with the added holy energy was holding massive amounts of power. With Relampago's mastery of flames, he added his own magic to the Black Knight's attack to further increase its destructive force.

With their combined power, the two actually managed to put a cut into the invincible god, but it would all be for nothing. As quickly as the creature was cut, it was also able to regenerate just as quickly. It was like nothing had even made a dent. Relampago would not let the flames on Cthulhu die. He fed his magic into the holy fire that was still on it to keep it burning. Cthulhu was no average being. It had lived long enough to have a mastery of all spells. That included fire. It needed to only blink at the fire on its body. In an instant, the flames were extinguished from reality itself. Its mastery of magics was much higher than Relampago's. It had to of been expected considering the massive age difference.

"At this point, I will welcome all friendly intrusions."

The last of three powers Relampago sensed finally arrived. He instantly recognized the power that belonged to the Queen's guard. Relampago had never met him, but always did notice his power coming from the castle. If the Queen sent him, then it met the town already knew of the grave threat that was coming for them. The resistance against the deity rose to five. Each of them were ready to lay their lives on the line to stop the god. Even if their chances of stopping the creature were nearly non existent, none of them backed down. Whether the day would bring victory or defeat, it would be a day to remember throughout the coming ages of Genesis.

"I have never met any of you before, but thank you all for standing with me. I apologize for putting all of your lives in danger due to my curiosity. I never knew my experiment would summon a god."

Even with the huge energy that each of their life forces were producing, Cthulhu saw them as nothing more than an annoyance on its path. The pride of the god was too great to want to fight the 'lesser creatures' that stood in its way. Cthulhu shot its large hands to the sky. The force in which they were raised caused a giant gust to pick up where the five stood. With Relampago's mastery of the wind, he stopped the heavy winds from pulling his allies into the sky. Relampago looked on at what Cthulhu was doing. There had to of been more behind the creatures movements beside causing a large gust of wind. Relampago's thoughts were right.

The Great Old One would summon his army to do battle with five souls. Cthulhu's mouth watered at the thought of its minions killing the challengers. The god wanted to feed on their souls to demoralize the world into challenging him and to accept the coming madness that was to consume Genesis. It wasn't long before thousands of beings could be sensed coming from the ocean. It was the monster's servants, the Deep Ones. They all seemed to endlessly come out of the ocean to overtake the land in the name of their master. All of them had their eyes set of the enemies of their master. The Deep Ones marched forward with their razor sharp claws and teeth ready to tear them all apart.



Relampago was ready to meet Cthulhu's army with his own... the dead. He filled his lungs with breath before releasing a giant shout.

"HUN KAAL ZOOR!"

His voice echoed momentarily around them until the dimension around them began to bend. An army of undead soldiers appeared behind the five souls to meet Cthulhu's army of Deep One's.



The General of the ghosts approached Relampago atop of his horse.

"Valandil there's no need to explain why you have summoned us. We could all feel the dark power of this monster all the way from the afterlife."

"Then you all understand what is at stake..."

The General turned around to his men and yelled at them all to charge the shores of the land. They were to meet the Deep Ones in combat. The ghosts would need to hold off Cthulhu's army long enough for the five to stop the god. Relampago turned back to his five allies. If they were to be fighting together to a probable death then he wanted to know the names of those around him. He didn't want to die next to a bunch of stranger's, but rather brothers in combat.

"My name is Relampago... If we die here today, I'd like to know each of your names."

[Dracula]

"I will not be dying on this day."

Dracula's voice spoke with a confidence that bordered on arrogance as he took a step forward, his fingers brushing across the hilt of the blade as he didn't so much as flinch towards the armies now charging towards them. He had faced worse and that was long before he became the monster of Genesis. He was no stranger of judging gods and on this day he would add this creature to the list of all the others that came before it. Dracula would show it true insanity. The moment he pulled his blade out of its sheath and swung it, a destructive surge of power exit the blade and was hurled at the god's armies threatening to take out a large margin of them as he marched forward fearlessly as Vlad Tepes.

[Kyrie]

"Sparda?" How appropriate that they would meet again in battle. She made her presence known to her lord by moving over to his field of vision and performing a quick bow as to keep her mind on the battle at hand. Staying at his side with her staff as the beast in the water started to unleash his own monsters towards them. Relampago in turn summoned his own army and Dracula joined them in attacking the beast meanwhile she looked to Sparda for some form of instructions as she was unsure how to go about handling a threat of this magnitude. Kyrie at least had some understanding of the Netherrealm army prior to marching into battle against them. And even then they had still managed to overwhelm her. She had no idea what to expect from this.

[Marvel Universe]

"Mr. Stark, I'm detecting a disturbance in the dimensional rifts located outside the city."

Stark turned his attention over to JARVIS from his work space on the third floor corridor of the castle of an old treasure room. He didn't have a lot to work with and they were a far ways along from the technology he came to known but he built a suit of armor in a cave with little to no resources available. He wasn't worried and the state of the universes made it easier for JARVIS to study up the dimensional rifts barely holding themselves together. Tony wouldn't even need to look over JARVIS data as his view outside allowed him to a catch a glimpse of the largest thing he has seen since the Chitauri Leviathan. Soon being covered by the mountains that was enlarged to blocked the beast's path from what he could only assume was another paranormal phenomenon. This place was starting to feel more like home with each passing day.

"Time to suit up."

JARVIS activated the repulsor units of the pod and unfolded its wings. Flying up to Tony's back extending its robotic arms towards his own. Wrapping around his body backpack and all, the helmet being the last thing to come up to his head.

Iron Man was here.

He took off from the castle and soared through the air. Going completely unnoticed by the civilians down below who were rightfully more concerned about the large creature approaching the city from the ocean. When he made it to the scene he could see the people down below. Only recognizing Sparda from the group as he positioned himself in front of Cthulhu and held up his wrist launching a tank missile towards the monster's body.

[Cazador]

Cthulhu's eyes narrowed in annoyance. The ants were still standing in his way. It wondered why they did not run. After all, the presence of the God meant the End of Days for the world. Wouldn't they want to spend the rest of their short existences with their loved ones? Perhaps they were all just in a hurry to die so that they may be spared the slow and agonizing the death the rest of Genesis would endure. Or maybe they actually believed their little resistance stood a chance against it. Either way it was time to let all of Genesis know that their new lord and master had come.

The creature would not allow his army to be stopped anymore than it already was from Relampago's army of the dead. The large monster lifted its city wide hand towards Dracula's incoming attack. In an instant, Dracula's energy attack vanished from existence. It was almost like the God willed his attack away, but Relampago saw something else behind Cthulhu's movements. His blind sight allowed him to see what was truly happening to their attacks. Cthulhu wasn't willing them from existence. The God was moving the energy of the attacks to another dimension. Relampago began to quickly devise a plan to stop the creature.

While he was thinking out his plan, the ghost army and the deep ones collided in battle. Their phantom like weapons ripped into the flesh of the fish like creatures, but for everyone they slayed two more would rise from the ocean to take its place. It wouldn't be long before their numbers increased to overwhelming sizes. Relampago looked down towards his army, then back to Cthulhu. He just needed to see the creature attack once in order to test a theory he had on how to drive back the monster. Sure enough, he would get his chance.

The God felt another presence approaching. More lambs to the slaughter. Cthulhu could see the newcomer already launching an attack. It would meet Iron Man's missile with its own attack. The monster pointed its finger at the incoming attack before firing off a large asteroid size energy attack. It was at that moment that Relampago could see how the creature was attacking. His sight allowed him to see the properties of the attack. The energy signature was almost the same as the one Dracula had shot out except the power behind the attack had been enhanced greatly.

Cthulhu's attack engulfed Iron Man's missile and continued on going. Relampago didn't know why Cthulhu would waste that much power on a missile. It was overkill, but then it donned on him. The large energy blast was heading straight for the mountain he had created to stop the average citizen's of Hollowton from seeing the beast and going insane from looking at it. The energy blast blew apart the mountain and shook the ground for hundreds of miles. Dust blasted off into the sky and greatly darkened it before settling back onto the ground. What remained of the large mountain was nothing more than a large crater.

Without the cover of the nearby mountain, the ordinary citizens of the city looked upon Cthulhu. Hundreds of them fell to the ground from the sight of the monster. Looking upon its aura was causing them to enter a state of insanity. People in the city streets started looking like people that belonged in insane asylums. Some lied curled up in balls, others were banging their heads on walls, while a few entered a seizure like state with foam coming out of their mouth. While the strongest willed of the city would endure looking upon Cthulhu's aura, the weak would not. From miles out the sound of screaming and groaning could be heard coming from Hollowton.

Now more than ever they would need to drive Cthulhu back if they all hoped to restore the sanity of the city. Their sanity would not be lost in vein. Relampago finally understood how the monster's power worked. With that knowledge, he would be able to send the God back to where he came. Relampago looked towards his allies and prepared to explain how they would send the creature back.

"I know how we can stop the creature. We must..."

Cthulhu could hear Relampago's thoughts. The God would not allow any interference to stop the destruction. It quickly sent out psychic wave of information into Relampago's mind. The God was attempting to make Relampago absorb eons of history in a matter of seconds. It was information overload for his brain. Before he could even utter a word of his plan, Relampago fell to the ground and was knocked out cold. His mind was lost in sea of information. It would be unknown when or if he would come out of it in time. Whatever the plan was to stop Cthulhu would remain lost in Relampago's mind.

[Dracula]

Dracula defied all rules of physics as he lunged through the air, moving through it like a beam of light as he did what no other man would have been crazy enough to do. Attack the creature head on. His own power starting to be released in the area as he landed on the head of the creature and plunged his sword down into his skull.

[Kyrie]

"What? What is it?" Kyrie saw Relampago begin to fall to the ground and quickly rush to his aid. Catching him just in time to slow his fall, laying him gently against the grass as she attempted to use her healing powers to regain his consciousness, looking to the others as she did so. "Keep them occupied I need time to heal him." As she finished the White Mage saw that Dracula had actually jumped on the creature's head and looked like little more than an ant from this distance. "I didn't mean like that! Not like that!"

[Marvel Universe]

"Situation has grown critical, Master Stark."

"I see that, Jarvis!"

Iron Man powered his repulsors and flew over the large energy attack that ended up taking out the extra mountain that appeared in the area. Hallowton citizens falling to madness while Iron Man readjusted himself. Holding up his right hand and firing three lasers from his wrist towards the beast in an attempt to sever some of its tentacles.