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The gods all stared in shock at what had just happened.

Ares, Hades, Hercules, Athena, Apollo, And Hestia all were in complete disbelief. But the one most shocked was little Diana. She stumbled up and grabbed her father's hand. Tears pouring down her face as the man coughed up blood. She looked at the three-pronged blades sticking through his chest and cringed.

" Hehehe. HAHAHAHAHA! I TOLD YOU I'D KILL YOU!" Poseidon exclaimed. His previous arrogance returned as he got to his feet. He launched himself forward and appeared behind Timaeus. He grabbed his Trident and with one flick of his wrist, threw the man's body back down into the ring.

" Daddy!" Diana tried to run past Poseidon to her father's side, but the god placed his mighty hand on her neck and picked her up, with force.

Diana kicked and screamed and cried as she struggled in Poseidon's grasp.

But Poseidon didn't care. He simply laughed at the girl.

" Why you!!!" Hercules jumped to his feet with his mace in hand and was ready to attack Poseidon for his treatment of the girl.

Before Hercules could take a step towards the man, a bolt of lightning struck down in front of him.

Hercules looked up towards the throne and saw Zeus standing there with his bolt in hand, shaking his head no.

" Damn it!" Hercules cursed, He grit his teeth and then sat back down.

" That's right, boy. Sit back down." Poseidon openly taunted Hercules.

The god of strength felt his blood boiling. He had known the pain of losing one's child. Hera herself had cursed Hercules and made him kill his wife and kids.

" It would seem, Poseidon won after all." Zeus spoke.

" What did you expect? He is one of us." Hera told the man. Her amusement upon Timaeus' death shown upon her face.

" Let me go!" Diana screamed she kicked and clawed at Poseidon's strong hands, but only served to hurt herself in the process.

Poseidon sneered, taking delight in the little girl's frantic motions. His position and authority over her cemented firmly.

" Let her go, Poseidon! You're hurting her!" Hestia shouted. She was red in the face and angered far more than she had ever been by anyone.

" Hestia, you heard the terms of the battle. A fight to the death. The loser would be dead and would be known for all of our history as a loser. And to the winner, the little girl. He knew the terms and I won. This all fair." Poseidon told the woman. He leaned down and grinned in the woman's face. His rotten fish breath making her wince.

" Let go of me. LET GO!" Diana managed to swing her foot up and kicked Poseidon right in his open chest wound, making him yelp from the surprise shock that ran through his arm.

Poseidon growled in anger and squeezed Diana's neck so hard that she couldn't breathe.

" You little bitch!" Poseidon threw Diana hard into the ring.

The pour girl landed and twisted her ankle.

" AHHHHH! IT HURTS! DADDY IT HURTS!" Diana cried. She held onto her hurt foot.

" Zeus, surely this has gone far enough." Hades spoke. He glared at Poseidon. Reaching for his Bident while doing so.

But Zeus said nothing.

And Hades hated it.

Poseidon once more grinned, looking dead in Hades eyes and taking delight from his anger. Poseidon hopped down into the arena and started walking menacingly towards the little girl. Licking his bloody lips as he approached his prey

" At first, I was going to raise you. Train you. Make you the perfect obedient bride. But you have caused me more trouble than your worth girl. And now, I think I'll just kill you. Doesn't that sound fun? Dying along with your miserable father, your sorry brother, and that ugly worthless whore you called mother." Poseidon attacked the girl's family aggressively, making her cry more and more as he approached.

" POSEIDON! LOOK OUT!" Hera shouted to the man.

The loud sound of a Trident slammed into the ground suddenly made Poseidon stop in his tracks.

[ Music insert- Sonata Artica- Abandoned, Pleases, Brainwashed, Exploited]

Poseidon's blood went cold, as the world around him slowed. He slowly turned his head to see the presence behind him. He turned and locked eyes with the man he thought dead only moments ago. And when he did all, he saw was the red enraged eyes of Timaeus.

Timaeus raised his fist up into the air, and brought it down on top of Poseidon's head, slamming the top of his body into the ground with a vicious earth-shattering punch.

The ground trembled under the fury of the new god, gusts of wind and rage shaking the entire arena.

Once the force was stopped, Timaeus leapt into the air and summoned another quake bubble on his foot. His intent was to smash Poseidon's head in.

Poseidon coughed up a mouthful of blood, as he pushed himself up off the ground. He then looked into the sky and saw Timaeus hurtling straight for him and rolled out of the way at the last second.

Poseidon quickly jumped to his feet and rushed Timaeus.

" RAAAAGHH!" Poseidon swung wildly at Timaeus with his Trident. But Timaeus parried each strike easily with his own. " I will end you!!!" Poseidon screamed. He raised his Trident over his head and swung it down at Timaeus.

Timaeus raised his Trident up to block.

The moment Poseidon's trident collided with Timaeus' it snapped in two.

Poseidon gasped in shock as he watched his prized Trident, ripped apart like a piece of wood.

However, before he could mourn the loss of his Trident, Timaeus ran his own through the god's stomach.

Poseidon stared into Timaeus' cold eyes in fear. He trembled horribly as blood poured out of his mouth.

" That was for my daughter. And this..." Timaeus spoke. He drove his trident forward with tremendous force, pushing Poseidon off of it and throwing him high into the air. " Is for my family!" Timaeus raised his left arm across his chest and summoned a quake bubble. He readied himself for Poseidon, readied himself to deliver the final blow.

Poseidon looked down at the man in absolute fear, his blood pouring out of the massive holes i his body, tears running down his face, and snot pouring out of his nose. He was reduced to nothing more than a babbling fool. Unable to move or slow his descent in anyway. Only able to watch in fear as his fate drew closer and closer. His life flashed before his eyes and in that moment, he realized how truly wretched he was. And how he wasted so much time doing nothing.

For Timaeus, his whole life played in front of him again. Everything from his time in Sparta, to meeting Theseus, to now. Fighting not only for his life, but his daughter's life as well.

[Music- 4:30 ]

The muscles in Timaeus' arm expanded, and grew three times their normal size, which they were already huge to begin with, and Poseidon gasped. And watched, in slow motion, as Timaeus swung his arm towards him.

Timaeus swung his arm with all of his might and slammed it right into the side of Poseidon's chest. The air cracked and a large wave of destruction rushed straight into Poseidon's body, forcing him to vomit blood all over himself. " HNNRRAAAAAAAAAGH!" Timaeus roared. He continued pushing his fist deeper and deeper into Poseidon's body. The distortion in the air grew larger, larger than the height of the colosseum.

The wave sprung out and leveled the entirety of the side of the colosseum it was facing.

" HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Timaeus roared. He gave it all of his might. One last push into Poseidon's gut and tore the god in half.

Once the dust settled and the gods managed to pull themselves back up, they all looked down into the arena in shock. Timaeus stood up, bleeding heavily from his chest wounds, but nevertheless he stood victorious, over the severed body of the once proud god of the sea, Poseidon. His essence leaving his body and flowing into Timaeus.

Timaeus heaved heavily. He grit his teeth and raised his Trident.

" HAAAAAAAAAH!" He shouted to the heavens his victory. His trident held high and proud. " I AM POSEIDON! GOD OF THE SEAS, STORMS, AND EARTHQUAKES! DO YOU HEAR ME?!" He exclaimed.

" I hear you, Poseidon. We all do. Welcome to Olympus... Brother." Zeus spoke. He grinned down at the arena. His blood pumping and boiling from the exciting bout.

Timaeus, stumbled. His body growing heavier by the moment. But not too heavy for him to walk to his destination. He marched slowly to his daughter. Who had been thrown into the arena. Slowly he walked, his smile growing wider and wider as he drew closer.

Diana looked up in tears as her battered father stood over her.

Timaeus leaned down and wiped away the girl's tears.

" No more crying, Princess. It's over. It's all over. Daddy's here... Now." Timaeus grabbed his daughter and pulled her into gentle and warm hug. And the girl cried.

" Daddy!" Diana clung to her father tightly. Crying into his wounded chest, unaware that the man had finally passed out from his wounds and exhaustion.

Hades stood up and clapped for the performance.

" He's out cold. Nothing keeping him up, but the force of his will alone. This is over." Hades exclaimed.

The gods in the Arena all cheered for the wonderful fight they had first billing to. All of them but Hestia, Hera, and Hades.

" Hermes." Zeus spoke.

" Yes?" Hermes asked the man.

" Take them both to get treated. And let me know when he wakes, once he does, I'm calling a meeting of the gods. Make sure the rest of the twelve show up." Zeus told the man.

" Yes, great Zeus." Hermes bowed to the man and quickly flew down to the stadium to transport the new Poseidon and his daughter to the healing chambers.

Meanwhile, Hestia and Hades approached the dead body of their deceased brother. A sadness shared between the both of them.

" Oh, Poseidon. Where did things go wrong? You were once the bravest, and the boldest of us. How did you turn out like this? I feel it's in part my fault. Maybe had I been up here instead of in Tartarus for so long, then maybe things could have been different. Zeus is an arrogant fool, but you... Us.... We were different. We were supposed to be better than our father, who ate us, but instead you only became worse. It saddens me to see you like this. But perhaps this is for the best. May you rest now Poseidon. And I hope that if you are returned to life someday that you come back the man you used to be. I love you little brother. Goodbye." Hades gave his parting words and desires for his deceased brother. While Hestia simply cried and hugged onto his arm. Once he was done speaking, they both turned and walked away.

Title: DEATH OF POSEIDON!

Author notes-

Next chapter brings an end to the war of god's arc. We'll be having a brief aftermath chapter addressing what will happen with Theseus and Diana and Triton. And then we'll be moving on to the legendary human's arc.