Olympus had become a prison, the gods were trapped inside for a long time. At first it wasn't so bad, They still had their palaces and all the food and drink they could want but a caged no matter how gilded remains a cage. Zeus didn't seem worried about it until the day the received their final message from Earth. I was simple written on the energy shield that surrounded Olympus,'Hercules is dead, Iron Army killed him'. A mighty storm rattled Olympus for a solid year as Zeus seethed with rage. Ares spent everyday at the shield trying with all his might to break through until one day he swung his ax at it in frustration ready to finally give up when his ax landed on the other side. He stuck his hand through at first then walked the rest of the way out. He laughed and ran back to tell Zeus he'd found a way through.
The King of the gods leaped to his feet declaring that the gods prepare for war. Ares gathered his adamantine sword and ax, and the strongest shield he had and walked to the energy field. The army of Olympus gathered, ready to strike as Ares stepped through. Just as the army was set to come through the energy field started radiating a massive surge of light. Zeus put his hand to it and was stopped, Ares walked up looking into his father's rage filled eyes as Zeus gave him 2 orders "Avenge your brother and free us", Ares nodded in agreement and turned to walk away.
2 days later
A group of 12 Iron soldiers set outside of a small village in southern Italy ready to raid the place using a minor offence as an excuse to justify the legalized thuggery this group was so well known for. They talked about what they planned to do after in good humor when without warning one was sliced in half by a massive ax. Another attempted to attack but lost his head before he could muster a defense. A third and forth soldier were slain in one swing of the mighty ax. The other 8 opened fire on the warrior who lifted his shield that easily deflected the weapons of the Iron soldiers. He slung the ax to his back and drew a sword then charged toward them. He killed all but one of them, the last was terrified as he approached. He looked down on the soldier and told him, "Go back to your masters and tell them, the God of War has returned and he intends to bring this world down on their damned heads."
Ares shoved the soldier away and walked away looking for transportation
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