After they got off the bus in Mississauga the wind howled like a rabid beast as Aiden and Jayden trudged through the storm. Lightning forked through the sky, and thunder rumbled so loud it felt like the earth itself was tearing apart.
“Bro, what is this storm?” Aiden shouted over the wind, pulling his jacket tighter. “Feels like the sky’s throwing a temper tantrum!”
Jayden frowned, squinting up at the swirling clouds. “This ain’t normal, Ai. This is... something else.”
Just as the words left his mouth, a figure materialized ahead of them, stepping through the chaos as if he owned it. He was tall, draped in a thunder-blue coat that flapped violently in the wind, yet somehow the storm didn’t touch him. All they could see were two glowing blue eyes staring them down, almost as if they were cutting through the storm itself. In one hand, he gripped a massive bisentō, the weapon crackling with lightning, his steps charging the air with electricity.
Jayden’s eyes widened. “Aiden... who the hell is that?”
Aiden gulped. “I... I don’t know, but judging by that weapon and the fact he’s walking through this hurricane like it’s a casual stroll...”
“Must be some kind of deity.” Jayden finished for him, though his voice held a nervous chuckle.
The figure didn’t say a word, just kept walking toward them, his glowing blue eyes locked on the duo as if weighing their fate.
“Uh, okay, big guy, we get it—you’re intimidating,” Jayden called out, forcing a grin. “You got the whole ‘silent storm god’ look.”
Aiden elbowed him. “Dude, this is not the time for jokes.”
The figure stopped a few feet away, his bisentō lowered but ready, the blue glow of his eyes growing even brighter beneath his hood.
“Alright, so this is where we usually run, right?” Aiden whispered urgently.
Before Jayden could respond, the storm god raised his bisentō, and lightning exploded from the sky, striking the ground near them. Dirt and rock blew upward, sending both Jayden and Aiden stumbling backward.
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“Okay, okay! We’re leaving!” Jayden shouted.
But as Aiden turned to bolt, Jayden hesitated, an idea—a dangerous one—forming in his mind.
“You know what?” Jayden grinned, turning back toward the storm god. “I’ve always wanted to do this.”
“What are you—” Aiden began, but it was too late.
Jayden sprinted forward with the reckless speed of someone who had no business charging at a god of storms. He ducked under the bisentō, weaving around the god’s figure, and in one swift motion, yanked the back of the thunder-blue coat upward.
The storm god froze mid-motion. His blue eyes flared with confusion and, perhaps, disbelief.
Jayden couldn’t help but laugh.
Aiden’s jaw dropped. “You... you’re dead. You’re so dead.”
For a moment, the storm itself seemed to pause, as if the sky couldn’t believe what it had just witnessed. Then, with a deafening crack, the storm god whirled around, his bisentō slicing through the air with blinding speed. But Jayden was already sprinting away, laughing like a madman.
“Run!” Aiden shouted, already ten steps ahead.
Lightning rained down around them as they bolted through the storm, the air vibrating with the god’s fury. Jayden and Aiden zigzagged between strikes, dodging Lamps, trash cans, and the occasional blast of wind that tried to knock them off their feet.
Behind them, the storm god’s eyes burned even brighter, the wind howling in rage as the storm intensified.
“Dude! That was not smart!” Aiden yelled over the roar of the storm, barely managing to keep up.
Jayden laughed again, though even he was starting to feel the weight of his own recklessness. “Totally worth it!”
Suddenly, the earth trembled beneath them, and they both skidded to a stop as the ground cracked open in front of them. The sky darkened even more, and the distant roar of thunder sounded less like a natural storm and more like the world itself was tearing apart.
“Oh, great. The world’s ending, and you’ve got a death wish,” Aiden muttered, looking back at the enraged god of storms, whose bisentō was now raised, poised to strike.
Jayden wiped rain from his face and shrugged. “Hey, if we’re going down... might as well go down swinging.”
With that, Jayden yanked the key from around his neck, transforming it into his scythe in a flash of shadowy light. The weapon hummed with dark energy as Jayden raised it high.
“” Jayden shouted, but the voice wasn’t his, and the scythe blocked the bisentō just as the god of storms brought it crashing down. Sparks flew as the weapons clashed, the force of the blow nearly driving Jayden to his knees.
Jayden gritted his teeth and slashed at Raiden’s side, the blade of his scythe biting into the storm god’s flesh. Something gold sprayed from the wound—ichor, the blood of gods.
Raiden stumbled back, his blue eyes wide in shock. “N-No one has made me bleed since I fought Achilles... H-How?”(The battle of troy was a argument between the Spartans and Raiden Between who was the hottest)
Before Jayden could respond, a massive thunderbolt struck Raiden, enveloping him in a blinding flash of light. When the light faded, the god of storms was gone, vanished into the sky.
Jayden fell to one knee, panting heavily. His scythe flickered and then returned to its key form. He glanced down at it, still smeared with ichor, then looked behind him to check on Aiden.
Aiden stood frozen, jaw hanging open, a trickle of blood dripping from his nose. “Dude... you just...”
Jayden stood, still catching his breath. “I know.”
But before either of them could say anything more, a loud crack echoed across the sky. Jayden looked up and saw it—a massive crack in the sky itself, right above the Toronto skyline. It was as if someone had taken a hammer to the heavens.
A blinding golden beam of light shot out from the center of the crack, just like in Jayden’s dream. The crack grew wider, and strange shapes began to emerge from it—dark figures that fluttered and swarmed like locusts, pouring into the sky.
Jayden’s heart sank. “Oh... this can’t be good.”
Aiden blinked, still in shock. “What the hell did you do?”