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Chapter 3: Moon’s Fury
"WHERE THE TARTARUS IS MY LITTLE BROTHER?!" Artemis roars her powers slamming into ALL of them.
But Hera and Ares were knocked off their feet and onto their knees.
Artemis stalks towards the bound two. Her fury was like nothing anyone had seen before. Even 5 years ago when she found her brother missing and she put the curse out. This was a new fury. It was darker and more intense than anyone had ever experienced. And they came to a startling revelation that even Zeus on one of his bad days and when he was super angry was no way near this level of anger. This was fury unlike anyone had even seen.
And only Artemis's Hunters seemed to be immune to the dark fury radiating from the enraged Moon Goddess.
This was pure unrestrained rage, and everyone should be cowering in their boots.
In fact, many of them were.
Artemis had finally found two of the people that were responsible for her brother and his friends' disappearance. She knew there was bound to be more. But these two would do for now. As she knew they were the ringleaders and would know where her brother would be right now.
"WHERE IS MY BROTHER!?" she snarls again.
Hera and Ares look at her defiant even through they had been bought to their knees by her rage and that they felt scared. But they would never, ever, never admit that to the bitch.
Hera spat at her and Ares smirks.
"What are you going to do about it?" Ares asks her, "Even if we did have him, we would never tell you so what are you going to do?"
Artemis snarls and faster than a lightning bolt her knife flew from her hand slamming into Ares knee cap. He roars in pain as everyone see the knife has been cursed with moon burn and was burning Ares kneecap from the inside.
"HOW DARE YOU HARM MY SON!?" Hera yells.
"I will hurt your son like you HAVE hurt my brother. I swore everything you have done to him would be returned tenfold. And I am going to keep that vow. So don't test me bitch. Otherwise instead of hurting Ares I WILL do you!" Artemis growls her eyes now pitch black and red.
"Artemis…", Zeus starts but she snarls at him, "Please daughter…"
"I am not going back on my word Father", she spat.
"I was just going to suggest that we take this somewhere more private", Zeus suggests, "I will not hold you back and I don't think anyone else will. Find your brother Artemis no matter what the cost. Olympus will not retaliate for Hera and Ares treatment while they refuse to cooperate"
Artemis looks at him seeming to be analysing him for a lie.
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I AM YOUR WIFE!" Hera yells.
"Was dear. I just disowned you only a few minutes before Artemis showed up", Zeus reminds her, "And Artemis gave us her warning 5 years ago. There is no stopping it now. Maybe if you had spoke up from the beginning your punishment might have been lessened. But now I can not help you and nobody here would either"
Hera and a pained Ares look around at this declaration. Desperate for support and found none. Many looked at them with disgust and anger.
They turned away from their 'family' in disgust. How could they not stick up for them!? Who did they think they were?
"I am Queen of Olympus and…"
She was slapped. Hard. By Artemis.
"I heard Fathers declaration you are no Queen Hera. No Goddess and no wife. You have lost everything and if you do not want to truly lose everything, I suggest you start talking", Artemis tells her.
"Nothing will be said by me", Hera hisses.
"Or me", Ares says through the pain.
Artemis shrugs, "Fine by me. I get to pay you back tenfold"
She turns to Bellona, Athena, Poseidon, and Hecate.
"Bring them to the interrogation rooms. It is time I find out where my brother is!" she orders.
They nod and pull Hera and Ares to their feet and drag them towards Olympus's cells.
"Girls you know what to do. You have my full permission to do what must be done. Either way we find out where my brother is TONIGHT!" Artemis declares.
The girls smirk darkly like their Mistress. They would do anything to find Apollo. They knew now how much their Mistress loved him, and they would do anything to get him back to her. And the maiden Meg was a concern as well. Their Mistress had shown a lot of concern for the daughter of Demeter too. So, they were going to find both.
And they had sworn by this.
They leave into the city and the Council decide not to comment about what they could possibly be doing.
Now they follow Artemis too the cells and rooms that they held for interrogation. Hera and Ares hands were bound to the table and their legs chained to the floor.
Ares knee was still dripping ichor, but the knife has vanished. He was looking at Artemis in fury. But it paled in comparison to hers.
"You lot stay back. Don't you dare interfere. If you do you will not like the consequences. And I have already sworn tonight I will locate my brother", Artemis warns them, "This has gone on long enough and I won't stand for this a minute longer. I give you credit for catching the two ringleaders. Now let me do what I want to do to find my innocent brother"
They nod and know there was nothing they would do to stop her. They could only hope Artemis would not be so graphic.
But that didn't look good.
Artemis walked into the room were the two were bound. In chains that had their powers bound and that they would be unable to escape.
"Tell me where my brother is and might spare you. That means I kill you and you reform. If you keep pissing me off, I WILL make you fade", Artemis threatens them.
They scoff.
"Unlikely"
Artemis gives them a dark smile, "Try me"
They could not see a hint of a bluff in Artemis's body language or facial expression.
"Where is my brother you filthy bitch?" she asks them.
"I have no what you mean you little whore", Hera growls.
Artemis looks at her and the others couldn't believe Hera was actually this stupid to start of like that.
"I wouldn't say I am the whore. That would be YOU, won't it?" Artemis asks her, her face impassive.
"I would never…"
"Oh but I know you HAVE had affairs. Multiple in fact", Artemis replies.
Zeus grips his chair tightly.
"You have no proof", Hera growls.
Artemis rolls her eyes, "Asma my dear can you come here please?"
A girl comes through the doors.
"Lift your hood my dear and show everyone who you are", Artemis orders gently to the girl.
The girl lifts her hood, and everyone gasps she was an exact copy of Hera. Eyes and all. This girl was clearly Hera's daughter and not Zeus.
"And I know you have another 10 daughters and 5 sons. And I have been taking care of all of them", Artemis tells her.
Everyone's jaws drop at that.
"How dare she?" Zeus growls.
"Easy brother. Let Artemis dish out the vengeance you deserve", Poseidon tells him.
"I am sure brother Artemis's punishment will be more than enough", Hades adds.
They were both beside him giving their brother support. Hestia and Demeter come up to. Demeter was shockingly next to Hades and Hestia next to Poseidon. Both women flanking their brothers. Giving them their silent support.
In the interrogation room things were not going well and everyone could see Artemis was nearing the end of her patience. It was surprising after her entrance that she was now calm.
Artemis suddenly fast as a Hunter slams her hunting knife through Ares's hand as he had been talking about her sexually and another into Hera's hand.
They both scream in pain.
But Artemis's doesn't flinch.
"Does that hurt?" she asks them innocently.
They wouldn't be able to open their mouths without screaming in pain. And they noticed their hands were being to burn with moon burn.
"Funny thing these knives are cursed alike my moon to only hurt those that have harmed my brother. The worse the burn then we know how bad you have treated my brother AND Meg McCaffrey. Be it physical, emotional, mental, and so on. So, lets wait this out shall we and see exactly how bad this burn will spread to show us exactly what you have done", Artemis explains.
The others watching were wide-eyed. How did Artemis come up with this?
Oh, that was a stupid question. She had 5 years to plan all this! She had 5 years to plan the most creative ways to finally fine her brother and get the information out of the person.
So why were they so surprised?
They watched fascinated and horrified as the moon burn spread quickly. They were not horrified by the pain Hera and Ares were in. But by the fact that Artemis said herself the faster the burn spread the worse pain and harm they had caused Apollo AND Meg.
Demeter looked furious about that part. Some of that was caused by them hurting her daughter. She was going to curse the two into next week. If Artemis left anything of them to be cursed that is.
The pair were crying out within ten minutes as the burn spread up their arms and they saw lines of burns spreading over their chests and their legs were twitching as their muscles burnt.
Artemis just looked unbothered by all of this. They couldn't tell what she thought of the quickly moving burn.
What they didn't know was that Artemis was fuming inside but held it together. This was worse pain then they could possibly imagine, and she could always come back and finish them off later if need be.
Actually, she WOULD destroy them when she found her brother and Meg. As it looked like they both would be a mess when she finds them.
She was boiling in rage as the two thrashed in their bonds showing everyone, they had done a number on Apollo and Meg.
"Fine! Fine! Make it stop!" they cry out.
"And you going to tell me where they are?" Artemis asks in a deathly voice.
"YES! YES! Just make it stop!"
"Tell me where first", Artemis replies.
"No! Stop this and we will tell you!"
"No", Artemis replies calmly, "Tell me first"
They hold out a few more minutes trying to get her to stop then they would tell her. But Artemis held firm.
"THE BRATS ARE AT XXXXXX", Hera screams.
"BUT YOU'LL LOSE WE HAVE PEOPLE AND MONSTERS THERE", Ares bursts out.
Artemis rips the knives from their hands making them scream.
"We shall see about that", Artemis replies, "Know your lives are forfeit. As soon as I find my brother and get him help. I am coming for you and nothing on this earth will stop me"
She gets up and leaves slamming the door shut behind her.
"Artemis that was…", Athena states.
"That was unbelievable…", Hermes starts.
"I AM going to murder them when I get back", she snarls darkly, "They better hope Apollo AND Meg are not as bad as those knives say. Because if they are I am going to wipe them from existence!"
"That is…"
"I am barely controlling my animal within", she growls her eyes pitch black.
Many/all of them could believe that.
"What can we do to help?"