[Sudan, 3600 BCE]

*3rd Person POV*

Three people were fighting a bunch of deviants on the side of the Nile river. One of them was flying, shooting laser beams from his eyes, the other one was punching the deviants so hard that it knocked them away a couple of meters, and the other one shot energy from his fingers.

The three were of course Ikaris, Gilgamesh, and Kingo.

“Watch out!” Kingo shouted as he shot two energy balls towards Gilgamesh, and the ball hit a deviant that was about to pounce on Gilgamesh.

“Thanks!” Gilgamesh shouted. He then bitch slapped another Deviant, tossing it away from him.

Meanwhile Ikaris was fighting with a winged deviant in the sky, he threw the deviant to the ground, and stomped it. While the deviant is disoriented, Ikaris then uses his laser eyes to disintegrate the Deviant’s head, killing it instantly.

“That’s brutal boss...” Kingo commented. He was about to take a rest, when suddenly, Gilgamesh shouted.

“One’s running away!”

All of them turned to the Deviant who was running away. “Your turn Kingo.” said Ikaris with a small smirk.

“Oh come on!” Kingo groaned. He then dashed towards the deviant, chasing it.

Kingo was running beside the Nile River, chasing a deviant that got away from the other eternals.

“Hey! Ikaris! You should be the one who’s chasing this!” Kingo shouted in annoyance.

“Don’t whine Kingo, it’s your turn to be the one who's chasing.” Gilgamesh is the one who shouted back.

Kingo just clicked his tongue, he ran as fast as an eternal could while shooting his finger guns to the deviants, but it missed. Kingo then saw that the Deviants ran into a cave, making Kingo groan in annoyance.

“Guys, come on, it’s inside the cave! Help me a bit will you?” Kingo said to the others.

“The Hero Kingo can’t kill a single deviant?” Gilgamesh commented in amusement as he approached Kingo.

Kingo snorted and looked at Ikaris. “Boss?”

Ikaris just laughed calmly and patted Kingo’s shoulder. “Let’s go inside.”

The three began to enter the not-so-small cave. It has a bunch of caveman drawings on its walls, and it’s dark, really dark.

“Can you see in this darkness boss?” Kingo asked Ikaris about this.

“I don’t have night vision Kingo...” Ikaris informed.

“Gilgamesh?” Kingo asked Gilgamesh again, he’s a bit nervous.

“I can punch hard, not see in the dark.” Gilgamesh refuted.

“Then we should take a torch first or something...” Kingo murmured as they walked deeper into the cave.

“It’ll be fine...” Ikaris commented. “It’s only one deviant.”

“Easy for you to say boss, I can't see anything here!”

“Keep quiet Kingo.” Gilgamesh said. “The deviant might hear you-”

But just after Gilgamesh said that, a body of a withered deviant suddenly was thrown towards them, making them alert.

“What the hell?!” Kingo cursed. “What happened to the deviant?!”

Ikari’s eyes started to glow golden, signalling that he’s ready to fight, and so did Gilgamesh, who had conjured his exoskeleton.

The ground suddenly shook, and Ikaris came forward, ready to be the lead fighter.

“Careful boss, we don’t know what it is.. it could be the deviants that can absorb other animals like Pluto said to us...” Kingo said while activating his finger guns.

Ikaris didn’t listen to Kingo, and kept moving forward. The ground was still shaking, as if a humongous monster was approaching them.

The cave was once again really dark, they couldn't see anything except the area that was lit by their cosmic energy, and it made the atmosphere tense.

And they saw it.

A nine headed ‘beast’ suddenly appeared from the darkness. It glowed golden, it didn't look corporeal, as Kingo could see that its body was transparent, and only distorted golden lines marked the body. 7 of the nine heads were staring at Ikaris, while the other two stared at Kingo and Gilgamesh,

“What in the name of Arishem is that?!” Kingo freaked out. He and Ikaris were about to attack it when Gilgamesh said. “Don’t attack, I know who it is..” Gilgamesh announced as he was smiling.

“Wh- What are you saying?! That’s a monster!” Kingo refuted, but before he could attack it, another voice sounded.

“Well, well, well, we haven’t seen each other in a long time.. and now you want to attack us?” the voice said as a man appeared from the darkness with his usual strange smile.

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*1st Person POV*

[A couple of hours earlier]

Me and Thena are walking towards upper Egypt, following the Nile river. It’s been getting more and more hot right now.

We are on the back of one of my constructs, as the construct is also bringing the Vibranium.

“We should take a rest first...” Thena suggested.

“You’re tired?” I questioned, that’s rare.

“No, but the heat is annoying.” she answered, okay, that explains a lot.

“Fine, I saw a cave nearby, let’s go there.” I gave it an okay, and we both walked towards the direction of the cave.

As we almost arrived at the cave, Thena saw that the cave had drawings at the walls.

“Humans have a thing for art it seems.” she commented.

“It’s a form of expression I guess...” I commented. “Let’s go inside.”

Me and Thena then entered the cave, and we instantly sighed as it was really dark.

“Can you summon your weapon? So we can have some light here.” I asked Thena.

The woman just hummed, and she summoned her signature halberd, lighting up the dark.

“That’s better...” I hummed, I absorbed my construct back, and we set up a temporary resting place there. I also placed the Vibranium aside for now.

“You think they’ve changed?” Thena suddenly asked me as she sat down.

“I doubt it.” I shrugged. “We’re eternals after all...”

She hummed. “Will we stay at the place? Or are we going to move again once we arrive?” she asked again.

“That I don’t know.” I answered. “I’m not omniscient Thena, you need to see it for yourself once we’ve arrived.”

“Well, based on your behaviour this couple of centuries, you sure act like one.” she said sarcastically.

“Really? How so?”

“The drying of the desert, the vibranium...”

I hummed. “I mean.. now that you say it.. but still, I’m not omniscient.”

“Whatever you say...”

Suddenly, a loud shriek could be heard from outside the cave, and it instantly made me and Thena alert.

“A deviant?” She questioned with a narrowed gaze.

“Well, be ready.” I said, I summoned one of my newest additions, let me introduce you to Hydra 2.0(Hydra 1.0 x Hydra 1.0 x Hydra 1.0), my most powerful construct yet, the cosmic energy is so unstable that it’s body became distorted, making this sort of semi-corporeal body.

It has nine heads, and it’s powers are similar to Apophis, but, when it’s absorbing the cosmic energy from something, it can also transform it into poison at its mouth, so its mouth will be extremely deadly and toxic.

Overall, pretty nice.

The sound of the shriek was getting closer and closer to our place, and we finally saw the deviant, it looked like it was afraid or something. It's the first time I've seen that the deviants were afraid. Usually I never really noticed it.. but this time, it’s quite obvious.

“It’s just one.” Thena said as she relaxed a bit. “Your construct can kill it.”

I just hummed as my eyes glow golden, signifying that I was commanding my construct.

As the deviant got closer and closer, my construct moved, making the ground rumble. Without knowing anything, the deviant’s neck, stomach, and four legs were pounced by Hydra, instantly incapacitating it.

Hydra then absorbed its cosmic energy rather quickly, and once all of it was absorbed, Hydra threw the corpse to the entrance of the cave like it was trash.

After Hydra did that, I saw that a speck of light suddenly appeared near the entrance, I narrowed my eyes as I wanted to figure out what it was.

“Did you see that?” I asked Thena, who was now looking at the speck of light.

“Yes, the golden light...” she murmured.

“It feels like.. cosmic energy.” I continued. Then, we heard a rather ‘familiar’ voice, it’s been a long time since we’ve heard that voice, rambling around.

“Is that.. Kingo?” Thena asked me.

I smiled at the thought. “I think it is.” I then looked at my Hydra and said. “Let’s greet them shall we?”

Thena just grinned, and we both advanced to them, along with my Hydra, who is making the ground shake.

Hydra then approaches the three, and its nine heads lowered down, staring at the three, 7 at Ikaris, and other two on Gilgamesh and Kingo.

“What in the name of Arishem is that?!” We heard Kingo freaked out. We then saw that Ikaris’s eyes glow brighter and brighter, but then was stopped by Gilgamesh, who realized that it was me. “Don’t attack, I know who it is..” Gilgamesh announced as he was smiling.

“Wh- What are you saying?! That’s a monster!” We heard Kingo shout, he wanted to attack Hydra, but I quickly announced myself, surprising the three.

“Well, well, well, we haven’t seen each other in a long time.. and now you want to attack us?” I said as I tried to make the strangest smile I will give to people.

Meanwhile, Thena was leaning against the cave wall, her face looking smug as always, smirking to the three, her halberd lighting up her face beside her. “Hello...”

Ikaris and Kingo looked very surprised, much to my amusement, while Gilgamesh just smiled beside them, as if he expected it.

“Thena!” Gilgamesh stepped forward, welcoming Thena and tried to hug her. She accepted, albeit reluctantly much to my amusement. I then turned to the other two, who were still looking at me with surprise.

“What? No greetings?” I questioned.

Kingo was the first to snap out of it. “Mister P!” he shouted.

“Wait what?” I asked, what did he just call me? Please don’t tell me that I heard Mister P..

Kingo then approached me and hugged me quite tightly, and tried to kiss my cheek, which made me freaked out.

“Whoa, whoa, no homo Kingo.” I raised my hand in defence.

“What man? I haven’t seen you in centuries!”

“Still man, these cheeks are off limits.” I countered. “It’s for a special one later on...”

Kingo snorted. “I doubt you will get laid with the humans.”

“Stay out of my sexual business Kingo.” I said. I then turned to the boy who flew too close to the sun, well, that story doesn’t exist yet..

“Good to see you again Ikaris.” I said politely, I never really was close to the guy, just a couple of talks, and that’s it.

“Good to see you too Pluto.” he nodded while smiling.

“I see that you got an upgrade since you left.” Kingo commented while looking at Hydra 2.0 “A big one at that...”

“Oh I’ve discovered plenty since I left.” I smirked. “I can probably beat all of you in a single fight at once now.”

Kingo laughed loudly at my words. “Nice one Mister P...”

I didn’t hear it wrong again right? Mister P?

“He’s not joking.” Thena defended me. “I haven’t fought him myself.. but I know a lost cause when I see one.”

“Really?” Gilgamesh questioned skeptically. “Even with Ikaris and Makkari?”

“Really.” Thena nodded.

“Well, let’s try that some other time.” Kingo shrugged. “Let’s go back, I’m sure they’ll be delighted to see you after all these years.”

“I doubt it.” I shrugged. “But help me with these will you?” I pointed at the Vibranium.

“What are those?” Ikaris asked, examining the chunks of Vibranium, he tried to crush it with his bare hands, but it didn't work, which made him frown. “What is this?”

“Vibranium.” I said, which surprised him. “Save the talk, just help me carry this to Hydra’s back.”

“Hydra?”

“The nine headed construct.”

“Oh, okay...”

After that, the rest of them helped me and Thena brought the Vibranium to where Ajak and the rest were, riding along with the Hydra.