The Abyss Vs The Underworld

A Stand For Honor

Sir Pentious P. O. V
A week has gone by and it turns out that Artorias is not THAT big of a change to hell the only really big thing that's happened with him was his fight against that dragon. I'll still remember when he came to me for his arm.
Flashback 1 week ago
I was working on the hotel with Charlie and Thomas when suddenly Artorias burst through the front door. "Hey Sir Pentious can you help me with something?" Artorias asked as he made his way to my room where conveniently I've set up a new workshop. "Uhhh may I go or did you sssstill need my help?" I asked Charlie looking for her permission. "Oh it's ok I can ask the others to help me with the rest you go on ahead." She replied. I bowed and slithered my way to my room to see Artorias looking around my room to see the new makeover I gave it. "I like what you have done with the place Penty." He said still looking around. I wanted to say thank you but I noticed he was a little tattered up. And I saw weird liquids of light seeping through the cracks of his armor is that his...blood? I slithered to his arm to get a closer look I poked at the armor plate with the glowing cut and he winced at the sudden action, confirming my suspicion. "Artoriassss are you ok?" I asked. "I can get you a med kit if you want." I said looking up at him. "No I'm fine, however what I do need your help with...is with with this thing." He said dropping his sword and showing me a red crystal I grabbed it and it started to glow. "What the-"
Present
"Fuck" I groaned aloud lightly slamming my head on my workbench. I looked back up to see the crimson glow of this irritating crystal looking back at me like it was...taunting me. It has been an entire week and I still can't figure this out for the afterlife of me. I rested my head on my hand and just stared at the crystal until some sort of answer would pop out at me but, nope not a single thing. I haven't slept and it's starting to take effect. Artorias keeps apologizing for showing it to me and tries to get me go to sleep. I thought I wouldn't need it but I was to confident in my small brain to see that I definitely should have slept . I then sat up in my chair and looked at the ceiling. I pinched my noses and finally got up to go downstairs and get another coffee. As I slithered down I noticed alastor's door was open soon after that little observation I heard conversation in the lobby I made my way down and noticed one of the voices was
Alastor 's...weird who could he be talking to so late at night. I finally got down into the lobby and noticed that I was right to guess that Alastor was down here with someone however what I didn't expect was to see someone the same size as Artorias walking around with what looks like an...imp?  Then I noticed the  chain on his throat causing me to freeze up.and what makes this worse is that he finally noticed me. "Who is this?" The man asked. "Oh him?that's Pentious but he likes to be called Penty" Alastor said pissing me off. "I-I DO NOT" I shouted at him ignoring the giant. "Could have fooled me my dear old snake especially since you let Artorias call you that with ZERO problems" he said shrugging with that stupid smile around his face. "WHY YOU LITTLE- *DING* SILENCE FOOLS!" I was interrupted by the sound of metal hitting floor and a sudden roar of anger. I look over to see the man holding a giant sword in front of him with the tip pointing to the ground and both hands around the hilt. "I will not tolerate such impudence in my presence. you, snake." He said pointing at me. "Fetch me Artorias." He said waving his hand for dismissal. I wanted to snap back at him but if he's anything like Artorias power wise then that's just going to get me killed. I slither back up into Artorias room to see him sitting down with both legs crossed watching that sword channel on voxtube again. He snapped his head towards the doorway to see me. "Oh hey Penty" he said waving.
Artorias P. O. V
"Hey Artoriassss." He said rubbing the back of his head. "What's up?" I asked as I noticed his slightly nervous demeanor. "Some guy wants to see you." He said. "Ok then I'll be right there." I said getting up to grab my sword hanging on the wall next to the tv. I don't know who could make penty so nervous but I'm sure they can't be that bad. We finally got downstairs and I nearly jumped with glee when I saw CC  but then I saw HIM. So I straightened up and held back on my joy and my want to pet CC on the head. "Ahhhh my most loyal and trusted soldier IS here that is good, how has hell been treating you?" He said putting his hand on my shoulder. He looked down and he gave a confused look I looked in the same direction  and saw he noticed my arm upgrade. "What is this mechanism on your arm?" He asked I was going to explain till I looked at his left hand and saw him holding a chain it went all the way down to his leg and I saw a clown slave. I pretended to ignore it like all the other times I've been in this situation with lord Gwyn in the past but something about this one was different...familiar even. "Oh, I see not willing to talk in front of the peasants well then I agree let's speak outside" he said making me realize I was too deep in thought causing me to forget his question. Although I still agreed so CC and Penty couldn't see how uncomfortable I was. When we finally made it outside onto the sidewalk I felt a sudden embrace around my waist. I looked down to see the slave hugging me tightly. The slave then looked up at me with somber eyes. "Thank you for saving me." When he uttered those words I remembered who he was, he was that demon I saved from the dragon I couldn't tell because he was not wearing that white stuff and his horns were broken so he looked different. "Ack!" The imp yelped as Gwyn pulled on his chain to bring the imp closer to him effectively pulling the imp off of me. "Sorry about that I don't exactly remember letting it do that." Gwyn said looking down at the imp with harsh eyes. "I'm sorry m-my lord." The imp said. "Lord Gwyn with all due respect don't you think owning a slave that's not an enemy of war is kinda...evil?" I said trying to get him to let go of the innocent demon. "Nope, sometimes you have to remind others" he says tugging on the chain again. "Who is on top of the food chain" he finishes. "Well what does owning this demon even do for you my lord?" I asked trying to get a good reason from him. Because it seems he's doing it for no reason. "Because control over this demon gives me control over the deadly sin of lust." He said. "My lord did you just say deadly sin? What is that?" I asked now curious though I couldn't help but feel like we were being watched. "I'm glad you asked Artorias! The deadly sins are demonic beings that are far stronger than their peers in fact they are the strongest besides Lucifer who is the king of hell." He said. "Oh I see that is uh...quite the plan." I said glancing at the slaved demon who seemed malnourished and in a poor state. "Artorias I can tell you don't like it, speak your mind." He said seeing right past my obvious lie. "Its just that isn't there a more honorable way we could go about controlling the deadly sins." I said finally speaking my mind to him. "oh my apologies Artorias I forgot you always respected honor but if you think about it if you send these deadly sins to the human world you can tell they will kill without honor and although YOU respect it doesn't mean they do. Sometimes Artorias you must fight fire with your brain not just more fire." He said tugging the chain again. I felt my temper start to rise. "Well my lord could you try treating the slave better than If it's not about him?" I said whilst trying to calm my self down. "Oh this THING?...no it's a slave Artorias not a he or she just a thing and I will treat it like a child treats his toys" he said. The demons eyes were watering and my temper was near the edge. "Well Artorias I will have to take my leave now but I'll visit you another day to talk about taking over hell." He said then he finally pulled the chain yet again and there was the push. I blinked and my hand was on the chain. "Artorias let go" Gwyn said. I would, but I have already come so far. "Sir I'm sorry but I don't think this is right you should take over hell the right way and face the ki-OH SHIT" I was interrupted by falling on my ass when the chain I was pulling at was suddenly slashed. at first I thought lord Gwyn had slashed the chain but it seems I was wrong as I saw his equally surprised face but the emotion was quickly drowned by unyielding rage when he saw what caused the separation of the chain. I followed his eyes and saw a great spear taller than my body planted into the ground between me and Lord Gwyn. "It seems my father and his adopted son are back to being ruthless villains again. why am I not surprised?" I heard causing my heart to drop. The voice may sound older and more mature but there was no doubt about it this voice belonged to. I snapped my head to confirm my suspicion and I was correct there he was standing on a dragons neck
"ORNSTEIN?! I thought you died" I yelled getting up from my ass. "My death was, greatly exaggerated, now let the slave go before I kill both of you." He said looking down on us. I didn't know what was scarier the fact that ornstein was threatening lord Gwyn like he's not a problem or the visible white hot rage on Lord Gwyn's face. "Hey Artorias can you throw my weapon back honorable chap" he said pointing to the spear in the ground. I grabbed it and I felt Gwyn's rage directed towards me now. I chucked it at him and he caught it with ease. "Thank you" he said hopping off the dragon. He pointed the tip of his spear at it and I thought he was going to kill it like he used to but then when he stabbed it a mixture of a tornado and nonstop lightning strikes where he was located after the wind cleared I saw Ornstein but no dragon and not only that he seemed...different he had an aura of wind around him and he looked completely different from the Ornstein I knew. He floated down from the top of the building and steadily approached us, sensing a fight I looked towards the slave and tilted my head towards the hotel to get him away from the fight and...Gwyn. Ornstein then stopped a few ways from us. "Alright let's find a good place to fight since you're still just as stubborn as I remember Gwyn." Ornstein said. "Here, will be fine Namele-OOF" Gwyn was interrupted as within a second Ornstein had kicked him into the air before I could turn my head to see him all I saw was a dust cloud I side eyed to my left and saw him in a swinging stance with his spear. "Blast off" he said with a heavy side swing of his spear causing a huge wave of wind sending me flying in Gwyn's direction. To which I ended up landing in a red forest. I looked around while trying to get up "Uuugh since when did Ornstein get so-GAH" I was interrupted by a familiar front kick to my chest causing me to go flying through a few trees and rocks. "You Fool Artorias what were You THINKING why would you hand him his spear back? let alone DISOBEY MY ORDER!" He said. "IF YOU HAD LET GO OF THE SLAVE WE BOTH WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION!" He continued. I slowly got off the ground and grabbed my sword. "This is my fault" I said knowing what I must do to make amends. "Thank you for noticing that but I'll-""I shouldn't have let you get away with this behavior." I interrupted. "What did you say?" He asked with venom in his tone. "I should not have let you enslave people and I'm tired of turning a blind eye to it, I'm tired of the way you treat your subjects and I'm tired of...you. As of now I'm no longer Dragonslayer Artorias I'm now Artorias The Champion of Hell and I stand for honor and Justice for the people" I said getting prepared to fight Gwyn. "Artorias you son of a-"*BOOM* "hey guys" Gwyn was interrupted yet again by Ornstein probably causing his blood to boil. "Now what's next is up to you guys" Ornstein said. It felt like hours but we stood there waiting for the other to make a move. No one did until the sound of a branch broke and we all sprinted at each other with the full intent to kill I front kicked Gwyn but he blocked it with his blade however the attack still sent him flying, my success was shortlived as I felt Ornstein ram the bottom of his great spear into my chest while flying at high speeds taking me with him through the trees he abruptly stopped, sending me flying however my flight was interrupted as he grabbed my broken arm and slammed me and he could have kept slamming me...if Penty didn't exist. I activated my metal cast and suddenly grabbed Ornstein's wrist, all I heard was a surprised "WHAT THE!?" Before I chucked him him forward. It unfortunately didn't have the effect I wanted because he stopped his momentum with his mysterious new powers, but it got him off me and that's all that matters I got up to see a waiting Ornstein get snatched by his face by Gwyn. He was getting dragged through the dirt while gwyn was running and eventually made it to a grass clearing where he slammed his face in the center of it and while he still had Ornstein's face in the ground a visible glow erupted from the palm of Gwyn's hand. I jumped in the air knowing what was going to happen a huge explosion went off from his hand causing the clearing to become a massive crater when I landed the dust clouds finally cleared and I saw Gwyn holding up Ornstein by his face I thought he was dead after an attack like that but I was proven wrong as Ornstein kicked him in the face twice to let him go then jumped off of his chest to get away from him. "That was a *Cough* good attack" he said trying to recover from that. I charged at Gwyn to let Ornstein recover as I feel like I could talk to him later and explain how I'm not his enemy. I jumped into the air and slammed on Gwyn's guard he tried to front kick me but I let go of my blade letting it fall allowing me to spin out of the way before activating my other arm to catch World-splitter and slash at his stomach but unfortunately He leaped backwards to dodge the attack but I didn't relieve pressure I kept chasing him and I alternated my sword back my right hand and I swung to the right but he parried my attack with his blade causing me to fall backwards. He took this opportunity to try and stab me but instead of trying to recover from falling I let myself fall and I stuck my blade into the ground behind me allowing me to backflip over it and immediately taking a knee and ducking my head making the blade scrape the top of my helmet I brought the blade out of the ground to try and slash upward In my kneeling position to take his arm but he let go of his sword to pull his arm back successfully avoiding my attack but he caught his blade whilst it was falling and spun slash at my back I blocked it but not without the mere force of it sending me flying luckily I recovered by stabbing my blade into the ground slowly stopping me. " Do you know the price for your disobedience?" He said slowly walking towards me. "it will cost not your death but all those dear to you, including that foolish snake."he said. I nearly blanked out but I got control over my emotions and directed my anger towards the weapon in my hand I heard the same flames I ignited when I killed the dragon. "Come on Artorias, your not brave, you have merely just forgotten what the fear of death was. come, and let me remind you." He finished as he gotten into a square off stance and his sword set ablaze with flame. We stared at each other for a good minute before we both rushed each other. As I was running towards Gwyn ready to strike him with all my might I remember thinking 'This is it if I fail here then all the ruthlessly slain's blood will be on my hands for letting him walk this plane' I stopped thinking as I two hand grind my sword against the dirt planning to upward slash with my new flame attack. "GWYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYN" I roared as I swung with all the might I could muster  "ARRRRTOORRIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS" He yelled as he did the opposite and did a overhead swing which I could tell by the momentum that the Attack was full strength our blades clashed, a bright light appeared, and ....I blacked out.