Start All Over

By Absinthe
Warning: Profound stupidity ahead.
The Scooby Doo Ending:

I am sore all over and bleeding from a few minor cuts already. One of the guards gets in a solid blow, and in the moment of disorientation I suffer afterwards, I lose the sword. Spots dance before my eyes, and one of the men circles behind me, trying to knock me forward onto my knees. I stumble forward a pace before I returned to my senses to see his eyes widening in surprise at the sight of the business end of a spear protruding from his stomach. I glance over his shoulder at the unfamiliar face of a professional soldier. He wears the regalia of the Athenian Militia. I smile and my lips part to release a sound I have almost forgotten how to make. My warcry clearly surprises the other two men still on their feet. Taking two steps backwards I relieve the dead man of his blade and quickly dispatch the two last guards as quickly as I can.

I am amazed that I failed to notice the approach of a dozen soldiers and their noisy mounts. Once all of Chaymon's men have been hog-tied and the slaver himself restrained, I ask the leader of the patrol force, "Ya wanna tell me what's going on?" Why would these men be arresting the slavers? The slave trade is alive and flourishing in Greece.

"Well ma'am, we've been getting complaints that Chaymon's been stealing back slaves he'd already sold, then selling them again elsewhere," he pauses, "If you hadn't been able to slow them down for so long, they would still be at large."

I chew my lip and swipe blood off of my forehead. There's something not right about this. I think.

I approach Chaymon, grab the side of his face and peel it off.

"Ares!" I shout. The God of War stands unmasked, his face revealed to the soldiers. The mask in my hand disintegrates into a shower of light.

"Why?" the commander asks. Meanwhile the soldier that has been twisting Chaymon's arm respectfully releases the god.

"Pulling your old tricks again eh?" I sneer, "Thought you'd be sick of trying to get me to go bad again by now!?"

Ares tosses his head and snarls, "And it would've worked too, if you stupid kids hadn't come snooping around!" This last he directs at the Athenians. So saying, Ares disappears.

"Well, I guess that about wraps it up!" I say, shrugging.

That wasn't a ver satisfying ending was it? How bout we try the
The Mega Happy Ending

or the The Mega Sad Ending

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