Overview:

Spartan (Michael) sneaks away while Captain McKinley (Benjamin), Oppa Rockstar (James), and Princess Ruana (Roanne) head to the abandoned ghost town, where they are thrust into a three-way battle against the Chimaera—a fusion of lion, goat, and snake. Meanwhile, Spartan engages the Harpies, resulting in his literal fall from the sky.

After the battle, Ruana and McKinley uncover the true mastermind: Echidna, the Mother of Monsters, secretly pulling the strings. Struggling with survivor’s guilt, James deserts the team, setting off on a soul-searching journey.

The Lion, the Goat, and the Serpent.

— The Seven Days Prophecy

Back on the Peregrine spaceship, some time later, in a quiet, brightly lit room, the head of Medusa—her face serene, and the snakes on her head at rest—was sealed within a mystical sphere of water that shimmered with the pale glow of moonlight. Spartan (Michael), clad in his sleeveless maroon-red spandex suit, stood gazing intently at the snake-haired woman’s head, which was positioned upright, resting against the wall.

“Brother, you have an odd taste for sightseeing,” Oppa, also known as Rockstar (James), remarked as he approached from behind, his tone light but curious.

“Medusa is beautiful, even in death,” Spartan replied, studying her flawless, untouched features. Despite her monstrous nature, her face remained uncorrupted by decay, perfectly preserved in her eternal slumber.

“I won’t lie—I wouldn’t mind being her man, and her being my woman. There’s something thrilling about beauty and danger combined.” Spartan mused, his voice tinged with admiration.

Rockstar gave a sharp laugh and shook his head. “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that. I couldn’t imagine, not even in my wildest dreams, being with a woman who could destroy me with one of her ‘sweet’ venomous kisses.”

He turned to walk away, but Spartan’s voice halted him mid-step.

“Brother, you know me. I’m an action hero at heart. If I were to fall, I’d want to go down in a blaze of glory. Before I face the Nemean Lion—the beast etched on the medallion of my golden laurel belt—I want you to slay him for me. Your victory will be mine, and my victory, yours. We’re brothers-in-arms, and brothers by blood.” Spartan gave a small, resolute smile as he turned his gaze back to Medusa.

“Wow, didn’t think you had a literary side,” Rockstar quipped, grinning before turning away once more and walking off.

Spartan (Michael), standing alone, raised his arms, the golden gauntlets gleaming in the sunlight. He flexed his arms, and soon a faint scarlet glow, accompanied by embers, began to emanate from them. The glass surrounding Medusa’s head, encased in Princess Ruana’s (Roanne) water sphere, started to crack under the increasing heat from Spartan’s powers. As the cracks spread, steam escaped through the narrow gaps, hissing into the room.

With a final surge of heat, the glass shattered, and the boiling water spilled across the floor. Medusa’s head, still suspended within the water sphere, floated before Spartan, a short distance separating them. The room, bordered by two glass walls split into panels, was bathed in sunlight. Outside, the clear blue sky shone brightly, signaling a hot day. Spartan spread his arms, absorbing the solar rays streaming through the glass from both sides.

Focusing his energy, Spartan condensed the sunlight into two spheres of golden plasma, which flickered and shimmered in his hands. As a modern Greek hero, living up to his namesake, he raised his arms toward Medusa’s head. Slowly, the glowing plasma traced a golden outline, which gradually solidified into a round shield. The golden light intensified as the shield took form, becoming a radiant golden sun shield.

With a gesture of his right hand, Spartan guided the shield toward Medusa’s head, positioning it behind her. In a swift motion, he locked her within the shield, the eight diamond-shaped golden rays of the sun encasing her before she could open her eyes and unleash her deadly petrifying gaze. As the last of Ruana’s mystical waters evaporated into steam, Spartan summoned the shield to himself, holding it firmly in both hands. He looked down at his creation, like a blacksmith admiring his first—and perhaps greatest—work.

In the command center, Captain McKinley (Benjamin), with Princess Ruana (Roanne) by his side, gathered the rest of the team: Oppa Rockstar (James) and Spartan (Michael).

On the large screen, bold letters flashed: “THE THIRD WAVE.”

“Our radar has detected two electromagnetic disturbances,” Captain McKinley began. “As foretold by the Seven Days Prophecy from the Oracle, the Third Day is upon us—Chimaera and the Harpies.”

He paused, his tone growing more resolute. “I’ve learned from the last wave. We’re not splitting up again. Because of that mistake, we lost track of Love Fey (Allison) and Cerulean Arlentis (Topher). This time, we’ll face our enemies together, one at a time. Our strength lies in unity. Together, we can defeat any foe.”

With a firm nod, he concluded, “This meeting is adjourned. We’re heading out immediately.”

The front entrance of the Peregrine spaceship opened, revealing the world outside. As the incline lowered to the ground, Captain McKinley, Princess Ruana, and Oppa Rockstar descended in unison.

Princess Ruana, dressed in her flowing seafoam green and lavender gown, tapped her moon-bell scepter against the ground, summoning a clear bubble tinted in the same colors. Encased in her protective bubble, she floated gracefully into the air.

Oppa Rockstar, eccentric as ever in his white-gray jacket and pants, with an orange shirt underneath, hopped onto his sleek white surfboard. He rode atop an orange wave of musical staff, music notes in cyan, magenta, and yellow popping and hopping along, leaving a trail of tunes in his wake.

Captain McKinley, in his full-body armor, partly coated in cobalt blue and the rest in bare titanium, conjured a personal spacecraft from silvery nano-molecules. Shaped like the Peregrine spaceship but smaller, the Mockingbird took form. Without hesitation, he launched into the air, soaring off.

Unbeknownst to the others, Spartan, clad in his maroon-red spandex, slipped away unnoticed. Determined and passionate, he sprinted toward the back exit of the ship like a man on a mission.

“I’ll take care of the other monster myself,” Spartan thought, his eyes blazing with resolve.

Captain McKinley (Benjamin), Princess Ruana (Roanne), and Oppa Rockstar (James) arrived at the source of the electromagnetic disturbance. They found themselves in a valley between two rolling hills, where a ghost town—or rather, a desolate village—lay eerily quiet on the plain.

“There’s no one here. The silence is deafening,” Oppa Rockstar remarked somberly, his usually lively demeanor subdued by the unsettling stillness.

“What could have happened here? Why is the village so empty, so desolate?” Captain McKinley wondered aloud, his curiosity piqued.

“I can feel it… sadness, pain, anger, hopelessness. Those poor people.” Princess Ruana’s voice softened as she sensed the lingering emotions in the air.

As they walked through the abandoned village, torn scraps of paper blew past them, carried upward by the wind into the empty sky.

Captain McKinley glanced at the cyan hologram projected from his space gauntlet. The data displayed showed the electromagnetic disturbance growing in intensity.

“The disturbance is getting stronger,” he informed Ruana and Rockstar.

Suddenly, the deserted village shifted before their eyes, transforming into a towering mountain, with ancient architecture climbing its slopes. Homes were stacked one upon another, a large and remote settlement, but still devoid of people.

Captain checked his gauntlet interface once more. The screen flashed: “Lycia, Asia Minor.”

“This is the dominion of the Greek monster, Lycia. We have to defeat our enemy here, then catch up with Spartan (Michael) before anything happens to him. He shouldn’t have broken away from the group,” Captain said, a note of concern creeping into his voice.

“Brace yourselves, Ruana, Rockstar—we’re up against the Chimaera: a chaos of three deadly beasts in one body,” Captain warned, preparing his companions for battle.

Without warning, the Chimaera appeared—a monstrous figure, with the front of a lion, the middle of a goat, and a serpent as its tail. Captain McKinley, the space ranger; Princess Ruana, the sea maiden; and Oppa Rockstar, the K-pop idol, stood their ground, ready for the fight of their lives.

The Chimaera’s lion head, with its fiery vermillion mane and golden fur, stood at the forefront of its body. Its angry amber eyes glowed with fury, while bared fangs and sharp claws glinted in the sunlight. The lion roared, the sound echoing across the landscape, reaching the forest on the horizon west of the mountain settlement. As the king of the beasts, it breathed bright orange flames, its rage as fierce as the fire it commanded. The lion’s predatory gaze locked onto its target.

Princess Ruana (Roanne), the sea maiden, stood in the beast’s path. Her long, true red hair cascaded down to her feet, and she held a silvery moon-bell scepter at her side. Dressed in an elegant eighteenth-century gown, its pastel colors of seafoam green and lavender shimmered in the light. The gown’s balloon sleeves and water lily patterns gave her a graceful, ethereal appearance. It was a battle of opposites—fire and water—as the lion faced off against the sea princess.

The lion struck first, breathing a torrent of fiery orange flames toward Ruana. With a calm wave of her moon-bell scepter, she summoned shimmering waves of dreamy periwinkle water, glowing aquamarine as they flowed. Each time the lion unleashed its furious flames, Ruana’s otherworldly waters rose to meet them, extinguishing the fire in a serene dance of elemental power. For a time, the fight was locked in a stalemate—neither gaining ground as fire clashed with water, each attack neutralized by the other.

Growing impatient, the lion’s fury intensified. Its roars grew louder, and its fiery breath burned hotter with each passing moment. But Ruana remained steadfast, her inner strength evident in her calm demeanor. With every surge of fire, she countered with a torrent of water, steam hissing into the air as the two forces collided. The lion, determined to win at all costs, roared once more, its head glowing bright orange and spewing embers as its rage consumed it.

In its blind pursuit of victory, the lion overpowered itself. As it unleashed a final, powerful blast of fire, the force became too much. The lion’s head erupted in flames, exploding in a fiery burst of embers and smoke. The proud king of beasts, undone by its own fury, was beheaded in an instant. The charred remains of its once-majestic head fell to the ground in blackened smithereens, leaving only ruin in its wake. The lion’s pride had led to its downfall.

On the back of the Chimaera slithered a giant snake, its body covered in gleaming black and violet scales with a cream-colored underbelly. The serpent’s sharp lime-green eyes, with black slit pupils, glinted ominously. Its long, sharp fangs dripped violet venom, and it hissed menacingly, its two-pronged tongue flicking in and out. The snake was sleek, fluid in its movements, quiet yet fast, and above all, deadly with its venom.

Oppa Rockstar (James), the eccentric K-pop idol, stood confidently on his sleek white surfboard, floating just above the ground. His spiky platinum blonde hair and magenta visor glasses gave him a striking look, accentuated by his over-ear headphones with stylized wings. He wore a matching white-gray jacket adorned with a cyan abstract of skyscrapers, an open orange shirt bearing a sun outline, fingerless apple-green gloves, and shiny yellow sneakers. Strapped to his side was a polished wooden guitar, his signature weapon.

The serpent gazed at Rockstar, its lime-green eyes piercing through the silence as if trying to hypnotize him. The teenage idol, however, stood unfazed, lightheartedly addressing the snake.

“Well, hello there, Mr. Snake. You know, I’m way too cool and handsome to end up as your snack,” Rockstar quipped with a grin.

Without warning, the snake lunged, mouth wide open, venomous fangs bared. But Rockstar reacted swiftly, surfing away on his neon orange musical staff, a long, wavy track. As he sped along, his trail left behind hopping music notes in cyan, magenta, and yellow, each one popping with upbeat, cheerful tunes.

The snake gave chase, slithering after him with fluid grace, but Rockstar glided effortlessly, evading each attack with ease. The chase continued, cat and mouse-style, until the snake struck at a large tree, sinking its fangs deep into the bark. Violet venom surged into the tree, causing its leaves to wither and drop instantly, the trunk twisting and dying in seconds, leaving behind long, claw-like branches.

“That venom is definitely deadly,” Rockstar thought, momentarily shaken as memories of the twisted trees from the Underworld flashed in his mind.

“It’s my turn now, Mr. Snake. Time for me to throw a few punches!” Rockstar smirked, strumming his guitar. Giant CYM (cyan, yellow, and magenta) music notes burst forth, flying toward the snake.

The snake dodged with remarkable agility, evading most of the brightly colored notes. However, the sheer number of notes, combined with the upbeat pop melody filling the air, eventually overwhelmed it. A magenta sixteenth note shot forward, impaling the snake on its neck and pinning it to the ground. The sharp, pronged note mirrored the fangs of the serpent but, instead of venom, it sprayed bright magenta paint across the snake, spilling onto the ground around it.

“Looks like Lady Luck’s still on my side,” Rockstar said with a grin, tapping his thumb to his chin as he floated triumphantly on his surfboard above the defeated serpent.

The middle part of the Chimaera was a goat, its two curved horns jutting upward. Its eyes had narrow, horizontal pupils, and its fur was a mix of brown with a dirty white underbelly streaked with black. Only the back half of the Chimaera’s body, including its hind legs, belonged to the goat. The goat’s head sprouted from the back of the decapitated lion’s head, while the tail, a snake, lay lifeless and still.

Captain McKinley, also known as Benjamin, was fully suited as a space ranger. His helmet, space gauntlets, and full-body armor were unified by a prominent belt, with seamless integration between the suit and his boots. His armor was a mix of cobalt blue and gleaming silvery titanium. The titanium plates covered nearly the entire suit, providing lightweight yet highly durable protection, allowing Captain McKinley both agility and defense.

The goat, the oldest of the three beasts, stared sternly at the Captain from below. Then, it began to transform. The goat’s head moved forward to where the lion’s once was, while its snake tail shed like old skin. Plates of brown, earthen armor grew across its body, transforming the Chimaera into a single, goat-headed creature clad in impenetrable armor.

That definitely wasn’t in Greek mythology, Captain McKinley mused.

Propelled by the blue flames from his space boots, Captain McKinley summoned his personal spacecraft, Mockingbird, from nano-molecules. He climbed inside, the tempered glass shielding him as the spacecraft soared through the sky, with the sea glistening in the background. The goat-headed Chimaera watched the skies warily. Captain McKinley launched missiles at the creature below.

But the Goat was fast. It dodged the missiles with surprising agility and even had the strength to catch and hurl one several meters away. Inside Mockingbird, Captain studied the beast’s movement patterns. Retracting the spacecraft’s glass cover, he jumped atop the craft, preparing for the next phase.

Standing firmly as Mockingbird circled the Chimaera, Captain commanded, “Code Bellerophon!”

With that, he leapt from the spacecraft, a propeller jetpack deploying from his back, its blue flames roaring as two gliders extended like wings. His left gauntlet projected a cyan laser blade, which quickly lengthened from dagger to longsword. His right gauntlet conjured a translucent, heraldic shield made of hard light. Armed with his sword and shield, Captain McKinley descended to meet the Chimaera head-on.

The battle raged in mid-air. Captain McKinley’s laser sword clashed against the Chimaera’s razor-sharp claws, while his shield deflected the beast’s powerful strikes. The goat-headed Chimaera held its ground with incredible resilience, a testament to its vitality and stubborn will. Captain McKinley ascended higher, gathering momentum before diving straight down.

With a burst of energy, his laser sword cut through the Chimaera’s earthen armor, bisecting the beast in a single, decisive strike.

As the goat-headed Chimaera fell, a large earthen scale flew off and splashed into the sea. Princess Ruana’s magical seafoam quickly enveloped the scale before it sank too deep, bringing it back to shore.