June 18th, 2702. Paris, Region of France. - The Declaration of War (part 2)

"What the hell is going on with our signal?" shouted the news channel director. "What the hell is this countdown?"

"It's on every channel. Someone has hacked into the systems." said a crew member.

"Unhack it!"

"We don't have access to the control anymore." The system suddenly overloaded and sparks flew out of the machines. Only the screens were on with a black and white timer counting down. The crew patiently waited for the timer to hit zero with suspense. The moment the timer stopped a live broadcast started showing an empty table. People started to whisper amongst themselves. A man appeared on the screen as he slowly sat down on the chair and looked straight into the camera. Everyone gasped. It was Arcadeus. He clasped his hands together and broadened his shoulders with a threatening posture.

"Many of you know my name. Some of you know who I am. Very few of you know what I am capable of. Let the record show that we meant everything we agreed to for peace between our now distinctive races. You are afraid. We understand. We wanted to help and preserve what little harmony we had between us. But it has come to our attention that the harmony we thought existed was only from our perspective. Your perspective, it seems, is that there was no harmony and never will be. Some of us lived long enough to see the vital transition between our transformation from being a natural freak to some living weapon.

You called us Immortals due to our increased life span and extraordinary powers. Then some of you decided to test us. You succeeded. But everything has a cost. Not one Immortal, as you called us, decided to use the powers bestowed upon us for selfish gains. We lived in a peaceful era. It is you humans that decided to take action first rather than later. We will never know if some of us would have used our powers to break the law or cause harm upon another. You called us living weapons. You called us a danger to society. From what I have observed these few years is that it is you humans that are a danger, not to society, but to everything that lives and breaths in this world.

We may have powers but we used to be human. We still have our human traits. We have emotions. We have hearts. However, the government of Europa decided to take mine. You murdered my beloved wife in cold blood during what was supposed to be a vital peace treaty thus making your intentions very clear. Today I will make our intentions clear. I call upon all my brothers and sisters who have the God Particle within them. I ask you to rise with me. Fight with me and together we shall create a new world. Humans will never accept us and we will always be beneath them. This should not be the case. The God Particles chose us for a reason and it was without a doubt not to be stomped on by petty men.

You called us Immortals but we all know that is not the case any longer. I have pondered upon what we have become for a long time now and I have finally realised the reality of our transformation. We are not freaks, mutants or living weapons. WE... ARE... DEMIGODS!

Europa, listen to me carefully. I will unleash hell upon earth. We will take no prisoners. We will not care for young or old. We will not make any mistakes. War is upon you. When you should have treaded carefully you intentionally broke the ice and now you will fall. You will feel paralyzed by the cold but rest assured that we will warm you with the destruction and havoc coming your way.

You have been warned! The only show of mercy you will see from me! Take up your weapons and face us. In a week, a month or a year, it will not matter. Europa will fall and the rest of the world will follow!"