Heroes Uprising: The Sign of Chaos

Prologue

In the beginning of time, there was the void. A black, misty soup that was filled with emptiness. The god of the void, Chaos, ruled over this. His movement swept matter into a swirling mix, forming a sphere. The sphere, or Earth, soon filled with consciousness and became the primordial being Gaea. Over time an atmosphere developed and became Ouranos, god of the sky. Throughout centuries more primordial gods were made and ruled over their specific regions.

One day, Chaos began to experiment with creation. He willed the misty matter to take the shape of a body. The mist began to compress, then evaporated, revealing the body of a 12-year old boy. Around the universe, the primordials, sensing a disturbance, appeared in front of Chaos.

"What is this?" Gaea asked.

"It seems that Chaos has been experimenting again," Erebus, god of darkness, said darkly.

"You know what happened to your experiments last time," Chronus warned.

"Of course you would remember," Tartarus sneered, "being the god of time, you probably remember losing to me in combat every time."

"At least I'm not the armpit of the cosmos," Chronus replied snidely.

"I'm the god of the Pit! The anti-heaven!" Tartarus whined. Being called the "Armpit of the Cosmos" always struck a nerve.

"Shut it, both of you," Akhlys growled.

"Uh-oh," Eros, the god of generation, said, "I think it's that time of the month for Akhlys."

"Nah," Aether, the god of air, said, "being the goddess of poison and misery makes her salty."

"You all need to be more mature," Phusis commented, "maybe a few years in my realm will fix the lot of you"

"Nobody wants to be surrounded by nature all the time, Phusis. And stop speaking in an accent," Ouranos said irritatedly.

"Sometimes I wonder whether or not I should have created all of you," Chaos said absently, "the universe was so quiet back then."

All the gods stopped and looked at him quietly. Noticing the gods looking at him, Chaos cleared his throat and said, "This child I created will play a significant role in the future. He will be slumbering, to be awakened by me when the universe needs him the most. I call this project Nova Solutio, which means 'the new solution'. His power will be more than all of ours combined. And I suggest all of you to create a child for this purpose. If necessary, this 'second generation' will be the next Primordial Gods."

"But Chaos, what if our children turn out to be like our last creations?" Gaea said softly. The gods remembered. The whole universe had nearly- had been- split into two because of the conflict. It had taken the sacrifice of one of them to banish our enemies, and they were microscopically close to defeat that time. "It won't come to that," Chaos said as the other gods left him. Leaving him alone.

"Hopefully," he whispered.