Title: The Mortal God
Summary: Carter only wanted a relaxing week of no work, instead he meets a God stuck in a mortal body. A half-naked, Kopesh-wielding, sexy God.
Rated: T for now!
Pairing: Horus/Carter
Warnings: This is SLASH. Meaning, boyxboy love. Do not like, do not read. It's just that simple.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Kane Chronicles, Rick Riordan owns that pleasure.
Carter swung his legs down from their position, got a good hold on the branch he was sitting on and then dropped down to the forest floor. He had been hiding from his stalker up in the tree for a few hours now. The man had finally snapped and attacked him during his hike. Looking back on it, maybe his sister was right and he shouldn't have gone hiking, but honestly, he needed to get away from the city. Work has been stressing him out day after day and if he didn't get a break soon, he was liable for breaking something. Most likely my assistants jaw. Stupid woman kept giving him more work on top of the pile of work he already had. Who does that to a person?
So as soon as he was able to, he took a week off from work. The first day had been about him laying around his apartment, watching TV and eating junk food. Something he hadn't been able to enjoy since his college days. The second day he decided to visit his sister, where she warned him about hiking over a cup of evening tea. And now, here he was on day three, sneaking around a forest to keep away from his stalker of an ex-boyfriend. What a fantastic day this turned out to be.
The snap of a twig from his left caught his attention. Very cautiously, he took his long walking stick, he held it up defensively and began walking towards it. He could practically hear his sister's voice in his head saying 'are you seriously walking towards something you should be walking away from? Are you really that stupid?'
'Apparently so,' he told the Sadie in his head. She easily scoffed and shook her head just like the real Sadie would. He walked passed the bushes and a few trees and found the snapped twig he heard earlier. At least he hoped it was this and not some other one.
Carter looked around and saw no other foot prints or cause for worry. Sighing in relief his arms dropped, his walking stick back to its actual function.
"The fuck are you doing?"
Carter yelped in surprise, spinning around with his stick back up in the air, ready to strike at a moments notice. He was surprised to see not his stalker but a damn sexy man wearing nothing but boxer shorts and carrying a sword with a rounded tip, a Kopesh if his Egyptian knowledge was still reliable, standing proudly before him. Carter's body tensed unconsciously when the fact that a total stranger was armed and obviously fit, was within ams reach. Carter forced his eyes to not blatantly stare at the man's very fit body, even if it were drool worthy.
"S-Stay away," Carter stuttered, mentally cursing himself at the show of weakness. The other man's eyebrow rose.
"Look Kid, I don't know what the fuck you think you're gonna do with that stick of yours, but you're not kidding anyone here. Put it down before you hurt yourself."
Carter glared, but lowered the stick, still cautious of the practically-naked-armed-with-a-sword man. Carter felt his cheeks flushing but nodded over to the man's weapon.
"Why are you holding a Kopesh? Actually, why are you even naked?"
The strange man snorted and rolled his mis-matched eyes.
Wow those are really- Dammit Carter! Focus! You're in a forest being stalked by Anubis, there's a gorgeously naked man in front of you carrying a weapon and all you have is a stick! Focus. No time to take in the sights. Even if you want to!
"I'm not naked."
Carter gave him a blank look. "Practically."
The man chuckled with a shake of the head. "How'd you know this was a Kopesh?" He held his hand up, showing off his weapon. The hilt was a bit worn, but the blade was in perfect condition, which was a bit hard to find in this day and age.
"I have some Egyptian knowledge thanks to my dad."
The man nodded before tilting his head to the side as if he heard something. That would be crazy talk, but seeing that the guy was running around in his boxers with a Kopesh, maybe it's not as crazy after all. And if he were honest with himself, it was a bit cute. Kinda like a bird.
"Hey kid, you here with anyone?"
Carter crossed his arms. "I'm not a kid."
The stranger chuckled softly, but kept his attention on whatever he was listening to. "You here with anyone or not? Answer the damn question."
Carter relaxed his stance, shaking his head. "Not really."
"The hell does that mean? With or not?"
"Not."
The man nodded. "Then you better grab hold of your stick and hopefully don't hurt yourself in the process."
"Why?"
The crash of a large object permeated through the air, stopping any answer that may or may not have been forthcoming. Carter gasped, not liking the sound of it at all, stepping behind his almost naked stranger with an ancient Egyptian sword. He didn't even second guess himself by calling the man 'his'. The situation was already crazy, so he may as well just go with the flow and that flow includes his very very strong attraction for the man. So this man was his. His crazy practically naked man.
"What was that?"
"When I tell you to, run. Got it?"
"Yea, but what was that?"
The guy nodded towards some trees right as a large animal jumped out. At the sudden appearance of the animal, followed by a large roar, Carter froze in fear. This thing was huge! Gigantic. And it wasn't a normal animal either. Honestly, he had no idea what it was. It had to be about the size of a bear but it's facial structure was similar to that of a lion. It's coloring was similar to the forest leaves and tree branches. The beast was obviously a native here. Which is weird because he was never told of a possible bear/lion hybrid attacking him in the wood, nor has he ever heard of the animal period. Carter's eyes dropped down to the thing's paws, long sharp claws were viciously digging into the ground.
"Oh my-"
The beast turned its head, glowing purple eyes zeroing in on him. Originally thinking he was tense appeared to have been his imagination, because his muscles clenched even tighter, not letting him move at all. The beasts presence was frightening and explained when the forest all around them was dead silent. Every thing except for the pounding of his heart and the soft pants from the animal.
"Fuck you're a big one!" exclaimed the man, grabbing the beasts attention again. Carter wasn't sure if it was intentional of the man or not, but he felt like he could breath again if even just a little bit now that that terrifying faze was gone. "What's wrong kitty cat? Mad that we're in your territory?"
Carter gulped. "Maybe taunting it is a bad idea. Don't you think?"
An answering growl was given in reply from the beast.
"Well too fucking bad." Apparently not.
Carter gaped as the man jumped, literally jumped, weapon at the ready, right at the beast. What he saw transpire before his eyes are battles spoken of in fairy tails. The Kopesh was handled with mastery and finesse. Injuring the animal with each strike, not allowing it a moment to get on the offensive. The sight both terrifying and exciting. Carter could feel his heart about to jump out of his chest.
"Go!"
"But you're-"
The man took barely a second to give him an exasperated look before dodging a strike of claws.
"I don't have- ugh- time to argue! Go!" When Carter still wasn't moving the man slashed at the animals exposed face before jumping back to his original position in front of Carter. "Are you deaf or something," he panted, but slowly gaining his breath again. One hand was grabbing his side. "Go! I'm right behind you! Fucking move!"
This time, Carter spun around and took off into the woods, doing as the man said. He ran. He ran as hard and as fast as he could. He didn't dare even look back, knowing it would slow him down. That beast was terrifying and unknown and he wasn't going to let the beast have the satisfaction of eating him.
Carter mentally groaned. His thoughts should NOT be along those lines! He should be worried about his naked warrior man, risking his crazy ass life with a Kopesh as his only offense and his boxers his only defense. But no, his thoughts were more so on his own life. A bit selfish Carter, even if this is a life threatening situation. To think not but minutes before the man came into his life, he was worried about his stalker ex-boyfriend catching him. His eyes widened. He had completely forgotten about Anubis!
"Gotcha!"
Carter mentally cursed as another larger body tackled his own. The air in his lungs escaped as they landed heavily on the ground. He couldn't find the energy to push Anubis off, but was thankful when the man got up on his knees. He was gasping taking in all the air he could get, slightly light headed, and weak. This was the first time he's ever had the air knocked out of him and he now knew that he will never let it happen again. He felt vulnerable, more so than he needed to be underneath his stalker.
"Finally I found you Carter." Anubis bent down and nuzzled his neck. A habit the man had since their first day as a couple. the man had an insane obsession with his neck.
"Anub-" he gasped, trying to push the man off. His strength was coming back with each breath he took. Carter was able to move the man a few inches away but that was it. "Get off."
Anubis chuckled. "Don't think you can get away this-"
Carter's eyes widened as Anubis was kicked off of him and landing yards away, before the sexy stranger from before was holding a hand out to him. Carter had to stop his jaw from falling at the sight. There wasn't a scar on that man, but sweat was glistening down his torso, his boxers hanging lower than before. His Kopesh was resting on his shoulder. "You okay kid?"
"I'm-"
"What the fuck Horus!" was Anubis enraged snarl.
Horus helped Carter to his feet before he bothered to give Anubis any attention.
"Anubis? The hell are you doing here?"
The younger man growled, almost sounding like a dog. "Don't fuck around with me Horus. You saw me-"
Horus held up a hand cutting Anubis off as if he were some high bred noble. Hard to believe with his current lack of clothing, thought Carter.
"We don't have time for your-"
Carter interrupted Horus this time. "Wait, you know each other?"
Anubis grimaced as he stood up, dusting himself off. "Unfortunately. This is my older cousin."
Horus shrugged not caring either way. "And as your older cousin, I'm telling you to stay away from the kid."
"Fuck no. Carter's mine!" Anubis took a step forward.
Carter shook his head, taking a step away from his stalker. Horus snickered, amusement burning in his mis-matched eyes. "Don't think he is little cousin."
Anubis eyes flashed in anger. "Stay out of this Pharaoh." Pharaoh?
Like a flip of the switch, the amusement was gone and in its place was a cold hardness.
"But as your Pharaoh I'm telling you to FUCK off. He's in my custody shit face." Custody?
Anubis' glare turned into a furrowed brow, but his body took a step back. "Since when was he in your custody?"
"Since the moment he tried to hit me with his little stick."
Carter rolled his eyes. "No I didn't."
Horus gave him a smug smile.
"Pharao-"
"Shut it Death Boy."
And with that Horus grabbed Carter's hand and walked off, leaving Anubis behind gaping. Carter looked over his shoulder and saw the beast from before attack Anubis. He tried getting Horus attention, missing Anubis pulling out his own Kopesh, but Horus' wasn't stopping and his strength was far better than Carter's own. What was he?
The man dragging him through the forest was one of a kind. Tall, foul-mouthed, gorgeous, crazy, strong, fearless. Mostly crazy though. And what was with the Egyptian crap anyways?
"W-What about Anubis?" he tried asking again.
Horus snorted. "Fucker can handle himself."
"I can't believe this," groaned Carter, climbing over a fallen tree. "I'm willingly following a man I hardly even know, who's wearing nothing but boxers and- wait, why are you only in boxers?"
"This?" questioned Horus, waving his Kopesh over his exposed torso. Not that he needed to. "This is my uncle playing a shitty prank on me. Asshole thought it would be funny."
"You cuss a lot, you know that?"
Again the man shrugged. "I can cuss as much as I want, thank you very fucking much."
Carter pouted, tugging on their combined hands stopping the man from continuing. surprised, Carter hid it and continued with what he was going to say. "I'm not telling you, you can't. Just pointing it out."
Horus raised an eyebrow. "How old are you?"
"What?"
The man rolled his eyes, taking a step closer and leaned down to whisper in his ear. Carter shivered as Horus' breath tickled his ear.
"How old are you?"
"Uh, twenty-three. Why?"
Horus grinned a teeth baring smile, pulling at their still entwined hands. Carter was flush against the man's chest. Carter had one hand on Horus' chest, his other being still held in Horus' bigger hand behind his back. Horus' other hand was on his cheek angling the younger's face up. "Good."
Carter felt the breath in his lungs leave him, again, when Horus' deceptively soft lips connected with his own. His crazy, practically naked, sex on legs of a man, was kissing him! How the hell did this hike turn into this?
A/N: So this is only the first chapter. I decided to try a multi-chaptered story. If someone says he'd like to read more, I would be happy to post more chapters! Also, if you saw any mistakes, let me know. Thanks!