She woke up to the sound of loud bangs. Like three drums constantly banging at the same time. The sounds came from within her own head. She had never experienced anything like it before. It was loud and painful.
"What the fuck?" She covered her ears. "Stop! Make it stop!"
The three men in her bed woke up by her loud screaming. They knew the second they saw her what was going on.
"Hey, relax," Roman gently grabbed her arm.
"Don't fucking touch me!" She screamed.
She stumbled out of the bed, landing hard on her knees on the floor. The drums continued inside her head as she crawled over the floor. She leaned her back against the wall, once again covering her ears.
"Stop it!" She screamed. "It hurts!"
The three men moved down to sit on their knees in front of her. She looked through tearfilled eyes at Seth who sat right in front of her. He took one of her hands and moved it away from her ear. His voice seemed to drown the loud drums.
"Concentrate. It's not dangerous. You feel it too now. You feel us," he said.
He placed her hand over his heart and suddenly the drums seemed to tone down. She could still hear them but not loud and painful anymore.
"Your hearts? I hear your hearts?" She asked.
"Yes," he smiled. "You hear us and you feel us. Just like we feel you."
"We're connected," Dean said.
"We haven't been lying to you. We're gods. We came down here to try the human lifestyle and we found you. It's like we were sent to you directly," Roman said.
She moved her free hand over to feel Dean's heart. Her hand on Seth's chest moved to Roman to feel his too.
"Do you believe us now?" Seth asked.
"Yes," she whispered.
"It's all good," Roman stroked her cheek. "We're not here to harm you."
"I... Ehm..." She moved her hands away. "I need some air."
"Understandable," Dean said. "Can we come too?"
"Not if you're naked," she said.
Ten minutes later they were all dressed and outside. She didn't know where to go. She just needed some air. They followed her without asking where she was taking them.
"So you're gods," she said. "And you chose to come to earth."
"Right," Dean said.
"Why? Who in their right mind would come down here with all the misery we have going on?" She said.
"I didn't say we were in our right minds," he winked. "But we wanted to try something new."
"Something different," Seth chimed in.
"And we found you," Roman took her hand and kissed it. "It was all worth it."
"And how long are you staying?" She asked.
He stopped her from walking further, staring at her hand while running his fingers over her knuckles.
"We don't know," he answered.
"At some point we either call dad to go home or he'll get tired of waiting and drags us home," Dean said.
"And me?" She asked.
A deep silence fell. None of them wanted to tell her she had to die in order to follow them. It wasn't fair to put that on her. Seth looked across the street and noticed a kiosk.
"Oh look, can we get candy in there?" He asked.
"Sure, let's spend my final money on candy," she sighed.
She pulled her hand out of Roman's and crossed the street. Roman and Dean looked at Seth who gave them a shrug in return. He hadn't known what else to do in the moment. They followed her to the other side and walked inside.
"So what do you want?" She asked.
"Get out! Call the police!" The cashier yelled.
They looked up to see the woman behind the counter in tears and a man holding on to her blouse while threatening her with a knife. She was in the middle of emptying the cash register for him when they had walked in.
"What the...?" Roman asked.
The man let go of the woman and stormed towards them. He slammed into them, pushing through them and running out of the door behind them.
"Are you alright?" Seth walked towards the woman.
Roman and Dean followed behind their brother. None of them noticed that Theodora stayed behind.
"Gu... guys..." She stuttered.
They turned around to see her holding her hands over her stomach.
"I don't feel so good," she said.
Blood started to run through the fingers while she was swaying. Dean ran to her and caught her before her legs gave way under her. Roman and Seth were there fast too. Roman pulled up her tee to see the stab wound she apparently had taken while the man had run through them.
"Fuck!" He shouted.
"I don't wanna die," she whispered. "Please."
"Breathe, sweety," Seth took her hand. "It's all gonna be alright."
"It hurts," she cried.
"Roman?" Seth looked at his brother.
"Dad!" Roman called out loud. "Dad, we need you right now!"
"Like real fucking fast!" Dean yelled.
Hunter appeared immediately and shook his head at the sight.
"I warned you," he said. "She can't hear or see me yet. Not until it's time."
"Help her, dad," Seth begged. "Please."
"I can't do that. It's up to her body to fight through this," Hunter said.
"You can't let her die," Dean looked shocked.
"She's too young," Roman said.
"My hands are tied," Hunter said.
"Who are all those people?" She whispered. "And why are they talking so loud?"
The men looked around as the store suddenly seemed to be filled up with people.
"Other gods," Seth said.
"Every god in the universe," Dean said.
"What you hear is their offerings to you," Roman sighed. "This means you're dying. I'm sorry. You have to choose who you wanna go with."
"I don't wanna die!" She cried again.
"I'm sorry," Dean held her tight. "I'm so fucking sorry."
"Why aren't you offering anything too?" She asked.
"We're still in human forms. We can't," Roman answered.
"We can love you," Seth grabbed her face and kissed her. "Humans love each other."
"Stop it, boy!" Hunter scolded his youngest. "Don't force her."
She looked around as she felt how her breathing got more shallow.
"Demons! All of you!" She gritted her teeth before looking at Seth again. "I wanna go with you."
"You can't. We're still humans," he said.
"Then tell me who to go with," she said.
"I can't," he cried. "It's against the rules."
"Fuck!" One final fight within her as she pointed at Hunter. "You! You ugly ass bald man!"
"What about me?" Hunter asked.
"I don't give a fuck who you are but you're taking me. I see how you're looking over here and I fucking hope you're connected with these three somehow. Also, you're the only one not offering me anything so I got a feeling you're the real deal," she said.
"I like her," he chuckled at his sons. "Ready to go home now?"
He snapped his fingers and in a split second all four of them found themselves on a kitchen floor.
"My boys!" Stephanie ran over and hugged them. "Finally home."
"We were only gone a few days," Dean said.
"I missed you so much," she said and looked at Theodora. "Who's this?"
"Theodora," Roman said.
"You found one to share?" She shook her head. "Why am I not even surprised."
"She's really sweet, mom. You'll like her," Seth took Theodora's hand and smiled. "And you'll like our mom. And dad. Dad is the ugly ass bald man."
"Oh," Theodora looked embarrassed. "Way to start out with the in laws. Sorry."
"I'm not mad," Hunter laughed. "Now go out there and show her around."
"Let's take her home first," Dean said.
They helped her up from the floor and disappeared out of their parents' home.
"They're just like you were back then," Stephanie said.
"I was a player for sure but I didn't share my women," Hunter said.
"Because you were an only child," she poked his nose. "And I'm glad because you're all I need. But did you see our boys, Hunter? They're happy. They were spoiled brats a few days ago. Now they seem eager to please someone else for a change."
Theodora looked around in wonder as the three men escorted her back to their house.
"Are you absolutely sure there's no unicorns in this place?" She asked.
"Positive," Roman answered.
"You're our unicorn," Seth smiled as he opened the door. "Come inside."
"Welcome to your new home," Dean held out his hands.
"I still can't believe I'm dead," she said.
"I'm sorry," Seth said.
"It's not your fault. You didn't kill me," she smiled. "Are they getting the bastard though?"
"We don't know," Roman said.
He placed his hands on her hips and pulled her close.
"But what we do know is what we would like to do to you," he said.
"Remind me again," she smirked.
"Do you think we went hard on you yesterday?" Dean scraped his teeth over her neck. "Then you're in for a fucking surprise. Every fucking day."
"Everyday?" She was panting already.
"Everyday," Seth turned her head to kiss her. "You're gonna love it here. You're gonna love us like we're gonna love you."
"Please," she begged. "Shut up and fuck me."
