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Chapter 4 – The Sky takes a Punch
Alright, upon those words, various things amazed me. First of all, my mind was like "WHAT?!" After a while, I remembered the fact I was the god of time, and I pondered briefly why I took Kronos's post. Then, a third thing fell upon me. And that was slightly more terrifying.
"Hm… Lord Zeus, may I ask you a question?" I asked, getting more and more nervous by the second.
"Sure, go ahead, King Perseus" that 'king' bit was spoken with utter hatred, but I chose to ignore that. For now, of course.
"Why did you attribute the adjective 'Greek' to the gods? I thought the only gods were… well, us" I said this last bit whilst raising my right eyebrow, also turning to the remaining gods on the council that stood completely still.
Immediately, Zeus paled like a phantom, and I don't think he would be able to answer my question if Athena hadn't intervened.
"Ahem…well, Lord Perseus, one thing at a time. First, we ought to declare you King" she said, looking slightly nervous, even though it was pretty obvious she was pissed at her father. "Then we can spare some time for less important matters."
I noticed there was something I didn't know that I shouldn't know. But I wanted to know. Albeit I decided to just nod and carry on, I took a mental note to keep an eye on the events at the following weeks on Olympus.
"Very well" said a very relieved Athena. She probably thinks I didn't realized how she evaded the topic. "Now that you know your domain, we will transfer all the knowledge we know about it into you. If you may take two steps forward, Lord Perseus" I obeyed, anxious to know what's coming next.
The Olympians nodded at the same time. They stared up at me (I was on my fifteen foot form) and glowed, as they were in their true form.
I thought the roof would implode and New Yorkers would see a meteorite fall out of nowhere into their city. The power there was amazingly big.
And it was coming into me.
In a painful way.
A very painful way. And I've dived on the Styx.
After all of that energy coming into me, I dropped down on my knees. Sparkles were all over my body, as the power within me was so huge it just had to be liberated, to be freed. After some moments of awkward silence, I got up, staring at my father, sending him a mental request for help. He got up with a grin on his face, and offered his shoulder as support. I thanked him both mentally and verbally, smiling widely at that old face of his.
I moaned a little bit before I could stand on my own.
"So, what now?" I asked, staring at Athena. Zeus looked mad as I didn't call him, but her, then he realized I was actually his superior. He still didn't look pleased, but he acquiesced. I thought so.
"Now, you need both a throne and a symbol of power, I suppose. Within given time," she said, staring at Hephaestus "you shall receive them."
"How long?" I asked coldly
"5 or 6 hours" said the somehow metallic voice of the fire god by my side. I nodded thanking him, when he replied "As you already has your weapons, I suppose you will have an only symbolic, but not lethal, weapon or object as your symbol?"
I smiled broadly. I knew he breach into my mind, but I didn't care. Maybe being a god isn't that bad, after all. I still had to listen about the whole Great Prophecy thing, however. And that was bothering me; I do think it has something to do with Zeus's statement.
"Surprise me, would you?" I said, turning my back on the twelve Olympians, waiting for a question that would for sure be asked. I just knew it. I was (and still am, as a matter of fact) the God of Time, after all. I can predict the future until a certain extent.
"Where do you think you are going? We are in the middle of a Council here!" boomed Zeus, which he immediately regretted. I decided to have some fun, and pretend to be offended. Unlike Poseidon, that usually gets utterly mad and threatens to destroy his brother, I decided to be quiet and close my mind and thoughts to the other gods. Zeus was paling, but trying to keep his composure. I smiled one very nasty smile, transferring energy to that nameless new sword I woke up with, causing it to glow even brighter. At that point, the God of the Sky was really scared, and even Ares seemed to be bothered by that atmosphere.
I focused a fairly good part of my body's energy into my feet. Then, I did something awesome.
Counting on my own speed and strength as a god, plus simultaneously slowing down Zeus and speeding myself up with my time powers, I sheathed the glowing sword (A/N: If you got any name suggestion for this sword, please put it on the reviews!) whilst charging Zeus.
A fraction of a second later, I had it at his throat, so fast he didn't even had the time to transform or teleport. He just stood there, staring at that bright blade, surprised I even touched him.
"I think I make the rules here, Zeus." Not adding up Lord seemed to have bothered him, but that wasn't his bigger problem. "Besides, you will probably propose some useless topic, a petty excuse for yelling like a madmen" every god on the room gasped. "Also, you can't continue a meeting without all the Olympians here… and your son Hephaestus there has a throne to make, don't you, Hephaestus?"
"Y-yes, sure" he stammered "I'll go right away" I smiled genuinely at him as he teleported somewhere else. I charged my fist with energy, and while Zeus seemed to get what I was going to do, he couldn't move. Or I would behead him with my sword, still at his throat.
Punching him at the stomach caused quite a commotion. Some gods got up, other were smiling evilly, happy someone finally did it, while other, as Dionysius, were sitting perfectly still, trying to act nonchalant.
"This, Zeus" I whispered at his ear "was for all the pain you caused to the people down there"
He fell down on his knees, while I stared at the other Olympians, defying anyone to question my actions. Seeing no objection, I smiled.
"I sincerely apologize for this" I said, and I meant it, even though some of them seemed to doubt me "but regardless of what you think about him" I pointed at the god that was now standing up, with Hera's help "he allowed many demigods to die cruel deaths, forgetting anything in the name of one's own pride. 'One' being, in this sentence, himself. Now, if you'll excuse me, I want to walk a bit. Hermes, please, don't notify Olympus Weekly of this, as I know you write it down. See you all, guys. Dismissed."
At that word, every god but the former King and Queen of Olympus on the room vanished, leaving behind an atmosphere of energy. Zeus was still there, dumbfounded, being taken to another room by his wife.
As I opened the door, I took out the placard that said 'Beware – Gods at Work' and stepped outside.
I transformed into a smaller kid, trying to avoid stares. As I still walk like a dork, even though I'm an all-mighty god, it was easy to blend in. But I couldn't help but smile at the thought of a very small kid blowing the Hades out of an adult, all like "don't mess with me again, yo!" with that cute childish accent.
What could give me away were my eyes. As far as I knew, the only bit of a god he couldn't change in his human form was the eyes. This was because the eyes truly were the window to one's true form, and that was no exception to the Gods. So, I prayed (which was kind of weird, thinking I was actually receiving some of those prayers) to every Olympian for the guys at that very crowded city not to notice me.
But Hades, even though I'm their King, they really love messing up with my life. "At least I managed to see some of Olympus before I was noticed. Annabeth really is doing an amazing work. Speaking of which, I better go to Camp to tell Chiron the news later. Or I could send a copy of myself. Alright, I'm so gonna do that."
I expected this, but I was surprised nonetheless. I suddenly saw a mass of people bowing.
"ALL HAIL THE NEW KING OF OLYMPUS, LORD PERSEUS!" yelled the mob at that huge avenue on Olympus, while I was changing into my original human-like form.
Smiling, I just said "Just Percy is fine, folks."
