Nikita

I saw as Anteros and Eros came from the gateway which closed immediately they stepped onto the marble floors of Zeus' temple in the sky. Anteros, abandoning his brother, walked to my side. I was expecting him to take my hand but he didn't. Eros stood feet away from him. Once again Roscoe was as my left. Hades and Persephone walked towards Zeus but then they turned slightly to the right and that's when I noticed Ares and Aphrodite. I became taken in with her beauty and with Ares, even though his face showed anger, he is just like the stories portray him, hot and sexy. That's when Anteros took my hand, gripped it tightly and then released. Bringing myself back to humanity I saw that Hades and Persephone took their place beside Ares and Aphrodite. Up on the throne sat Zeus in his magnificently carved, full marble chair. Hera, his sister and wife, stood to the left of him, her hands daintily on his arm rest. For a moment no one spoke. Zeus looked at us, his eyes running quickly over us. Then without warning he stood. "Now, I might as well get the fact through that I listened in when you told my daughter what happened to cause this riot in the human city of Lamia so there is no need to explain to me what happened." Beside me I saw Anteros bow his head. I looked over to Eros who to bowed his head. Zeus then spoke once again. "Before I get to resolve this problem, your parents have something to say to the both of you." With an elegant wave of his hand he motioned to Ares and Aphrodite.

They both bowed their heads to him before taking a few steps forward. Ares took one more step than Aphrodite. "I am disappointed in the both of you." His strong and angered voice seemed to have bounced off the marble pillars, walls, and ceiling. His eyes turned to Anteros. "Anteros." Anteros beside me exhaled deeply. "I understand why you went and attacked your brother but that is not a good enough reason to endanger the humans but yours and your brother's health. You know well enough that is not a violable reason for doing to." Anteros once again bowed his head. Ares now turned towards Eros. "Eros." His voice was more clipped than when he called Anteros' name. I saw Eros stiffen on the corner of my eye. "If you would have just talked to your brother instead of causing this mess the possibility of you not being here would have been much better for you." Eros stared at his father, anger and frustration on his face but he still bowed his head.

Ares took a step back and Aphrodite stepped forward. She didn't look as angered as Ares. She started off with Eros. "My son, I agree with Ares. You do understand that this could have been prevented?" She asked in a soft, mild tone. After receiving a nod from Eros she continued. "Now will you promise me that this will not happen again?" After receiving another, more hesitant, nod she turned from him to Anteros. "Anteros." His name slipped off her tongue so softly that I almost didn't hear it. "What you did is something that I must be happy for. You spared the secrecy of the gods to protect her, Nikita." Her eyes turned to me, a small smile directed towards me. She turned her eyes back to her son. "I myself cannot find myself to be angered at you. What you did is a heroic thing and I am proud to call you my son."

Anteros bowed his head. "Thank you mother."

"This is a whole bunch of shit." Eros exclaimed suddenly. "How come he gets your praise and I get yelled at? I find it unfair." Eros sounded like an eight year old there.

"Eros!" Ares yelled.

"Silence." Zeus' powerful voice boomed. "Eros you will learn to take your punishments with pride. For the way I see it if you would have kept your anger in your control this may not have happened." I heard Eros growl. I shakily breathed in. "You, Nikita." I jumped at the mention of my name. I look up at him since I was looking at the floor. "I want to resolve something from you. You are a demigoddess that I can tell, but if you will state your story as to why I have never heard of you before."

I sighed and I bowed my head on instinct. "Zeus," I say, his name rolling off my tongue, "I was born in secrecy. My father and mother didn—did not want my fate to be decided upon the shoulder of full gods and goddess. I was raised as a human for 18 years. I left Greece at the beginning of the Dark Ages. That night I learned that I am a demigoddess. Since I left I have never returned, until now."

"And if I may ask," Hera spoke for the first time, "why did you come back?"

I didn't hear and scorn or anger in her question. Only interest. "A vacation. Some time to get back to my roots."

"And you thought you would not be discovered." Hera stated even though it sounded more like a question.

I shook my head slowly. "No Hera. I have my protector Roscoe Bailey DeSoto the VI." The gods' and goddess' gaze moved towards Roscoe who has silently just listened to the whole thing. He cleared his throat. I elbowed him. "You have to confirm that you are my protector Roscoe." I whisper angrily to him.

"Oh. Right." He said quietly. "I am her protector. I am the sixth generation DeSoto family." It was sort of redundant, what he said, but the gods and goddess turned their gazes away and Roscoe beside me released a big breath of air.

Hera bent forward slightly, her mouth close to Zeus' ear. She spoke to him that I know since her lips were moving. She mainly looked at me while she spoke. She then stood straight up again after receiving a nod from her husband. "Nikita, tell us who your parents are."

A demand. I would have to tell them. Something that not even Roscoe knows. A protector is supposed to first find out about a demigod or demigoddess parents until the said protector marries. I swallow. I almost state the code that says that Roscoe can't know about my parents but I stop myself. I have no choice. I have to tell them. Their eyes on me start to look impatient. I sigh. I look to Anteros who looks down at me softly. I turn my head back to Zeus. I gulped. "My mother is Veera; she used to be a pottery woman." I hear Hades say 'mortal' which means that now they all know that the god is next. I was about to say who my father is before Hermes, messenger to the gods, came in.

Hermes, who wore nothing but a tunic that only covers his organ, winged sandals, and his winged helmet came in. He bowed down to the ground immediately. His caduceus, which is like a staff, clanged upon the marble floor. "Excuse me for interrupting my liege," he said to his father, "there is a god that would like to talk to you."

"I am in the middle of something Hermes." Zeus said in an annoyed voice.

Hermes bowed even lower. "He says that he could shed some light on this situation."

Zeus' eyebrow rose. "Send him in." He said simply. Hermes bowed quickly; his forehead even touched the ground he went down so low. He stood quickly and exited the temple. Within moment a new figure appeared in the entrance way of the temple. I felt my eyes widen. "Thanatos." Zeus called out. "How could you shed light on this situation?" He asked getting straight to business.

"That I can Zeus." Thanatos, wearing a tunic that stopped right before his knees walked into the temple some more. His black wings folded neatly on his back, his hair, which is the same dark color of his wings, was short and some strands of hair fell on his face. At his side is his sword, one of him many symbols. This is the personification of death. This is— "Nikita is my daughter." My insides became all mushy as I laid eyes on my father. This is the first time I've seen him. I started to breathe heavily. "You see Zeus, Veera and I wanted more for our daughter so I forced myself to stay out of her life. That within saying does not mean I never had a part in her life. She was actually supposed to die the night before she left Greece." I nodded slowly, my eyes starting to tear. "She drowned in a river, or was supposed to at least. I saved her life by not allowing her to die. That is the main reason why she left. So that you nor Hades, especially Hades, could not find her."

Hades stared angrily at Thanatos. Hades as I know of always had anger towards my father for being a main part in death. Hades of course has a bigger part but never one to match the actual personification to death. My father turned his head to look at me. He smiled at me. My father. My own father. I broke down crying. Forgetting that I was in a room of powerful Greek deities I rushed to my father, I threw my arms around him. "Father!" I yelled. Feeling like a small child I cried into his shoulder.

One of his hands rested upon my back while the other grasped the back of my head. "My dear, beautiful daughter. You look so much like your mother." I crying intensified, much to my own secret embarrassment. "Shh…" My father calmed me as he ran his hand on my back. I sobbed on his shoulder for what seemed like hours but realistically only minutes. I pulled myself out of his arms. He still held onto me arms length and looked at my face, a soothing smile on his face. I silently thanked the gods that I didn't wear any makeup or else I would have looked a mess. His hand reached up and wiped the last of my tears. "I suggest you go back in your place daughter." He said to me softly. I nod not trusting my voice to answer clearly. He pulled me a bit closer to kiss the top of my head before releasing me. I hesitantly moved back to my spot between Anteros and Roscoe. I rubbed my face again for good measure before I looked back up, a shy smile on my face.

Silence reigned superior. Zeus recovered first. "I will need you four to leave momentarily to discuss on what we should do about every single one of you." The four of us bowed, even Roscoe. We turned and exited the temple. I stopped to look back at my father. He nodded simply and I continued to walk forward. The doors shut behind us. Then started the anxiety.

Regular

Luckily there was a bench where Nikita could sit. Anteros sat beside her and took her into his arms. "Thanatos' daughter huh?"

She smiled and giggled. "Yeah." She looked up at him. "Does that change anything?"

"Of course not. I love you no matter who your parents are."

Eros groaned. "I just want to get this over with." He looked at Nikita. "I hope Hades gets to claim you supposed-to-be-dead soul."

Anteros stood suddenly and Roscoe stepped in front of Nikita. "I won't let that happen. Hades can kiss my ass." Roscoe said to him.

Anteros nodded once. "And Thanatos won't allow his daughter to go to Hades."

"He has no right to decide the fate of a soul." Eros stated. "The Fates decided she should have died by drowning and Hades collects her soul. Thanatos is just a lowly personification. He is not even a god."

This time Nikita stood and she stepped to the side so she could see Eros clearly. "My father may be just a personification but he is a god in his own right. He was birthed my Nyx and Erebus and because of this he is considered a god through my eyes."

"And mines." Roscoe added.

"And mines as well." Anteros also said.

"You all have gone mad." Eros said as he turned his back on them. "Once those doors open her soul will be whisked away by Hades to the Underworld, Anteros will become mines again and maybe Zeus will kill you sad protector."

"Hey!" Roscoe yelled. "I'm not sad. I can get any girl I want."

Eros turned around. "You could not get any female. You are just a lowly human."

"And you are a sexed crazed, incest born god that no one cares about!"

"I am love! I am cared about!"

"You are not! Aphrodite is love you are just her child. A nothing compared to her!"

"You shut your mouth human before I close it for you!"

"Try it! I dare ya!"

At that moment the doors opened and silence engulfed them. Eros turned quickly. "Enter." Zeus' voice called to them. The four entered quickly and the doors closed behind them. They moved to their original spots. "We have decided." Nikita noticed that her father stood with Ares, Aphrodite, Hades and Persephone. "This is what we have decided upon. Eros, you have you power of flight suspended until further notice, notice that your father will decide upon."

Eros' wings suddenly moved into his back. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground. "No!" He yelled as he reached around to his back. "No! Not my wings!" He looked up towards Ares. "Father!" Ares shook his head and looked back up to Zeus.

"Roscoe, since you are not a major part in this, you are free to move on with your life." Zeus told him.

"So I won't have my mind erased or something like that?" Roscoe asked stupidly.

Hera giggled. "No Roscoe. You are free to go."

Roscoe smiled and bowed his head. Zeus turned his head to Anteros and Nikita. "You two were the most difficult part in decided your outcomes. Persephone and Aphrodite wished you two to be free and to do whatever you please. Ares wished for a more limited freedom. Hades wants your soul Nikita and Thanatos wants your happiness and wanted you to choice your own outcome. Now I would have followed your father's wish for you but I simply will not allow a demigoddess who has been secretly living out of Greece for over three millennia make her own decision. Do you understand that Nikita?"

"Of course. I would not allow it as well."

Zeus nodded. "I could also hand your soul over to Hades right now but you have escaped your death too long ago to be even counted anymore." Zeus did a really modern move and winked slyly at her. Nikita chuckled softly. "Ares had a good plan, but a limited freedom is no freedom." Nikita felt herself become giddier. Would she and Anteros be free? She took his hand within hers not caring on how it looks. Anteros didn't resist. "I have decided that you two shall live freely." Zeus finally said. "You can leave and come Mount Olympus as many times as you want, Nikita demigoddess of death." Zeus bowed his head down at her and so did Hera.

Nikita laughed out loud and jumped into Anteros' arms. He twirled her around in a circle once before placing her feet on the ground. Taking her face in his hands softly he inched her face closer to his. Then he kissed her with an urgency that she couldn't believe. She kissed him back forgetting whoever was around her. The sound of laughter broke them out of their kiss.

"I am glad that everything turned out well." Aphrodite said.

Eros stood. "No!"

Persephone, ignoring him, said, "Yes. Maybe now I can go back to Cerberus and give him some love." She clasped her hands together.

"No! No!" Eros yelled.

Hades shook his head with a sigh. Ares placed a hand on his shoulder. "Do not worry Hades. At least everything is back to normal."

"I would suppose so." Hades answered.

"No! Everything is not normal! Look at my back!" Eros yelled again, sounding more frustrated.

Thanatos walked to his daughter. "I am happy to see you daughter."

"So am I father." They embraced.

Thanatos turned to Roscoe. "When I am not near, do your best to keep my daughter safe." He looked at Anteros. "Same goes to you."

"Yes sir." Both boys said with smiled on their faces.

Eros cried out in frustration. "This is unfair! I want my wings!"

Hera shook her head at him. "He is quite a handful."

"And a nuisance." Zeus added before conjuring up a strong wind to push Eros out of the temple.

Eros yelled and screamed as the wind carried him out. "No! No! This is not happening! Mother! Father!" Brother!" The doors slammed shut once Eros passed the doors. The doors then started to get pounded on.

The group laughed and continued to socialize for their troubles were over.


End of chapter. I think I have one or two chapters left. Two because I might have an epilogue. Oh well. Please review.