Yet another crossover story I made in this site. it's a crossover between God of War and The Bible. Note that i don't own God of War. enjoy the story!
Zeus's vision were slowly returned. As he gained back his sight, he saw himself being chained in a chamber, and two demons wielding a spear standing there to watch over him..
"What...is this...?" Zeus asked to the two demons, but none of them answered. "I demand you to answer me!" Zeus's eyes were filled with electrical energy, "WHERE HAVE YOU PUT ME?!"
The door opened, and Lucifer entered the room. "You...unhonorable FOOL!" Zeus screamed. "Who are you to lecture about something called 'honor', Zeus?" Lucifer asked back, smirking. "Tell me, is betraying and ruining your son's life something that you can call 'honorable'?" Lucifer added, which enraged Zeus even more. "I know that I have committed many atrocities in the past, and thats why I seek to rebuild my world! To redeem myself...I will not repeat the same mistakes again." Zeus answered, which earned a few laughs from the king of all demons.
"If you seek to redeem yourself, show yourself to Kratos, apologize to him, let's see how it ends." Lucifer mockingly said.
"Enough of this nonsense! You will free me now or you will suffer!" Zeus demanded, but Lucifer only laughed at him, "Oh, it's the other way around, old man. If you don't help me, you will be the one who suffers."
Zeus sighed, giving his pride up. He knew that to escape, he had to listen to this strange demonic creature that he has never seen before. "Fine. I will assist you."
"Oh really? You changed your mind?" Lucifer asked, and Zeus replied, "If I don't listen to you nor your plead for me to assist you, neither will I escape from this realm of madness and rebuild my world. Say whatever you wanted to say."
Lucifer took a deep breath, before saying, "You have worthy allies back in your world. I want them too."
"Demon, just explain what you need my help for?" Zeus impatiently said.
"To kill Yahweh, the God of my world." Lucifer replied, before saying another word, "and His Son, Jesus too."
Zeus said another word, "You want me to kill a god that I don't even know? Who is this 'Yahweh'? Who is this 'Son'?"
"Yahweh is the God and the Creator of all creations. He sustains the Universe, and His duty is to balance His creations from ever collapsing. As for His Son..." Lucifer sighed. He hated Yahweh's pathetic pacifist of a Son. "His Son is a lot more...well...calm than His Father. His name is Jesus, though He is not as powerful as His Father Himself, He is still a formidable foe. But His kindness...prevents Him from ever releasing His full potential, which gives us an advantage." Lucifer finished explaining.
"There's also another entity called 'The Holy Spirit'. He is a part of the trinity, the trinity of Yahweh." Lucifer said again, and Zeus asked, "Trinity? What is that?"
"Basically, Yahweh is One God, but at the same time, He is separated by three person: The Father, who is Yahweh, The Son, who is Jesus, The Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of both said person. They coexist with each other, communes with each other too, and each of them has the same will, but sometimes, they..sometimes they contradict with each other." Lucifer finished explaining.
Zeus were filled with confusion. He never heard of this kind of God back in Olympus. "Are you trying to play games with me, Demon? The god you mentioned along with His attributes does not exist. Olympus never records said God."
"Oh, that's simple, old man. You're not in Olympus, neither are you in the world of the greeks anymore." Lucifer replied with a grin. Zeus widened his eyes, "I am not in my world anymore?! What kind of trickery is this?!"
"You're in another universe, as simple as that." Lucifer replied. Zeus sighed, this day has been a mess for him. "You mentioned something about my son, Demon. Do you know where he is?" Zeus asked, and Lucifer replied, "Of course, old man. Your son is with the Son of God at the moment, in the city of capernaum."
"Can I...talk to him? Just for a little?" Zeus asked, but Lucifer stood silent for a few moments, until he replied, "Fine. captain!" Lucifer called out to the captain of the demons.
The captain in rush immediately went inside the room, "What do you need, my lord?"
"Escort the king of the gods, and make sure he does not escape." Lucifer commanded, and the captain nodded, releasing the chains from bounding into the walls.
He forces Zeus to move with the chains like a dog, preparing to teleport to Kratos's current location. I can't believe it...me...ME! The King of the Gods, The God of the Sky, being bounded by a lowly creature! Zeus said a word inside of his mind, unwillingly to give up his pride.
Back at Capernaum, Matthew's house.
Kratos was told by Jesus to wait outside of the house, while He went inside to wake the disciples
Kratos hated waiting, but he still wasn't too angry about it. He had Athena to accompany him.
Kratos is still thinking about the words he exchanged with the Son of God. The Sisters of fate are involved in all this...I cannot believe it. Kratos thought. He has to end his bound with Jesus, but he can't do it with force. He cannot abandon the One he cared about. Yes, Kratos cared for Jesus deeply, but he barely shows any sign of it.
and yet, he knew he has to leave Jesus, for His safety. He wasn't supposed to involved in Kratos's life...Kratos felt like there is another kind of destiny that awaits him in his world...perhaps going into another land...settle a life as a man, not a god..
But then, Athena said something to Kratos, breaking him out of his thinking session, "Brother...I can't help but feel that there's a familiar presence around this world. I don't know what it is, but it feels like..I know what it is, but I don't know."
Kratos's eyebrow were raised, "You are not making any sense, Athena. If you know, you know, if you do not know, then you do not know."
"But it felt like I know what it is! I have been feeling it since...since the morning we woke up." Athena replied, but Kratos dismissed her, "Maybe that is because you are still tired. Your mind is acting a bit odd."
As they converse, a familiar voice called out from behind. "My son..." both Kratos and Athena instantly knew who it was. Athena's face were filled with joy, but Kratos? It was rage. pure rage. "ZEUS! YOU LIVE?!" Kratos yelled into the top of his lungs. He thought that the Sisters of Fate's plans were in motion.
He was ready to fight him again, but Athena reached for his hands, "Kratos, no! You are missing one thing! Our father is defenseless, chained!"
"I have no father, Athena...and I am sure that this foolish old man can do something to defend himself." Kratos replied back, his hatred for his father has not yet vanished, it is still there.
But Kratos suddenly saw a demonic creature behind Zeus, binding the god with a chain to his hand.
"Zeus! Who is the fool behind you?!" Kratos asked yet another question.
"He is not of your concern, my son." Zeus replied. Athena too asked another question, "Father...I thought you were dead..how?"
"My son and my daughter, I do not have much time. I came here to bring Kratos a message..." Zeus said instead of answering Athena's question, knowing that his time is short.
"Say whatever it is you wanted to say, Father, before I kill you once and for all!" Kratos said, unsheathing his blades. Athena felt uneasy with Kratos readying himself to fight Zeus again.
But Zeus's response were non-aggresive. His eyes were suddenly teary, and uttered the words that Kratos did not expect will come out of his mouth, "Kratos, I have not been a good father to you, in fact, I am not a good father at all. I have betrayed you, used you, tormented you with the loss of your brother and mother.
I know you destroyed my mountain, but it is entirely my fault. I'm so sorry... Kratos, my son. I'm sorry for neglecting your desire to have peace, to be free from the nightmares of your past."
Kratos was enraged by this, "Zeus, you must be hit in that lightning head of yours to think that I am going to ever forgive you?! You tormented my brother, cursed my mother to turn into a beast if she decided to reveal to me about who my father really is, understand this, Zeus, I WILL NOT REST UNTIL I SEE YOU DEAD AGAIN IN MY FEET!"
"Kratos! We really are doing this again, aren't we?! Remember the carpenter's teaching!" Athena said, adding herself into the conversation. "This does not concern you, sister." Kratos coldly responded.
"Wrong! This does concern me, Zeus is my father." Athena answered back. "Athena, Kratos deserves any right to not ever forgive me." Zeus suddenly said, shocking the wisdom goddess. "F- father?" Athena uttered the words confusingly.
"I have turned his life into a literal shithole, Athena. If anything, Kratos deserves to kill me. But my world needs rebuilding, and when that happens..." Zeus looked to Kratos, "Feel free to kill me, any way you want, slowly or quickly."
"Father! You cannot do that!" Athena yelled, but Zeus shook his head. His paranoia of the marked warrior is what started all of this. "My son, my time here is short, and I have to go soon...but know that I am sorry for everything I have inflicted into your life. I'm sorry..." and with that, Zeus disappeared with the demon.
Kratos froze at what he had just witnessed. But Athena approached him, "Forgive our father, Kratos...no matter how cruel he is, he is still our father."
Kratos suddenly remembered Jesus's words to him, You must find the power to forgive them, Kratos. Forgiving is everything. It is the key to bring peace to yourself and others too. Kratos fell to his knees, trying to hold back his tears, trying to not show a weakness.
A TRUE SPARTAN NEVER SHOWS WEAKNESS! The words of his previous army trainer echoed through his mind. He was taught to never cry, to never show weakness since he was a child.
"I forgive you...father." Kratos said, though nobody could hear him, not even Athena, for his voice was in the form of a whisper. Though he was still angry, he tried so hard to forgive Zeus, no matter how petty and cruel he is.
"I see that My teachings has affected you well, Kratos." A gentle voice called out from behind. Kratos looked to see Jesus, already with His disciples out of the house..
Kratos only smiled a little as a response. Jesus then calmly spoke, "Come. We have a lot to do." Kratos sighed, he never thought he would be so influenced by someone...
Several months later...
Jesus and His new divine disciples, Kratos and Athena, walked the earth for several months. Jesus had other 6 disciples, and called out another 6, their name was: Judas Iscariot, Simon, James, John, Andreas, Matthew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Judas son of James, James son of alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Thomas, whom later will be known as the 12 disciples of Jesus.
One day, Jesus and His disciples were teaching the masses on the mount of Olives about the Kingdom of God and His plan for salvation. Kratos stood there, as usual, waiting. "Sister..." Kratos called out, and Athena answered with an 'hmm?'.
"It has been several months now...I need to find out how to cut the involvement of the Son of God with my life." Kratos suddenly said, which confuses Athena. "Wha- why? Why would you want that?"
"The Sisters of Fate planned all of this to happen, Athena. Jesus is not supposed to know that I even exist, nor should He be involved in my life. Zeus, our father, is still alive and-" Kratos was interrupted when Athena asked, "I thought you forgave him just weeks ago?"
"That does not mean that I will forget what he has done to me. My brother, my mother, all died in an agony death due to his selfish reasons. Who's to say that he will not betray me in the end again?" Kratos asked, still doubting that he had forgiven his father..
Athena then responded, "And what's all this about 'The Sisters of Fate'? You killed them."
"Even if they are dead, I sense that they have a plan before their deaths. They gave The Son of God visions of my life, my suffering, they must had their reasons to do so." Kratos answered, trying to figure out a pattern.
"T- they gave that Carpenter a vision about your life? Why? How do you even know?" Athena asked again. "I saw paintings of how He was born, Athena, in the temple of the fates. Furthermore, I asked Jesus on how He was born, and it looked exactly like what I saw in the temple of the fates." Kratos answered.
Athena was dumbfounded. All this crap was happening, were due to the sisters of fate? No, not possible. What are they planning exactly?
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier, brother? I could've...investigated." Athena asked, but Kratos responded, "I deemed that the time was right."
But before they can converse any longer, they saw the Pharisees and their scribes walking into amidst the crowds, bringing a wounded woman into Jesus. Kratos's expression were suddenly changed into anger seeing the Pharisees once again.
The woman was crying, begging for help. But the Pharisees seems to have no sympathy towards her.
They threw the woman in front of Jesus, asking loudly, "Tell us, O great Teacher! Tell us what to do with this whore!"
"Please...forgive me...I did not mean to do what I did!" The woman pleaded.
But Jesus ignored them, and looked to the woman. The Pharisees began saying, "This whore was caught having sexual affairs with multiple men for money, disbanding her loyalty towards her husband. O mighty prophet, what shall we do with her?" Again, The Pharisees asked in a mocking tone.
Jesus crouched, seemingly ignoring the pharisees's words. He wrote something on the ground, something that the Pharisees could not understand. "Are You going to answer us?" The Scribes asked impatiently.
But Jesus continued to ignore them, writing the sins of their past lives in the ground, but no one was able to recognize the writings.
Jesus stood up, and said, "Whoever amongst you hypocrites has never sinned shall cast the first stone." Andreas were shocked, this is the same lesson that Jesus gave to him a few weeks ago.
The Pharisees and their scribes were silent, not moving a single muscle against the woman. Jesus continued, "Who? Who will do it? Aren't all of you perfect and almighty? Cast your stones and prove to the people how 'sinless' and 'holy' you are." He asked again, and yet, the Pharisees were silent, their expression were lit in anger.
Suddenly, one Pharisee comes out of the crowd, "Me. I have never sinned, my 'lord'." Jesus threw the rock into the man, "Do whatever you think is right."
But the woman wrapped her hands around Jesus's legs, begging Him to protect her, "Please... I'm sorry!"
Jesus ignored the plead, and so the Pharisee were ready to throw the stone. But before he can, his hand were suddenly cut and slashed by an unknown force. The Pharisee screamed in pain, as the tried to hold onto his hand to ease the pain.
The whole crowd were horrified by the spectacle, as so did the other Pharisees and their scribes. "What manner of magic is this?!" A scribe yelled.
"Liars! Hypocrites! You say you have never sinned, and yet...and yet you can't even condemn this woman." Jesus yelled to the Pharisees, who didn't respond.
Jesus asked again, this time, louder, "Whoever amongst you hypocrites has never sinned, I ask again, you will cast the first stone!" The Pharisees cannot respond, and were terrified. Maybe this Man has God on His side...The Pharisees, instead of replying, carried their injured friend and went away, leaving Jesus and the woman. Jesus then said, "No one remains here to condemn you? Then neither will I." He offered His hand to the woman, who grabbed onto it and stood up.
The woman suddenly hugged Jesus, "Thank you...oh, how can I ever thank you for this...I owe you my life!"
"My pleasure, child...what was your name?" Jesus asked.
The woman let go of Jesus and answered, "The name's Mary Magdalene, the sister of Martha and Lazarus...well, I doubt you know who Martha and Lazarus is."
Jesus replied, "It is nice to meet you, Mary." Mary responded with a smile, "Oh, by the way...I have heard about You, Master, and Your miracles too. I...I want to follow You."
"No, child, it is not the time for you to follow Me, but instead, go and sin no more. Return to your home, and proclaim to your family that God has forgiven you and made you into a new person." Jesus smiled, but Mary frowned, "Oh..."
"Do not be disappointed, Mary. One day, I will return to you." Jesus promised, and Mary answered with a little doubt, "Promise?"
Jesus replied, "Promise." Mary smiled in joy, and hugged Jesus for one last time, before running back to her house.
But Mary stopped in the middle of her tracks, and looked back to Jesus, "If You want to come by, my residence is back in Galilee." And Mary ran back to her hometown.
"That Guy is sweet." Athena teased silently. Kratos only chuckled a bit, but soon his expression changed, and he was unamused.
"Those Pharisees...they annoy me." Kratos spoke, annoyed. Athena responded, "Yeah, they're kind of annoying."
"If the Son of God did not forbid me from murdering, those Pharisees would be dead by now." Kratos said again.
As they converse, Jesus continued to teach them, "You may have heard in the scriptures, 'Love your neighbours and hate your enemies', but I say, 'Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.'"
"Your teachings are hard for us to practice. Why should we love our enemies? They did us wrong in the first place." A Jew among the crowds asked, and Jesus replied, "If you do not love your enemies and love those who loves you, what good does that make you? Does even the tax collectors and the sinners do the same? Do you not see? My Father loves both the sinners and the righteous, and He sends His rain upon them, and you must follow what He does."
"And even if someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other. If someone forces you to walk a mile, walk with him two. If someone took your coat forcefully, do not seek revenge and plot against them. If someone asks you to give them something, do not demand it back. This is what I'm teaching you to do, to practice the Love of God to those around you. God is Love, and you are His beloveds." Jesus finished, and the crowd felt peace. The religious leaders never taught anything like this before.
"See, Athena? His kindness will get Him killed someday. What kind of teaching is 'Love your enemies'?" Kratos said, starting to doubt Jesus a little bit.
Athena replied, "Yeah, I find it a bit hard too to love your enemies. His teachings are...sometimes a bit bizarre."
"If someone does evil to you, do not return the evil. If you find your enemies starving, feed them. If you find your enemies laying in the streets as a homeless man, take them into your house and treat them." Jesus preached again to the crowds, to which the Disciples found the teachings a bit outrageous, especially Simon the Zealot, who used to be a rebel that planned to led a rebellion against the Roman Empire.
"But before I say anything else, do not do these things publicly. Do not let yourself be seen as you help people for their needs, for even the hypocrites does the same. Do not sound your trumpets as you helped these people to be seen by the others, to be honoured. Such motivations are not rewarded by your heavenly Father. But instead, do these things secretly, if you can, and your Father in heaven will reward you highly." Jesus said.
A Jew then suddenly asked, "I know we have to practice love and all but...how do we pray? It is how we communicate with Yahweh."
Jesus continued, "If you pray, pray not like the hypocrites and your religious leaders. They pray in the synagogues standing and shouting that the Lord is great, but truly, their motivations are not to worship the Father in heaven, rather, for their own honour. If you are praying, pray inside your room, where no one can see you. Lock the door, and the Father which cannot be seen is there to listen to your prayers, and He who sees what has been done secretly, will reward you." He stopped, before continuing,
"And do not repeat yourself and babbling when you pray, for even the pagans does the same. They think that their babbling will make themselves heard among their gods, but behold, no one can hear them. Do not be like them, for your heavenly Father knows what is good for you, even before you ask Him." Jesus finished, and the crowds felt satisfied with His answer.
But after that, a Jew asked again, "How do we pray then, Master? I mean...like literally, what words should we say?"
Jesus took a deep breath, before explaining, "This, my dears, is how you should pray: 'O Father In Heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily breads, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who had done wrong against us, and lead us not into temptation, but release us from the evil, for You have the Kingdom, Power, Glory, forever. Amen."
The Crowds were satisfied, until they realized that it was midnight already. Kratos stood in front of the crowds, and said, "It is over, now go home! It is not safe for all of you to stay this late."
But Jesus puts His hand unto Kratos's shoulders, "No, Kratos, they mustn't leave now." And Kratos was confused, "I do not understand...it is midnight already and You want them to stay?"
"I can't let them go home with their stomachs empty..." Jesus replied, feeling guilty for bringing the crowds with their stomach empty.
"Master! Are You craz- I mean...they are numbered in thousands! Even with Matthew's funds, we can't just buy these people a whole lotta bread!" Simon protested.
"Bring me two or three bread." Jesus demanded, but Simon replied, "Two or three? It's still not enough!" Simon protested back. But Jesus replied, "Do you not trust in the Lord your God?" And Simon were silent.
But then, a kid approached Jesus, "Mister...I know You mean well and You want to feed these people...uhh...my mom brought me five loafs of bread and two raw fish." The kid handed the bowl to Jesus, who took it, "My son, your kindness will be repaid in a moment. Take a sit, and see the glory of God."
The kid nodded, though he's not sure what Jesus meant by 'My son', but he wiped off the thoughts and went back to his parents.
As Jesus was about to pray, one of His disciples, Thomas, started to think that Jesus has gone crazy.
"Father, I thank you for hearing Me always, and to assist Me even in My hardest times...please, have mercy and see Your people's hunger. Their dedication to listen to You and Your words alone must be rewarded, Father. Hear Me, and feed these people. I thank You, amen." and with that, Jesus pressed His palm against the bread, breaking it.
He gave the bowl to Simon, who took it and went to the crowds to give them the breads and the fishes he received.
Simon gave the bread to each person, but as time goes by, he was starting to get suspicious.The bread isn't running out...musta be one of Master's magic spells or somethin'.
The process, he must admit, was exhausting. There were so many people here that he lost track on which person he gave the bread to and which person he did not.
After giving them all of the bread, though the bread still hasn't run out yet, and is equivalent of having multiple breads on 12 bowls.
Simon returned to Jesus, who stood in front of the crowds. Jesus smiled, and said to the crowds, "Eat, My friends."
And they did so. Thousands of people, feeding on a single bowl of five bread and two fishes. The people around Him were eating and praising God.
"See, Simon? Nothing is impossible through God." Jesus said, smiling to Simon.
"Yeah, I figured that one out Master, sorry." Simon replied.
As the crowds finished, Simon and the rest of the disciples packed the bread into 12 bowls, storing it for later purposes. The crowds began shouting, "Make Jesus our King!"
But Jesus refused and went away with His disciple, disappointing the crowds. Kratos shouted, "Go home now! The Son of God is currently tired, and now have to rest."
Matthew now no longer lives in Capernaum, and now follows Jesus wherever He goes.
But he still, however, have the money power to provide all of them with a place to stay and a food to eat, but Jesus knew not to rely on just one man, so He stored up some currency with Him for His ministries, and He entrusted it to Judas Iscariot.
Jesus and His disciples went into a nearby Inn to stay for the night. They stayed in separate room, most notably, Jesus was in one room with Kratos, in a separated bed.
Before they sleep, Kratos conversed with Jesus, "Son of God...for several months we have been walking together. How long should You wait until You let go of me?"
"As long as it takes, Kratos. When I was a child, I promised not only to help you, but to turn you into a better person." Jesus replied. "No...I have changed for the better." Kratos arrogantly said.
"Be careful with the words you chose, Kratos. You still have a bit of your old self. You almost killed a Pharisee a week ago." Jesus replied, unamused. "I only do what is necessary to be done, Son of God." Kratos answered.
"I have taught you multiple times to leave everything to Me." Jesus said, His voice were deep. "And let You die by Your own kindness?" Kratos asked back.
"Your kindness has always been Your problem, Son of God." Kratos said again, this time, agitating the Son of God, "and your rage has always been your problem. Kindness is better than rage. Kindness brings peace, rage only brings destruction. That is why I want you to change for the better." Jesus answered back.
"I have changed for the better." Kratos said again. But Jesus sighed, "In time, you will learn, Kratos. Good night." A hint of disappointment can be heard in His voice.
Kratos too slept, and the day...was done.
TO BE CONTINUED