AN:
Story inspired heavily by 'Cruel To be Kind', '12 Steps To Omnipotence', 'Rise of an Empire' and a million and one other fanfics. If you see stuff and think that it's similar to another fanfic. it's probably because we read the same story and I liked that plot line or idea.
BEWARE this is a 'Gary Stu, wish fulfillment, power fantasy type story.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2
Year 1, Day 44: Xena-Warrior Princess, Greece, 5 years before Cannon
I jump right into chamber in the hillside cave that houses the food of the gods AMBROSIA.
Ambrosia is the food of the Olympian gods in the shows 'Xena-Warrior Princes' and 'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'. If eaten by a mortal it will turn them into that show's version of a god with immortality, powers the whole shaabang.
The chamber was actually just like how it was in the show. The eternal flames of the torches washing in flickering waves of light the refined decorations and silk embroideries well refined for Greek tastes over two thousand years ago.
To me it looked tacky. But who am I to judge.
It takes me a few seconds to scan the whole chamber for threats and locate the bowl of Ambrosia. I can see the orange gelatinous substance filling it even from my position.
With no threats detected I concentrate on tagging the bowl and table together.
One breath in, one breath out.
Focus.
Visualize.
"ARTY jump back."
I didn't want to spend another moment there, it was too dangerous at this point in the game. Any second spent there is another second a God, demon or angel can detect me and I was not ready to deal with that.
It took a second to gain back my bearings and verify that I was indeed back in my motel room.
Table with Ambrosia bowl right in front of me.
"HOLY HELL IT WORKED!"
Part of me really didn't believe it would work. I half expected that Xena or Hercules would show up but why would they. I had gone back 5 years before the start of Xena's adventures in the show. She wouldn't make it to this adventure for a maybe 6 or 7 years into the future. And when she did and found no Ambrosia I doubt it would even change her path that much. In the show at the end of the episode 'A fist full of Dinars' she threw the ambrosia in a volcano so no one can use it.
She had to look for clues and go through a very dangerous series of traps but for me with ARTY I had the advantage that I could teleport and avoid all that nonsense.
And here it was in front of me. Ambrosia. It could turn me into a God. The show's version at least, not the all-powerful all-seeing God but with versatile powers nonetheless. It would solve my main problem of being a squishy mortal.
Hopefully it works.
I quickly unloaded my gear, all of it was unnecessary in the end but hey better to be prepared, and went to wash my hands.
Why did I want to wash my hands? I have no idea but it felt like the right thing to do like I didn't want to get any grime on the Ambrosia, but probably because I was being nervous.
After a quick motivational posturing in the mirror I went and picked up the gelatinous nectar of the gods from the bowl.
And I say gelatinous because that's how it felt in the palm of my hand. The cold feeling of a shaky less dense blob of gummy bear.
Cold.
That was interesting as well. I don't know why I expected it to be warm. Maybe the warm ambiance of the room? Either way it didn't matter.
I made a move take a bite out of it then realized how awkward it was to have all of it in my hand. In the show a small piece was enough to turn people into gods so no need you take a big bite and waste it. Never know when I might need more Ambrosia.
I'll start small and work my way up.
I put it back in the bowl and rip out a piece about half a finger length long and two fingers wide.
This is it.
Moment of truth.
I put in my mouth. Same jelly like feeling of a gummy bear. Easy to chew.
I swallow the gelatinous mash and feel its sliminess going down to my stomach.
Tick
Tock
A few seconds pass and I look at my hands.
Tick
Tock
"Shit! Please don't tell me it's not.." I didn't have time to actually finish my thought.
I felt it.
A sudden explosive warmth materializes in my stomach. A PULSE like heartbeat of energy telling me that it's going to expand.
Euphoria hits. Blue light erupts from my stomach engulfing me in a smooth motion in all directions.
Pleasure & Energy being imbued in every single cell in my body.
It's more than that, I feel it touching my soul, changing my on a level I can't understand.
Lightning arches erupt striking metal parts in the room.
Peak climax is reached when the light engulfs the top of my head and bottom of my feet.
With a 'Thump'' I land back on the floor. The transformation must have lifted me a few inches of the floor.
I take a look around the room. Nothing is on fire which is good. The bed, chairs and tables along with the ambrosia are all knocked down but otherwise ok.
I take a look at my arms and flex my fingers.
My arms are bigger and thicker than before. The floor looks further away as well.
"Dam, I feel great!" I say as I keep checking my-self out.
No pains, no aches. No creaky knee or hip stiffness.
Just a dimmed buzz of energy pushing gently from the inside out my skin being the only thing keeping it contained.
"I feel good! I feel light!" I continue voicing my thoughts out-loud while bouncing from one foot to the other.
"I feel Amazing!"
"I am a GOD!" my voice rising in disbelief.
"Holy SHIT! I'm an actual GOD!"
"I'm immortal!"
"I'm eternal!"
"I can do ANTYTHING!"
"I…" I stopped my bouncing as the words died in my mouth.
It hit me like a sack of bricks and wiped the manic grin of my face.
"Ah FUCK! I'm still ME!"
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Year 1, Day 47: Lethal Weapon Universe, Middle of nowhere Canadian tundra forest 1983
Another misconception I had well more like a small hope that turned out to be an actual big hope, I had hoped that becoming a GOD will give me knowledge of the universe, you know make me smarter or something.
Nope!
It did a lot of things but it sure as heck didn't make me smarter. I didn't know the secrets of the universe. I didn't suddenly gain knowledge of physics or biology. Which was kind of a bugger. I mean it never really happened in the show but I figured you must get some sort of insight into the universe. Some sort of plug in. The Xena gods are basically small effect reality manipulators.
But Nope!
It was still me just with powers now. Which I guess it's still dam good.
Third day that I'm playing with my powers. Like a little kid with a new toy it's all I've done the past few days. How could I not. It is actual magic powers!
I shot lightning out of my hands like a Sith Lord. It was awesome for me not the tree I hit. That was exploded.
It was also a lot harder to do than I thought. I had to visualize it and really want to do it.
I tried concentrating on doing it for about 5 minutes with no luck before I got angry and then 'BOOM!' I'm emperor Palatine and that tree is Luke Skywalker in Return of The Jedi.
Emotions do play a part in the God's powers in the show so I should have expected that. Each time I shot lightning it left me very drained. I was only able to shoot three times before I felt almost completely drained.
It actually took a few hours to 'recharge' so to speak. Ok fine I somehow fell asleep for like 4 hours, good thing I made it back to the motel room beforehand.
That I actually expected. In the Xenaverse new gods were fairly weak especially right after being transformed, so I was not surprised.
I managed to teleport. I can only do like 3 maybe 4 jumps depending how far and hard it is to get to. I can only go to places that I have been and I have to want it and visualize it pretty well. I get the blue light effect from the middle of my stomach going out and disappearing. It's not as hard as lightning but it's not easy either and not to mention draining. I'm not concerned about it since I have ARTY.
I tested out god mode which is when the gods are invisible and intangible to mortals but can still affect their surroundings if they wish. It took a lot of concentration to get into. Good part about it is that once into it I don't have to concentrate to maintain that state. It stays by itself but that means I need to concentrate on turning back to being tangible which can get quite annoying. Definitely have to practice that one.
I shot fire and exploding fire balls, much easier than lightning. There's probably something instinctual about fire that humans have by now. We know how it works, we feel it in our hearts, in our blood.
I wasn't able to make dirt move or I probably wasn't concentrating hard enough but it seemed that it did not come instinctually for me.
Honestly with air I'm not sure if it was me making the air move or it was just the actual natural wind. Have to experiment more with that one.
Water on the other hand was amazing. I could easily conjure it and control it.
I understood it, the rhythm, the current, the flow.
I knew what it wanted, what it needed.
Water was good.
Water was life.
I think I may have a water affinity for my godliness I guess. On the other hand I did love the ocean and swimming since I was a child.
I haven't been able to call up any storms or make the weather change in any shape or form yet. Which makes sense since I'm only a few days old I would not be powerful enough to pull that kind of 'trick'.
And I wasn't going to practice that today. No, today was about Speed. Super Speed specifically.
Hercules the demi-goddess Morrigan and the Celtic god Kernunnos demonstrated this ability which means all gods from the show should be able to manifest it including me.
Super speed was going to help me in many ways. I would be able to react in situations without showing my godly powers. But won't people see you move at super speed? Well yes but that's much easier to deny as a trick of the eye or incredible reflexes in a moment of stress. People will be a lot more understanding about than actual teleportation. Super strength as well. As long as I keep control it will make it much easier to deny if needed.
"Ok, let's do this! You can do it! Visualize, move FAST! From here to there!" I say trying to pump myself up and focus.
I take a breath in and then I move.
Faster.
Faster.
FASTER!
One step in front of the other, past the limits of physics. My view gets blurry with each step, as if my mind was not able to process fast enough. I feel a small burst of panic in my chest sending fiery shock along my spine to my head. Instinctually I will myself to hyper focusing my sight in front of me and then everything abruptly slows down.
I didn't feel myself stop moving but I could see everything now. The slight rustle of tree branches around me, a swarm of bugs barely moving to the side. Passing it as it moved in slow motion.
I make the mistake of turning my head to look at it. In shock my concentration lapses. 'BOOM!'
I violently bounce like a pinball form tree to tree exploding it in the process. Then darkness.
When I came to the sun was already down. Shit I didn't think I could get knocked out like that now that I was a good. I felt like a truck hit me or I hit a truck, really trees in this case but whatever.
No permanent injuries that I can see. Thank you healing factor but I was still hurting on the inside.
"Definitely have to work on that one! Fuck I need a drink."
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Being able to metamorph into what ever you want is amazing. Weird but amazing.
Being stuck as a puppy for 25 minutes is panic inducing.
'BARK!' 'BARK!' 'BARK!'
Visualize dam it! Back to normal self. Ok breath in and out. Calm, visualize being back to normal human shape.
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"It's healed! Thanks man!"
"No worries it was my pleasure!" I respond back to the homeless man whose foot gash I healed. I put a hand above it and willed it to heal, pictured the wound closing, it wasn't easy but eventually a blue light shone out of my hand and cellular regeneration happened in front my eyes.
I can heal at will. In the show that ability was blocked by Athena or Zeus at one point for all Olympian gods which I am pretty sure I qualify as since I ate Ambrosia the food of the Olympic gods. Either this ability wasn't blocked or their powers simply couldn't follow me in another universe.
Will have to verify later.
Fuck! I just realized am I going to have to go around healing kids of cancer and crap otherwise I'm an awful person?
Wait can I even cure cancer? The gash was pretty straight forward. Stop bleeding multiply cells in order to regrow skin and muscle. All I did was energize the process a bit to make it faster.
What the fuck do I even know about cancer?
Defective cells keep multiplying faster than they could be killed and thus you get cancer? What that the gist of it? Just stop the cells from multiplying?
Wait! Cells multiplying faster, does that mean I gave homeless dude cancer? I stop to ponder it my brows scrunching in concentration.
"AH FUCK!" I yell in frustrated as realization hits me.
"I'm going to have to learn more about cancer!"
.
.
Eventually.
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"Ahhh!" I yelp as I pull another wood splinter the size of finger out of the left side of my chest. Getting better every time. I only crashed on my 6th lap. Super speed is the one skill I practice the most. That and going intangible mode. Stealth is your friend!
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Year 1, Day 117: Lethal Weapon Universe, Tokyo, 1983
So I'm taking a little vacation. Sue me! All I've done for the past two months was train and explore my powers.
I can stay up for 48hrs and run a marathon the next day no problem.
I can go without food and water for a week. Without adverse effects. Well I was pretty irritable actually my body demanded water badly. It didn't seem to stop me from functioning. Anyways I was able to last a week.
I held my breath for 23 minutes before I got bored. Breathing is instinctual so actively concentrating on stopping to breath is hard.
Magic is Amazing!
I can conjure things out of thin air. Or I guess it's made by my energy or something since I do feel a drain when I do it. After much mental strain and many tries I was able to make a cup, which promptly exploded in my face.
No clue why. It just did. Conjuration was hard. A lot of mental concentration.
Transfiguration was easier in some ways. As long as the objects were similar then it was easier. Change the color of something that's no problem. Turn a stick into a sword? Easy enough. Turn the sword into a notebook? Ok this is going to take some thinking. Notebook into a giraffe? You get the point.
Super strength was dope!
It came almost naturally. The gods in the show were effortlessly stronger than the mortals in pure physical strength. Hercules usually fell somewhere between 10 and 100 men in strength. Depending on how the writers were feeling. The older gods like Ares would usually be able to match him while the younger ones weren't able to.
I was probably somewhere between 1 and 2tonner in terms of strength. Slightly above Captain America. Not bad really. Not nearly as strong as an MCU Asgardian but not bad. I knew from the Xenaverse wiki that the gods on the show are self-actualizing with the greatest limitation being their will power and determination. They had to believe it themselves otherwise it wouldn't work.
I can move things with my mind. That's right TK baby! I'm going to go full Jean Grey at some point. Everyday I get better and stronger at moving objects.
I can do all these wonderful and magical things but all I want to do right now is go say Hi to the tall & beautiful Dutch woman at the bar.
So please excuse me!
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Year 1, Day 142: Lethal Weapon Universe, Bangkok, 1983
"God dam it! Where the fuck is it?" I yelled as I threw away another shirt off the floor in the Nexus Control Room.
"I swear I had another stack!" My eyes rapidly look around the piles of clothes and stuff all around the Control Room.
The ability to store stuff in ARTY's control room was beyond convenient. Never had to carry any luggage with me and constantly worry about that. And it looked like it had almost infinite space. So obviously I ended up hoarding stuff. Clothes, bed, souvenirs, guns, equipment, food pretty much what I fancied buying or taking. Because why not.
"Ah right there, I knew it!" I yell out loud
I saw the stack of 5 grand in $20 dollar bills underneath a bag.
I moved to pick it up and stepped in something sticky. Ew.
I knew I had one more stack of money. I needed to pay the hotel another one thousand in a week.
As I turned to go I realized the eerie endless void looked messy, all because of my junk everywhere.
"AH DAM IT!" I swear in realization.
I've gone on a bender. A few days turned into a week, a week into two then three then four and here I am now.
"Fucking Olympian gods being predisposed to extreme behavior!"
With my body slouching, I sigh in resignation.
"I need to get back on track and keep an eye out on this."