The True Gods Chapter 5

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"Blah" speaking

"Blah" thinking

"Blah" mind speak

"A deal" Daniel said cautiously. "What type of deal do you have in mind?" Ares looked at him carefully "do you have any idea where you are?" Daniel looked around "I had assumed one of your temples" he replied "Correct" Ares replied "but do you know where this temple is located?" "I have no idea" Daniel replied "Somewhere on earth?" He guessed. "Wrong" Ares replied, "We're on Olympus" he paused to let that information to sink in. "It's in another dimension." Daniels jaw dropped "But that means you can transport people to different dimensions in a instant but that … but …" Daniel was very glad he had yet to get up, because that revelation would have sent him straight back to the floor. Daniel tried to say something, anything, and finally settled on "Wow!" Daniel looked at Ares, who was watching him with quite a bit of amusement in his eyes. "I seem to be amusing him a lot lately" Daniel thought, than remembered that Ares could tell what he was thinking."Glad to be of service." He thought, looking at Ares, who smiled broadly.

"Come walk with me" He said. Ares walked up to Daniel, grabbing his arm and
hauling him to his feet. Ares than proceeded to walk towards one of the doorways in the temple, his hand still gripping Daniel's arm so that he had no choice but to follow.

"But--" Daniel said, looking back at his teammates slumped on the floor. "Don't worry they will be perfectly fine where they are." Said Ares, not even pausing as he thrust open the doors and pulled Daniel into the sunlight.

Daniel was in complete awe of the sight before him. It was breathtaking, He looked out onto a huge city; huge temples dotted the landscape, around each temple there were smaller temples and houses. All the architecture was done in a late Corinthian style. Greenery was all around; trees, bushes, to beautiful gardens with fountains in the middle. There were statues everywhere they looked, depicting different gods or events. The sky was a clear light blue with a few clouds of snowy white. They brought to mind pictures of cherubs with small wings lounging on them in the heavens. "It almost looks like you can land and fall asleep on them" Ares glanced at him "You can use them as a bed." He said smiling. "Bliss was always flying up there and hiding in them". Ares had a faraway look on his face, as if remembering a time long ago.

"Bliss he was the son of Cupid your grandson, wasn't he?" Daniel asked curiously.

"Yes he is," Ares replied, "But he and the other Gods are still sleeping" Ares led Daniel into a large garden, finding a bench in the middle and sitting down. "You had said Jack wok you up, and now you said that Bliss and Cupid are still sleeping. What are you talking about?"

Ares sighed and looked at Daniel "I think it's time to explain a few things" he replied. "The entire history of the gods would take several of your lifetimes to explain, but I will try to summarise the parts that concern you as best as possible. First I want you to explain the meaning of the word God to me" Daniel looked at him "Um, ok." He paused, than continued, "The meaning of God is a divine being who is all knowing, all powerful and is worshipped as the creator and ruler of the known universe." Ares looked at him "And what was the original word?" he asked. "The original word to describe god in Greek was Theos; in Latin it was Deus and in Ancient Hebrew Yahweh…" Daniel trailed off at the look Ares gave him. "Well the word I was looking for was Theos," Ares said, "And the original meaning of that word was the name of my species. I am a Theos like you are a human."

"So you are telling me that God is the name of your species?" asked Daniel, sceptically.

"Yes, the original meaning of the word, God does not mean a divine being who is all knowledgeable and utterly perfect. It's simply the name of my species and my species has become incredibly advanced. Plus some of our natural abilities are things other species wish they had but don't, other species started making up new meanings for the word; and now everyone is trying to use my specie's name to have control over others."

Daniel looked at him still feeling quite a bit sceptical "Ok let's say I believe you," Daniel said slowly "If you don't like people using your name to have control over others, why did you get people to start worshiping you in the first place?" "That is a very good question, Daniel. The reason why we started to encourage people to worship us is that we get energy from the world around us. We absorb it into ourselves. So when mortals first turned to us for help, we soon realised that when they directed emotion directly to us; it was a great deal more powerful and easier to collect." Ares looked at Daniel, clearly expecting him to figure it out for himself. "So by encouraging people to worship you it became easier to collect energy. Because of your abilities people began to idolize you, directing even more energy toward you." Daniel stood up and began pacing as he really began to figure it out. "You than took on different roles and encouraged people to send their different emotions to different gods to make it more organized. You took on war, Hera marriage, Aphrodite and Cupid love and so on and so forth." Daniel looked at Ares who was nodding and smiling at him almost like a proud parent "Continue," he said.

Daniel nodded and started pacing again. "Since this new way was so much more efficient you probably began relying on it more and more. Like the people on earth are relying more and more on computers and advanced technology. You relied on it so much you probably totally forgot about the old ways." Daniel stopped, his eyes wide, spinning to staring at Ares. "That's why the tablet claims the Goa'uld locked you up. They didn't do anything but take your names; the people forgot about you and began directing their energy at the Goa'uld. All your energy suddenly stopped, it's like what would happen if all are advanced technology on earth crashed. Chaos would rein supreme and it would probably completely destroy our entire culture. You had to go to sleep to prevent yourselves from dying!" Daniel finished, almost yelling it out. He was so excited about figuring it out.

Ares gave him a sad smile. "You got almost everything right, Daniel, except one thing; some of us did die. Zeus sacrificed himself to save the rest of us, but some of the minor Gods died anyway." Daniel stopped and looked at him. "Oh I'm very sorry," he said sincerely. "That is all right" Ares replied, "Now the deal I want to make with you is this," He said very abruptly, changing the subject. He looked at Daniel raised his hand, and abruptly Daniel found himself in another temple. He looked around briefly noticing that everything was in red and candles were around the room, unlit. But what really caught his eye was the big bed in the middle of the room; or more accurately the breathtaking man lying upon it. He was tall, Daniel guessed about 6'2 and had blond hair. He had a very aristocratic face and a very well built, tanned body, but what really caught his eyes were the wings of pure white that sprouted from his back. Daniel noticed he was lying on his side, so they would not be crushed. "That is my son, Cupid; my grandson, Bliss, is in the cradle beside his bed." Ares looked seriously at Daniel "If you can wake up my son from his sleep, I will teach the people of the SGC how to fight more efficiently and give you the knowledge to both fight and defeat the Goa'uld. Each God on Olympus exceeds
in a different area. The more we wake up, the more areas we can help you with." Ares looked at Daniel, making sure he knew how serious he was "What do you say will you help me awaken the Gods?"

That's the end of another chapter. Please review.

Athenais

Like the new chapter and it is good that this one is longer. The other were far to short.

No problem and the chapters are getting longer each time I write.

Tempus1

Rudyard Kipling once wrote…. I think an aspect of this story you realy need to explore is how the gods of old might clash with the gods of today…so far its a great story a little choppy due to chapter lnegth but I think like you say you will overcome that in time and with more experience. please Write MORE !

That is an intresting thought I'll keep it in mind and don't worry I'm writing a little each day.

amigo

I like your story. I also thought you might like to knor the chapters are loading an update behind.

Thank you for telling me that however I don't know quite what to do about that since I'm new to the system.

kahless21

on the edge of my seat. keep it up. this. thanks for the longer chapter.

Glad to know your getting into it. 

kynight )

Okay, you got my attention...

Glad to know, keep reading!