The True Gods Chapter 10

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"Blah" speaking
"Blah" thinking
"Blah" mind speak

Making up his mind to wake up Cupid and Bliss, the next thing for Daniel to do was discover how. Still cradling Bliss, Daniel started to slowly walk around the room looking for clues or ideas. He began speaking softly to Bliss.

"Lets see, me and Jack woke Ares up by moving part of a statue of him back on earth, maybe there's a statue in the main temple that can help us, hmm?"

He rocked Bliss gently as he spoke; it was a very comforting feeling, cradling and talking to the small god, so as he began walking out of the bedroom and down a small corridor he continued to murmur to him.

"Let's see, what do I know about your dad? Well he is the God of love, he has a bow and two different type's of arrows to help with his duties. One type of arrow is made of gold, and would automatically make any one it prick's fall in love with the first living creature they laid eyes on, and one type is made of lead, and would make a person completely despise the first living creature they see."

Pausing to shift Bliss he continued.

"Hmm what else? Well his mother - your Grandmother - is Aphrodite Goddess of Love, Beauty and Fertility, and head of the house of Love, his father - your Grandpa - is Ares God of War, head of the house of War, and also from what I've seen, a bit of a pain in the ass at times. But you didn't hear that from me. Lets see what else? Well Cupid married Psyche after pricking himself with one of his arrows accidentally and falling madly in love with her. Shortly after that she gave birth to you. She was also made into a goddess but I don't know any more about her."

He stepped into the main temple and stopped.

"Wow! Well you can certainly tell your dad is a god of Love!" he softly exclaimed to the sleeping Bliss, awed by the sight before him.

The temple room was slightly smaller than Ares', which made sense because Ares was ruler of a house and Cupid was not, but it was still incredibly impressive. The whole room was done in a deep burgundy, with Gold highlights everywhere. It was slightly dark, only being lit by the uncovered stained glass windows so that even the light made patterns of red and gold where ever it touched. All around the edge of the room were statues and paintings depicting lovers in various poses, whether it was gazing longingly into each other's eyes, or in more cases showing the many different ways of showing each other their love in a more physical manner.

"It's a good thing you're asleep Bliss, I highly doubt that a child of your age should be looking at things like this, despite who your father is."

Daniel shifted Bliss slightly as he spoke, so that if he was still in this room when the child woke up all he would see was Daniel's shirt.

Looking at the room again, he noticed that a big part of the floor in the middle was raised about half a foot and seemed to be incredibly padded. It was big enough for twenty people to rest comfortably on, or as was more likely in this case, to have an orgy. Daniel started to wander into the room and began inspecting the different statues to see if there was one of Cupid, or at the very least if there were any with moveable parts.

Daniel quickly realized that their were no statues or paintings of Cupid himself, so he turned towards the mat. He noticed there were small urns of some type scattered at random intervals on the mat; going to the nearest one and looking in he saw a liquid of some type, and upon leaning closer he realized it gave off a very appealing scent. Gently touching a finger to it he realized it was massage oil. Trying to keep his mind out of the gutters - he was caring for a child after all - he looked around again and finally noticed something of interest. It was tucked away in the corner across from the door he entered.

Walking closer he saw the most beautiful bow and quiver he had ever seen. It was intricately carved from wood, with patterns in-laid in gold on it. Looking at the quiver he quickly noticed the gold and lead arrows.

He carefully looked over them, making sure not to touch them by accident. For all appearance they seemed to have been placed there at the last minute, however these were Cupid's most powerful possession so why would he put them within such easy access?

Daniel sat down on the ground about a three feet away from them (enough bad things happened to him and he did not need getting pricked by one of Cupid's arrows to be next on his resume. Besides Jack and Sam would never let him live it down!) .

Absently playing with Bliss wings, he started to think about this logically. They had woken up Ares because Jack had noticed a small flaw on one of his statues. So somehow Ares was connected to the statue and when the flaw was corrected it probably sent a signal that woke Ares up, and if that was the case than it is probably very logical to conclude that every God had done something like this, so to wake Cupid up all he would have to do was correct the mistake here. He needed to place the bow and arrows where they belonged - with Cupid.

Sam stood in the doorway of the bedchamber looking at the woman on the bed - she was right out of the murals. Even her helmet and spear were resting on a nearby table within easy reach. But who was this woman? If she actually was Athena she would be thousands of years old, and the only ones she could think of that were actually that old were the Goa'uld, Asgard, and those who were ascended. Sam could immediately rule out her being a Goa'uld because she would have sensed it by now. She was obviously not an Asgard. She looked solid enough not to be ascended, and Sam decided it would not be in her best interest to employ one of the Colonel's methods of finding out - by chucking something at her.

She needed more information, but she couldn't really raid the bedroom when the owner was asleep just a few feet away in the bed, especially if this person somehow was Athena. Sam didn't feel to up to battling a goddess of war who had a seven foot spear when she herself was weaponless. Sam decided it would be best to try and wake her up from the doorway, and if that didn't work then she would see if there was a key to the doors or another exit. It'd probably be best if she could find her team-mates.

Sam slowly backed out of the bed chamber and, after ten minutes of looking, managed to find a back entrance that was unlocked. Slipping out of the temple, Sam quickly realized that they were not on earth, as she had assumed. A place like this she would definitely have heard of.

"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore..." she murmured with a slight grin.

After taking a minute or to look at the scenery she began her search for information.

Daniel stood up, and, carefully arranging Bliss so he could carry him with one arm, he picked up the quiver (half expecting Cupid to flash in the moment he touched the precious weapons!) and placed the strap over one shoulder and then picked up the bow. Smiling down at the still sleeping child he whispered softly:

"Lets go visit dad shall we?"

He began walking back to the bedchambers, nervously humming. How would Cupid react waking up? How does react normally? Would this even work in the first place? He continued in this vein of thought until he reached the bedchamber and was standing near Cupid's bed. He paused, looking at Cupid for a long while. "Well he looks like he's still asleep," he thought. Taking one more deep breath he carefully placed the bow in Cupid's hand and then placed the quiver next to so it was slightly touching Cupids chest. Daniel waited.

Little did Daniel know that Cupid had woken up the moment Daniel had touched his bow. He had, however, feigned sleep and reached out with his mind to find out what this mortal was doing in his temple. He had purposely placed his Bow and Quiver in the Temple like that with a charm that if they were moved it would wake him. All the Gods and Goddesses had done things like that to wake themselves up. However, this was also a test. Many mortals would not hesitate to try and use the weapons themselves for personal gain, in which case he had a charm on it so if any one tried it would backfire on them immediately, and any arrow they tried to use would prick them.

He was very startled to find out that this mortal had his son, but quickly relaxed when he briefly looked into his mind - it was out of love that this mortal carried his son, love and concern that the child might be harmed. Cupid inwardly smiled. Even asleep, his son could cause people to fall in love with him. The more he saw into this mortal's mind the more he was impressed. This was a highly intelligent man with an inner beauty like he had seen on no other. He inwardly frowned when he realized that this beauty was marred by sadness, and looking deeper he realized that this man had been deeply hurt by love many times. He almost roared in rage when he discovered that it was mostly the Goa'uld's fault - taking two of his lovers as host, one of which had been his wife! His rage deepened when he realized that on top of it all this man (Daniel, that was his name) had also been raped twice. He was so lost in examining Daniel's soul that he did not realize Daniel was there until his bow and quiver placed at his side. He decided then and there that he and Bliss would claim this mortal as theirs, and shower him with love and affection till his soul was healed of it's past hurts. Smiling gently to himself he sent out a small amount of power and woke up Bliss.

That's the end of another chapter.

A small author note

Just in case anyone is confused about Daniel being raped I count what Hathor and Princess Shyla did to Daniel as rape.

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