The True Gods Chapter 12

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Strife had known darkness for a long time. He was not in a deep sleep all the time, but rather drifted in and out. Sometimes he was conscious enough to hear the very faint murmurs that were the mortal world, but they were never loud enough to wake him.

Unlike the other Theos, even at the height of his power he did not have many true worshippers - most of his power had come from children playing pranks and humble thieves. He had not even had a temple dedicated to him, just smaller rooms attached to the side of some of the temples of war.

However, when the Goa'uld came this had turned out to be a blessing in disguise. He did not need someone to do mischief in his name to receive power from it, all it took was someone doing mischief. When the sleep came to him he was able to resist long enough to make sure he would get an honest follower to wake him up. He did this by placing spells on different objects so that only one who was truly meant to be his would even notice the objects, then the spells caused that person to immediately do a binding ceremony to Strife.

When the murmurs began to get louder than they had been in over a thousand years Strife knew he would be woken soon. He began to grow giddy with excitement - especially when he realized that it was the mischief daggers that this mortal had stumbled across, meaning that somehow this mortal was in his temple in Olympus. When Strife felt a presence beside him and felt blood dripping onto his lips, he was able to part his lips slightly. And the substance slipped into his mouth and down his throat. Feeling it go into his stomach woke Strife completely and he opened his eyes looking into startled brown eyes. With mischief dancing in his eyes he spoke.

"I accept this blood offering and mark you as my first priest, you shall do my bidding and in return will be under my protection for the rest of your life."

With that he grabbed Jacks shoulder and branded his mark on him, then sweeping him into his arms he disappeared in a flash of sparks.

Cupid gently arranged Daniel on his bed knowing that it would be a while before he woke. After making sure he was comfortable he turned his attention to his son, who had managed to grab Daniel's glasses again and was trying to place them on his face but kept poking himself in the ear instead. Cupid took the glasses and put them beside Daniel and then he grabbed his son spinning around the room with him in his arms.

"We're awake Bliss! We're finally awake!" he said, giving his son a huge hug and kiss.

Bliss squealed in delight. He finally dropped to the floor, still cuddling Bliss. Happiness filled his every pore - he was actually awake and with his son!

"So?" he said, "What do you think about are new Priest?"

Bliss looked deep in thought for a while before he answered.

"Danyel nice, he like me. But he hurt, looks fuzzy brown all over, but white under." He looked at his father. "But we make him better, right Daddy?"

Small tears gathered in his eyes as he spoke to his father. Cupid looked proudly at his son – his talent for reading auras was rare even among the Theos. Bliss was very lucky to have it; though he still just saw the very basics it would develop over time. Cupid thought on what his son had said – he knew that brown meant pain and white was goodness, which fit perfectly with Cupid's own impressions of the man. White being the inside colour meant that Daniel's true soul was pure and good - something Cupid knew was very rare amongst mortals.

The fact that Bliss said that the brown was all over concerned him though. Usually pain would be a small patch in one area, like for instance the back of the head. The fact that it was all over usually meant that the person had not dealt with it and that the pain was slowly poisoning the person. If not dealt with it would cause the gentle soul that was Daniel's true core to be over-whelmed, leaving only a hard shell filled with anger and pain. Cupid looked over to Daniel's motionless figure on the bed. He would not let that happen to him. Now that Daniel was his priest he was in a position to do something about it. He smiled down at his son.

"Yes Bliss we will heal him together."

Teal'c had stared at the spot Ares had vacated for a brief moment before turning his attention to the room around him. It was a large room with shelves full of scrolls along one wall, and tables to study them on too. Ares had placed food on one of the tables.

Turning his attention to the mirror, he asked it to show him one of the battles that Ares had mentioned earlier. The surface shimmered and showed him a battle between a woman and man. The woman had an elaborate helmet that covered most of her face and it had a decorative piece on top. She wielded a long spear that despite it's awkwardness in close combat she wielded like an expert. The man she was fighting seemed to be younger - almost boyish. He was not wearing any armour, only black leather which seemed to be held together by bits of metal. Despite his boyish appearance he had a savage blood thirsty smile on his face and seemed to enjoy every hit he got in. He had a one handed sword he was wielding and was the dirtiest fighter Teal'c had ever seen. He was interrupted from his studying by a small noise, and looking up saw a very surprised Major Carter.

"Teal'c! What are you doing here? Do you know where we are?"

Teal'c inclined his head.

"Major Carter, it is good to see you well. I have been informed that we are currently on Olympus."

"Olympus? Olympus as in Mount Olympus? Olympus as in the home of the Parthenon of Greek gods!" The surprise which had built on her face as she spoke suddenly shifted to a resigned look of acceptance. "Yup, this is definitely a typical day in the life of us."

"Indeed," replied Teal'c, his mouth twitching suspiciously as he suppressed a slight grin.

"How did we get here? Where are the others? And what do you mean you were informed?"

"I am unsure as to our method of arrival, nor do I know the locations of DanielJackson or O'Neill. I was informed of our location by a man by the name of Ares."

"Ares? As in the God of War Ares!" Her shock was once again on the rise. Not only was she at the mythological home of the ancient Greek Gods, but said Gods were home, and apparently happy to chat with the visitors?

"Indeed."

Teal'c then proceeded to explain everything that had happened to him since he had woken up in the small dungeon, and Sam did the same. After Sam had finished they started to discuss what to do. They decided to examine the mirror some more to try and get more information. Sam started to study it, trying to see how it worked as Teal'c asked it to reveal different events.

Ares appeared in Cupid's room and smiled fondly at the image of his son and grandson watching over Daniel Jackson in his slumber. Wiping the smile off his face he cleared his throat and tried not to smirk as his son jerked out of his trance like state. His grandson didn't even appear to be startled, he just turned and when he saw who it was literally flew into his arms with a shout.

"Grandpa!"

Ares grinned down as Bliss hugged him for all his worth, reaching his arms around as far as they would go which wasn't very far.

"Hello Bliss, how is my favourite grandson?" he asked.

"Grandpa, Grandpa! Look what we found!" Bliss said as he began trying to drag Ares over to show him Daniel. Ares laughed.

"You like Daniel do you Bliss?"

Smiling indulgently at Bliss, he sat on the edge of the bed beside Cupid.

"Yep! Daniel sad though, but that alright, cos we make him better!"

Bliss squirmed out of Ares lap and fluttered over to Daniel, landing beside his head and starting to pet his head. Cupid smiled at his Dad and hugged him.

"I'm glad you're awake," he said, "I assume you were the one who made the deal with Daniel?"

"Yes. He and his team mates accidentally woke me up. I brought them here to learn more, however after observing them I believe that they all have the potential to be excellent first priests."

He then reached over to Cupid and touching their foreheads together they shared all the information they had gained from SG1.

Wow I finally got back to this story,thank you for your patience I had to take a break I would try to write and would only get a few words. So I put my attentions else ware to get some of my personal life in order and now that things have finally settled down I could bring my attention back to this. I would love reviews and ideas especially for what will happen with Sam and Teal'c I have some idea's but would love other idea's thrown in because I get my best idea's from others and putting my own twist in them. Thank you to all who love this story, you kept me interested.