All of a sudden Nick found himself in the last place he wanted to be. The Daimon hall in Kalosis. The daimons were in an upstart because Apollymi was free. Her demons soon followed.
"what are you doing here filth?" asked Medea the daughter of Stryker and his wife/queen Zephyra.
"none of your business." He said he would have spit on her but her mother appeared behind him and muzzled him. They brought him to Stryker who then immediately started pounding him into the ground. What surprised him was that there wasn't a mark on him. He realized that Ria was protecting him.
Meanwhile in Katoteros the Charonte demons that had been loyal to Apollymi for all eternity appeared and as one knelt to Apollymi and Ash. Though inside they were overjoyed that there goddess had her son they showed no outward signs of it. Ash created a new island for them and they all left to prepare it for there goddess.
"you did not have to do that for us, Apostolos. We would have managed. " she said as she wwent to sit on her new throne that he had created for her. Behind her were her to most loyal demons still as statues guarding there akra. As she looked around her she smiled with an evil satisfaction. " its good to be home."
"What is it Apostolos? Whats wrong." She asked. As she spoke the little dragons that were her sons pets [(sorry people I can't for the life of me remember how to spell it. There names I mean]) (anyway back to the story.)) came to get attention. She lovingly stroked each one as she listened to him
"this magic it … well it scares me metera." As he said this he sat at her feet and laid his head in her lap. One of the little dragons left Apollymi to go to Ash and comfort him. Apollymi laid one of her hands soothingly on his head and said. " the child is powerful, but she is fighting against what must be. I fear she will suffer more than you ever did. All the more because she has had a sheltered life."
"but what do we do?" he asked
"we let her choose, m'gios. For that is all we can do. Now let us prepare for our guests." That broke him out of his reverie and he looked up at her. From the question in his eyes she said "did you think that the other pantheons did not realize that the child has freed me and taken my place in Kalosis? They will come to eather destroy us or beg for us not to destroy them. Go Apostolos and gather to you all those whom will succor in this. I will call Katra, Simi, and Soteria to prepare themselves. Alexion. Dangeruese. We must prepare ourselves. Urian you as well." She said
"the Xirena not doing nothing the bitch-goddess says." As she appeared. Alexion however told her that she would help or stay out of the way. So she blew a raspberry at him and said "I do as you wish akri." And she went to do as he told her.
Over the next few weeks they saw all the the other gods and dealt with them.
"I'm surprised you're not going after Artemis and Apollo, metera." Said Tory one morning they were eating breakfast with Simi, Marissa and NJ on Zenobi's mountain. They had been doing this since her first morning of freedom. Her metera was overjoyed at her daughter's freedom to the point that they had been spending nearly all there time together. Rhiannon had tried to give Zenobi a body but it greatly diminished her powers so she stopped.
"the child asked me to wait and so I have. Did you girls see her?"
"she so sad akra. The Simi not know what to do. And akri sad to cuz Nick stuck done there too.
Meanwhile in Kalosis Iano awoke in a smaller version of her Pool of Chaos now resides. Over that last three months she has felt magic working in the world and in her. She knew her metera and aunts were now inside of her no longer having corporeal form. She could feel every being in all of creation from the Source all the way down to the smallest microbe. It was so overwhelming then she heard the voice of the Source speaking the First language the one that was spoken to the first beings.
"FEAR NOTCHILD OF FATE ALL WILL BECOME CLEARER FOR YOU IN TIME. MOVE SLOWLY DO NOT RUSH YOURSELF. KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HERE FOR YOU ALWAYS."
So she did as the Source bid and took it one step at a time. She went to Egypt to visit her father and his side of the family. They all accepted her and those she loved most she absorbed into herself as she had done to her mom and aunts. She went to Olympus and took Apollo and Artemis's powers and sent them to Apollymi who took her time destroying them. Once she had her fill of vengeance she told her son to sent them to live with the humans as mortals never to have anything to do with the gods again. Iano sent the powers of the twins to Stryker and Zephyra. She told them they and all there brethren were now free of the curse his father had given them. They left Kalosis to live forever more on Olympus. They no longer hunt humans but they still hunt demons. Zeus went apeshit when he learned of this so Zephyra killed him and shared his powers with the entire pantheon. Other gods went bonkers and they too were destroyed. All the dark hunters were now soley in the care of Acheron and he let them go free whenever they asked. Rhiannon made sure that her friends were given enough power to protect themselves from the Titans that were breaking free a handful at a time. Which really pissed of Azura and Noir who still had been unable to find there "sister". Her aunt Astrid called her to her temple on Olympus and they had been discussing thing for some time when Astrid said to her niece. "what are your intentions toward themis?"
"thea I know you love her but I can't let her live. The only reason why I haven't destroyed her is cuz it would take to much out of me and I do not yet have the strength for that. Once I can bring myself to do it however I shall deliver her to Apollymi if she does not wish to destroy her I will give her powers to the two of you or give them to my skel 'a' tals' that I got from my dad." Skek 'a' tals' are skeletal succubus's that feed of of the gods and there emotions they loved Anubis and enjoyed him as a lover for his powers over the dead made him the best food. He had infact gotten many of them pregnant over the millennia. They would never touch her like that but they love her as they had never loved there children. She returned to Kalosis only to find Nick in the daimon hall it appeared that he had been living there and he looked a little nuts. When she appeared he said "Ria, love, are you alright?"
"yes Nicky I all aces." She said.
"good." He said then he grabbed a hold of and tried to kiss her quite forcefully but she moved away from him.
"Nick what the fuck do you think you're doing?"
"you'll give it up to everybody but me."
Before he could say or do anything else Ash appeared and wrestled him away but Nick used the power of his rage to send him home and block him from reentering but Jaden appeared to stop him. It took him a few minutes to restrain him but he did so Jaden laughed when he tried to use his powers to get rid of him the way he had Ash.
" I'm a Source power idiot the only one who can stop me is the one I came to protect." He turned to Rhiannon and as he did so saw her gown change from the gold she always wore to a red dress with a strapless corset top that barely covered her ample breasts and the skirt was slit on both sides all the way up to her waist with her crotch barely covered and you could tell it fit like a glove. he looked at her hungrily and with the knowledge that a man has of a woman. Which made Nick rage. Iano however was so hungry for Jaden's touch but knew she couldn't not yet anyway. So did he so he said instead. They spoke to eachother in the same language she had spoken to the source.
"What happened to you? my heart of hearts?"
"Ia got fated." Ia was his nickname for her.
He cried blood tears as they sat and talked. When he felt Noir calling him back he reluctantly left.
Over the next five months she went through the other gods and killed of those she disliked and gave their powers out between those she knew she was going to keep around. She also went after the Titans that were going free. Ironically they weren't the ones she wanted to go free. She distributed their powers as well but most she kept to give to Jaden. Even though the rest of the gods and their allies were gaining they were loosing the war.
