~Sorry this story is moving slowly. I'm also trying to work on Bodyguard, my other story. Now, I never had the chance before, but ThankYou! Thanks to:

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Alexx sat across from Horatio at the kitchen table. Her jaw was hanging open as he finished his story of the interesting evening he'd been having. She drew in a breath, her dark brows raising up.

"I've known you for a while, Horatio, and I've never known you to make things up before."

"I'm not. Alexx, you have to see him. He fell out of the sky."

Concern etched itself onto her face. She felt his head. "Are you feeling alright? you have been stressed out lately."

He moved her hand asied gently. "I'm not sick. Alexx, meet him ifrst, then give me your opinion."

She nodded. "Fair enough. Where is he?"

"Upstairs." He said getting up.

As they walked up the stairs, they heard the familiar sounds of the evening news coming down the hall. Horatio hurried upstairs, Alexx behind him. He opened the door to his bedroom to find Mars lounging on the bed, remote in hand.

Mars looked at him. "Looks like you're going to have a busy day tomorrow. They found two bodies in a canal."

Horatio looked at the TV, then back at Mars. "You know how to work the TV?"

Mars rolled his eyes. "Of course I do. I can do almost anything with your technology. I am not a fool."

"Then why do you need me to help you blend in here?"

Mars looked at Horatio as if he were the fool. "Because, while I know the instruments inside your society, I am uncertain of how the society itself functions. This is where you will help me." Mars looked past him, seeing Alexx for the first time. "You have a woman?"

Shock took over Alexx's face in an instant. "I'm not his woman. Are you...Mars?"

Mars smiled, his chect puffing slightly. "You know of me?" Pride seemed evident in his voice.

Alexx swallowed her smile. "Not exactly. Horatio told me about you."

"Oh," Mars looked slightly disappointed. "I see. What has he told you?"

"Something about you being a god, and needing help."

Mars looked at Horatio. "You cannot hope to invite outsiders and expect them to understand, or accept what is. Most humans are unable to grasp the concept of a tangible god, and more than one at that."

"She can be trusted." Horatio assured him.

"You had better hope so." Mars stopped suddenly. He body seemed frozen. He cocked his head slightly.

"What is it?" Alexx asked.

"We are not alone." Mars said and dashed to the windows. He looked down, Horatio and Alexx approaching from behind to look also.

A lone figure stood in the sand, looking up at them. "Who is that?" Horatio asked.

"Antevorte. the goddess of the future. A seer. I saw her last one hundred years ago." Mars said.

Mars reached up and unlatched the window. He raised it and jumped down, landing on the sandy ground beneath. Horatio pulled Alexx form the window and they rushed downstairs. Mars walked up to Antevorte, the white bandages he wore whipping around in the air. He stopped before her. She smiled and bowed.

"My lord, Mars."

"Why are you here?"

"To give you some advice, and tell you of the things I've seen." She said, her long white hair grazing the sand as she raised from the bow. She looked past him at the approaching humans. "Who are they?"

"They're just humans. Lima brought me to the man. The woman is a friend of his."

Antevorte looked back to Mars. "Jupiter has dicovered your survival. News of his attempt to assassinate you has spread thorugh the gods. They are taking sides. Some with him, some with you. There will be war."

"Who is siding with me?" Mars demanded.

"Some I have not yet been able to foresee, but I do know Neptune is on his way."

"Neptune?" Alexx asked.

"He is the god of the sea. Jupiter's brother." Mars said hurridly with a wave of his hand. "Learn these things, I do not want to have to keep tellling you. It wastes time."

Alexx frowned at him, but he didn't see it. "Who else?"

"Minerva has made her siding with you known, as has Vesta and Vulcan. Expect visits from them. Jupiter has not found your location, so you are still safe."

"It has only been a day," Mars said to himself, turning from her. "News is traveling very fast." He wlaked off, thinking to himself.

Antevorte looked at Horatio. "Watch him. He is prone to stupid, youthful thoughts. Don't let him bully you. Allow him to blend in. When the war is over, he will leave."

"Why him?" Horatio asked. "Why are they trying to kill him, he seems like he's just a kid, even in your world."

"Mars is second only to Jupiter. Mars is a prodigy, a threat. He has the potential to be the new god of all things. Jupiter knows this. That is why he has ordered Mars' head be brought to him."

Antevorte bowed agin before another question could be asked and vanished. Mars came walking back up to them.

"Oh, she is gone. Oh well." He looked to them. "Ryan."

"Who?" Alexx asked.

"Me. My human alias will be Ryan."

"And your last name?"

Mars thought. A bark brought his attention to the white dog, who was sitting on the patio, watching him. "Wolf. Ryan Wolf."

~I know, I know. It's spelled 'Wolfe'. It will come later. You'll see. Deal with this for now.~