-Carter Kane-

The passage of time is completely lost when you are stuck in an air bubble in Earth's crust. The cave shook to wake me up again, tiredly taking in a weird serpent/human walking his many feet through the mud with incredible ease. "Ah, Polarus, my son." The voice rang with sure joy. "I present you a gift."

The mud bubbled before him before releasing something that appeared as a speck of dirt in the mud, hoarse coughing followed by gasps for air. "As the bane of Ares, I give you his host. As said before, everything that is Ares is yours. Do as you wish with him, just as Ares. I trust that you lure the ship to you and I will hand you Zeus' host as well."

This really was starting to give me a headache as Polarus pinched the speck of dirt out of the mud and observed it in his left hand. "He is so weak, why would Ares choose you?"

More savage coughing, and I noticed a hint of red on the speck in the giant's hand, my heart racing to the idea. "Don't underestimate, Polarus, he may be a fragile human, but he is too smart for his own good. That is why he is a gift to you; make sure he can't speak another word." Gaia instructed. "So, do we have a deal?"

Polarus peered up at me, making me panic as I took in the hungry look in his eyes. "Yes, I love starting wars."

"I know you do, that's why you are the perfect son to do the job." Gaia praised.

"It won't work!" I announced in a proud way, Horus would give me a pat on the back for acting so arrogant-like. "We've made a truce with them, you lose already."

"A truce is a weak form of diplomacy." Gaia informed. "You will need something stronger than that to ensure it stays permanent. And the Per Ankh is weak; all it takes is to behead it to strike panic."

Amos was still coughing, probably struggling to clear his lungs of the mud. "Who is Ares?" I finally asked. "And Zeus? Amos and I have nothing to do with them, I swear-"

"Oh really, I thought you would know by now." Gaia chuckled. "Your Gods are the originals, the Greeks built off of them and the Romans built off of the Greeks. You are Horus' host, who is Zeus and Jupiter as well."

"Ookay, but that doesn't mean that this Ares guy is going to care about what you do to us-" I started.

"You're right, Ares doesn't care." Gaia agreed. "But I don't want Ares; I want the troublemaking demigods and the magicians that joined recently. A war between all three to release Apophis, and a sacrifice to release me as well. And you will help us achieve it, little Pharaoh."