Make Love, Not War
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Adult ++
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16
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9
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10
Part 10
“Stay here Jox.” Ares commanded as he looked at his deathly pale love lying on the bed.
Phobos nodded saying, “Don’t even think about moving!”
“I won’t! I’m not going to hurt Aurora.” Joxer said seriously before lying back down on the bed.
“They don’t mean to shout but we’re worried about you, Joxie.” Aphrodite whispered not wanting her grandson to get upset over the way the others were treating him.
Joxer smiled softly, “I understand. Now go and do whatever it is you’re planning. I’ll shout if I need you. Please, I can’t stand having people crowding me.”
There were flashes of light as Hades, Ares, and Aphrodite left the temple in a panic desperate to find some way of saving Joxer. They were not going to let someone they loved die if they could prevent it. All they had to do was find a way of giving Joxer power that wasn’t tainted by Olympians, how hard could that be?
Phobos and Cupid disappeared into one of the many librarinteintent on going over all the scrolls to find some way to save bother Joxer and the child who would save them all.
“I hope you don’t mind if I stay with you.” Hecate said as she walked into the room having been instructed to keep an eye on Joxer by Hades. As she was a member of the House of Death, she had no choice but to follow the requests made by the head of the House in this case Hades.
Joxer grinned at the dark haired goddess, “Its okay. So do you like your godhood?”
“I find it very satisfying, yes. I couldn’t imagine having another godhood after so long.”
“I guess once you’ve fallen into a routine it’s diffi to to break.” Joxer said in understanding before falling into a sudden sleep.
*******
“I’ll see if Gaia can think of anything.” Hades voice echoed in their minds as he redirected his energy. He knew if anyone could help it would be Grandmother. He prayed she would help by telling them directly iad oad of using the riddles she was so fond of.
The god of the dead appeared in the Earth Mother’s garden, she looked up in greeting clearly having expected him to appear. Before he could speak, she gestured for him to sit down and continued tending her garden.
“I know why you are here. I cannot help him but there is one who would be very willing to help. You need to talk to one in your domain who is alive.”
Hades said seriously, “There’s no on myn my domain who is alive.”
Rolling her eyes Gaia said quickly, “Yes there is Grandson. What about Rhea?”
“She wouldn’t help, she hates the Olympians.”
Gaia gave a long-suffering sigh saying, “You don’t know until you ask. Go talk to her, Hades.”
Hades simply nodded as he flashed out wondering just why the Titan would help him, the Olympians and Titans had never liked each other, and it wasn’t like Joxer had any links with the Titans.
*******
Ares had decided there was only one course of action, he had to see if his annoying daughter would help. Maybe she would have some ideas, as much as he hated admitting it Xena had a knack for solving apparently impossible problems.
Appearing in front of his daughter, Ares said seriously, “Xena, I need your help. Can you ask around for any power sources used by Titians? We need to find a power source untainted by Olympians or Joxer will die.”
“Of course I’ll help him.” Xena said shocked at the very thought that she would refuse.
“Thank you. I’ll be with him, just call if you make any progress. Don’t tell *anyone* about this not even Gabrielle.”
“Okay.” Xena agreed seeing if she refused it would just make the war god angry. She smiled as her father disappeared with a confused look on his face.
Xena continued her task of sharpening her sword looking up quickly on hearing her lover approaching. Gabrielle had been distant lately but the warrior princess assumed it was because of Joxer’s problems. Maybe the bard was too worried about Joxer to see the wall between them.
Gabrielle asked, “You think Joxer’s okay up there?”
“Yes. He has a whole family of people who like him and look after him. He’llfinefine.”
Ignoring Xena’s patronising tone Gabrielle said hesitantly, “Do you think I could go and see him? I need to let him know that I didn’t mean any of the nasty things I’ve ever said about him. I was just worried that he was going to get himself killed.”
“We’ll have to ask one of the gods, Joxer’s probably still trying to come to terms with his new life.”
The Amazon carefully schooled her expression into one of tearful resignation and simply looked at Xena. The warrior princess knew there was no way she could say no now, she could never refuse Gabrielle when the bard gave her that look. She mused silently that perhaps it would be good for Joxer to have one of his old friends up there with him and it would keep Gabrielle safe while she was busy trying to save their friend.
“I’ll ask Cupid later, he’s more likely to answer than any of the others.”
The bard simply nodded mentally going over her plans. Once she was in Olympus it would be easy to kill Joxer and blame it on someone else…maybe Athena. She had never liked Ares or Phobos so it would be a prefect motive plus Athena had been unpleasant to her daring to say the bard had no skill in writing and the intelligence of a bug.
*******
Meanwhile Hades was walking dmineminedly through his domain intent on seeing perhaps the one person that could help his grandson, Rhea. The Titian was still alive, she had in fact gone into voluntary exile with her husband rather than stay on Olympus. If the woman would transfer her power and life force to Joxer then there was a good chance the new god would survive.
Walking outside her home just as Hades was approaching Rhea gave an impatient smile, “Hades, I have been expecting you for quite some time. Now which one do I have to save?”
“My grandson Joxer, God of Absent Lovers. His parents are Strife and Cupid. Joxer’s pregnant but he does not have the power he needs meaning both he and his child will die. Gaia suggested that you might be willing to help.”
“Indeed I might. What sort of god is he?” The Titan goddess asked.
Hades said honestly, “Compassionate, caring. He sacrificed the only chance he had to be with his true love for the good of us gods. He gave up his chance of happiness when he agreed to marry someone the Fates had chosen for him.”
“He sounds like a good man. Well then, I will help this young man. I’m happy here in the underworld.”
“Thank you, Mother.” Hades said respectfully, bowing slightly.
Rhea smirked, “There is no need to thank me. If the grandson of yours is the man, you believe then that is good enough for me. Now go and get your Grandson, once he is here I will allow you to transfer my power and life to him.”
Hades nodded and left in a flash of showy black sparks. He didn’t bother to talk to anyone, he simply carefully lifted Joxer from the bed before transporting them to his domain. He couldn’t give Rhea time to change her mind.
The titian smiled at the young ex-mortal her son brought to her, moving carefully she allowed her powers to seek out the mind of young Joxer. Once she was satisfied her gift would be used wisely she nodded, placing a hand on the unconscious god’s head the titan let go of all her power and energy. Only with her complete and utter surrender to death could Joxer receive what he so desperately needed to live.
“Thank you Mother.” Hades said solemnly as he helped the woman up from the floor.
“It was my pleasure, I guess I now fit in your domain now. You take him back to rest, he needs to get used to this.”
Hades nodded and carried his grandson back to Olympus, placing the god on the bed the God of the Dead smiled at the way Joxer snuggled into the covers. With a murmured reassurance, Hades disappeared from the room knowing he had to return to his job. Luckily no one had realised he was missing, Hecate had cast an illusion of Joxer sleeping in the room so that his grandson’s protectors wouldn’t panic.
*******
Hours later Gabrielle and Xena were transported to Olympus by Cupid who realised his son needed his friends around to help him get accustomed to everything. He grinned when Gabrielle immediately started telling Joxer just what had happened in their travels since they had last seen the former mortal. It seemed that the bard truly cared for his son despite all the appearances to the contrary.
“Sis, dad wants to talk to you. Can you come with me?” Cupid said seriously just loud enough for the demigod to hear him.
Xena nodded before bending down to whisper into her friend’s ear, “I’ll see you later Joxer.”
Cupid placed one hand on his sister’s arm before transporting them out of the room hoping whatever his father wanted wouldn’t cause any more problems for Joxer, he didn’t think his son could handle any more upheaval.
Gabrielle grinned to herself as she took a dagger from her boots, picking up a nearby pillow she placed it over the sleeping god’s mouth to stop Joxer from alerting anyone as to what she was doing. When he started to struggle Gabrielle lifted the knife and in one smooth move thrust it into Joxer’s heart. Using all her strength the Amazon twisted the knife, which made a sickening sucking sound.
With a satisfied smile, Gabrielle left the room, heading to the other side of the god’s home. No one would suspect her if she had been busy in the other side of the temple. As she walked the bard sent a quick message to Zeus, telling her lover she had completed her task.
Zeus stopped in the middle of his latest seduction to allow a satisfied smirk to come to his face. Now his reign was red,red, no one was allowed to steal his position. He was ruler of Olympus and would be until the end of time.
End Part 10
“Stay here Jox.” Ares commanded as he looked at his deathly pale love lying on the bed.
Phobos nodded saying, “Don’t even think about moving!”
“I won’t! I’m not going to hurt Aurora.” Joxer said seriously before lying back down on the bed.
“They don’t mean to shout but we’re worried about you, Joxie.” Aphrodite whispered not wanting her grandson to get upset over the way the others were treating him.
Joxer smiled softly, “I understand. Now go and do whatever it is you’re planning. I’ll shout if I need you. Please, I can’t stand having people crowding me.”
There were flashes of light as Hades, Ares, and Aphrodite left the temple in a panic desperate to find some way of saving Joxer. They were not going to let someone they loved die if they could prevent it. All they had to do was find a way of giving Joxer power that wasn’t tainted by Olympians, how hard could that be?
Phobos and Cupid disappeared into one of the many librarinteintent on going over all the scrolls to find some way to save bother Joxer and the child who would save them all.
“I hope you don’t mind if I stay with you.” Hecate said as she walked into the room having been instructed to keep an eye on Joxer by Hades. As she was a member of the House of Death, she had no choice but to follow the requests made by the head of the House in this case Hades.
Joxer grinned at the dark haired goddess, “Its okay. So do you like your godhood?”
“I find it very satisfying, yes. I couldn’t imagine having another godhood after so long.”
“I guess once you’ve fallen into a routine it’s diffi to to break.” Joxer said in understanding before falling into a sudden sleep.
*******
“I’ll see if Gaia can think of anything.” Hades voice echoed in their minds as he redirected his energy. He knew if anyone could help it would be Grandmother. He prayed she would help by telling them directly iad oad of using the riddles she was so fond of.
The god of the dead appeared in the Earth Mother’s garden, she looked up in greeting clearly having expected him to appear. Before he could speak, she gestured for him to sit down and continued tending her garden.
“I know why you are here. I cannot help him but there is one who would be very willing to help. You need to talk to one in your domain who is alive.”
Hades said seriously, “There’s no on myn my domain who is alive.”
Rolling her eyes Gaia said quickly, “Yes there is Grandson. What about Rhea?”
“She wouldn’t help, she hates the Olympians.”
Gaia gave a long-suffering sigh saying, “You don’t know until you ask. Go talk to her, Hades.”
Hades simply nodded as he flashed out wondering just why the Titan would help him, the Olympians and Titans had never liked each other, and it wasn’t like Joxer had any links with the Titans.
*******
Ares had decided there was only one course of action, he had to see if his annoying daughter would help. Maybe she would have some ideas, as much as he hated admitting it Xena had a knack for solving apparently impossible problems.
Appearing in front of his daughter, Ares said seriously, “Xena, I need your help. Can you ask around for any power sources used by Titians? We need to find a power source untainted by Olympians or Joxer will die.”
“Of course I’ll help him.” Xena said shocked at the very thought that she would refuse.
“Thank you. I’ll be with him, just call if you make any progress. Don’t tell *anyone* about this not even Gabrielle.”
“Okay.” Xena agreed seeing if she refused it would just make the war god angry. She smiled as her father disappeared with a confused look on his face.
Xena continued her task of sharpening her sword looking up quickly on hearing her lover approaching. Gabrielle had been distant lately but the warrior princess assumed it was because of Joxer’s problems. Maybe the bard was too worried about Joxer to see the wall between them.
Gabrielle asked, “You think Joxer’s okay up there?”
“Yes. He has a whole family of people who like him and look after him. He’llfinefine.”
Ignoring Xena’s patronising tone Gabrielle said hesitantly, “Do you think I could go and see him? I need to let him know that I didn’t mean any of the nasty things I’ve ever said about him. I was just worried that he was going to get himself killed.”
“We’ll have to ask one of the gods, Joxer’s probably still trying to come to terms with his new life.”
The Amazon carefully schooled her expression into one of tearful resignation and simply looked at Xena. The warrior princess knew there was no way she could say no now, she could never refuse Gabrielle when the bard gave her that look. She mused silently that perhaps it would be good for Joxer to have one of his old friends up there with him and it would keep Gabrielle safe while she was busy trying to save their friend.
“I’ll ask Cupid later, he’s more likely to answer than any of the others.”
The bard simply nodded mentally going over her plans. Once she was in Olympus it would be easy to kill Joxer and blame it on someone else…maybe Athena. She had never liked Ares or Phobos so it would be a prefect motive plus Athena had been unpleasant to her daring to say the bard had no skill in writing and the intelligence of a bug.
*******
Meanwhile Hades was walking dmineminedly through his domain intent on seeing perhaps the one person that could help his grandson, Rhea. The Titian was still alive, she had in fact gone into voluntary exile with her husband rather than stay on Olympus. If the woman would transfer her power and life force to Joxer then there was a good chance the new god would survive.
Walking outside her home just as Hades was approaching Rhea gave an impatient smile, “Hades, I have been expecting you for quite some time. Now which one do I have to save?”
“My grandson Joxer, God of Absent Lovers. His parents are Strife and Cupid. Joxer’s pregnant but he does not have the power he needs meaning both he and his child will die. Gaia suggested that you might be willing to help.”
“Indeed I might. What sort of god is he?” The Titan goddess asked.
Hades said honestly, “Compassionate, caring. He sacrificed the only chance he had to be with his true love for the good of us gods. He gave up his chance of happiness when he agreed to marry someone the Fates had chosen for him.”
“He sounds like a good man. Well then, I will help this young man. I’m happy here in the underworld.”
“Thank you, Mother.” Hades said respectfully, bowing slightly.
Rhea smirked, “There is no need to thank me. If the grandson of yours is the man, you believe then that is good enough for me. Now go and get your Grandson, once he is here I will allow you to transfer my power and life to him.”
Hades nodded and left in a flash of showy black sparks. He didn’t bother to talk to anyone, he simply carefully lifted Joxer from the bed before transporting them to his domain. He couldn’t give Rhea time to change her mind.
The titian smiled at the young ex-mortal her son brought to her, moving carefully she allowed her powers to seek out the mind of young Joxer. Once she was satisfied her gift would be used wisely she nodded, placing a hand on the unconscious god’s head the titan let go of all her power and energy. Only with her complete and utter surrender to death could Joxer receive what he so desperately needed to live.
“Thank you Mother.” Hades said solemnly as he helped the woman up from the floor.
“It was my pleasure, I guess I now fit in your domain now. You take him back to rest, he needs to get used to this.”
Hades nodded and carried his grandson back to Olympus, placing the god on the bed the God of the Dead smiled at the way Joxer snuggled into the covers. With a murmured reassurance, Hades disappeared from the room knowing he had to return to his job. Luckily no one had realised he was missing, Hecate had cast an illusion of Joxer sleeping in the room so that his grandson’s protectors wouldn’t panic.
*******
Hours later Gabrielle and Xena were transported to Olympus by Cupid who realised his son needed his friends around to help him get accustomed to everything. He grinned when Gabrielle immediately started telling Joxer just what had happened in their travels since they had last seen the former mortal. It seemed that the bard truly cared for his son despite all the appearances to the contrary.
“Sis, dad wants to talk to you. Can you come with me?” Cupid said seriously just loud enough for the demigod to hear him.
Xena nodded before bending down to whisper into her friend’s ear, “I’ll see you later Joxer.”
Cupid placed one hand on his sister’s arm before transporting them out of the room hoping whatever his father wanted wouldn’t cause any more problems for Joxer, he didn’t think his son could handle any more upheaval.
Gabrielle grinned to herself as she took a dagger from her boots, picking up a nearby pillow she placed it over the sleeping god’s mouth to stop Joxer from alerting anyone as to what she was doing. When he started to struggle Gabrielle lifted the knife and in one smooth move thrust it into Joxer’s heart. Using all her strength the Amazon twisted the knife, which made a sickening sucking sound.
With a satisfied smile, Gabrielle left the room, heading to the other side of the god’s home. No one would suspect her if she had been busy in the other side of the temple. As she walked the bard sent a quick message to Zeus, telling her lover she had completed her task.
Zeus stopped in the middle of his latest seduction to allow a satisfied smirk to come to his face. Now his reign was red,red, no one was allowed to steal his position. He was ruler of Olympus and would be until the end of time.
End Part 10