Catch you on the flipside

Grumbling under her breath Sasha walked down the stairs, being a damn human was sure a lot of upkeep. Turning into the dining room she spotted Nikos and Sheridan sitting on the kitchen floor, cross legged. To the unknowing eye it appeard as though the two were in the mother of all staring contests, but Sasha knew pre-cognitive mind control training when she saw it.
Sighing she turned to see Kennedy walking down the stairs, tucking her shirt into her pants seemingly unaware of anyhtng around her. Sasha stepped to the side and let the slayer pass her.
“Kids go to the table. The floors dirty.” Kennedy said before opening the ice box and pulling out two large bundles wrapped in wax paper. Turning Sahsa could tell she was unaware that she was bieng watched.
Watchign as the two children blinked dizzily before moving into the living room Sahsa walked into the kitchen and watched in open curiosity as Kennedy began to cut off sections of the frozen meat.

“Do you want some help?” Sahsa asked softly. Kennedy tensed momentarily before stepping aside.
“Can you light the burner? The lighters on top of the cupboard.”
Nodding wordlessly Sasha reached for it when she felt eyes upon her. Turning she saw Kennedy staring at her with an expression just short of hostile. “What?” Sahsa asked….was there some new human rule shed broken? Gods no wonder humans were so damned bent on killing eachother if there were this many rules why not?
“Who are you Sahsa? I mean…look…if you were just some demon or whatever I could give a shit. But you’re my daughters other parent. Shes part of you…and shes…well shes powerful and shes not even six yet. I have no idea what to expect. But…by two she was changing colors like a damned mood ring…by four shes shooting fire out of her hands when shes mad…and to top it off…it gets damned cold when shes sad. So…as her mother I deserve to know what she is. Especially seeing how in a month you’re going to be gone again.”
Fingering the edge of the counter Sasha contemplated Kennedy’s words. She was right of course. There was the farce that she and Cupid had kept up for the better part of a millenium. That was what the Gods believed and what the Fates and she only knew. Sighing she turned back to the sink and flipped the handle. Letting the water run for a moment before reachign her decision.
“Alright. Ill tell you what you need to know. What pertains to Sheridan at least. “ At Kennedys nod she sighed heavily and began to try to remember what she went through as a child. It was so damn long ago…she remembered most of it. Everythign else however…was gone the moment she had drunk from the river of forgetfullness.
“Alright…im listening.”

“The world didn’t start in some Eden…there is a cycle with the universe. Each time civilization reaches a peak…order and balance must be returned so the Gods of the Gods…the forgotten ones come forth and strike the world…making it new. Before the last time this happened. Atlantis was the most powerful city on the world. Followed only by Chin. Demons and humans lived together in coexistence. It wasn’t really friendly…but it was tolerated. Well…when the pantheon of the Sumerian Gods fell, the Greeks moved in and took over. This wasn’t what was desired in the order of things…Atlantis was meant to be the next rulers of the mortal domain. Although you can’t just overthrow a whole clan of Gods and move in on there territory. So some…stealth was needed.” Sasha took breathe and looked over to her children.
“So instead of killing off the Atlantean Gods this would get the attention of the forgotten ones…the Olympians made a political marriage between the families. You see Atlantis was the last demon dominant civilization. My mother was a succubus….i think that’s what you call them now. She invaded the dreams of men and seduced them. Made there wildest dreams come true. But the thing bout her type…theyre sterile. Or should be. So when she married Ares…no one expected me. When they discovered she was pregnant…they tried to have me aborted. And it certainly didn’t help when in an act of stupidity the Fates declared I would bring forth the forgotten ones…well suddenly I had two separate Houses after me. And I wasn’t even born yet. So mother hid in the dream realm and when she was half way through the pregnancy she was discovered. So she ran…there is a demon known as the Broker…no one knows how he came into existence…hes just always…been there. Hes the one you go to for favors…only you have to pay the price. So she had the Broker take me from her and put me into Aphrodite when she was pregnant with Cupid. That way…no one would hunt me…because…they woudlnt be looking for a full blooded Greek Goddess. But…well having a blue skinned baby made it very obvious something was up…but no body could prove it…so I lived. I was cast out at birth…and because of what mother was…in the mortal world…whether or not I was mortal…my powers were a part of her…and made mortals desire me above all other things you see I had no other powers because they were bound and I was brought up to be a pleasure slave…the only good thing in my life was Cupid. We know the truth…that I am not her twin by blood but we were born together and have the bond. She hid me for as long as she could in the dream realm…but she was young…there wasn’t much she could do. So one day…they came for me. But I was stronger…then I met Artemis. She tricked me…I believed I loved her…and that she loved me. And the thing not many know about succubus demons…they cannot die unless they give up there lives freely…Artemis…made me believe that they were going to throw her into the abyss if she did nto reveal her lover…and I knew that would mean my death…but I dindt care. So I came forward and reavealed myself. Who I was…what I was. And I didn’t run…I stood and fought them…in the process I somehow sunk Atlantis and killed the entire Atlantean House and half the Greeks before I was killed fullfilling the prophecy…it brought forth the Forgotten Ones who set about restoring the balance and they demanded Artemis’s life…I don’t know why. So instead I took her sentence and was killed. Once I hit the Underworld…my powers became fully unbound and I survived. It only took me about…two thousand years to take over Hades domain…and since then I do answer to Zues and they tolerate my presence…but they cannot kill me…” Sasha didn’t dare look up at Kennedy. She didn’t tell her about the things she didn’t know…the centuries of blank slates that would reveal all to her.
“What…how can they unmake you then?”

“If I was to be unmade…I would have no physical form…I would see everything…hear everything but no one could see me…ever again. It is a fate worse than death.”
“I see…how does this affect Sheridan?”
“She is my child…my powers are unbound and have been for sometime. Nikos had been conceived before so he won’t ever be as powerful…least not from my blood. But Sheridan will likely have all that I do along with whatever you’re being a slayer gave her. Shes a God Kennedy.”
“….Oh…”
TBC
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