A dark place somewhere in the human realm

Several figures were huddled together as they were told about the change in plans; it wasn’t going to be easy to get Ares or Marcus to help them. This all because he had found his mate, they couldn’t use that information any more to pressure him into helping them. And that seriously messed up their original plans. Their original plan was to catch Ares when he was banned from Mount Olympus once again, but something went wrong and they didn’t find him until several months later. Annoyed and angered, they arrived at the Café; but they all got their asses kicked by an annoyed Marcus. That cemented their desire to have Ares with them and crown him the new king. Not that this was mentioned to Lord Hermes though, if they did he wouldn’t tell them all kinds of information he did, information they needed to make this plan work.

“So what do you think Lord Hermes?” the owner of the voice still had to reveal him or herself to him. But Lord Hermes was genially impressed by their huge numbers. “I have to say I am impressed, I never thought that the numbers would be this big.” he said looking down the little balcony they were standing on overlooking the group of bodies being separated into several groups. The voice chuckled “Do our numbers impress you Lord Hermes? Our numbers are greater than the Gods, because these are all creatures who once believed in their Gods but they dismissed them or made them sacrifice something they were sworn to protect.” Exactly how I feel at the moment he mussed, but unlike these people or creatures the Gods couldn’t really kill him. He would most likely be banished before returning to Olympus, but these would die and actually stay dead, unless Lord Hades decides otherwise. And knowing the sick bastard, he would most likely give Hermes the task of looking after them or something equally disturbing. All the more reason to stay unnoticed and under the radar of his father and family, so they won’t find out about his involvement in this.

 Human realm: College

Landon was quite aware of the fact that several people were trying to discreetly follow him. He could figure out why in the world they would want to follow him; he did nothing that he thought was notice worthy, unless it was now that he officially dated Marcus. He sighed as the mere thought of him made his gut feel fluttery and his head feel light. A bark brought him back from where ever his thoughts were going as he looked around as he walked around campus to his next class, until he spotted a black blur speeding towards him, knocking him down. He laughed out loud as Tromos licked his face; his hands fisted themselves in his soft fur and gently tug him away so he could get up. Still snickering he patted Tromos on his head “Hello Tromos, what are you doing here?” To which Tromos just bark and wagged his massive tail. “Sorry about that Landon, I told him to wait but he had to see you.” Landon stilled in his movement as he was bending forward to pick up his discarded books, notepads and pens. Hearing that lilting voice sent a shiver through his body, he swallowed thickly “H-he-hello Marcus” he managed to stutter, no matter how many times they met, Landon was still in awe of the magnificent creature that was Marcus and that they were dating.

Marcus just smiled at him as he held out all the books, notepads and pens he had dropped. Still blushing lightly Landon accepted them “So why are you here Marcus?” he knew Tromos couldn’t be the only reason; Marcus was about the answer when Landon was pushed into Marcus, courtesy of Tromos. Marcus wrapped his well-defined arms around him and sighed “He has been like this since you left this morning. So I went for a walk with him in the park but he ended up here instead.” Landon could feel all the stares from everybody on campus but he couldn’t care or less, he was immersed in Marcus’ scent and heat. “I am now very tempted to skip my next class and go home with you guys. But this is my last class of the day and I have some questions so I need to go.” Marcus squeezed him a little before reluctantly letting him go “We’ll be in the park if you’re looking for us. Come Tromos!” And with one last look at him Marcus turned on his heel and walked off campus, Tromos barked once before running after his master. 

Still a bit dazed from being held by Marcus, Landon made his way to his last class of the day. He asked his questions and got satisfied answers back, so he knew he was on the right track for his project. “Are you okay Landon?” his teacher asked, making Landon look back at him as he was ready to leave class. “Yes sir, I’m okay Why do you ask?” The teacher looked at him “You’re looking quite dazed and a little out of it. So are you sure you are okay?” Smiling a little Landon assured the teacher that he was okay and made his way out of the building and was met with the sight of Marcus and Tromos waiting for him near the gate. Unknowing to Landon and Marcus Landon’s last teacher was part of the group that wanted to overthrow Zeus and crown Marcus the new king. He watched them leave, waited a several minutes to be sure that neither will be back and pulls out his phone and made a call. “Yes, Landon left with Marcus; both of them are surrounded by the mating glow. If you want do something about it, I suggest you do it now. Yes I understand…. NO I won’t…..Yes.” he sighed as he hangs up. “Please forgive me Landon, I hope you’ll understand.” he murmured as he turned away.

Mount Olympus

Lord Zeus was getting more and more annoyed with Lord Hermes. He had expected him to come running to him and tell him what was going on. But the fact that he didn’t after several months, just told Lord Zeus how serious and involved lord Hermes was with this situation. “He still hasn’t told you why he is involved?” Lady Hera asked as she walked over and started to rub her husband’s tense shoulders. Lord Zeus let out a groan of appreciation “No he still hasn’t, I guess he really isn’t going to say anything about it.” Smiling slightly at her husband’s concern for Lord Hermes “I guess he really feels strongly connected to this subject.” she said. Lord Zeus just waved his hands “He needs to know he can’t just go against us. When the right time comes he will be punished, I will not let him ruin Ares’ happiness.” Lady Hera smiled broadly “So you do care for Ares’ happiness.” Lord Zeus looked annoyed “It’s not that I am not happy for him, I just don’t want him to go back to being that unstable. It’s not good for the world if he does.” Saying nothing as she continued rubbing his shoulders Lady Hera was secretly pleased that her stubborn husband finally cut Ares some slack, he needed it with all those new emotions and feelings he was going to face. She knew Ares was going to face every hardship thrown his way by The Fates head on. That’s was just the way Ares was, unlike his siblings he tackled everything head on and didn’t shy away from a fight or conflict, she just hoped he would come out as the winner this time. She had an ominous feeling that if he didn’t the whole world as they knew it would be destroyed. 

To say Lord Hermes was shocked would be the understatement of the century; he was petrified. If Lord Zeus knew about his involvement who else did? It would only be a matter of time before the rest of the Gods knew. If they knew, he was sure his beautiful mate would know soon too. That is if she didn’t already, he couldn’t stand that thought, he couldn’t stand the thought of being the one giving her heartbreak was unfathomable. He had to set it right, had to make it right with her before anything else. With that thought stuck in his mind, he turned around and made his way to his own house on Olympus mind set on finding his mate and tell her the truth. As usual she was tending to the few flowers in their garden, looking as lovely as always. Swallowing hard Lord Hermes made his presence known and the happy smile faltered a little as his mate saw how serious he was.

Leaving her flowers be; she slowly made her way over to him. “Are you okay sweetheart? You don’t look to well.” Lord Hermes gritted his teeth, he was afraid with what he was going to tell her, he was going to break her fragile heart. “Come love, let’s go inside. I need to tell you something important.” Without another word they entered their cosy home and he gently sat her down on the couch and starts his tale, about how fed up he was with it all, how he got in touch with several others who thought the same way he did, and how they came up with the plan to overthrow Zeus and crown him the new king. After a deafening silence his beautiful but sad mate spoke “Oh honey, there is no need for all that now is there? I am sure if you talked to your father about it, you two could work it out.” she wrapped her tiny arms around him, hugging him close.

Sighing because he knew she was right he smuggled into her embrace, “I know I need to tell him, but I am not brave enough just yet.” he hid his face in her neck. Knowing hem as well as she did, she knew he would postpone telling his father if she didn’t force him. So she gently pushed him away from her and looked at him sternly “Now listen to me mister, you might be a mighty God and all but that doesn’t make it so that you can postpone this important talk with your father. The quicker you talk to him the better it is, for the both of you.” Rolling his shoulders, Lord Hermes kissed her gently on her forehead “I better get going then” he said as he stood up and flashed out of the house back to the throne room before he lost his guts.

As he expected he found Lord Zeus sitting on his throne looking down on the human realm, probably keeping an eye on Ares or the vampire who wanted Ares. Clearing his throat, Lord Hermes alerted Lord Zeus to his seemingly unwanted presence. That is if Lord Zeus’ expression was anything to go by; he had his eyes narrowed and dark clouds were swirling around the temple. Lord Hermes gave Lord Zeus a formal bow before straighten and speaking “Lord Zeus we need to talk.” Straightening in his seat Lord Zeus motioned for Lord Hermes to continue speaking, for once in his life Lord Zeus was giving Lord Hermes the unfaltering attention he craved for as he told his tale about the plan to overthrow him.  When Lord Hermes was finished talking Lord Zeus was silent for a while, “Are you sure you told me everything? I need to know everything, every single detail, no matter how irrelevant it may seem to you.” Lord Hermes fidgeted a little under Lord Zeus’ stern glare “Their numbers are large my Lord, they have all kinds of people and others who used to pray to the Gods. They fell out with the Gods and decided to overthrow you.”