His Decision

In the beginning… ---Erebus POV--- All the gods are in creation mode making a world with different species to pray to them. I couldn’t stand the self-importance of it all but then that could be considered a lie as well, they were currently creating one species’ each in their own image to pray to them and to validate their own existence. I felt the pull of the idea it would be tantamount to extreme happiness to have something that I created roam the new world they plan on calling Earth, who pray to me and consider me their ultimate god and creator but I couldn’t make up my mind on anything I would like to create. Should it be a monster that terrorizes the rest of the gods’ creations, no Typhon already did that with his creation of dragons. Should it be an animal with extraordinary strength and speed, no Selene already did that with her creation of werewolves. Then there was Yahweh the supreme god who created humans, over running the new world since their creation. Every other god created their species based on the original created by Yahweh but I wanted something that exceeded everyone’s creation. The embodiment of my essence, the definition of my power. I having mulling over this since the whole idea of creating a species each was brought forward by Selene. The Moon Goddess Selene the most beautiful of all the female gods, I shook my head in frustration, Selene had already made it extremely clear she wanted nothing to do with me. Aphrodite also is of no help in this scenario she cannot make Selene love me even if she is the Goddess of Love and to make matters worse, she said that the only beings capable of surviving a night with me would be a being who drinks human blood. There was no such being in existence and that was the joke because she had laughed her head off while walking away from me. Thinking about this made my blood boil but then wasn’t that an idea, a being that drinks human blood, with supernatural speed, strength and immortality with my charm and beauty. Yes, I am starting to like this idea, love this idea actually but I still didn’t want to create anything. Creating the demons who served me in the underworld took a few years and I was inherently lazy. Thinking about it could have made my headache, if I could actually feel an ache and then it came to me, am going to do a Selene and take a human and just change him. A human with the power of Erebus who needs to human blood to survive. Now I have to find the perfect human. I took this task seriously I watched the humans every where in my watching pool. ----20 minutes later---- I am bored! I am bored! I am bored! These humans are positively boring. I mean they don’t do any thing that is remotely interesting completely helpless. No powers! No Strength! How are they still roaming this world? Now generally I am a very lazy sentient being and that is never going to change. “Oracle!” “Yes! My lord!” “Tell me which human did Selene choose for her wolf species. I can just look in his family for the one who would be my creation.” “My Lord! Goddess Selene would not appreciate that.” “Did I ask you for your thoughts on what I want to do. Find me the closest relative of the human Selene used, preferably the one closest to age of the newly created werewolf.” “Yes, My Lord!” she bowed herself out and left. All the gods were given one oracle to serve them as an all seeing being I just had to get the one that thought she could tell me what to do. I huffed in frustration. My plan to use a family member of Selene’s choice is a great idea. Selene definitely wouldn’t like it but I never played by the rules and I won’t start either. ----Three Suns Later--- Where is this oracle, she is taking her own sweet time to find what I want. How long does it take to find one pesky unimportant human? I was pacing the floor thin waiting for her. “ORACLE!” I was about to look for her in the watching pool when she appeared before me with an unconscious human hovering above her. “You took your time!” I spat vehemently at her. “My Lord! The werewolf was cloaked in magic making it hard to track him down. I needed to see him once to be able to see his family.” “Is this him?” “Yes, this is his twin brother My lord.” “A twin. Selene is sure not going to like this when we exhibit our creations. Ha Ha” I said while checking on the human. “That is an understatement, My Lord. The Goddess is going to be most seriously displeased.” “Phooey… What does it matter? She gave up the right to be of any importance in my existence by rejecting me.” “What is your plan with this human?” “I plan on upgrading this human into the most fearsome predator. A predator of man, I think I am doing a service to the world, because if I do not create him the humans will overrun the earth and there will be nothing left.” “B-But my lord, Yehwah is not going to like this.” “I am sure Yehwah will understand once he sees my plan. Stop questioning my idea and lay him on the table there.” I pointed to the far side of my personal chamber. Most of the other gods do not like my abode. It’s dark and dreary, Aphrodite said, but I liked the grey jagged stone chamber. It suited my personality with its dark and imposing decoration. There was nothing in the chamber but the table at the far side, my throne and the watching pool, but it was home. The Oracle placed the human on the table and left my chamber. I walked over to the man and woke him up with a snap of my fingers. “Where am I? W-who are you?” He stammered, backing away in fright. I rolled my eyes in exasperation, “I am the God of Darkness Erebus; and I want to make you an immortal with the strength and speed of the gods. You will always be young and will rule over your kind. Do you accept?” “How do I know this is not ploy to kill me?” “Child, if I wanted to kill you, then you would be dead by now. I do not chit chat with humans I intend on killing. So, we are wasting time and energy here, I have other things to do as well. Do you accept?” “What about my family? Who is as you describe? I will be all alone with this power.” “You can create how many more of your kind that you want. All you need to do is give them a small drink of your blood and they will turn.” The small unimportant human was actually thinking about my offer. What was there to think about? These humans were not only boring, they were also stupid. “OK, I accept!” “Very good my boy. Come here.” I cut my hand and let my blood; the blood of a god run into my chalice on the table. “Here drink this!” I offered the chalice to the human. He took it and hesitated for a few seconds before gulping the whole thing down all the while closing his eyes. A few seconds later, he buckled down in pain, heaving at the body altering drink of immortality. The pain must be blindly and will soon incapacitate him. I walked over to him and pulled his head back to look up at me, “I forgot to mention child this will be excruciatingly painful for a few hours but nothing worth having is easy to get don’t you think.”  He screamed with the impossible pain. If he is as strong as I am sure his genes will be then he will survive it. I walked over to my throne and sat down, after a millennium of having nothing to do this was entertaining. I should thank Selene for this idea and the entertainment it brought to my existence. ----Six Hours Later---- He finally stopped screaming and was, I think, unconscious. I listened and when I was sure the change had taken place. I walked over to him and woke him up again. He opened his eyes and slowly stood up, flexing his new body. The change in him was really better than I expected. His long hair flowed white up till his waist, with pale skin and blood red eyes. This was a work of art! I laughed at my own brilliance. “What is your name?” I asked him. “I am Athan Helsing.” “You will refer to me as my lord and Athan you are my first creation.” “My Lord, what am I?” He could feel my power, and instantly obeyed. His self-preservation has magnified too. “You are the first of your kind, the King of your kind. The supreme predator, with the speed and strength of the gods, the predator of man.” “What do you mean a predator of man, my lord?” he asked aghast. “You will have to drink the blood of man to survive and not be driven to madness.” “I cannot drink the blood of man. I would rather die. You have tricked me.” “Oh, boo hoo… and I suggest you start drinking because you cannot die and I will not tell you the few means you can die with. If you do not drink you will descend into madness and kill more humans than necessary.” “Oh my god… What have I done?” He held on to his hair and wailed in what I could only assume is despair. He clutched his throat, “I am thirsty.” “Well, you better get going then, you need to feed.” He hesitated for a moment “You said I am the king of my kind, is that right?” “Yes, you are. If you decide to create companions you will be their superior in everything as you have my blood in you and they will have only yours.” “But if they are all going to be as strong as me or even just a little less strong, how do I control them?” “Ahhh… you are not that stupid after all. Let me think… Yes, U got it! You can have my throne; I will let it give you the power to control and read the minds of all… what shall I call you? Hmmm… Vampire, the blood drinker. I introduce Athan Helsing the First Vampire and the King of all Vampires” He hesitated but bowed in acceptance all the same. “Sit on the throne” “Yes, my lord” He slowly walked over to it and sat down, concentrating I threw my power at it. There was a burst of red light and moments there sat The King of the Vampires on a throne made of red stone, the blood stone. The Blood Throne which will forever be his families’ birth right.