Son of the gods

It was a night like no other, the storm seemed like it would rage on forever, no storm has ever been seen like that in years and the winds were strong enough to lift a grown man clean off his feet. What seemed so chaotic to others was like a blessing to Maribeth who had just put to bed to a bouncing baby boy. She looked at him and her heart was filled with joy and love and it seemed like she was complete. Since he brought peace to her in a very chaotic night she called him Irenaeus which meant peace. She than wrapped a cloth around his arm which had his birth date and name on it and it symbolizes her love for him. Irenaeus grew up to be a strong lad but was still considered weak among the champions of the village, he worked with his mother for 24 years and sometimes he would wander off into the temple of Athena and admire some of her works. He has always been intrigued by the stories of their Kings especially the stories of Hercules and his triumph over the monsters of the outside, but he had no chance of seeing one because of the magic around Athens which prevented monsters from ever entering but that couldn't break irenaeus spirits because it was time for the game of Kings which was the only day the Kings of Greek would come to Athens to watch the match and choose their next soldiers. *Meanwhile in Olympus* "Wake up my king, today is the day" said Hera as she tried to wake up Zeus, the overall king of Greece." Can't I just sleep a few more minutes, I'm the king I deserve some sleep time" said Zeus as he laid in his bed, the Kings weren't actually Giants as movies depicted them to be but they were actually tall but not unrealistically but their power was un matchable by any mortal in the whole of Greece." It's not like anything new is gonna happen today, it's just going to be like any other day" said Zeus as he walked out of his room." Yes but your brothers are going to be there, Hades and pesidon" said Hera." Pesidon is a proud egomaniac and Hades is a dark overlord who both work against everything I built so why would I ever want to see them again" said Zeus." Because they are family" said Hera." Hercules was family and you never accepted him" said Zeus." He wasn't my family" said an annoyed Hera as she grabbed Zeus's robe and threw it at him." Now get dressed sire, we have a big day today" said Hera as she left Zeus's room. *Back to Athens* The trumpets blew loud and long and could be heard a mile away, the competitions we're about to begin, every young lad in the village mist participate, to some people it was a waste of time as few people ever get chosen by Zeus and why would they, no mere mortal could ever reach the level of a primordial being. Irenaeus ran through the village trying to get to Olympus where for the first time ever, the clouds of mist that covered the mountain cleared and a long stair case was seen leading into the temple of Zeus where Zeus lived, everyone in the village then embarjed on the journey upwards the stairs into the large temple that looked like a small village itself. As everyone walked upstairs they saw statues of the primordial Kings made out of gold and some of them depicted their adventures. Long garments could be seen on some of them telling the tale of some heroes. As everyone walked upwards they saw giant waves flowing by the side of the staircase and made it to the top before anyone did. It was pesidon, the king of the sea making his grand entrance into the temple of Zeus. By the time everyone got inside the clouds covered up again, legend says if a mortal walks into those clouds while they are covered up that would fall into the dark sea and be devoured by charybdis and Scylla. just Once everyone sat inside the temple Zeus rode a flying chariot down into the giand ring like space laft in the middle of everyone." Good morning my loyal subjects and welcome to the game of Kings" Zeus yelled with his deep voice and just then the whole crowd cheered for their king. Just then a wave washed down from the sky transporting someone, the wave wet everyone and splashed in the middle of the ring, just then a man figure stood in front of Zeus but Zeus didn't look scared but instead he looked annoyed." Good morning brother" said Zeus reluctantly." Is that any way to greet your favourite brother now Zeus" said pesidon." You slept with my daughters maiden and turned her into a beast then her slaughtering gave birth to two more abominations" said Zeus trying to scold pesidon." We Kings have always created abominations" said pesidon. Just then a dark cloud covered the sky and a figure came out of it floating down slowly, it was Hades the king of the underworld, Hades wasn't a man of many words." Well now that we are all here let the games begin" said Zeus as he signaled his men to blow the trumpets. The games had commenced and all the young boys and girls gathered in the ring to receive the blessings of the Kings, all except irenaeus who wandered through Olympus, he knew that all the Kings were outside and he was free to do as he pleased, he also knew he ran the risk of the wrath of Zeus if he was caught but he still wandered on. * Meanwhile, somewhere in Tartarus* A tall and slender Man walked on the hot floors of Tartarus carrying a staff, the man wore a robe stained with blood and had an angry look on his face, he walked all the way up a mountain to meet a tall muscular man holding a large rock, the rock was said to be as heavy as the earth itself." Hello old friend atlas, I'm here to free you from your eternal prison" said the man as he parted his hands and said a few words and the rock Brock and atlas was free from the eternal punishment in which Zeus had given him and Hercules had made him suffer again." Hello Prometheus, long time no see" said atlass as he cracked his neck in relief. Both Prometheus and atlas had a reason to kill Zeus, they were both punished for doing what that taught was right at the moment. The blood stains on Prometheus garments was because of the bird that always came to eat his liver every night but when Hercules freed him a few years ago he spent the rest of his life plotting on how to kill zeus, but he couldn't do it alone not even with the help of atlas, he needs the rest of the Titans especially cronus and kratos but his plan was to release someone more deadly than them, his plan was to release a pure monster. * Meanwhile in Athens* Maribeth sat in front row to see her son try to win this and actually work for the Kings like he dreamed. The roaring of the crowd did not distract her from looking for her son among the youths but he was nowhere to be found. Out of worry she set out to look for her son. In the castle irenaeus saw robes depicting all of the primordial Kings adventures. He saw how Zeus defeated Typhon, all Hercules adventures which intrigued him the most, but then he saw zeuses family tree and studied it closely as that intrigued him the most, he saw Hercules and noticed that it was ripped from there. He also noticed that he had seen that type of fabric before but he didn't know where, he then remembered the cloth his mother gave him as a child and brought it out of his pocket, he never went anywhere without it. He saw that they were made of the same fabric. Out of curiosity, he slowly placed his cloth under the fabric that ilustrated Zeus's family tree and it was a perfect match. He was totally confused with what just happened now and just then Maribeth ran in and saw him staring at the fabric " oh no" she said as she ran towards him." Irenaeus, what are you doing here" she asked him as she rushed to him "don't you know you'll get in....." Irenaeus didn't let her finish her sentence when he interrupted " mother, what does this mean. Who's my father" he asked. " Where is all this coming from" Maribeth asked her son." Every time I ask you that question you change the subject, why is that" irenaeus asked." Because your father should have never been your father" Maribeth answered." 25 years ago the hero Hercules was sent on his mission to capture sirberus, I was among the maidens in charge of seeing him his cater untill he left. He fell in love with me the moment he saw me and we spent the night together. He woke up the next morning and left to capture sirberus but Hera knew what transpired between us so she called for me and told me she would spare my life if I would kill my child because she didn't want the linage of Hercules to exist, she threatened to kill me and my child if I refused so I had to accept, she also said I should leave and run off to a far away land where Hercules will never see me again and so I ran off to Athens and decided not to kill my child, so I decided to have you knowing fully well that Hercules was half mortal and since I was mortal your mortality will stain your king like state but i didn't know for how long" Maribeth explained to her child. Irenaeus looked at the robe once more and tears rolled down his eyes, he then out of anger ran out of the castle heading for the Kings. Maribeth feared the worse, was he going to do something stupid, was he actually going to confront the primordial kings who could smite him at will, she hoped not. The Kings had given their signals to show their readiness, it was time for the battle Royale to commence when irenaeus ran out of the castle " wait, wait" shouted irenaeus as he ran towards the ring." What were you doing in the castle boy" said Zeus angrily." Exploring your highness" answered irenaeus with pride." You knew very well that the castle is off limits but you deliberately defied my orders, how dare you mortal, for that you will be..." Zeus did not finish his sentence when Hades interrupted him " let him be brother" the whole crowd was shocked, it's been years since Hades last said a full sentence " there is something about this boys pride that just seems so familiar". " Very well then, boy if you manage to win this tournament you will be granted the freedom to explain yourself, if not, you will be banished into the Badlands" said Zeus. Everyone began to murmur as he said this. "what is your name" Zeus said." Irenaeus, your majesty" irenaeus answered as he took his place in the ring to compete in the battle Royale, hopefully he would be able to win this and tell the Kings who his father was, or at least that was what he taught untill he saw the competition, almost everyone was twice his size but he was still willing to win this no matter the cost as he was just realizing that if he fails, he runs the risk of getting punished by Zeus, he believed Hercules's blood flowed in his veins so he had confidence in his success.