A NOT so Welcomed Guest

Chapter 4

The small boy skillfully guided them in the cart toward the outskirts of the sprawling city of Athens. Ephus could only stare at the ancient appearing buildings within the city. My god he thought, most of them appeared to be new looking. What in the hell was going on?

Reaching out he felt what he could from those that were nearby. Ephus mouth dropped open, from what he felt no one knew of nor had ever heard of many of the things that he considered everyday things.

A further search revealed that there were no cars, only carts, wagons and what?! Chariots!? Ok, now he was really confused. Shaking his head a thought accrued to him, they had traveled back in time? From all he saw it seemed to be the only thing that made sense.

Ephus looked up as they appeared to have reached the destination that the small boy had spoken of.

"I was told to bring you here, then I was to leave." The small boy said.

Ephus nodded as he reached into his pocket thinking of a coin like the one the boy already had. Smiling, he brought it out handing it to the boy. "You have done well." The boy's face lit up then he was gone in a flash.

Ephus looked at the two females that were with him, then nodded toward the building in front of them. He could feel godly power though, it felt more like his own. Nothing like the three sets of gods he'd already met.

The door to the building opened before them, then a man stepped out. Ephus, Freya and Göndul's mouths all dropped agape. The man that stood before them could have been Ephus's twin brother.

A smirk crossed the man's face as he like Ephus, looked Ephus up and down, then nodded his approval.

"Ah! Where are my manners, please come in we have much to speak of Ephus. Yes, I know who you are, I believe you also know of me, do you not?" The male said to Ephus.

Ephus shook his head almost in disbelief, "Epaphus, my ancestor."

"Thank the god's you are far smarter than I hoped you would be. I have a few things to discuss with you. I wasn't sure when you three would come, just that you and two others of power would appear." Looking at the females he nodded his head, "judging by the dress and the weapons, they are from the Asgard realm."

"I had thought that there was no contact between the realms 'til almost my time." Ephus said shocked.

"Oh, there is, though," here Epaphus touched Ephus head.

Ephus eyes went wide as he saw Epaphus in the three realms he'd visited. Then he saw India, America, China, Japan then a myriad of other countries gods and their realms.

Ephus's mouth dropped open, then he turned toward Epaphus. "You've been to them all?"

"I have not that much really, though you! Umph! You seemed to go about it the hard way. By the way, nice work with Ares he always was a pompous prick. For me, it was easy though I do seem to have a few more powers at the moment that you don't. Then again, this recharging power, I do not, nor as the three sets you have met said, have I ever heard of.""

So, why in the hell am I here besides to get Odin's Gungnir?" Ephus said.

Epaphus could only shake his head, Odin without Gungnir it was a wonder Asgard hadn't already fallen.

"Well," Epaphus said, "I have known for some time that you and they would be here. I knew that it would be before I left for Egypt. It seems a year or so after you acquired you power, you had a very strong desire. A desire so strong that it transversed time. I watched as time changed here, changed to how it should be not as it was."

"Wait you are telling me that my desire righted time?" An astounded Ephus said.

"Ummm, well, something along those lines. It was your desire to meet me, plus the fact that you are here now, that has corrected time. It appears that there is something I have to do for or to you before I can leave. I really wish to go; you know how the Egyptian goddesses are. Hmmm, six Egyptian, four Greek, already a possible one in the Norse and a human wife." Here Epaphus shook his head, "and they called me a busy boy."