Blue Part 2 || Bucky Barnes

123. Eidolon Awaits

Only a couple hours later Axyl looks at Aura's sleeping figure on the strange woman's table. She was knocked out by whatever the old witch did to her.
"You better take her home, she's not going to remember anything when she wakes." The lady creeps by him.
"I'll remind her." Axyl nods with crossed arms not taking his eyes away from her.
"Oh but you mustn't." Axyl finally looks at the frail yet oddly nimble lady. "If you tell her this will all be for nothing, it will reverse."
The unalterable way about her makes Axyl's heart tense.
"Not for a year." She offers a rebuttal.
"A year, understood. Anything else I should know?" There's a seemingly permanent frown etched to his brow as he reaches for his friend. The woman simply shakes her head and with a tense jaw Axyl scoops Aura up taking her from the strange lady's house.

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Shy of a month later the gods and goddesses are gathered once more in The Great Hall all rather confused as to why they've been summoned.
"Welcome!" Zeus' voice is like a crack of thunder as it bounces off the carved walls. "Never in our history has there been a moment like this. A moment where a god or goddess' title does not fit... Our titles define us, they are the blood running through our veins. They are what we are to our very core... Aura!"
Snapping her head up she can feel everyone's eyes on her, whilst hers practically pop out of her head. What is happening?!
"Come forward." There seems to be a pull from his words that forces her to obey by presenting herself before him at the bottom of the steps. "My dear you are not the Goddess of Celibacy, it is as clear as day. You have a gift Aura. And I cannot let you continue to live your life without unleashing it. So you shall be known now and henceforth as Aura, Goddess of... Weaponry!" There's the familiar sudden flash and new runes are inscribed on her golden corset. Weaponry.
Everything that follows the new inscription is an utter blur. There's cheers, celebrations, congratulations and the festivities break loose, but Aura finds herself back in her workshop. She feels like she could run around her space cheering or go to the tallest point in the palace and scream from the rooftops. Finally free from the shackles of celibacy. Not that she wants to go out and shag every last person in the kingdom but she can be herself now. Weaponry has never looked or felt better.

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Over the next months Aura finds her place in the ranks, perfecting the detonators for the Guard. Finally feeling at home in her own skin. She produces pitch after pitch and the Guard is eating it up. Very soon her designs fill their arsenal, the detonators at top place. They're fool proof, absolutely perfect, obliterating their enemies one by one.
A complex comes with her newfound acceptance. While Ares still neglects to indulge her Aura finds praise in others. Her and Axyl still love their outings down to the kingdom, tearing up the town and wasting the night away. People who once avoided her pay her all their attention, and she loves it.

Axyl has kept his mouth shut about her procedure months prior as he was instructed, but he longs to tell her, counting down the days until the year is up. And while he's doing so, Aura does the same for a different reason. In less than two weeks is the day she'll finally get her SynPad fitted. She had invented it for the Guard and they've all been fitted with theirs and after months of begging Zeus, he finally allowed it. She'd made some special editions to her permanent device, ready to take on the responsibilities that come with her new title.

The day finally arrives and she's far too excited to be put under. In just a few short hours she'll have everything she needs right there on her wrist. Presenting the device to them Aura practically leaps onto the table, breathing in the ementhia. Zeus and Ares watch through the glass window, making sure the procedure goes exactly to plan.
"Go give the orders." Zeus instructs when she begins to come to and Ares nods leaving his side quickly.
Zeus is there when Aura's able to come back into herself. She'd hoped Axyl would be there too but he must be off somewhere else.
"How are you?" Zeus asks as she rubs her forehead.
Aura glances down at her wrist seeing the new addition to her body and a smile spreads across her face. "I'm great!" Somehow she feels powerful and it's exhilarating.