The Devil's Brother

Ch.14

God

"I can't believe you brought fucking Paimon here," I scoffed shaking my head.

I had dragged Thanatos into a more private wing of my mansion to 'talk'.

I have to give props to the guy though. He had balls bringing a chaos-baring Devil into Heaven without so much as a warning.

"We need to talk. Paimon is irrelevant right now." Thanatos nodded to the table off to the side.

"Fine," I sighed and followed him to the table.

Once seated he began,"We can't let Ivy marry Hades. She's too important."

I groaned and dropped my head into my hands. I knew this day would come eventually. Thanatos had been telling myself ,and all of Heaven really, that 'Ivy' would be our savior and make everything right again.

He did realize he was talking to God, right? I was the world's savior at one point. 

"Don't give me that crap, Santa. You know she is!" Thanatos shook his head.

"Santa?" was all I could think of. Was I really that heavy?

"God,Focus!" Thanatos snapped.

Ivy was the key. I knew that. Both Zeus's and Demeter's powers gave her an unsafe amount of strength. She had an upper hand on all kingdoms- including Heaven itself and Hell.

Hades knew just as much as we did. He'd lock her up and have Hypnos screw with her mind.  Take advantage of her and her powers. If this were to happen, We'd lose everything. 

Heaven would be in shambles. Innocent souls would be sent down to Hell, punished for no good reason. Although that is nothing compared to what would happen to the souls sent down to the Underworld. 

This has happened before and I vowed to do everything in my power to prevent it from happening again. If Ivy is the key to stopping that, so be it.

"What do I have to do?" I  sat up and met Thanatos' black holes.

"Find Zeus."

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Paimon

"How are you feeling?" Ivy felt my head with the back of her hand.

I took it in my own, bringing it to my lips.

"Im fine, Ivy. I promise." I reassured her and placed the kiss on her hand.

She nodded and I let go of her hand.

"Are you okay, though? This is all new and no doubt scary." I titled my head to get a full view of her radiant face.

"This isn't scary." She whispered.

"Speak up, love." I spoke softly.

Ivy's head shot up and tears spilled down her cheeks.

"This isn't scary you dickhead! What's scary is waking up to find you gone! Not a single trace anywhere!" She batted her small hands at my chest.

"Why would you leave  like that?" She sobbed.

I didn't know what to say or do. She was right. I shouldn't have left like that. I should have left a note or said goodbye.  

So i stood there and took it. Eventually she stopped and I embraced her small,fragile,shaking figure in my arms.

 Im sorry." I mumbled into her hair.

"You should be you asshole." Ivy said into my chest.

"Ivy?" I asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Yes, Pai?" She sniffled and looked up at me. A nickname. I loved it.

"I don't want you marrying Hades." I looked away, my masculinity fading. I resembled a 12 year old boy who was about to ask his crush to the classroom party.

Ivy reached up, sliding her cold hands into my mop of curly hair. 

"I don't want to either." She pushed herself onto her tip toes and our lips collided.

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Zeus

"Father?" I heard my son, Kratos, calling from the end of the hallway.

I loved all of my children, dearly. I truly did. But I swear if Kratos doesn't find a Goddess to marry soon, I'm going to dig a hole deep inside of Mount Olympus, bury myself inside, and rot there until the end of my days.

Im immortal, by the way.

"There you are! We have visitors." Kratos clapped his hands.

"Visitors?" I stood, confusion plastered on my face. 

No one dared to take the trickey, dangerous path up our Mountain.

"Who are they?" I asked, following my son into the corridor.

"One resembles the man from the tales told in Turkey. Th other looks like he's been starving himself for centuries." Kratos whispered.

Turkey tales? Santa?

Anorexic man?

"You baboon!" It clicked. God and Thanatos were here. Which meant something happened to Kore.

I smacked Kratos' head and raced downstairs.

I didn't stop until I was in front of God and The Grim Reaper.

"Is she alive?" I rushed out.

"Your baby girl, is alive and fully grown." God smiled proudly.

"Oh thank the Heaven's!" I couldn't help the dumb grin that spread across my face. 

I also couldn't help the hugs I was giving out to the men around me, even Kratos.

"Where is she?" I looked around.

"She's at my palace in Heaven. Ill take you to her after we talk." God's smile faded.

It was time.