“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter VII (Pt 2)”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

ZEUS (cont.)

Athena’s eyes are filled with sympathy as she nods. “I’m sorry,” she murmurs, resting a hand on my shoulder.

I let out a long sigh and pull out a chair. As I sit down, I say, “If you knew that I was listening, why did you fight so hard to keep Medusa’s death a secret?”

“I was trying to not rat you out to Chiron. I’ve held the position that Medusa’s death should be kept a secret from you for years. What would he have thought if I suddenly changed my mind?”

“Maybe you changed your mind because of what you saw in my vision? Maybe it would’ve made sense for me to know?”

“But that’s the thing; it wouldn’t have made a difference. It doesn’t matter that Medusa is dead now because you already had your vision.”

“But maybe my vision would’ve been different if I’d known that Medusa was dead. Maybe I would’ve seen something different.”

She chuckles. “I may not have Apollo’s expertise of visions, but even I know that it wouldn’t have made a difference. Visions are never influenced by your conscious or subconscious thoughts. Visions just… are.”

“So what, they’re given to us by some higher power? And here I thought that we were that higher power.”

Athena shakes her head. “Oh, the mighty Lord Zeus and his mighty ego. Yes, we may be gods, but that doesn’t mean that we’re all-powerful. We can still be killed, remember?”

“Well, yeah, but it’s nearly impossible to kill us.”

“‘Nearly impossible’ being the key words,” she says. She pulls out a chair and sits so that she’s facing me. “Listen, I know that you heard our whole meeting, so I won’t repeat myself. All I can say is that something big is coming. We both know that. So the only thing we can do now is prepare. We’re one step ahead, because we know what’s coming. So let’s prepare as best we can and try to keep ahead of whatever’s coming, okay?”

I sigh. “It just all feels so pointless. My vision foretold of certain doom. So why bother preparing if we’re all just going to die anyway?”

Final Comments: Honestly, I’m not completely sure what I was rambling on about in this one… Hopefully it made a bit of sense?

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