Chapter 6

“Nothing will happen to you, Ryan. I came here of my own will. I want to do this, yes Shiva was upset, he won’t do anything,” Kali said.

“Uh huh, why in the hell can’t I seem to believe that? What? Is he afraid of me now? Just because I have some power doesn’t mean I am a match for him. I know he is one of the two strongest gods,” I told her.

Kali just stood there completely naked, staring at me with her mouth open. The look of complete shock on her face would have been funny if the situation wasn’t so serious.

A moment later, I felt a huge amount of power as it appeared outside the tent. Shit I thought, as I backed away from the opening.

I shook my head, throwing my arms up in front of me. I expected to be blasted away again, like I had at the releasing of each of them.

It came as a huge surprise when not only did nothing happen, there was a great deal of shouting and cursing.

“What is this? There is no power that can deny me...”, came Shiva’s voice.

Kali moved naked to the opening, “as you can see, he is most definitely stronger than you thought. Here I thought I had a perfect idea, one that he wouldn’t refuse, though he did.”

“WHAT!? You dare to reject my wife! The most beautiful goddess in all the realms,” Shiva started, then was suddenly silent. Both in the tent felt a huge whoosh of power that appeared beside Shiva. “Who are you? How dare you interfere in a family situation.”

“Shut up!” A male voice sounded, then they heard Shiva struggling. Both looked out to see what appeared to be a human male. Thing was, this human had a hell of a lot of power, especially with Shiva frozen as he was. “Ah! So much better, now then.”

With that, the six-foot male walked right through the shield that I had erected. “OK, just who the hell are you and what do you want?” I said.

“Ah! That’s the point. My name is Ephus, I have been searching the world for any others like me. I am a Demi-god, though unlike any other. I came into my power a few decades ago. I also found out that I did indeed have a child before I attained this condition. I wasn’t sure if you’d be like me or not, obviously you are,” Ephus said.

“Your ... you’re my father? You son of a bitch!” I shouted, then started to blast away at Ephus.

Ephus just smirked, my blasts stopped several feet from his person. With a deep sigh, Ephus just rolled his eyes, crossed his arms and waited.

About half an hour later, I was panting and swaying on my feet. Ephus knew that sooner than later I would give out.

“There now, feel better?” Ephus asked.

“You ... you left my mother, she died alone when I was a baby. How in the hell can I feel better?!” I panted out.

“First off, I didn’t leave you and your mother. She was the one who did the leaving. I ... here let me show you,” Ephus said as he passed a hand before Ryan.

“No,” I said after it was through. “That was a lie!”

“Just why in the hell would I lie to you? I ... hold on a moment,” Ephus said as Shiva had broken loose and was pounding away at the shield. Ephus narrowed his eyes, then spoke. “I suggest if you don’t want a lot more trouble and pain than you had before? You stop now and wait there quietly.”

“What!? You hurt me, the strongest of all the gods? You have power, you aren’t that powerful,” Shiva said with a huge smirk.

Ephus shrugged then pointed at Shiva. At first, he started to laugh, then slightly gag, falling started to moan in pain. “Well, I warned you, I don’t have time to waste arguing. You are as stubborn as Zeus and Odin were, shit Odin was one of the worst.”

Shiva stopped struggling though was still moaning. Ephus waved a hand over Shiva, causing him to sigh and slightly relax. “You will suffer for that,” Shiva said through gritted teeth.

“Yeah, heard about the same from Ares, he is no longer of consequence. Well, not for a few thousand years anyway,” Ephus said. “Now, I am here to help you. I have a few years to kill. So, first,” Ephus said, extended his hands, then I started to scream. “Sorry, as I said, I don’t have a lot of time.”

“You son of a bitch!” I started to scream.

“Sorry you are the only pre-offspring I have found. You handling this, frees me up for later times, for another problem that will arise,” Ephus said.

“Ephus, might I ask you to free my husband? At the present moment, he is somewhat of an ass. I have been trying to clear his mind as the imprisonment has muddled all of our minds. Any help you may give to assist us, would be greatly appreciated,” Kali said.

Ephus stopped, surprised, “for you, my dear goddess, I will. You are truly a refreshing breath of fresh air among the many realms I have visited. That should help you, Ryan. I’ve given you a few years of experience. Especially, with those powers you will gain soon.”

They all turned to see Shiva standing breathing a lot easier, looking at the three of them curiously. “Ephus? Is that really you? Haven’t ever met you though I have heard of your great deeds.” Shiva stretched his arms and hands out, powering up.

“OK, got to run,” Ephus said, then blinked out.

Shiva, who had been leaning on the shield, suddenly fell unceremoniously forward on his face. This, of course, had Kali in a fit of laughing. “So, I think I should share your bed at least for a day,” she said. This was as soon as the fit was under control. The lust-filled look she gave Ryan could melt steel.

Shiva was about to open his mouth to comment, then snapped it closed. The amount of power that I was showing, let alone my parent made a huge difference.

I thought about it for a few minutes as Kali started to grow worried. Was I really that immune? This was soon answered as passionate, then lustful moans and groans started. Shiva had looked in then, pulled his head out quickly, though he didn’t mind, he still didn’t want to see.

Almost an hour later, a thoroughly satisfied Kali stumbled out of the tent. “Damn, husband, he’s almost as good as you are. I could stand that a few times a week if not a month.”

Kali started to giggle at the slightly confused look on Shiva’s face. Then more clarity hit his expression also.

Shiva looked a slightly disheveled Kali up and down, a look passing over his features that warmed Kali. Hmmm, she hadn’t seen that look in a very long time.

“Yes, that would be a good idea, once we have freed all, then that shouldn’t be a problem. Strange, while I was as weak as I was, nothing was out of balance. He is indeed very powerful,” a shocked Shiva said.

Kali’s eyes were wide for a moment, then she, too, nodded her assent. “I think we were indeed lucky. With you being his son,” she said to me, “things could have gone far worse.”

“I don’t know, as I don’t really know him at all. What little have I heard of him? He is fair though, he can be a pain in the ass also,” I said.

“A pain in the ass?” Kali asked.

“Yeah, you know, a real difficult person, god, demi-god, whatever he is,” I said.

“Well, I have noticed that all children feel that way about their parents. I haven’t heard of many that weren’t, though in your case you didn’t even know,” Shiva said. He then turned to Kali, “I do believe that he has healed almost all that I had been missing.”

Kali’s eyes were large for a moment, then, she nodded. She had also heard a lot about Ephus.

They both then turned toward me, “You think you’re up for working on Vishnu’s cell? I know it’s a lot of work, though now it shouldn’t be bad at all for you,” Kali said.

I thought about it for a few moments, then nodded. “Yeah, I think I should be able to finish up, barring anything else interfering.”

Shiva waved a hand then vanished, reappearing a minute later looking shocked at me. “Well, I guess you are too strong for me to bring you along. Here,” Shiva said, touching Ryan’s head, revealing the location. Ryan nodded as they both waved a hand, then winked out.

Kali sighed, just like always, the males were always in such a hurry. She suddenly felt more than a few very large powers, then just as quickly a number of goddesses appeared.

A female that appeared to be Egyptian stepped forward. “I bid thee well, goddess of the Indian realm. We are in pursuit of our husband, Ephus. I am the spokesperson and first wife of Ephus, I am Bast,” the female said. “Have you, by chance, seen him of late?”

Kali nodded, “he was here an hour or so ago. He was here to visit his as he called him, a pre-offspring? He also tried to help him somehow, though I’m not quite sure how.”

“Pre-offspring? So he had some, well, at least one after all.” Bast smirked, then shook her head, “after all this time and his mess-ups, you’d think he’d stop trying to do it this way. Well, no matter, we’ll return to straighten it out soon. Thank you, aren’t you Kali?” Kali just nodded, surprised that a goddess from the Egyptian realm knew of her. “Be well Kali,” Bast said, then they all vanished.

Kali shook her head, as powerful as he was, with that many wives? He was very busy indeed. A small smile lit up her features, he was indeed powerful with that many wives.

She nodded her head, then she, too, vanished. Kali appeared not far from where Ryan and Shiva were.

“I will do all that I can to protect you,” Shiva said. “I am hoping that your power, combined with mine, can shield you. You have to remember that this is Vishnu, he is as powerful as I am.”

I sighed, why in the hell was he thinking that this was going to hurt the most? He took a look at the mountain where he could barely feel Vishnu.

“Shit! This Vishnu you are talking about? He is definitely really deep in there. This is going to take quite a while to accomplish, I am afraid,” I told Shiva.

“Damnit! I was hoping that we could get him out a lot sooner. Not to rush you? We three are barely holding it all together,” Shiva revealed.

“I thought that you had a huge storehouse of power,” I said.

“I and the others usually do, though I at the moment am back to about sixty percent. This is barely letting me maintain this realm. We were isolated long enough that we are having trouble returning to full power,” Shiva explained.