Odin was dreaming, but it was all black, he could hear voices and he recognized one. It was an irritated voice but he knew that it was Raz, it sounded just like him.
“Grr … I’m tired of sitting here letting Odin do everything,” it was only a voice but it seemed to echo as if within a chamber, “he wasn’t even the first to emerge, so why does he get control?”
Another voice responded, “because if you were allowed to control we’d have been thrown in prison for murder.” The voice was smug and condescending as it spoke.
Raz growled back, “nobody asked for your opinion, if you were in control our face would’ve been smashed in when you emerged.”
The other voice chuckled, “hey, I’m just honest, you’re the one who give everyone death glares. I’m sure someone would shoot us because you looked at them wrong...”
Raz just growled louder, until another voice spoke up, “P-p-please S-s-stop...” The voice wasn’t very loud and was shaky.
Raz sighed, “I wish Odin would wake up already, something doesn’t feel right … weird things have been happening in the world ... all the natural disasters lately can only mean one thing...”
Raz’s voice cut out as Odin opened his eyes, he was still dreaming though. He was in a house, but it seemed much more advanced than Rheias’ home. He was in a bed, it was a lot softer than Rheias’ but he was cuddling with Lea, which felt weird for him to cuddle a human.
Lea looked down at Odin then kissed him on the forehead, “Well good morning Odin, sleep well?” Lea sat up and stretched, “well it’s already been a week and we’re already sharing a bed...”
Odin stretched as well, “don’t get ahead of yourself … you know I’m here because you offered, and I needed to get away from that asylum of a house...” Odin stood up, “...you’re gonna have to earn anything else...”
Lea got dressed and threw Odin his clothes, “let’s go for a walk... It’s relatively nice outside...”
Odin switched from shorts to jeans, and put on a goldenrod t-shirt, “Okay, as long as it doesn’t start hailing or raining fire...” Odin grabbed a card and a small device and stuck it in his pocket then walked outside into the bright sunlight. When his eyes adjusted he saw humans riding inside metal boxes that made a lot of noise.
“Oh come on, the world isn’t going to end because of a few natural disasters...” Lea tried to laugh it off, but he knew Odin was still worried about it.
“Lea, these aren’t just some Natural Disasters... it’s THE Natural Disasters ... Los Angeles is now underwater, Hawaii and Japan were wiped out by the resulting megatsunami … Yellowstone erupted, New York City is flooded...” Odin was about to continue when the device in his pocket vibrated and started making noise, he pulled it out touching the flashing lights before holding it to ear, “I’m fine Mother, I’m over at Lea’s. Please stop calling me, I’ll come home when I need to.” He lowered the device and hit a light before putting it away. “Gods, she’s annoying...” They started walking away from Lea’s house when the land started to shake throwing Odin to the ground, “Oh Fuck!”
Lea stumbled over to Odin, “you okay?” He toppled over as another shockwave ripped the earth apart around them.
“Now do you believe me that the world is going to Hell?” Odin ended up falling over a tear that shifted the ground. Odin looked up, he saw an Angel, but there was something wrong with his wings, they were black and distressed.
“Ah, silly Odin, Hell is coming to the world not the other way around...” He laughed as Odin leapt to his feet and away, “You have one of the Cards of Reason, correct?”
Odin was defensive, “I won’t let you get it Lucifer...” Lea jumped in front of Odin just in case Lucifer tried anything.
“Oh good, you’ve saved me the trouble of introductions, take this Inferno Card, you’ll need it to fight … Do me a favour and don’t die...” Lucifer laughed as he walked away from the two.
Odin was confused, “wait, don’t you want this card? If you’re here that means you want a fight...”
Lucifer spun around and looked at Odin, “oh, I already have a Card, but it’s useless for me … besides, I’m interested in what your Reason will do to this world … and I want to see Michael’s face when he loses...”
As Lucifer walked away everything started to get fuzzy until all was black again.
Odin yawned and snuck out of the bed without alerting Rheias, making his way to the bathroom. He drew up water for a bath and thought about the dream, he got in and cleaned himself, taking his time still thinking. “What is going on? Everyday just seems to get more and more complicated … where did I come from? Did I really used to be human?” Odin continued to soak and think; it was a good 10 minutes before he got out and toweled off, he walked back into the bedroom in only the towel.
Rheias tackled Odin, shaking and sobbing, “O-o-odin...” he held onto Odin trying to control his shaking as Odin carried him over to the bed.
Odin sat down with Rheias, holding him close, “Rheias, what’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare as well?” He laid down keeping Rheias against him.
Rheias tried to calm down, crawling on top of Odin, “i-i-it was horrible ... Y-y-you never a-ap-appeared in the Plains...” Rheias started shaking and sobbing again, pressing against Odin trying to stop the shaking.
Odin wrapped his tail around Rheias’ and held him tightly, licking and grooming Rheias’ face, comforting him the only way he knew how. “It’s okay Rheias, I’m here for you … I just felt like taking a bath, I wouldn’t have if I knew you were having a nightmare like that...” he continued to groom Rheias, “...I’m sorry, I’m going to stay here until you’re all better”
Rheias continued to sob, but nuzzled Odin before kissing him. Odin was shocked but he returned the kiss and Rheias started to calm down, still crying but he had stopped shaking and his sobs were getting more distantly spaced before stopping all together. “Thanks Odin … I … Love you … I wasn’t sure before but now I know I am...”
Odin kissed Rheias again, “I … L-l-l-l … damn it … why can’t I say it now? I said it yesterday...” Odin wanted to say it but failing to say it ruined his mood. “ I’m sorry Rheias … I don’t know why I can’t say it...”
Rheias kissed Odin immediately to shut him up, “it’s okay Odin, I know how you feel...” Rheias nuzzled Odin’s chest before starting to relax, “we’ll … Just … lay … here...” Rheias eventually drifted off to sleep again, and Odin held him close and slowly managed to fall asleep.
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