War & Love: Aphres

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    The god looked up, only then remembering that it was not the same Hecate who had been with them for all those years. She was now the God of the Dead, the new Hades. Ah yes, that was right... this Hecate had been but a mere human before all of this started. No wonder she was so wary around everyone. She didn't know who she had to obey and who she could ease up around.
    He nodded, sliding over so she could sit beside him, letting his powers do the majority of the work while he thought about how to start off this... intriguing tale.
    "Well, as I am sure you must have guessed by now, Ares and Aphrodite have... always been close. In fact, when they were humans, they were best friends. Aphrodite, however, was chosen to be, well, the new Goddess of Love. I suppose that would be... probably ten or twenty years ago. I have lost count. But they have been with us for a while. Ares was taken a year or two later to be the new God of War."
    His blue eyes shifted to the sleeping god, the pensive look on Ares' face giving way to something almost peaceful as he slept.
    "When he arrived, he hated everyone. Then again, all of the other gods also hated him. For some reason, it is a natural instinct to dislike Ares and Hades, no matter who they are. Ares... well, he didn't care. The only gods who would speak to him were Eros and Eris. Eros, being the younger brother of Aphrodite, and Eris, being the younger brother of Ares, seemed to be the only two who were not afraid of Ares. Aphrodite only began to speak to Ares again at your banquet, I believe. However, as the God of Muses and Prophecies, I can tell you now that Ares has not only been Aphrodite's best friend. I believe that--even though he will not admit it--he has always been in love with her. She is his muse, the one thing that keeps him going through this immortal hell each and every day. I am not surprised that he seems so bent on keeping her safe and keeping her from danger. He would rather die for her than live without her. No doubt his natural instinct to throw himself in front of her is from the years they spent as mortals, but... it is a dangerous instinct. He puts himself in the line of danger, and, ultimately, it may end up killing him." He glanced at Hecate, eyes worried, shoulders tense. "Yes, we can die. Not in the sense that mortals die, but... in a manner of speaking... we, too, can stop living in spite of our immortality."
    He looked down at Ares, grimacing. Yes, it would end up killing the God of War if he kept going on like this. He wouldn't be surprised.
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    Hecate listened carefully, attention rapt, and her expression barely changed. She wasn't surprised at this revelation in the slightest, after all that she'd seen of the two. "...all this time?" She murmured to Apollo. Ten or twenty years... Hecate couldn't imagine, though perhaps it was because she was thinking in mortal times. Shaking her head, the goddess continued. "...why does he not tell her? Did he not seek her out when he became a god?"


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    Ah, and there lay the problem of the century. At least, for these two it did.
    "Oh, he certainly did. But... Hephaestus was there first. Hephaestus was a young lord--a man of great wealth--whom Aphrodite's parents wished her to marry when they were mortal. He was the reason Ares and Aphrodite were separated in the first place. At first they started out as friends, but as they became gods... Hephaestus and Aphrodite became lovers. Oh, and how Hephaestus twisted it into Ares' heart. Each day Ares, when he was a mortal, would pray to see Aphrodite. At least once a day he would do this. Each time, Hephaestus answered, saying that Aphrodite did not wish to see Ares ever again. And yet Ares never gave up. And then he became a god, and he was able to search for her on his own. But... it was then he found that she and Hephaestus were a couple. So he recoiled into himself and became a recluse. He claimed only to ever love war and mayhem, nothing else."
    No, he would not tell her. He would not say it. He was... too prideful, for one. For another, he was much too aware of Aphrodite's own pride and her own wishes. He would not tell her how much he loved her... not when he knew that she loved Hephaestus.
    "For a man who wants nothing more than the same feelings repaid to him by the woman he has always loved... he is certainly too kind. He would never tell her. Not while she is still bound by the heart to Hephaestus. He has too much chivalry for that."
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    "...oh my..." Hecate murmured, her healing uninterrupted, but slowed. This sounded like a great tragedy, and while she wished them the best... Looking at Ares's ravaged body and Aphrodite's rotting corpse, it was hard to see any way around it. The one great hope they had was that Hephaestus was on the other side and for the two to reconcile their feelings. "...such love... Can Aphrodite not sense it?"


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    Oh, she most likely could. But she was rather naive and... sometimes just too dense. She would more than likely mistake it for someone else. A mortal or another goddess, perhaps. She may believe it to be Hecate, seeing as she was the first to be called in, not Apollo.
    "Being the Goddess of Love just... makes her all the more oblivious to his feelings, unfortunately. She may be able to sense it, sense his feelings, but she does not know who they are for. She... she is not nearly as clever as she believes herself to be. Though he may tell her, she will never believe him. Not without proof."
    Yes, their tale was a tragedy. The worst of all, for in his mind's eye he had seen more heartache later down the road. And this time, it was in the Underworld. After this war, when they were finally one, he had seen more bloodshed.
    Turning his head to look at Hecate, Apollo momentarily stopped his own healing, adjusting his hands until they covered two more gouges in the god's body. "Lady Hecate, you serve the new Lady Hades, yes? She served the last Lord Hades. Can you... tell me if there has been anything odd transpiring between the banquet and now in Lady Hades' mind? Something feels off at times, but I cannot put my finger on it."
    How would she respond? A newer god, of course, but... but he had to at least try his best to stop the torture he saw from happening. Of course he knew it was futile. But he still had to hope.
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    "Ah... Yes, Lord Apollo." Mystified, the goddess moved her own hands, blinking to the other God curiously. "I cannot say for certain, m'lord. But there is a... A sadness, in my Mistress's movements. And an anger. I did not see it before, when I had followed her as Lady Hecate. As Lady Hades, she... There is something wrong. But M'lady has not confided in me."


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    Anger? Yes, that sounded fitting of Hades. A Hades, at least, not just this one. It seemed a common trait among them. Perhaps it was because the first was tricked and the others were just... taken from normalcy to the depressing depths of the Underworld to serve the dead as their keepers.
    "I see... Thank you, Lady Hecate." He looked down at the wounds, both the ones sewn closed and the ones still getting there. "This will have to do for now. We can continue this tomorrow, but we both need some rest. We will have to wrap these ones for now," he said, standing and moving to grab the bandages he kept in stock, just in case of a situation like this.
    Ares was one of his top customers, after all. Sometimes he asked for help, other times he asked for a bandage or two. "There is a guest room down the hall if you would like to rest up for the night. I will wake you in the morning and we can get back to healing." He sat back down, pulling out the bandages and starting the so very mortal way of fixing wounds.
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    Hecate stood and curtsied. "And you, Lord Apollo? Surely you must rest as well." The God of the sun had not only his duties, but the war as well. Hecate was a neutral goddess.


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    "I will finish with these then be on my way to my own chambers. Don't worry, I will not stay up too long," he said, smiling as he went back to work with applying the bandages over Ares' wounds. The ones that were not fully healed, at least. "There, that was the last one."
    He stood, placing them back on the stand before leaving the room without so much as a backward glance at Ares and Aphrodite. Hopefully Aphrodite was on her way back from the land of the dead and Ares was getting at least some adequate amount of sleep.
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    Hecate only dipped her head, heading down the hall with weary feet. She would always been in service as long as they required her to be. She collapsed on the bed, and fell into dreams of mysticism and magic.


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    Everything still ached. His shoulders, his sides, his legs, his hands, his head... everything. He knew Apollo and Hecate were trying their best, but it just hurt. Even sleep hurt, just like what he was doing now. It hurt not to breathe while sleeping, because he couldn't feel anything--not even the healing--but it hurt to watch her die over and over and over again.
    And every time, when it's over, he finds himself sobbing back awake, or with tears in his eyes as he stares at the ceiling of the infirmary he and Aphrodite are in.
    But this time, he's just knocked out, locked in that loop watching her die again and again. And it hurts, because outside of his mind it hurts, too. Even when Apollo tells him to be still, it hurts.
    "...phro... dite..."
    "Be still, Ares. Your twitching is making it difficult to pinpoint the damaged area's starting location."
    He stilled at the sound of Apollo's voice, but he still cries as he sees her dying for him yet again.
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    Hecate says nothing, running her hands over his body, until a strangled cry of surprise brings her to turn. Eros is flapping his wings in a frenzy. "Shes- she moved! Her- I saw it! She's, she's-" Hecate is immediately over there, watching the barest breath of Aphrodite's leave her lips. "Lord Apollo, she awakens...!" Hecate takes a seat and gets to work to try and heal whatever is obstructing Aphrodite from breathing properly.


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    He turned, blue eyes on Aphrodite as he gently pulls his hands away from Ares and moves to her bedside. "Thank the gods," he sighed, sitting down and placing a hand at her lungs. "She will need something to eat. Eros, Eris, can you go find them something?" Ares may never have mentioned his hunger, but Apollo could see it some days. He had barely eaten anything since being brought back with Aphrodite.
    Ares fell into a coma-like sleep. He wasn't dead, not in a coma, but he was certainly sleeping hard. He must have been exhausted, because not even a poke from Eris woke him when it usually would have.
    Apollo, however, turned his attention to healing Aphrodite. "My lady, can you hear us? Can you speak?" He hoped her voice wasn't harmed, for that would be a completely different kind of healing.
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    Hecate's arms flew up to protect herself as Aphrodite coughed, a fountain of blood pouring down from her lips. It was long, several minutes, but finally, finally she drew breath. "Ap...Apollo..." She managed before succumbing into another fit. Hecate shushed her before she tried again. "We are here, M'lady. We're going to heal you, so please... Lay still."


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    This was more difficult than he had first thought. The damage was extensive. Not permanent, but still dangerous. It must have hurt her to remain like this for so long. He had to at least try to help her, no matter what.
    "Just relax and rest, Lady Aphrodite. You are in our care now, and you will be up and walking very soon. I promise, we will heal you."
    He just hoped she and Ares did not do anything reckless again. He couldn't continue bringing them back from the battlefield dead and injured just to wait for one to come back while healing the stubborn one who didn't want to be healed. It grew tedious and tiresome.
    "We're back!" Eris said, holding a tray of soup--two bowls--bread, and assorted fruits and vegetables. There were two cups of nectar as well, and a slice of ambrosia each. He hoped this was enough. "I'll set it here." He set it on the nightstand between the two beds, stepping away and glancing down at his brother. Ares was completely unconscious. He wondered how it was he hadn't woken up in pain yet. Seemed each time he was injured he managed to do that at least once.
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    Aphrodite would have whimpered, but even breathing hurt. Hecate went to amend that immediately, looking to the food and then down to Aphrodite. "We're gojgn to fix your breathing, M'lady... And then your eating. And then everything else. You will be better, I swear it."


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    It seemed a little silly to tell her all that, seeing as it would take some time, but Apollo wasn't about to say anything about that. It may take some time, but this was better than nothing. After all, helping these two was his job description. At least, it was for this war.
    Footsteps had him looking up in wonder, frowning at the sight of Poseidon as he walked through the doorway. "I see they are on the mend still." How very obvious. "And Aphrodite has finally awoken." Apollo nodded, looking back down as he worked on fixing her lungs. "Zeus... will not call Athena off. He says that it is her fight and that she will not back down even if her king commands it."
    Apollo nodded. He hadn't thought asking Zeus would be of much help, but ever a brother to the man, Poseidon had gone anyway to ask for the Trojan War to end.
    "Thank you for trying, Poseidon." The god dipped his head, turning only to stop and look over the God of War. "My lord?" Poseidon said nothing, not for a long time. Then, with a weary smile, he turned away and shook his head.
    "It's nothing. Just... thinking. I feel sorry for him, the God of War. Not because of this war, but because of something else." And then he was leaving just as quickly as he had arrived. Apollo looked back down at Aphrodite, once again focusing on healing her.
    Yes, he understood what Poseidon meant. It was... tragic. Both of them were tragic. Aphrodite and her beloved Ares. Or, perhaps it was the other way around, seeing as Aphrodite had no idea that Ares loved her.
    Yes... tragic, indeed.
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    Healing Aphrodite had consumed most of the day, and the majority of his energy. There was barely enough to scratch the surface of the wounds left on Hades, but Apollo still tried. He managed to seal a few of them closed, but other than that he could do nothing but wait until his strength replenished itself. He had sworn Aphrodite off healing anyone but herself--basically assigned to her bed--and he had told Hecate to rest, but that still left him stuck with an unconscious Ares and a recovering Aphrodite.
    This was more difficult than he thought, keeping them alive. It was the right thing, but it was definitely complicated. More so than any of them had previously believed, if he were being completely honest about it.
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    Aphrodite was able to breathe, now, and speak in short bursts. It hurt, but she could eat and drink too. Hecate had made her take some ambrosia and nectar, which helped numb her pain. But Aphrodite, unable to lift her head in her weakness, kept asking for Ares. She had seen everyone was alright except him, and no one would breathe a word of his state.


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