Chapter 4

(Dante's pov)

As I slowly walking away from the room, I heard a feral growl...a growl of a feral wolf...

I quickly turn around to see him...the son of Loki himself...Fenrir...seeing this beast in person was fucking horrific(then again seeing monsters in this kind of time line can be anything but horrific.). as I know for certain that thing is going to kill me. He lunges at me and pins me down the ground with ferocious strength. I did my best to push off me but this guy's strength is ridiculous. Just when I thought he was gonna maul my head off...

*BANG!* *BANG!*

Two bullets fired at Fenrir only to hear him grunt in slight pain...though it sounded like Fenrir was annoyed...really...annoyed.

"GET OFF HIM, FUCKER!" I heard Christo shout in anger.

This of course got Fenrir furious. He gets off me just to lunge at Christo as Christo tried defending himself by shooting at Fenrir only to run out of bullets(and Fenrir pretty much shrugged off most of the shots he took.). adrenaline was suddenly rushing through my body as I got off the ground, rushed at Fenrir and punched him straight in the head just as my arm glew bright resulting Fenrir being dazed. Christo quickly backs away as I took Fenrir down the ground and started pounding his face real hard. Now Fenrir is suppose to be someone who can take blows to the faces real well but I didn't think the powers I was given would do this amount of damage to him.

Anyway I punched him one last time in the face as he stumbles to the wall...of course...he ran away with his tail between his legs knowing he can't handle the power I wielded...though something tells me he will come back with more fury.

"Was that Fenrir!?" Christo shouted in astonishment.

"Yeah...that was. Something tells me that won't be the last we'll see him. Where's dad?" I asked him as I looked at my arm for a bit.

"Over here." I heard dad as he rushes towards Christo.

"How did you guys get out?" I asked.

"Aphrodite. She stole a key from one of the guards when they were sleeping. She pretty much left in a hurry. Said something and I quote "I hope Dante is alright." How does she know your name?" Dad suddenly asks me.

"We...uh...talked. let's talk about this later right now before we get caught in the middle of a fight between the gods."

So that's what we did...or so I thought. As we rushed to safety, I felt my right leg get caught in some webs...this was not good...not good at all...

"Shit!" I shouted in distress causing Christo and my dad look behind.

I look behind me and I see Arachne coming from the ceiling (I had no idea how I didn't see her there.) with bloodthirsty grin on her face. Dad and Christo did their best on trying to get the web off my leg but Arachne pulled me off the ground as I'm dangling upside down while she is pulling her web. I took out my Balisong to try it cut off me but I was already looking at her dead in the eye before I could even finish.

"Oh great...that's just what I need...a narcissistic spider who is prettier than the gods is ready to eat...what's the worse that could happen?" I said sarcastically.

That was pretty much a bad idea being a smart ass with her cause one of her children (those damn little spiders.) jumped on my leg crawled and was going under my pants. I immediately panicked those little buggers are man eating spiders and I didn't want them to eat me. I thought my life was gonna end when Athena's spear is thrown as it impales Arachne in the rib. She screams in agony as I cut the web off my leg while dad caught my fall. I quickly took the spider off my leg and just as the spider fell to the ground, Christo stomped it on the ground to death.

I got off dad as I see Athena looking rather beaten up...what happened to her? Arachne painfully removes the spear out of her rib and flees knowing she has no chance against Athena.

"Thanks..." I sighed with relief.

"I told you to stay in your room." She frowned at me.

"Well excuse me if Fenrir was going to maul my head off." I narrowed my eyes.

Athena sees my dad and Christo and looked like she was going to say something but winced in pain. Aphrodite shows up behind her and took Athena to her quarters.

2 hours later

I was with Aphrodite in her quarters along with my dad and Christo so she could explain everything on what's going on.

"So why did the gods attacked us? Was there a reason why they attacked or did they do it just for kicks?" Christo asked with worry.

Aphrodite didn't say a word but instead pointed at me...shit...

"Shit...I should've known that artifact was going to get me in trouble." I mumbled.

"Calm down, Dante. None of us knew that would give you powers or put us in another era. Besides not all gods are homicidal killers." Christo comforts me.

"Yeah but I am putting you guys in danger cause of me." I frowned.

"Hold a moment. Powers? What did he do?" Aphrodite asked with curiousity.

"He was glowing in rage as he grabbed Fenrir and started pummeling him. Ran away with his tail between his legs." Dad chuckled.

"Hmm...seems like the powers are starting to kick in sooner than I expected."

"Is there something we can do to help him?" Dad asks with worry.

"I'm afraid that's something some of the gods like myself can help him on." Aphrodite said as I sat down on the bed.

"I suppose we'll have to sit back do nothing and hope Dante for the best." Christo sighs.

"Uncle. You like looking at ancient things from this era. Why don't you and dad look around Greek for-"

"Whoooa there. Athena isn't going to let a couple of strangers wander Greek. She may be stern but she protects Greek and the mortals that live there. If you were going to go there, she would have to keep watch of you two so you didn't cause trouble. So I'm afraid you won't be going anywhere until she says so which unfortunately maybe not be possible from the wounds she has from her fight with Ares. " Aphrodite interrupts me.

Ares? The edgy god of war...? Great...

"And what about Dante?" Christo asks her.

"I'll be taking him somewhere to train. Help him discover his powers that can help him defend himself."

Christo was going to say something but dad started whispering something Christo's ear that made Christo smirk...

"Okay. We'll leave you two alone. We'll be at the guest room if anything happens." Christo chuckled as he and dad just left while I looked at them flabbergasted.

"Seems they are taking some sort of hint that we could be in sort of relationship." Aphrodite giggles.

"T-They are just acting stupid just to annoy me." I said blushed.

"Oh? And what's wrong with that?" She said as she got closed to me making me blush more.

I forget that she is the goddess of love and she will act like that most of the times.

"Just seemed rushed, y-you know?"

Christ I am sweating in here...

But knowing Aphrodite, she doesn't seem to care about my opinion but seems to want to take things slow. So this what happens...She puts her hand on my cheek and I swear...when I stare into her eyes...I feel...I feel like I was in a trance...as her face got close to mine...she kissed. This was so fucking sudden that I had no words. Now because of this...we ended up having platonic love for almost the whole night(I am not making this shit up. We ended up kissing the whole night leaving my shirtless so she would admire my sinewy body.). God it feels I'm in a James Bond movie...

*A/N: one last thing before I sign off. If you want to hook me up on Smite and have a PS4(forgot my old account from PC. Oh well at least I didn't spent money on it.), it's PhantomVulpe. Remember this name. Though I spend most of my time doing Co-op than competitive(I'm not entirely a competitive player.) in Arena. Haven't tried the other modes yet. This is the same profile name I have on my Paladin's account on the PS4 (again I do mostly co-op than competitive.) so hook me up there if you also play paladins. This is Yorkmanic88 signing off. Peace out.*