ERICA
I went up to my mother and asked her to used her wind magic to lift dad up, and carry him into bathroom tub. I filled up a cup of water and placed it to my dad's nose and that is when I saw him finally being able to breathe. While I told my mother to hold the cup I plucked in the hole into the tub and turned on the faucet to fill the tub with water. It took a couple of minutes to fill the bathtub up but when he was fully submerged into the body of water he finally looked relaxed, and that's when I nod my head to my mom to remove the cup of water from dad's nose.
I stumbled backward until I hit the wall and glide against it that was when I finally felt like I could breathe. I unbutton the few first buttons of my uniform and rested. My mother was beside my dad.
"What's happening Erica?" my mother asked.
"Chione said dad was going through the claiming. She said Poseidon was going to claim as his host."
"He's old. Why now?"
"Don't tell her about the scroll," Chione said through my mind. "She may previously be from the Aztec Family but now she's a Lumia. I sense that she doesn't know anything about the scroll. The fewer people know the better it is for everyone."
'The fewer knows the better' what Chione states in true. If this news broke out more mafias will be after the scroll. It's because the scroll that had been activated that all gods are trying to find the host and Poseidon found dad as his host. All the gods are afraid of the relic of mother earth.
"I don't know, mom," I lied.
I went up to my mother and hugged my mother. "Dad, will be fine," I patted her. "You know, dad. He will come back to us. He always do."
My mother held tightly onto me and cried. She is so scared. I looked over to Fay and back to my mother and I held her silently. She was so afraid and so was I. I closed my eyes when I felt a tear dropped from my eyes.
Come back soon, dad.
LORENZO
The moment I stood up from the ground a wave dizziness swept over me and my hand fell onto the bed frame to support me before I could fall onto the floor. I held my other hand towards my eyes to rest them, but suddenly my legs turns jelly. My own two legs had lost its strength and they wobbled underneath me. I took a breath and I fell onto the floor.
My wife screamed at the sight of me. I held my throat unable to breathe. My vision was clouding my heart was accelerating.
Was I dying?
In a few moment my daughter and her fiancee came rushing in. If I was dying then I am at least happy that my daughter had found a good wife.
I smile and closed my eyes for my final moments. Until.... something decided to brush against my skin. It felt like I was plummeting. I opened my eyes and found that I was surrounded in white space. I thought it was heaven, but why was I falling from it. Perhaps, this is my punishment I am going down to hell.
I did not fight against it may the Lord of the Underworld take my soul to tartarus.
SPLASH!!!
Water? I looked around confused. What is going on? I tried to swam upward until something brush past me and huge. I steady myself. I wasn't afraid of water. I breathe in the water. I have always been able to breathe underwater unlike any other ordinary human being and mafias'.
In the midst of this I created a storm pulling in the bloody monster into this whirlpool. I wanted to kill it in plain sight, but a weird voice spoke to me through telepathy. "You want to figure out the problem come and ride the water horse."
I sighed and I ceased the storm. The water horse came up to me and swam deeper into the ocean. Then there some weird gate written in ancient language but I was able to read it.
Poseidon Lair, The God of the Sea.
This is just getting outrageous. My mind circled on one thing, but I shook my head. It is just impossible.
Through the gate we entered another place merfolk's and underwater monster swam around the area. When the water horse decided to swim upward I held onto it's crest tightly to be able to stay with the water horse. When my face reached sky and the warmth of the air. I felt refreshed and I use my powers to remove the water from my body returning it to the ocean. The water horse looked surprised, but I have always been able to do this.
I place my hand into the water horse head and apologise. "Sorry big guy."
The little monster shook it's head and swam away. I headed inside and an extremely young man was inside blonde, masculine, and even has the same color of my eyes. He was incredible sexy.
"Lorenzo Von Lumia," the young man spoke. "My name is Poseidon. I have summoned you to become my host." I scratched the back of my head and sighed. I thought it was impossible since I was old but with this everything makes sense. I am going to be claimed by one of the big three himself, Poseidon, The God of the Sea.
"Why now?" I asked. "I am old now, Poseidon. Mafia or not, I am still human."
"You are not the only being summoned around the world, Lorenzo. The relic of mother earth is awakening and the gods are restless to find their proper host to be able to enter their body. Every mafia in the world be it old or young are being summoned."
Relic of Mother Earth? It's still around after thousands of years. It is now awakening? Every mafia thought it was myth after searching for so long.
"Why are all of you hiding?" I asked.
He looks at me. "There are something more ancient than the gods themselves and with scroll being active. We gods are in more danger than before. They will kill every god in order to find the specific god to start up a specific ritual. No gods are safe and that is why we need to find a host. That's why I choose you, Lorenzo. You have the most affinities to water than most mafia."
"Who is they?"
"You are just like you daughter she too asked lots of questions when she met Chione. But honestly everything had been kept confidential. Not even my brother Zeus knows why they had to kill all of us. It was because of the scrolls then that we all had been forgotten by the humans. It is because of them that we had to hide. We don't even know what they are? So I am afraid that I can't answer any of those questions."
"I see."
"Let's meet again in the mundane world."
"But I-"
Before I could say anything he hopped into my body. "The big three don't need any permission from the host," he said.
~*~
I gasp and woke up from the bath tub. I was soaking wet. My wife quickly ran up to me and wrapped me in a tight embrace. I smile and hugged her back. I thought I was dying.
I have her a big fat kiss on her lips and at the end we separated our touch.
My daughter came in with her fiancee and I pulled them into a hug despite being wet. However, Fay was staring at me from the bottom to the top and blushed.
"If I wasn't a lesbian. I think I might fall in love with your dad, Erica."
Erica arched an eyebrow and covered Fay's eyes with her hand. "Dad, quit attracting my fiancee and get dressed up."
I chuckled. "Yes, boss," I winked at her before she rolled her eyes. I gathered all the water from my body into water into a ball and dropped it into the tub only then Erica brought down her hand. I smile and saw her fiancee looked at me shocked. She was still obviously not used to this.
I scratched my head and sighed. I needed to talk to my daughter and seriously. "Erica we need to talk."
She nods and the both of us headed out into her training room. It smells like her in this room. How many years had I not entered here?
"What's wrong dad?" she spoke when we sat down onto the floor.
"You know about the scroll, don't you?"
"Poseidon told you," she answered.
I nod. "All of us are in danger something is awakening even the gods don't know what they are. All they know is that they are finding a specific god to do a specific ritual."
"What do we do, dad?"
"We need to hide."
"But how when we don't even know what they are or what we are facing?"
I smile. "Then we have to go consult the oracle." She looks at me weird. "We are going to look for Apollo the god of music and light."