Chapter 128 - Zeus (1/2)
Athena arriving back in a flash before her daughter and Io, gritted her teeth- ”I'm sorry, but my daughter comes first,” she said taking away Anna's statue to a safer location to hide and protect her.
The rumbling of thunder increased as a lightning storm emerged above Athens, and then the biggest bolt of lightning any of them has ever seen struck the center, right on top of Athena's temple.
Zeus who was up above felt a tingling sensation he hadn't felt for a very long time. It took him a little while to realize what it was after being distracted by the war between Athena's and Are's capitals.
He was feeling the tracking charm that he placed on a woman he kidnapped years ago, that had the bloodline he wanted in order to make strong demigods. He was aware that someone helped her escape him, but he wasn't overly concerned after getting what he wanted and placing a never-aging curse on her so she wouldn't die of old age.
Sensing his chance to retrieve her, he descended to the mortal plane, not at all surprised to find her within Athena's temple, she would be the one to have helped her escape.
The massive bolt that was Zeus's decent easily penetrated right through the temple straight into the burial underground, where Io was. Phasing right through the walls, making sure he didn't destroy anything along the way since this was a temple for his people in the end.
Aware of what that giant bolt meant, Thena quickly made herself scarce not wishing to be a target of interest.
With a crackling of lightning and burst of thunder, Zeus appeared before Io's statue.
A very tall 6'7”, imposing, and very muscular man with shoulder-length white curly hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He has brilliant electrically-blue eyes with a serious and proud, but very handsome face. Wearing his classic white toga dr.a.p.ed over the left shoulder and around his waist with a golden crown, wrist bracers. belt, and sandals.
Seeing Io turned statue put a frown on his face as he walked up to her with a sneer,- ”Look at where running away got you, how pathetic, you should have just stayed quietly where I put you, you should have been counting your luck that someone has magnificent as myself even graced you with my presence and this is how you repay me after all that I've done for you, the honor I bestowed upon you, allowed you to have, Tch, so ungrateful.”
He reaches out with his hand softly cupping her cheek,- ”I don't need you anymore, our child has grown up just fine.” he said clamping his hand down crushing it into pieces.
”Athena! I know your there, come out and explain yourself,” Zeus said thinking about how he saw Athena's rage-filled face before she descended, wondering if this was the reason.
Athena materialized, bowing- ”Father.”