I remember years ago
Someone told me I should take
Caution when it comes to love
I did
Deimos arrived late at night to his palace. His eyes were red from crying and his whole body was weak. He just hoped Phobos wasn’t awake.
“Sir… Do you need something?”
“Ehm! No… No. Just take care of the chariot” Deimos was going to get in the palace. “Is my brother awake?”
“No sir. He went to bed as he saw you didn’t arrive”
“He…He is in his room, sir. Do you want me to wake him up?
Deimos smiled weakly. “No… I… I will pay him a visit. If you need me, I’ll be in his room.
“Yes sir… Do you want some ambrosia? You look…”
“Tired sir… Tired and weak.”
Deimos smiled. “I’m… You’re right. Take some ambrosia to Gary’s room. I’ll go now.”
The man disappeared. Deimos went to his room and took a long shower. He closed his eyes trying to keep his tears away from appearing. He heard the door of his room opening. He grabbed his dagger. He always took showers with one to avoid attacks.
Deimos dropped the dagger and let his tears let down free. Gary entered with a glass of ambrosia. His pyjama had lost its original red color. Even though Deimos had bought Gary more, he always used the same. He said it was his favorite one.
“Father…Are you ok?” Why did you send me ambrosia? You know I do not take it. You said I couldn’t drink it.”
Deimos couldn’t speak. He got out of the shower, put some pants on and went out to look at Gary with a weak smile. “Gary, what are you doing here?”
“I…I was awake…I was worried for you. You have not been in the palace for weeks and you promised to read me a story.”
“I know. But can we leave the story for tomorrow? I had a bad day with my family ok? Just come to bed with me. I want to be close to you son.
“Dad… Are you sure you are ok?”
Deimos nodded and tried to hide the tears from Gary. “Just stay with me tonight please.”
“Of course dad. “Gary left the glass on the little night table and got into Deimos bed. Deimos, on the other hand, drank from the glass and went to look for a shirt. When he had a shirt on, he got into the bed and hugged Gary.
“I know dad. Dad… Mom was around”
Deimos opened one eye. He had closed his eyes to try and fall asleep. “Kitty? What did you do Gary? “
“You were missing. She was worried and… Well I looked for my real mother.”
Deimos sighed, eyes closed. A shiver passed through his backs. That week was a week of memories, too many memories were coming on his head and that days, all the lost he had, they would become memories too one day.
Kiss me hard before you go
Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That baby you’re the best
“You cannot get inside. They will kill you”
“Why did you tell them? I trusted you brother! He is MY SON Phobos and she is MY wife!” Deimos punched Phobos and got inside.
But Deimos was already running up the stairs. He was hopping from two to two, running as fast as he could. He stopped when he heard a scream, his wife scream
“No!” He ran and kicked the door down. Everything was covered in blood. His wife was on the floor dead and Aphrodite, his mother, was holding Ashton, his son, on her arms.
“Sorry Deimos. It is for the best. He will die if he is here. “
Aphrodite disappeared with his son. Deimos fell into his knees and hugged the dead body of his wife while he cried. “I’m so sorry”
Deimos stood up. He knew that he had to get away from there before the police arrived. He let a drachma on his wife hand and sighed. He poured alcohol over the body and around the house and light up a match watching the apartment burned down.
The story of my life I give her hope
I spend her love until she’s broke inside
Deimos arrived to France. He had driven away, he needed to get away from Olympus, and he needed to get away from his family. He parked and smiled. He knew where to go. He loved that placed. His sons had built it in his honor: the Moulin Rouge. He breathed in, the pleasure of the drink and the women were supposed to be on his mind but instead of that, his dead wife came into his mind. He stopped as he felt tears coming down from his eyes through his face.
“Why did Hades take you? Why did Ananke cut your threat?”
He closed his eyes when he heard a cry. His heart stopped. He had had sleepless nights due to that sound. He walked towards the dark alley where it came from. There, covered in clothes full of blood, a baby was crying. Deimos picked the baby up, it was a boy.
“Hey little… Where is your mother?”
He looked around. The alley was empty.
“I…Who should be this cruel?” The baby looked at Deimos with his eyes wide open and a smile.
“Look at you, a big smile. Look, we will make a deal ok? I go in, look for your mother and in the meanwhile you stay here without dying. “
He put a jacket over the floor and let the baby there. Then he covered it with the jacket sleeves and whistled. A big snake appeared with its mouth open moving to the baby.
“Bambi! No! It is no food.” Deimos slapped his snake on the head.” Do not let people near the baby. Keep him alive and if you do it, I will give you one of mom’s dove. A big one.”
Deimos waited to see what the snake did. When he saw that the snake lie next to the baby, Deimos entered the place.
Whatever it is, it feels like it’s laughing at me
Through the glass of a two-sided mirror
Whatever it is, it’s just laughing at me
And I just wanna scream
“I want to see the boss.”
Some girls had surrounded Deimos and were asking for him. Girls were used to the gods coming to the Moulin Rouge. Deimos was special, the Moulin Rouge was a present to him and the previous owners had been Deimos’ sons. That was why when Deimos got through the entrance door, the girls were next to him.
“Girls…Girls… As much as I need a talk and a drink, I need to talk to the boss.”
“Why sir? Have we done something bad?”
“Oh Satine! No! Not at all. But I need to know is there any girl that has gone missing and appeared like some days ago?”
“Well…There is Roxanne. She came two days ago after being away for a month and she looks pale and weak and lately she was getting really fat.”
“In her room. She almost passed out during her show”
Deimos kissed Satine and gave her a drachma. “Thank you babe.”
I’ve seen the world, lit it up as my stage now
Channeling angels in, the new age now
Hot summer days, rock and roll
Deimos opened the door. Roxanne was on the bed. She was pale lying on it. But even with her weakness she tried to look sexy when she saw that Deimos entered to visit her.
Deimos made a hand move that meant to be quiet.
“Not now Roxanne. I did not come for your company.”
Roxanne got on her four legs and moved towards the border of the bed. Her body was only covered with a transparent silk dress. She touched Deimos leg in a soft delicate touch. “What happened sir? Have I been a bad girl?”
Deimos grabbed Roxanne’s hair and pushed her head against the mattress.
“Do not play with me. Why Roxanne?”
Roxanne closed her eyes. Tears went down her face as she sobbed” He…He’s dead?”
“He told me… He was weak…He had to die. My boy was weak and had to die.”
“II won’t ask it again: who…Is…The…Father?”
“Phob…”Roxanne couldn’t talk. Tears were stopping her and her sobs were louder than before.
Deimos backed up as if he had got electro shocked. He knew his brother only had girls.
Roxanne nodded. Deimos punched her. He sat on the floor while Roxanne cried on the bed bleeding. He had to kill the boy. He was a danger, the son of his enemy, the son of the god that had driven to madness Kitten and his twins, the reason Kitten didn’t had any more kids. No, he would not kill the boy. He would raise him as his own, make him powerful and use him against his enemy, use him against Phobetor. But Roxanne…She could talk to Phobetor, she could tell someone. She had to die if that baby wanted to have a future. His spear appeared on his hand, he wasn’t thinking.
“Sir, no…No” She turned pale when she saw the metal blade and tried to run but it was too late. Deimos had already stabbed her. She fell on the bed, eyes wide open. Deimos closed them and cleaned the blade. It was done, it had to be done. He walked out of the room closing the door behind him.
Roxanne, you don’t have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don’t have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne, you don’t have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets for money
You don’t care if it’s wrong or if it’s right
Deimos drank from his whisky glass. He was sitting at the bar ignoring all the mortals and the dancers. It was his fourth glass, his first empty bottle.
“When will you call me father Gareth?”
The man shivered. “Can we talk…Father?”
Deimos looked at him, eyes red from crying. He was still deciding what to do with the baby and all the memories of the past hours came to him.
“I… I went to the alley and saw Bambi. What is Bambi doing with a baby?”
“Roxanne had a baby… With Phobetor”
The man sat down next to Deimos. He asked for a glass and another bottle of whisky and told the waitress to leave them alone.
“Phobetor as in the god?”The man pored whisky on his own glass and in Deimos’ glass.
“And Bambi is there… Why?”
“I am trying to decide what to do.”
The man touched Deimos’ hand. “They discovered it right?”
“She’s dead and he…Ashton…” Deimos drank again.
The man sighed. “Then it is not the best moment.”
“It is time for me to go with my siblings.”
Deimos dropped the glass. Time had stopped. He couldn’t hear the music from the girls’ shows; he couldn’t hear his own heart. One of his fears was coming to life and he wasn`t ready to fight it.
“Father… You saved me from getting killed in the Great Terror. I was a mortal and you…Took me to your palace. You gave me a life and made me the man I am. You gave me a family and let me live protecting this and your kids but it is time for me to go.”
“Gar…”The voice did not come out.” Is it because something I did?”
“No. It is not you. I just want…To finally rest. It has been too many years…”
Deimos looked at his son.”When…And how?”
“I…Poison maybe…And I wanted your approval.”
Deimos closed his eyes. “Let me do it.”
“Gareth…I have lost a son. If I am losing another, let me guide you to it.”He swallowed.
Garreth sighed and took his father’s hand. The god’s hand was cold but sweaty at the same time.
“Dad. I grew in your palace. I know you are afraid but take that boy. Give him the opportunity you gave me. You can redeem, you can have a kid and raise him to be a good man. And Kitten will be happy. You know after Victor and Julia, Kitten has wanted to pay revenge against Phobetor. If you raise that boy like your own and dad’s… And learn about the past, Phobetor will fear you.”
Deimos left the glass on the bar and kissed his son’s forehead. He took a drachma and put it in his hand.”Who is taking care of the Moulin?”
“Satine. You will have to talk to her… She is happy to be chosen but she wants your approval.”
“And the blessing.”Deimos stood up.”You should do it in Roxanne’s room.”
Unconditional, unconditionally
I will love you unconditionally
There is no fear now
Let go and just be free
I will love you unconditionally
Deimos cleaned his eyes when he got out of the Moulin. Too many emotions in a day. His son’s last words were still in his head. A bag full of things for Phobos and him was in his hand and with the other he tried to light up a cigarette. Bambi moved towards his owner.
“We are taking him home. And yes I will give you the biggest dove in mom’s palace.”Deimos looked down. He threw the cigarette to the floor and kneeled down to grab the baby. The baby was asleep. Deimos smiled getting the baby as near as he could to his body and smiled at Bambi.
“We will have a family again Bambi. “
Deimos opened his chariot door and the snake got in first. Then Deimos let the boy down and put the seat belt so anything would happen to him. “Tomorrow you will wake up home, Gary.”
I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
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