Page 78 of Blinded By The Sun
Ciro
“Let’s go again!” I shout at the top of my lungs at Adriano and Boston.
Adriano shakes his head, but he says nothing. “All right, I’ll time you. We can’t over-exaggerate with this Cryotherapy. You can’t be under too long.” Adriano gives me a lecture. He looks at Boston, “What was his time before this one?”
Boston looks down at his timer. “6 minutes. Before that 5.”
Adriano looks back at me. “Okay, you’ll do your last session and for 7 minutes.”
“No, put me in for 10 minutes.”
“No!” Both of them scream out at the same time.
“Do it.” I demand.
“It’s minus 120 degrees Celsius dude, what the fuck? That’s dangerous.”
I shrug. “It’s just fucking ice water, chill out and do it!” I growl.
Boston shakes his head. “Just fucking do it, Adri. He’s not himself yet and maybe this will work. We’ve been at this for 2 days now and it’s close to going on 3, this is the longest we’ve kept him in the dark.”
With Boston’s words, I realize that we are in the dark and my eyes have adjusted to being in this dark place and the room is cold but not freezing. I take a deep breath and shut my eyes. I see the light as soon as one of them turns it on. I don’t have to open them back up because the light already burns behind my closed lids. I groan, but I face the music as I open my eyes. It burns for a second and I shut them again. I open my eyes and get up from my sitting position. I walk over to the big ass tub that is built in for Alex and when he needs these sessions. It’s not all the time, but there are kills that you take it too far and you have to find yourself. Figure it out and go back to being yourself.
I am human even if I was once a demi-god;it changes nothing. I cannot change who I am or what I’ve been accustomed to. I take a deep breath as I stick one leg in and feel the chills move throughout my entire body, then I place the next one. I don’t have to remove any clothing because I am as naked as the day that I was born. I submerge myself in the icy water, shutting my eyes. For a second, my body struggles to adjust to it all but then it relaxes. My mind goes somewhere else, somewhere that I’ve never thought I’d go.
I look up and I see a man so beautiful; it hurts to even call him that.
“Who are you?” I say.
His hair is golden, like the sun, and he smiles at me. He’s striking and the more I stare at him, the more I realize that I look like him. I am the spitting image of him. “You know who I am.”
“Don’t play games.” I say.
He chuckles as he stands, and it seems like we’re on a bed of clouds. This is weird as hell. I peer up at him, why is he so big, but then I stand and realize we’re almost about the same height. We’re huge beings and as I look down, I see how small the creatures are under us. It’s like we’re standing on a glass that cannot be broken, stronger than tempered glass. I look back at him and it all clicks.
“Father?” I say timidly.
“Finally,” he breathes out. “I thought I would have to kill you again.”
“What do you mean again? Am I dead?” I ask him.
“Technically. Your heart is becoming faint, but you’ll survive. I just wanted to say that I am proud of you, Demetrius. You are an authentic example of a god. The amount of things that you’ve done doesn’t make you a principled man but neither does it make you the worst man on earth. You are my son through and through. Tell me, if you could give up who you are and be a god with us up here, would you?”
I don’t think about it. “No. I’m going back to King. That’s final.” I say almost on a growl.
“Thought you’d pick her over this luxury and that’s where we’re different. You and your brother, Herakles, were always so loyal, so ready to go to war for your women. You’re more alike than you know. He once took a woman in too and then sexed her up so good, she stayed.”
“Really?” I say with an eye roll.
“I’m not ashamed to say that you got it from me.” he says.
“Okay, take me back.” I say.
He chuckles and everything thunders. “I just wanted a chance to see you and meet you as this reincarnation. You never disappoint. See you again.” he says.
“What?”
“Just know that you’ve earned your spot here forever, Ciro the god.”
