Chapter 4

A sharp pain started coursing throughout my whole body. For a moment, I felt how an electric shock thrash my body. Everything went numb and completely silent, I saw how everything slowed down and my life started flashing before my eyes. It almost seems like if I were watching it in an old movie projector. I was able to remember the taste of my mother's warm milk on my lips for the first time. To her first warm embrace, to the birth of each of my siblings. Their first words, every smile they each dedicated to me, every hug, every fight, every blessed moment we spent together, and the last time mother smiled at me.

I was laying on the street, not being able to move a limb. All I heard was faint screams and people approaching. I was trying not to lose conscious, but an overwhelming fatigue hit me. I tried opening my eyes to discern everyone around me, fighting to at least get a glimpse of someone but to no avail. I can't believe this is how I'm going to die. In the end, I ended up getting thrown out just like what I am, a dirty old trash. I couldn't even say goodbye to my Valerio or Amia, my only two dear friends or even my mother.

A yearning familiar voice abruptly echoed in my head, "Oh, my sweet child. How you've suffered. I've told you never to say that to yourself. Have you forgotten my words? You're destined to rule and shape worlds to your image. You'll be the conqueror of worlds and all living creatures will want to do your bidding. Never forget you're my dear son, the youngest of my children and the most powerful of them all. Come my child, time for you to come and take your rightful place beside me."

Everything turned dark and quiet, an endless pit of darkness. Nothing to be seen to the normal naked eye. For some reason, being here didn't feel strange at all, it had some kind of familiar and conferring feeling. It's like when you're cradled on your warm mother's embrace.

A small light appeared in the distance, it was like an amber wanting to flare up. Suddenly, more ambers stared appearing before me but all the minor lights were all different. The color and sizes changed, they were multiplying rapidly. I was surrounded by an endless number of flares, it was so beautiful. Not even a thousand nebulas could be compared, to what I had before me. Then something that seem like two huge galaxies were right in front of me, they looked like two eyes. You could feel a great power that resonated steadily. The whole universe was in front of me shaped as a female-like entity. Then I remember her words that didn't make sense to me at the moment.

"Wait… I can't be your son. I have a family who loves me and have cared for me. Am I adopted? How are you in my head? You're probably just part of my fading conscious, that's all nothing more, nothing less."

"You are my son. You were taken from me when you were only three millennium. You were tricked by your two brothers and sister, Nyx, Erebus, and Tartarus. They were full of envy and jealousy because the youngest of them all was supposed to rule and inherit my place. You were tricked into getting a soul, not just a soul but a mortal one at that. It became almost impossible to get to you." The entity said with sorrow.

Not being able to grasp what was going on, I started to get anxious and irritated. At the same time, I was stunt by everything that was transpiring. Maybe it wasn't a dream, and all this was actually happening. Maybe just maybe I do have some suppose siblings who tricked me. Their names, they sounded familiar. Nyx, Erebus, and Tartarus… wait aren't they part of Greek mythology? They're primordial Gods! … If they're primordial Gods and they're my siblings? … Then who in the hell is she?

"I am Khaos, your mother also known to others as everything and nothing, an endless void of darkness. The creator of all and the devourer of all. You are my long-lost son. Many eons ago, I created you and your siblings. I wanted you to create life and coexist with each other to rule the universe. I each bestowed a part of my power, but I never controlled the amount of power you all received. It was always different for each of you. Once you have the power you're required, it evolves into something different. For instant, Gaias', she's mother earth, not just for the piece of rock you called home, but for every planet that has life. Tartaros, the imprisoner of all that's meant to bring judgment upon all of creation, mortal and immortal alike. Erebus, ruler of darkness, and his twin sister Nyx, the ruler of gravity and darkness alike. Each of them had great power and endless potential. Ended up blinded by power and greed, not wanting to share and coexist, tricked you and tried stealing your power. The power they needed for selfish reasons. The only way for them to have that power and get rid of you was making you mortal. You, only being three millennium, fell into their schemes. You ended up giving your status, not understanding the consequences and what it implied. Your sister Gaia protected you all this time and hid you away from your other siblings."

"You mean to say I'm a God? Not just a simple normal God, but a primordial. I have a million questions, I don't know where to start. Why didn't you come for me? What happened to my three siblings? What's going to happen now? What's my name? Am I not Mando anymore?" I asked with fear and confusion.

"My son, I'll answer all of your questions in due time. For now, there's a few things you should know. You are and will always be a primordial god, but when you gave up your title, you lost a part of yourself. Primordial deities don't have the need for a soul, we live out of power, cosmic power to be clear. A soul is a fragile thing, it can be easily corrupted or destroyed; therefore, primordials have chosen not to be inhabited by one. Any other types of low-level gods are created with one and can't live without it. You were created by me; therefore, you have no need of one. We can occupy one, but it's generally done as a punishment for low-level gods. When a primordial god is punished, they are stripped of their status and power, then given a mortal soul as a lowly peasant or in some cases, creatures. From there, if they want their place among us once more, they have to find a way to climb up the ranks on their own.

"Low level-god? What do you mean? Are there such things?"

"Yes, my child, low-level gods. You might know some Zeus, Hades, Hermes, Athena… Any god I didn't create, must have a soul to live. You don't really only have four siblings, you have many more, but you mustn't meet. You can call yourself the most powerful of them all. I give each and every one of you part of my power, and with do time I gain my strength back. Usually, I would only give from 20% to 30% of my power. Gaia took the whole 30%, Tartarus took 26%, Erebus must've only taken 20% and Nyx 24%. Yet, thanks to one I almost disappeared. You took the most anyone had ever taken out of me, that's why your siblings hated and envied you.

"You mean to say, I almost killed you? I knew it. Even as a supposed God, I'm not good enough. I should just disappear and seize to exist."

"YOU FOOL, HAVE YOU NOT BEEN LISTENING CHILD! YOU ARE THE CREATOR AND CONQUERER OF WORLDS! THE COSMOS WILL BEND TO YOUR WILL! EVERY GOD DEAD OR ALIVE WILL TREMBLE IN FEAR JUST BY HEARING YOUR NAME!"

"Why would anyone fear me? Look at me, I'm literally nothing just a conscious floating in space or whatever this is. A memory who's yet to disappear."

"You gave up you status and title as a primordial. It's only normal you have your spirit form. You have a long way to go till you're able to be on the top, but you must fight to get stronger."

"Fight, I'm not a fighter or a warrior. Just let me be, so I can move on and disappear. Maybe then, I won't mess up."

"I SHOULD'VE NAMED YOU IGNORAMUS, YOU FORCED ME TO RESOLT INTO LOW HANDED TACTICS. I'LL DESTROY EARTH, AS A CONSEQUENCE AMIA AND YOUR PRECIOUS VALERIO WILL PERISH!"

A dreadful terror hit as her words flew in the endless darkness. I felt how my nonexistent heart stopped beating. Wrath erupted and I felt a strange power flowing out of me. Every time the words replayed in my head, I felt how my ire grew nonstop. A huge explosion thundered across the universe. The cosmos tremored just from the sound and power of the explosion.

Khaos became shocked and amazed of her child's results of a powerful aura. It was the first time the cosmos had been shaken in eons. While on the other hand, the boy was releasing a killing aura. No god would've survived it. The vast figure, known as Khaos, that was in-front of me, now just seems like a small pebble in my path. Khaos stumbled looking out of breath and balance, while a strange glittering smoke emerged from her, coming to me absorbing it.

"YOU ARROGANT FOOL OF A MOTHER. HOW DARE YOU THREATEN ME, THE RULER AND CONQUERER OF ALL, I AM RASERYX! NOW PROSTRATE YOURSELF AND BEG FOR FORGIVENESS YOU RETCH!"

"Brother, stop! Don't do this, please! She has loved you and protected you. Your absent almost destroyed us all and I swore to protect you. You've lived a million lives because of mothers' will and love." A female voice begged.