After a wonderful evening with Athena, Nate reluctantly parted from her and met Hestia outside of her place.
"Good morning, Nate." Hestia greeted him with a smile "I am here to escort you to meet with my brother Zeus."
"Well, it's a pleasure to be escorted by someone as beautiful as yourself then." Nate insisted flirtatiously.
Hestia chuckled and shook her head in amusement "Even after last night, you still want to flirt with me?"
"You know about that, huh?" Nate chuckled, not bothered by it at all.
"Everyone that was in Olympus overnight probably can guess what happened, considering Athena lost control of her power and was leaking it out a lot. She never loses control like that, especially not over a prolonged length of time" Hestia insisted to Nate as she started leading him and he took the opportunity to admire her body.
Nate was a bit surprised that his relationship with Athena was already exposed, but did not let it dissuade him "What can I say except that I am a person who appreciates a woman's beauty? It is only natural that I'd desire to be with you as well."
"So you are saying you are basically like Aphrodite except a man" Hestia retorted.
Nate chuckled in amusement "I haven't met Aphrodite yet, so I can't actually answer that." Nate insisted as Hestia was leading Nate into the second largest building in Olympus, which was Zeus's residence.
Zeus was not alone when Hestia brought in Nate. Instead, there was an unfamiliar goddess with him. She was another beauty with brown eyes and long blond hair that was braided into two ponytails that rested over her shoulders and partially concealed her breasts.
She wore a green tunic with a short skirt, a leather belt with a quiver of arrows attached to it, a pair of flexible leather boots that went past her knees, and a leather cape attached to a hood that she wore. This beauty also carried a longbow.
"I asked Artemis to join us since once I finish teaching you, I'll have her take over." Zeus, who had dark brown hair and who wore a red toga, said to Nate with a knowing grin plastered on his face.
Nate kept a good poker face but definitely approved of this new reveal "I'll be in both or your care then" Nate greeted both Zeus and Artemis, though his eyes lingered much longer on Artemis, very much enjoying her figure, though Artemis did not seem to acknowledge his lingering gaze.
"It is my hope that we will only have even closer ties going forward, Young Nate." Zeus insisted to Nate "Towards that end, if you wish it I will permit you to marry either Athena or Artemis, or both if you want too."
Artemis kept a straight face, so Nate realized that Zeus had already discussed this proposal with her. Since she did not seem angry about it, Nate nodded in agreement "Then I will happily accept your offer for Athena now, and I'll decide when it comes to Artemis later. This is our first meeting, after all," since Athena was now his lover he did not think that she would object, but he was not sure with Artemis since she had a good Poker face and he couldn't guess what she was thinking.
"So what kind of training am I doing with you?" Nate asked Zeus with curiosity.
"Brute force. I'll attack you and you have to block my power and begin pushing it back with your own. When you manage that much you'll need to grow to penetrate my own defense." Zeus explained to Nate "You alone can survive and really benefit from this training method. It may not be pleasant, but it will get results."
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A month had passed since Nate had started training under Zeus, and naturally he was suffering damage that would be lethal to anyone else over and over and over again. He could now resist for twenty to thirty seconds, but in the end he would still be overwhelmed.
Among all the Olympians, in terms of pure power, Zeus stood at the top, so he represented a mountain that Nate could not climb in a single month, but at least he got to spend three hours with Artemis every evening after his training before returning to his lovers side.
Artemis was still hard to read, but at lest she never really seemed afraid of him, nor did she show any disgust towards her father Zeus trying to marry her off to Nate. Even so, Nate decided to take things slow with her.
After this month had passed, Nate, who could finally create portals of his own, returned to Earth to meet with Hope near Wakanda, and he found her waiting for him. He had intended for her to bring him to meet Ororo, but once he was this close to Hope, he noticed something he hadn't noticed before.
Using Telepathy, he sensed something sealed away inside of Hope by incredibly powerful mental blocks. This was something that he did not possess. Curious, Nate decided to quickly peek into that mental cage and figure out what it was containing.
After a few seconds he peeked inside and was surprised by what he had found. Carefully, he started deconstructing the mental cage and integrating that which was inside the cage into Hope's mindscape.
While this process was ongoing, Hope collapsed forward into Nate's arms, passing out. Nate held Hope's body close to his as he finished integrating her awareness into her mindscape and then he willed her to wake up.
Hope awoke and immediately panicked, first trying to free herself from Nate's arms, though she found that she was unable to use her psionic abilities to free herself from his grip.
"It's alright Hope, I'm never going to hurt you." Nate reassured her "Look into my mind and it'll help you to understand the situation."
Hope stopped struggling and made eye-contact with Nate, and telepathically entered his mindscape. The moment that she did, Hope started blushing intensely, feeling how intimately intertwined her soul was with his. Being in his mindscape, and witnessing first hand how their souls were connected and were seemingly mixing with each other, she couldn't help but compare this level of intimacy in her mind to making love. Heck, she even thought this was many times more intimate.
When Hope composed herself a bit, she started going through Nate's mind and came to comprehend the situation, and learned that the reason her memories were incomplete was because she was not the original Hope Summers, but a clone that he had created with his summoning power, and until just now he had not realized she even had her own conscience and will inside of her.
Two things were very clear to Hope. He released her consciousness as soon as he realized it was there and he had never taken advantage of her so she hadn't lost her virginity.
Only because Nate had followed along while Hope was exploring his mindscape was he able to recognize their two entwined souls. They had been melded together before he had the ability to use telepathy, so he had not until this point understood that they had been melded into one like this. A part of her soul was inside him and a part of his soul was inside of her, and no matter how far they were from each other, they were always connected.
"I...understand the situation." Hope admitted shyly "I....wont attack you...it is safe to let me go. I'll bring you to the one you want to meet."
Nate released Hope from his arms "Are you still willing to work with me going forward?"
Hope nodded in response. Considering the intimate body with him and the fact that he was quite handsome, Hope couldn't help falling in love with him, though that did not mean she'd admit it too easily "I'll continue to serve you." Hope admitted.
"I'd rather have you be my partner." Nate insisted and grinned "And also as a lover in the future, possibly. You're not a doll anymore, so my pride doesn't have to hold me back from embracing your wonderful body and making love to you when you are willing too."
"How many lovers do you want?" Hope asked Nate with confusion.
"I'm actually quite picky you know." Nate insisted to Hope "If I only cared about looks, then I'd have an extremely huge number of options, wouldn't I? I like powerful women that are also beautiful. Hence you certainly qualify for that."
Hope sighed "Well, I'll bring you to meet Ororo now. Lets go."
"Certainly" Nate agreed and chuckled as Hope and him took to the sky and flew into Wakanda together.
Trying to get a chapter out in all my stories today or tomorrow, but been a bit ill lately so may for the most part chill for the rest of the week and recover. I am not abandoning any of my stories, only taking care of my own health.
Artemis:
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Zeus
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