Fan Fiction ❯ The Gods of Space ❯ 1 ( Chapter 1 )

The Gods of Space

"Confessions of a Council Member Leads to Death"

Written by. Neo-Queen Terra of Crystal Tokyo

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"I'm telling you they were doing some kind of drug," said a man in a dark alley. He was wearing a black suit, the jacket was unbuttoned, and his hair was all messed up. By him was a lady, wearing a red Chinese dress that went a inch above her knees and had a slit on the right side. She hair was up in a tight bun with sticks in them and she carried two swords, one on her back and one on her left side of her hips.

"Quiet. He's coming," said the lady.

"Hello. Are...are you there?" said the puny man that walked towards them. He was carrying a black briefcase in his arms.

"Over here," said the other man, "Do you have the stuff?"

"Yes. Ri...right here."

"Are you nervous?"

"I...I'm always nervous."

"Good, you should be," said the woman. She came up from behind him and grabbed him.

"Wh...what are you doing?"

"We're not interested in your drugs, but on the bounty on your head," said the man as he took the briefcase from the other man. Then the lady took the guys hands, place them behind his back, and handcuffed him.

"Well, well. Looky what I found, Apollo and Artemis up to their old tricks again," said another man walking in the alley. He was khaki dress pants and a long-sleeve white shirt. His blonde hair came to his shoulders and in his hands was machine gun.

"Shit, how did Hades found us?" said Apollo.

Then two other people came beside Hades, each wearing the same suit as Apollo, but had a black tie. Each had a machine gun in their hands and then all three of them started to fire at Apollo and Diana. Apollo and Diana quickly went to cover, but the man they were hunting wasn't so lucky. He took fifteen bullets in the chest. After the bullets stop, Apollo and Diana made a run for it, but quickly found themselves at a dead end.

"Sis, can you do something about it?" Apollo asked.

"Of course, but you got to watch my back," replied Artemis as she took out her two swords.

"You know I will."

Apollo took out two guns from inside of his jacket and got behind a trash can. The three men were coming up behind them. Apollo started to fire at them and they started shooting back. Meanwhile Artemis sliced the wall at the dead end.

"Apollo come on," Artemis said.

"Give me a minute. I need to kill at least one," Apollo replied.

"We don't have the time."

"Okay."

Artemis went through the hole in the wall, then Apollo followed.

"The gods actually took pity on us," said Artemis as she show their ships.

"Are you forgetting something, sis? We are the gods," said Apollo.

"Let's just get on the ship."

They ran in the ship and into the corkpit where each took their seats. They hooked their selves up to ship and launched off. As soon as they got into the space, they relaxed.

"You have to admit that there some kind of weed in those snacks they eat," said Apollo as he took off his wig revealing himself as a women with long brown hair.

"Shaggy and Scooby are not drug addicts!" Artermis replied.

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It's was a Friday morning when the story of the one the council called Apollo was heard and monitored on tape and video in the Glass Room as bounties called it. It was on the orbiting space station of Jupiter, JU022486, otherwise known as the headquarters of the Milky Way's department of the Universal Galactic Police or UGP, where it all took place.

The Glass Room was basically a interrogation room, but this one is famous. Who ever goes in always tells the truth. Nobody, I mean nobody, could beg about not telling anything when their in this room. Even the best of liars crack down in here.

Today was Apollo turned to fuss-up. She was 19, 5'7, had long brown hair, brown eyes, tan, thin, beautiful, and the one of the most dangerous criminal in the known universe. The only person as dangerous as her was her twin sister called Artemis by the council, which was pronounced missing in the files of the universal police.

"State your name," said Detective Xander Johnson. At the age of 30, he has made a name for himself as one of the best the UGP had to offer. He took over this case a year ago, after the death of the chief detective on this case was killed by the twins. They said nobody can catch them, and if they did, they will be dead in a second after.

"The Council of the Greeks calls me Apollo," she said as she looked straight in the camera.

"Is that your real name or some kind of code?"

"I can't remember my real name, so just call me by what the council has given me."

"And why did the council gave you this name?"

"I was supposed to be a boy."

"Why?"

"By the ruling of the council, my mother was suppose to give birth to a boy and a girl."

"And who was you mother?"

"The council called her Aphrodite."

"I heard of her. She was the best thief in her day. I didn't know she worked for the Council of the Greeks."

"Tons of people work for them. Most of them some you will never will guess."

"And can you name them for us?"

"Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Ares, Hades, Poseidon, Cronus, and the list goes on."

"But those are all code names."

"Yes. Only a few use they code names as real names."

"Can you gave their real names and what were they role in the council?"

"Fine. Zeus is the millionaire, Charles Bates. He was the leader of us. Hera is his wife, Allie Bates. Hades is Max Saxon. He was the hit man. Poseidon is Isaac Boom. He was the explosion expert. And Cronus is Governor of Mars, Davis Bond. He was the boss."

"I don't believe it," he said in astonishment.

"It's all true."

"You didn't state the names of Hermes and Ares."

"I don't know Hermes' name and Ares is dead. I killed him myself."

"Okay, next question. Who was your father?"

"Hermes."

"So Hermes is your and your sister father."

"No. He just mine. My sister was Ares."

"What? I thought you were twins."

"We are, but we have different fathers."

"Can you tell us more about this?"

"Sure. My mother Aphrodite and Ares were engaged, when my father Hermes started working as the new thief. Ares was training him."

"And how do you know all of this? You won't even born yet."

"Let me tell you this story. In itself it will explain all your questions."

"Fine then."

"But I have to warn you. If you listen to it, your life and the life of all you love will be in great dangerous. The council doesn't want it to get out, and who ever hears it will surely die."

"Just time me."

"Don't say I didn't warn you."

"Okay, " he said as he getting a little tick off.

"Ares was training Hermes. Aphrodite help them time to time. That when it all started. Aphrodite was fell for Hermes the minute she saw him, and the same was with Hermes."

"Hermes, this is the love of my life Aphrodite," said Ares one day before they started training for the day. They trained in a old broken down warehouse by the bay on the remote planet of earth. Earth was now a run down planet, where only people running from the law found sanctuary. Most of the thief of the council lived there. Everybody there only looked over his own back, and mind they own business.

"Hello, you got to be the new guy. Don't be too bad on this dude, honey. He's kind of cute, which will be a big advantage for him later," she said after she kissed Ares. It seems that they had the perfect love. They worked together sometimes, but Aphrodite was the loner type, so it was raw.

"You are like the goddess Aphrodite in human form," said Hermes as he kissed the her hand.

"Don't get to fresh on this one. She's taken, " Ares said to Hermes jester and remark.

"Sorry. I couldn't help myself. You are a lucky man."

"I know I am."

"A month after he joined, he started to have an affair with her and by then Ares married Aphrodite and Hermes became his partner in crime. The affair lasted for 2 years until finally Ares caught them in the act."

"Honey, I'm home," said Ares as he walked through the door of his apartment he shared with his wife, Aphrodite. It was the penthouse suite in the Bluebird Hotel chain on Mars in the city of New Desert.

Aphrodite was in the bedroom with Hermes by her side asleep. She woke him up by pushing him.

"Wake up. Ares home. You got to get dress and out of here now," she said.

"Shit," he said as jumped out the bed quickly, grab his boxer, and put them on, "Why is he doing here so early?"

"I don't know. Just get dress and fast," she said as she throw him his pants.

He caught them and put them on, but as he finish putting them on, Ares open the door and found them. He was stung. He drop the flowers that was in the left hand and with his right, he reached for his gun.

"I can explain," Hermes said as he left his hands in the air.

"How can you explain that my wife is naked in our bed, and my partner is half naked trying to get his clothes on, huh?" Ares replied in much rage, "I give five seconds to get out of here before I kill you."

"Don't shoot him. I love him," Aphrodite said as she got up and stood between Ares and Hermes.

"You love him. YOU LOVE HIM! You are suppose to love me. I'm your fucking husband for crying out loud. You're just a slut. I don't want to see either of you again. And if I do, I will kill you were you stand."

And with that Ares left. He slammed both door as he went. Aphrodite who scared of just happened felled to her kneels, and started to cry. Hermes knelt down and put his arm around her. At his touch, she turned around and held on to him.

"It's all right," he said as he held her close.

"No it isn't. We can't go back to the council. And if we don't go back, they will hunt us down, and killed us," she replied with tears running down her cheeks.

"Don't worry, I will protect you. As long as I live, nobody is going to hurt you."

"So the next day, they left. Like she said, the council hunted them down. They constantly skipped from planet to planet."

"Come on, you don't need that," said Hermes.

Aphrodite dropped her a small bag, and was going back to get it, but Hermes grabbed her arm and pulled her along as he ran. The council found them once again on Venus, Section V14 this time.

"But that was my make-up," she replied. Then the council search crew of five saw them in the alley way, they started shooting.

Hermes took out his gun and shot back. Then one of the bullets from the crew skimmed past Aphrodite's arm, tearing her dress' sleeve.

"Damn Hermes are you trying to get me killed this time?" she said as she pushed him.

"You just worrying about finding a fucking ship, so we can get out of this hellhole."

"I can't do that when I getting shot at. Cover me."

"Why?"

"Just cover me, baka."

They went behind a trash can. Hermes pulled out his other gun and Aphrodite took out two small handgun from her each of her boots. She kissed Hermes, and got up. Immediately, the crew started shooting at her. Hermes started shooting his guns and killed two of them. Aphrodite killed one and then ran straight at the remaining two. Two feet before she reached them, she jumped and did a flip over them. She landed on her feet, then crossed her arms behind her and shot both of the guys.

Hermes got up from his hiding place and walked towards her.

"There's a reason I love you, you know?" he said.

"Run. They will be more coming," she replied as she got up and grabbed her make-up bag.

They both made a run for it. As they turned into the street at the end of the alley a couple more of the crew ran into the other end of the alley, and saw the five men died.

"After a couple of months, Aphrodite got feed up, and she left Hermes one day while he was sleeping."

"Aphrodite, can you get me some coffee?" said Hermes as he woke-up from his afternoon nap. He got up from the bed and put on T-shirt over his bare chest. It was a long shirt because it almost covered his boxers.

"Aphrodite, did you hear me? Aphrodite?"

He walked into the front room of their small apartment and found her not there. He walked to a small table with two chair and found a note with a dead red rose on top of it. He picked up the note and read it. He dropped it and ran outside

"He searched the street for hours. Asked tons of people, and found no trace of her."

"She went back to the council," said Detective Johnson.

"I didn't say that. She just disappeared. You can find traces of her now and again, but not much. It's her where of telling us she's not died yet."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Y0u're the detective."

"If she disappeared, how are you part of the council?"

"After she gave birth to us, she left my sister and I on Ares' doorstep."

The door bell ranged as Ares got out of the shower. He dried off and put on some sweat pants. He dropped the towel on the floor and walked to the door. He opened it. He looked out and saw no one. He looked to the right and to the left, still no one. He was about to shut the door when he heard a baby crying, then he looked down and saw two babies in a basket.

"What the hell?" he said. He picked up the basket and shut the door.

He set the basket on the dining room table. He looked around and in the basket for a note, and he found one. He opened an envelope and took out a plain, white card. As soon as he read it he noticed it was Aphrodite's handwriting.

"Shit Aphrodite. Why did you do a thing like this?"

Ares picked up his cell phone and dialed a number.

"We have a problem. Actually two problems."

"So that how you came into the council? You got left on a doorstep."

"Pretty much. We where raised and trained by them."

"And what were you trained in?"

"The basic. The art of stealing, lockpicking, disgusts, gymnastics, kung fu, espionage, sabotage, killing."

"There's an art of killing?"

"Yeah. There're many different ways to kill people. Many, many different ways."

"You didn't mention any weaponry."

"I can use anything, but I master the way of the gun. My sister master the way of the sword. Can I get back to my story?"

"Okay."

Then Detective Johnson cell phone started ringing. He took it off his belt and putted it on his ear.

"Hello," he said.

"Do you want to hear the last words of you wife?" said the person on the other end.

"What? Who are you?"

"Please don't kill me." The detective barely heard who was on his phone, but he know it was his wife and she was crying. Then they was a gun fired and it stopped.

"You bastard. I will swear I will kill you."

"You will have to find me first."

Then the person hung up.

"It was the council, wasn't it? Who did they kill? Don't tell me, your wife, right," said Apollo.

"It's none of your business," he replied.

"I know how you feel."

"How would you know?"

"You're lucky."

"How am I lucky?"

"The council sent me a tape of them torturing my fiancé, and how he slowing died. It's was crueler than just a simple phone call. I could see the pain in his eyes. He was helpless. Wanting to live but at the same time wanting them to kill you to just stop the pain. That is why you are lucky."

"But why did they kill me wife? She did nothing to them."

"I warned you before I started my story. If I were you, I will find a way to protect your kids."

"The kids."

Detective Johnson ran out of the room. Then at the end of the hallway, he saw the police chief walked out of his office and walked slowly towards him. His had his very bad news face on.

"I'm sorry. We just got words that your wife and kids are dead. Your wife was murder and your kids were in an accident," the police chief said, "I'm so sorry."

"How...how did they died? I mean the kids," he replied.

"The bus they were riding to see was hit by a truck and tipped over. Everyone is dead, and the driver of the truck disappeared."

"It's the council."

"What do you mean?"

"The council did it."

"Don't jump to concedes. Your wife, yeah that was the council. We found they calling card at the scene of the crime. But your kids was an accident."

"It was the council I tell you. Apollo said if I heard her story the safety of my love ones is at stake."

"So you got a story out of her?"

"She was just in the beginning. The council called me on my cell, and I heard my wife dying."

Then the all of a sudden, the alarm went off. Red lights were flashing everywhere. Everyone was running everywhere causing my havoc.

"Code red, code red. The space station is under-attack. I repeat. The space station is under-attack," said the PA system.

"You go get your suspect. She's very important to us. Keep her safe," the police chief said, "And take Warrant with you."

"Yes, sir," Detective Johnson replied.

He ran back to the Glass Room where Apollo was out of her cuffs sitting on the table.

"What are you doing out of your handcuffs?" Detective Johnson said.

"They were hurting my wrists," Apollo replied.

"I have no time to put them back on. Come on you're coming with me."

"Where?"

"Can't you see that we are under-attacked. So, you are coming with me to my ship, so we can get out of here."

"Fine, fine."

Detective Johnson slapped that handcuffs back on Apollo right wrist and his left one. Then he opened the door and ran out with her.

They ran down many halls passed many people. Then Detective Johnson found Officer Warrant Matthew, who was trying to get as much stuff he can in his small briefcase. Warrant was your average nerd. He has the big, black, birth-control glasses, his brown hair was in a boy cut and he was twenty. He still lived with his mother and he you think you have surgery remove his laptop from his hands, because he always carries it.

"Warrant, you're coming with me," said Detective Johnson.

"Yes, sir," he replied.

He closed his briefcase, grubbed his laptop, and left with Detective Johnson and Apollo. They ran down even more halls to the docking bay where several small PC-23658 class UGP Space Flyers, five medium size PC-25429 class UGP Prisoner Transports, and one large CC-36985 class civilian Space Cruiser.

"My ship," said Apollo as she looked at the Space Cruiser.

"The UGP were searching it," said Warrant, "They found some interesting stuff in there too."

"Did they take anything?"

"We don't have time for this chitchat. We need to get going," Detective Johnson said.

The group ran up to the "drawbridge" as Apollo called it, of the ship and ran up, and into the ship. Apollo led them to the cockpit, but the door was close.

Apollo open a box on the wall and type some numbers in.

"Password please," said the computer.

"Apollo is the greatest spaceship pilot in the world, and Kiki is the best friend a girl can have," Apollo said.

"Welcome Apollo," it said as the door opened.

"Who's Kiki?" asked Warrant.

"Kiki lights on," Apollo said.

"Yes, Apollo," Kiki said and the lights turned on.

"Oh, Kiki is the computer," Warrant said.

"Can you take this handcuffs off me? I need to pilot my ship," Apollo said to Detective Johnson.

"Let Warrant pilot it," he replied.

"He's can't. This system is very complex. Only me and my sister could pilot this ship."

"A challenge I like," said Warrant.

"You didn't hear me correctly the ship won't move an inch unless me or my sister is in that seat."

"Fine you can pilot, but I would tell you exactly were to go, and you will follow them to the tee," Detective Johnson said.

"I promise."

"Fine," he said as he took off the handcuffs off of Apollo and him.

Apollo jumped in the sit. She pick up an ear piece from a pocket on the right arm rest of the chair and put it on. She pressed a button on it, and a visor came out of it. She left up her hair, and then a cord from the back of the seat and plugged into a hole in a metal device in the back of her neck. From the same pocket she got the ear piece, she took out two groves, and put them on.

"Kiki controls up," she said.

A keyboard pop-up from the left side of the chair and went in front of her. She began to pressed keys on it with her right hand. She was very fast. In no time the engines were on and they were making they way out of the docking bay.

She turn the ship to the right or left by tilting her head to the right or the left. The whole thing was weird to Detective Johnson who sat next to her, and cool to Warrant who was in a sat behind her as type on his laptop.

As they flow out to the docking bay, they could see a great space battle going on and Apollo wanted to get in the middle of it and she did.

"What the hell are you doing, Apollo?" said Detective Johnson.

"Kiki guns up," said Apollo.

"This is so cool," said Warrant.

"Apollo, get out of here. You would get us killed," Detective Johnson said but Apollo just ignored him.

"Kiki take control of guns 2 and 4. I would get 1 and 3," Apollo said.

"Yes, ma'am," Kiki replied.

"On my count, 3...2...start firing."

Apollo and Kiki started to fire on the thirty-five small MU-56287 military class space guns that were attacking the space station. They shot down half of them. But Apollo got her eye on something bigger, the MU-85457 military class space destroyer.

"Kiki, set your sight on the space destroyer," said Apollo.

"You can't bet that thing," said Detective Johnson.

"I don't know. The odds are almost on her side," said Warrant.

"Did I speak to you?"

"No, so shut-up."

"Don't be mean to the boy," said Apollo.

"I'm not a boy. I'm a year older than you," said Warrant.

"So, I been through more than you even had."

"You haven't have one clue about me."

"And you haven't have one clue about me, neither. Everything you read in that file, is all false. Not a word of it true, and if you don't mind, I have a space destroyer to destroy."

Apollo flew to the space destroyer was and started to fire again. The space destroyer fire back, but Apollo manage to dodge all of them, but one that hit the left wing.

"Kiki send repair bots to the left wing," said Apollo.

"Already done," Kiki replied.

"Apollo, we need to get out of here," said Detective Johnson, "The UGP can handle it."

"That's Hercules controlling the guns on that baby. The UGP doesn't have a chance in hell. If only I can get the guns, then we can go."

"Fine."

"Kiki get the guns."

"Yes, Ma'am," she replied.

"Hercules, a demi-god can't go against a god, no matter how strong there all. You can die, but we can't, so say hi to Ares in hell for me."

Apollo switch the her guns to missiles and fired right in the control of the guns were on the ship, while Kiki shot down the guns. Then they zoomed out of there.

"Where to Detective?" said Apollo.

"Earth," said Detective Johnson.

"Why Earth?" asked Warrant.

"That were the secret base of the UGP is."

"You heard the man Kiki. We set a course to earth," Apollo said as she took off her gloves and ear piece. Then she jumped out of her chair and walked to the door.

"Where are you going?" said Detective Johnson.

"Hitting the shower. You are welcome to join me."

"Warrant, go and make sure she doesn't do anything funny."

"Yes, sir," said Warrant.

"Your loss," Apollo replied as she walked out the door.

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Welcome to the World of the Council of the Greeks. They're truly are the gods of space.

See ya, if you're not dead.

Disclaimer: I do not own Scooby-Doo.