The Ship

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"It's time." Mother says, as soon as she's back on the island and in front of me. She'd been gone for about a week or so, giving me 3 days to train myself back in shape after my break.

Looking up from my Celestial Armour, which I was cleaning, I ask, "Time for what?"

Okay, the work I was doing wasn't something necessary, as the Celestial Armour is self cleaning. Fucking amazing that armour is. You don't need to clean it, you don't need to change it every time you grow up, and you don't even need to wear it piece by piece. As soon as I touch it, it opens up, like that one particular Iron Man suit, and allows me to step within.

Plus, I can't be harmed by anything mundane, or any Poison. It even allows me to breathe underwater and in space!

But, there's just something comforting in cleaning up an armour.

Mother looks amused at me cleaning the armour, and says, "Before Madonna.. left me to give birth to you," cue both of us getting upset, "she left a ship for you. She told me, that the ship contains most of the things you might need in your life. I cannot operate, nor enter the ship, so I have no idea what it actually contains, but I wanted you to see it when you're grown."

Looking me still frowning at the armour, she muses, "Although you aren't fully grown yet, you are grown enough. And maybe, the ship contains something that can help your situation."

Looking at mother, I ask, "What did Agamotto say? And why did Mum even need a ship? Can't she like, fly herself through space?"

Mother sits down on the floor in front of me, and explains, "Agamotto refused to help in this regard. He says that while he can unlock your energy, he won't be able to hide it from anyone. And on Earth itself, there are hundreds of Gods, and Demons alike, that will not hesitate to capture you."

Shrugging, she adds, "As for Madonna and her ship, I don't know. My best guess is, that she needed to use the ship to lay low. Not many beings can travel through interstellar space without the aid of a ship, so it would have been obvious that she's a Celestial."

I nod, understanding the explanation. Still, something bugs me. "Where were you these many days? Talking with Agamotto couldn't have taken this long, could it?"

Mother just pats my head, and says, "I do have other things to do, my Son. I had to visit the different Pantheons, so they don't come looking for me. I hadn't been there for a few years, and they were beginning to get suspicious."

Oh yeah, I hadn't thought about that. Blushing a bit, I fix my hair, and stand up. Looking at mother, I excitedly ask, "What are we waiting for then?! Let's go see mother's ship!"

Mother just chuckles at my exuberance, and offers me her hand. As I take it, I feel her teleport us, and see a change in scenery.

Mother's Teleportation was vastly superior to my own, even if I do use the same method. She barely takes an instant to travel, while I can feel myself traveling through the Earth. Thankfully, I don't get in or come out slowly, like Zetsu.

I look around in wonder, at the new place Mother brought me at. We were currently in a rocky cave, which was huge in size. The roof was at least a few stories high, and it was covered in different flora.

There were bioluminescent fungi on the walls, along with a few glowing butterflies. Evolution, a wonderful thing to see. Even the leaves of a few plants I can see are glowing here.

Right at the centre of the cave, is the one thing we came here for. The ship. It was.. underwhelming.

No, really. The ship is a couple stories big, plain looking, golden in colour, and looked more like a futuristic house, which also doubled as an igloo. But, it also belonged to the woman who gave birth to me. So, yeah. I love this ship, no matter how ugly it is.

Looking at it with wet eyes, I ask, "Is this why you forbade me from getting into the caves? So I don't find the ship by mistake?"

Mother, who was standing patiently as I took it all in, nods, and says, "Yes, this was one of them. The other was that the cave floor is slippery outside, and I was too lazy to clean it up. Didn't want you falling and hurting yourself, did I?"

I snort, and walk forward, stopping a foot away from the ship. Seeing no opening, I turn back towards mother and ask, "How the hell do I even enter it?"

Mother shrugs, and answers, "Heck if I know. I did say I could not operate it. Maybe it reacts to only Celestials or something?"

There are times when Mother looks like the Overpowered, and oversmart Elder God that she is, and proves it. Then there are times like these, when she's just as dumb as I am.

Sighing, and mumbling, "Well.. what's the worst that could happen?" I take a leap of faith and touch the ship's surface with my left palm.

Immediately, I see the area of the ship surrounding my hand light up in a white colour, making a pattern of a hand, with my hand in the middle, while the whole ship starts lighting up a bit.

The hand print on the ship flashes a few times, and I feel some sort of energy entering my body. I try and expel it, not knowing what it is, but no matter how hard I try, the Energy refuses to leave, and I feel it moving all around my body.

"Umm.. Mother?" I ask, hesitating a bit, as my hand was still stuck on the ship.

Mother immediately flashes to my side, and waves her hand over my back, where the energy currently was. She probably finds something useful, as she relaxes immediately. She says, "Relax, and let it do it's job. The Energy is the Cosmic Energy of your mum. It is scanning you, I think, to make sure you're her son, and a Celestial."

"Who else could I be?! I saw her give birth to me! And it was gross, even if the star blinded me a little!" I yell, still trying to take my hand off the ship.

As a final effort, I put my legs on top of the ship, and push with my legs, at the same time pulling my left hand with my right.

Within one moment, the energy leaves my body and through my hand, goes towards the ship, my hand becomes unstuck from the ship, and I get pushed away thanks to my legs, and crash into the ground a few feet away from the ship.

Thank OAA for making me a God, and that this does not hurt! Thunder rumbles in the skies outside, as mother mumbles, "Weird, that was not I, nor any of the Earth Gods."

That thunder though, somehow puts a feeling of fear in my heart, and I think, 'Not The-One-Above-All then. Sorry, whoever you are, kind Sir.' Another rumble, and a frightening feeling in my heart, so I think, 'Right. Kind.. Ma'am?'

I wait a second, still laying down, but hear no thunder. Okay, then Thank you, Ma'am. And I'm sorry for offending you.

But it feels weird that there's a literal Goddess keeping an eye on me, and it ain't my mother.

"Theos? You alright?" Mother asks, shaking me a bit.

"Huh?" I mumble, realising that I'd been unintentionally ignoring her. Shaking my head, I nod at her, and say, "Yes, I am alright. This whole thing just.. shocked me a bit."

Taking her offered hand, I stand up, and dust myself off. Looking at the ship, I comment, "Well, at least the ship opened up."

"Finally! You can probably take it from here. If there's anything for me in there, give me a call. Tata!" Mother says, all in one breath, and teleports out.

Does she still feel uncomfortable being here? Is it because she's not over Mum's death, or is it something the Celestials did to keep others off their ships? Can't say, honestly.

Shaking my head at the bizarre behaviour women show, I simply walk through the open door of the ship. Time to find what my mum has for me.

"Hello, Theos. You've grown into a splendid young man, my Son." A beautiful gentle voice says, bringing tears to my eyes, as soon as I'm within the confines of the ship.

Looking at where the voice came from, I see her. The one person I've never gotten bored of seeing in my visions. My mum, my other mother.

Madonna, The Seer.

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A/N: Dun dun dun!

Sorry, couldn't resist!

Tata!