A young goddess I see

I will reach down and heal her wounds.

“What beast did this to you? I bet I know, it was the one with the mean looking whip and the horned helmet. You are safe in my domain. I will not let anyone hurt you anymore. Stop your crying so that we can talk.”

I will wrap my arms around her and give her a hug of caring. I will still keep my guard up in case this is big ruse.

I will look at my other three companions.

"Welcome to my heaven. Isn't it great?"

She sob for a few minute on your shoulder, while you holding her you see faint scars on her body from other whipping, even with her healing abililty she still not able to heal the scars. Looking closer you realize that the whip took part of her.

Misha said" Irul, God of Hate? he the only one that has a whip other than that goddess of love I think her is more for sex than anything else" both David and John look at her then each other and started grinning, she give them a glare.

Irul the God of hate, is a war god, a fire base god, he been know to be with Lekeea Goddess of deception, strife and thieving. Irul hate anyone that want to help others. How did she" pointing at the girl "get mess up with him?"

“I am so sorry Licus. This should have never been allowed to happen. Go ahead and cry it out. When you are ready to talk, we will talk.“

I will look at the rest of them

“I don't know but he sure is a brute. It looks like this has been going on for centuries.”

David pull you aside, "Be careful, I seen this happen to slaves and hostages they become bonded to and start to feel for owner or hostage takers, He may be a brute but he an greater God he prey on the weak, must have for a long time. Lekeea she Goddess of deception with her help they can convince many of the younger gods that their ways is best. She not going to believe you by words only deeds will break their hold on her.
Irul have many temples even the orc worship him. be careful the gods don't battle each other unless they have the upper hand and know that no one is protecting their target. I back you on anything you do, I think for one she need a new symbol either a blue star or blue diamond on white

"Thanks for the support and for reminding me. In the world where I grew up this is called Stockholm syndrome. There is a chance that she may not suffer from it. If she does she will need our love and support. I think I may bring some of those horses over here. If we can get her to care for them it could help a lot. I am also going to talk to the two that I have already brought over. We need to give her something to care about again. I think I will also have a talk with her two followers. There daily prayers and love will help a lot also.”

I will call to the two creatures that I brought over here. I will wait until they arrive.

The two short cute hairy creatures show up, they having a light discussion, "mud home will was away if it rains," said one" yeah grass huts get eatten and leak." he said. "hmmmmmm your right!" then they stop and hug each other,
They turn to you "Hello there" the other said, "There to saying Hello"

“How are you this fine day? Could I get your help please? The young girl over there is really sad. She has been hurt by a very bad man. She could really use your love and caring. She is like me but has no one to love her or be her friend. If in introduce you to her; would you be willing to be her friend and watch out for her?”

"Yes Goddess we would enjoy company, I Co and he Jo" They begin to hum,purr and coo a tune within moment you feel at peace and you look around and see the other sitting and watching the sky calmly,

Licus is asleep, it take you a few moment to shake the effect off, and get the other up, they all seem surprise they lost track of time, Licus is still asleep.

I will create a basic home that has a living room, 2 bedrooms, and a kitchen. In those rooms I will place bedroom furniture, to include beds and dressers. In the living room I will create living room furniture. I will also create some basic sheets, pillows, and blankets. After that I will pick her up and place her in one of the beds and place a cover over her. We made not need them here but it I am hoping that it will provide a familiar environment and make her more comfortable.

“Now that she is asleep, I think I will let her sleep for awhile. She has been through a lot and she is about to go through a lot more. I will have to spend some time with her each day to help her through this. She is going to have to be willing to help herself also. If I was back at home I would schedule her for some support groups. If she has Stockholm syndrome; she has an even longer road to recovery. I think if she can get into caring for Co and Jo, and if I bring some of the horses over her that might help her also. I think she would be a great asset to the temples that I will eventually have. She could speed the recovery of all the patients being healed.”

I will look that the other.

“Do you three have any other ideas? I am always open for suggestions.”

Again I will use Celena’s psychology to its fullest.

A log cabin appear like you seen in the magazine with the mountain behind it.
Misha also nud you and jerk her head slightly to James he carried Licus and put her on the bed gentlely, The look on hia face is tenderness, Misha smile and wink at you.
It was Misha that pointed out to you at the area that have the circle of granite column and a table in the middle with copy of your heaven that there is 1000s writing on each of the columns, Look like it maybe instructions but in a strange language and the script is up and down.
Toby said "This is Elder Tongue the first language, to learn this language is hard and only a few scholars and wizard have learn any. This I would like to learn!!"

"Do you know anyone that can read it? If so I would like to talk to them. Now that we have Licus temporarily taken care of, I think we better be getting back."

I will look at everyone.

“Just so you know, when we get back no time whatsoever has passed on earth. We should be on our guard. Even though that hound is probably at the temple, we need to be careful.

I will set the hour glass so that when it reaches about 8am in the morning about 6 hours would have past here in “Serenity”. I want to make sure that when I get back she is not awake. I want to be there when she wakes up.

You appear back in the temple district just moment after you left, David and John grab both priest that look like they was fleeing, you hear a growl and turn and see a hides creature of a Dog with claw feet and large fang teeth drooling, it has sharp spine and Ram like horns it eyes crazed. It leaps at you but it start changing as you hear David yelling NO! and Jame yelling get down! But the world seem to slow and the creature shift and turn and change form back into the basset hound it was as it lands into your arms knocking you to the ground slobbering you with it licking tongue. Everyone is shocked

I will get up.

"Please tell me what just happened. Did you do that David or James?"

Both David and James shake their heads no, Toby shrug his shoulder "Not me"

Both Cleric, start sobbing "you kill Licus I can't feel her"
The older is on his Knees looking up at you, "You! must have killed her for a stalker get it strength from the god that created it"

Misha said "Oh you forgot to leave the door open for her" looking at you grinning.

“No. I did not kill her. She is very week and sleeping right now. Several of the gods have been using her to accomplish their own evil plans. She was talked into creating that beast out of this cute little puppy. It was sent in an attempt to kill me. They don’t like it when people care for each other. That left her very weak and those gods knew what it would do to her. She can still feel your thoughts and prayers but you cannot feel her. She needs every little bit of energy that she has to heal. The most important thing that you can do for her now is to continue feeding her your love and prayers. That above all else will help speed her to a faster recovery. If you like I will take you where she is so that you can see for yourself that she is ok and that I am not lying to you. After she wakes up and I have had a chance to talk with her; no promises but I will see about letting you see her again. It might just help her heal even faster. Ok?”

If they agree I will take them to see her. Once there I will set the time back so that no time passes on earth.

James and David didn't go with you when took the clerics there, when you began them back, you feel a little tired and weak, you feel you have almost tap your reserves, It will be several hours before you get more energy. Misty is sitting on the ground petting the dog. The Clerics are shock they have not seen a heaven or a god up close only the voice or a faint image of Licus.

At sundown James and David arrive with a Wagon with several of the sailors and about 10 dwarves. John hop off, walk over to the clerics, "We going to dismantle the shrine and move it to a village."

The older Cleric said, "Why? you will harm our goddess,"
James said "I can get her 50 follower within a week and more after that"
James Look at you," There a village I know that about 30 miles from here that has a quarry of Dwarves, I over heard them at a tavern here, Pointing to the Dwarves, "They complain that they could get out more stone if they not have to rest so much, or heal up minor scatches from blisters and cut from flying stones. Licus can grant REC within 100 ft Right? Grimstone said if she can increase production by 10% for a week they will let other dwarves know. And pray to her every day."
Cleric said "Dwarves?"

“I think you have things well in hand here.”

I will look at the two clerics of Licus.

“Remember she really needs to feel your love and hear your prayers now. Those two things along with her getting some rest will help more than anything.”

I will look at David.

“Speaking of rest, could you take a few minutes and escort me back to the ship? I feel like I have just ran the Boston marathon and could really use some rest. Just make sure that I’m up at 6 a.m.”

you awake at 6 am

I will get up and wash the sleep from my face. After that I will go see if Helen has anything ready to eat. If she doesn’t then I will grab some fruit and cheese to munch on. If David, James, and or Misha are around then I will see how things went last night. If they are not around then I will get with them later. I will quickly grab what I feel that I can and still get to Serenity by 0730 am earth time. The main thing that I want to take is some food, a few horses, and my lute. If I have time for more I will take the seeds, plow, and farming equipment. I should still have the farming equipment from when I took them to the village that was suffering from that unknown disease. I want to make sure that I get there before she wakes up. Unless David, Misha, James, Toby, or Yukari have anything to report then I will teleport over to my heaven.

You appear at your control area, and the cabin is just a short walk away, as you step around the mountain side to follow a path down you notice a pool that was full earlier now it is 1/4 full a trickle of water is coming in from above somewhere in the rocks. You find Licus awake, she sitting on a rock looking down upon the valley below, the sky is like an hour before sunset or sunrise feel to it.

She turn,"I am your prisoner? I no longer feel my shrine, I was told that what happen if a shrine was destroyed, I never thought anyone would destroy it in the Temple district." she seen resign to her fate.

“No. You can go if you wish, but I would strongly advise against it. You severely depleted your energy after summoning that hound of yours. If you had kept up the way you were going; you would have been dead two days later. Your clerics are fine; in fact while you were sleeping I brought them here to see you. Your shrine has not been destroyed; it has just been dismantled temporarily. Hear me out before you start getting upset. One of my people found a group of Dwarves that really need assistance only you can provide. They are constantly being slowed down by minor cuts, bruise, and the like, because of all the flying stone. It would really benefit them if they could recover more quickly. If that was to happen they would even be able to work their shifts longer, which in turn would help them produce more. We dismantled your shrine so that it could be placed with the dwarves. In about a week you should feel twenty more people feeding you energy and praying to you. You will be able to feel them but they will not be able to feel you until you have gained some of your strength back.”

“What the other gods did to you was wrong. Don’t feel like what you did was wrong either. If I was in your situation I would have done the same thing. All the feelings that you are going through are normal. It will take time but you will heal from this and become even stronger for it. I will be there every step of the way.

“I think the two of us can help each other out. You could be a great asset in helping my patient recover quicker. What I will do, if you agree, is place a shrine in every temple that I have built. It will help you gain more followers and it will help me by helping my patients recover faster.”

“If you would like I would even agree to bring your cleric back so that you can see for yourself that they are ok.”

“I warn you right now, if you wish to leave, I will let you. Once you are back on earth however, I will wipe my hands free of you and you will be on your own. If you attempt to do harm to me or those that I care for then I will not hesitate to do whatever it takes to stop you.”

I will give her time to think about what I just said.

“So what do you say?”

"I prefer to stay here" shivering "I not wanting to be whipped at the moment, why do I feel one of your guardians soul?" she look puzzle. "And you need to stop traveling here for a while I notice your mana pool is low, all heavens have it, They said that Deltesta has a lake surrounding an island, and Iruz he has a magma pool to represent his, when his is half he stop the wars for free it would weaken him. Dead warrior are not able to worship, I have seen him wipe out 10,000 souls of his just to attack an enemy god." she sits "Dwarves, hmmph that be a first for me."

“That’s very interesting. I will find out why it is that you are feeling one of my guardian’s soul. So tell me is it me using my powers on earth that is depleting my mana pool or me traveling there to here and back again that is depleting it?”

"Traveling back and forth deplete it, There is one time a day that the alinment is just right and it not cost, Oh and it only good one a day, so stopping time on it don't work. What ever time they said is your, some have morning some have night some base on sun or moons location." she get up and stop her feet, "Why they give you a heaven and not Me! it not fair!" she turn and run off away from you.

You see an Oseian moving toward you and set down and sings, " Licus misses her mother, you remind her a lot of her mother, Sit my Goddess Celena Ose, for I am Co, humans look upon us as cute creatures and are amuse by us, we are a peaceful Bardic race, we sing and our songs create wonderous magic, our songs tell our friends how we feel, and her song tell a tale of woe. She is a daughter to a horror of a god, it was her mother that put her out of his reach in a temple of light, that save her soul. He father uses the soul of her mother to hold her and punish her, and he love to inflict pain, for hate and love are the same when it come to intensity. She have been treated as a teenager for 500 years, no one have every treated her any different." Co stand up and look at you and bow, "She need a mother that is stern with her but loving to her, she not ready for you to be a friend." Co start walking away and you hear a melody that make you feel happy and content.

I will go after Licus.

“While you are under my care, I will not have these childish antics. Sometime life is not fair but we need to get passed the past and live for the now and the future. If you want me to help you, I expected you to act like the goddess you are. I will help you but you must be willing to help yourself also. Do I make myself clear?”