SWNOVELS Chapter 26: Zeus’ Wrath
Meanwhile on the surface, the President of the United States sat alone in the Oval Office looking over some reports of his failing War on Terror along with the escalating crisis with North Korea, Russia, China, and Syria. As he looked over the reports, he heard a noise. Looking up from his desk, the President saw a man in a white suit glaring at him. Incensed by the intrusion he demanded, “Who the hell are you and how’d you get in here?”
The man in the white suit barked back, “Silence, you pestilent rebellious worm!” The order silenced the President. “Do you have any idea of who I am?” the man in white hissed. The President sat cowering in his chair at the dominating presence that emanated from the little man, shaking his head no.
“I am Lord Zeus, Hades’ master,” the man in white replied coldly, “He did my bidding as you are supposed to be doing. Why are you still trying to alter the plan? Did not Hades make it perfectly clear to you what the consequences of failure would be?” The President was speechless and petrified with abject fear. “Now, I am forced to get personally involved and I hate to have to show myself like this,” Zeus growled as he leaned across the desk, propping himself up with his arms while his eyes flashed with all the anger and hate of hell itself. “Shall I summon the Belrock right now to end your pitiful putrid life now?” An invisible hand grabbed the President by the neck, pinning him in the chair as Zeus stood up straight.
The President shook like a leaf and pleaded, “No, please don’t! I’m trying. I really am, but I’m surrounded by people who resist my leadership. They sabotage my efforts at every turn.”
Zeus merely pointed at him and another invisible hand struck the President as he said, “You’re lying, Mr. President! My people surround you and you know it. It’s your own will to rule the world that’s causing this inconsistency. You have no more options. You will comply or be destroyed. Now which is it going to be? Answer or I shall replace you now!”
“Give me one more chance!” the President begged. “I will do what you want! I swear it.”
Zeus glared at him and pointed at him again and the President cried out in pain as he felt his chest burn at his heart. After a few moments of torment, Zeus lowered his finger and the pain ceased. “Just as a reminder; if one more report comes to my attention about you not fulfilling your part of the bargain, you’ll see the infernal Abyss from the inside in the flesh. Do I make myself clear? The Old Ones are always hungry for corrupt human flesh and souls, and you’re as corrupt as they come.” The invisible hand pinning him down let go as Zeus stepped back.
“As crystal,” the President replied in stark fear, shaking from head to toe.
Zeus grinned hideously, turned away from the desk, and walked out of the room through a solid wall like a ghost, vanishing into the wall as the President watched in terror. For several minutes, the President sat there in a cold sweat, shaking uncontrollably. When he calmed down, he tried to rationalize that he’d just seen was a figment of his imagination. When he did that, his chest winced in pain, so he rose and went to the bathroom. There he opened his shirt and saw a burn mark right over his heart that was still very painful. He cursed and dampened a washcloth to cool the burn. After a couple of minutes of cooling the burn, he buttoned his shirt and went back to work, saying in his heart in defiance, “I don’t care who that guy was. I was destined to rule the world, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to give it up. It’s my right and no one is going to take it from me. They promised!”
At that, he issued an order sending more ships to the North Korean waters with the order to blockade North Korea completely. If the North Koreans fire upon the US ships, the order required a full-scale bombardment in retaliation. He signed the executive order and murmured, “No one is going to get the better of me: not the Russians, not the North Koreans, not the Chinese, and certainly not that asshole who snuck in here. When I find out who let him in here, heads are going to roll.” Moments later, he signed another executive order authorizing the public televised execution by guillotine of anyone charged with sedition and treason against his government.