Title: The Heirs of Olympus (4/?)
Author: Kate R.
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Giles returned to Asphodel to find Xander panicking. He was upset about something and frightened by it as well.

“Xander!” Giles called to get his attention. The youth stopped and looked at Giles. Giles sighed and walked over to him, forcing him to sit.

“What is it?” Giles asked. Xander stared at him and the look in his eyes was somewhere between angry and scared.

“I can’t use Soldier Guy here,” the Youth said. “Giles, why can’t I touch him here?”

Giles sighed having known this was coming. It was time to explain the facts of life to the children. They all gathered around him and so he made himself a seat and sat not unlike a librarian at story time.

“Xander, Soldier guy is one dedicated to the One God. This place is a place before that god and better in my opinion. At least My father’s family did not try to wipe out everyone who threatened them. Soldier Guy will not be accessible here. If you want to learn to fight, you’ll have to do it on your own merit. Alright?”

“That isn’t Fair Giles,” Xander said almost petulantly. Giles sighed finally having been pushed as far as he could go in this time.

“Life is not fair, Xander,” he said. “Get over it. You don’t have things brought on by a possession here. So what? Deal with it and move on. I don’t have time to sooth your ego or any one else’s for that matter. I’m trying to keep the mortals from all dying. I don’t have the time to deal with the whining. IN comparison to half of Greece starving to Death your petty reaction to your introduction to reality is of little importance. If I get free time, I’ll teach you to fight for yourself and not rely on Soldier Guy to bail you out. I’m sorry, Xander but right now, I don’t have time to deal with it. My Father was attacked because his Uncle wanted to give his power to weaker, selfish members of the family. I have to worry about that right now. Can you help Hades watch over my father? Can you do that for me? Maybe Ares can teach you.”

“Sure, Giles,” Xander said in shock. He’d known Giles was heading The House of Mortals but to know he was the one who had to balance out these dilemmas was something that did make his concerns seem trivial. Xander sat on a bench and watched as Giles moved about the room, talking to his brothers when they got back. With gryphon was a woman with long black hair and blue eyes. She looked around and Xander heard Giles swear. He was just angry about a lot right now.

“You’d think getting her daughter back would make the Bitch knock her shit off, wouldn’t you?” Gryphon asked. Joxer snickered as he watched the House of Humanity join hands and reach out; causing crops to grow no matter what Demeter wanted to happen. Seeing Spike as a good guy was going to take some getting used to but Xander thought he might be able to get used to it. Ethan as a good guy was real shocks but then, after seeing Buffy get yelled at by Lust about the Slayage of all vamps had been eye opening. Population Control. That’s what vampires were. Now, he would have to either get over his prejudices or spend a lot of time alone. Xander could see Giles was trying to prevent the need for a massive culling so he shut up and watched. It hit him that Giles really did know what the hell he was doing. What a shock. This was not Tweed Guy or Mr. Stuffy. This Giles knew what he had to do and he took action to get it done. Xander was in shock. It was like he couldn’t make a crutch he was used to have wok but now, Giles ahd thrown his crutches away and was being the person he was supposed to be. Xander had a lot to think about just from observing that.

TBC...
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