Caelum eventually woke up. Her hands were tied behind a chair, and her mouth was taped so she couldn’t speak. A bag was over her head, and she seemed to be wearing a raggedy, uncomfortable outfit. She didn’t have any weapons or gear on her, unfortunately.
She thought to herself- ‘i was kidnapped, wasn’t I?’
Suddenly, the bag on her head was pulled off by someone. Caelum, although having superior eyesight to almost everyone, still needed some time to adjust to the almost blinding light. The person who pulled off the bag was wearing a mask completely covering their face and metallic armor.
Guard: You’re awake. Good.
Caelum tried to say something, but the tape on her mouth prevented her from talking.
Out stepped a woman, wearing white-and-gold armor, with a purple dress and a lance in her hands.
The funny thing about it was… she looked exactly like the goddess in that book (read part 1 for context).
???: Hello, Caelum. I’m assuming you want to know what’s going on.
She would rip off the tape covering Caelum’s mouth.
Caelum: Uhh… yeah, please tell me.
???: Well… my name is Mulier Desuper, and I happen to be just like you. I am a goddess, and I was praised by the same people as you. However, I was never allowed to leave the heavens. Meaning they could only assume I was with them. But th-
Caelum: Less yapping and more getting to the point. I’m falling asleep here.
Mulier Desuper: Shut up, maybe if your attention span wasn’t equal to an 11 year old’s you’d actually get something out of this.
Caelum: …damn.
Mulier Desuper: Anyways, since you came along, the people of Earth thought you must be some sort of god. Which would be fine, if they didn’t IMMEDIATELY STOP WORSHIPPING ME AFTERWARDS!
Caelum: So… you’re pissed because I happened to be transported back in time, get worshipped for whatever reason, making you irrelevant?
Mulier Desuper: Precisely.
Caelum: Hold on… how did you ever leave the heavens?
Mulier Desuper: Do you remember when you re-lit the flame in King Regium’s tomb, the flame that kept you alive by granting you more power? Well, the humans thought if they ever witnessed me, they would all die. So they made it so whenever they re-lit that flame, I would stay in the heavens. I was trapped for thousands of years, until your dumbass forgot to make sure I stay out! And now, i’m free.
Caelum: …okay. Now what?
Mulier Desuper: I’m gonna kill you.
Caelum: That’s not going to undo that.
Mulier Desuper: I’m still going to. I’m mad at you.
Mulier Desuper pointed her lance at Caelum and tried to stab into her heart. However, Caelum’s godlike powers prevented the lance from penetrating her skin. The lance simply stopped on contact with her.
Mulier Desuper: …f**k.
Caelum: Keep trying.
Mulier Desuper tried again, but suddenly her hand slipped. The lance cut through the ropes keeping her tied to her chair, and Caelum was free.
Mulier Desuper: Oh. That isn’t good.
Caelum: Yeah, it isn’t.
Caelum kicked Mulier Desuper to the ground and beat her until she was seemingly unconscious.
Caelum: Hm. Sad.
She was about to walk out the door, but suddenly the hallway leading to the room she was once in disappeared. The floor and walls were replaced by an empty void, and Caelum shuddered. Behind her, Mulier Desuper was standing up, and seemed to have made the hallway disappear.
Mulier Desuper: You’re gonna have to try harder than that.
