Zeus knew well a prophecy that said that his second child with Metis, the titan of the fourth day, would bring his end and the destruction of the Olympic Gods' kingdom. Because of this, Zeus made sure to get rid of Metis, by devouring her. When he ate her, he gained all of her power, included her infinite wisdom. But soon he sickened and had to realese some of that overwhelming power. The result of the tragedy was the born of Athenea, the godess of wisdom and all intellectual arts. So Zeus tried to keep Metis locked in his stomach for the rest of eternity, just to make sure she would never have his second child.

For a long time Metis, or at least the putrified remains of what she used to be, remained in the dark and solitude; all because of Zeus' arrogance and lust. She knew that he would never let her out, she knew as wel that the prophecy would never become real, unless she could have another child of Zeus, which seemed beyond impossible in her situation. But her anger was stronger than the force of a thousand suns.

Zeus suddenly started having horrible pains coming from his stomach, pains that didn't let him sleep, think or even breath. The gods gathered to know what was all that about and to try to help the patriarch. After Hermes' attempts to bring the most advanced mortal medicine in the world, after Apollo tried a healing that would have cured any other disease, even after all the gods gave him their blessing; Zeus still had an uncontrolable pain coming from his abdomen.

This condition didn't get any better until Athenea wisely chose to investigate and concluded that she had to open his stomach. Obviously all the other gods refused, but being Athenea of Zeus' full trust, he agreed with such a procedure. So with the help of special tools from Hefestus and the strenght of giants and heros, they could finally open him. When they reachedthe stomach, they found a moaning mass, when they took it they affirmed their suspects, it was a baby. Knowing the prophecy, the first thing Zeus tried was to kill him, but he couldn't, for he was not a mortal. He tried to use the Gods' weapons, but they were of no use, he wasn't a God either.

[prepare for an arc!]
By I'm the penguin