Children of the Gods: Arc 2 [Game/Closed]

[CrazyGirl17]

"Steven is a mechanical genius and can create, fix, or destroy pretty much anything with moving parts. What exactly is your fathers domain?"

Shiro thought about it. "You mean what I can do? Well... for starters, I can manipulate the weather to a certain degree. He also gave me this sword a few years back. I think it was meant to get me on his good side, but I won't say it hasn't come in handy."

Some of the others hurried past, and he started at their urgency. "I'd guess we;d better get going then..." Shiro hurried after them, sheathing his sword along the way. He'd have to clean it off later.

 

[hiei82]

Vera didn't waste anytime pushing Etna toward the Laptop and books. She didn't want to waste any time. She couldn't afford to waste any. They were all exhausted and were in no shape to deal with another deity. Etna grabbed the laptop, so Vera grabbed the books and made her way back toward the main atrium.

She arrived to Steven's question which, given her wind form, she couldn't answer. Instead, she dumped the books in his arms and made to cover their retreat; depending on Etna to answer any questions.

 

[Green Shoes]

Apollo took her by the hand as they boarded the plane, for the last time. The sun was setting and it was an unfortunately abrupt end to what had been an enjoyable reprieve for the pair. Apollo took his seat, still clasping Nicole's hand tightly around the token.

"I don't know if he would. But there's no way of telling what he wants. It's like he's just...using you. The others; Poseidon, Thor...they all have tokens. You don't."

His voice was laden with concern. Nicole could almost swear she saw him mouth the word Andrew. Flicking gold and silver tokens between his hands, he almost chuckled.

"I have a few because I haven't chosen a side yet. Not enough from each from your whole group, mind you. I will, though...choose a side. Eventually. Dragged kicking and screaming. It's always good to have options."

A smile touched his face and the tension seemed somewhat broken. The jet began to takeoff, the familiar landscape of Des Moines drawing further and further away from Nicole. She was once again severed from her former life. The weight of the stone seemed to increase under Apollo's hand, light as it was. She could almost hear it hum.

"The token you hold there is not for Zeus. Or Dionysus. There's a small contingent that wants no part in any of this. We just want to live alongside everyone else. No interference, no conflicts just...to be."

He closed his hands once again around Nicoles, smiling now. The plane touched down and he kissed her forehead.

"It's your choice. Prometheus knows how to do it, even if he denies it. As for the others, I can't play patron to all of you; Zeus would become suspicious. There's a God that brokers in lost tokens; last I heard he was kicking around Hong Kong. He has enough for all of you. Then you have to find a patron..."

The jet doors opened and he stood, taking Nicole by the waist and escorting her out. His smile was melancholy; they both knew what Nicole was returning to.

"Prometheus knows. Beat it out of him. Maybe literally."

A black car was waiting for Nicole. At the foot of the door, Apollo bowed and kissed her hand. The God seemed to have pushed aside his worry for the final goodbye.

"Goodbye, Nicole. We'll do this again, when all this is over. This was by far the best date I've ever had."

With that, he opened the door for her, waving goodbye. There was a screen dividing the front and the back, so she was left alone with the quiet hum of the car. Apollo continued to wave goodbye as she sped off, until he was nothing more than a speck against the sunrise.

Arriving at the base of the monastery next to the RV, she could see both familiar and unfamiliar faces. The sun was just rising, and she felt tired; apparently not as tired as the others though, most of whom were covered in blood; an unsettling welcome back.

 

[IFS]

"I don't know if he would. But there's no way of telling what he wants. It's like he's just...using you. The others; Poseidon, Thor...they all have tokens. You don't."

Nicole nodded in understanding as he spoke, his concern was evident in his voice, and in how he clasped her hands. She could have sworn that he mouthed Andrew, makes sense that he would be concerned about his son. Apollo sat back and chuckled, flicking another token between his fingers.

"I have a few because I haven't chosen a side yet. Not enough from each from your whole group, mind you. I will, though...choose a side. Eventually. Dragged kicking and screaming. It's always good to have options."

His token seemed to increase in weight as she held it, as if the presence of his hands near it made it heavier, it even felt like it was humming with some energy of its own. It doesn't matter if Zeus is just using us, Dio still needs to be stopped. But... the others should be aware of the risks, I'll have to tell them.

She was aware of Des Moines falling away behind her, and felt a pang of sadness at leaving her home behind again. Even so the talk of tokens had already moved her mind back to the quest, and home felt far away even before they had left.

"The token you hold there is not for Zeus. Or Dionysus. There's a small contingent that wants no part in any of this. We just want to live alongside everyone else. No interference, no conflicts just...to be."

He smiled at her and kissed her forehead, she felt herself smiling in turn.

"It would be nice if we could do that," she said "But this conflict is already happening, and I can't just stand back and let people get hurt by Dionysus."

"It's your choice. Prometheus knows how to do it, even if he denies it. As for the others, I can't play patron to all of you; Zeus would become suspicious. There's a God that brokers in lost tokens; last I heard he was kicking around Hong Kong. He has enough for all of you. Then you have to find a patron..."

She took this in, the others at least deserved to know what she knew, to have the choice to back out or find a patron. She would have to talk to them, and to Prometheus about this. Apollo took her by the waist and led her off the plane, she had hardly noticed it landing.

"Prometheus knows. Beat it out of him. Maybe literally."

"Hopefully it won't come to that," she said with some sadness as they approached a black car, Apollo bowed and kissed her hand and she smiled a little again.

"Goodbye, Nicole. We'll do this again, when all this is over. This was by far the best date I've ever had."

With that he opened the door for her, she smiled and then hugged him briefly but tightly.

"I'd like that," she said as she got in "I've had a wonderful time, thank you, and thank you for telling me about the tokens."

She closed the door and the car began to drive off, Apollo waving at her as it went, she waved back for a bit then turned to check if the driver could see her. That section of the car was screened off, so it didn't seem like he could. Sighing she carefully took off the dress and put back on her original clothes, folding the dress up and placing it neatly at the bottom of the bag she had bought, which held all the gifts for the others. She slipped the token into one of her pockets, its weight and humming making it easy to tell that it was staying put.

By the time the car arrived at the RV, which sat just outside a monastery, she felt tired at least partially from what felt like jetlag and the sun had just begun to rise. She saw the group outside the RV, as well as some new members of it, so that's the help Prometheus fetched, more demigods who hardly know what they're getting into... The looked even more exhausted than she was though, and many were covered in blood though none seemed to be seriously hurt.

She bolted out of the car when it stopped, moving quickly to the group a concerned look on her face.

"What happened?" she asked, at least no one looks to be hurt... She would introduce herself, and tell what she had learned after she had found out what they had been through.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"What happened?"

Aria perked up slightly when she heard that, "Hey Nicole, you missed all the fun" she said, in an elevated, but still tired tone, since she was not really able, or interested in getting up to greet Nicole at the door, though aria's state would have told Nicole all she needed to know about what 'fun' was missed, what with her blood soaked clothing, the cut on her neck that had drying blood around it her her general look of being tired and ill from something.

 

[DarkRawen]

Not soon after the goddess had left, another car arrived, and Nicole entered the van.

Sunrise already? I didn't notice.

He hadn't. However, Nicole seemed to have had a nice time, and she was unharmed. So Apollo had kept his promise? That was one good thing, among all the bad.

"What happened?"

While Andrew would have preferred to have someone else say it, Aria was apparently not well enough to explain it, and he wasn't sure Prail even knew the situation at hand, since she had been brought in together with two more not long ago.

"We encountered Dio, Aria got hurt, and everyone but me fought crazy women and what seems to have been a demigoddess. I would have healed her, but I was... persuaded into saving the life of the demigoddess instead. If it helps, the demigoddess can't have been older than 16, her body was full of terrible burns, and I'm fairly sure it was her mother that asked me to save her. As for what else... I don't know, I passed out due to the pain."

For the most part, Andrew spoke in a calm voice, explaining it as if nothing of note had happened. Upon saying the word "persuaded" his tone changed considerably, though, making it clear that it hadn't simply been asking him to do it. He glanced at Aria again, her condition was a lot worse than what he had expected it to be. Then again, his own vision had been fooling him.

"I don't know why the others are taking so long time, though. I think the fighting stopped, but we should really be getting Aria to a doctor who has the tools and who isn't too exhausted to actually do something."

Speaking of tools, where was his bow? Had Prometheus brought that too? Andrew couldn't see it at least, and he frowned.

"Also, does anyone happen to know where my bow is?" He sighed. This was a bad attempt at not interacting with anyone, wasn't it? As he had already said most of what he was thinking about, he added;

"How about you, Nicole? Did you have a good time?"

 

[IFS]

"Hey Nicole, you missed all the fun"

"We encountered Dio, Aria got hurt, and everyone but me fought crazy women and what seems to have been a demigoddess. I would have healed her, but I was... persuaded into saving the life of the demigoddess instead. If it helps, the demigoddess can't have been older than 16, her body was full of terrible burns, and I'm fairly sure it was her mother that asked me to save her. As for what else... I don't know, I passed out due to the pain."

Nicole took all this in, Aria seemed tired but more or less fine, so it might have been better that Andrew healed the other demigoddess. She really couldn't say, not having been there, though the fact that Dio had been there and Andrew didn't say what had happened with him. Did they do it? No, I think they'd mention that right off the bat if we won. Did he get away? Would I have been able to change things if I was here?

"I don't know why the others are taking so long time, though. I think the fighting stopped, but we should really be getting Aria to a doctor who has the tools and who isn't too exhausted to actually do something."

"How badly hurt are you?" she said to Aria, then turned back to Andrew as he spoke again.

"How about you, Nicole? Did you have a good time?"

"Yeah, I did," she said, sounding more tired than anything else "I brought you all back gifts, but now might not be the best time to deal with those. What happened with Dio?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

"How badly hurt are you?"

Aria rolled her head to the side, showing Nicole the cut on her neck. "Far as physical damage this is the worse of it, the rest is probably just pin pricks from all the thorns, whats really messing me up is the poison or what ever, the thorns had on them, but other then that, I'm just fine." Aria answered, and was relieved to hear she had a good time.

What happened with Dio?"

"Not much, he defiantly has a few screws lose though, the only worth while bit of info I got from him before every one kicked in the doors and he bolted for the door was a correction to Vidarr's report. The Serpent of Midgar is free, Fenrir is not, though I'm more interested in why he was gonna sacrifice the goddess we found, who has thankfully left, and why coating the knife he was using to do it in my blood would have made things more interesting. Maybe Prometheus knows something." Aria shifting in her seat as she spoke, that brief instance where she could feel his limitless power flashing in her mind. "Though, even if we find him again, I don't know how they expect us to beat him"

 

[Green Shoes]

As Prometheus was leaving, he heard Andrew lamenting the loss of his bow. Quickly wheeling on his heel, he dashed back in, holding his breath, retrieving both bow and arrows from the bloody mess. Pacing to keep up with Steven, he again inspected the small amulet in his hand. The Titan was now armed to the teeth; Vera's shield, Venus' daughter spear, and Andrew's bow.

"No, nothing needs to be fixed. Just introducing you to Shiro. And that amulet looks like something Artemis would wear. Or one of her Nymphs. I don't really want to stick around and find out."

Arriving back to the group, he regifted the bow and quiver back to Andrew, checking him over for any lasting damage.

"You alright? You were out cold for awhile."

Still awaiting an answer, he spied Nicole. Noticing she was mid-conversation, he just gave her an approving nod. The Titan felt slight discomfort at her near pristine condition; the rest of the group were in tatters and exhausted. Especially Aria.

Jumping into the van, he opened all the doors and started the engine. Twisting in his seat, he called out to the whole group, trying to muster together a semblance of a plan.

"Okay. You can keep playing catch up in the van. Right now we need to keep heading North. It's just sunrise and nobody has slept, so I highly recommend doing so. If anyone found anything that even remotely looks like it could be of any use, whatsoever, please, don't hesitate to tell me. What happened in there is nothing compared to a straight fight."

As soon as the last member had jumped in, Prometheus fired up the engine and started driving, leaving the bloody monastery behind. He leaned both spear and shield against the door, and his backpack at his feet. He noticed that Etna was carrying a laptop, and Steven got dumped with a pile of books. And that bracelet...

Eyes on the road, his thoughts were further forward. It had begun to look less and less than just a quest for power. The Titan's memory shifted back, far back, to the first war he fought.

Zeus you stupid bastard...

 

[DarkRawen]

"Yeah, I did. I brought you all back gifts, but now might not be the best time to deal with those. What happened with Dio?"

Andrew only listened as Aria replied to Nicole's question. He was a bit curious about what Nicole said about gifts, though he doubted she had brought him one. No reason to, after all, and he had told her he didn't like her and Aria, although they seemed to have taken the meaning a little too far. However, he ignored his desire to ask about that, and several other things, Nicole was more concerned about what had happened with them, it seemed. Not to mention, tired. Just what had Apollo brought her along on? Did Andrew really want to know?

I don't think she was lying when she said she had a nice time, though.

When Prometheus and the others returned, the titan was carrying Andrew's bow and arrows. As the titan handed them back to Andrew, he spoke.

"You alright? You were out cold for awhile."

"Yeah." Nothing more than that, Andrew focused on making sure the bow was fine, and counting the arrows. 6. At least Prometheus had taken the time to pick up the one Andrew had fired, then.

Last thing I need is an arrow-shortage.

He wondered how things would have changed, had the arrow ever hit its target. Perhaps the young girl would have ended up less hurt, the arrow alone taking her out. Or perhaps she would have gotten killed.

Doesn't matter now, though.

"Okay. You can keep playing catch up in the van. Right now we need to keep heading North. It's just sunrise and nobody has slept, so I highly recommend doing so. If anyone found anything that even remotely looks like it could be of any use, whatsoever, please, don't hesitate to tell me. What happened in there is nothing compared to a straight fight."

Andrew got up from the bed, after all, he had already slept, and someone else probably needed it more than him.

Besides, I don't want to risk seeing that guy in the chains, and I feel like lying down might make me fall asleep again.

It had just been a dream, but a rather unpleasant one. And there was something about it, the way it felt like it was partly a memory of the girl's, that made him feel as if it wasn't just his imagination taking a random shape. Even so, would it be useful in any way? Probably not. Should he tell Prometheus?

Why not.

He took the passenger seat, and started talking, noticing the fatigue more now that he was sitting straight up. When he spoke, he spoke so that only Prometheus would hear it, unless someone listened in.

"I'm not going to sleep for a while. And, it might just be nothing, but I had a nightmare, about a man with fangs, chained to a pillar. He had tattoos all over his body, and he... didn't really seem human." Just recalling the man made Andrew feel unwell, and he stopped for a short moment. "I think... the young girl might have met him. He said something about her not having known who he was, and part of it felt almost familiar. Then..." he trailed off, his voice sounding tired and unsure of what to say next. Andrew didn't want to bring up the monster part, and instead brought it to the last part of it.

"It might just be my imagination, but I think he told me "See you soon". I don't know why he said that. I don't know if this is of any use, but..." He stopped there. Andrew closed his eyes, resting them for a short moment, as he leaned against the window. He wouldn't sleep, yet he was having a hard time resisting doing so.

 

[IFS]

"Okay. You can keep playing catch up in the van. Right now we need to keep heading North. It's just sunrise and nobody has slept, so I highly recommend doing so. If anyone found anything that even remotely looks like it could be of any use, whatsoever, please, don't hesitate to tell me. What happened in there is nothing compared to a straight fight."

"I think you've got something you need to tell us about actually," Nicole said once the van had started moving, her tone was deadly serious.

She pulled the token out of her pocket and held it up so that everyone could see it. She waited a moment before speaking, trying to judge Prometheus's reaction. He'd better be honest, I don't want to have to try and make him talk.

"Apollo told me about these tokens, how we've got no protection from any side once this is over since you and Zeus never gave us any of them," she said "Care to tell us why that is? Why you never even told us about them?"

She glanced at the others, hoping for some support rather than just confusion, though they were all certain to be tired. They deserve to know, Dio needs to be stopped regardless but they, we, deserve to know what we're getting into. What risks we're taking.

 

[Terratina.]

"Are you okay? What happened?"

"I met Artemis, I think?" Etna said. The goddess seemed to be more meek than expected but at least that it getting past her easier. With that said, she got into the van and heard Prometheus' little speech. Though Etna doubted that a laptop and some old books would be useful in a fight, perhaps they contained some relevant information. Though if one of the books turned out to contain a bunch of common myth, that would be less than stellar. She briefly thanked Vera and chose a seat. Apparently she wasn't the only person who had bad dreams, at least according to Andrew's ravings. However, it wasn't the time to discuss that. Nicole had brought something very interesting up, tokens seemed to be not so token. Who know Gods thought much of those little things?

Etna had to stay up for this or at least keep sleep at bay for just a moment.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"Apollo told me about these tokens, how we've got no protection from any side once this is over since you and Zeus never gave us any of them, Care to tell us why that is? Why you never even told us about them?"

"No protection? Like they could turn on us after this or before? 'Just cause?'" Aria asked, then thought about how they'd been treated over all by they're 'allies' "Doesn't surprise me. Besides Nike and Vera's father, and Vidarr, when have any of our 'allied gods' treated us with any respect." Aria thought on it a little more "The only real difference I've seen is how eager they are to kill us."

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Steven was surprised by the books.

"Oh, you went to the library," Steven thought sarcastically, putting all the books in a corner.

"I met Artemis, I think?"

Steven raised an eyebrow. "Did she give you the books? What are we supposed to use them for?"

"Apollo told me about these tokens, how we've got no protection from any side once this is over since you and Zeus never gave us any of them. Care to tell us why that is? Why you never even told us about them?"

"Wait, what tokens?" Steven asked, "What kind of protection? Would it of stopped..."

Steven started to rub his arm where the crow mark is.

 

[hiei82]

"Did she give you the books? What are we supposed to use them for?" Steven said. Vera had been the last to get in the van so she could provide cover for others as needed. However, now she was back to her normal form and much happier for it.

"No. I saw those and the Laptop on a desk upstairs. They seemed to be put specially aside so Etna and I grabbed them on the way back. As for Artemis, she seemed... off. It was like she knew herself by another name than Artemis." Vera said, putting her own thoughts out. "I just hope those books and computer have some answers - I think we desperately need them."

Vera was going to grab a book and start reading, but she felt extremely tired for some reason. It took her a few minutes before she realized it must have been an effect of the poison she'd felt from the vines. Deciding she needed some rest, she lay back in the chair and took a nap.

 

[Green Shoes]

Vera

Vera set down the plain, unadorned book to the title page. It seemed old; the pages were faded yellow, and there was no information on it's publication. It had been printed though, that much was obvious.

Pre-Kingdom Texts of Khmun:

Second Collection: Findings at the Temple of Thoth​

The book itself was page after page of hieroglyphic text, with rendered photographs of scrolls, tablets and papyrus scattered amongst the pages. Four pages were marked with folded corners; two of straight text, and two photographs of rolled papyrus. An annotation in English next to the photograph was but a simple question mark. The two other books were codexes of translation; both pertaining to old hieroglyphs. Within one was a folded map of a river, with three temples along the banks, the middle of which was circled.

Prometheus

The Titan listened to Andrew as he drove. The mention of the tattooed man brought nothing to memory, though the encounter itself was somewhat disturbing.

"It might just be a memory of hers. You tend to merge briefly when gifting Ambrosia. I don't know of anyone by that description, or the location. Perhaps it was just a nightmare..."

Prometheus trailed off into mumblings as Andrew leaned against the window. Hoping to continue driving, his hopes were dashed when Nicole held up a black token, and spoke with surprising authority. As soon as he saw it his eyes went wide; not with concern but with surprise.

"Where did you get that?"

As she continued, he slowed the car down, frowning deeply. Almost slowing to a stop, he spoke clearly and concisely to Nicole.

"Those tokens are used for war, Nicole. The War. When the young or forgotten Gods challenge those in charge. We don't have any because this isn't a war...it's just..."

Everything clicked. The van stopped and Prometheus' hands began to shake. Pulling forth from his coat pocket, he held a gold token in his hand, weighty and intricately inscribed. With no oath sworn it was free to exchange hands, though he kept it firmly in his grip. Speaking to Steven and Nicole, his voice was monotone.

"Yes, Steven. It would have. But I didn't know this was happening. It's too early. Zeus didn't..."

He narrowed his eyes and clenched the steering wheel. Turning to Prail, he bared his teeth and his voice was commanding.

"We don't. This is much larger than your personal dispute. Everyone buckle up."

He floored the accelerator and they screeched off, the smell of burning rubber filtering through the windows. The Titan was now drained of colour and lacking his usual mood; his eyes were fixed on the road, and sweat had collected on his forehead. The accelerator kept ticking over.

90...100...110...

Rounding a large hill, an expanse of forest on either side, they sped through the wilderness, ever heading North at increasing speed. After several hours, they arrived at a far reaching body of water from the Northern Sea. A small town was situated at the base of it; a smattering of small houses surrounding a rather imposing concrete building. Pulling up next to one of the houses, they saw two people carrying a figure on a stretcher race past at impossible speed. The sound of dull fighting came from within the concrete structure, some few hundred metres away. Between the small houses and the stone-fort was a field of bodies, blood and weapons.

Opening the van door, he was greeted by a poised hammer. Heavily armored, with tied blonde hair and a full, thick beard, Thor kept his eyes on the Titan, his hammer clenched in an iron grip.

"Out of the van. Into the building to your left. Now."

An errant javelin whistled past the gods ear and impaled the van, bursting through the shell and coming terrifyingly close to Steven's face. Prometheus held the door open and motioned for the others to leave, hoping that they would comply, rather than risk the wrath of Mjolnir.

 

[DarkRawen]

"It might just be a memory of hers. You tend to merge briefly when gifting Ambrosia. I don't know of anyone by that description, or the location. Perhaps it was just a nightmare..."

Andrew nodded, although he wasn't paying much attention to anything else than to keep his eyelids open.

Whatever it was, I hope it was a one time only. Because I might just fall asleep regardless of if I wish to or not.

"Apollo told me about these tokens, how we've got no protection from any side once this is over since you and Zeus never gave us any of them. Care to tell us why that is? Why you never even told us about them?"

Or perhaps not. Tokens? He glanced over at the dark token Nicole was holding, and examined it. Did that really have that much meaning? Then again, everything until now made it quite clear that the gods liked to do everything a bit complicated.

Still. Did Prometheus really lie back then, or did he not see this as important?

The Titan had said he knew as little as them about the situation. As far as Andrew could read people, Prometheus had seemed sincere. However, could he have been tricked?

"Those tokens are used for war, Nicole. The War. When the young or forgotten Gods challenge those in charge. We don't have any because this isn't a war...it's just..."

War. Of course a war was going on, of course they happened to be in the middle of it. Andrew was more alert now, but didn't he didn't speak, just thought about the current situation at hand. Unlike the others, who would certainly feel shocked or betrayed or something because of the whole no token thing, Andrew just felt... as if he had been expecting it all along. Not the exact thing, of course, he still didn't really know the full meaning behind the tokens apart from that they seemed to give protection from the side it belonged to.

However, he hadn't trusted Zeus for a moment, nor had he been very trusting of the others who claimed to be on their side. The very idea that they were just tools to be used and discarded, seemed more likely to him than them getting rewarded or made heroes, or anything.

If I had been here for that, I'd have called Apollo by now and demanded to get picked up.

The thing was, though, war or no war, Dionysus were sacrificing humans for his case. That was why Andrew was there. That seemed to be why the rest of the group was there as well, surely they couldn't have thought there was a reward worth this whole mess. Still, if he could have chosen a side, if it hadn't mattered to human lives which side he was on, Andrew'd have chosen neither. He had no reason to support either's case. Dio and his group was challenging Zeus and the older gods for their power, right? Would that truly change anything for the humans? Would it make a difference at all?

I doubt so. They all seem to be the same.

In the end, Andrew could spend more time thinking about the reasons why, and which side was the least wrong. However, instead all he could think of was what would happen to him. Him, Andrew. There was already a risk in doing this, but success carrying the same risk made it hard to want to fight Dio. He thought about his mother, and about Kirsten. Would it be best to talk to them the next time he had a chance? It might be his only chance, if everything went wrong. His hand closed around the phone Apollo had handed him again, he knew both their numbers, he could call easily, or just send them a message, even. However, he still didn't know the risk behind such an action, if it would put them in any danger whatsoever.

"Would calling someone put them at risk?" he asked Prometheus, although he only half-way expected an answer. The other had been silent for a long while now, driving for hours without saying anything else. Then, they got to a place more akin to a battlefield than anything else -though the fighting didn't happen that close to them- and the van stopped. They were greeted by a god with a hammer, everything would suggest Thor.

"Out of the van. Into the building to your left. Now."

Prometheus held the door open, motioning for them to move, and Andrew did so, calmly leaving as if a javelin had not just almost hit Steven. Had he been closer, he would have asked Aria if she needed to be carried, however, one of the others would have to do that. Andrew just headed towards the building he had been told to enter, bow and arrows under his arm, making sure he wasn't hit by any other weapons.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Shiro lay back against the seat, eyes screwed shut. From what he had seen, the battle against this Dioynsus was not going to be easy. But if he didn't help, innocent people could end up getting hurt. And he couldn't let that happen...

Suddenly, he was jarred out of his thoughts when the van came to a halt. Startled, he sat up to see a bearded man with a hammer standing in their path. Shrio wracked his brain, trying to place the name of what was obviously a god... Thor, right?

"Out of the van. Into the building to your left. Now."

At Prometheus' words, Shiro scrambled out of the van, glancing at the horrible sight of the battlefield beyond. Swallowing hard, he began to realize just what he had gotten himself into...