Hey, I know the title is a bit cheesy, but delve into the meaning! You guys think it's easy to come up with good titles! (Y'all writers will get me on this!) For some reason, m' homie, Excelerate Prime, thinks this sounds like a Teen Titans fic...I can kinda see why...(_ _") But still...I know i'll regret the title in chapter four or so...anyways, let's begin!

Prologue

(Because apparently, all of my stories need one…!)

"You think this'll be enough?" Archie was on a high branch, looking down at one of his comrades. The forest around them seemed…unnaturally calm, a tense atmosphere in the air.

Odie looked up from what he was typing on his laptop, fingers continuing to input data even tho' he wasn't looking at the screen. "Yeah, Arch…I think so…" He shifted slightly on the mossy root he was using as a seat. "We'll get him this time, I'm sure of it!"

"Oh yeah," Atlanta was suddenly standing next to the two males. "Like the last plan totally worked!"

"Atlanta, Odie's trying the best he can," Jay placed a hand on her shoulder as he came up from behind her.

Atlanta gave him a weary look. "Jay, we've been at this for days now…I think it's a sign that what we're doing isn't gonna be enough, no matter what we do!"

Jay ran a hand through his short hair as he sighed. "Atlanta, it was, IS, our job to stop Cronus no matter what! We have to keep trying!"

"Jay!" the boy's walkie-talkie rang through a transmission. "He's been sighted!"

Jay's instincts roared. "Alright, Theresa, we're on our way!"

"I'll scout ahead!" Atlanta grinned. She glanced up. "Comin', Arch…?"

The boy grinned. "When you're ready!"

Jay shook his head. "Be careful, Archie, Atlanta…remember, the last time—"

"—Neil's hair was torched and he was wailing for days," Archie laughed as he jumped down, landing next to Jay. "I remember, okay?!"

Atlanta grinned, nudging Archie slightly. "It's kinda hard not to!"

"Just get going!" Jay glared. "This isn't the time to be—! And they're gone…" He sighed in exasperation. "They'll never listen to me, will they?"

Odie closed his laptop. "You know…it's nothing to freak out about—"

Jay glanced at the smaller boy. "Odie—!"

"AAAAAAAH!"

Jay turned abruptly. "Oh no, not again!"

"Let's go!" Odie and Jay charged through the jungle in the direction of the sounds. Arriving at the scene of attack, several teenagers were being attacked by what seemed to by panicking horses, the group frantically trying to keep out of their way.

"Aw man!" Odie sighed. "It's Taraxippi today!" ( Herry: "A what?!") He stepped back a little. "Maybe I should stay out of this one…"

Jay drew his sword. "Good call." He noted several horses coming his and Odie's way. "HYA! HYA!" He yelled, waving his arms in the air. The horses reared up in fright and ran around them.

"Gee, thanks!" Odie managed, looking a little pale with fright.

"Just get out of trampling range!" Jay told him, charging forwards to help his friends. But where would that be? "Try to figure out a way on how to stop these Taraxippi!"

"On it!" Odie made his way up a tree and sat on a branch, fingers gliding gracefully over the keys of his laptop.

"A taxi?!" Meanwhile Herry dove out of the way of one of the horses, its hooves narrowly missing his head. "Okay, I might've heard wrong, but what the hell does a taxi have to do with any of this?! WHOA!" he grabbed a horse by the neck, pulling and sliding it to the ground.

"A Taraxippi, you moron!" Theresa teased as Neil ran from a swarm of horses, screaming like a little girl. She back-flipped over a horse that had been hurtling towards her, landing in a crouch. "They're spirits that frighten horses…and cause major trouble for people on a mission—!" She disappeared under a swarm of stampeding horses.

"THERESA!" Jay screamed, turning swiftly. But as much as he'd want to help her, he knew the primary objective had to come first. "Herry, get her out of there!" He kept making his way through the crowd, trying to search for the main threat to them: Cronus.

"Will do, Chief!" Herry grabbed the screaming boy. "Come on, Neil, help out a little!"

Neil pouted. "But I am helping someone! ME!"

Herry rolled his eyes and slung Neil over his shoulder. "You really are useless!" He made his way through the horses, "'Scuse me! Comin' through!" pushing any equestrians that came too close. "Neil, you're lucky right?"

Neil couldn't help himself at the chance to boast. "Well, yeah! I'm blessed with being the luckiest guy on—!"

"In ya go!" Herry tossed the screaming Neil into the fray. "Get Theresa, I'll distract the horses!"

Sure enough, Neil emerged completely intact with an unconscious Theresa. "Got her!" He made his way through the opening, half-dragging Theresa. He put her to the side, dropping her. "EW! I got my hands all dirty!"

Jay glanced back, relief filling him. Finally, some progress! Maybe things'll get easier now!

Things, however, took a downhill dive from there. Swarms of Dracaenas appeared in their midst, attacking mercilessly with swords, tridents, any weapons they were armed with.

Aw man! Why do I even bother hoping?! Jay grunted as he locked blades with a dracaena. He pushed her blade away and dropped onto the ground, kicking the snake-woman in the area that should have been legs, but were actually two snake tail-like trunks that served the exact same purpose. Either way, the monster went tumbling, Jay slashing his sword down, the snake woman turning to dust with a wailing screech.

"Whoa, Jay! There's too many of them!" Atlanta yelped as a snake-woman slashed her in the arm. She ducked and dodged the woman's sword, trying to fire an energy arrow at her, but was unsuccessful since another monster was right behind her, keeping her off-balance.

Archie popped out behind the three and cut the monster in half with his adamantine whip. "I got you, Lannie!" He motioned for her to duck while he leapt into the air with a spin, kicking the dracaena squarely in the chest, sending the monster crashing into a tree with a vicious CRACK!

"Thanks," Atlanta grinned as she stood back up, then stiffened. "Hey, wait a minute! Don't call me that!"

"Well then, DUCK!" Archie shoved the girl into the ground as an energy attack vaporized a tree near them. "Okay, now that was close!"

"Not as close as the last time something like this happened, but thanks, Arch!" Atlanta shot to her feet. She eyed the newly arriving dracaenas. "Hey, Arch, help me out…?"

Archie lost no time and put out his hands, launching Atlanta through the air, firing energy-arrows at the nearest monsters. He took his part and attacked the nearest dracaena wrapping her with his whip. "Good night!" Pulses of high voltage snaked along his whip, electrocuting the monster. He laughed. "Ha, this is too easy—UNH!" Another stream of energy was fired, hitting him, the Descendant of Achilles falling unconscious.

Jay turned when he realized only one person—or god in this case—could have done such an attack. "Cronus," he growled, as Atlanta pulled Archie out of harm's way. He began to circle the Titan, a stiflingly calm center to the battle around them, the other Titans screaming in pain, fear, and determination.

"Now, now, Jay," the Titan Lord smiled warmly, though there was a clear murderous intent in his eyes. "There's no reason for you to have to suffer through a fight! Just let me win, and I promise you, your end will be swift!"

"No chance of that happening!" Jay growled, lunging at Cronus. Sword to scythe, their blades sang with every contact, sparks flying. Jay locked blades and tried to kick, but Cronus used his free hand to block, turning the tables and kicking Jay away. "You know, Jay, you really should stop. Can't you see I have better plans for this wretched world of yours? I could do more improvement where the gods could not, think about it!"

"All you care about is your own power," Jay wiped blood from his mouth, wincing slightly. "You never really even cared about the humans Prometheus made, so how can you expect me to believe you'd change your opinion?" He stood up shakily, charging at Cronus.

The Titan sidestepped him. "Hmm…I guess you can't…" he karate-chopped Jay in the back, the boy falling to his knees with a cry of pain. "You really do seem exhausted…overworking yourself much?"

"Shut up!" Jay growled as he staggered to his feet. "You won't win this fight, not again!" He threw sword at Cronus, the titan parrying it easily with a lazy swing of his scythe.

Cronus clicked his tongue. "Oh, but you see, I'm already beating you."

"What?!" Jay pulled back slightly, aware that, to his horror, the screams his friends were making had abruptly stopped. "What do you mean?!"

"I mean," Cronus threw a bolt of energy, hitting Jay square in the chest, sending the boy crashing into a tree. "You're weaponless, your friends are done for, you have no discipline, and," Cronus grinned as he stood over Jay. "There's no more prophecy for me to worry about, therefore nothing is in the way of my plans anymore! So in other simpler words for your human mind to comprehend…" He slashed down, pain arcing through Jay's body as the blade ripped into his chest. "…you lose!"

So...how's it so far? I know it seems kinda abrupt an' stuff, but hey! It's just the prologue, meaning somethin's bound to be missing here an' there...i'll try to make thingss clearer for you guys in the next chapter, okay?

Peace and God bless!~ Dina G.