Prologue
I parried with my sword. It was the best I could do under the conditions. I turned my head to look at my cousins fighting the other gods along with me. I thought back to the training I had endured during the last two weeks. From how we prepared, I never knew how different it would be. I looked for our leader, Sea. I caught her eye and nodded at her. I jumped out of the way of the goddess' weapon and ran over to her. I caught her opponent with a blast of fire and he landed in a smoking heap on the wall.
"Are you sure we are all prepared for this?" I ask her quickly, observing the war going on around us.
"Positive. After you return with from signaling our backup brigade, we can't fail…or more like we will never fail. Now go!" She quickly dodges a sword and jumps back into the fight as I dash out of the throne room to teleport down to our bunker. As I run, the events of the last two weeks race through my mind.