Chapter One: Broken Prophecy
Life had been quiet over the last couple days ever since Theresa went off the deep end. All the gods agreed that the heroes could use some time off to rest and relax and enjoy their lives for once. Theresa and Jay above all were enjoying their down time. They took long moonlight sails on the water and enjoyed romantic movies and candle lit dinners. They had always known that there was a spark between them, but it had taken almost losing each other for good for the feelings to be brought to the surface. "It's been a crazy two years," Jay began as he and Theresa took a nice calm walk through the quiet forest.
Theresa nodded. "It sure has…" she let the sentence trail off. There was something on her mind, Jay could sense that. He led her to a tree which had a low-lying branch that served as suitable bench.
"Is something wrong?" asked Jay as he sat the two of them down.
"I was just thinking that, well I'm worried that…" she sighed and leaned into his shoulder. "I lost it Jay. Completely…"
"You were upset and frustrated and angry…we don't blame you."
Theresa shook her head. "But what if it gets that bad again? Sure I defeated Cronus temporarily but I almost destroyed the gods in the process- not to mention you all, and my self…"
"Stop worrying about that," Jay stated as he held her close. "You're fine, we're fine, the gods are fine."
"But Cronus is still out there,"
Jay nodded. "Yes he is, but we'll get him, eventually. We're destined to defeat him remember? Seven heroes…"
Theresa nodded and smiled widely. Jay was right she decided, he was always right; they would defeat Cronus. It was their destinies.
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A dark shadow walked down the street where the Oracle sat. "Ah," the Oracle stated as the shadow crossed his path. "I was figuring that you would come sooner or later."
"Tell me Oracle," Cronus began in his arrogant voice. "Is the prophecy broken?" The Oracle placed his hands together and gazed into the future. What he saw was different than what he had seen before. Once he had gazed into the future and had seen seven heroes defeating the god of Time, but now all he saw was a world filled with darkness and destruction. "Well Oracle? Is the prophecy broken?"
The oracle nodded but said nothing. Cronus smiled evilly and reached out with his power. Moments later the Oracle fell to the ground dead while the sirens of the New Olympia police rang in the distance. "It is time," Cronus muttered to himself as he gathered himself to his full power. "It is time to take the world."
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Jay and Theresa continued to walk hand and hand when suddenly a premonition hit her. Stumbling, Jay could do nothing but watch Theresa as she was caught in the confines of the vision. Over and over he kept calling out her name and eventually when the vision ended he brought her attention to him. "What is it?" he asked worriedly. "What did you see?"
"It was Cronus," she stated with a shaky breath. "He's killed the Oracle…"