A/N - Hi All! Just a quick note to explain the chapter. The italics is the God talking (name mentioned in the heading). Normal text is the mortal, in present day. This chapter was written by Mystery-Immortal. Please enjoy!

Hera – Catarina

"Existence is becoming dangerous, the time is upon us when the prophesy needs to be fulfilled. The twelve reside Down Under. It is time to summon them. I wish whole-heartedly I could guide them all, but I may only view my own sister-mind. The others must be true and guide their own."

"Puitain! Il est tellement un con! Imbecile! Why do I even bother?" Catarina stormed into the courtyard of Mortonia Heights, "Shaira!" Catarina tapped her right foot with increasing impatience while a furrow made it's likeness in her brows, until her target appeared. "Shaira, your boyfriend was a no show for tutoring – again!"

"Well, hello to you too, Catarina." Shaira greeted, her voice dripping in sarcasm. Here Kittie, as she preferred to be known as, threw a well aimed punch at her pseudo-sister's shoulder. "Salope! What was that for? It is your name isn't it?" noting the solid glare coming from Kittie, Shaira continued testily. "I don't have a boyfriend and if you are referring to Antonio I am not his keeper."

"Urgh! I could just… oooh!" throwing another exasperated glare at her pseudo-sister, Kittie continued on her rampage muttering something about chauvinistic bastards.

"Toodles, sis!" Shaira called after her, as she spun around with a non-chalant flick of her long dark locks.

"Well, she certainly looks like my kind of girl" Hera ended her connection to the twenty-first century.

Zeus – Xavier

I have no time for the trivial lives of these future mortals. However, the oracle stresses their importance and Hera is a foreboding woman… My like-mind better be bearable to watch.

Xavier was perched on one of the many stands around the schools sporting track. He'd graduated Mortonia Heights a few years ago, but returned to coach the senior boy's track and field team. Although he had finished lunch time training with them today he remained behind and was now enjoying the view. As the girls track team ran past him he muttered,

"Gotta love those lycra pants…" There was suddenly a resounding THWACK as Kittie came up behind him, a highly interrogative smile plastered on her face "What was that sweetheart?"

"Oh, uh, nothing"

"Get your head out of the gutter," Kittie placed a kiss on his cheek, "Have you seen Antonio? He ditched me again!"

Xavier gave her a smirk, "Something you're not telling me, love?" THWACK "no, I haven't seen him. Try Raine, he talks strategy with her sometimes when he is stuck for a play."

"Hmm, what is this lycra? Perhaps these mortals are not all bad" Zeus severed his connection with Xavier

Athena – Raine

"I cannot find fault in Hera's reasoning as her strategy is sound. It is time; I can feel the battle looming. I shall do my part and seek my sister-mind"

Without looking up from her book Raine spoke, an iciness resonating in her voice "What is it, Kittie? I'm busy."

Unperturbed by Raine's cold tone, Kittie, still fuming about being left hanging for tutoring, snapped, "Get your head of those damned books and live in reality for once!"

Raine hardly bothered to glance up from the page she was perusing, to reply "I have not seen Antonio, so you can go and bother someone else who has the time for your petty feministic pursuits."

"All right, just cause you're all knowing." Kittie huffed slightly, somewhat stumped by Raine's quick perception

"I resent that…" Raine replied, still distracted by her book.

"Xav said Antonio talks strategy with you, though why he'd be caught dead in a library is beyond me."

Kittie finally earned bored glare from Raine. "You are gonna have to try harder then that if you want my help Kittie, and I happen to be the best strategist in the school."

"That's 'cause all you do all day is read those bloody books!" muttered Kittie.

After releasing an audibly irritated sigh, Raine finally looked up, her clear eyes stared with the still calmness of a pool of motionless water "If I tell you where I saw him last, will you let me alone?"

"Oui, of course."

"He was with Lana and Seth, something about a camping trip."

With that Raine returned to her book, completely ignoring Kittie again.

"Impossible!" Kittie made her way out of the library

Apollo and Artemis – Seth and Lana

"It appears brother; we need to visit the distant future" "It would appear so" "We shall do as Hera has requested, for we do not wish the wrath of the Queen upon us…"

"You are such a girl!"

"Well, you're such a dude!"

Kittie could hear the twins before she saw them. Mentally rolling her eyes she sometimes wondered if the Gods were playing a joke on them when they made Seth the cultural one and Lana the one who preferred the outdoors.

"Oi! Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dumber! Cut the yelling for a half second would you?"

"Hey Kittie" their demeanour changed instantly as they answered her in unison. This time, unable to stop from physically rolling her eyes, Kittie questioned,

"Why do you even bother yelling at each other when you don't mean it?"

"Cause, we're bored and there is nothing else to do!" Lana answer for the both of them

"I thought you two were planning a camping trip with Antonio?"

"Hmm? Oh, Tony and Lana were planning the trip, I was just listening… how do you know that anyway?" Seth was more soft-spoken than Lana, but he wasn't shy by any means.

"Right, uh, Raine told me. I was in the library just now."

"Oh, naturally she knows we are planning a trip… why can't she just keep her nose out of everything?" Lana didn't like being watched, evidently.

"She wasn't being nosey Lana, Raine is just observant" Seth retorted, as his twin shook her head.

"Pfft, observant? Like a hawk is observant of its prey, I forgot you liked her," Seth cheeks turned a delicate shade of pink, but he remained silent.

"Ok, whatever, obviously Antonio was here… do either of you know where he went?" Kittie interrupted again, becoming increasingly tired of the twins' irrelevant banter.

"Nope…" said Lana.

"Sorry…" replied Seth.

"No idea," They answered simultaneously, their Cheshire Cat grins completely identical.

"Maybe he went to see Demi to ask about camping?" Seth added quietly.

"Sister, they're twins!"

"Indeed, we are fortunate" Apollo and Artemis had their one fear calmed at this realisation and returned to the past content.

Demeter – Demi

"Considering the gravity of the situation I was willing to take time out of my garden to tend to the future mortals. Connecting to my sister-mind should be simple…"

Demi was an outdoors person, but not in the same regard as her younger sister, Lana. Really she just liked the school garden. Today, she was in the Primary school helping the Year Three classes with their veggie patch.

"Demi! Do you have a minute?" Kittie made her way over to her classmate, trying not to trip on the little people swarming around her legs.

"Sure Kittie, what's up?" Demi stretched out from her kneeling position in the damp soil, dusting off her uniform as she went. She turned to a waiting Kittie, while handing her spade to an eager eight year old.

"Seth mentioned that Antonio might be with you, though I can't imagine him around this many kids. It'd be like a war-zone!"

"I can imagine," Demi laughed at the prospect "But no, I haven't even seen him… let me guess, he is coming to me to get permission for something I'm not going to like?"

"Maybe" Kittie shrugged, not wanting to ruin the twin's plans "But I'll let you get back to your dirt and if he does come to you, tell him that I'm not going to hurt him… I'm going to kill him."

Smiling, Kittie turned on her heel and went off in search of David… knowing that he sometimes trained with Antonio at lunchtimes.

"So, my sister-mind is a nurturer? I give her my approval" Demeter gentle withdrew herself from the young adult's time.

Aphrodite – Shaira

"I sooooo don't have time for this. My hair has only been brushed ninety times today! Hera is just so pushy, going into the future gives me a headache too, this better be worth it!"

Shaira was sitting in the courtyard of Mortonia Heights, preening gracefully for those passing her by. She would be the Queen of the school… if it weren't for the fact that Catarina was so intimidating. Still, she had the looks and the fashion sense.

Shaira flirtatiously winked at one of the boys passing by, wondering idly where Antonio really was this lunchtime. If he wasn't at tutoring… why wasn't he with her? Honestly, it was so hard to train a good man these days. She flicked her hair over her shoulder. Sure, having it out was non-regulation, but she had the headmaster tied around her little finger and it wasn't long before the teachers realised that sending her to the office didn't help.

As she was currently next to the centrepiece fountain Shaira saw no harm in briefly glancing at her flawless reflection. Smiling at the perfection she saw, she took her lipgloss out of her skirt pocket and proceeded to add another layer to her already shiny lips.

No matter, she decided, I can always harass him later after Latin Dancing as to where he was spending his time.

"Ooh, I like her! We should so get together sometime!" allowing herself to fall back into the past Aphrodite resumed combing her hair.

Poseidon – David

"I was quite content where I was, but no… I need to find my like-mind so she dragged me up here to Olympus. If it was anyone but Hera they would be under the sea in a blink."

"Stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, breathe, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke… that's it boys keep going." David was the schools swimming captain. He was working through some laps with his team when Kittie arrived.

"Is Antonio training today?" she was starting to lose what was left of her patience.

"No, doesn't he have tutoring with you?" she responded.

"Yes, but he was a no show, so now I am looking for his punk-ass!"

"Ah, I see… well even if he had shown up here there is no way I'd let him train on tutoring day." He flicked a grin at her, "Did you check with that know-it-all in the library, she might have had a new footy strategy for him."

"Raine hasn't seen him today" she replied tiredly. What was it with those two? They really didn't seem to get too well.

"Hmph, in any case I haven't seen him, and I need to get back in the water, my muscles will stiffen if I don't keep it up. See ya round, Kittie."

With that he dove back into the water and began a quick paced butterfly up the pool length. Annoyed that Antonio had evaded her all lunch so far, she made her way to the workshop, thinking he might have sought protection from Alex, like it would save him now.

"A swimmer, so this youngster belongs in the water." Poseidon turned to Hera and bowed his head before heading back to his watery castle.

Hephaestus – Alex

"I knew making the mirror that views the future-minds of anyone was a mistake. One of these days Hera is going to stop getting huffy with me… she owes me now anyway"

It was rare to see Alex anywhere but in the workshop at breaks. He was most at home amongst the hot metal and woodchips.

"Alex?" Kittie, whilst out of patience, was tentative with Alex, he never took to her nor did he shy away from her explosive mood swings.

"Catarina, to what do I owe the pleasure?" his words escaped, dripping with sarcasm. Catarina turned around, trying to locate the source of the voice. Just then, Alex appeared from behind one of the various benches, his uniform hosting numerous grease stains he seemed unaware of.

Kittie flinched at the use of her full name, but swallowed her angry retort with difficultly and continued, "Has Antonio been by recently?"

"No, and if that is all you want you, can leave me alone?" he replied somewhat coldly. One day she was going to figure out why he disliked her so much.

Alex wasn't exactly handsome, but there was something about him that just drew people in. If he was female you'd call him simple or plain in looks, but with some mysterious quality, which seemed to increase upon each meeting with him. He had developed quite nice muscles over a lean body, Kittie noted, and tousled golden hair. Perhaps that is what drew Ruby to him. She would go ask her next. She had already seen so many people, and one more wouldn't hurt.

"He appears to be trustworthy, particularly considering his distaste for Hera's sister-mind." Hephaestus turned his attention away from the future mirror and back to his newest project, the portal.

Hestia – Ruby

"It is risky to leave the eternal flame unguarded, however, it would be more risky to stay and guard it I believe…"

The home economics rooms weren't usually open to students, but the teachers made an exception for Ruby. She had not only proved herself trustworthy, but she continued to make the teachers biscuits for morning tea. It was just as well they never found out that she was a pyromaniac in the making. The things that girl did with a match were scary.

"Ruby, I have no patience what so ever, I don't want to taste whatever you are cooking or try on whatever it is you are sewing. Just tell me, very quickly. Have. You. Seen. Antonio." Kittie seemed to simplify her coherency each time she interrogated as to Antonio's whereabouts.

"No. I. Have. Not." Ruby mimicked her friends tone.

"Argh! He is so dead that even the fish won't be able to find scraps enough to feed off! By the time I find him, pigs will fly and cobras will kindly assist mice across the road, while New York turns into a meadow!"

"Ah, he missed tutoring didn't he?" Ruby gave a soft smile.

"Yes. What's it to you?" Kittie wasn't impressed that Ruby seemed to know something she didn't. Since when did the Princess of Pastries care what other people were after?

"Matt was looking for you before, I assume that Antonio sent him, since he has no other reason to look for you."

Oh, Matt the guy everyone trusted with their messages when they couldn't be bothered moving. All he demanded was respect really. That and he loved running.

"Right, thanks Ruby, catch ya later."

"A home maker and a lover of fire. I am well informed, I shall return to my sacred duty." Hestia drifted away from the future.

Hermes – Matt

"At least this like-mind business has allowed me a break from delivering messages all day. You would think I had nothing else to do!"

"Kittie! Kittie!" Matt ran up towards Kittie as she was leaving the home economics room. "I have been looking for you forever!"

"What is it Matt? I'm sort of on a rampage and I am out of patience"

"Antonio sent me… he said he has been waiting for you in the maths rooms all lunch and he promises not to leave." Matt was a little out of breath from running, but she understood him well enough.

"Quel imbecile! I told him we were in the English rooms today!" and she took off towards the Math's block.

"I am so underappreciated," mumbled Matt as he went to get a drink from one of the taps in the courtyard.

"A young man after my own heart" Hermes appeared pleased with his choice as he disconnected from the future.

Ares – Antonio

"What a waste of time. I say we don't even need these mortals. Why don't we just fight?"

'I wonder what I should say when she gets here?' Antonio pondered his situation 'I could tease her and maker her mad… or I could just start asking questions.'

At this moment Kittie walked into the room looking, well… pissed off. In three steps she covered the distance between them and slapped him sharply across the face. She then proceeded to stare at the Italian, while his perfectly tanned face, courtesy of perfectly combined genes, formed something of an imprint of Kittie's hand.

"You can't follow one simple instruction can you? ENGLISH CLASSROOMS NOT MATHS!"

So perhaps pissed off was an understatement. As Kittie went off on a tirade in French, which he definitely didn't understand he just held his ground. If I pretend she is a football team she isn't as scary… Tony repeated this mantra in his head a few more times when Kittie abruptly stopped ranting.

"What did you say?" she turned to him

"Uh, nothing…" he looked confused.

"Did you just say – if I pretend she is a football team she isn't as scary?!"

"Oh Shit…" he said "Sorry Kittie, but when you lose it a hurricane is more fun to face."

About to go off on another tirade of chauvinistic hatred, Kittie realised that for once he didn't try and flirt his way out of a situation.

"Fine, just – ah, don't do it again and, get out of my sight!"

He did so, quite willingly. Antonio would face lions, tigers and bears. Heck he'd even face his entire family.

But never Catarina in a rage.

"He is brave AND he has common sense… I can understand this guy." Ares snapped back to Olympus

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