- Hi Everyone! Welcome to my Atlantis story. I totally ship Icarus&Pythagoras so that is the main focus of the story with hopefully a good plotbunny at the end. I hate it that Icarus is not in the list of characters! The English is not my native language so my apologies if there are mistakes, I also do not owe the characters... If I did a third season would be in order! Please let me know if you like it! Enjoy.-

Chapter I: Prologue.

"I still think we are right there, only missing the last thing." Pythagoras said thoughtful. The sun slowly started to peak over Atlantis' walls filling the room with bright light.

"You said that yesterday too." Icarus grunted feeling terribly tired. He rubbed his eyes and let out a yawn.

"I know, but I cannot stop now that I am almost there." He said looking again at his drawings while Icarus let his head rest on the table.

"I am going to the market for something to eat." Icarus said after a while. He had to fight not to fall asleep and got up and fetched the pouch with some money.

"Yes, yes, be careful." Pythagoras said not taking his eyes from the parchment scribbling something down. He sighed and nodded before he walked out of the room on to the street.

He knew it was there and he knew he would know the answer and already did, but it would be hidden somewhere in his head and he had to try and find it. There were so many things that had to have some logical things, like how long things would take, would that not be useful? One day he would find the answer and make him one of the mostly known mathematic that had ever lived.

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Hercules cracked an eye open but closed it again because of the bright light. With a low grunt, he sat up and rubbed with his hand over his face. What would live have for a purpose when it was not there anymore? He looked around before standing. He poured the last sip of wine in to his cup and looked around for anything to eat, finding none.

"Pythagoras! We're out of food!" Hercules yelled receiving no answer, only silence. He had forgotten, Pythagoras went to Icarus yesterday. He sighed yet again and drained his cup. He fetched some coins from a piece of pottery on a shelf and walked out to the market.

"Icarus?" Hercules asked.

"Hercules." Icarus said with a little smile.

"Where is Pythagoras?"

"At my home, currently too busy with his triangles, according to him too close solving their mystery to have attention to anything else." Icarus explained.

"Is that why you look that awful?"

"I have not slept this night, I thought I would be nice staying up with him, but you also look not that well, or am I just tired?"

"You know Medusa is gone, so I wonder what life has for sense." Hercules sighed earning a pat on his shoulder.

"You will find one." Icarus said giving him a little smile. Together they walked over the market gathering the last things to fill their needs.

"Well, I am going to see if I can get some sense in to Pythagoras. I will have sent him home tomorrow, you won't be alone." Icarus said before he walked the street to the right where Hercules would have to go left. Back home Hercules ate a piece of cheese and bread before he returned to his bed and lay down.

When Icarus was back home he put the food on the dining table, the only table in their house not pre-occupied with experiments or parchment. He walked up to Pythagoras and snatched the parchment from right under his nose.

"Hey!" Pythagoras objected. "I was nearly there."

"You said that yesterday, and the day before, and the day before. Now first come and eat something." Icarus said watching his dear friend before he put the piece of parchment away. He took his hand leading him to the dining table where he made him sit down and poured two cups of water before sitting down himself.

"You look tired." Pythagoras observed watching his boyfriend.

"I am. I stayed up with you all night."

"Then go and sleep."

"You are tired yourself." Icarus said after swallowing a piece of bread.

"I need to finish what I have started first."

"You will die before you solve it if you do not care for yourself."

"I do take care of myself."

"Then come with me and sleep some. A bit of sleep might do wonders." Icarus smiled especially because he had come up with a valid reason that seemed to work. Pythagoras nodded slowly.

"I think you are right." Pythagoras said and drained his cup. "Let us go and sleep then." Both men soon found their bed and as soon as their heads hit their pillows their where asleep.

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"What do you think you are doing?" A voice awoke the two lovebirds from their slumber a few hours later.

"Father?" Icarus asked while he sat up, rubbing the sleep from his still tired eyes.

"Go and seek a job Icarus, then you do not sleep a hole in the day." Daedalus said watching his son.

"I stayed up with Pythagoras all night, and went to the market this morning."

"I saw but money does not grow on trees."

"No, but it comes from the ground." Pythagoras murmured still half asleep. Icarus put his elbow between his ribs making Pythagoras look at him. "What?" Icarus shook his head ignoring the glare from his father.

"I will go and see if I can find a job." Icarus said while he got up and stifled a yawn. Pythagoras also got up and soon was again focused on his triangles. Icarus busied himself with tasks around the house like washing sheets or dusting the floor. When dusk came around He managed to pull Pythagoras away from his triangles and had a decent talk with him over their dinner of soup with bread. It was late in the evening when Icarus dragged Pythagoras back to bed having a quiet conversation in each other's arms before they fell asleep.

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In the morning, Icarus and Pythagoras walked over the market hand in hand, bringing some supplies before returning him home.

"Hercules?" Pythagoras called and banged the door for the fourth time.

"I'm coming." Hercules grunted before moments later he appeared in the half-opened door.

"Goodbye." He said to Icarus letting their lips lace together for a few long moments awoken again by an annoyed grunt of Hercules. "We will see each other soon." Pythagoras smiled and Icarus said him goodbye before he slipped inside and Hercules closed the door.

"Did you need to do that?" Hercules grunted while he heavily sat down at the table.

"Do what?" He questioned.

"Do what?" Hercules glared at him madly.

"I… eh… sorry." Pythagoras said while his cheeks turned pink and turned his eyes away from his long-time friend. He put the supplies on the table and sat down opposite of him. "I know what you need." Pythagoras smiled after some silence.

"And what could that possibly be?"

"Something to get you distracted." Pythagoras said with a little smile.

"And how do you think you will do that?"

"I heard that they would need some guards for a journey to Helios with a precious load."

"And how would you think we can manage without Jason?"

"We have Icarus." Hercules let out another grunt and rubbed with his hand over his face.

"That will not make it any better."

"It is something. Besides, I do not think Jason has the time to do something like that with us, being king of Atlantis." He said trying still to be calm and friendly, for Hercules could not help himself, this time.

Jason had married Ariadne soon after the defeat of Pasiphae and two months ago they were crowned to king and queen of Atlantis with a big feast. Now that everything had settled down they had time to think of things they had not had the time for.

"All right then." Hercules huffed. They probably would need the money anyway. Pythagoras jumped up.

"I will be right back." Soon Pythagoras had spoken with the man and in two days they would leave for Helios.

"Icarus?" Pythagoras asked outside of the door of their house.

"Pythagoras? What are you doing here?" He asked while he opened the door.

"I have found us a job. In two days, we will leave as a carriage protectors for Helios."

"Oh." Icarus said surprised.

"You will come with me and Hercules, won't you?" He asked concerned.

"Yes, I will. I am just surprised."

"Thank you." Pythagoras smiled and with a quick kiss he was off again.

"In two days, we will leave for Helios." Pythagoras said while he walked inside again. Hercules glared at him.

"He really accepted your offer?" Hercules asked suprised.

"Yes, he did." Pythagoras nodded and smiled. He poured himself a cup of water and sat down. "We will go as guards with the load to Helios and then we return and get payed." Maybe we can get a job as advisor of Jason. Pythagoras mused while he slowly sipped his cup. I always could ask, then we would not need to do those ridiculous jobs ever again. Besides we would see him more often. He thought. He watched Hercules munch on a piece of bread with a distant look in his eyes, probably lost in his memories.

-Sorry it is a bit short, future chapters will be longer! Leave me a review please!-