The dark-haired figure ran down the streets as fast as he could.
It was around midnight so no one was out to block his path in the city of New Olympia.
"Cronus!" He heard his name being called and looked behind him.
There he saw Jay, Atlanta, Herry, Theresa, Odie, Neil and Archie right in his tail. Jay and the others all had their weapons drawn.
Cronus sulked and saw an alley to the right up ahead. He quickly turned into it and bolted.
He soon came to a stop as the alley ended and now he was trapped.
"Nowhere to run Cronus," Jay said coming to a stop with the others blocking the exit to the alleyway.
Cronus merely smirked and waved his hand to produce a golden sickle that he always carried with him.
Jay ran forward with his sword drawn.
Cronus swung his golden sickle at Jay's head, barely missing by inches as he ducked to avoid the strike.
Jay lunged at him with his sword, but Cronus was to fast for him and moved out of the way swiftly as Jay lunged into nothing but air.
Cronus smirked and kicked Jay in the back, which sent him flying onto the ground, crashing into two garbage cans.
"Jay!" Theresa called, as Jay lay motionless among the garbage. With rage she ran full speed at Cronus, with her nunchucks.
"Theresa, don't!" Herry yelled, as Neil ran over to see if Jay was alright, although he stopped because his mirror fell out of his pocket and hit the ground hard.
"Ah!" Neil yelped.
"Oh for the love of…" Archie smacked his head and Atlanta shook hers.
While Neil studied himself in the mirror Odie ran over to Jay.
The seven heroes had been battling Cronus for the last half an hour, and the fight was at a standstill.
The battle started when the heroes followed a lead of disruption in an abandoned wood mill, with citizens claiming they saw huge ogres, giants, and beasts of all sizes.
Though the seven had taken out all of the monsters, they had only caught Cronus in the back of an alleyway, and now they were in the fight.
Theresa jumped in the air in a kicking motion at Cronus' face, yelling out at him.
Cronus merely smiled and curled his fingers around her ankle before she could hit him. He then raised his sickle up high, and as he threw her to the side, he slashed her stomach.
Blood splattered over the ground and Theresa grabbed her stomach crying out in pain, and then she crashed to the ground.
"Theresa!" Herry, Atlanta, Oddie, and Archie called out, making Neil look away from the mirror and glance at Theresa lying of the ground, the blood pouring from her stomach making a dark red puddle.
Neil turned white as a ghost and then dropping his mirror, he fainted. (A/N: Just seemed like a Neil thing to do)
Jay opened his eyes vaguely, raised his head and whispered "Theresa," before he blacked out and his head fell back to the concrete.
Cronus walked over to Theresa's shuddering body and raised the golden weapon dripping with blood over his head, preparing to finish the job, his lips curling into an evil grin.
Suddenly, silver steel bolas came flying through the air and they quickly wrapped around Cronus' raised arm, causing him to drop the sickle.
Atlanta, after throwing her bolas, ran as fast as she could at Cronus.
Cronus grasped his arm that was now turning purple with the steel thread. As Atlanta came, Cronus was too slow and she knocked him right off his feet and into the brick-building behind.
Cronus let out a grunt as he fell to one knee. He looked around and then saw his sickle lying on the ground.
As he moved to get it, Archie ran and flung his Hephaestus whip towards the weapon Cronus desired. It hit the sickle, causing it to bound far away, out of Cronus' grip.
"No," Cronus growled and stood up. He waved his hand, and from the fire, produced a replica golden sickle.
Archie frowned, "You never fight fair Cronus. That's a sign of weakness!"
Cronus ran his fingers over the gold blade.
"Perhaps, young Achilles. Maybe I am just weak and pathetic and I will never be able to defeat the seven of you." Cronus said sarcastically. Then he smiled, "Oh who am I kidding."
Before Archie could remark, Cronus created a giant ball of fire from his sickle and sent it straight at him.
"Archie!" Atlanta yelled.
Herry grabbed the back of Archie's blue sweater and pulled him out of the way, and they both fell to the ground, just as the ball of fire hurdled away.
"I grow tired of this. If you can't do any better, I will just take my leave." Cronus said as he turned to a black hole that had just appeared behind him.
Herry stood up and picked up a full garbage can and then threw it at the back of Cronus' head before even hesitating.
Cronus looked back to see the garbage flying at him.
"Oh, I hate these kids," He grimaced.
The can hit him square on the face and sent him hurdling back into his black hole and then there was silence as the blackness disappeared.
Archie stood up. "Great, he fled again."
"Uh, Arch we have bigger problems here," Atlanta said as she quickly knelt beside Theresa, with a worried expression on her face.
Theresa clutched her bloody stomach, "No really guys… I'm f-fine."
She, then tried to get up, but the pain made her keel over and she remained on the ground.
Herry ran over to them. "We have to get her to Chiron."
Odie got up with Jay's arm around his neck.
"How's Jay?" Archie asked.
"I think he'll be fine, just not in at the moment," Odie motioned to Jay, almost in a sleep-like trance.
Herry scooped Theresa into his arms and started jogged towards his truck with Atlanta and Odie carrying Jay, close behind.
Archie started to follow, but then realized they had forgotten something.
"Uh, guys. Shouldn't we help Neil," He said looking over at Neil lying on the ground, his mirror next to him.
"Archie, hurry up and grab him, we have to be quick," Herry said as he gently placed Theresa in the Hummer-like vehicle.
Archie scowled and unwillingly picked Neil and the mirror up. He then put Neil's arms around his neck, almost in a horsey-back ride position, and continued to walk to the truck.
"Why do I always get stuck carrying the heavy loads," Archie grunted and flung Neil into the backseat.
He then, jumped in and they sped off towards Mount Olympia High.
