I don't own Class of the Titans
Ch 2
As Elise followed Henry through the sewer system, she felt as if she had met him once before, like a really long time ago. Coming upon a ladder, Henry easily lifted the manhole cover up and left the underground, Elise tailing him. Returning to the surface, the two kids found themselves in a rundown neighborhood near the docks. Henry walked over to what looked like a shut down hotel.
"Nice place you got here."
"It's not much, but it's warm, we can get electricity, and we're safe from any adults that want to drag us back to the Homes."
"Then it's perfect."
Henry led the green eyed girl inside what used to be a dinning room.
"HEY! I'M BACK!" Henry yelled at the top of his lungs. Suddenly, four other kids, all around Elise's age, appeared.
"Henry! Where've ya been?" A redheaded boy with purple streaks asked.
"We been worried!" A girl who was identical to the first one said.
"Really man, you've got to be more careful." A mocha skinned boy scolded.
"Also, be more quite when you walk in. I need my beauty sleep!" A typical blue eyed blondie complained
"Hey, who's your friend?" The mocha skinned asked
"Guys, I'd like you to meet Elise. Elise, meet the team: the twins, Luna and Zephyr. Our tech wiz, Oliver. Finally, our own pain in the butt supermodel, Nicholas, also known as Nick."
"Nice to meet ya guys."
"Where did you meet her?" Luna asked in curiosity.
"I was resting in that abandon laundry place on the east side when she ran in. She gave me half a muffin."
"So you risked our necks on the fact she fed you?!" Zephyr screamed.
"Yes."
"You're ridiculous dude." Oliver said while rubbing his temples.
"She's like us! She an orphan and she's got serious powers. Show them!"
Taking a deep breath, Elise used her telekinetic abilities to lift several pots into the air and threw them across the room. The others were awe struck.
"That's cool." Oliver said breathless.
"I vote she stays." Luna said with sarcasm in her voice.
"I agree with my twin."
"Ditto." Nick said.
"Well that settles it. Welcome to the team!" Henry exclaimed.
"Thanks. Henry mentioned something about your special powers on the way here. Mind showing them off?"
The five grinned.
"Sure!" Oliver said. "My abilities are computer skills, intellect, and mechanism. Luna and Zephyr are deadly with a bow and arrow and can run at super speed, and Nick is incredibly lucky."
"Can you two show off your abilities?"
Grabbing two bows, the twins loaded arrows at hit bulls eye on targets on the other side of the room.
"Nice!"
Suddenly, the two arrows vanished in a flash of wind. Elise turn to find them in the hands of the archers.
"Cool powers! I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship!"
"Ya! We'll be like Odysseus and his crew!" Oliver cheered.
"Nice try, Oliver." Elise said with a smirk. "But we're more like Jason and the Argonauts."
"Oh good!" Zephyr said with a grin. "You're a Greek geek too!"
"That's kinda a necessity around here." Henry explained
"Don't worry, I'm all into that stuff! Now Argonauts! Let's go round up some food!"
Weeks quickly passed as the group of six began protecting and taking care of each other. They seemed to be untouchable. That is until one fateful night.
"Hey sis, I found the trail!"
"Nice work Zephyr! We'll eat like kings tonight!"
The twins followed the trail until they came upon their prey: a wild hog. Drawing back her bow, Luna let her arrow fly, killing the unsuspecting creature. Picking it up, the identical children made their way back to their hideout until…
"Hey you kids!" A male voice rang out.
The two suddenly found an enormous man with black armor standing over them. They stopped dead in their tracks.
"Can we help you?" Luna, the more sensible one, asked.
"Isn't it a little late for you to be out here on your own, and with that hog?"
"We were camping and decided to go on a hunt." Luna insisted. She felt a familiar twinge as if she knew this man. But as usual, her flight or fight instinct over powered this.
"Well then, allow me to…"
"ARES!"
The group was joined by a dark hair women with an aura of wisdom around her.
"Athena, stay out of this!"
"You call yourself the god of war yet you can't even sense a flight or fight mode."
Zephyr gave his sister a wink, their signal for run.
"Well," Zephyr said, gripping the hog. "Loved to stay and chat, but…"
"Gotta run!" Luna said, braking out into her super speed. The two siblings easily managed to outrun the two weird adults. They were completely breathless by the time they made it back to the hideout.
"All right! The mighty hunters return with meat!" Henry exclaimed, eyeing the hog.
"Don't even think about it Henry!" Elise scolded. She quickly learned her new friend's personalities and weaknesses. For Henry, it was his stomach.
"Ya, that's for all of us!" Oliver said, recalling the last time the muscle boy had eaten their dinner.
"Hey guys, are you ok? Your out of breath!" Elise asked with concern.
"We met these two really weird people in the woods," Zephyr said between breaths.
"While they were arguing, we managed to book it!" Luna finished.
"Are you sure?" The leader asked.
"Positive."
"Then lets cook up that hog and eat!" Henry said while dragging away the beast.
Walking into the kitchen, the six were met with the sight of a slightly bald, red side haired, and chubby stranger.
"You kids are pretty clever to have figured out how to hook up this place to an electrical station," the man said while testing the stove.
Elise grabbed her sword that had been 'retrieved' from a pawn shop. She held it in intimidation.
"Okay, who are you and why are you here?"
"Glad you asked. Name's Hephaestus!"
"Not another one!" Zephyr cried out.
Oliver asked, "One what?"
"When we were in the forest, the two people who caught us called themselves Ares and Athena." Luna explained
"Like as in the god of war and the goddess of wisdom?" Henry asked.
"Precisely," another voice joined in. The kids found an elder lady behind them.
"You needn't fear us young heroes. I am Hera, Queen of the goddesses."
"Oh sure," Luna said with her sarcastic tone. " and this is my brother Achilles, my friends Hercules, Jason, and Odysseus, and I'm Artemis."
"Perhaps they know more than we thought." The man from the park said while entering the room.
"Ares. She was being sarcastic, even if she was indirectly correct," Athena said behind him.
"What are you people talking about?!" Henry screamed.
"Nothing. You kids are coming with us," Hera said blowing a sparkling blue dust on the kids. Suddenly, the group became incredibly drowsy. One by one, they blacked out. Elise was the last to go down. The last thing she remembered seeing, were the group of adults coming at them.
