[Prologue]
Chaos 104 - Part 1
{No POV}
It had been a very tiring day for Neil after he finally reached the school got informed on everything and got to meet Aphrodite.
"So there is supposed to be an 8th member of our team right? I wonder where they are?" The girl he had learned was called Atlanta said suddenly.
Aphrodite suddenly tensed and kicked them out sending them politely to Hera.
When they met Hera, she tensed awkwardly as well when asked about the last hero.
"She's naturally atuned to magic. The direct descendant of Circe. But she's going to be difficult to bring here for various reasons." Hera said awkwardly.
"Just who is this girl?" Archie questioned
"And who's Circe?" Theresa asked.
"Circe is the goddess of magic... you mean our 8th is..?" Jay question.
Hera nodded. "A direct descendant of Circe... Has the same abilities of Circe. And unfortunately for us a similar temperament." She answered.
"Woah... What's her name?" Atlanta said blatantly thinking its cool.
"Actually in finding her, Neil holds the answers you seek." Hera said smiling awkwardly.
"I have the answers?!" Neil questioned in shock.
"Neil??" The other teens questioned incredulously.
Hera nodded and handed Neil an item.
"This was found by Athena in your things while she was putting your things away in your room. The 8th hero holds the matching piece." Hera said warmly.
They all examined the item and saw that it was an intricate yet edgy black and purple friendship handmade leather bracelet with an A real gold charm on it.
"Her..." Neil muttered looking at the bracelet sadly yet with the barest of smiles.
"Yes. I suggest you all get going if you want to get to her before Chronus does." Said Hera warmly with a smile.
Neil nodded and quickly led the team out of the school to Herry's truck.
"Where are we even going, Neil?" Questioned Jay confused.
Nail deadpanned at him.
"To my hometown in France, where else?" Answered Neil as if it shouldn't be surprising.
"FRANCE?!" Questioned the others.
"Well yeah. I'm not greek you know. I moved here about three years ago from France to launch my modeling career." Neil answered boredly.
"So who even is this girl, Neil?" Questioned Theresa.
"Yeah, what's her name?" Questioned Atlanta.
"Oh! She's my best friend since childhood. I've known her since before I can remember. Her parents worked for mine, but when both of our parents died four years ago, I inherited everything my parents left and offered her to live in my house with my sisters and me. After a year, a job opportunity for my modeling career appeared over here so I came here and left the house and half of everything to her and my sisters since she always thought of those two as family. Her name's Aline." Answered Neil calmly.
"So which city to?" Asked Herry.
"Nantes." Neil.
"That's hours away! More hours than we have in the day!" Archie exclaimed.
Neil just handed Jay a map.
"Just follow the route on that map that is purple. When we reach the black dot let me get out for a moment." Neil answered.
"Um Neil... this route takes us through the ocean and im fairly sure this truck cant turn into a sub." Jay said concerned guiding Herry.
Neil just laughed.
"Before I moved here Aline somehow had this bridge made. I imagine she used her magic. There's an access panel that only I know where it is and only I know the code to open the gate to the bridge." Neil explained.
"How has no one noticed a bridge from Greece to France?!" Atlanta questioned.
Neil laughed lightly. "You'll see." He said.
About two hours later they found themselves in a large abandoned 'closed off parking garage facing the back wall. Neil left the car and quickly walked to the left and far into the darkness enough they could barely see him stomping his foot gently on the ground in front of him a keypad rising from the ground. He quickly typed something in and pressed a green button. Moments later the wall in front of them opening to reveal a large tunnel surrounded by water surprisingly made of what was probably EXTREMELY thick amounts of glass and concrete for people to walk or drive on. Neil quickly climbed into the car and laughed at their shocked expressions.
"Neil?" Questioned Herry slowly.
"Uh.. Yeah?" He answered confused but distracted by trying to get his bracelet on.
"Are you Rich?" Herry asked.
Neil thought it over.
"My parents were but I wouldn't say me nor my sisters are. My sisters work part times and i work freelance modeling. Plus last I heard, Aline works part time at a bar these days. That, and we grew up just like any ordinary kid does. The only expensive thing about our lifestyle was my clothing because of my allergy, and of course there's Aurore's dancing and martial arts classes, and Blanche's medical bills since she has always been very sickly." Neil explained pensively.
"So what are your sisters like? I imagine they're probably as self-absorbed as you." Archie joked.
Neil glared deadly cold.
"I am not self-absorbed. Just because I care about keeping up my good looks does not mean I'm as Narcissistic as my ancestor i'll have you know. My sisters are actually very sweet and they are my life. Aurore absolutely loves animals and is working her butt off to become a vet some day. Blanche is incredibly kind and loving. She actually loves people a lot and is working her butt off and fighting for her life every single day just to become a surgeon and save lives." Neil answered.
"I'm sorry— I didn't—I..." Archie said guiltily shocked.
Neil took a deep breath and sighed.
"It's okay, you didn't know. You just assumed. You wouldn't be the first." Neil said laidback.
"Your sisters sound amazing! But why leave them behind if you care so much about them?" Jay asked.
Neil sighed.
"I didnt plan to leave in the first place but they told me to stop worrying about them so much and go after my dream." Neil revealed.
"How old are they?" Theresa asked gently.
Neil smiled awkwardly.
"They're 16 just like me." He answered shocking them.
"I'm a triplet. I'm the first born triplet, i was followed by Aurore and then Blanche followed her." Neil explained.
"Triplet? But if that's the case why is Blanche the only sickly one?" Atlanta asked.
Neil sighed. "We were born early, our mother had us after only 6 months of pregnancy. Aurore and I were able to develop fully, but Blanche was born with her lungs and eyesight underdeveloped. She has been using glasses since she was a baby as well as has severe Asthma. Thanks to that she has been very sickly all our lives." Neil explained.
"Oh man... I'm so sorry to hear that... that's so sad." Atlanta said softly.
Neil smiled.
"I'm sure you guys will love them, specially after you get to know them better since I am moving them to New Olympia now since Aline has to come with us to fight this Chronus guy. The only reason I ever left was because Aline offered to look after them for me and protect them in my stead. I trust no one else with my baby sisters except for Aline." Neil answered with a calm smile.
"WHAT?!" They exclaimed in shock.
Suddenly the car came to a stop as they found themselves in an alley in front of a girl their age who seemed to be expecting them.
"Welcome Back Neil, and Welcome to Nantes friends of Neil." Greeted the girl.
TBC...