A/N: That chapter went well. This next one is called Ballad of Venus. This is the chapter where things get crazy. You have been warned. Okay, Kampe, it's your turn.
Kampe:" Pehime Elepiona does not own class of the titans or any other characters that are owned."
A/N:Let the story continue._
Cronus came towards her. Theresa tried to back away, but her mind would not let her. Cronus draw the palm of his hand across her cheek. " Why do I feel so warm?" Theresa wondered. He was extremely close to her, his face only a few inches away from her's.
Theresa screamed and woke up from her dream. She saw Cronus sitting on a chair next to her bed with his hand on her cheek. Theresa screamed again and moved away from him. " What the fuck, Cronus!" Theresa shouted.
" You have very interesting dreams." he replied calmly.
" Why the hell are you touching me while I'm asleep?" she asked, drawing her blanket close to her.
" You wanted me to. Otherwise you wouldn't have been dreaming about it." he replied.
" You're such a creep, Cronus." Theresa said.
" You know, I could make your dreams come true. We do have all the time in the world." Cronus said. Theresa noticed that the clock on the wall was stopped.
" Time stop doesn't effect us, Cronus." Theresa said.
" It does when I stop time completely. The only reason you're not effected is because I sprinkled the sands of time upon you. This allows you to move freely while time is frozen." Cronus explained.
" Go away." Theresa said. Cronus got up from his chair and crossed his arms like a child.
" You're no fun." he said, before disappearing through a portal. Time resumed normally after he left. Theresa got up from her bed, leaving a note that explained she would be at Athena's.
At Athena's house, Theresa waited in the kitchen. Athena didn't come in until about seven o'clock. " What are you already doing here so early?" Athena asked.
" Cronus froze time and was touching my face while I was asleep. So I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep after he left." Theresa replied.
" Nobody has ever dreamt about Cronus before. He might find you fascinating." Athena said. " Doesn't he ever sleep?" Theresa asked.
" Cronus never sleeps. Except for when he's lazy. He IS the god of time after all." Athena replied. Around eight o'clock, the other guardians came into the kitchen.
" What made you take off so early?" Atlanta asked.
" Cronus. He was touching my face while I slept. I woke up and he had time frozen and I was allowed to move freely." Theresa explained. She shuddered in disgust.
" I understand what you mean, Theresa." Atlanta said.
After breakfast, the heroes gathered in the library at New Olympia. Theresa searched for a book that would tell them about Cronus. She searched nearly every shelf. Someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned and saw a man with parted red hair and blood ruby eyes. He wore a golden royal suit with golden epaulets upon his sholders, a red shawl going diagonal across his suit, and honorary medals of all sorts. He also had an apricot colored dragon tail. " Is this what you had in mind?" he asked, showing her a huge book with Cronus' name on the cover.
" That's exactly what I needed, thanks." Theresa replied. She took the book from him and nearly fell over. Turns out, the book was incredibly heavy. Once she had a good grip on the book and regained her balance, she saw that the man who gave her the book had disappeared. " That's wierd. I could've sworn... never mind." Theresa said to herself. She brought the book to the table where her fellow guardians sat. She slammed the book on the table and sighed in relief. The other guardians read the cover.
" Theresa, why did you bring us a book about Cronus?" Atlanta asked.
" If we are going to defeat Cronus, we'll need to learn more about him. I'm hoping this book will tell us about his powers, weaknesses, and so forth. If we learn about all that, we can find ways to reverse his powers, prevent him from escaping, and defeat him." Theresa explained.
" Slow down, Theresa, you're talking way too much. We're too young for a three hour college lecture." Atlanta said.
" Theresa's right though. The more we know about Cronus, the less time it'll take for us to defeat him." Odie said. Theresa opened the book and turned to the first chapter.
" It says that Cronus was the son of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth. He overthrew his father with his scythe, cutting him up into little pieces. Cronus became the universe's ruler. He was married to, Rhea, the ground, and fathered many children. It was prophecized that he would be overthrowed by his children, so to prevent the prophecy, he devoured them after birth. The children he did not devour were Endymion and Pluto. Zeus had been hidden and he forced Cronus to puke up his siblings." Theresa said, having read from the book.
" Gross! Why would Rhea want to stay married to that guy?" Atlanta asked.
" She didn't stay married to him for long because she was killed by the god, Chaos. Anyways, it says that Cronus was imprisoned in Tartarus for his heinous crime." Theresa said.
" What about his powers?" Odie asked.
" The book says that he has pages of listed powers." Theresa replied.
" Maybe we can get a shorter version from Hera." Jay suggested.
The guardians went to Hera, who stood in her gazebo, petting a peacock. " What can I do for you?" Hera asked.
" We found out about Cronus, but we could use a less tiring list of his powers." Theresa explained.
" Let me see that." Hera said. Theresa handed her the incredibly large book.
" This isn't part of our collection. Where'd you get this?" Hera asked.
" Some red haired guy handed it to me in the library." Theresa replied.
" Did you say red haired?" Hera asked.
" Yeah, why?" Theresa asked.
" Artemis!" Hera yelled. Artemis came running into the room.
" What is it?" Artemis asked.
" We are in a state of code serious." Hera replied.
" Uh oh. This is bad." Artemis said. She pressed a large red button on the wall, but nothing happened. " It's not working!" Artemis screamed as she began to panic.
" What's going on?" Atlanta asked. A smooth yet firm voice entered the room.
" Is this how you treat all your visitors, Hera, or is it just me?" The voice asked.
The same man from the library stood about a couple yards behind Hera. She turned around to face him. " Am I considered that big of an emergency?" he asked.
" Lord Romanov, we were not expecting you." Hera replied.
" Who?" Atlanta asked.
" I get it now." Theresa said.
" What?" Atlanta asked. Everyone merely ignored her.
" What are you doing here?" Hera asked.
" Let's just say, I decided to drop in." Lord Romanov replied.
Suddenly, Hermes came flying in from his office. " I've got messages! Hera, Lord Romanov is coming." Hermes said.
" It's a bit late for that, Hermes." Lord Romanov said.
" Oh hey, Lord Romanov. Sorry, but I haven't quite gotten a hang of the whole email thing. I tell ya, keeping up with modern technology is hard." Hermes explained. Hermes flew around delivering the messages.
" Theresa, this one's for you." Hermes said.
" How did my father get your email? Now he's going to know everything." Theresa said.
" It's not from your father, it's from Cronus." Hermes explained. " Cronus?! How did he get your email?" Theresa asked.
" Well, hermes olympus is not hard to find. Also, apparently he can send me messages without my permission." Hermes said.
" That's how email works, genius." Lord Romanov said sarcastically.
" What does it say?" Atlanta asked as Hermes handed Theresa the note.
" Meet me at the temple of Prometheus. You must come alone. If you bring the others, I will kill them." Theresa said, reading the message from Cronus.
" Does that mean he's gonna eat us?" Herry asked.
" Based on what I heard, there's a possibility." Odie replied.
" Why the hell does he want to see me alone?" Theresa asked.
" I don't know, the message didn't say." Hermes said.
" Well... never mind, I'm not going to spoil it for you guys." Lord Romanov said.
" Wait, you know what's gonna happen?" Atlanta asked.
" Duh, I know everything." Lord Romanov replied. " I should go, before I accidentally reveal what's gonna happen." Lord Romanov said, before disappearing.
" Hey, Theresa, who was that guy?" Atlanta asked.
" That was Lord Romanov. He's the ruler of the universe from Olympus. He's known to have little to no sense of humor from time to time. He also murders people who do extremely bad things. That's why everyone's afraid of him." Theresa explained.
Theresa looked over at Hermes. " Okay, Hermes, set the portal for the temple of Prometheus." Theresa ordered.
" Wow, you sound like Lord Romanov when you give orders. No wonder no one objects to your methods." Hermes said.
" Just go!" Theresa shouted, causing the room to shake.
" Okay, okay, I'm going." Hermes replied.
" New power?" Herry asked in a whispering tone.
" I guess." Odie whispered back. They all went to Hermes' office where he set the portal for the temple of Prometheus.
" When you go through the portal, I'm going to close it behind you. When you want to come back, just contact us, okay?" Hermes asked.
" Okay." Theresa replied.
" Are you sure about this?" Jay asked.
" Don't worry, if I'm as much like Lord Romanov as Hermes says, I'll be untouchable." Theresa replied.
" No offense, Theresa, but I doubt Cronus will find you untouchable." Atlanta said. Theresa went through the portal and Hermes closed it behind her.
Theresa began her walk up the mountain. She came to corroded temple with an empty Olympic torch in front of it. Cronus stood in front of the temple waiting for her. " What do you want, Cronus?" Theresa asked.
" I just want to talk to you." Cronus replied in a voice that was deep and smooth. He came close to her and brought his lips to her ear. " Relax, I won't hurt you. Well, at least I'll try not to." Cronus whispered. He stepped back a little and revealed Theresa's communicator as he deactivated it. Using his telekinetic powers, he put the communicator in the unlit Olympic torch.
" You little pocket picker." Theresa said.
" Thanks, I learned from the best." Cronus replied. He came closer to her.
Theresa felt her hands go warm as if she was holding fire. " What did you want to talk about?" Theresa asked.
" This." Cronus replied. Without warning, his lips embraced her's. He laced his arm around her waist and drew her close to him. His tongue entered her mouth and began to flirt with her's. Theresa's eyes widened in surprise. She hadn't expected this. " What's happening? Why am I kissing Cronus?" Theresa thought.
After a while, Cronus released her lips from his. Theresa's heart was racing in her chest. She was almost speechless. " You didn't dream about this yet, but you were close." Cronus said. He drew her closer to him and he put his mouth on her's again. He put his other arm on her upper back and pulled her against him. He tilted his head to the side slightly and his tongue entered her mouth with full accuracy. Theresa's eyes suddenly felt heavy and she closed them. She unconsciously laced put her right hand on his shoulder and her left hand on the back of his neck, holding him in place. Crocus french kissed her deeply and Theresa's mind began to let her current emotions take over. A strange warmth exploded from her heart and filled the rest of her body. " Why do I feel so warm?" Theresa wondered. She finally gave up and let Cronus french kiss her passionately. Cronus pulled away from her, but Theresa was unconsciously biting his lower lip. She held him in place and her mouth embraced his. Her tongue was in his mouth and his tongue was in her's. Passion was building up between them quickly.
Cronus move away from her lips and put his mouth on her neck. He gently and harshly bit into her neck. Another warm, pleasuring feeling exploded within Theresa. She bit her lower lip and held Cronus closer to her. " Cronus." she whispered. Cronus did the same to her collar bone as he had done to her neck. Theresa gasped in desire. " What's happening?" Her mind wondered weakly. Theresa brought his face up to her's and pressed her lips against his. She shoved her tongue in his mouth and made out with him swiftly and passionately. He pulled away from her and she gasped for air.
" Let's take this somewhere more private." Cronus said, before teleporting them to the depths of the inside of the temple.
Let's just say, one thing lead to another. " It's best if you don't tell anyone about this. If you do, I'm sure they'll shun you as a traitor." Cronus said.
Theresa thought for a moment. " So this'll just be a secret between us?" She asked.
" Yes; and if you don't mind, we could continue this as a secret relationship." he replied.
" You mean, you want to see me again?" Theresa asked.
" Yes. Did you seriously think this was a one time thing?" Cronus asked.
" I assumed so." she replied. Cronus shook his head.
" Clearly you didn't know that gods are different from mortals." Cronus said.
" I guess I'm still learning." Theresa replied.
Cronus returned them to the front the temple on top of the mountain. He gave Theresa's communicator back to her. Theresa and Cronus kissed one last time before she headed back down the mountain. She could feel her heart pounding against her chest. Her face was flustered as she replayed what happened between her and Cronus. She was breathing harshly from her heart beating against her chest. She sighed lovingly as she thought about Cronus some more. " Come to think of it, I felt this way about him in my dreams. I guess Persephone was right." Theresa thought. She reactivated her communicator. " Alright, everyone, I'm coming back." she said. Hermes made the portal appear and she went through it to New Olympia.
" What happened?" Atlanta asked.
" Well, Cronus just wanted to talk to me." Theresa lied.
" About what?" Jay asked.
" Yeah, what can you even talk about for two hours?" Archie asked.
" He told me that my dreams are revelations of the future and I cannot reveal them to anyone because it is against Fate's plans for you to know. He also warned me that at times, he will prevent me from using my psychic powers." Theresa lied, again.
" Is Cronus warning us?" Atlanta asked.
" It seems that he is. He also mentioned that he would destroy you all if you attempted to save me from him. I'm not sure why, but he wants to meet me again alone. He said that he'd send the time and day. He said if he caught anyone interfering, he would... cut out and devour your organs while you're still alive. I'm sorry, but meeting with him alone and hearing all that made me sick. I need to get some fresh air." Theresa lied, as she took off, covering over her mouth as if she was about to vomit.
Theresa walked calmly away from Hermes' office and was headed towards Athena's place for lunch. " Quite a performance. Couldn't have lied better myself." a voice from behind her said. Theresa turned around and saw Lord Romanov leaning against the wall. He had a yo-yo in his hand.
" What are you doing here?" Theresa asked.
" I tend to drop in when I'm right about something. You lie very well. My wife didn't think you could handle the pressure. I had faith in you though." Lord Romanov replied.
" What are you talking about?" Theresa asked.
" There's no need to continue your performance, I know about you and Cronus. I knew when you received his letter. I didn't spoil it for you though. Don't worry, I won't tell the others. I can't reveal things that are meant to stay hidden... temporarily anyways." He said.
" Well that's comforting." Theresa said as she continued her walk down the hallway. She turned around to ask him something, but he had disappeared. Theresa crossed her arms and shook her head. She left New Olympia and went to Athena's house.
" So how'd it go with Father Time?" Athena asked.
" Well, he didn't kill me, so I guess pretty well." Theresa said. She thought about her meeting with Cronus and blushed a little. " Why does he make me feel this way?" Theresa wondered.
After a while, the other heroes came into the kitchen. " I'm surprised that you still have an apatite after your meeting with Cronus." Atlanta said.
" You'd be surprised what my stomach can handle." Theresa replied. Everyone sat down and enjoyed Athena's home made fried chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans. Herry shoved down the food and requested seconds. Atlanta somehow managed to handle a full plate after a conversation about Cronus. The conversation just wrapped around Theresa's meeting with Cronus and Cronus devouring his children.
" Stop, please. I'm seriously gonna puke." Atlanta said.
" Okay, we'll change the subject." Odie replied.
" Not yet. Theresa, I heard about your dreams about Cronus from Persephone. Did you figure out what they mean?" Athena asked.
" Cronus said that they were revelations of the future, which worries me." Theresa replied, half telling the truth.
" What happens in your dreams anyways?" Atlanta asked.
" I can't tell you. Cronus said that all people, except oracles, who can see the future are forbidden to reveal it." Theresa lied.
" She's right. Not even Lord Romanov will reveal the future because of that law." Athena said.
" That's actually a law? I thought she was just making it up to avoid telling us." Archie explained.
" Theresa is one of us. If you can't trust her, we might as well not trust you." Jay said. Theresa drank her soda silently as she realized how right Cronus was. Already, one of her friends were starting to think she was a traitor. Later that night, Theresa drifted to sleep knowing that she could never trust her fellow guardians with even the tiniest bit of information.
Theresa met with Cronus secretly again. He pulled her close and they began to make out. His tongue entered her mouth and her tongue entered his. They kissed passionately and found comfort in each other's arms. Cronus released her mouth from his.
" I have to tell you something." He said.
" What is it?" Theresa asked.
" I love you, Theresa." He said in all honesty.
" I love you too, Cronus." Theresa replied, also in honesty. Cronus brought his hand up and stroked her face lovingly.
" This feels so real." Theresa thought.
Theresa woke up and saw Cronus stroking her face gently. She noticed that he had frozen time again. " You have very cute dreams." Cronus said, trying not to roll his eyes.
" You really do never sleep do you?" Theresa asked.
" I couldn't sleep. I had to see you. You look peaceful in your sleep, even when you're dreaming about me." Cronus said.
Theresa sat up in her bed. " I have other dreams. Why don't you make them come true. After all, we literally have all the time in the world." Theresa said. Cronus pulled her down by her ankles and got on top of her. He threw off the blanket and shoved his mouth against her's. Again, one thing lead to another. " This can go on all night if you want." Cronus said.
" That could be forever with time stopped like this." Theresa said. She was panting and her chest heaved. Her heart beated rapidly. She let Cronus wrap his arms around her. The full length of her body was against his and her head rested on his chest.
" Why would you do that? Why would you pleasure me with such passion?" Theresa asked.
" I love you." Cronus replied with full honesty. Theresa's cheeks turned scarlet. She hadn't expected him to confess his love for her so quickly.
" I love you too, Cronus." Theresa said, also in full honesty. Theresa fell asleep in the warm embrace of Cronus' arms as Venus sung them to sleep.
Gomen ne sunao janakute. Yume no naka nara ieru. Shikou kairo wa shooto sunzen. Ima sugu aitai yo. Nakitaku naru you na moonlight. Denwa mo dekinai midnight. Datte junjou doushiyou. Haato wa mangekyou. Tsuki no hikari ni michibikare. Nando mo meguriau. Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue. Onaji kuni ni umareta no. Mirakuru romansu, shinjite iru no, mirakuru romansu.
I am sorry that I'm not honest. I can only say it in my dreams. My thoughts are about to short circuit. I want to see you right now. The moonlight is so sad, I want to cry. I can't even call you, midnight is the time. What can I do? I have complex feelings. My heart is a kaleidoscope. We are guided by the light of the moon. We meet by Fate again and again. There are many twinkling constellations, they seem to for tell love's whereabouts. We exist in the same timeline, in a miracle romance, yes I believe in it, a miracle romance.
Theresa stood by a fountain wearing a white Greek goddess dress. A pair of strong arms embraced her. She turned around and saw that it was Cronus, who wore a black toga with gold bands on his wrist. In one swift move, his lips embraced her's. Theresa threw her arms around him and he laced his arms around her waist. " Is this what love feels like? It feels so wonderful." Theresa thought. The two of them continued to kiss under the moonlight and glittering stars. " Please, let us have a happy ending. Please, let us have a future. Please, let us have each other forever." Theresa prayed, as a shooting star streaked across the night sky._
A/N: They're so cute together... In my opinion. I bet many of you thought I was going to make this very inappropriate, but because of the whole MA thing, I can't ( sorry). I know everyone's sighing in relief. Please review.