Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated but I've been VERY BUSY! So thanks for being so awesomely patient! Anyways here's your 4th chapter! Oh and sorry for the crappy chapter I had writers block :/ Anyways Enjoy R&R!
Chapter 4
Well now we have to walk to California. That's just peachy! So far we're in Indianapolis; that leaves about 2000 miles away from me and that sweet Californian air. We are walking on the side of an old part of Indianapolis.
"Are we there yet?" Josh whined
"No." I say boredly. We haven't found any form of transportation at all yet.
Kyle starts to walk fast so he can catch up to me.
"Hi." He says in a cool calm voice.
"Hello." I say coldly. This kid could fall for anyone. He's probably playing with my heart. I try to run faster and look at the old gas stations; ignoring Kyle's stare.
"Look I'm sorry for what I did back there. That was so uncool." He says apologetically. He looks at me in the eyes. He reaches towards my chin and cups his hands hands onto my chin. I try to avoid his stare.
"It was stupid. And you know we aren't going out. We're just friends." We both stop walking. Josh looks at us and says "We'll be ahead so you two can um...talk."
Everyone walks ahead of us except for Buddy.
"I know we aren't but I just feel like we are. You're...different." I look into his eyes when he says that.
"We have a quest and you're so not the person I thought you were Kyle. I thought you were nice and kind but you just like slutty girls who might have a dumb job as a pole dancer!" I start walking fast;the walk soon turns into a run with tears.
This quest isn't about me or my romance problems. I need to stop acting like this and try to find a way to get a ride. I think to myself while wiping my tears.
"Do you have any food on you?" Christie asks me.
"No. I wish I did but some of my food disappeared somehow." I realized that Buddy was always snooping in my bag so it must be him.
I look down at him and Buddy burps loudly.
What am I going to do with him? Wait! Idea!
"Buddy?" My new dog looks at me with his puppy dog eyes. "How about you take us for a ride until we find another ride."
I look back to see a sign that says 'Welcome to Topeka, Kansas!'
"Wow look how far we've gone." I say to Christie while looking at her. She looks distracted. Well who wouldn't be when your riding on the back of a Cerberus.
"Yeah..." She says looking at her hands.
"What's wrong?" I ask her while turning around trying not to fall off of Buddy.
"It's just...I want to see John. He was so nice and sweet." She says in a dreamy voice.
"Well Aphrodite will find you another guy hopefully; you know how she is." I say while looking at Kyle who is sleeping on Sea's shoulder (Sea is also sleeping on Josh's shoulder. Josh is just trying to control the thunder that's coming our way.)
"Yeah. Well Aphrodite is a you know what."
"Eh sorta. She can be difficult at times." She says. "Can I tell you something?"
"Shot." I say while looking at her. I see trees surrounding us as we head deeper into Topeka. For a Cerberus, Buddy goes really fast. Like 96 miles per hour fast but Josh is dealing with the wind too, which must be hard for him.
"Okay, so are- wait! First of all, what's the story of Pandora's box because I don't know what will happen if we get it. I'm bored so fascinate me." She says.
"Okay Prometheus was a Titan who really liked humans. He helped them in any way he could. When he saw them shivering at night and eating raw meat, he knew they needed fire. But the gods did not allow man to have fire. They knew that man would misuse it and destroy with it. Prometheus was sure that the good man did with fire would outweigh the bad, so he stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. Zeus decided to punish Prometheus with trickery. He called Aphrodite to pose while Hephaestus made a clay figure of a woman. Then he brought the statue to life. The gods granted the woman with many gifts including beauty, charm, cunning, wit, eloquence, deceit, skill, and curiosity. Then Zeus gave her a box and told her she was never to open it. Zeus then offered Pandora as a wife to Prometheus. The Titan wanted her, but he refused because he knew it must be a trick of the gods. Zeus became angry and punished Prometheus. The Titan was chained to a rock. There, a vulture came daily to feed on his flesh. Prometheus's brother, Epimethius, accepted Pandora as his wife, and the couple settled down for a happy life. But Pandora always wondered what was in the box Zeus gave her. Finally she couldn't hold her curiosity down anymore. She opened the box, and from it flew hate, anger, sickness, poverty, and every bad thing in the world. She slammed the lid down and managed to trap the final evil still in the box: hopelessness. So today, even when the going gets tough, every human still has hope. Oh and if you touch it then you will be tempted to open it and you'll grow weak and weak and weak until your too weak to live (A/N: The last parts not true but I thought it would cause something to happen)
"So if either one of us touches that box we'll die?" Christie asks.
"Pretty much yeah." I say. I turn around and see what I so didn't expect on this quest.
My eyes widen. I hear everyone wake up by the sound of Sea screaming. "Oh my Gods. Buddy stop! Slow down!" I say as we get closer to her. "Oh my Gods! Why is she even here in the first place?"
Hey peoplez! Can you guess who the person is? Who is she? Anyways I have something for ya!
1) What does this mean?: Αγαπώ μια κατεύθυνση πολύ! (its in Greek but no cheating! First one to find out and review it will get a prize.)
2) What is my favorite song? (that's an impossible question but I'll give you a hint.) Hint:
Έχω δοκιμάσει το παιχνίδι να κρυώσει
Αλλά όταν είμαι κοιτάζω εσένα
Δεν μπορώ ποτέ να είναι γενναίος
Γιατί να κάνετε αγώνα καρδιά μου
Γυρισμένη μου από τον ουρανό
Είσαι κρυπτονίτης μου
and I have another song thats tied with the first song. Here's the hint. (both of these songs are in greek.)
Έχω σπαταλήσει νύχτες μου,
Μπορείτε μετέτρεψαν τα φώτα
Τώρα είμαι παράλυτος,
Ακόμα κολλήσει σε αυτό το διάστημα,
Όταν ζητήσαμε από την αγάπη,
Αλλά ακόμη και ο ήλιος δύει στον παράδεισο
