It's Man's Worst Enemy this time that I'm doing, and I've just watched it to remember what went on in the show. Okay, so as usual I will say I would greatly appreciate it if someone would review. I think that not many people are visiting the COTT section nowadays, but I really hope you can review. Oh yes, and in a random burst I decided to write the spelling of Herry's dog's name as Pepe. I have no idea why, but I'm not too sure about what its real spelling is so I thought I would write it in a weird way. Okay, so I know that Jay's journals are pretty boring, but that can't be helped since our leader is... Well, okay, I won't say boring exactly, but then he's very straight-forward and most of the time, no-nonsense so you wouldn't expect his journal to be something like Odie's (which would be about techno stuff) or Archie's (which would be crammed with poetry). Just to let you know(:

Journal Entry 3

January 12

Dear Diary,

Today was yet another tiring day. It started off with Herry losing his dog, Pepe. I didn't know he had a dog, let alone a grandma, which Pepe belonged to. Neil, Odie, Herry and I visited the dog pound. Somehow, the dogs didn't look all too friendly. They look mutated - big, strong and fierce. They couldn't stop snarling and snapping and scaring us out of our wits. I was wondering what had gotten into these dogs, and later I would find out why.

Minutes later, the dog pound guy brought a cage in and it had Pepe. I never did expect Pepe to look so... Scary, really. Herry had described her as a calm, cute, fluffy dog, but this dog looked pretty nasty to me. The dog pound guy didn't let Herry take her home because all the dogs were under quarantine. I think that guy was pretty right to do so, but anyway, Herry looked pretty disappointed as we trudged back to the truck and went back to the dorm.

Odie started working on a metal collar to track where Pepe was going. Maybe then we could find the source that was attracting them. Archie burst through the door at that minute and we all dragged him to pick up the girls and bring them to the dog pound. We sneaked in, got Pepe and Herry placed the metal collar around Pepe and let her loose. When she had taken off in a flurry, we quickly followed her using Odie's tracker. We didn't need to look very far, because we found an amazing number of angry, wild dogs - and they were all snapping at our heels. We ended up fighting them, and suddenly we found them running away.

Okay, the next thing I'm going to say is probably going to scare you. A huge monster suddenly stepped out of the bushes. It had three heads and a tail like a snake or something. It was gruesome, not to mention huge, and it towered above us all. I felt puny and tiny compared to its size. Of course, as they say, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall", but it wasn't the case. I got out my xiphos and I tried to fight it but the next second I found my sword being flung out of my hand, it falling to the ground with a thunk right behind me. In desperation, I tried to reach it but I couldn't because that huge monster, which turned out to be Cerberus, held me back. I turned back to look, and thankfully, he didn't eat me or anything. However, it did turn one of its head fast enough to send its spit flying onto my face, right over my eyes. It was gooey, wet and sticky. A total yuck!

Archie cut off Cerberus' tail but it just grew back immediately. We finally wised up and decided to make a break for it and we began running helter-skelter with a huge not-dog on our heels. Talk about frightening. We saw this gate out of nowhere, and as quick as lightning we clambered over it, escaping those sharp, long teeth by seconds. That was the scariest thing I ever faced in my life, and I had no idea what it was at that point in time. If I had known, I'm sure I'd be even more freaked out.

We went to consult Chiron, who told us that it was Cerberus, the guardian of the Underworld. Alright, so a good question would be to ask how in the world did he get up here in Earth? The only logical conclusion I had deduced was that it had something to do with Cronus, as usual. The problem was, the only thing to calm that savage beast was cake and music. Cake might distract it, but then it was the music of the lyre which was the most effective, because it could put said creature to sleep. I was starting to think this was an impossible task because hardly anyone plays the lyre nowadays when Theresa admitted shyly that she played the lyre. How many things does that girl know how to do? Well, anyway, we had to go to get Orpheus' lyre from the Elysian fields as that lyre is magical. I had no idea how to get to the Underworld because Chiron wanted those secret passageways there to remain hidden, and Theresa came up with a plan - to go ask Persephone.

We did ask her, but it had negative consequences. The normally calm and elegant goddess suddenly turned a pale teal blue and her eyes flamed with anger. She really scared me there. Seems like she's got a split personality or something. She didn't want us to go because the Underworld is not a place for us to go. She also told us that she would be going to see her darling hubby later to ask him why Cerberus is loose.

Okay, so it was bad of us to sneak in when Persephone entered the secret passageway which was guarded by the Horae, but it was for the Earth's sake! But still, I can't stop feeling a teensy guilty for breaking the rules. I also felt a twinge of awkwardness as I squeezed my way through. One of the Horae nudged me and gave me a girlish laugh, followed by the others. Alright, so was I imagining things or were the Horae flirting with me? Nah, it couldn't be. Anyway, even if they were interested in me, I think I'll stick to Theresa. She's the one who dominates my dreams anyway.

We walked past a bunch of trees and we saw a bag of money hanging on one of the branches. Theresa grabbed it and smiled. Persephone probably left it there for us, she hinted. Although I have no idea why Persephone would want to leave us money to give to Charon, the boat-rowwer of the Underworld's waters, I sure was grateful for it. Hopefully it had been meant for us and no one else, if not... Well, I wasn't up to facing another round of her wrath, that was for sure. So we snagged it, Theresa dropped some shiny gold coins in Charon's hand and away we went.

When we reached there, I found a metal chain broken. I immediately guessed that this was - or rather, had been - Cerberus' chains that held it. This obviously had Cronus written all over it. True enough, when Theresa entered the Underworld, Cronus appeared and locked Theresa in, leaving Archie and I trying to open the gates but to no avail. I ordered her to get the lyre when Cronus told her, "Bring me the lyre and I won't hurt your friends." We waited for Theresa to come back and we didn't attack Cronus. Okay, so maybe we should have, but I was too busy worrying about how Theresa was faring there in the Elysian Fields. What if Orpheus refused to hand over the lyre, or if he got nasty? Okay, so maybe a poetic fellow like him wouldn't go all angry on Theresa, but still, there were unforeseen stuff there that I wouldn't know about, and it didn't hurt to worry, did it?

Soon, she reappeared at the gates with the lyre, and in one piece too. I sighed in relief - inwardly, of course - and Cronus opened the gates and demanded the lyre. Seeing Charon approaching us on his rickety old boat, I commanded her to get into the boat and wait for us while we dealt with this annoying bad guy. We fought, Archie stole one of Cronus' sycthes but he summoned it back. So much for the idea of defeating him. He was nearly invincible, and for the thousandth time I wondered, and doubted, how seven teenagers could stand in his way. He probably saw us as irritating fleas by now.

Thankfully, a blond man burst through the gates and a huge number of souls drifted out, starting to attack Cronus. I would have shouted a word of thanks but that blondie cried aloud, "Go, save yourselves and my beloved!" I was pretty shocked. "Beloved?" I muttered to myself as Archie and I hopped into the boat with surprisingly speed, leaving Cronus to tackle those souls. Later, I asked her what was up with the beloved business. Alright, okay so I admit I was jealous, but only the slightest bit. But she turned around to tease me, saying, "You're not jealous, are you, Jay?" So well, I kept my big mouth shut from there.

We got back just in time and Theresa played a sweet melody on the lyre, causing Cerberus to fall into a deep sleep. It seemed so easy, if only we had gotten that lyre earlier. Well, at least we stopped that monstrous beast from wrecking the city, and that's all that matters.

Hades poofed his way to us and put those normal chains on the sleeping Cerberus. Theresa returned the lyre to him politely, but before that Hades left, he gave his rather girlish laughter and told Theresa that she made quite the impression on Orpheus. Wondering what was going on, I felt myself frown in annoyance. Okay, so what exactly had Orpheus done to her? Had he captivated her and stolen her heart with some beautiful melody or something? Jealousy pounded in my heart, but I forced it to the back of my mind. I guess there's nothing I can do.

Well, Herry's got his Pepe back and I'm sure his grandma will be one pleased woman when she sees Pepe. We're going to return Pepe tomorrow to her. I wonder what Herry's grandma is like, but more importantly, I wonder what happened when Theresa ran off to the Elysian Fields. Okay, I guess there's no use pondering over what that Orpheus did to create such an impression on Theresa, I should go to sleep now. Bye, will write when Cronus appears again.

Just a little Jealous,

Jay

P.S Great, I really can't get my mind off it. Looks like I'm going to be facing yet another sleepless night again. Sigh.