Chapter four: I destroy a freaking monster, break some guys arm and learn Billie's name.

After another thirty minutes of doom, I finally managed to deactivate my super-arm.

I simply had to think about it.

Duh.

Anyways, me and the guys were in the van (Billie and Catherine were whispering something to themselves. I really didn't like that). I was by the window, staring at the now rainy landscape. The rain. I don't know why, but it always made me feel better. Maybe my dad's attempt to comfort me. It only rained when I was down, and this occasion wasn't any different. I mean, who wouldn't be down when you discover your whole life till now has been a freaking lie and that, in reality, you're son of some Greek god?

Correct answer: Billie Dirnt.

I kept staring at the landscape. Droplets of water crashed into the van's window and slipped to its back because of the speed we were going at. The grass and trees were covered in water, and the wind made minor trees shake. I sighed and looked at my chatting friends. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. I didn't understand. How come they were enjoying the moment when a god had been kidnapped?

Yeah.

Argus was driving. He didn't usually speak, except when he was backwards to us, like right now.

"Hey, Sam, What is it?" Asked Catherine. "You look… down."

I turned my head at her and sighed. "It's just that… I found out my dad was the god of gods and all… I mean, my whole life has been a lie!"

She shook her head. "No. Your mother loves you, as Billie's dad loves him. That wasn't a lie."

I turned at the window, again. "One thing wasn't a lie. And? That makes the rest of my life a lie, except for my mother."

I heard Catherine sigh. "Look, Sam. I know this may be difficult for you, but you have to get over it! You had friends at you school, right?"

I shook my head. "No. Only Billie. All other people enjoyed seeing that snake beat us and called us names… It was horrible. If you were in my skin you would understand it."

She grabbed my right shoulder and turned me around. "Look, Sam. You may not be Goth, but you're looking emo right now. C'mon, cheer up! We're going on a quest! You have us to go there with you, right?"

I closed my eyes, sighed and nodded. She put her hands in my shoulders.

"We'll do great, don't worry." She assured me. I smiled and nodded.

"Of course we will."

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"This is as far as I can go," Said Argus. We had stopped at the limits of Manhattan.

"Only this? Man, this sucks." Mumbled Billie.

We got out of the van. The rain had stopped, except from some droplets of water that occasionally fell. I turned at Catherine. She had said she had money, so… "Hey, Catherine, how much money do you have in there?"

She sighed. "I don't know. And call me Cathy, please."

I narrowed my eyes at her. "Ok. Cathy, can you please calculate how much money do we have?"

She smiled. "I already have."

Silence.

"You're awkward." I stated. She pouted, then smiled.

"A thousand. If we don't mess up, it'll be enough to go to LA."

I particularly didn't like the if we don't mess up.

"But how do we get there? By bus?" Billie asked. Catheri-Cathy rolled her eyes.

"Of course not. By train."

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And that's how we were now on a train to LA. I was relaxed, like In some days we'll be in LA, right? This quest will be short.

Man, was I wrong.

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It was night. We had bought a compartment for us. Catherine was sleeping next to me and had her head on my shoulder. Billie was sleeping like a little baby in the other train sofa, which was in front of mine and Catherine's. The compartment was pretty small, just two sofas, the walls were made of wood and had a wooden door with a circular door knob. It had a several windows with no curtains, which was a pain. We were passing through a little forest. There could be heard strange roars. Probably monsters. Also a pain. And the worst thing was the glow of the full moon. It was reflecting in my open eyes.

If you haven't noticed till now, I wasn't sleeping. I couldn't, due to the freaking glow of the moon.

The train suddenly stopped. There was a little trembling, and then our compartment went upside down. Literally. It rolled over and all of us fell to the floor-uh… to the roof, that was now the floor… you got my point. The guys seemed to wake up, because Catherine shouted, "What the fuck?!" And Billie exclaimed, "Five more minutes!"

Wow, if that was how his dad woke him up, I really didn't want to be in Billie's skin.

I pressed my ring and in the blink of an eye my arm was all steel except for the fist, which was as blue as the jewel. Instantly, lightning started to spin around my right arm. I stood up and punched the wall, which went flying over the forest and fell Zeus knows where. We all got out of the compartment and looked at the train. It was all rolled over. We then looked at whatever had stopped the train.

I have never regretted anything in my life more than that simple action.

It was a Hydra. That serpent-like thing that grew two heads when you cut one. But it wasn't a simple Hydra. It was as freaking tall as the empire states building.

Me and Catherine said at the same time, "We're screwed."

Billie just said, "I don't wanna go to school!"

I really didn't want to be on his skin.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

At that same time, one of the Hydra's heads spit some liquid towards us, but it missed and fell over our compartment, which melted like the ice in the middle of the lava.

"Well," Considered Billie. "We can't go back to that train, that's sure."

"And we can't buy anything else because our money was in there." Catherine said.

"And if we don't run for our lives, we're gonna be killed right now and here." I said.

The others considered the idea.

"Yeah, so… run?" They asked me at the same time.

I nodded. "Pretty much yeah, run."

Five seconds later…

"Gaaaaaaaah!!!! This freaking monster's gonna kill us!" I shouted.

"I agreeeee!!!!!" Screamed Billie.

"Can't you say something more natural, Billieeeeeee!!!!!" Screamed Catherine.

"Noooooooooooooo, I caaaaaaaan't!!!!" He shouted.

"Can you two shut up!!!!!" I screamed. "We're being pursuit by a freaking monster and you argue about talking?!"

"You shut up, you miserable son of Zeus!" Screamed Catherine. I think she got a bit nervous when being in a life or death situation. Suddenly, she fell to the floor, screaming in pain and clutching the back of her leg. I stopped and went to check up on her. I got her hand away from where she was clutching her leg and saw it. She had a serious burn on the form of a circle on the back of her leg. I stood and turned around wearing a murderous glare and with my steel arm activated. I pointed at the main head of the Hydra.

"You," I hissed. "Never mess with my friends."

A lightning bolt shot out of my index finger and hit the Hydra, sending it some steps back. I started to walk forward. The Hydra spit some acid on me, but I made a shield of lightning and deflected the incoming liquid. The Hydra seemed horrified.

"What?" I mocked. "You are so weak at the point of having to use acid to defeat your opponents? You're pathetic."

That wasn't unlike me, but well. In a moment of fury, I have a good guess people aren't themselves.

The Hydra hissed and attacked with all of its nine heads. I grabbed one with my steel arm. A small crater formed under my feet. I channeled all lightning I had to the Hydra's head, literally shocking it, and almost dropped dead to the floor. Yeah, almost, because as it was about to hit the floor it vanished into golden dust.

I also almost dropped dead to the floor.

Almost, because I dropped unconscious to the floor.

Last thing I remember was feeling the smell of ozone and the sound of water droplets falling on the forest.

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"Is he going to wake up anytime soon? I'm done with the idiot snoring."

"Billie! Don't talk like that? He's saved us from some giant monster! Give him some credit!"

"C'mon, Cathy. Are you telling me you ain't annoyed of the snoring?"

"… Maybe a little-"

"Confess."

"Okay! Okay! I am! What about it?"

"… Wake him up, already."

"Okay, okay."

I felt a tug in my shoulder and slowly opened my eyes. I saw Catherine in front of me. Our faces were dangerously close.

"A-Am I in heaven?" I asked quietly. Catherine chuckled.

"You're most likely in hell. Now wake up, sleeping beauty."

I blushed and sat up. I noticed we were in a cave. It was very big. At least nine feet tall and twenty feet large in all senses, which made the cave seem a circumference. I also noticed I had been sleeping in something made out of… my clothes, except boxers.

Naturally, my first words were, "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY CLOTHES?!"

The guys rolled their eyes at the same time. "We wanted you to sleep well."

"Which was a mistake." Billie added.

"How much time was I out?" I instantly asked.

"Uhm… one and a half days." Said Catherine.

"Snoring." Added Billie. I glared at him.

"You have to be the pessimist one."

He shrugged. "That's why I am your best friend."

I chuckled. "Of course."

"Well," Cathy said. "Now that you're up I think we can keep on with the quest."

I nodded. "And remember me never to kill gigantic Hydras shocking them again."

The guys laughed. "And never scare us like that again."

"And never snore like that again." Added Billie. Catherine slapped the back of his head.

"Stop it, already."

Billie rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

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We had walked some yards when shit went wrong.

Billie seemed to notice something, and then his eyes widened.

"Duck" He shouted. We instantly followed his example, just in time, because a volley of arrows passed over our heads and warriors with Greek armors got out of the bushes we were passing by. They tried to attack us, but Catherine kept them busy with her sword, last sight. Billie got out a pen and clicked it. It instantly expanded into a seven feet long spear. I didn't even knew he had that stuff. He stabbed one of the guys in the leg and then swung the spear under four warriors, knocking them into the floor.

I activated my steel arm and willed the lightning not to appear, and fortunately it didn't. I punched one of the guys in the guts and elbowed one behind me in the stomach.

"Jump!" I ordered my friends, which confusedly obeyed while I punched the floor, breaking it and sending vibrations, making the other enemies fall. All of them seemed unconscious except for the one I had elbowed. I walked towards him and grabbed him by the neck. I lifted the poor guy until he was a foot in the air. He grabbed my hand in a desperate attempt to free himself.

"Look," I said. "I really don't wanna do this, but I will not if you tell me who sent you all."

He had a look of fury in his eyes. "I won't say a thing!"

I pressed his neck harder. "Really?"

"Y-yes, I won't." He said, though I could tell he didn't seem so sure of himself. I pressed him against a tree.

"And what about now?"

"O-okay! I-I'll tell you! Just release me!"

I released him. He fell to the floor with his hands on it and coughed up some blood, then stood up. I saw he was about to grab a dagger he had with him and smirked, because the dagger had already been taken by my dearest friend, Billie.

"You searching for this?" Said Green Day fan said, holding the dagger with his thumb and index finger.

"G-give it back!" The guy ordered stupidly. Billie smirked.

"I think not." He said and threw the dagger Zeus knows where.

I grabbed the guy's shoulder, turned him around, made him kneel and grabbed both his arms while putting my right foot on his back.

"I'll break both your arms if you don't tell us-" But I was interrupted.

"You don't have the balls."

I sighed. "Why didn't I kill you when I had the chance?"

I could tell he was smirking. "As I said, you don't have the balls."

I sighed. I really didn't want to do this, but I had to find out who had sent them.

I pushed his back and pulled his left arm.

CRACK

The sound of the left arm breaking could be heard a mile away.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!" The guy shouted.

"I don't have the balls? Wanna me to break your other arm?" I mocked.

"Okay! I'll tell you! Mother Earth sent us! Her headquarters are in the underworld! She sent us to finish you off! She thought you would be weakened by the Hydra's attack and sent us to finish all of you off! Just don't kill me!" He exclaimed.

When I was about to release the poor guy Billie signaled me not to.

"Which place of the underworld, exactly?" My friend asked.

"E-Erebus! The fields of punishment! She released all of the punished souls in order for them to join her and is in constant fight with the lord of the dead!" He cried.

Well, at least Hades didn't join her.

"And," I said. "How is she rejoining Uranus's parts?"

"It's an ancient spell only she knows, but it takes three years for it to get done!"

"But then," Asked Catherine. "why is she provoking all of those earthquakes?"

"She-she wants the world to fear her, that's why!"

I pulled his right arm. "Really?"

"Nhhhhh."

"Answer him. Believe me, you'll regret it if you don't." Said Billie.

"Indeed," I said. "And afterwards come the legs."

"Okay! Okay! I'll answer you!" He said. "In order to accomplish the spell she has to destroy some key places of the world, though I don't know exactly why and neither do I know the next key places she'll attack. Just knock me out or something!"

"… Why did you join her, in first place?" I asked.

The guy clenched his teeth. "She promised she could bring my parents back from the dead once she was in control."

"… The fates decide who dies and who doesn't. You can't change it." Said Catherine.

"Yes, I can, and I wi-"

But whatever he was going to say was cut off by a punch in the back of his neck.

I turned around and faced the guys.

"We have to report this to Chiron." I said and the others nodded.

"You're right," Said Billie. "Gaia is offering her minions the perfect world. And all about the whole the-world-fears-her thing."

I sighed while looking at the guy I had just knocked out. He just dreamt about a perfect world with his parents. He should be a mortal or something, because his fighting level wasn't one of a demigod.

"C'mon," I said halfheartedly. "Let's keep going."

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We had been walking all day through the forest, fortunately without an attack. It was good to walk in there. The combination of the sun and the little coldness of the forest made a nice atmosphere that helped us go faster.

It was sunset by now, and we had decided to stop by a clearance.

"So," I said. We were all sitting down with our backs laid on a same tree, side-to-side. "What do we do next?"

"Uhm… First we have to find some money." Said Billie.

"No shit, Sherlock. I mean, after we get some money, what do we do? I mean, we're starving, right?" I said. To prove my point, our stomachs roared loudly.

"Yeah," Said Catherine. "And this whole thing is getting monotonic."

"What about a Green Day sing-along?" Suggested Billie. We both slapped the back of his head.

"No fucking way." We said at the same time. Billie sighed.

"Why is it that you don't like Green Day?" He asked, annoyed.

"They play something called punk/rock, Billie. Who can possibly like that?" We said at the same time.

He considered the idea. "Oh, nobody. Just tons of fans. How do you think they're making so much success?" (A/N: I completely agree with Billie… I'm a Green Day fan. Of course, not like Billie (he is kinda me fifty times… including the lazy-ass stuff), but I still really like Green Day. Anyways…)

"… Billie, what's your real name, anyways?" I asked.

Catherine looked confused. "What do you mean by 'real' name?

I sighed. "Billie Joe, Mike Dirnt. Vocals and Guitar and Bass and Vocals, respectively. Both of Green Day. Now put two plus two and calculate."

Catherine glared at Billie. "You changed your name for Green Day dudes?"

He shrugged. "Not my fault my name's too ugly."

I smirked. "And that would be…"

He sighed. "Carl Trent."

Both mine and Catherine's right eyes twitched. "And you actually change your name because of that?"

He shrugged again. "It's too ugly."

Hey, end of chap, guys. As promised, a lot of action in this chapter. Well, anyways, like it? Hate it? What did you think? Review, please!