It's time for the 4th one guys and it is going to be interesting, trust me. I know some errors are present in the previous chapters cuz..you know… autocorrect fail (and the fact that English is not so familiar in my country…).
And you to lack of votes (some people don't even bother to read what the authors have written T_T), I've decided that the pairing would be done late and the story will continue without any. In the meantime I'll count the little reviews you've have written… So Depressing…
Anyways, back to the story. The energy boost that our Red has felt was because of Thor breaking a tiny part of his axe. But as you've read, that caused him some serious damage. But it also gave Red wings and superhuman strength. And now he's struck in the woods with some man hating hunting girls who wants to take his life… Not the kind of harem guys usually wants.
So here it start.
I've Trapped something unnecessary:-
When you have only sprouted wings just a day before and you try to escort a young girl by flying, then only two things happen in the end. Either you fail and crash to the land, Or you pass with a really impressed girl by your side. I don't want to hurt the girl by crashing so luckily, I ended up with the second thing.
The place where we landed was covered with big trees so those hunters must not find us hare quickly. It was night time by now and there was a cave visible to us just a few metres ahead. My idea was to rest there for a bit. So I put the girl down to explain it to her but she yelled out instead.
"That was really amazing! I never thought that you could fly, uncle!" She smiled gleefully while jumping constantly in excitement. And I'm damn sure I don't look like a frickin uncle! Is this really happening…
"Look. Firstly, we will talk about you not me. It's you who mysteriously showed up in a jungle where I'm supposed to be alone. And secondly, don't call me uncle please! I'm 16 for heaven's sake!"
"Then what should I call you? Papa?"
"Please no!"
"Umm… Mama?"
"Seriously? That's the thing you came up with?"
"Then what about 'hermano'?
"what's that even supposed to mean!"
"It's Spanish for brother…"
"Yes! That's it! Call me brother from now on, okay?"
"Okay brother- umm…"
"Red. The name's Red by the way. What's yours?" I asked her while sitting on my knees to face her.
"It's… Ross… I guess…" She replied while staring at her feet.
"You guess?" I asked her in obvious confusion.
"I can't remember exactly about it. But as far as I can remember, it's Ross. I can't remember my last name either…" She looked up again to me.
"So basically, you can't remember anything about yourself. Right?" I asked her genuinely.
"It's not only about me. I can't remember anything before I came hare. As far as my memory goes I was running in here from those people with my daddy. I can't remember anything else before that…"
"Did you got separated from your dad back then? I can help finding him." I offered to help. That's the only natural thing to do with a lost and lonely girl( yeah natural for normal people. Not for you creeps!).
"N-No…" she started to tear up at that. "I- I didn't lost him. They shot him down with those bows… he covered me from the shots and shouted at me to run. So I ran… I was afraid. But now I wish that I should've stayed with him and helped him too. But… but…" At this point, she started to cry silently. I felt something broke inside of me. Those hunters killed her father right in front of her. How can they be so heartless! And heck they called her a monster!
I pulled her close and hugged her tight. "It's all gonna be okay, Ross. I swear. You are not alone anymore. Now you've got me at your side, your big brother! I'll not let them even touch you." She buried her face in my chest and said between sniffs.
"Thank you! Thank...you! Big bro, I-I…"
"Shh now. Let's get to that cave before they find us okay." I got up again and took out some packed lunch from my backpack. "You must be hungry. Let's dig in then!" I flashed a smile at her to cheer her up. She wipe the tears and smiled at me.
"Yes bro! Let's eat!" She said sweetly while tugging onto my hands. With that we entered the cave to spent the night.
(Artemis' POV):-
"Okay now explain me what exactly happened when I was attending the summer solstice." I asked Thalia Grace, my lieutenant. I was confused. And anyone in my place would be. All I know is that as soon as I get back, the girls told me that there is an infiltrator in my sacred hunting area, The Forest Of Crete.
"I dunno Goddess. I was also told that there were 3 infiltrators including the chosen one of the Asgard and also that they took one down already. He must be the father of that lil' kid we were chasing. To tell you the truth, I still don't think that killing that cute little thing is necessary though."
"Wait. You're saying that the hunters, instead of heading Them out, killed one of them? It's ridiculous! And even without a warning?!" My sudden outburst surprised Thalia. But all this still infuriates me. Killing someone's father in front of that person is not like us. We are supposed to be the good one.
"Woah woah Goddess, chill out!" Thalia said while putting her hands up in a defensive manner. "I too didn't want that to happen but that's what you taught us, to kill any man at sight if seen in this forest. You can't blame the girls."
I looked at the girls' direction. They were looking at me with a scared expression on their faces. But that was true. That rule was indeed made by me. I am feeling like a fool right now. Like how Apollo usually feels when he does something unintelligent.
"... Alright. Whatever's done is done. Now we have to hunt down that boy of Asgard, kill him and escort the girl out of the forest. Understood?"
"Umm… but there's one problem. Dad wants that girl killed.(A/N:I could use 'dead' but then the sentence would look kinda weird…)
"What now! Zeus wants to kill a little girl?! Is that supposed to be a joke or something Thalia?"
"Nope. That's what he said to me and that I didn't have to know the reason. And he was quite serious."
"Okay… Then I guess we have to hunt both of them down. Alright then, gather up everyone!"
"You heard her. Now pick up those bows and quiver." Thalia ordered too and then picked her own equipments. "You looked kinda flustered when… you know… HE shouted at you back then."
Right… that damned boy. Who does he think he is! I could feel my blood boiling as I remembered that incident. He got some guts to shout at me, the moon Goddess and ran away. I will KILL that swine slowly and mercilessly! And throw away his soul in the depths of Tartarus!
"He just caught me off guard, that's all. Now let's find'em." I picked up bow and quiver as I tried to change the subject.
"The hunters are all ready, Milady." Thalia said, standing in front of the girls who looked prepared for the hunt.
"I don't want to waste anymore time now. Let the hunt begin!"
(Back with Red):-
The first night of the trials wasn't a very comfortable one. Even if I was sleeping in a sleeping bag but still it was hard. Firstly because of the creepy insects crawling everywhere and sounds coming from outside and secondly because of a certain little kid clinging to me the whole night. Well that was kinda cute actually but I can't sleep like that. And she was sleeping so peacefully that I didn't thought it would be good to wake her up. Anyways, that's it for the summary of the first night. Let's move on to the second day and the situation at hand. Food shortage. The canned items were all depleted when we finished yesterday's dinner. Only some amount is left in my pack. And I had thought that those will last for at least a week…
I was pacing back and forth, thinking about the next thing to do. Ross was watching me with a clearly confused expression. I don't think she understands that we're out of eatables.
"Umm… why are we not eating breakfast yet?" She asked innocently. Boy, she didn't understand the situation at all.
"Use you noodles. Now let me think okay?"
"Where are the noodles?"
"It's an English phrase, Ross! Argh!" I was really frustrated but suddenly I've got the idea of what to do next.
"We are setting some traps." I said with a mischievous grin. "I saw how to make some on the internet and those survival shows. And those are no jokes."
With that, I picked up my mini toolkit, some rope and knife and started to cut some branches and other stuffs like bamboo etc. for the materials. Now it's time for finding a spot for the trap number one, about which I've decided ages ago. I told Ross to help me finding some good place but I'm not sure she could help very much with that though. She looked pleased to be of some use so better not break her heart. I still had to work on my trap-1 anyway so I let her do the work.
Judging from the size of the monster bird that attacked me when I first arrived, I need to make these big enough fo an elephant. Well I'm a kinda prankster at my high school anyway, this is not the first time I've done this shit. I just have to make everything bigger. With that in my mind, I started to work. Its components were a trigger, which I made with a piece of rope, and a big wooden wall which will hit the target from the side and hopefully jumpscare it to go towards the direction of other traps. At the time when it was ready, it was already noon. Ross came to me running and told me she got a nice place where animals would come frequently. And well… she was right. The place was near a lake and some fresh fruit trees and long green grass. The animal utopia!
"Woah! Good job Ross. This place is amazing!"
"I picked up some fruits too." She said gleefully. I didn't thought that she would find something like this so quickly. And heck she even got some food. A ten years old is a better survivor than me… I should just die of shame.
Anyways, after setting the trap-1, whose work was just to scare the target and led it to the trap-3 area, I've started to work on the second one. It was more easy than the first and I completed it in just half an hour. I used some rope and small parts bamboos and tied together them near our camp so that it would alert us if something is caught in it. It would also make the target more aware of its nearby surroundings to check above and than the trap-3 will activate right on the top of it.
I was going to make trap-3 something spikey that would go for an instant kill but Ross thought that we might catch 'something cute like bunnies'( which I think would be the size of an ostrich), so I changed it to a bamboo cage instead.
Making the trap-3 took some time. It was almost dark and my traps were ready and all set. Ross had eaten her part way before me but I was quite busy until this time and I was starving. After eating the remaining meal, I pulled out the silver arrow which I had found on my first day. It must be the same arrow that the hunters were using. I made a big bow with branches and placed it vertically, facing towards the cage. I did it so that if the captured beast try to break it, I will shot it immediately without wasting time in aiming. Now the only thing left is to wait till morning.
"I'm feeling sleepy now..." I said as I laid down in my sleeping bag. I had worked constantly since morning so it's the obvious remark. Ross was already sleeping near me in her own. "I'm relieved that there won't be any clinging tonight." The words barely left my mouth and fell asleep instantly hoping to find something in the cage tomorrow morning.
(Apollo's POV):-
"Well he has done quite a lot today, hasn't he" I remarked as I watched the actions of my human friend on a magic sphere, that I had borrowed from Hecate. "Though making a trap one thing and working of it is another."
"Well I can still remember how he trapped you perfectly when you first arrived in this world." Thor said and winked at me while playing catch with himself with mjolnir instead of a ball.
"Don't remind me of that! He was just lucky."
The wind was pretty strong because of the height. We were standing on the top of the Empire State Building so that was pretty obvious. I still don't understand why Thor wants to meet me here.
"Hahaha! Sure he was!" He just loves making fun of me… kind of reminds me of my sister.
"Well, he had received his power boost and his wings that's for sure. So, is it time for his second power then?"
"Mm-hmm." Thor nodded his head as he lifted mjolnir.
Thunder clouds made there way up in the skies. Strong winds started to blow and were accompanied with the lightning. The light of the sun could no longer be seen because of the thick layer of clouds… My sun…*sob*... Then comes the big thunder and was caught by mjolnir. Thor took out the stormbreaker and hit it with mjolnir to break another small part of it.
"AAAHHHH!" He screamed right after the damage was done. His expressions were clearly reflecting his state. He was in pain, and on a huge scale. Then the weather cleared and the sun was visible again. Thor dropped with a thud, unconscious.
"I wonder if it's the only way to give him his power, Thor." I said to him even though he can't listen. I carried him to my chariot and put him down in the back slowly. "Let's go home then. Bye red" I waved my hand and the images in the sphere faded away.
(Back with Red):-
I jolted right up as I heard the bamboos colliding with each other. That could only meant one thing. Something fell right into my trap! Ross was still sleeping, completely ignoring the sound(don't ask me how). I ran to the bow and started to load the arrow quickly. But when I saw what was inside the cage, I dropped it. That was the most unexpected thing ever happened to me in the last two days…
"WHAT THE F***!"
Dun dun dun… I'm ending this in a suspense guys. Just to give you something to look forward to.
Red: Nah! You just love doing these type of things.
Me: That's not true!... well maybe… btw, what was was in the cage?
Red: … you can't even imagine…
Me: well what was it, spit it out already.
Red: … … …
Me: Red? You hare buddy? Stop acting like your the Red of the pokemon games! Hello?
Well guys I think he's out now. So I must leave too. Gotta type the next chapter. K then. See ya again! And thanks 4 and ramoris for adding this to your favourites.
