In Or Not?
At the same time...
Hallie stuck her head through an open door. "Is this your room Apollo? There are a lot of musical instruments." And then she walked in.
"Yes, it actually is my room. Please don't touch tha--" said Apollo, but his sentence was cut.
"Whoa, is this lyre? Is this the one he gave you?" asked Hallie pointing Hermes. "You know the first lyre. Hey are there any pianos here? That's the only thing I actually can play." Asked Hallie.
"Well, no." Answered Apollo. "But..." Apollo continued to talk with his eyes shut, but Hallie wasn't listening to him and was walkng towards an emptiness. And when Apollo stopped talking he snapped his fingers and a piano appeared in the emptiness Hallie was walking towards. Hermes seemed astonished.
"Did you see that?!" asked Hermes to Apollo.
"See what?" asked Apollo and Hallie.
"How did you know he was going to create a piano right there?" asked Hermes.
"What are you talking about? I saw it just standing there." Answered Hallie.
"What in the name of Zeus are you two talking about?" asked Apollo.
"Holly Molly! I think I figured it out, I got to tell Hera." Said Hermes and flied away.
"So, you like 'Moonlight'?" asked Hallie.
"You do know I'm also the god of sun, right?" asked Apollo.
"Yeah, but I meant 'Moonlight' by Beethoven." Said Hallie and started to play.
"You play that really well." Said Apollo.
"Thanks." Said Hallie.
Back at Hera's room...
"So what is our final decision?" asked Odie.
"I say she has to go." Said Archie. "She is more likely to be an enemy."
"I really don't agree with you Archie." Said Theresa.
"And if Theresa's right she might be helpful, she was able deflect Atlanta's attack." Suggested Jay.
Suddenly Hermes barged in. "Hera! I think you might want to see this."
They all went to Apollo's room and when they arrived they peeked through the door and saw Hallie playing a lovely piece to Apollo. Just when Hera opened her mouth a sound came.
"Hi to you too." Said Hallie.
"How did you know we were here?" asked Hera.
"Duh, you said -quote- Hi, may I interrupt? –unquote-" answered Hallie.
"But, that's impossible." Said Apollo.
"See, I told you." Said Hermes.
"Ok, what's going on?" asked Neil. "Aphrodite told me you were here and—Who's she?"
"No time for that." Said Hera. "But Hermes, you were right, she has the gift of foresight."
"The gift of what?" asked Herry.
"Foresight. Many great leaders had it. Including Hector..." said Hallie and then she turned to Jay. "... or Jason. But I guess the one you were talking about isn't like theirs, right? 'Cos they could see what their plans might head and so they could avoid any failures, but mine is like the exact future, though it's more like five seconds." Said Hallie. "Kinda like prophecy."
"Precisely." Said Hera.
"Can't believe you missed that Apollo. And I thought you were spoused to be the god of prophecy." Grinned Atlanta.
"Well, I'm also the god of music and I usually rather appreciate good music when I hear it instead of looking for powers." Answered Apollo.
"WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?!" shouted Neil.
"Shut up Neil!" said Archie.
"Look, I really wouldn't want to cut your conversation, but I really got to go home. My parents just left today, I'll be staying with my cousin and her husband and she'll be worried sick if I don't go home." Said Hallie.
"Great, but we will be erasing your mind." Said Archie.
"What? We never agreed to do that." Said Theresa.
"She's right. Didn't you see how she knocked Herry down? I think her memory should stay." Said Odie.
"Why don't we vote then?" suggested Archie.
"Fine." Said Theresa. "All in favor not to erase her memory..."
Theresa, Jay, Odie, Herry and Atlanta raised their hands.
"Atlanta?" said Archie suprised. "Why are you voting that? She knocked you down!"
"So? That means she's really good at fightng." Said Atlanta.
"Well, atleast Neil's not voting." Said Archie.
"Whoa, count me out of this, I am not sure what we're doing anyway." Complained Neil.
Suddenly they all heard a loud whistling sound. "Helloo! The person you're voting about is still standing here and she's had enough of drama for today. I'm leaving." She said and went for the door.
"I'm afraid you can not do that." Said Hera and closed the door. "You're either in it or not."
"Why do you even want me to stay anyway. It seems you can survive without any help." Said Hallie.
"See, told you. And the prophecy says seven descendants, not eight." Said Archie.
"So? Does the prophecy say we don't get any help?" said Theresa.
"Look, I'm going to go if I'm not getting an answer right now." Said Hallie impatiently.
"Fine, Hallie, you're welcomed to help us if you'd like to." Said Jay.
"That's more I like it, but even if I except what can I do?" asked Hallie.
"What can you do?" asked Odie.
"Well, I've mastered 23 different martial arts, I can also shoot a fly with an arrow within 10 miles of distance and I can talk 5 different languages fluently." Said Hallie.
"And she can play the piano." Added Apollo.
"Whoa." Said Herry.
"I really didn't expect that much." Said Atlanta.
"So, you could help us on the field." Said Jay.
"If I say ok then may I go home?" asked Hallie.
"Yes, but that's not the point." Said Odie.
"I know, but this isn't thing to decide in a second. Can I think about this and return to you guys at school tomorrow?" asked Hallie.
"That's ok." Said Hera. "You may go home now."
"Thanks." Said Hallie.
The next day...
"So what do you think she'll say." Asked Atlanta to Herry and Archie.
"I hope she'll say no." Said Archie.
"Why do you hate her? I mean she trashed us and we don't even hate her like you." Said Herry.
"Maybe it's a long hatered coming from the past. I mean Achilles did kill Hector." Said Odie coming from the back.
"Whatever lets just go." Said Archie, but he was stopped with a crashing sound coming from a building nearby.
All of them rushed there and foun a giant terrorizing Neil, Theresa and Jay. This giant looked different that Cronos' usual ones. He was way bigger and had Neil in his hand.
"Guys a little help here?" said Theresa and the others took out their guards. Unfortunately the giant was able avoid all of their attacks. Suddenly Neil started to shout.
"What is he doing?" said Archie.
"He's shoutng at someone for help." Said Odie and looked across the street only to see Hallie looking at the giant without moving. "A little help don't you think!?" he shouted at Hallie.
Hallie suddenly got out of her trance and nodded. She ran towards the giant, jumped on his knee and landed on his wrist. With two kick the giants hand opened and Neil was freed. She then ran on his arm towards his shoulder and from there she jumped down parallel to his back, she did a flip in the air and then kicked his back with both her feet. The giant started to shake and he fell down.
"How did you do that?" asked Jay.
"It's an ancient Japanese martial art. Allows me to paralyze people, though I wasn't sure it would work on him... Actually I did, I kinda knew his every move, like he knew all of your moves." Explained Hallies.
"What do you mean?" asked Jay.
"C'mon don't you think it's a little suspicious he was able avoid all your moves?" asked Hallie.
"She's right." Said Theresa. "We should tell Hera."
"You know you still didn't give us an answer." Said Atlanta.
"I don't know, this giant barely was barely a work-out for me. You guys have it easy." Said Hallie.
"What!?" said Archie furiously, but everyone else started to laugh.
"Don't you get it Archie? This is her way of saying yes." Said Herry.
"Great. Even Herry gets it." Complained Archie.
"I guess we haven't officialy met, I'm Neil." Said Neil.
"I'm Hallie. And no problem, it seems like saving you is pretty common around them." Said Hallie.
"Don't worry, you'll get use to her, just like you got used to me." Said Theresa.
They all walked to class with Archie coming from the back complaining all the way.
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