Chapter 7:
Lies
Télos' PoV:
The longest hour in Télos' life had finally passed, and he was all set to meet Aquarius. He had figured out what he was going to say, for once, and even had an idea in mind regarding the god of water. But before they could teleport, Hero suddenly collapsed to the ground.
"Hero!" he exclaimed, rushing to his best friend's side. Worried gnawed at him when the god of light was unresponsive. Terrified, Télos sat Hero up and frantically began to shake his shoulders. The unnamed enderman watched them from a couple of feet away.
Hero finally opened his eyes. Relief flooded Télos as he watched the god of light get to his feet. His body still shaking at the thought that he might have lost Hero, he somehow managed to get to his feet. "I am alright," his best friend reassured him. "Also, why is your hand raised?"
Télos stared guiltily at it. "Er…I was scared to death so I started waving my hands around like I was insane?" he half-questioned. Don't let Hero catch on. Don't let Hero catch on…
"Were you going to slap me if I did not wake up?"
Télos nervously laughed. "Slap you? Why would I do that?" Note to self: slapping someone to wake them up was something that was meant to stay in stories. "What happened, anyways?"
"So you were going to slap me," Hero mused.
Télos' face grew red. "That's beside the point." Once his embarrassment subsided, he waited uncharacteristically patiently for an explanation.
"It appears that you are not the only one with a new chosen."
Télos instinctively glanced in the enderman's direction. He quickly looked back at Hero instead, remembering that his "newest" chosen was Katy. "What's your chosen like? Where are they?"
Hero smiled. "He is in the Hunger Games at the moment."
He stared at the god of light. "The Hunger Games?" he repeated in disbelief.
The smile stubbornly remained. "Yes. The Hunger Games."
"Then why on Minecraftia are you smiling, Hero?!" Télos exclaimed. "He could be killed before you even meet him!" Hero didn't offer an answer. That meant one thing: Télos should already know the answer.
He racked his brain for the reason. He had to know. If he didn't, Hero wouldn't still be smiling at him. The answer suddenly came to him. He grinned triumphantly. "Your chosen are at the same one he's at!"
Hero nodded. "Exactly." He closed his eyes for a second. "I have just informed them of his identity. They are going to meet us at Oracle's castle after we retrieve Aquarius and Kaito."
Télos didn't respond. He grabbed his braid and brought in front of him. Silently, he ran it through his fingers.
"What is wrong?"
His gaze traveled from his braid to Hero. "What do you mean?"
His best friend pointed at the braid. He guiltily let it go, and his hands returned to his side. "You only do that when you have your mind on something."
He slipped his hands into his pockets. "I've been thinking about Kaito," Télos admitted. "He seems like a nice guy, but…"
"He is hiding something," Hero finished. The god of gold nodded. "I have been thinking the same thing. It is just a feeling, yet it is a strong one."
Télos fiddled with the bracelet that he still had to give to Oracle. "I hope that he's not hiding something terrible, Hero. I really wish that he's as good as he seems to be."
He didn't tell his best friend that Kaito had pretended to be a god for the past two years of his life.
Kaito's PoV:
She stood before him. Brown eyes, brown hair. The girl who would forever haunt his dreams. "I'm sorry," he tried to tell her, but the words wouldn't come out. Silently, she turned away.
He desperately reached a hand out. "I'm sorry!" he mouthed. "I'm sorry for abandoning you!" He stumbled after her as she began to walk away, but for every step he took, she took three more.
Tears streamed down his face. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't leave me! I need you! I won't abandon you again!" She turned around to face the weeping man.
And then disappeared right before his eyes.
He fell to the floor, sobbing.
"Ka-Kaito?"
He opened his eyes. His limbs screaming out in protest, he sat up and took in the room with a pair of dazed blue eyes. "Yeah?" he questioned sleepily. He finally turned to face the speaker.
Aquarius watched him from the other end of the bed, hugging a doll that looked creepily like him close to his chest. The god of water stared at him with a pair of nervous green eyes. "Y-You fell asleep…and th-then started squirming…" The god tried to hide his head behind the doll.
He forced a grin. "I'm fine," he lied. "I was just dreaming of trying to make my way through a line in front of the ice cream shop. It was gigantic!" He stretched his arms out to emphasize it.
Aquarius seemed to believe his answer.
It was at that moment that dark purple particles began to form in the center of the room. When they finally faded away, Hero, Télos, and an enderman stood in their place.
Hero had turned pale. "My stomach does not feel good," he said.
"Hm…" Télos mused. "You do get motion sickness sometimes. Interesting." The god of gold grinned evilly, and Kaito found himself worried about what Télos was planning on doing.
He also found himself being used as a shield by Aquarius. His god had managed to hide behind him incredibly fast. "Kaito," the god of water whispered, "do you know them?"
Kaito nodded. "The one with the golden eyes is Télos. Hero is the one that looks like he's going to puke his brains out. I don't know who the enderman is, but I know that they must have asked her for help."
Aquarius reluctantly pried himself away from his chosen. Upon noticing the younger god, Télos grinned and extended his hand out. "Hi Aquarius!" he exclaimed. "I'm Télos, god of gold and ruler of the End because a democracy takes an incredibly long time to be put into place!" When Aquarius clung to the area closest to Kaito, Télos withdrew his hand.
"My name is Hero. I am the god of light, and Télos' best friend," Hero introduced himself.
There was an awkward silence.
Then everyone's gazes fell on the one person who hadn't offered their name (excluding Kaito). The enderman shifted uncomfortably under their questioning stares. "Glistro," she simply said.
Anti-social much? Kaito go to his feet, armor creaking as he did so. His body was sore. Apparently, falling asleep in armor was something to be avoided. He smiled at Glistro. "Nice to meet you," he lied. "I'm Kaito Shion. Aquarius is my god."
