Sorry it took a while for me to update. I got grounded off the computer for getting a "C" on my report card. Yes, a "C". So anyways, here's chapter 9.


"Are you sure she's alright?"

"I'm sure she's fine."

"Are you completely positive? She doesn't look it."

"Alex, she's fine. I know her more than you do."

Nikita laid on the bed, her back towards the bickering two. Little did the two know that she was awake and listening to the whole thing. And as for the topic of their little bicker; she's as fine as she can be. She continue to lay on the bed, listening to Roscoe and Alex. Soon it got unbearable to listen and she sat up suddenly.

"Nikita!" Both of them said shocked.

"Hey…" Nikita replied as she stood up and ran a hand through her messed up hair, her hand being stopped by a really big knot.

"Are you alright Nikita? Did something happen?" Alex asked from the get go.

Nikita ignored her and went to the bathroom. Not only did she really have to go pee but she also didn't feel presentable. Moments passed and Nikita emerged, her hair and teeth brushed and her faced washed and clean. Still ignoring the questions she was getting from Alex she walked towards her suitcase and started picking out the clothes for today, which was pretty simple since all she had left that was clean was blue jeans and a peasant shirt. She could have sworn she placed and extra outfit in there.

"Nikita!" Roscoe yelled suddenly. Nikita turned and looked at him with lazy eyes. "I didn't want to say that you didn't feel well but something's up. What is it? Tell me."

Blinking slowly Nikita shook her head. "Nothing's wrong. I'm still waking up." Then escaping into the bathroom again, this time to change, Alex and Roscoe looked at each other with concerned eyes.

-*- 1 hour later, hotel bus loop -*-

"So I'm taking you to a surprise place. Just the two of us." Roscoe said after he explained what they were doing today.

"No, really Roscoe. I don't want to go anywhere. Why don't you take Alex to this surprise place?"

"Well she's taking the group to ruin so she can't and I already told you, this is so you cheer up."

"I don't need cheering up."

"Come on Nikita."

"And I don't like surprises."

"You love surprises."

"Not in Greece."

"You love them anywhere."

"No."

Roscoe blinked a few times. "Come on Nikita." He repeated. "Don't make me waste this bus ticket." From his jeans pocket he pulled out to round-trip bus tickets. Nikita sighed in defeat. Roscoe smiled and took Nikita's wrist. "Come on! The bus is leaving in a few seconds!"

On the bus Roscoe sat by the window and Nikita sat on the outside. Roscoe didn't allow Nikita to look out the window once which bored Nikita to death because she herself is a window looker and loves seeing the countryside of a state, country or whatever. If this was supposed to make her happy it didn't work. The worse thing probably was that the bus played music, in English since the bus was a tourist bus meant for Americas who don't know shit. At first it was ok, it was playing her favorite music, sure it was old, from 1995-2005, but she loved hearing the songs she hasn't heard in a long time and every so often an even older songs from the 80's would get thrown in there. Then the song Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler came on and Nikita felt her heart ache again.

-*- Mt. Olympus -*-

Anteros followed his brother Eros, his arms crossed over his chest and no emotion visible in his face. Eros who skipped ahead stopped and turned around. "Come on brother." Eros cooed. "You have been like this since last night. What could possibly be wrong?" Once Anteros reached him Eros started to walk beside him. "You cannot think that the 'silent treatment' could actually work on me hmm?" When he got no answer Eros shrugged with a small scoff attached to it. "No matter. Today I will cheer you up with something we can both enjoy." Eros placed his arm around his brother's shoulders.

Anteros rolled his eyes and shrugged off his arm. "What makes you think that anything you will ever do will cheer me up?"

"I do not. But you have now spoken to me which means that I have broken through to you, even a little." Anteros stared straight ahead as they reach a clearing that lead to a lake. Eros stopped and Anteros followed suit. Eros stood before his brother, a mischievous smile on his face. "You see brother? I have gotten the leimenides (1) to help us wash."

Anteros glared at his brother. "You enjoy that brother for I am not joining you." He turned on his heels.

Eros quickly ran around him and once again stood before him. "What is the matter with you?" He inquired a little rougher than he wanted. "You love it when the leimenides wash us."

"Eros, let me tell you something. Let me tell you the reason why I am so upset."

"Yes Anteros. Tell me what is wrong." Eros said as he too crossed his arms over his chest. His wings twitched softly.

Taking a deep breath Anteros spoke. "I talked with Nikita again last night."

"Again with this Nikita girl?"

"Let me finish Eros." Eros snorted but allowed Anteros to continue. "She sat on the roof of her hotel and she almost fell backwards to her death so I saved her. Once that happened I calmed her down since she was shaken up from her near death, then I… Then I told her how I felt."

Eros lifted an eyebrow. "You told her how you felt?"

"I told her that I love her."

"You love her?" Eros said, shock in his voice.

"She said that she loved me as well."

Eros scoffed a few times which then turned into laughter. "And that is why you are so upset? Anteros, you are a—"

"That is not all. We kissed and then she told me that we could never be together."

Eros once again lifted an eyebrow. "I am sorry brother but if that is all I think that you are making a big fuss over a puny and pathetic mortal woman."

"Brother. Eros." Anteros said. Anteros' arms dropped to his sides. He stood silent for a few short moments before speaking again. "She is not mortal she is a demigoddess."

-*- Bus -*-

Finally the bus ride was over. Roscoe jumped over Nikita and got out into the center walkway before the bus even stopped. "Are you ready Nikita?" He asked with such excitement."

"Yes please." Nikita said. The 90 minute voyage was brutal. The tourists got off and they accumulated around the bus. Nikita looked around. "Where are we? This land looks extremely familiar."

Roscoe, who has a smile on his face from ear to ear, said, "There must be a sign somewhere around here."

Once the crowds dissipated and thinned out there was a sign. Nikita looked at the sign and her eyes widened upon reading the city name. "Roscoe, get me out of here!"

-*- Mt. Olympus -*-

"Excuse me?" Eros asked unbelieving.

"She is a demigoddess." Anteros repeated. "One that has been in hiding since the Dark Ages. She will not die. This is why I am having a hard time with it. I have all this time to be with her and she will not let me."

"… Excuse me?" Eros repeated. "A demigoddess? This Nikita is a demigoddess." Anteros only nodded. Eros looked around with his eyes and then he looked back at his brother. "Does anyone else know?"

"No. Only you."

"And you are serious about this girl?"

"Very much."

Eros tapped his fingers on his arms. He clenched his teeth inside his mouth. "So, I guess you love her more than me."

"Eros, the love I have for her is different from the love I have for you."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. Really."

Eros chuckled and his arms fell to his side. "Really?" He laughed. "Well, I have only one thing to do then." Anteros tensed up, feeling that what his bother has in mind is not a good one. Without saying a word Eros quickly soared up into the sky and then went straight down the side of the mountain.

"No! Eros!" Anteros ran to the side of the mountain and jumped off. Quickly flapping his wings he chased down his brother.

-*- Nikita and Roscoe -*-

"Take me back!" Nikita yelled. "Get me away!"

Roscoe placed his hands on her arms. "We can't leave now. The bus won't leave until another 3 hours from now."

"I don't care! Get me out!" People started to look towards the screaming Nikita.

"Why? I thought you'd be happy to be back in your birth city, Larissa."

"No! It's too close to the mountain! (2) I'll be seen!" Nikita struggled in Roscoe's hands.

"Nikita, calm down! Calm down! I'll get a taxi!" Nikita, who calmed down at that, stopped struggling. Her body shook with an intensity that could rock the earth. Roscoe sat her on a bench. "Let me go call that taxi."

"No, don't leave me." She stood immediately and placed her hand on his arm.

"Ok." Roscoe said softly. He's never seen her like this before. They reach the taxi section but to their luck the last taxi has left. "Dang it. Sorry Nikita. We're going to have to wait a while but I don't know how long." Nikita gripped his arm tighter. "Would you like to just walk around? Maybe it could get your mind off things." She nodded and the two started to walk around the terminal.

Meanwhile Eros and Anteros flew though the sky using their invisibility so that the humans didn't see them. Eros, who somehow knew where Nikita would be, flew straight down towards Larissa. Anteros remained close on his tail but he never got close enough to Eros to stop him. Then Eros turned. Anteros tried to slow down but he couldn't. Eros took his hand and closed it on Anteros' neck. With a might thrust he threw Anteros down onto a rooftop. Eros then continued flying down in the city.

The two stop as they see three taxis come in to the terminal one at a time. They walk quickly towards the taxis. Nikita then stops suddenly and since she was still holding on to Roscoe he was pulled to a stop. "Nikita." Roscoe started. "Is everything alright?"

"I hear something."

"What? What is it?" Roscoe shook his book bag off his shoulders and he held it by the strap in his hand.

"Wings." The two then flew into an alleyway that made a right turn, cutting a building awkwardly. They crash into the wall and fall to the ground.

Eros flies down into the alleyway. He steps onto land in the square that makes the building oddly built. He then becomes visible. "Hello Nikita."


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1: Leimenides- lake naiads or nymphs

2: It's about 55 kilometers to Mt. Olympus from Larissa.