For disclaimers, see the last few chapters. Class of the Titans doesn't belong to me. Only Sally and Dana do and thank you Thunder-Handicapy-Goddess for the review. Enjoy!
Chapter #9 Battle in the UnderWorld and Secrets Revealed
Sally's point of view
I grabbed onto a rock ledge as I fell through the portal and almost fell down a rocky canyon. I should've expected this because when you're planning to travel to another world through magical stones, you're not sure where you'll end up. Then again; I've only used this spell three times now during my training and missions. After regaining my balance, I pushed myself away from the cliff and leaned against the wall near the portal.
"That was too close." I panted. "Got to remember to look before I leap."
Placing a barrier on the portal so no one can get through or close it without me knowing, I grabbed my bag and went into the nearest cave. I've never been in the Underworld before so I have to rely on my sixth sense. Since Dorothea and Dana are down here, it'll be easier to tell if I'm going the right way or not.
For an hour or so, I walked through dark tunnels until I finally sensed something. Dorothea's and Dana's auras. I followed it until I reached a brightly lit room. In it were my friend and Spirit Guide lying on the stone floor with their legs and hands bound together with thick rope. Making sure no one else was there, I ran up to Dorothea and shook her awake.
"Mmmm…Sasha?"
"Dorothea, are you alright?" I asked.
"I'm fine," she answered. She turned to Dana. "I'm not sure about your friend though. She's been out since Cronus brought her here."
I paled. "You mean she's,,,"
"No, no she's not dead." Dorothea reassured me."She's just unconscious."
"Come on, let's get you and Dana out of here…Ahhh!"
I screamed as a bolt of energy hit my hand, causing me to back away from my Spirit Guide. Clutching my burnt hand, I turned to see the corrupted God of Time himself along with his brain-dead cronies.
"Cronus," I growled.
"Sasha Snow." he sneered. "Where're your new friends?"
"This has nothing to do with them." I spat. "This is between you and me."
"Very well. I can try and destroy the children anytime. Destroying you is something I can't pass up."
"You've could've killed me while to you at the Raspberry House."
"So, you saw through my disguise."
"No, I knew something was wrong with you but didn't know what it was. Until I came to town."
"Now the cats out of the bag." He summoned twin scythes as he said that. "Let's dance."
I grinned and summoned twin sais made from pure white energy. A trick I discovered while fighting a minor demon a few weeks ago.
"With pleasure."
We raise our weapons above our heads and the fight began. Our weapons clashed together creating sparks. We fought with our weapons for a while before he knocked one of my sais out of my hands when he hit my injured palm. I winced in pain as I leaned down to pick up my other sai when I sensed something above me. gripping my sais tightly, I rolled away as Cronus created a small crater where I was last standing.
"You fight dirty for a deity." I snapped.
"Thank you," Cronus said nonchalantly. "I get that a lot."
He summoned yellow plasma with his scythes and threw them at me. I dodged one of them and deflected the other with my sai; which flew through the air and hit Dorothea's ropes. Freeing her hands.
"Dorothea, get Dana to safety," I yelled.
She nodded, untied her legs and stood up.
"Stop her!" Cronus ordered.
"Oh no, you don't!" I snarled as I raise my hands and encased the monsters in a prison made of the stone in the floor and walls.
"Impressive," Cronus said. "You're more powerful than the last time I saw you."
"That's not all I can do now," I said as I turned into pure energy and twirled the sais a bit. "Ready for round two?"
Cronus grinned. His scythes glowing with yellow energy. "Always."
We spent most of the time firing and dodging energy blasts while my Spirit Guide carried Dana out of the cave. I was sure she knew about the portal I opened up and where it's located so I wasn't too worried about that. Right now, I'm more concerned about punishing Cronus for kidnapping those I care about. This battle continued for about a few hours when I started to become tired and my magic waned a little.
"This is bad," I said as I reverted back to my sorcery form. My hands smoking from the energy blasts I formed earlier.
"So, you're getting weak," Cronus said noticing my condition.
I noticed he was still strong like he wasn't doing anything. Even though he was fighting me for while.
"He's a God, Sasha." I thought. "He can't die or get tired easily."
"Are you ready to die now?"
"Never!"
"Leave her alone!"
I turned to see Herry and his friends standing in the cave entrance.
"How did you get here?" I asked.
"Don't worry about that, Sasha," Jay said pulling a sword from his belt. "We'll take over from here."
"No," I said. "I'm not done with him yet."
"If you don't stop now, you'll be done for good," Archie said.
"Archie's right. Sasha." Atlanta said. "You look exhausted."
"Aww, isn't that sweet. Finishing what the Great White Sorceress had started."
That was the last straw. I banished my sais and rise my hands above my head and my voice in song. Even though my energy is partly drained, I can still perform this spell. As I sang, Cronus started to writhe in pain as the magic took affect.
"No." He screamed. "No…You're a human! You're not meant to defeat me."
I stopped singing to say. "I know that. I just want to suffer. This is what you get for kidnapping my friends."
I continued singing as he continued to writhe in agony. I know I can't kill or defeat him but I can send him to another dimension temporarily. I continued chanting as a portal appeared under Cronus and he fell in.
The portal closed behind him.
Once it was over, I fell to my knees completely exhausted.
"Sasha!" Herry shouted as he ran up and gathered me in his arms.
I leaned against him.
"I'm ok, Herry," I said, weakly. "Opening portals to different dimensions twice in one day takes a lot out of one."
"Where did you send him?" Theresa asked.
"I sent him to a dimension where darkness and fear resides." I answered, "There he'll live his worse fears and nightmares. I know I'm not meant to defeat him. He'll be back and you can defeat just like destiny wanted."
"Where're your friends?" Odie asked. "Shouldn't they be here?"
"I freed my Spirit Guide and she brought Dana back through the portal I used to get here. But I can't close it now and the barrier I put…" I yawned before continuing. I was so exhausted. "Up will disappear in an hour."
"We'll take care of it," Theresa said. "I know where it is."
I moaned as darkness overtook me.
I woke up feeling sore and heavy. I opened my eyes a crack and closed immediately as the light too bright for me. So, I laid there feeling the mattress under me. Wait mattress? Wasn't I suppose to be in a cave in the Underworld? carefully opening my eyes and letting them adjust to the light, I looked around to see I was lying on a couch in someone's living room. The couch was one of those pull outs that turned into a bed for guests. Where am I?
"Good morning, Sally."
I tensed upon hearing the voice. I looked up to Athena standing in the entrance. Wait, I'm in the dorm where Herry and his friend are staying in?
"Athena, huh…How?"
"Get up and change." she ordered.
"What?" I asked confused. I've never seen her like this. But then it's not every day you meet a god or goddess in the flesh before. The deities I've met were on the astral plane, not the physical one.
"I'm told to bring you to the school once you're awake. Hera and Dorothea have something to tell you."
"You know my Spirit Guide?"
"Of course. The other gods and I have helped her from time to time when she was alive." Athena answered. "Now move it."
I nodded and got up. Seeing I was still in my sorcery form. I transformed back to my everyday appearance and followed the Greek Goddess of War to the school where she told me where Harry and his friends went to. She led me to a janitors' closet in the far end of the building.
"Why are we here?" I asked.
"In time," Athena replied as she placed her hand on the knob and zapped it with her magic. The door opened on its own accord and she walked in. I peeked into the room to see a light blue force field in the middle of the room. Athena stopped and turned when she noticed I wasn't following her.
"Are you coming?"
"Where does that portal lead?" I asked eyeing it with a wary eye.
"That's right. You can see through barriers and spells. This portal leads to a special section of the school. A section we normally won't reveal to other mortals."
"So, why are you showing me this?"
"You're a special human. So, we made an exception."
An exception? Am I that unique? I didn't press the matter as Athena went through the portal. I followed after her the door of the closet closing behind me. Not worrying about that, I went through the portal into a large room made up of white stone and covered with cravings of heroes and gods from Greek mythology. What is place? A museum?
"This way."
Athena's voice pulled me from my thoughts as she walked down a long corridor. I followed her to a another large room. This time this one looks more like a greenhouse then a museum wing. Inside was Herry, his friends, my Spirit Guide, Dana and a couple of gods and goddesses along with Hera. The Queen of the Gods and Goddesses of Mt. Olympus.
"Sally. You've made it." Herry said. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, thanks," I said. "What's going on here?"
"It's time you know more about your powers, Young One," Hera said. "You might want to sit. It's a long story."
She gestured to a chair next to her as she said that. I went towards it and sat down. I felt like I was moving through water the whole time. Mostly because sitting this close to a power deity is scary. Really scary. Hera seemed to noticed this as she said.
"It's ok, Sally. You're among friends here."
"That's good to know," I said, trying to stay calm. "Why am I here?"
"You don't know why you fight the Supernatural do you?" she asked.
I blinked in confusion. What is she talking about?
"I fight because I'm only one who can," I answered.
"So, you're aware of that," Hera said. "But you don't you know what you are."
"Of course I know what am I!" I said offended. "I'm a human being who's studies Wicca, Photography and fights creatures you only see in your nightmares."
"She didn't mean that Sally," Archie said.
I turned to him. "What do you mean?"
"She means…"
"I'll tell her, Archie." Dorothea interrupted and placed a hand on my shoulder. "She's my charge after all."
I rolled my eyes. It's no surprise that she would keep secrets from me. She's done it before. How is this any different? Turning to me, she said calmly.
"Sally, you are the new White Sorceress."
Now I'm really confused. Dorothea's told me big things before but this is bigger then what she's told me in the past. This was not what I was expecting. I was expecting to know how an enemy escaped a prison or where the enemy was going to strike next.
"I'm sorry what?" I asked nervously.
"You're the White Sorceress," Dorothea said again. "A human destined at birth to fight against evil and protect all worlds from impending doom."
"Impending doom?"
"You didn't know?" Theresa asked.
I shook my head. "No, I didn't know. I just thought I had to fight because I'm the only one who can."
"Will you're more than that," Hera said. "Do you wonder why you're able to see ghosts and through spells and barriers?"
I shook my head again.
"Now we're going to tell you everything."
Then Hera began telling us a story about a sorceress who's village was plagued with disease and evil. It was so bad she created a jewel, the same jewel I'm wearing around my neck, the Gem of Light. With it, she banished all corruption and illness from her village; ending her life in the process. Before she died, she vowed that no one but those who rather use magic for good instead of evil can wield the Gems powers. Since then the Gem has been in the possession of five women with Dorothea being one of them. Now, I'm the sixth. Chosen at birth to fight evil and protect this world and the others known and unknown from impending doom. Great here's me taking the words out of Dorothea's mouth. After the story was over, we left the school and went on our separate ways. Herry's friends went to the mall while Neil went to a modelling gig at the studio. Dana and I were ready to leave for the studio to finish our major project when Herry stopped us.
"Hey, Sally."
I turned to see my old friend running up to Dana and I.
"I'll leave you two alone," Dana said.
"No, it's…"
She left before I could finish the sentence.
"…Ok."
"Sally, can we talk?"
"Sure. Just make it fast, this project is a big part of my final grade."
"Of course. Listen about earlier. Back at the school…"
"It' s alright. I admit it wasn't what I was expecting. My Spirit Guide has kept secrets from me before. This is better then what she's told me in the past. Since I started to studying Wicca two years ago, I've been fighting the supernatural. Big ones, little ones. Things that you rather see in your nightmares then in the waking world…"
"I get it." Herry said. "My friends and I have seen the same thing. Only Theresa can perform magic better then all of us."
"She studies Wicca too?" I asked.
"No, she's just as gifted as you are."
"I see."
I looked at my watch. "Oh, I better get going. Say, I have same time left before Dana and I have to go back home. Do you want to hang out together so we can catch up and exchange phone numbers…?"
"I love too." Herry said blushing a little."But to tell you the truth I'm not ready for dating yet."
"That's ok. Neither am I. See you at four."
After that, I left.
"So, what was that about?" Dana asked once I caught up with her.
"Oh, nothing much," I said. "We're just catching up. We've been apart for far too long."
We laughed as we walked to the studio. It was a great two weeks. I met, caught up and exchanged numbers with an old friend I haven't seen in years, sent a bad guy to a different world and Dana and I finally finished our project. Not only that, I learned a secret of my powers and why I fight the supernatural. But so what? Dorothea told me I can still have a normal life. As a future star photographer.
The End
