"Hey, you!" a police yelled.
Brianna cursed in another language, not Latin. She forgot to check if there was anyone was out here. She ran past them at lightning speed. She wove in and out of pedestrians and came up panting.
"I think we lost them," she panted.
Brianna looked around her surroundings. She ran all the way back to the city in front of the National Air and Space Museum.
"The National Air and Space Museum?" she muttered warily.
Worth a shot, the voice said.
She went inside and was immediately greeted by a woman. The woman had long black hair and sharp gray eyes. She was so intimidating that Brianna took a step back.
"Hello," she said. Her eyes were boring into her as if looking into her thoughts. "Nice to see you."
She steered her into a room that said: Closed for Private Event.
"Um…" Brianna said. "It says…"
"You have about five minutes," the woman said checking her watch. "I'd be out of there quickly if I were you."
She observed her and smiled. "Interesting… Staying in a previous Hunter's mind? Anyway, nice seeing you."
Brianna bit her lip. Why did she have a feeling that she wasn't talking to her? Did she know about the voice in her head? She shook the thought aside and went inside.
There was a big chair, or so she guessed, that was covered in a white cloth with a note that said: To be Removed.
Below that, on the ground floor, was a cracked floor. Brianna carefully prodded it with her foot. There was a small dent in the center. Strike that—a big dent. On the right was a small patch of old dirt. And she sensed death from it. Death… real reassuring.
The voice in her head chuckled. What did Lady Athena say? The voice immediately clamped their mouth shut as if she had said something wrong. They cleared their throat. I mean… She said that you only had about five minutes. I'll say you have about a minute left.
Is that important? she thought.
Brianna saw a watering can kicked into a corner and she was surprised about what was in there. It wasn't water. It was something red. It must've been old because there was mold floating on it. Ew.
"Is that blood?" Brianna thought out loud.
Does blood get moldy? the voice said.
"Dunno."
She turned away from the mystery liquid without any hesitation. Brianna was about to exit when she kicked something. She bent down to pick it up, and realized it was a tooth. She didn't know what tooth, but she didn't want to know. She gulped and threw it into the corner in the watering can.
The watering can started shaking and eventually exploded. A skeleton covered in mold came out from the watering can and gray flesh seemed to grow on it. Brianna shrieked a bit, but tried to make it die down. Then red lights started flashing and more skeletons came in.
"What the heck is happening here?!" Brianna yelled edging closer to the door.
Well, maybe the minute passed, the voice said helpfully.
The skeletons (zombies, more like) aimed their guns at her and came closer. One of the skeletons clacked their teeth and another clacked back. A way of communicating, Brianna guessed. But the scariest thing was, she could understand them.
We just came here to move Lord Atlas's throne, one of them said.
Yeah, but this girl is here, and we were specifically told not to let anyone in here! Not even the staff came here! Another skeleton looked at them in turn. Who let her in?
Doesn't matter! Chase her! The moldy one said.
Brianna pushed the door open and slammed it behind her. She got her sword out and put it across the door. It wouldn't hold out much long, but it might slow them down. She would also be losing her only weapon, but it didn't seem like a major thing right now. The door started thumping against the door, and she took this as her cue and ran.
She ran past a staff member who tried to stop her.
"The exhibits were really interesting. I'll be leaving now!" she said and broke past him.
She heard the clacking of the skeletons and poured on the speed. She tripped a few times, but got up quickly.
"What's next? A giant lion?" Brianna said.
Another vision came up in her head about her, two familiar girls, and two familiar guys (though one of them had a goatee and a bad case of acne) being chased by a giant lion.
"That's the Nemean Lion!" one of the girls said.
The vision faded. She was running again and there was a giant roar behind her.
I guess your prediction was right, the voice said.
"You mean it is a giant lion?!"
"Silly girl," a mortal said. "It's just a cute kitty. Isn't it the cutest thing?"
Brianna wasn't sure about that. She turned around and saw the lion. It was huge, to say the least. Other than that, it looked like a normal lion.
Clack, clack, clack.
Oh no. She totally forgot about the skeletons. Great. Brianna half-hoped that the lion would eat the skeletons, but she doubted that would happen. Do lions eat skeletons anyway? She waved the thought aside. Now wasn't the time.
Brianna had heard that Hercules skinned the lion with his bare hands, but Brianna was sure she certainly couldn't do that. Plus its skin was like invulnerable.
The lion roared and swiped at her but she nimbly jumped out of the way. Unfortunately, she landed in front of the skeletons. She reached for her gladius, but remembered that she lost it in the museum. The skeletons aimed their guns at her and shot them, but she somehow managed to duck and dodge them.
"I don't have a weapon," she muttered dodging the bullets and the occasional attack from the Nemean Lion.
Is there a weapon that you would prefer? The voice asked. Oh, and jump!
Brianna jumped. Just in time to avoid the lion's strike.
"Yes! But I don't think now's the time."
Hmm… You're correct. I might do something about that later. Why don't you retreat for now? Even true warriors retreat.
"Thanks," Brianna muttered.
She kicked a skeleton in the ribs and it collapsed. She grabbed one of its bones and threw it at the lion. The lion roared and Brianna ran once more.
So sorry for not updating for a long time. I had a writer's block... So sorry if this chapter's kind of bad. Oh yeah, one more thing: I might have gotten some of the information wrong about this, just cause I was to lazy to check. XP