Alright, so this is the last installement of the series...I hope you like it, since I gave a lot of though to how it should end, and I'm hoping that you guys will aprove...
happy reading:p
P.s: the autor's note at the end is very important, so don't forget to read it after!
The sun was setting on New Olympia Lake, making the water turn blood red. The trees were swaying in the light breeze, and the birds where chirping their night chorus.
In a large, bushy oak tree, seven heavily armoured teenagers where sitting on the branches, their legs dangling down on one side, their tails on the other.
"You sure this is the place?" Archie asked Theresa irritably.
Theresa rolled her eyes. "Yes, Archie, for the tenth time, I'm sure..."'
On a lower branch, Odie was leaning on Herry, half asleep. Looking down at them, Atlanta smiled.
Lifting her head to look towards the lake, something caught her attention. Well, more like something missing caught her attention.
"Guys," she said, trying to catch everyone's attention. Six pairs of eyes turned to look at her, one forest green, one stormy blue, one light blue, two light brown, and one dark brown.
"What is it, Lannie?" Archie asked, jumping from his branch onto Atlanta's.
"What do you hear?" she asked, her finger held up to show that they had to be quiet, and a frown on her face.
"Uh, nothing..." Herry said. Atlanta frowned even more.
"Exactly..." she said, her voice low and worried.
Just then, the ground started shaking, making the tree that they were in swing, causing them to hold on tighter, digging their claws in the bark.
In front of them, the concrete was starting to crack as large gashes appeared. Suddenly, a large, black marble pedestal burst out of the ground, and on the pedestal, a man in black armour stood, laughing maniacally. From the hole in front of the man, three giants stepped out of the hole.
"Cronus..." Jay snarled under his breath, while he slipped his sword out of its sheath.
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"So, what's the plan?" Archie asked, keeping his voice low so that Cronus wouldn't hear him.
"There is no plan, just go and try to get to Cronus...kill him if you can..." Jay whisperd back.
The others all nodded.
Before the others could all jump down from the tree, Atlanta took four arrows, strung them, aimed and then shot, aiming for Cronus', and the three giants.
Hearing the whistling sound, the god turned around just in time to see the arrow coming straight at him.
Jumping off the pedestal in time, he landed on his feet, while his three henchmen, who were too slow, fell to the ground, an arrow embedded in each forehead.
"Who dares shoot at me?" Cronus said, glaring at his surroundings.
Jumping down from the tree, the seven heroes all stood up straight, their weapons glinting in the light of the sun.
"Guess who, Cronus..." Atlanta called, twirling her short sword in her hand.
Cronus's eyes shot open.
"YOU?" He hissed. "How are you seven still alive? I thought that trying to survive in the wilderness would eventually kill you..." he snarled, taking a step back, and making his scythes appear.
"Guess we're harder to kill than even you thought..." Archie snarled back.
Lunging at the god of time, Herry swung his club down, hitting the god on the side.
Stumbling, Cronus tried to regain his footing, but was quickly pushed to the ground by Jay. Lifting his long sword to Cronus's neck, he pressed the blade closer to the god's skin, drawing blood.
"This is it, Cronus...you have caused too much pain and suffering to be able to live..." Jay said.
Cronus just smiled smugly.
"You talk too much for your own good, Jay..." kicking Jay between his legs, Cronus quickly rolled over and jumped to his feet.
Holding his hurt pride, Jay fell to the floor, moaning in pain.
Standing up, Cronus lifted his sword over Jay's head, ready to deliver the death blow.
"Hey, ugly!" Theresa called.
Turning around, Cronus saw a gigantic boulder coming his way. Unable to dive out of the way in time, the boulder struck its target, sending the god flying into the lake.
Running to their fallen comrade, the six other heroes helped Jay up to his feet.
Shaking his head to clear the fuzziness in it, Jay used Theresa as support.
"Is he...is he dead?" Atlanta asked tentatively, gripping her bow tighter, an arrow ready to be shot.
Concentrating, Theresa tried to see if she could sense Cronus.
"No, I can still sense him..." she said, frowning. "He's just biding his time, probably recuperating..."
The others all nodded, forming a circle, their backs facing each other, so that they could see all around them.
Suddenly, a rock flew out of nowhere, and hit Archie in the stomach. Flying to the ground, Atlanta raced to his side.
"Archie!" she cried.
Moaning in pain, Archie stroked Atlanta's head. "Don't worry, Lannie, I'll be fine...just, help me up, would you?"
Nodding, Atlanta pulled on Archie's extended hand, helping him up.
Walking back to the others, they saw that they all had their weapons out, ready to defend themselves.
Cronus then appeared, jumping up high above the water, both his scythes glinting in his hands.
Laughing maniacally once more, he landed smoothly on the concrete.
"So," he said. "This is the day you die, Heroes," He sneered.
Lifting his palm, he sent a ball of fire flying towards them.
Jumping in front of it, Theresa extended her own palms and braced herself. Sending out a blast of wind, she made the fireball fly back towards the god of time, whose eyes opened in surprise before being hit with the flying inferno.
Screaming as his armour melted on him, he frantically tried to rip the melting metal from his skin.
Running towards the water, he jumped in, a cloud of steam erupting from where he had just sunk. Lifting himself up, Cronus looked at himself. The metal was now welded to his skin, and he would not be able to take it off.
Turning towards the heroes, his eyes glowed red.
Throwing caution to the wind, he lunged at them, slicing the air with his scythes.
The heroes quickly dodged him, but not before he made a long cut on Neil's leg. Luckily, it was shallow, and wouldn't scar.
"This is the day you die, Cronus!" Jay screamed as he took his extendable javelin, and threw it so that it pierced through Cronus, entering his back and exiting his stomach.
"You have caused enough pain for a number of millennia!" Archie yelled, hurling one of his ninja stars at the god, and piercing his leg.
Howling in pain, Cronus tried vainly to attack Odie, but the descendant of Odysseus nimbly jumped out of the way.
"This is the day you die, Cronus..." Odie said, throwing his sword at the god, and piercing his arm.
"The prophecy stated that we would beat you..." Theresa cried, hurtling her spear at the god, and piercing his other arm, pining it to his body.
Screeching in pain, the god dropped his scythes.
"You made me mess up my hair too many times..." Neil said calmly, before throwing his small dager with precision, piercing Cronus's shoulder.
"You almost killed my best friend..." Herry screeched, hurtling his sword, and piercing Cronus through the stomach, below where Jay had pieced him.
The force of his attack sent Cronus flying, and the javelin and sword dug deep into the bark of the great oak tree, pinning Cronus and making him more vulnerable than he had ever been.
Smirking, Cronus raised his head.
"There is but one way for a mortal to kill a titan completely..." he said, blood dripping from his mouth.
Theresa smirked.
"And I know how..."
Gathering her friends together, she said, "To kill a god, there have to be seven mortals, and each mortal has to give some energy to a weapon that has to be shot by a young maiden."
They all looked at Atlanta, who nodded her agreement.
"So, "Archie said, turning his attention back to Theresa, her long orange hair tied back and blowing in the wind from the water.
"How do we pour our energies?" Theresa smirked again.
"Close your eyes and I'll take care of that for you.
Closing her eyes, she imagined each of her friends in her mind. In her mind's eye, she pictured each of their auras, and willed them to let her have a strand of that energy.
Once she had all of the energies, including her own, she then took one of Atlanta's arrows, and attached the energy to the arrow.
"There," she finally said.
Opening their eyes, all of the heroes felt slightly more tired.
Handing the arrow over to Atlanta, the hunter took it, and slowly strung it, aiming for Cronus's head.
The arrow soared gracefully towards the god, with seven different coloured energies streaking behind it.
Jay's red energy, containing the courage, confidence and loyalty of their leader, Theresa's pink energy, containing her love, beauty and caring, Herry's brown energy, containing his stability, reassuring, and reliability, Atlanta's light green energy, containing her cheerfulness, enthusiasm, and love of nature, Archie's deep blue energy, containing his loyalty, honorability, and reliability, Neil's yellowish-gold energy, containing his attention-seeking nature, and yet also his loyalty, passion and well-being, and Odie's orange energy, containing his intelligence and seriousness.
All seven colours swirled around the arrow, faster and faster, until it became white, the colour of purity, newness, and cleanliness.
The arrow kept shining as it hit Cronus straight on, embedding itself into his forehead.
The colors, like a fast-acting poison, entered Cronus's bloodstream, cleansing all of the blackness that was inside.
Screaming, Cronus looked at the young heroes.
"I might be dying," he said as his body started to glow, shafts of pure white light erupting from his wounds.
"But I won't go without taking one of you with me!" he screamed, throwing one of his scythes with his one good arm. The blade hurtled through the air, and hit one of the heroes.
Atlanta screamed as the blade hit her dead-on, piercing her heart.
As the hunter screamed, so did Cronus, as the light took over. A great, soundless explosion occurred, with white light blasting throughout the city, cleansing it.
The god of time was dead.
"No, ATLANTA!" Archie yelled as he dived to catch his beloved from hitting the ground, catching her just in time.
"She's dead! No, please, come back, Atlanta, I love you, you can't die on my, don't you dare!" the warrior screamed to the heavens, as his other five friends came rushing up to him.
Oh no, Atlanta's dead...or is she?
I was just kidding, one more chapter to go...don't kill me! ducks as rotten fruit is thrown at her