Annnnd I'm back! A new chapter for a new year! Sorry for making you guys wait longer than I planned to. I was going to post this chapter last month over Thanksgiving break, but this chapter became so long and full of information that it took a lot more work than planned. Also, I had to split it into two parts because it's more than three times as long as a normal chapter. So you guys get two extra long chapters for the longer wait!:) I hope these chapters are worth it:) I wrote them, I revised them, and I proof read them many times, so I really hope they're good enough for you guys! Plus, this chapter has the moment you have all been waiting for;)
THANK YOU ALL! For being such Amazing readers and putting up with my horrible schedule of updates!:P And to those who followed/favorited my story (and even me as an author!) during the months when I haven't updated in a while, you gave me more motive to leave my newly discovered love for shows on Netflix, and get down to finishing these chapters:) Thanks To All of You People!
And Everyone Have a Happy New Year! Now I'll let you all read this long awaited chapter. Enjoy!:D
As Rita exited the light, she felt disoriented and was still running. She ended up tripping on the uneven earth beneath her feet. As she impacted with the ground, her arm got cut on one of the many sharp rocks. She bit her lips after giving a muffled shriek of pain, gripping her arm. She felt the warm blood on her hand as the wound burned.
Rita slowly stood up and felt like she had control of her body again, to her relief. She lifted her hand to look at her arm, and the upper half had a pretty long gash in it. It wasn't super deep, but it was deep enough to send blood down her arm. She placed her hand back on it to continue applying pressure to the wound. Hopefully doing so would stop the bleeding.
As Rita started to look at her surroundings she mumbled, "You have got to be kidding me." One minute she was in the alley across from her house, but now she had no idea where the heck she was. It seemed like she was in a giant, underground cave. But there were strange rocks that looked like columns too, like from the ancient buildings in Rome.
She quickly turned around, looking for an exit the way she came, but the light was gone. There were no exits in sight, just freaky cliffs and walls of rocks. There was also a thick, orange glow in the distance that Rita couldn't see past. It gave this place an eerie hue.
There were pillars in the distance on other rocks, they seemed to be everywhere. But now that she looked even closer at them, it seemed like there were buildings carved into the rocks.
Wherever Rita was it looked weird, slightly cool, but weird and creepy none-the-less. Rita's heart was still pounding as she began to feel hopelessly lost. She was somehow adrift in some caves from being teleported here by that….. light. Whatever that light was, she was dumb for running into it and deeply regretted her decision.
'I'm soooo incredibly stupid!' She thought to herself over and over again. Because of her foolishness, she had no idea where she was and will probably remain lost forever. 'This is bad. Really, Really Bad. How in the world will I get back home?' Rita thought frantically as fear painfully creeped into her.
She was scared as negative thoughts flowed through her brain. Rita tried to calm herself down when she heard a low, almost wicked, voice. "I'm glad you could make it to the party," it chuckled.
Rita spun around, looking for the voice, and there she saw the person she followed through the portal. Swallowed up in her fear she forgot about this person, until now. But what caught her attention even more was the monster towering next to them. It was giant, and she backed away, pulse racing.
"Come, come, he won't kill you." The person laughed and took off their fedora. Under their hat revealed a man with jet black hair that had streaks of grey throughout. He had a scar on his right cheek and blood red eyes. His smirk only added to his overall creepy appearance.
He tossed his fedora to the huge creature, who scrambled to catch it. The man also took off his trench coat and threw it at the monster, revealing the black clothes he wore underneath.
"Now, come with me." He turned around and started walking away with the beast alongside him. He motioned for Rita to follow.
However, Rita just stood where she was, staring at this man like he was crazy. 'Who does he think he is? I am not going to follow some stranger any further into the depths of this cave.' Rita thought. 'I was already stupid enough to follow him this far, I'm not going any further.'
"No," Rita stated, hardening her stance against the earth beneath her. "Why the heck would I follow you? I have no idea who you are!"
The man just continued walking away, without being fazed. He sighed like he was bored, "You'll find out soon enough who I am. And just so you know, I am your only way out of here. So unless you want to stay here for the rest of eternity, you should come with me." He said with a hint of harshness edging into his voice.
Rita scanned the cave. She could never find a way out of this endless maze all by herself, it went out as far as her eyes could see. It probably went out even further with what was hidden in the orange glow. She looked back at the man who started to walk up some steps into one of the large, rock-made structures.
"Stupid," she cursed herself and ran after the creepy stranger.
Rita was not enjoying this at all and couldn't believe she was following some scary man and his huge, monster friend. She never thought she was this insane.
As she struggled to catch up with the visitors who had a good lead ahead of her, she kept on holding her arm. She could feel the dried blood on her hand and down her arm, and even a small burning sensation from the raw skin. It wasn't pleasant. She really needed to clean and put a bandage on it.
They turned a corner, and Rita sprinted as fast as she could to get closer to them. She didn't want to get lost anymore than she already was. She ran up the steps and turned the corner in time to see the man walk into another hallway. 'For a man with some grey, he's pretty fast.' Rita thought to herself.
When she finally caught up with them, she was out of breath and walked a safe distance behind. She was keeping as far away from this unknown man and his friend as she could.
The mystery man ahead of her soon walked down a few flights of steps closely followed by his monster. Once Rita reached the steps, she saw him standing on a platform, that was almost a plank, over a pool of turquoise water. His back was facing her.
Rita continued to stand at the top of the steps, overlooking where she now was. She was in a smaller cave, but it was still huge. There were many flights of stairs that coiled down to the platform the man and beast were on. There were even two statues on either side of the doorway she was standing in that appeared to be a type of bird. Rita was snapped out of her thoughts when the man spoke. "Continue down the steps, if you don't mind."
She hesitated, but didn't have an option if she wanted to get home so she slowly walked down the many stairs. Once she reached the floor the mystery man was on, she didn't dare to go near his platform. After a long moment, Rita finally asked, "Who are you?"
The man took in a breath. "You're different, you always have been. Isn't that right Rita?" The man stated, completely ignoring her question. He slowly turned his head towards her.
Rita took a step back, stunned. "How do you know my name?" She said but it came out a whisper. She swallowed hard as fear's grip became more firm. After a moment she said more forcefully, "Who the heck are you, and how did you know my name?"
"Why wouldn't I know who you are?" The creepy man said while fully turning around to face her. "We are….. similar, afterall."
Rita looked at him in disbelief and disgust. "Similar? How in the world are we similar? By what I can see, I am Nothing like you."
"Our similarities run deeper, Rita. One would even say, it runs in the family."
Rita just looked at this man in confusion, as he kept on avoiding her questions directly. She wanted answers, not riddles. So she became even more prepared to back away if necessary from this man and monster who were scaring her.
After some seconds of silence, he turned around and looked back at the pool of water. "I knew someone who used to be very close to me, and you, are very close to her. Technically, you are a descendant of her. Perhaps you know her. She goes by the name of Rhea."
"Rhea?" Rita said to herself while trying to figure out who this man was talking about. "I'm sorry, but I don't know any Rhea in my family tree."
"Oh, you know her. She is just someone you would consider, a myth." Rita heard and could've sworn he smiled.
"Myth?" Rita repeated silently as she tried to figure out who Rhea was in her spinning head. "You mean like mythology? Like the Greek goddess Rhea?"
"That's exactly who I'm talking about."
She almost laughed at this man and how stupid he was sounding. "But that's impossible! There is a reason why they are called 'myths'. It's because they're fake!"
He placed his hand on his chest, and pretended to look shocked as he turned towards her again. "I'm offended. Why would you think mythology isn't real?" He asked, mocking a surprised tone.
Rita laughed, "It isn't real! They're just stories told in ancient times! There's no proof to show that all those gods and monsters actually exist!"
"Really?" He said as he looked over to his monster friend. "He isn't living proof?"
Rita looked back at the monster, and her laughter faded. She had to admit that the beast before her seemed unrealistic and like something found in a myth. But that's exactly what it was, unrealistic. "That thing there, that could just be some guy in a suit for all I know. He's not a 'myth that came to life'."
"Ah, but every myth and legend has some truth to it. But you want more proof? You have proof. Right in front of you." He spread his arms out towards the roof of the cave. "I am proof mythology is real."
"What?" Rita questioned, puzzled. "How the heck are you proof?"
"I'm a god Rita." He said with pride and an evil glint in his eyes. "I am a god of mythology and I am proof it's real. But if you don't believe me, I did make the portal that brought you here." He held up his hand and the same light as before appeared. "Which is the same portal that can get you out of here." He snapped his fingers and the portal disappeared. "I'm sure you believe you're not in the alley near your house anymore."
This man was right about one thing, she didn't believe she was in the alley anymore. But she wasn't about to go along with what he was saying because it sounded much too crazy.
He held out his hands and what looked like two scythes appeared. "This is another thing you mortals could never do." He held one up to his face and seemed to inspect it. "Do you want to see how real this scythe is?" He asked while holding the other out to Rita.
She looked at it, wanting to touch it just to see if it was actually real after suddenly appearing. But she then looked back at her hand holding her injured arm and decided against it. She didn't want to get any more injuries. "No thanks," she replied with a fake smile.
"Suit yourself," the man said before the scythes dissipated in his hands. "But do you really think where you're standing isn't strange right now? How else would you explain coming here?"
Rita looked around again at the cave she was in, wondering if this man was actually telling the truth. She didn't know how else to explain her coming here, and with what he showed her along with that monster standing not far away, the man might just be what he says he is. Yet, she didn't want to trust him. Mythology being real couldn't be true, it sounded way too far fetched. She looked back at the him skeptically. "So if you are a god, who are you?"
"Me?" He replied modestly. "I'm Cronus. The god of time."
Woohoo! You guys finally found out who Rita is the descendant of! Sorry to make you guys wait so long for that. There will be more information on Rhea in the next chapter, and her ties to Cronus.
Also, I know Rhea and Cronus are technically Titans and not goddesses/gods. But in this show I have noticed that Cronus likes calling himself a god and the heroes call him that too, so I decided to call them gods to follow the Class of the Titans story better. But anyways, Happy New Year and Thank You all!
