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And now! Here is the next chapter; it is based on a, "How I Met Your Mother' episode.
In a cave, not too far away from New Olympia, was the temporary home for an evil god, Cronus. The usually quiet cave was now filled with an evil chuckle, "This is the dream." Cronus spoke to his giant slaves while walking past a wall that had photos of the pesky heroes, "Five secrets down, two to go." Walking to Neil's and Jay's photo he crossed their faces with a red marker that he stole from a convenience store, along with some other odds and ends.
Proud of his work, Cronus took a few steps back to admire his work, only to be disturbed by Agnon, "What do you want now, Agnon?" grumbled Cronus, displeased by the fact that he had to cut short his admiration of his work.
Agnon then proceeded to talk to Cronus about the latest episode he and his brothers just watched from How I Met Your Mother. While Agnon was describing the episode, Cronus changed his frown in an evil grin.
The sun began to rise with birds chirping, all appeared well. Then came the Brownstone. A place that held seven heroes and sometimes a goddess inside.
"And at the end I told them to get over it." Theresa explained one of her childhood stories, everyone began to laugh.
"Time for school." Jay told everyone as he stood up, still thinking about Theresa's story.
Along the way to school, they all noticed Cronus walking into an alley. They all knew what to do and prepared for a fight. Pulling the car over, they all jumped out and ran into the alley and noticed Cronus facing them, smiling.
"Thank you for making this easy." Cronus spoke in an evil tone while reviling his hidden hand which was covered in white with blood red swirls.
"What do you have planned now Cronus?" Odie asked, annoyed with the situation
Only replying with a smirk, he moved his hand having his palm facing the young heroes knocking them all down, "You are so going to pay for that!" Atlanta hissed and run up to Cronus, ready to knock him out for what he did.
Theresa began to charge at Cronus with her nun-chucks, Jay drew his sword waiting for Cronus' next attack, Odie was trying to contact the gods and goddesses while Herry found out that there were giants behind him, "Hey there guys…" he began to talk while facing the yellow one, "Agnon isn't it?" a weak smiled appeared on Herry's face, "Or was it Aaron?"
When Atlanta was about an inch away from Cronus, he froze time. Smirking, he stated to himself, "Perfect." Then turned to Atlanta's ear, "Haven't you noticed how much Herry smells?"
Turning to Theresa he whispered, "Ever noticed that Archie always asks obvious questions?" Cronus turned to Jay's ear and spoke, "Have you noticed how Odie never finishes his stories?"
Making his way to Archie he asked, "Have you ever noticed that Theresa talks a lot, not letting you say a word?" Neil was next in line to hear from Cronus, "Did you ever notice that whenever Jay talks, he uses the word, 'Like' way too often?"
Odie was next in line, "Hey, Odie, whenever Atlanta eats anything, she chews really loud, doesn't she?"
Finally Herry was the final one to hear from Cronus, "Herry, have you noticed that Neil never makes up his mind and always replies with, 'Anywhere,' or 'anything'."
Walking behind Atlanta, time resumed and Atlanta crashed into a wall, "I think I hurt my nose!"
Theresa was about to say something, but before she could even say one word, Archie yelled, "Do not say anything!" Theresa was about to say something again but Archie interrupted her again, "No! Do not say a thing!"
"I wonder what happened." Odie began to talk, "I think I know what happened actually… I think it has to do with Cronus and the…"After a moment of silence, Odie noticed Jay looked annoyed
"My work here is done." Cronus smirked disappearing along with his gigantic minions
Herry began to walk over to Atlanta, "Let me see your nose."
"No!" Atlanta yelled running off behind Archie, leaving a confused Herry, "You smell!"
Herry blushed while everyone fell silent as they all realised what Atlanta said, hearing glass shutter inside their heads, "I never noticed it before, but you are right, Atlanta." Archie agreed as everyone was dumbfounded due to the fact that they never noticed it before.
Theresa was about to speak up, but Archie covered her mouth and yelled, "No! Don't say a thing! You talk way too much and never let anyone have their say!"
Glass inside everyone's head began to shutter again as they heard what Archie said, "No wonder breakfast went by so fast… but how didn't we pick up on it?" Atlanta spoke up
Odie spoke up and decided to add his say, "I think I know what happened, you see…"
About five minutes later, everyone began talking again while Jay stood in one spot annoyed, "What's wrong Jay?"
Looking at Odie, Jay decided to add his little comment, "Like, whenever you tell a story, you, like, never finish, like, what you are saying!" from the corner of his eye, he could see Neil flinch in annoyance in certain parts of what he just said
More glass could be heard shattering in everyone's minds, "We, like, need to go the gods and, like, tell them what happened!" Jay ordered, concerned about what Cronus managed to do to them all and he still noticed Neil flinch which caused him to frown a bit
Upon arriving to Hera's room, Hera spoke up, "What leads you lot here during school hours?"
Jay spoke up for the rest of the team, "We were, like, on our way here for school until, like, we saw Cronus, like, turn into an alley, so we, like, followed him there and, like, had him, like, cornered, or so we thought. It seems as though, like, Cronus has managed to, like, point out Theresa's, Herry's and Odie's most annoying habits… that we now, like, cannot help but notice." Again from the corner of his eye, he noticed Neil flinch a lot while he was talking which made him annoyed
Hera was about to say something until Theresa's voice spoke up, "Jay, I have noticed Archie's most annoying habit. At first I thought I was the only one who just noticed a team mates annoying habit but once when everyone sp-" Theresa stopped mid-sentence due to everyone giving her the evil eyes, "Do I really talk that much?"
"It took you more than an hour to explain a five minute story." Archie pointed out with his arms crossed.
Hera then spoke up before anyone could say anything else, "Mind telling what these, 'annoying habits' are?"
Jay decided to tell Hera the annoying habits that they knew of, and to test if Neil would flinch again, "Well, like, Odie's annoying habit is, like, that he never, like, finishes what he is, like, saying, Herry, like, smells, like, really bad and Theresa, like, talks non-stop." Neil did flinch in angry annoyance which Jay decided to confront him about later.
Nodding her head, Hera then proceeded to ask one more question, "Now, if my memory serves me right," turning to Theresa, Hera continued, "You mentioned that you know, Archie's 'annoying habit'." Theresa nodded her head not wanting to talk more than she should.
Proceeding things in her mind, Hera decided to checking something out before anything else could happen, "I want to see if you can still work together while knowing each other's 'annoying habits'."
When they made it to the training area, Ares walked by with a giant smile with Hermes following him behind, "I have been waiting to use this all morning."
Atlanta leaned into Archie and whispered, "Should we be scared."
The young heroes found themselves in an enclosed room that seemed really plain. All it had was white walls and floor, one wall had a little speaker which began to copy what Hermes spoke, "Okay, this room has just been made and it is used to help you become a better team. It will create illusions but the impacts are real… think of it as a dream… but this time if you hurt yourself you will feel the pain, during and after this."
"We should be scared." Archie mumbled to Atlanta replying to previous question
Ares took over the control, "Let the game begin in three, two, one."
The white walls turned changed into a jungle like theme and the ground changed to dirt and grass, looking up, the celling changed to the top of the trees covering most of the sky.
"This seems so real." Neil spoke out loud, while Atlanta knelt to the ground.
Picking up some dirt and examined it, Atlanta had a reply for Neil's statement, "It is because it is real."
"How great that you all rocked up." The all too familiar voice called out.
Jay grabbed his sword and hissed, "Cronus."
"Should we attack now?" Archie asked taking out his special whip, while Theresa clenched her teeth annoyed by Archie
Ares voice could be heard again, "This is to test your team work and to help you plan your strategy during battle. Now, to finish this test, you must find a code, which on a tree, before Cronus has a chance to cross the bridge which is right behind you." That is when they saw a river just added behind them with a basic wooden bridge tied with rope.
"This is a test?" Archie asked and then noticed Theresa having an annoyed look on her face while glaring at him. Before he could ask what was wrong the battle began, "The battle is beginning?"
"Like, Odie, you, Herry and Neil, like, find the code, we will, like, distract Cronus." Jay whispered to Odie, who then told Herry and Neil the plan. Neil was glad he didn't hear any 'likes' from Jay.
Cronus turned to Jay and began to taunt him, "Jay, Jay, Jay, you really think you can defeat me?"
"Like, you know it." Jay fought back
"Is Jay arguing with a fake Cronus?" Archie asked and then noticed Theresa scream a little, "Seriously, what is your problem! This is the third time I caught you annoyed and it is obviously about me!"
Theresa snapped and yelled, "That's right it is about you! You ask the most obvious questions!" she then proceeded to mimic Archie, "'this is a test?', 'The battle is beginning?', 'Is Jay arguing with a fake Cronus?'" glass began to shutter inside everyone's heads, "And let's not forget yesterday! We were walking down the street and saw a dog and you asked, 'Is that a dog?' or what about earlier that day when you saw Athena cooking and you asked her if she was cooking!"
"That is true! You do ask the most obvious questions!" Atlanta admitted as she turned to face Archie
"You are siding with Theresa?" Archie asked
Next thing the trio knew, everything was white and plain again, "What happened?" Atlanta asked
Ares, Hermes and Hera walked in disappointed, "We need to fix this problem before it is too late." Hera spoke glancing at everyone
"What happened?" Atlanta asked again, dreading what could, and would, come out of the god's mouths.
Ares began to explain what happened while facing Theresa, Atlanta and Archie, "While you three where busy being distracted and discussing Archie's… 'Annoying habit'… and didn't notice that Jay was being left alone to defend Herry, Odie and Neil while trying not to let Cronus cross the bridge. This left him defenceless and Cronus managed to move him aside and cross the bridge." He then turned to Neil, Odie and Herry, "And you lot, you had the job to do and you were too busy arguing yourselves that you missed the code which was glowing in the brightest lights we had!"
Jay was holding his mouth because of the way Cronus 'moved him aside' which was done by a really hard, right hook, "Let's, like, go home and discuss this, like, later." Jay managed to speak out
"Before you do, go to Chiron so he can fix your jaw." Hera told Jay while leading him to Chiron, along with Ares and Hermes leaving everyone else with their heads down in shame.
"Who knew this could become so bad." Atlanta spoke, ashamed of what had happened
Herry spoke up and added, "How didn't we notice these annoying things before?"
Silence filled the room, "What were you guys arguing about?" Archie asked, wanting to know why they abandoned their own mission
"Well, we were finding the code which we missed because Neil made a comment about my smell, which lead me to remake about his own annoying habit." Herry explained scratching the back of his neck
"Cronus really pulled a good one didn't he?" Archie asked, "This is bad, isn't it?"
Theresa glared at Archie and remarked, "No, this is all just so easy… of cause it is bad! Why do you always ask the most obvious questions?"
Glass shattered inside Odie's, Neil's and Herry's heads with their mouths a gap, "How come we didn't pick up on this?" Odie asked
Curious, Atlanta asked, "What is Neil's annoying habit?"
Neil huffed as Herry stated the truth about Neil, "He doesn't make up his mind… if you ask him what he wants or where he wants to go, he will reply with, 'anywhere' or 'anything'."
Glass shattered inside Theresa's, Archie's and Atlanta's minds. At that moment, Jay walked in with only a brused jaw.
"Are you, like, ready." Jay demanded instead of asking, turning around he added, "And, like, yes, I know, like, about both Neil's and Archie's habits." Storming out, Jay didn't bother to look back since he knew the others would follow.
When they made it home, they all sat down and began to discuss what they should do, "Like, before we use to, like, work so well, then, like, Cronus told us, like, our annoying habits, and, like, we cannot, like, work as a team anymore!" while Jay was talking, he noticed Neil fliched with a frown every time he talked, he could see the annoyance in Neil's eyes that had a hint of anger in them too, and he noticed Neil had his hands clenched extremely tight. That is what made jay snap as he yelled out in complete annoyance created by Neil, "Like, what is your problem!"
Snapping, Neil released his problem, "Like, I'll, like, tell you, like, what, like, my problem, like, is! Like, you say, like, way too, like, often, like, all the time! Like yadda, yadda, like, yadda. Blah, like, blah, blah, like, blah! Seriously! You, like, say, like, like, way too often! Like, like, like, like!" Neil's face was pure red from yelling, and had the annoyed look on his face
More glass shattered inside everyone's minds due to Neil's outburst of the truth, "You do say like a lot Jay." Herry admitted
There was a long moment of silence due to everything that happened today. Athena walked in and noticed how thick the tension was and spoke up, "I heard what happened." This alone left everyone on edge since they knew Athena had a lecture coming up, "You all should be ashamed of yourselves. Jay was left to defend Cronus, you are all lucky it wasn't the real deal! What would have happened then! You all would have died! Now, I don't know how you didn't pick up on these habits, but I will tell you this. Find out soon, knowing Cronus, he is going to attack soon." With that, Athena began to cook for dinner.
When Odie noticed Athena cooking he spoke while jumping up from his chair, "Well, this is my queue to leave."
Confused eyes looked at him, unsure why he would want to leave so soon, "But Athena is preparing dinner? Aren't you hungry?"
Looking at everyone, Odie fessed up, "I need to leave because of Atlanta's annoying habit."
Atlanta began curious, "What is my annoying habit?" slowly she began to stand up from her chair ready to make Odie to confess
"I'd rather not tell." Odie honestly replied, stepping closer to the door so he can make a quick escape
Knowingly, Atlanta pushed her chair away with the back of her knees and threatened, "Don't even think about it. You know I can reach you faster than you can even blink." When he didn't reply after a few minutes, Atlanta spoke up again, "Odie."
Looking left and right, Odie made a snap decision and allowed these words to escape his lips, "Atlanta chews loudly!"
The final shutting glass sounded in everyone's minds as they realised what Odie's spoke was true, "Dinner is ready!" Athena cried out, trying to catch and divert everyone's attention, "It is French fries with gravy."
Unwillingly, everyone walked to their tables and looked at their food, "Thank you, Athena." They all spoke at once.
Atlanta took one bite of her chips and everyone else cringed as they heard how loud she chewed her food, "Am I really that loud?" Atlanta asked after swallowing her food. All that she had in return was blank stares and everyone else picking up their plates and walking out to go to their rooms, "That loud, huh?" Atlanta sighed, picking up another chip with a sad face.
Jay stood by his window as rain began to pour, "Like, the perfect weather for, like, the perfect mood set." As the rain poured down as flashes of lightning flashed before him…
"Hello Jay." Cronus voice purred behind Jay. Before Jay could even make a move, Cronus knocked him out and vanished with him.
Jay opened his eyes and shook his head, "Like, what happened?" he mumbled
"Jay is finally awake." Odie called out to the others
Archie filled Jay in with the details, "When we separated Cronus attacked and placed us in this cage, however, Herry isn't here."
"I see you have all woken up, now… where to begin." Cronus talked as he walked along the small, spaced cage.
Jay puffed up his chest and spoke in his leaders voice, "We will, like, escape from here you know"
Smirking, Cronus replied, "You won't this time, you see. The only way for you to, how you say, escape, is to forget about the other persons annoying habit." Seeing that he had the young heroes trapped for good, he left with, "Which you won't be able to do, due to the fact that once something is pointed out, it is impossible to forget it."
"We are doomed." Neil stated as Cronus left the room.
Jay faced everyone and began to try to strategies a plan to escape, "Let's, like, begin by trying to, like, ignore the habits."
Nodding their heads, they tried to begin, "Neil, what should we watch for tonight."
"Anything." Neil automatically replied
"Does anyone have food?" Archie asked, "For Atlanta's habit."
Everyone shook their heads, "This is going nowhere…" Theresa spoke, admitting defeat
"How did we not know about these habits before?" Atlanta asked, out of the blue, "We have been friends for a while now, and you would think that we would've known about them when we first met?"
Thinking things through, Theresa spoke out loud, "Now that I think about it, I do remember thinking about how I will dread staying here. I mean, when I first met you all, your habits where so annoying, that I wanted to pull my hair out. I even tried to push my sixth sense so I could escape faster. But then after a week or so, the habits became less and I guess somewhere down the road I forgot all about them."
"Now that you mention it, I did think the same… I remember now, we were talking and you, Theresa, were talking so much, that I was thinking, 'Will you shut up already!' but as you said, after a week or so, it became less noticeable, and I forgot all about it." Atlanta admitted as well
Jay then added in, "I guess after a while, we knew each other more, that we became friends and we learnt to ignore these little habits."
"I guess you need to accept friends as they are, after all, what are annoying habits, compared to true friendship." Neil added his two cents.
They then noticed the cage opened and they escaped.
"And so, that is my story based on true events, and using my imagination. I guess you can say, my friends and I have our own little habits, but when it comes to friendships, it can defeat anything." Atlanta wrapped up after standing in front of the class. As everyone clapped, Atlanta winked at Archie who smiled a knowing smile since her story was entirely true.
There is that chapter. Sorry about the late chapter…
It was so hard to write what Jay was saying most of the time before I did become highly confused! Sorry if it didn't make sense!
Thank you for reading and I will try to update again…