Zach/Zeus/White- The Leader

Aiden/Ares/Red- The Brawn

Wia/Artemis/Cyan-The Brawler

Nikki/Aphrodite/Pink-The Distraction

Victor/Hephaestus/Brown- The Grease Monkey

Sasha/Athena/Silver- The Brains

Ethan/Poseidon/Blue-The Realist

Nina/Hestia/Crimson- The Peaceful

Kari/Demeter/Green- The Wallflower

Austin/Apollo/Yellow- The Musician


"So what you're saying is, I can't trust any of my teammates. Even Victor. This is bullshit. I don't believe you." Sasha said.

Vesper rolled his eyes. "I've slaughtered several giants and betrayed a woman that could tear the earth in half, why would I lie to you?"

"Because you're Vesper! You're the evil black ranger." Sasha said.

"Don't let silly friendships, blind you from seeing the truth. You and I both know that I'm telling the truth. Now all we need to do now is find out who that weasel is, then we'll kill them." Vesper said.

"We are not killing any of my friends. I'm sure they can be reasoned with." Sasha said.

Vesper scoffed. "You have too much faith in humanity."

"Or maybe you don't have enough. " Sasha said.


"Mama isn't that him…the cursed boy." The little boy said to his mother.

Vesper was currently walking down the street when he heard the little boy and his mother talking. Vesper was twelve at the time and glared at them.

"There's nothing wrong with me." Vesper said.

"We know…we don't believe those rumors." The mother said.

It was obvious she was lying. She looked terrified. Vesper rolled his eyes. Everyone in town thought he was cursed. People seemed to have a habit of dying in freak accidents whenever their near Vesper.

Vesper rolled his eyes and continued walking down the street. However soon he heard a loud scream and then a crashing noise. Vesper turned and gasped. A bus had swerved off the road and crushed the mother against the wall. She was dead. Vesper looked down to see the little boy crying.

Vesper gulped. What if these accidents weren't coincidences? What if he really was cursed?


"Austin asked me out on a date." Kari said to Nina and Nikki.

The trio were lying on a blanket outside of the command center. Kari figured since Nikki had experience with boys she could help her. She was terrified about going on a date with Austin. What if she was weird? What if she freaked out again if he touched her?

"He's cute, did you say yes?" Nikki asked.

"Well, yeah. I was sort of acting on impulse." Kari said.

"He seems sweet, like he's a genuine good guy. Feels like these days that's hard to find." Nina sighed.

"Sure it's so hard to find a good guy she said, as if, Horatio slobbers over you like you're a steak." Nikki smirked.

"Horatio does not like me." Nina said.

"And I didn't sleep with Zach." Nikki said.

"But you did." Nina frowned.

"Exactly, just like how Horatio likes you." Nikki smirked.

Kari raised an eyebrow when she realized Nina and Nikki were now currently in their own world, talking about whether or not Horatio liked Nina. It seemed pretty obvious to Kari that Horatio had a thing for her.

She decided to walk away and bumped into Ethan. Kari blushed when she noticed he was shirtless. Ethan noticed this and smirked.

"I know my abs are amazing, but please Kari control yourself." Ethan laughed.

Kari frowned. "I wasn't looking at your abs."

"Sure you weren't Kari." Ethan smiled.

Kari sighed and sat down. Ethan frowned and sat down next to her. He didn't like seeing her sad. It almost felt like he was sad himself. He then felt bad for feeling that feeling. He couldn't afford to care about people. Even if they were sweet, nice, funny, and drop dead gorgoues. Ethan gulped when thought the last part. It wasn't like he liked her. That would be ridiculous.

"What's wrong with you? Someone kicked a rabbit?" Ethan asked.

Kari shook her head. "Austin asked me out."

Ethan face fell. "Oh."

"And he's very sweet, but I'm wondered that after what happened to me…I won't be normal." Kari sighed.

"First off you are extremely normal. Second, Austin is a cool dude, I'm sure he won't go anywhere you don't want him to." Ethan said.

Kari nodded. "It just doesn't make me feel comfortable. I just want to be like every other teenage girl, I want to be able to go shopping and do reckless things."

"You want to do reckless things?" Ethan smirked.

"Not your level of reckless, maybe skip curfew or something." Kari laughed.

"That's what you consider reckless? God, you need a lot of help." Ethan laughed.

"Come on Kari we're going for a walk, and I'll show you what reckless really is." Ethan smiled.

Kari raised an eyebrow. Apart of her was saying that it probably wasn't a good idea to follow Ethan somewhere. He was practically the town's signature bad boy. However a part of her screamed, I'll go anywhere with you.

Kari got up and followed him.


"Who are you texting?" Aiden asked curiously.

He and Willa sat in a diner currently munching down on some fries.

"Ethan, we were talking about that new trailer for that movie Assassination Nation." Willa said.

Aiden raised an eyebrow. "You talk to Ethan a lot."

"And you talk to Zach a lot." Willa shot back.

"So he's my friend." Aiden said.

"And Ethan's my friend." Willa said.

Aiden shook his head. "You don't get it, Ethan's trouble. I can tell he has a thing for you."

Willa laughed nervously. "Ethan does not have a thing for me. Whoever thinks that is an idiot."

Aiden reached out and held her hand.

"Willa when are we going to make us official. I really like you, and I want to be with you." He said.

Willa smiled. "I really like you too." Willa smiled.

"So what do you say? Want to make Waiden a thing?" Aiden smirked.

"Waiden? That sounds like the middle name of a depressed hipster." Willa laughed.

"Come on, Willa we can make fun of depressed hipsters together. You know stuff that only real couples do." Aiden smiled.

Willa nodded. "Yes I want to be your girlfriend."


"All my life people have hated me." Vesper said.

"I'm sure not everyone-"

"Literally everyone. I once had a priest threaten to shoot me." Vesper sighed.

"Damn." Sasha gulped.

Vesper shook his head. "I have this curse. I guess some may call it a power. Whenever I'm scared or angry, someone dies. I can't control it really. It's sort of like that movie Final Destination. Once my curse is activated people die in freak accidents."

"I'm sorry you have to deal with something like this." Sasha paused. "Have you ever thought about using your power against someone like Gaia?"

"Freak!" One of the boys yelled as he pushed Vesper down.

It was hardly a fair fight there were ten of them and only one Vesper. They should have brought more boys.

"Please I don't want to hurt you." Vesper said.

"Hurt us? You really are delusional, you prick." He snarled.

Vesper's eyes glowed bright black. That's when shit hit the fan. Nearby someone was mowing a lawn. Unfortunately he didn't see the large stick he was about to mow over. He moved over the stick, sending thousands of pieces flying towards the boys. They screamed in pain as they were stabbed with the splinters. One boy even had them in his eyes. Vesper shook his head.

"I didn't want to hurt you." Vesper said. "I tried to stop it."

"Don't apologize for who you are." A female voice said.

Vesper turned around to see a beautiful woman watching him.

"Who are you?" He asked.

She smiled. "My name is Gaia, child, and I plan to usher in a new age. You have seen firsthand the dark sides of humanity. War, poverty, murder, famine, what if I told you we could make this all go away." She smiled.

He frowned. He got a weird feeling in his stomach being around her.

"How do we do that?" Vesper asked.

Gaia smirked. "The only way that's possible. We must wipe out all of humanity.

"Gaia is too strong to use my magical death touch against." Vesper revealed.

Sasha frowned. "So did she give off any hints on who this traitor might be?"

"None. All I know is it's not you or Willa. She said you would be hard to control, and since Gaia's already tried to contact Willa but failed, then that means it's someone else." Vesper sighed.

"Did she at least give a gender pronoun?" Sasha sighed.

"Nope." Vesper sighed.

Sasha frowned. Nikki was a bitch, Zach and Aiden were arrogant, Anna was condescending, and Ethan was a jerk, but none of them seemed like they would betray them. Her mind went to the quiet ones kids like Nina, Victor, and Kari. They wouldn't be the obvious pick which would make them the perfect traitor. But why? Why would anyone betray them? She considered them to be her best friends.


"We'll figure this out." Sasha sighed.

"Hey Zach, can I ask you for some advice?" Horatio said.

Zach turned to see Horatio coming to sit next to him.

"What's up?" He smiled.

Horatio sighed. "I'm not sure you know this, but I like Nina."

Zach burst out into laughter. "Literally everyone knew this. Hell even my mom knew this."

"When you're done laughing, I was wondering if you could give me some dating advice." He sighed.

Zach raised an eyebrow. "Dating advice from me? You know I just got out of a relationship right? And both of the girls I was with are no longer speaking to me, so I doubt I'm dating wizard."

"You've been on more dates than I have, I just need a little advice." Horatio said.

Zach nodded. "Alright buddy, I'll teach you everything you need to know. Hopefully you have better luck than I do."


One Month From Now

The lawyers were able to get Willa out of jail in an hour, maybe less. However she wasn't out of the case completely. With her mother out of town the prime suspects for the murder would be Willa and Austin. Why would she want to kill Zach? They've been best friends since Little League. Austin didn't have to heart to kill anyone, especially Zach. Did he?

Willa pulled out her phone and began to call someone. She was going to get to the bottom of this. She called everyone on her team and no one answered. She growled.

"What the fuck happened?" She asked.

Soon Anna answered her call. It sounded like she'd been crying.

"What do you want Willa?" Anna asked.

"Anna what the hell is going on? No one is answering my calls and I was just taken into police custody." Willa panicked.

"Custody? What do you mean? Willa what's going on?" Anna asked.

Willa sighed. "I wanted to tell you, but someone on the team betrayed us. At least I think so. And I believe they killed Zach and-"

"Wait a minute Zach's dead?" Anna said.

Willa paused. "Yes." Willa sighed.

Willa heard silence. "Willa come to my house, we need to talk about this."

"Okay I'll be over there in twenty." Willa sighed.

She got in her car and drove off. On the way she thought about something. Why wasn't Anna upset? Sure her and Zach had a difficult relationship but they still loved each other. Unless, what if Anna did it. What if inviting her to her house was a trap and she was next?

Willa pulled up to Anna's house and gasped at what she saw. Two cops were escorting a handcuffed Anna to a cop car. Anna seemed to have no emotion. Willa gulped.

"Well things just got worst." Willa sighed.

Then her phone buzzed. She pulled it out and saw another text from Vesper.

VESPER: Trust no one. Not even the people you love.


Next Time: Willa and Aiden encounter a problem in their new relationship, Nikki/ Nina, and Horatio go on a mission, Sasha and Vesper search for a way to defeat Gaia, and Kari must work through her feelings with Ethan.

Sorry this chapter was short, this chapter and next chapter are mainly fillers that will lead to the Zodiac/Defenders/Greek crossover. It should be a two parter, but might be longer if I want to avoid over stuffing.