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Nothing escaped from Zack's lips. The man opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Alexis watched Eris with his eyes as she floated over him. The younger twin glared at the goddess of chaos. 'You still haven't answered my question, Iris. What is it that you want?' She smirked and appeared behind him. A circle of smoke surrounded Alexis, creating a tunnel. A vision appeared before his eyes. An image of a tiny chest filled his eyes. The goddess whispered against his ear. 'Everything I need is within this chest.' Alexis raised his eyebrow and folded his arms. 'What? I thought you said you wanted 2 things. Why can't you get it?' She smirked and the smoke disappeared. 'Oh, you will see. Hold on.' She grabbed his hands and they vanished. 'NOOO!' A loud voice raged out of Zack's throat.
'AGGHHHH!' Alexis yelled. He was dangling in mid-air in between two cliffs. The sea roar beneath him, crashing against the rocks. Alexis raised his head up. Iris smirked as she floated on a purple smoke. The only a thread of smoke held him up around his waist. Faint sounds of grunting and blasting barely reached his ears. He turned his head. A mixture of gold and blue lights was still going at it. Iris chuckled and leaned against her hands. 'Ah immortals fighting with each other and over one little man.' She tapped Alexis' nose. He glared and shook his head. 'Why are we here?' She smirked and her slim hands held his head, tightly. The man groaned in pain. Her hands pushed his head, forcing him to look down at the wall of the cliff. His eyes picked up a hidden cave. It had a narrow open that appeared as a doorway. The water crashed into it, creating a narrow pathway into. 'Don't take your eyes off the cave.' She purred against his ear. 'AAAAGGGGHHHHHH!' Alexis plummet down into the sea below. Iris smirked and watched him fall. 'Try not to die.' She crackled.
The warrior twisted and turned into the air. Panic filled his mind and his body fell towards the sea edge. WOOSH! A heavy being pushed him into the mouth of the cave. Alexis twisted into the creature and went straight into the cave. Then everything just stopped. The man panted and hit himself against his body. 'HA…Hahahaha.' He laughed loudly. 'I'M ALIVE!' A mixture of relief and shock passed through his body. He couldn't believe it. 'How?' He placed his hand on his head.
Then he heard a low neigh. He quickly turned his head. A white stallion with a blue mane laid next to him on top of a huge pillow. 'PEGASUS!' He hugged his wide neck tightly. 'Oh, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!' He grabbed his head and kissed his lips. Pegasus made a loud noise in frustration and pulled away from him. The horse snorted at him and wack him on the head with his hoof. Alexis groaned and rubbed his head.
Alexis walked further down the tunnel. The sunlight from the entrance could not make it down the tunnel. Alexis grunted in frustration. 'Great, you think there would be a torch here or something.' SWOOSH! Flames exploded in from high basins that trailed down the passageway. He gasped and looked around the cave. A circular room appeared against the flames. The fire danced upon the sandstone and limestone pillars that were spread out in the room. There was a whole range of different items were placed on top of the pillars. Alexis whistled and his eyes wondered over to the items placed on top of each pillar. A lion skin with the black mane flowed down the marble it sat upon. A worn-down wooden club laid upon the next pillar. A faded white bandage wrapped around the lower end of the club. A golden bow was placed upon the third pillar and 3 arrows, tipped with dry blood, laid beside it. Alexis' eyes glazed in amazement on how preserved the items were. It was as if they were only placed there yesterday. His glazed wondered over to the last pillar standing. Alexis took a deep breath; it had the box that Iris had shown him.
He slowly walked over to it. Pegasus gave a low and worrying neigh and grabbed Alexis' chition. He pulled him away from it. Alexis turned and gently rubbed his nose. 'Hey, its ok boy. It will be fine. Whatever is in that box, it will bring dad back to us.' He went back to the box. The horse and reached over to grab him again. BANG! Alexis turned and looked at the stallion. Pegasus began to panic and lifted his front hooves. His hooves slammed against…something. A golden light appeared where he had kicked and it travelled around, revealing a half sphere around the pillar and Alexis. Alexis' eyes followed the light. 'It's a force field. This must be why Iris couldn't get in.' He looked at the box and slowly walked towards it. 'Whatever is in there, dad must have made sure no one could get it.' His eyes were glued on the box and there was small scroll that lay beside it. The cries of his winged horse had disappeared. His hand reached for the scroll and it had a seal on it. A cloud with a bolt of lightning appeared on the seal. His finger slide under the seal and broken it. He opened the scroll and…nothing. Alexis raised his eyebrow and glared. 'Seriously? Nothing?' He wiped his fingers against the scroll. Then he gasped as golden glow surrounded the scroll. Greek letters began to appear on the scroll, as if there an invisible hand was writing it. Alexis' focused on the scroll. 'είσαι έτοιμος' Alexis tilted his head slightly. 'You are ready?! Ready for what?' He looked at the box and swallowed hard. His hands shakily went to the open the box.