Chapter 10: One Last Chance
Zaltana and Tianna walked into Kedem's apartment to see Kedem and Maggie sitting on a love seat with a faded pattern. While the boys sat on one couch while the girls sat across from them. Zaltana saw her father sitting in an armchair facing Kedem and Maggie. "Sorry were late." Tianna smiled as she sat down next to Catty. Zaltana slowly walked over to the couch and sat down next to Duncan.
"Its ok girls." Kedem said as Maggie started pouring some tea. "Now that were finally all here. We might as well tell you guys the truth."
"What do you mean?" Catty said looking at Maggie for an answer.
"When Selene wasn't the only goddess to give up her children for the good of humanity. As you guys have figured out, Helios had given up his children too. So you sit here now as the Children of the Sun and the Daughters of the Moon. Daughters where your powers are weak the Children's power is stronger. Jupiter himself even gave up three of his youngest son's to help the fight." Maggie explained as she handed Zaltana her tea.
"I don't under stand. What do you mean?" Zaltana asked.
"I believe your father told you about this last night. You are a Child of the Sun; you have your powers to fight agents the Atrox. You have until the age of 18 to fight with your team. Then you will have to make a choice of what you will do. Will you keep living in our dark world remembering nothing, living as if you were just a normal teenager? Or will you choice to ascend?"
"This is too weird." Zaltana said. "If you remember nothing or ascend, how do you remember you were a Child, Luke?" It did not feel right calling Luke dad, he left her and her mother.
"Zaltana, if you look at his Sun Amulet you will see that it is partially blackened." A shot of fear shot across his face.
"You turned didn't you." Zaltana was on the verge of freaking out at her father. Duncan grabbed her head and let her squeeze it. "You left mom and me so you would lead them away?"
"Zal, its not how you think." Her father pleaded.
"My own father."
"My mom turned too." Catty to Zaltana. "Its not that bad."
"Zal, listen to me. I came back now to warn you. Something is brewing in the deep workings of the Atrox. Kedem, Maggie, you need to call up Brandy and Chi to get the rest of them. Brandy's in New York, I've warned her of what's coming and Chi, I don't know where he is."
"What's going on?" Kedem leaned forward to listen better.
"Things have been quite down there. Like it was when they attacked and I stayed back to protect Mandy and you."
"Are you sure its quite."
"Yes I am. Things are getting very weird down there. There is talk that the secret scroll was found and the Daughters have it. If you have it, use it. Defeat the Atrox while everyone things its just a rumor."
"How do we know that you're just trying to get us to do something stupid and kill us?" Tianna shot at him.
"If your daughter was in trouble would you try to kill her?" Luke asked Tianna.
"If I was an evil Atrox member, maybe." Tianna was a very saucy girl. She hated the Atrox more then anyone else in that room. The Atrox had tried to kill her and killed her family. They chaise her down until the day she completed what she was destined to do. She was not born a Daughter of the Moon but Selene took pity on her and took her in.
"I will never do anything to hurt my daughter." He stood up. "Kedem, Maggie it's been great to see you again. Zal, I'm sorry I've been a shitty father." He walked out of the room.
"Should we believe him?" Vanessa asked.
"I will try to find Chi later tonight. He will know what goes on." Maggie said looking out the window. "You should go after him Child."
"I'll be back in a bit." She grabbed her bag and ran out side looking for her father. She stood out on the stoop looking out to the street. "Dad, where'd you go now?" She turned to get back in side to see Stanton standing there. "What do you want?"
"Just waiting for my girl, nothing to do with you. But I did talk to Luke quickly." Stanton's hair was sling over his left eye. He was standing with one-foot agents the wall behind him.
"Where did he go?" She did not know why she wanted to find him but something was calling for a father she never really knew.
"Away. Said something about trying to help but only get pushed away." Zal's phone went off in her bag.
"Hang on Fabio." She pulled it out and saw it was her mom. "Mom have you seen Dad?"
"I about to ask you that. What's going on?"
"I don't know Mom, if you see dad, tell him to stay with you. I need to talk to him. I have to go. I do not know when I will be home. Don't wait up." She hung up and turned her phone off. She looked up at where Stanton was to see nothing. "I wish I knew what to do." She sat down on the stoop and placed her head in her hands.
"Zal, I'm sorry things are happening like this. I really am." She looked up to see Luke standing over her.
"Dad, what do I do?"
"Zal, I know you don't want to do this, but I want you to fight with the boys and the Daughters and kill the Atrox. It might kill me in the process. I will try not to fight you or your friends. I'm sure you know this." Her father tried to reinsure her.
"Dad why did you come back now, of all times."
"I knew you needed the truth."
Zaltana and Tianna walked into Kedem's apartment to see Kedem and Maggie sitting on a love seat with a faded pattern. While the boys sat on one couch while the girls sat across from them. Zaltana saw her father sitting in an armchair facing Kedem and Maggie. "Sorry were late." Tianna smiled as she sat down next to Catty. Zaltana slowly walked over to the couch and sat down next to Duncan.
"Its ok girls." Kedem said as Maggie started pouring some tea. "Now that were finally all here. We might as well tell you guys the truth."
"What do you mean?" Catty said looking at Maggie for an answer.
"When Selene wasn't the only goddess to give up her children for the good of humanity. As you guys have figured out, Helios had given up his children too. So you sit here now as the Children of the Sun and the Daughters of the Moon. Daughters where your powers are weak the Children's power is stronger. Jupiter himself even gave up three of his youngest son's to help the fight." Maggie explained as she handed Zaltana her tea.
"I don't under stand. What do you mean?" Zaltana asked.
"I believe your father told you about this last night. You are a Child of the Sun; you have your powers to fight agents the Atrox. You have until the age of 18 to fight with your team. Then you will have to make a choice of what you will do. Will you keep living in our dark world remembering nothing, living as if you were just a normal teenager? Or will you choice to ascend?"
"This is too weird." Zaltana said. "If you remember nothing or ascend, how do you remember you were a Child, Luke?" It did not feel right calling Luke dad, he left her and her mother.
"Zaltana, if you look at his Sun Amulet you will see that it is partially blackened." A shot of fear shot across his face.
"You turned didn't you." Zaltana was on the verge of freaking out at her father. Duncan grabbed her head and let her squeeze it. "You left mom and me so you would lead them away?"
"Zal, its not how you think." Her father pleaded.
"My own father."
"My mom turned too." Catty to Zaltana. "Its not that bad."
"Zal, listen to me. I came back now to warn you. Something is brewing in the deep workings of the Atrox. Kedem, Maggie, you need to call up Brandy and Chi to get the rest of them. Brandy's in New York, I've warned her of what's coming and Chi, I don't know where he is."
"What's going on?" Kedem leaned forward to listen better.
"Things have been quite down there. Like it was when they attacked and I stayed back to protect Mandy and you."
"Are you sure its quite."
"Yes I am. Things are getting very weird down there. There is talk that the secret scroll was found and the Daughters have it. If you have it, use it. Defeat the Atrox while everyone things its just a rumor."
"How do we know that you're just trying to get us to do something stupid and kill us?" Tianna shot at him.
"If your daughter was in trouble would you try to kill her?" Luke asked Tianna.
"If I was an evil Atrox member, maybe." Tianna was a very saucy girl. She hated the Atrox more then anyone else in that room. The Atrox had tried to kill her and killed her family. They chaise her down until the day she completed what she was destined to do. She was not born a Daughter of the Moon but Selene took pity on her and took her in.
"I will never do anything to hurt my daughter." He stood up. "Kedem, Maggie it's been great to see you again. Zal, I'm sorry I've been a shitty father." He walked out of the room.
"Should we believe him?" Vanessa asked.
"I will try to find Chi later tonight. He will know what goes on." Maggie said looking out the window. "You should go after him Child."
"I'll be back in a bit." She grabbed her bag and ran out side looking for her father. She stood out on the stoop looking out to the street. "Dad, where'd you go now?" She turned to get back in side to see Stanton standing there. "What do you want?"
"Just waiting for my girl, nothing to do with you. But I did talk to Luke quickly." Stanton's hair was sling over his left eye. He was standing with one-foot agents the wall behind him.
"Where did he go?" She did not know why she wanted to find him but something was calling for a father she never really knew.
"Away. Said something about trying to help but only get pushed away." Zal's phone went off in her bag.
"Hang on Fabio." She pulled it out and saw it was her mom. "Mom have you seen Dad?"
"I about to ask you that. What's going on?"
"I don't know Mom, if you see dad, tell him to stay with you. I need to talk to him. I have to go. I do not know when I will be home. Don't wait up." She hung up and turned her phone off. She looked up at where Stanton was to see nothing. "I wish I knew what to do." She sat down on the stoop and placed her head in her hands.
"Zal, I'm sorry things are happening like this. I really am." She looked up to see Luke standing over her.
"Dad, what do I do?"
"Zal, I know you don't want to do this, but I want you to fight with the boys and the Daughters and kill the Atrox. It might kill me in the process. I will try not to fight you or your friends. I'm sure you know this." Her father tried to reinsure her.
"Dad why did you come back now, of all times."
"I knew you needed the truth."
