Chapter 14: Into the Fire We Go
"Who are you guys?" As she spoke, Moxie jumped back as a look of surprise washed over her face; she had not expected to be found out so soon. Unbeknownst to herself, however, her accidental leap of surprised caused a rather unexpected carom between her nose and the crystal amulet that hung around her neck. Now that the amulet was in leer sight of it's onlookers, one could clearly see the zodiac symbols for the outer four planets, carved adeptly into the side of the crystal. The symbol of Uranus was facing outward, authenticating that this was indeed the symbol that Moxie had.
"Moxie calm down, Helios sent us to help. We're the Children of the Sun." Cyrus explained. "We were sent to find you guys." Maddie looked into the blaze to see some figures coming out of it. Cyrus followed her glance to see the figures. "Zal, come on."
"Right. Kedem finish cleaning up her cut!" Zaltana ran over to help the guys bring everyone else out of the blaze.
"What am I your slave, Kedem clean this, Kedem do that. Pass the tea. Gee." Kedem mumbled while he started cleaning up the gash on Maddie's knee.
As Zaltana ran closer, she could see that Duncan had a girl with Dark brown hair, which was tied back in a braid draped over his back. She could also see that there was a girl with short umber hair with red highlights in it running along with Duncan and Rowen. On Rowen's back there seemed to be an old lady on his back. "Come on guys."
Zaltana saw the building over them was giving way. She raised her hands over her head to focus her power to hold up the ceilings until they were out from under it. Moxie and Maddie met them half way to help with their team members. The sisters took the old woman from Rowen who went and helped the girl with short hair. Once everyone cleared the building, she let her force down and they watched the building cave in on its self.
"Greer!" Kedem said running over to the old woman.
"Kedem, so you're still alive?" She said between coughs. Zaltana grabbed water bottles for each of them and handed it to them. The Children of the Sun helped clean each other, the Outer Four Daughters, and their mentor up.
"So who are you guys?" the girl with short hair asked Zaltana as she was grabbing her a new shirt.
"I'm Zaltana. The guy who carried your friend with a braid out is Duncan; the guy who carried Greer out is Rowen. The other one is Cyrus. Our old guy is Kedem." She said. "He tends to be a bit cranky when we don't get him his tea." Zaltana added in a whisper.
The girl started laughing. "Greer's like that too!" After she stopped laughing, she told Zaltana her name. "I'm Isis Chione. You already met the twins, Moxie and Maddie. And the girl flirting with Duncan is Kineta Nalani." Zaltana quickly looked over to Duncan to see Kineta was indeed trying to flirt with him as he was cleaning up a cut on her arm.
"He's not interested." Zaltana breathed a sigh of relief.
"How can you tell?" Isis asked looking over at the two of them.
"He's hardly talking to her. Not to mention he looks kind of annoyed."
"Its so nice of you to be lending us your cloths." Isis said tying the top of one of Zaltana's halter-tops.
"Don't mention it, the twins are wearing Cyrus's shirts and Kineta is wearing one of Rowens. You're the only one in my cloths." Zaltana laughed as she started getting some bandages ready for Isis.
Isis laughed at how Zaltana could give out clothing that wasn't even hers. "You're kidding?" Zaltana shook her head no.
"You've got this nasty cut on your back. This stuff I'm going to be cleaning it with is going to sting and feel cold at the same time." Zaltana explained. Using a random washcloth that was in the car Zaltana started to clean the gash. "It looks pretty deep, but its stopped bleeding."
"God that stuff stings like fuck!" Isis bit her tong. By the time they were all bandaged up, the girls looked like they were just in some sort of battle with Duncan and Rowen who had their fair share of scratches. Greer had just finished explaining to her girls about how the Helios and Jupiter sent their children to help fight the Atrox. Kedem chimed in with how now they weren't fighting the Atrox but they were fighting a goddess named Kali. "So were no longer fighting those freak things but were fighting kissing soul stealers?"
Kedem nodded. "Odd, Zaltana had that same reaction. Were going to be driving together until we get up to a car rental place or somewhere where one of my hellions can hot wire a car for us."
"Kedem you let your Children get away with doing such unlawful things!" Greer questioned.
"You got a better idea?" Kedem growled. All the teenager stepped back in a wordless agreement of things were about to get ugly. Rowen motioned them to all get in the van. They nodded and climbed in.
"Hey Duncan, you want me to drive, you were driving all night." Duncan handed Zaltana the keys.
"Keep her under 80." Zaltana smiled and climbed in the driver seat. Duncan kicked Rowen out of the front seat and took it himself. Zaltana hit the horn. "You guys coming?" Duncan screamed out the window.
The two old people climbed into the car and sat in the middle seat. "Thank God this is an old Church bus!" Someone said before their voice faded into everyone else talking.
"Everybody shut up!" Kedem screamed. All the teenagers stopped talking. "Zaltana drive towards Phoenix. There should be a car rental place there. We'll just get another Van."
"Once we find the boys of Jupiter…"
"Sons of Jupiter."
"My bad, are they driving back to Cali with us?" She asked turning onto Arizona State High Way. Kedem and Greer were in the first two seater in the church van while Cyrus and Rowen sat behind them. The twins sat in front of Isis and Kineta who shared the back row.
"Afraid so." Greer said.
"There's no way we're going to get anywhere!" Isis said from the back row.
"There's no way we're going find a music station we all can deal with." Maddie said.
"How bout this, for music who eva riding shotgun or driving get to choice." Duncan said. "Oh that's not a suggestion. That's one of the rules to my car."
"Who are you guys?" As she spoke, Moxie jumped back as a look of surprise washed over her face; she had not expected to be found out so soon. Unbeknownst to herself, however, her accidental leap of surprised caused a rather unexpected carom between her nose and the crystal amulet that hung around her neck. Now that the amulet was in leer sight of it's onlookers, one could clearly see the zodiac symbols for the outer four planets, carved adeptly into the side of the crystal. The symbol of Uranus was facing outward, authenticating that this was indeed the symbol that Moxie had.
"Moxie calm down, Helios sent us to help. We're the Children of the Sun." Cyrus explained. "We were sent to find you guys." Maddie looked into the blaze to see some figures coming out of it. Cyrus followed her glance to see the figures. "Zal, come on."
"Right. Kedem finish cleaning up her cut!" Zaltana ran over to help the guys bring everyone else out of the blaze.
"What am I your slave, Kedem clean this, Kedem do that. Pass the tea. Gee." Kedem mumbled while he started cleaning up the gash on Maddie's knee.
As Zaltana ran closer, she could see that Duncan had a girl with Dark brown hair, which was tied back in a braid draped over his back. She could also see that there was a girl with short umber hair with red highlights in it running along with Duncan and Rowen. On Rowen's back there seemed to be an old lady on his back. "Come on guys."
Zaltana saw the building over them was giving way. She raised her hands over her head to focus her power to hold up the ceilings until they were out from under it. Moxie and Maddie met them half way to help with their team members. The sisters took the old woman from Rowen who went and helped the girl with short hair. Once everyone cleared the building, she let her force down and they watched the building cave in on its self.
"Greer!" Kedem said running over to the old woman.
"Kedem, so you're still alive?" She said between coughs. Zaltana grabbed water bottles for each of them and handed it to them. The Children of the Sun helped clean each other, the Outer Four Daughters, and their mentor up.
"So who are you guys?" the girl with short hair asked Zaltana as she was grabbing her a new shirt.
"I'm Zaltana. The guy who carried your friend with a braid out is Duncan; the guy who carried Greer out is Rowen. The other one is Cyrus. Our old guy is Kedem." She said. "He tends to be a bit cranky when we don't get him his tea." Zaltana added in a whisper.
The girl started laughing. "Greer's like that too!" After she stopped laughing, she told Zaltana her name. "I'm Isis Chione. You already met the twins, Moxie and Maddie. And the girl flirting with Duncan is Kineta Nalani." Zaltana quickly looked over to Duncan to see Kineta was indeed trying to flirt with him as he was cleaning up a cut on her arm.
"He's not interested." Zaltana breathed a sigh of relief.
"How can you tell?" Isis asked looking over at the two of them.
"He's hardly talking to her. Not to mention he looks kind of annoyed."
"Its so nice of you to be lending us your cloths." Isis said tying the top of one of Zaltana's halter-tops.
"Don't mention it, the twins are wearing Cyrus's shirts and Kineta is wearing one of Rowens. You're the only one in my cloths." Zaltana laughed as she started getting some bandages ready for Isis.
Isis laughed at how Zaltana could give out clothing that wasn't even hers. "You're kidding?" Zaltana shook her head no.
"You've got this nasty cut on your back. This stuff I'm going to be cleaning it with is going to sting and feel cold at the same time." Zaltana explained. Using a random washcloth that was in the car Zaltana started to clean the gash. "It looks pretty deep, but its stopped bleeding."
"God that stuff stings like fuck!" Isis bit her tong. By the time they were all bandaged up, the girls looked like they were just in some sort of battle with Duncan and Rowen who had their fair share of scratches. Greer had just finished explaining to her girls about how the Helios and Jupiter sent their children to help fight the Atrox. Kedem chimed in with how now they weren't fighting the Atrox but they were fighting a goddess named Kali. "So were no longer fighting those freak things but were fighting kissing soul stealers?"
Kedem nodded. "Odd, Zaltana had that same reaction. Were going to be driving together until we get up to a car rental place or somewhere where one of my hellions can hot wire a car for us."
"Kedem you let your Children get away with doing such unlawful things!" Greer questioned.
"You got a better idea?" Kedem growled. All the teenager stepped back in a wordless agreement of things were about to get ugly. Rowen motioned them to all get in the van. They nodded and climbed in.
"Hey Duncan, you want me to drive, you were driving all night." Duncan handed Zaltana the keys.
"Keep her under 80." Zaltana smiled and climbed in the driver seat. Duncan kicked Rowen out of the front seat and took it himself. Zaltana hit the horn. "You guys coming?" Duncan screamed out the window.
The two old people climbed into the car and sat in the middle seat. "Thank God this is an old Church bus!" Someone said before their voice faded into everyone else talking.
"Everybody shut up!" Kedem screamed. All the teenagers stopped talking. "Zaltana drive towards Phoenix. There should be a car rental place there. We'll just get another Van."
"Once we find the boys of Jupiter…"
"Sons of Jupiter."
"My bad, are they driving back to Cali with us?" She asked turning onto Arizona State High Way. Kedem and Greer were in the first two seater in the church van while Cyrus and Rowen sat behind them. The twins sat in front of Isis and Kineta who shared the back row.
"Afraid so." Greer said.
"There's no way we're going to get anywhere!" Isis said from the back row.
"There's no way we're going find a music station we all can deal with." Maddie said.
"How bout this, for music who eva riding shotgun or driving get to choice." Duncan said. "Oh that's not a suggestion. That's one of the rules to my car."
