Might take a while to update, sorry people, but school's starting and I'd be sent to jail if I burned it down. (I almost did...)
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"Archie? Archie? you okay?" was the first sounds that he heard as he started to wake up.
As he tried to move and sit up, a dull pain throbbed in his heel, causing him to wince.
"Atlanta? I think he's coming to..." said the voice once more, oddly enough he thought he'd heard it from somewhere. Suddenly it dawned on him and he once more attempted to rise.
"Theresa?" he said groggy from the snooze, "is that you?"
Theresa nodded, though he couldn't see it, "Yeah, me and Atlanta are here..."
With this said, he forced himself awake and to sit up, ignoring the sudden shot that travelled in his heel.
"Atlanta? Your okay? What's going on?" Archie said in a thoroughly confused voice.
"Ya, we're fine. But we have no idea where we are, Harris knocked us out before he brought us here. Your the one who should be worried though, you don't look too well" Atlanta answered with a concerned edge to her voice and a worried face.
It was true, he thought, looking down at his right foot. Even though the brace was still on, he could tell it had swollen up and the hole in the armor revealed a worrying fact. An infection had set into the wound, causing the swelling and the off colour. Even his face seemed to have gone pale.
"I guess your right" he said weakly, grinning. "But at least tell me what's going on". Archie sank back down so he was once more lying on the floor. Listening to the story, he ignored his injury.
"Well, from what he's told us, apparently he's a descendant of Hector and was given Hector's ring by Cronos. Thie ring allowed Hector to possess Harris and cause him to think that your the original Achilles who killed him in the Trojan war. So then, he kidnapped me and Atlanta to use as bait to try and lure you here so he could kill you, prevent the prophecy some becoming true. Of course Cronos is counting on the others to try and save us so he'll kill them then" Theresa explained hurriedly, Atlanta nodded.
"I'm sorry I acted the way I did back there... we both are. I-" Atlanta apologized but Archie stopped her halfway through the sentence.
"It's okay, I'm sorry for dragging you into this..."
Atlanta looked over at him, uncertain of why he was apologizing. He hadn't done anything, it had all been about some feud that had occured long ago. It wasn't like Archie to be apologizing for anything.
"Has the infection spread to your brain or something?" Atlanta tried to joke around and lift the dull spirit of the situation.
"No... I just... what I mean to say..." Archie stammered.
Theresa, guessing what he was saying, pretended she had gone deaf. She really wished she wasn't there at that moment, so that the two would be able to speak alone. But the fact was, she and Atlanta were still tied together and Archie didn't look like he could get up anytime soon.
"What?"
"Well... I-" Archie tried to continue. I have to tell her... chances are I'm going to die, so what do I have to loose?... "I lo- love you..."
Atlanta almost choked when she heard him confess, she had always known he liked her, but hearing him say it completely caught her off guard. Her face turned red and she smiled despite the situation.
The three sat (or lay) in silence for a few moments before the sounds of a fight could be heard coming from the other side of the door. It seemed the rescue attempt had begun...
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To: Demenior
She'll be okay
Okay, we'll share him... -is now happy while Archie looks kinda scared- (Archie: Help...?)
I'll go check out the site, maybe even post this story there too D
To: Frimmy
Kk, that's cool
To: Dracien
Only two people can have him! -takes her out of his pocket- He is mine!
By the way people, if you want to email me about ideas for the next story,