Sonic and the Olympians
Chapter 5:
Sonic and Heracles came back in time and Corinna met up with them. She was very happy to see Heracles back and not in control of Hecate's curse.
"When you weren't back like you said you would Sonic, I was heading out to search for you when Hermes told me that you went to rescue Heracles and the Spartans. I knew you could've done it and you did! Zeus will be very proud of you when he finds out." Corinna said.
"Father doesn't know yet?" Heracles said.
"Yes, he and Aphrodite were in the meeting hall discussing what to do, and it was very serious." So they walked it to the throne room and Zeus was very happy to see Heracles back.
"I must thank you for bringing my daughter and son home Sonic, and I also want to thank you for helping us save Greece." Zeus said.
"It's no problem, I'm actually enjoying this!" Said Sonic.
"I'm afraid you won't be enjoying this for long." Zeus said grimly. Everyone looked worried.
"Aphrodite and I have been discussion on what can be done to fully stop Hecate, and so far we came up with nothing. For now, we must continue what we're doing right now, and we must also discuss what we talked about to you too Heracles." Heracles nodded, then Zeus continued.
"Anyway, I'm going to assign Corinna as helper and protector of Sonic, and you Corinna, make sure he is out of danger."
Sonic noticed that Corinna was very happy to hear her new role, and he was happy to work with Corinna.
"I won't let you down master." Corinna said as she bowed.
"Hang on father," Said Aphrodite. "What will we do? We should have some part in this after all, we are powerful then Hecate and we can defeat her if we act now."
"I would like to, but I'm afraid to say that if I was to allow you, Heracles, and my other children to fight Hecate, she can curse you again with her same spell and power. And what I discovered about is that, if you all get cursed again, you will never be able to be saved." Everyone look stunned, Aphrodite and Heracles did not like hearing this.
"No, I don't care. She'll never curse me again! I done the 12 labors for King Eurystheus and if I can do all of them, I can also finish her with my bare hands!" Heracles yelled.
"I understand, but I don't want to lose all of you again, like I said before we are going to continue what we are doing for now. Sonic will save my remaining children with Corinna's help, Hermes will give them messages, while we discuss on what to do and get ready when we are ready to stop this madness." Zeus said. Aphrodite and Heracles reluctantly agreed.
After this, Zeus decided to let Sonic explore more of Mount Olympus. While he went to attend something in his office, he let Corinna, Aphrodite, and Heracles to give him a tour. Sonic was amazed on how beautiful and majestic Mount Olympus was. The walls of the Patheon were made of solid gold and the doors were made of square opals, and the floors were grey pearls. Corinna showed Sonic a room he was going to live in while he helped the gods save Greece. Lace curtains made of scarlet brighten the golden room. A large fountain was at one side with flowing crystal like water in a small wading pool. Sonic's bed was made of solid bronze, and Sonic noticed that the sides and legs of the bed were craved to look like war horses.
After this, Aphrodite escorted Sonic to the garden behind the Patheon. The garden was surrounded by a large, almost looking never ending fence. Flowers of many types and colors grown beautifully, with bushes that were perfectly trimmed grew with them. Large ponds of crystal clear water was around at the six corners of the garden and they were so close to the edges that they produced their own waterfalls.
"Those waterfalls are used to fill the rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans of the world. By our immorality, they stay flowing." Said Aphrodite.
When they went more into the garden, Sonic saw Pegasus eating at some grass that was planted specially for him.
"Pegasus!" Sonic called out. Pegasus looked up and flew to Sonic as he neigh loudly. He landed near him and started pressing his nose on Sonic's chest.
"That means he likes you and wants to give you a ride." Said Heracles.
"Oh cool!" Sonic said mounting on Pegasus. Then Pegasus went in the air and flew all around Mount Olympus. By the sun shining on Mount Olympus, it illuminated everything with a strong glow. Sonic was in awe of how amazing Mount Olympus was, but deep inside of him he wished Tails and his other friends were here to see this.
"I'll back as soon as I can Tails, and then I'll tell you and the others what I've been through." Sonic thought to himself. After ten minutes of flying around, Pegasus landed and Sonic dismounted. Corinna came with a bowl of fruits and gave an apple to Pegasus. This made Sonic realized that he hadn't ate anything ever since he came here, so he politely, yet hungrily took two apples and a pear. They all sat down on a stone bench to let Sonic eat.
"So how did you like the tour Sonic?" Asked Heracles.
"I loved it! Thanks for showing me all the wonders of Mount Olympus. Too bad I can't live here forever and have my friends live here with me." They all laughed.
"Mount Olympus is not for mortals, let alone a talking animal like mortal." Said Aphrodite. Sonic nodded because he understood.
"Oh come on Aphro, he could at lease stay for a year? What if our people wants to worship him like they do to us?" Heracles said trying to convince Sonic to live here. "I mean, look at me, I was once a mortal but it was Apollo that made me immortal when I died."All Aphrodite did was sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Father would disapprove of it, and you know it." She replied.
"Oh, um, I just thought of something." Corinna said trying to change the subject. "Where's Hermes?"
"Oh, Hermes is trying to spy on Hecate by using a magic ball she had before she was cast away from here so he can spy on what she's going to do. That's how he tells you Sonic of what she's doing with the remaining gods." Aphrodite said.
"Does that mean you guys know where Hecate is?" Sonic quickly asked.
"Nope, it's like Hecate knew Hermes was going to use it so she made sure we won't know her whereabouts."
"Speaking of Hermes, he's coming." Said Corinna. They looked to see Hermes running to them.
"This doesn't look good." Thought Sonic.
"Hecate is really going hard this time everyone! She's going to sent out both Apollo and Artemis, the twins to cause two disasters at the same time!" He cried. Everyone was surprised.
"What does she have planned?" Quickly asked Heracles.
"Well, first, she sent Apollo out to affect Athens's and Thebes's people with diphtheria, and she sent Artemis out into the forests to kill out the game so that Greece's people will have nothing to hunt for food for their families."
This stun Sonic and the Greek gods. Both of these disasters might cause the end of Greece. A deadly disease will result the death of many innocent people, while no animals for the people to hunt will cause starvation.
"How are we suppose to stop them without letting one of them have an advantage to Hecate succeeding?" Sonic said.
"I, I think you have no choice but to think who should you save first." Aphrodite said.
"And then we can save whoever you did not chose." Quickly said Heracles.
"No we are not! We're staying here like Father said." Said Aphrodite.
"Oh you're no fun!" Heracles said angrily. He was walking away when he stopped and look at Sonic.
"Corinna is helping you, but if you ever need our help, let us know. I don't care what father says but I'll be a bigger help for you." He said before leaving the garden.
"He just does not listen." Said Aphrodite as she shook her head in disbelief. "Sometimes it makes me wonder why he is even a god or even my half brother."
"So what are you going to do?" Corinna asked Sonic. He sighed.
"Well, I think Apollo needs to be saved first. If I do Artemis first then him, he'll affect not only those two cities, but Greece itself with diphtheria before I even get to him." He concluded.
"I think that's a good idea Sonic." Corinna agreed.
"Alright then, so I'll just call for Pegasus to sent you to Athens and-" Hermes was saying, but he was interrupted by Sonic.
"Thanks but no thanks. I know my way around here now so I'll take myself down to Athens. Come on Corinna!" He grab her arm, got his bow and arrows, the cup, and ran off in sonic speed to Athens.
They arrived in Athens in time. The large city was busy as usual, with no evidence of Apollo here yet.
"Let's search on our own, Apollo could be anywhere, so go to Thebes while I stay here." Sonic said to Corinna. So they parted their ways and began to search the two cities. Sonic was glad that the people won't see or hear him because he won't cause confusion to the people. He ran on the streets and passed by every busy person, shops, and homes. All the sights of Athens were amazing, but Sonic knew he didn't had time to sight seeing, he clutched the bow and an arrow in one hand tightly as he jumped on a tall building looking out more of Athens.
"I hope we find him soon." Sonic thought.
Meanwhile, someone was watching him. Through her glass ball she gazed into it with amusement.
"It's time to play a little game. Sonic would sure not win this time." She said. She closed her eyes, spoke a spell in Greek, and continued to look at the ball with a smirk."
Suddenly, Sonic heard people calling for help.
"My father is suddenly sick, someone get a doctor!" A man cried out.
"My daughter is sick! Oh Apollo, our god of medicine, heal her and let me find the herbals to make her well again!" A man was praying in his daughter's room.
"Uh oh!" Sonic said. He looked down to see people taking sick families and friends into their homes. The town went from being peaceful but busy, to everyone falling sick and scared. This made Sonic mad. Knowing he had to act faster then ever before in his life, he jumped from one building to the next, searching for Apollo as fast as he can.
"Come on Apollo, I know your here, and I know Hecate send you here to do this to the people to get them sick. So come out because I wanna fight you!" He cried. He stopped on a roof to listen and look for Apollo, but there was no sight of him.
"You think you can stop master? She's more powerful then you ever are!" Apollo said behind Sonic. He didn't reacted in time when an energy ball struck Sonic, and he nearly fell down off the building. He look up to see Apollo, which to Sonic he looked a lot like Silver standing in front of him. His eyes were purple, his silver white quills were standing up, and his clothing were dirty and torn. Sonic slowly and carefully picked up his bow and arrow that laid next to him as Apollo spoke to him.
"So, you're the blue hedgehog that stopped master two times by taking away Aphrodite and Heracles from serving her. All my master is doing is making Greece a better country, and to show Zeus that she can rule it better then him or his children. So therefore, she commanded me to sicken the people in the cities of Athens and Thebes with diphtheria. But, she can't do it with you in her way, so now that I found you I will destroy you for her, and she'll be proud of me!" Apollo said.
"Actually, your wrong!" Sonic cried spin dashing Apollo. Apollo got knocked hard to a street and he cried out. Sonic got his bow and arrow ready to shoot, but Apollo teleported away.
"Huh?" Sonic looked around and didn't saw Apollo coming behind him and smacking him hard that he this time he fell and hit the rocky street hard.
"Man, what...a...a hit." Sonic said to himself as he slowly got up. When he did, Apollo teleported a few feet from him, his purple aura around him got bigger, meaning he was getting ready to use an attack.
"I got to do something. All around me is a city with very sick and dying people. Who knows if he done the same to Thebes already, and it might be too late." He thought. He got his bow and arrow ready to shoot when Corinna came and threw a power sphere at Apollo.
"Corinna!" Sonic called out.
"He didn't got after Thebes Sonic, so I figured he was here!" Apollo wanted to punch Corinna but she moves out of the way and kicked him to the ground.
"So what we have to do to stop him now is that you have to run around Athens, he can teleport, but he won't be able to catch up to you. Then when you lose him go to the Patheon and I'll bring him there."
"Ok!" He ran off calling for Apollo and he followed him.
"WHAT?! No! NO! This can't be!" Hecate yelled in shock while she watched from her glass ball.
So as he was told, Sonic ran all over the city. From the roofs, to the streets, and passing by homes, he ran all over. Apollo teleported to keep up with him, but he wasn't a match to Sonic. This quickly became a game to Sonic, but he remembered that he had to lose Apollo, so he hid in a large clay pot and stayed there. He seen Apollo looking for him, but he teleported away.
"Now's my chance to get to the Patheon." He thought. He ran there and saw Corinna waiting for him.
"Ok good, now hid behind a pillar and get your bow and an arrow ready. When I say, "Now Sonic!", you shoot him, but you can only shoot him once, so please make it count." She said.
"Don't worry, I got this!" Sonic said. Corinna left quickly and Sonic hid behind a pillar, with a bow and an arrow ready. He took a deep breath.
Some people gotten more sicker and some were almost dying. Some of the people that weren't sick became ill as well. Time was running out for them.
"Now Sonic!" Corinna called six minutes later. She ran closer to Sonic and passed him. He carefully aimed his arrow, waited for Apollo to pass. His aura was large, and he had a power sphere ready to hit Corinna, but Sonic shot the arrow. It struck Apollo behind his back and he went down. Within seconds, Apollo was losing his breath and went to sleep.
Author's notes:
I thank you for reading my fifth chapter of "Sonic and the Olympians!" If you haven't read any of the previous chapters yet, then please do or give this a like, a review or follow me because I'll be making more Fanfics in the future! From now on, I'll be publishing future chapters whenever I can. It would be easier for me if I work on a chapter when I can then trying to rush them out because I don't want to rush this story, but work on it on my own pace. Also, if you didn't know, this story was inspired by two Sonic games named Sonic and the Secret Rings, and Sonic and the Black Knight, but I do not own anything from those games, and they rightfully belong to SEGA!
I do not own Sonic or any of the Sonic the Hedgehog characters, they rightfully are owned by SEGA. However, I do own credit to Corinna, who is my Greek Original Character maiden in this story that is helping Sonic to defeat Hecate. With that being said, I'll see you in the next chapter!