Chapter 11

Jay was starting to get dizzy as he paced outside of Chiron's room for the hundredth time, Chiron needed quiet to give Theresa a blood transfusion and to mend her wrist and that meant that Jay wasn't allowed to be in the room with her, but Chiron had said it wouldn't be long and it had already been an hour and a half, if only he and Theresa were the same blood type also if Jay wasn't guaranteed to pass out again just like he did when he gave some of his blood to Neil, then he could probably be in the room with her, luckily though Herry was the same blood type as Theresa and he had gladly rolled up his sleeve to give Theresa some of his blood.

"Jay, calm down." Archie said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah I'm sure she'll be fine." Neil said standing up as Krista walked into the hallway holding Taylor; Chiron had already checked her over and she was fine she didn't even need a blood transfusion, "hey beautiful ladies." Neil said walking over and kissing Taylor's forehead and kissing Krista on the lips.

"Nice Neil." Atlanta said her voice barely above a whisper.

"What?" Neil asked confused before he looked over at Jay and saw him wiping away a tear as he began pacing again, "oh," Neil said as he realized what he had just done, "sorry Jay."

"I'm fine." Jay said through clenched teeth, God how he was tired of having to worry about losing Theresa, they should be planning their wedding right now, and getting ready to start their lives together, but Cronus was going to possibly ruin that… again.

"Jay?" Chiron's voice brought him out of his thoughts.

"Chiron!" Jay said running over to him, "how is she?"

"And how's Herry?" Giselle asked handing Tim to Atlanta before running over standing beside Jay.

"They're both fine, Herry is awake, Theresa I'm keeping out for a little while just so the her blood can replenish properly."

"Can I see Herry?" Giselle asked eagerly.

"Go ahead." Chiron said stepping out of the way, as Giselle ran into the room.

"OK I'll just hold onto your baby." Atlanta said slightly annoyed.

"How long is Theresa going to be out for?" Jay asked eagerly, he really wanted to see her.

"Probably not for much longer." Chiron said, "you can go in and sit with her if you'd like."

Jay smiled at Chiron as he ran past him briefly looking over at Gisele and Herry who were kissing, Jay smiled slightly as he thought of kissing Theresa, and quickly ran over to her sitting beside her on the bed taking her good hand, her other hand was now in a sling, God even with her eyes closed she still looked exhausted, she had dark circles under her eyes, but at least she was starting to get colour back in her face again.

"I love you sweetheart." Jay said kissing Theresa's cheek lightly, as he rested his forehead against hers.

Theresa smiled as Atlanta finished doing up her dress; her wedding dress to be exact today was the day that she was going to marry Jay, the day she had been waiting for, for what seemed like forever.

"You ready?" Atlanta asked handing Theresa her bouquet.

"So ready." Theresa said smiling as she took the bouquet and put her veil over her face, as she followed Atlanta down the hallway towards the alter where she would marry Jay.

"You look beautiful." Theresa's father said as he offered Theresa his arm.

"Thanks Daddy." Theresa said smiling as Atlanta walked down the aisle, Theresa counted to 10 as the doors open revealing Jay, looking quite dashing in a tux, and as soon as he saw Theresa Jay gave her the biggest smile she had ever seen, Theresa smiled back at Jay starting to get more and more excited with each step that her and her Father took, how she wished that they could walk faster but she knew that she had to keep herself composed.

Just as Theresa and her father almost made it to the alter Theresa screamed as her Father fell and as Theresa examined why she saw that he had a sword in his back.

"Dad!" Theresa cried looking back over at the alter where Jay was lying in a pool of blood, "Jay!" Theresa screamed, tears filling up in her eyes, "Atlanta, Archie, Neil, Herry?!" Theresa called looking around but everyone in the church was now gone, "Hello?" Theresa asked looking around but not seeing anyone, the only two that were still in the church with her were Jay and her Father.

"Poor Theresa," came a voice that made Theresa sick to her stomach.

"Cronus!" Theresa said through gritted teeth, as Cronus appeared with Odie and the other vampire, Anna.

"Sorry for ruining your wedding, Theresa, but I figured this would be the best place to get my point across." Cronus said with a smug look on his face.

"What point?" Theresa asked tossing her bouquet away, since it wouldn't be any good in a fight anyways.

"The point is, Theresa as long as I'm around there is no happy ending for you or your friends, and guess what you have no hope in defeating me." Cronus said laughing before turning to Odie, "kill her." Cronus said walking away.

"Gladly." Odie said smiling.

"I can beat you." Theresa said through gritted teeth.

"What's the point now?" Odie asked stepping out of the way so that she could see Jay's lifeless body, "you have nothing to live for now anyways." Odie said laughing.

Theresa fought back tears as she looked at Jay letting her anger build up as she began shaking, getting ready to turn into a werewolf.

"Anna stop her." Odie said sounding bored.

"Gladly." Anna said as she ran over to Theresa grabbing her arm and clamping something onto her wrist, Theresa cried out in pain as whatever it was started burning her.

"What's going on?" Theresa asked falling to her knees, as she looked at her wrist realizing that it was a bracelet, a silver bracelet, "oh God." Theresa said as she felt herself getting weaker and weaker.

"Don't worry I'll make this quick." Odie said walking over to Theresa lifting up her head to reveal her neck, smiling Odie bit her neck sucking her blood.

Theresa screamed sitting up too fast almost falling off the bed, luckily Jay was there to grab her.

"Theresa!" Jay yelled alarmed, as he saw that Theresa was crying, "it's OK!" Jay said pulling Theresa into a hug.

"There's not going to be a happy ending for us, any of us if Cronus gets out!" Theresa sobbed into Jay's shoulder.

"That's why we're going to try everything to not let that happen!" Jay said trying to calm Theresa down.

"Is she alright?" Atlanta asked concern evident in her voice.

"I think she had a nightmare." Jay said rubbing Theresa's back, "shhh it's OK Theresa."

"It was awful." Theresa said still sobbing.

"OK maybe keeping her out for as long as I did wasn't the best idea." Chiron said sounding concerned and guilty at the same time.

Jay hugged Theresa tighter as she continued crying into his shoulder, wishing that he could make her feel better somehow.

Anna ran through the door just as the sun came up, if she had have been even a second later she would have been burned, but that was the last thing on her mind right now.

"Clarissa!" Anna yelled, "I need you!"

"What's happened?" Clarissa asked running down the stairs.

"Odie's been kidnapped by his old friends!"

"Oh dear." Clarissa said.

"I have to save him, or else God knows what Cronus is going to do to Chloe!" Anna said almost going into hysterics.

"I'll find a spell!" Clarissa said waving her finger making her spell book land on the table, Clarissa opened it flipping it to a page reading it, after a few seconds she turned and faced Anna, "How do you feel about being half mortal for a bit?"

"If it helps me save my daughter, then I'll do anything!" Anna said sounding desperate, she had to save Odie.

"Alright then." Clarissa demanded, as she closed her eyes and began glowing "God of death, God of life make me neither dead or alive make me not burn in the sun nor burn at the touch of vervain, to survive make me feed on human food once more, make me feel no pain still though, let me continue to run at the speed of light, and continue to compel others continue to make me heal instantly and be only killed by a stake to the heart, I ask of you in need make me not dead but half mortal half vampire, for only a short time, This is my will so mote it be." As Clarissa finished the spell she opened her eyes and was now holding a bottle in her hand.

"What's that?" Anna asked confused.

"This is what you must drink to become half mortal again." Clarissa said handing Anna the bottle.

"It's going to be so strange being mortal again." Anna said staring at the bottle in her hand.

"So why don't you just forget about Odie then?" Clarissa asked.

"What?" Anna growled.

"Why don't you leave Odie with his old friends, and you and I can go and find Chloe?"

"But what about Cronus?" Anna asked touching the necklace, and wondering if Cronus could hear their conversation right now, she prayed that he couldn't.

"If you don't help him get out who's to say if he'll ever get out?" Clarissa asked.

Anna looked at Clarissa and then at the bottle weighing her options, it was true if Anna, Odie, and Clarissa didn't help Cronus get out of Tarturas the odds of him escaping were probably pretty slim, but then again she just couldn't risk her daughter's life like that, "I can't do it Clarissa, I need to make sure my daughter's safe."

"So you've made up your mind?" Clarissa asked although she already knew the answer.

"I have." Anna said opening the bottle and closing her eyes drinking the potion inside, after the bottle was empty Anna fell to her knees screaming, as a sharp pain began in her chest, "Clarissa, what is happening to me?!" Anna demanded before the pain got worse causing Anna to fall flat on the floor.

"The potion is working," Clarissa said kneeling down beside Anna, putting a hand on her shoulder, "right now it's working in your chest."

"But what's it doing?" Anna asked her voice was shaky.

"You'll see in about five seconds," Clarissa said and Anna could hear the smile in her voice.

"Wh…" Anna began to ask before she felt her heart flutter before it started beating again, "oh my God!" Anna said surprised.

"Your transformation is complete." Clarissa said watching as Anna stood up, "now you have a heart beat and some colour in your skin, so no one should suspect a thing."

"What about that annoying one, Theresa?" Anna asked, "with her sixth sense she might be able to sense that it's me."

"Good point," Clarissa said walking over to a drawer opening it, before she began moving some things out of the way.

"What are you looking for?" Anna asked confused.

"This." Clarissa said taking out a necklace.

"A necklace?" Anna asked raising an eyebrow at Clarissa, "what's that going to do?"

"It'll stop Theresa from being able to use her powers to detect you, just make sure that you don't take it off." Clarissa said handing Anna the necklace.

"But what about this one?" Anna asked looking down at the necklace Cronus had given her.

"You're going to have to take it off for now, don't worry if Cronus tries to contact you I'll answer."

Anna nodded as she took the necklace from Clarissa, before taking her existing necklace off.

"I really hope this works." Anna said sighing.

"It will," Clarissa said hugging Anna, "good luck."

"Thank you." Anna said walking to the door opening it, hesitating she squinted looking up at the sky, turning back she looked at Clarissa uncertain, "are you sure it's not going to burn me?"

"You're part mortal now, you'll be fine."

Anna took a deep breath turning back towards the outside before running out of the house, and as soon as the sun hit Anna's shoulder she let out a sight of content, it had been so long since she actually felt the sun on her skin, and she had forgotten how much she missed it.

"What a beautiful day!" Anna said happily as she continued running through the forest towards New Olympia, where she would hopefully find one of those heroes, so she could save Odie.

Theresa felt as if she was going to be sick, she couldn't get the dream that she had out of her head, she knew that it was true, if Cronus escaped from Tarturas again then her and Jay might never get the happily ever after that she had always wanted with him.

"Theresa!" Jay called running to catch up with her, "are you supposed to be walking around?" He asked concerned.

Theresa shrugged not meeting Jay's gaze, "Chiron said it was alright."

"What is wrong?" Jay asked taking her good hand in his to stop her from walking.

"Nothing." Theresa said a little too fast, she knew Jay would never believe her.

"Did you have a vision?

"I don't think it was a vision," Theresa said shuddering as she remembered her dream, "it was more of a nightmare."

"About what?" Jay asked watching as Theresa turned her head away from him closing her eyes as a few tears escaped her eyes, "Theresa, please tell me what's wrong." Jay said wiping away her tears and turning her head gently to face him.

"Jay, if Cronus escapes then how are we ever going to get our happily ever after?" Theresa asked her voice barely above a whisper.

Jay sighed pulling Theresa into a hug, kissing the top of her head, "Theresa I promise you we'll get our happily ever after because we're going to defeat Cronus again just like when we were teenagers."

"But what happens if this time it's different?" Theresa asked looking up at Jay, with fresh tears filling in her eyes.

"This time it is going to be different, we won't have 7 of us trying to defeat Cronus, we have you me, Archie, Atlanta, Neil, Herry, Gisele, Krista, and possibly Chloe, Cronus won't even know what hit him, and that's if he even escapes."

Theresa thought about this before smiling and standing on her tiptoes to kiss Jay, "I love you, Jay."

"I love you too, Theresa." Jay said before leaning down for another kiss.

"Am I interrupting?" Atlanta asked as she rounded the corner and saw Jay and Theresa kissing, as soon as they heard Atlanta's voice Jay and Theresa stopped kissing and began laughing.

"No Atlanta." Theresa said blushing slightly.

"Well that's good, because Hera wants to see us…" Atlanta said hesitating.

"What's wrong?" Jay asked concerned.

"It's about Odie," Atlanta said sadly, "and it's pretty urgent."

"Alright let's go." Jay said as he and Theresa followed Atlanta down into holding cell beneath Hera's office, where the others were all standing looking through a glass window, and as Jay and Theresa got closer they discovered that Odie was behind the glass banging on it in vein trying to get out.

"Let me out of here!" Odie screamed, before noticing Theresa, "you!" He growled pointing to her, "you did this to me!" Odie screamed banging on the glass again, "you should be dead!"

Jay instinctively pulled Theresa behind him in an attempt to hide her from Odie, but it didn't work since Odie could still see her, "you will be dead soon, I promise you this." Odie said growling.

"OK that's enough," Hera said turning to Zeus, "would you please close the screen over the glass so we can get some quiet."

Zeus nodded typing a code into a computer by the glass and watching as a screen blocked Odie from view.

"Wow he is really far gone." Herry said surprised.

"Can we do anything to help him?" Archie asked looking at Hera.

Hera sighed looking at Zeus before looking back at the heroes and Gisele, Krista, and Chloe, "Odie is too far gone now, he's drinking human blood, and if he wants to kill Theresa as badly as he does then I'm afraid that we don't have a choice…" Hera said trailing off.

"Hera, what are you saying?" Atlanta asked although she and everyone else already knew the answer.

"We have to kill Odie before he kills one or more of us." Hera said sadly.

"There's honestly nothing we can do?" Jay asked his voice breaking slightly.

"He's a vampire now, so trying to make him think rationally again is going to be impossible, especially since he has animal instincts now." Zeus said.

Theresa felt like she was going to pass out, this was all because of her, it was her fault that Odie had died five years ago when she had played Cronus' game, and now it was her fault that he had been turned into a vampire, and now Odie had to die again.

"Oh my God!" Theresa cried running out of the hallway.

"Theresa!" Jay called after her, but Theresa just kept on running, "I'm going after her!" Jay said running after Theresa.