"He's gone." Athena stated. "Maybe we should also leave?"
Hestia's eyebrow rose. "So a 'girl's day' is only entertaining as long as one's being watched? Athena, I am shocked…"
"Hestia, don't you realize what this means? She has been corrupted!" Artemis ducked when an arm came flying her way. "See? The old Athena would never have done that!"
"No, because then you never would have said something like that." Athena slipped into her tunic. "So you're the one who was corrupted."
"That's not true! I don't even have a guy!" Artemis pouted. Somehow she always acted so childish when there was even the tiniest hint about her non-existing love live.
And Hestia didn't like that. Which she voiced quite clearly. "Artemis! Behave your age!"
Athena laughed at the hurt of her friend at the way she was treated. She was the youngest of the three virgin-goddesses and hated it when one of the others reminded her of it.
"Let her, Hestia. She's right, but I still say we should go."
A scream for aid cut of any response of the other two.
"What was that?" Artemis already held her bow.
"It sounded like a human girl." Athena also rose. "Should we aid her?"
"It might be better. It will do our reputation no good if the world finds out we did not aid some one in distress." Hestia dressed again. "Where did the scream come from?"
Another scream sounded from their right.
"That answers your question."
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"Leave me! Please!" The girl tried to wrestle herself out of the painful grip, but failed.
"You little wrench!" The man cruelly shook her lithe frame. "Your brother ruined my plans. So shut up."
"Leave her be!" Although she wore nothing but a tunic most human woman would not even wear if they would be paid to do, Athena was still fearsome in her wrath. And at this point she was fuming.
But the man wasn't even contemplating obeying the goddess. A fatal mistake…
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"It's alright, little one. You're safe." Athena stroked the small head, while looking over at Hestia. "What shall happen to her?"
Hestia looked from the girl to Athena. In the few minutes they had been together neither had let go of the other once.
"We take her with us. She has no one left."