Hermes POV

After we saw the woman lay down, all eyes turned to me.

"What the hell happened?" Artemis growled. I flinched a little bit; it was my fault that she had gotten hurt. I looked down before explaining. Artemis growled, whether it was at me or the man, I didn't know.

"You idiot! She told us to stay here for a reason! And you went and ignored it!" Athena scolded me. I knew I messed up already.

"I didn't think-" I tried to speak but was cut off.

"Your right! You didn't think!" Athena growled.

"Enough." Zeus said stopping the argument. "We can't do anything about it now, no more fighting." He said. Poseidon and Hades were nodding in agreement. Strange, normally they were the ones fighting. "Tomorrow we need to figure out how to change back to our normal forms, we can't stay like this forever." He paused, "Get some sleep for now." He said before he went back over to the cushion. Hera followed behind him. I sighed before walking over to the corner. Apollo followed concerned.

"You're hurt," He said with a frown, before looking over my wound.

"It's nothing." I muttered, it was my own fault I received it. He frowned a bit before nodding and walking away. I sighed and closed my eyes.

Morning came quickly. The woman had awoken me when she opened and closed the door to go downstairs. I frowned, what was she doing up this early? It was around 5:00 AM, if the clock was right. An hour later she came back up with stairs with some more food and a small smile on her face, even though I'm pretty sure that bruise of her face was new. She placed down another can of tuna and a can of chicken down for us to eat. The food woke a few, but others continued on sleeping.

I froze when she picked me up though. The others stopped what they were doing and watched. She took a wet towel and cleaned my wound again before wrapping it. When she was done she placed me back onto the ground. I mewed in thanks. She smiled. Her eyes flickered over the door for a moment before she walked over to the side of her bed and sat down. She pulled up one of the wooden floor panels and pulled out a box. It was a simple wooden box with nothing on it. She smiled as she opened it and pulled something out from inside. The ones that could see what it was paled slightly. I frowned. She closed her eyes and began muttering. She was praying.

My father walked up to her and mewed, interrupting her prayer. She opened her eyes and smiled at him. He nudged her hand holding the charm. One of her eyebrows rose, but she opened her palm and showed the charm to him. My eyes widened when I recognized it as well. It was the symbol of Chaos.

There was suddenly movement downstairs causing the woman to look up quickly. She eyed the door before placing the charm back into the box before replacing it back into the hiding place in the floor. She stood up, smiling to us before walking out the door.

Woman's POV

I ran down stairs a quick as I could. I was late if Dave was home. I could hear him rummaging around in his room. I quickly got to the stove and cooked a quick lunch for him. He walked in the kitchen, wearing his normal suit before he sat down and glared. I put the plate of food in front of him before backing away. He glared at it for a moment before picking up the plate and threw it at me. I yelped and ducked under the plate, but his fist followed right after, and that hit me square in the face. I fell to the ground, pain lacing through my jaw, before he forcefully kissed me. It was going to be one of these days. He straddled me before he began touching me. I didn't pull away at all, if I did I would be punished. No matter how much I didn't want this, I could never show it.

There was a hiss in the background making Dave look up. The brown kitten that came down earlier was here watching us. I blushed, not really sure why, it was just a kitten. The little kitten was trying to protect me that much I could see. Dave seemed to ignore it, and began figuring me. I looked at the kitten, pleading in my eyes. The kitten's eyes narrowed before there was a golden light, and in the kittens place was a man with brown hair and brown eyes, he was holding a winged staff with two snakes twisting around it, what was that called? A Caduceus? He wobbled for a moment as if weak or unsure about his footing before he looked up and smirked.

"Where the hell did you come from?!" Dave growled before standing. He kicked me back, causing the man to grit his teeth. I hastily covered myself before hoping that the man would be alright. The man in front of me snapped his fingers and Dave disappeared. He wobbled again for a moment before falling to his knees, his breaths coming out as shallow pants. He squeezed his eyes shut, as if he was in pain.

I pulled myself to my feet and ran over to him. I jerked away when one of the snakes on his staff hissed at me.

"Stay away from Lord Hermes." One hissed. The man or Hermes as the snake called him looked up, pain lingering in his eyes.

"A-are you okay?" I asked unsure.

"R-rest." He panted. I inched closer, unsure of the snakes on his staff, but got under one of his arms and pulled him up. He couldn't stand on his own. Whatever he just did really weakened him. He nearly dropped the caduceus before I grabbed it. The snakes hissed at me, but didn't do anything. Nearly all his weight was on me as I pulled him up to my bedroom. I panted at the top of the stairs before nearly dragging him over to my room. As soon as the door swung open, all the kittens looked up at me. I ignored them as I pulled the man over to the bed. A few of the kittens mewed in alarm. The ones who were on the bed moved as I placed him down, his breathing seemed to be worse. For a moment, it looked as if his body flickered, like he was a projection. I placed the staff down next to him, and the snakes hissed to the kittens. The orange kitten jumped up immediately and sat on his chest as if trying to help. One of the snakes looked up at me.

"You have to help." It hissed.

"H-help? How?" I asked it unsure of what was going on.

"Our Lord is Fading!" The other said sadly.

"Fading?" What did that mean?

"Dying!" I froze at that. This man that had saved me from Dave was dying because of it? I glanced at him his teeth were clenched, eyes closed tight and his fists were held so tight his knuckles were white. I glanced at the kittens they were mewing at him, concerned and sad. The moment I unfroze, I stood and quickly pulled the charm out of its hiding place. It was the only thing I had left of my mother. I remembered that she had told me it had healing powers. Whenever I was hurt she would use this to heal me. All I needed to do was believe. I sat on the bed next to him and held the charm in my hand and placed my other hand on him. He flinched as if it hurt him for me to touch him. And then I prayed.

For a moment nothing happened. But then there was a warmth. Something I felt whenever I held this charm. I prayed to help this man that helped me. And slowly, the man's pants calmed to slow breaths, his fists loosened, and he started to rest peacefully.

When I opened my eyes all the kittens were staring at me. I blushed embarrassed. I looked at the man who was resting peacefully before smiling. I was glad he was alright.

Hermes POV

There was darkness all around me, darkness and pain. I knew I was fading but I couldn't do anything to stop it. When I had changed back from a kitten, I was weak. Weaker than I had ever been, but I had to get that man away from her. But when I did, the fire began to burn away at my soul. It hurt. Oh gods, it hurt. I felt my existence flicker out for a moment before I pulled myself back. I couldn't let myself fade!

I flinched when another presence touched my soul, but it didn't feel bad so I let it connect. Perhaps it was Apollo trying to heal me? For a moment, I felt nothing, but then I felt warmth, something that normally accompanied Apollo's healing, but this was different, it was like a presence, something there to help me.

I then had an 'out of body' experience, as the mortals call it. I was no longer laying in bed, but standing in the void. In front of me stood Chaos. My eyes widened and I kneeled before him. He smiled.

"No need to bow, Hermes." He said. I looked at him before standing.

"M-my Lord?" I asked unsure what was going on.

"You protected my daughter at great risk to yourself." He said with a smirk. His DAUGHTER?! My eyes widened. "She wishes for me to heal you, so I shall." He smiled, "Take care of her." He disappeared and I was pulled back into my body.

My eyes opened slowly. I could hear Martha and George hissing and the others were mewing to each other. My body ached. I groaned softly before trying to sit up. In a moment kitty Apollo was in my face mewing at me.

Lay down! I heard in my head. I smiled at him. He was worried about me. Stay down Hermes. You almost faded! I frowned at the grief in his voice. I sighed and stopped trying to sit up.

What were you thinking Hermes!? My father's voice hissed in my mind.

I had to help her! I couldn't just let him have his way with her! I hissed back to him, angry. He didn't say anything in response. Where is she? I asked Apollo, who was watching me intently. Before he could speak however the woman walked through the door, she was carrying several cans of canned chicken as well as some bread and meat. When she saw me awake she placed the items of food down and walked over to me with a cup of water. I gratefully took it.

"How are you feeling?" She asked. There was a bit of fear in her voice. I glanced at kitty Apollo, who shrugged.

"Better, thanks to you," I said with a small smile. She blushed.

"I didn't do anything," She muttered almost silently.

"If you didn't ask, he wouldn't have helped me." She blushed again before nodding. Kitty Apollo looked at me in question.

Who helped you? He asked in my mind. I glanced at him, but ignored his question.

"You never told us your name." She blushed again, realizing I was true.

"Sara," She said, "Sara Hope." I chuckled at her.

"Nice to meet you, Sara, I'm Hermes." She glanced at Martha and George for a moment before muttering my name under her breath. A surge of power coursed through my body and I smirked. Names were power after all.

"Like... the Greek god?" She asked, causing me to smile. I glanced at my father for a moment before speaking.

"Not really like, I am the Greek god." I said with a smirk. She rose an eyebrow, but she did seem to know who her father was so this shouldn't be too hard to understand. My family members hissed at me because of that rather blunt statement.

Dude, she's so not going to believe -

"Okay." She said with a smile, "That's cool." Kitty Apollo blinked at her. He couldn't believe she was so accepting. "How come you were a cat?" She asked.

"We don't know. Somehow we became cats and were placed in front of your door." She blinked.

"We?"

"Ah yes, these cute little kitties are my family." I said motioning to the area were all the kittens we seated. They were watching us either confused, interested or bored. "This here," I said motioning to kitty Apollo, "is Apollo, my brother." Kitty Apollo looked up at her and mewed. I introduced the rest of my kitty family to her, and she just nodded. After they were all introduced, there was a small awkward silence until she spoke again.

"How come you're not a kitty anymore?" She asked, unsure.

"I don't know." She frowned before looking me over. It was a little disconcerting, it was like she was looking into my soul, but she was the daughter of Chaos after all, she must have been pretty powerful. She finally nodded before smiling. Her smiled faltered a bit.

"What happened to Dave?" She asked. I nearly growled.

"I sent him away." My kitten family were watching us.

"Where?"

"Away." I ground out. My voice hard.

"Far away?" She asked, fear etched into her voice. I looked up at her in surprise.

"Yes."

"Then... then it would take him a while to get back?" I blinked. What?

"Why do you think he would come back?"

"He will." She said great fear lacing her voice, "He always comes. He will find me." She clenched her hand so hard, her figure tips dung into her palms and drew blood. Kitty Artemis hissed in the background. This man Dave was the type of men she loathed. Kitty Apollo mewed at her upset. My family had a multitude of emotions on their kitty faces. Even Dionysus looked angry.

"You've tried to get away before?" I asked, my voice was colder than I meant it to be, but she didn't seem to mind. She nodded and looked down.

"I did. I ran away. But he came after me and found me. I learned to never run away again." She said. When she looked up, I could see the hopelessness in her eyes. I felt a pang go through my heart. I almost tiled my head to the side. What was that?

"You don't have to worry now." I said with confidence. I didn't know where this was coming from. She looked up hopeful. "I'll protect you. I owe you my life after all." I said with a smirk. This time my kitty family was looking at me with a variety of emotions. Most of them were wary and unsure, my father was glaring, while Aphrodite looked like she was about to explode with happiness.

"Thank you," Came a small weak voice. It was the woman Sara in front of me. The voice was so soft I barely caught what she said. I looked at her and my eyes widened, she was crying. I never saw her cry, not even when her husband beat her. Before I knew what happened, she got up and left the room. There was a silence for a bit before Apollo's voice spoke in my mind.

What do you mean someone helped you?