Sara's POV

"Okay, this is what we're going to do." Hermes said suddenly. I stopped looking at the ceiling and looked at him, but he was looking at his kitty family. They were scowling at him, but quickly began moving back into the box. Once they started, his eyes turned back to mine. "You are going to take my family out of here while I distract the Manticore." He said with a frown. "You need to take them to the Empire State Building, in New York." He told me. "Do you understand?" I nodded my head slowly.

"But, what about you?" I asked slowly.

"I'll be fine. I am immortal after all." He informed. I frowned at him.

"What about that thing that happened nearly thirty minutes ago?" I asked, concerned. He grimaced at my question, obviously not wanting to recall the experience.

"I was very weak when I turned from a kitten back to this form. I'm stronger now, you don't have to worry, just get my family to New York." He said with a smile. I didn't smile back. There was something in his tone that remained me of myself when I lied to Dave. But I nodded to him, and picked up the box that contained his family. When I turned back to him, his smile almost seemed strained. He moved the dresser out of the way of the door, cautiously pulling it open and pulled the little silver sword out of its sheath. He waved for me to follow. It seemed as though Dave had made himself scarce since he had first appeared.

We slowly made our way down the stairs, looking cautiously throughout the house for any sign of Dave. The house was eerily silent as we made our way through the house. Hermes's head snapped up, looking off to the side.

"Go!" He whispered harshly, running the opposite direction we were moving. I was startled for a moment before taking off towards the garage. The kittens mewed in protest as we separated. I silently closed the door to the garage behind me and placed the box of kittens on the floor. A grim look spread across my face. I knew Hermes had been lying when he said he would be fine.

"I have to help him." I whispered to myself. A bit of hope flashed in the kittens eyes as I stood and turned towards the door to the house. "I have to help." I said louder before rushing back inside the house. The kittens could only watching as I left them to face Dave, the monster, and hopefully save Hermes's life.

Hermes POV

After separating with Sara and the rest of my family, I rushed towards the Manticore and slashed the sword at it. The Manticore stopped short and jumped away from my attack. It chucked lightly looking me over.

"Come to stall me, messenger god?" The Manticore asked. I frowned at the creature. It obviously knew that I was weak, otherwise it would not have been so cocky.

"I won't let you have them." I told it with determination. This time the Manticore laughed, malice in its eyes.

"Oh, I can see your wariness, messenger god, I know you won't be able to beat me." The Manticore smile, showing its razor sharp teeth. "It's time to feast!" It hissed rushing forward. I was barely able to move out of the way as one of its razor sharp claws slashed were I was standing. I wasn't able to dodge, however, was the stinger from its tail, which sunk deep into my arm. I hissed in pain and staggered as the poison entered my bloodstream. Before I could move again, the stinger was harshly pulled out and the beast's teeth sunk into my side. My eyes widened at the influx of pain.

"Aaarghhh!" I screeched out. The beast threw me against the wall, releasing me from its grip. I grunted in pain as my back slammed into the wall. I breathed heavily as my golden blood poured onto the floor.

"Delicious." The Manticore said, my golden blood on its face as it licked the golden blood off its fingers. "I never knew gods could taste so good." A sinister smirk spread across its face. "Good thing there are quite a few more kittens that taste the same." I struggled to keep my eyes open. I knew that if I 'died' here, I wouldn't have the strength to reform. If I 'died', then this time, I really would fade. The Manticore stood over me, the smile still on its face and it opened its mouth, teeth, lingering over my neck. I swallowed hard. Fear crept up on me. I was really going to fade. I was scared.

The Manticore lunged for my throat, but stopped short, causing me to blink. In its stomach was the point of the celestial silver blade that I had dropped previously. Its eyes widened as it turned to dust and standing behind it was a worried and shaking Sara.

"H-Hermes." Sara said looking over my injuries. A smile tried to make its way onto my face, but I was too tired to manage it. I groaned in pain as she placed her hands on my injury trying to stop the bleeding.

"T-t-there's nothing…. you… can... do…" I gasped out as my vision blurred and began to darken. "P-perh…aps… if… Apollo… -" That was all I could manage before she disappeared and quickly returned with a bright orange kitten whose eyes widened and meowed out in alarm. I could see my blood in his thick fur, how did it get on him?

I snapped back to consciousness as someone slapped my face. I blinked at two worried sky blue eyes staring at me.

"I need you to hold this on his wound, okay? Until the bleeding stops." The voice said. It sounded so familiar. But who was it? My vision faded once again, before I was shaken and a soft worried female voice spoke to me.

"Hermes, you need to stay awake." It said, "You can't sleep yet. Just a little bit longer, okay?" Something inside me wanted to listen to the voice, but I couldn't I was just too tired. Finally, after much struggling, I lost the battle of consciousness.

I'm not very good at fight scenes so sorry if that sucked, I've been trying to make it better but eh. Sorry for the long span in updates, but it's hard for me to focus on one story at a time. In the span that I've written this and edited it, I've started and continued ten or more different stories.