Hi hi! I'm back! Tee Hee. Finally I am getting somewhere with my story. This is where Jay finally becomes, .duh duh duh duh………………… EVIL! MUHAHAHAHA! Boy was this chapter so fun to write! Have Fun!
Chapter 14: Apprentice Pt.3
Jay groaned as he hit felt someone shake him awake. He opened his eyes and there was, surprise, surprise, Darren. He looked angry. Very angry and not pleased one bit. His eyes were narrowed down to slits and Jay could easily see he was losing his patience and fast.
"Wake up already god dammit!" he said shaking him again.
"I'm awake!" Jay yelled sitting up and brushing dust off of his clothes as he stood up. "You don't have to be so harsh! I could not have been unconscious that long."
"You were. I have been waiting 5 minutes for you to awake. Now come on!" he said grabbing the boy roughly by the arm. Jay grunted as he pulled his arm free of the older boys grip and pushed his sore body up off of the dusty ground. When he did though he felt a twinge of pain in his side. His hands flew towards his ribs and he let out a groan of pain as he sank back down once more.
Darren looked over where the boy had fallen once more and rolled his eyes.
"That is what you get for not being careful enough." He said walking back angrily towards the younger boy and grabbing him from under his shoulders. He lifted the boy easily but Jay still had his hands clasped around his rib.
"It is probably only bruised, like the rest of your body." Darren said quietly chuckling to himself.
Jay knew that Darren was right. Right now his entire body felt like one giant bruise. He lifted up his torn shirt to glance at the damage done on his body. He winced as he saw the large bruise that was on his lower chest and stomach. It was swirling colors of blue, black, purple and a disgusting shade of yellow. He sighed and pulled his shirt back down. He also looked at his arms and found that there were small yet deep cuts all along his arms. Jay sighed as his blood trailed down his arm. He ripped off the end of his shirt and began to wrap up his wounds.
When that was done, Jay looked up to see Darren tapping his foot impatiently.
"You done yet?" he snapped impatiently. Jay nodded and so did Darren. "Good. We have to keep on going before we are discovered."
Jay looked around him and saw faint writing on the circular walls of this room.
"What does it say?" he said trying to make out what language it was written in from a distance.
Darren shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know, don't care. Lets get moving." He dragged Jay a little ways away.
Jay could hardly see anything because this room was so dark. He looked up to see if there was a roof to this tall building. But the walls just seemed to be going on and on forever; Jay could not even guess where the ending was. He looked ahead and saw a tall black archway, and there was writing at the top as well, but this writing was clearer to read. Well at least he could tell it was written in ancient Greek.
Darren started to run, therefore so did Jay. They ran a long way and then finally, very abruptly, Darren stopped, causing Jay to stop quickly. Jay looked over Darren's shoulder and saw why he had stopped.
Right before them, was a long dark black pit. Lining it, spiraling all the way down to the bottom of this pit of darkness was a narrow stair case. And it did not look very strong.
"I take it we have to go down there." He said looking at the staircase with worried eyes.
He heard Darren laugh. "You're quicker then I though Blue Jay."
Jay growled again, clenching his fists. He was starting to regret coming with this man.
"Well lets get going." He said walking towards the staircase and walking down a few steps. Jay nodded and followed him.
Darren was more like running down these stairs then walking down them, and his dark brown boots were making big clanking noises as he was descending down the steps.
"I thought that assassins were supposed to be silent? Not so noisy when there trying to sneak up on somebody." He grumbled.
Darren shrugged. "We have a long way to go Blue Jay. Cronus won't be able to hear us until we are on the second last step." He said as he went quicker down the steps.
After what seemed like an hour Jay realized they were only about 60 steps away from the platform they started on.
Jay growled with frustration. "There has to be a quicker way." Jay yelled in frustration.
Darren looked back in annoyance and smirked. "Your right." He said walking towards him. "There is a faster way." Without another words he picked Jay up with some difficulty and threw him off the steps, jumping up with him.
Jim started yelling as he came closer to the ground. As he neared the ground though, Darren came next to him and grabbed him from under his arms. Together they landed on their feat. Thanks to Darren's superior landing skills.
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?" Jay yelled at him as he began to swear. "YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US!"
Darren ran over and covered the boy's mouth. "Dammit Blue Jay shut up already. He can probably hear us now. And besides," he said smirking. "I thought you wanted to get down here quickly? Jumping was the quickest way."
Jay growled and pushed past him. "Lets just get going." He grumbled.
Since Jay was in front of him, he could not see the smirk on Darren's face. His plan was going perfectly.
They began to walk down a long, dark tunnel that Jay could not see the end of. He looked around at the walls. They were made of pure black stone that looked like pure onyx, scratched into the dark colored stone was the same words in ancient Greek as before.
He could not speak ancient Greek well but he knew how to read it. His eyes widened as he realized what the message was.
I Will Rule.
Oh my god, he thought rolling his eyes. If that is what Cronus's decorates his home with, he really needs to realize he is obsessed. He needs a hobby.
Darren and Jay walked along the tunnel for what seemed like forever. And finally, Jay saw it. At the end of the tunnel, was a pale light. He almost gasped with excitement before he realized that he was actually close enough to Cronus that he could actually hear him.
They continued to walk faster and faster until they had both started running faster. Although both for different reasons entirely. Jay was glad that he might actually be able to stop Cronus. And Darren was just glad that he actually would be getting his mission completed for once.
They walked in silence until they finally reached the end of the long black tunnel. Darren stopped and turned around to face Jay.
"Listen," he whispered, gazing through the doorway nervously. "I need to go and talk to them for a few minutes, but I can't risk having you get caught before we can attack." He grabbed him by the shoulder and turned into another room
"But wait!" he protested but Jay just heard him close the door behind him. Leaving the teenaged boy in darkness.
Jay yelled out in frustration and banged his fists against the tall black door. All he heard in reply was an evil cackle.
Jay's eyes grew wide and he looked in between the bars. He banged on the door.
"Darren!" he yelled. "Darren you traitor get me out of here!"
All he got in response was a laugh. Closely followed by the evil laughter of Jay's worst enemy. Cronus. Jay gasped. No, how could he have been so blind! It was a trap.
"Darren you bastard how could you?!" he screamed pacing his cell nervously, desperately finding a way to escape. But there was no way. No crack in the wall that he could try and make a whole through, no loose bolt on the door.
Jay heard another loud laugh and in an instant a pair of stone grey shackles were slashed across his wrists. Jay cried out in surprise and pulled against the chains. But the giants who were there waiting for him were to strong for Jay to rebel against. Soon he was tied and chained against the wall and Cronus walked into the room with a smirking Darren beside him.
Jay growled in anger and pulled against the chains that were holding him back from crushing the evil men into pieces.
Cronus laughed as he saw the boy struggle and resist. He walked towards him and slapped him in the face. But that did not stop the boy from struggling still.
Darren sighed in anger and rolled his eyes. "Give it up already!" he muttered angrily striding towards the boy and standing next to his master. "You know you are not going to break free anytime soon descendent of Jason."
Jay spat in the traitors face. "Get away from me." He hissed dangerously.
Darren laughed once more until his master silenced him.
"So Jay," Cronus said silently circling the teenaged boy. "You finally found my hiding place. After the last eight months of intense searching, you finally find it. Only to be held prisoner in it." Cronus laughed loudly and smirked. "Now that is ironic isn't it?"
Jay urged up all his strength and rushed towards the man, but he couldn't even get close enough to touch the man. "Shut up Cronus." He said loudly, eyes flashing with hatred. "When I get out of here, I will-!" but he was cut off once more by Cronus's loud harsh laughter.
"You don't really think you will get out of here do you Jay?" he said fingering the scythe in his hands. "And if you do, what will happen? You would get captured before you set five feet out of your cell. Besides, you cannot defeat me. Not alone."
"I'm not alone." Jay whispered, although he was not sure who he was trying to convince. Cronus or himself?
Cronus laughed once more. "Well there is no one here that is going to help you anytime soon."
"My friends will come." He growled angrily. Though they both knew that his friends did not even know where he was right now.
Cronus snapped his fingers and immediately six more giants walked into the room, each carrying a large sack over their shoulders or in their arms.
For some reason Jay had a feeling what was in the packages, almost as if he knew all along. He just hoped against everything that he believed in that he was wrong. His eyes grew wide as the giants pushed the sacks onto the floor and slowly opened them. They, all at the same time dumped the contents onto the floor. And just like Jay had predicted with horror, his friends came tumbling out of the dark brown sacks.
Jay saw the dark, stone black shackles that binded all of their hands and feet together. None were speaking or resisting. Jay did not have to see their faces to know that they were unconscious. What scared Jay the most was the injuries he saw on his friend's bodies.
Archie had a long scratch down his back that was causing his blood to soak his entire sweater. There was a tattered piece of cloth around his shoulder that tried to cover a deep shoulder wound, but the cloth was soaked with his blood and sweat. Neil was beside him, blonde hair covering his entire face. Some of the hair on the back of his head was missing; it looked like it got cut by a sword. His bangs were covered in blood and his arms were slashed to pieces. Theresa was all beaten and bloody. Her jeans were ripped so they were slightly above her knees and her entire body was covered in blood, her own blood. Atlanta looked like she was one gigantic bruise and her face was pale from blood loss. She had a deep cut along her stomach that had blood flowing down from it freely. Odie was almost as bad as Atlanta, but he was not as bloody as the rest of his team mates. He had a split lip and his nose looked slightly crooked, probably because he broke it. There were many small cuts lining his back than had blood flowing freely from it. Herry was better then most of them, for in battle he lasted longer then the others. But his body was not its usual color of skin. It was deathly pale in some places, but in other places it was yellow, purple, and a disgusting color of green from all of his many bruises.
Jim heard Theresa whimper slightly and her dull eyelids opened slowly. She took one look at Jay and her eyes widened.
"Jay?" she whispered, her voice cracking up with pain.
Cronus immediately waved Darren over to her and Darren knocked her on the back of her head. With another sigh of pain she collapsed to the ground once more.
Jay growled in anger as he saw Darren smirk at her. He moved closer to the girl and knelt down next to her helpless form.
"Such a gem this one is?" he said smirking at Jay. "To bad she's all mine now."
Jay rushed forward with a look of complete hatred on his face. "Get away from her you son of a bitch!" he hissed. "Before I have to rip your heart out with my bare hands!"
Darren laughed. "Protective now aren't we Jay? Don't worry, I wont harm her, much."
As Darren laughed once more Cronus raised a hand to silence him. Darren stopped immediately and bowed. Cronus motioned towards the door.
"Leave us." He said quietly. Darren bowed lowly, never allowing his eyes to leave the floor. "Yes my lord." He said, smirked once more at Jay and walked out of the dark cell. The six giants also followed behind him when their master waved at them to leave as well.
Cronus knelt down in front of Jay as soon as everyone else had left the room.
"I have a proposition I am sure you won't refuse." He said into the boy's ear.
Jay laughed harshly. "That you obviously know I will refuse." He said determinedly.
Cronus smirked. "I know Jay that you are a brave boy, but once you understand the situation at hand I am sure you will oblige."
Jay shook his now blood soaked head and allowed his hair to fall in front of his face, covering his eyes. "Never." He snarled.
Cronus laughed. "But Jay boy, don't you know that you don't have a choice?" he snickered.
"What do you mean?" he growled through tightly clenched teeth.
Cronus sighed as he rubbed his head. "I honestly thought you would be smarter then this Jay. You greatly disappointed me Jay. Oh well, all that will change. I have a lot to teach you it seems."
"What are you talking about!" he yelled, quickly losing his patience. Cronus only laughed once more at the boy's hardly controlled anger.
"I now know your weakness." He whispered into his ear. Jay's eyes narrowed slightly as the man pulled away and smirked at him once more.
"Stop speaking in your riddles Cronus!" He snapped angrily. "Answer me!"
"Your love." He said once more.
Jay froze up. "Love?" he whispered. "I-I-, I don't know what you are talking about!" he snapped once more, trying to hide the fear in his voice. But he could not stop his angry face from turning to a look of complete horror when Cronus motioned to his friends.
"Your love for your companions. For your little friends! I am surprised I did not think of this before! Your friends are your salvation. Your family. The one thing that keeps you from falling apart. You would do anything to protect them more then they would try to protect you. And don't try to deny it! For I see it in your eyes every time I strike one of your friends. The flash of fear, of worry that flows into your eyes." He smiled his evil smile and chuckled. "It makes me feel great. Seeing you suffer at your friends pain. And you would do anything to free them from that pain. At first I thought it was because you were the leader, but now I see what it truly is. Love. Love is the thing that keeps you going at night. Your love for your teammates is what makes your anger burn whenever you see me. And your love for your friends is going to make you agree with what I have to offer you."
Jay did not respond as he let Cronus's words sink deep into his skin and into his heart. Love? His love for his friends? Were his feelings really that serious.
He sighed painfully. What have I gotten my self into! He scolded himself silently. I knew it was dangerous to get to close. But my heart had to over rule my brain! Crap!
"What do you want from me?" he whispered in a slightly hurt voice, unable to contain his worry any longer.
Cronus smiled which scared Jay greatly. "Not only from you Jay, but from your little friends too."
Jay laughed a dry laugh. "Good luck." He said. "Not matter what you threaten, they will NEVER obey you! And neither will I!"
"I don't think you understand Jay." He said his smile disappearing. "You don't have a choice. You can't escape my prison, and neither can your friends. Now, my proposition Jay. Join me."
Jay burst out laughing. Cronus's eyebrows knitted together in anger, he didn't like to be laughed at.
"You actually think I would join you? Wouldn't you be worried I would capture you in your sleep or something? Why would you even want me to join you? I am your enemy and always will be."
Cronus sighed as he paced the room once more. "Jay, when there was that encounter with Echo, she did not tell you what else she did, did she?"
Jay looked at him oddly. "Where are you going with this Cronus?"
Cronus sighed once more very impatiently. "She placed a spell on me!" he barked. "She unknowingly placed a spell on me that is slowly but surely draining my power! And when she destroyed my hideout, she also destroyed the item I was creating to make myself more powerful. That is why I have sunk so low as to get human help. That is why I got my slave here," he said talking about Darren. "And trained him to become an assassin so my plan can go perfectly. But in order to make my item again, I need help." He walked towards Jay and tilted his head up so he was staring straight into Cronus's evil red eyes. "Your help."
Jay laughed harshly. "Not happening Cronus. Get used to disappointment."
Cronus frowned. "Always liked to play games, didn't you Jay?" he stated smiling evilly. "I never was really good at games. I always hated to lose." He then walked towards his friends. "So I just started cheating." In an instant Jay lunged forward towards the man.
"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" he yelled angrily yet his entire body shaking from fear for his friends.
Cronus laughed. "So here is what is going to happen Jay." He began walking back towards the boy. "Your friends here have already been injected with a dangerous substance. A dangerous poison that you have probably heard of before. It destroys a person, from the inside."
He stopped for a moment, allowing Jay to think for a few moments. Although it did not take Jay long to figure out what Cronus was talking about.
"The poison of the underworld." He whispered. "You injected them with the poison of the underworld!" he yelled angrily.
Cronus laughed once more. "Yes Jay, you always were a smart boy. So let me get straight to the point Jay. Join me, and you will let your friends live. All you have to do is have an eternity of servitude until I have my way with you. You will have to follow all my orders and do all I ask in silence. But deny even the smallest request," he said kneeling so his face was inches away from Jay's. "And I will destroy them Jay," he hissed. "And I will make you watch every second of it. Now is that what you want Jay? Is it?"
Jay knelt there, speechless for many moments. He bowed his head down, allowing his hair to cover his eyes and most of his face. Cronus's eyebrows raised and he smirked when he saw a small trickle roll down the cheek of the young leader.
"No," he whimpered, like a small defenseless child. "Please no, I………….I will do what ever you want."
Cronus smiled wickedly. "Good," he said snapping his fingers once more. Immediately his six giants walked into the room closely followed by Darren. "Take the bait and put them at the edge of the forest. And make sure to give them a nasty bump on the head so there is absolutely no possibility of them remembering even the slightest thing."
Darren nodded and waved the giants on. He bowed down low and walked out the door. "It shall be done my master." The giants picked up the six teenagers once more and dragged them out of the cell, leaving behind them a bloody trail.
When they left Cronus turned back to the now openly crying Jay. He had tears trailing down his cheeks and staining his already blood covered clothing. He had his mouth clenched tight and his fists as well. He seemed to be trying to control himself, control his emotions, but it was not working.
"I will be back tomorrow at dawn for training. And until then, sleep well my slave. And from now on," he said smirking at the already pain filled boy. "I want you to call me master."
Jay nodded his head and opened his mouth to speak. But no words could come to his throat. Instead he only bowed his head once more. He tried to block out the sound of Cronus's harsh laughter that rung in his ear as loud as church bells. And he tried to erase the memory of seeing his friends dragged out of the cell leaving a bloody puddle and trail where they had laid. But he could not stop the memories from evading his mind and torturing his soul.
And he could not stop his gigantic sobs that were emerging from his throat. Or his silent tears from falling down his already pale cheeks.
OMG I am such a bad author for not updating in 4eva! But I have done it! Sry, I have three stories on the go right now. Or is it 4? Oh well I 4get. Anyways, review please! And I know you are all going to hate me for doing this to Jay.