"I think this is the place." Fayt had lead the group to a cave, which according to the directions on their note, their friend was being held captive. Sure enough, once they walked through the cave, the young man known as Daemon had been standing on a raised platform along with with bound Orion. His golden eyes shimmered brightly in the darkness of the cave.
"We're coming to get you, Orion!" Mariella noted that Orion, although bound and gagged, looked relatively unharmed. He even seemed relaxed despite the circumstance.
"I'm glad you all could make it. Defeating so many demigods may finally get me some well deserved recognition." Daemon flashed a quick smirk upon his face, but it quickly faded back to it's expressionless form. It was hard to read his emotions, which served to heighten Daemon's fighting ability.
"Don't underestimate us. We're coming serious this time and when we're done, you'll lay dead at our feet." Iliana pulled out her Raven staff, while the others pulled out their respective weapons as well.
"Me, lay dead at your feet eh?" Daemon's eyes narrowed as he withdrew a small dagger, as well as a Stygian Iron short sword. And suddenly, Daemon was gone. He reappeared directly behind the group, nearly catching them off guard. "Come at me then."
"Gladly!" Iliana lead the charge by teleporting behind Daemon and swinging her axe at him. It nearly cleaved him in two, but at the last second her blow seemed to slow down just enough for her foe to escape being slashed. She did however, manage to follow up with a powerful kick that sent him flying. Mariella took the opportunity that Iliana created to fire several well placed arrows at the rope that bound Orion's arms and legs in order to free him.
"Nice work." Orion removed the gag placed on his mouth and joined the group in battle.
"Fayt!" Zephyr had unleashed a chaotic hurricane of wind that enveloped Daemon completely. He was fighting through it, but still couldn't quite escape. Fayt nodded towards Zephyr and joined him by using his own control over the wind. While Zephyr's wind was significantly more powerful and forceful than Fayt's, the latter's wind was a lot more controlled and wasted less power. Daemon's feet was swept up from under him by the wind, and he flew into the air. He managed to recover in midair however, and drop kicked Orion in the face.
"You've got to try harder." Daemon was trying to get underneath the demigods' skin. It would be a lie to say that it wasn't working.
"Why are you even doing this? You're a demigod like us. We aren't bad people and neither are you." Orion wasn't the best person to give speeches, because of how he was never actually seen getting passionate about anything.
"Shut up, what do you know? And besides; I'm not a Demigod. I'm a Demititan." Daemon's correction suddenly made everything fall into place. The way their blows slowed down when they were aimed at him. The way he was able to move so quickly. Those brilliant golden eyes. "I'm a child of Kronus. How could any of you possibly understand what that's like? To be foresaken by all the gods, and even your father himself. To have to live life trying not to be killed not only by the monsters that live in this world, but the very gods that soverign it. But I'm a survivor. I'll show all the gods my worth; even if I have to defeat every demigod who lives." Daemon flashed bits of anger in the middle of his speech, which was understandable given his circumstances.
"I feel for you; really, I do. But you're going about this the wrong way." Fayt tried to reason with Daemon, in vain.
"Shut up!" Daemon launched himself at Fayt and was able to graze him with his short sword. Daemon was like a whole other person once he began fighting while enraged. He was fully integrating his time powers this time, and although the group did manage to land several blows and they were outnumbering him, they still began to struggle. Atleast, that's how it started initially. Demigods were naturally quick learners, and the group was no exception. They began to learn how to compensate for Daemon's time control as well as anticipate when he would use his power. With that knowledge, the tide of the battle slowly began to turn.
"Last chance to give up." Orion spoke rather calmly despite the situation.
"I'm not going to give up. I'm going to defeat you all. I'm going to save Eris. I'm going to get the recogniation that I deserve!" Daemon clashed his sword against Orion's Trident shaped magical weapon, the Wave Crusher. Orion then counter-attacked with his sickle shaped weapon, Storm Breaker. Daemon was knocked back and staggered a bit; falling completely over when Mariella shot an exploding arrow in front of him. Daemon rolled backwards, but was met with a bolt of lightning from Fayt. Daemon went to a kneeling position; his breath heavy.
Orion at this point, put his weapons away and walked over to their defeated foe. "Join us." Orion's offer caused a quizzical expression to appear on Daemon's face.
"He bound and gagged you. Are you insane?" Iliana was the first to speak up against Osris.
"Yeah, what is wrong with you." Mariella and Zephyr chimed in with nearly unison.
"Remember though guys; he was left unharmed." Fayt sided with Orion, for the same reason he imagined Orion offered in the first place. Children of the big three were previously in a similar situation as Daemon, and considering Fayt and Orio nwere children of the big three, they could relate. However at this point, the group erupted into their own individual arguing and bickering over the fate of Daemon.
"That's enough!" Daemon threw a punch at Orion, but his fist hit a wall of water that Orion had summoned. "I will never, ever join you. So you don't have to worry about any of that! I'll save Eris before you do. Cross me again and I won't be so nice the next time around." Daemon took off running out the cave, and Zephyr began to follow him.
"Let him go." Orion grabbed his foot just before he managed to fully take flight and yanked him back.
"Fine. Now what; oh fearless leader?" Zephy sarcastically asked. It either flew over Orion's head or he simply decided to ignore it however.
"We continue to our destination. On foot this time. I don't think we should seperate again." With Orion's orders, the group moved out and continued towards the location of Eris.