Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Ch. B15: Happening

Yin pounded his fist on the leather arm of the couch. "How? We gave them a clear choice! Leave or die!"

"Yin as now I have played to the Demititans this may be sudden but I couldn't keep it in." Dante took a massive gulp of air. "You need to relay this info Demise and take this."

Dante kicked over a pile of books picking up an old leather scroll case with two gold caps on each end that didn't seem open.

"What is it?" Yin asked taking the gift.

"It holds the five Prophecies of the Demititan reign." Dante sighed rushing over to his weapon wall checking a wicked black Stygian blade named Necromancer. Yin shuddered remembering its nasty bite. "Only the chosen can open it and it never opens the same way again note both caps have sealed."

"So you've read them?" Yin asked noticing the case had some heft to it.

"Twice." Dante said giving his blade a swing the air hissing as if in pain. "Yin get out of here I'm sorry I kept you so long but you are needed."

"Dante." Yin said clapping him on the shoulder. "Thanks."

"Yeah get going." Dante ordered Yin felt his heart skip a beat in the very bad kind of way. "No out the door not out of your body."

"Yeah." Yin gasped wondering if that was what it was like to have a heart attack. "See you Dante?"

"Hmmm..." Dante looked Yin over. "Soon yes."

Yin nodded rushing out of Dante's cave and back to his waiting snow mobile. This was crazy how could the demigods have been so stupid? No this couldn't be right no leader would send their troops to die like this. Yin cursed as he avoided a massive pine. The Demititan shook his head trying rid himself of a collage of fledgling anger. This was crazy why would they return? Did they ever really leave? Did they attack Dante?

"Damn it!" Yin hit the throttle giving him a burst of speed into a massive clearing Camp Kronos's Stygian walls cresting over the horizon. Yin was met with little greeting as the ebony gates opened. Yin road into camp noticing troops getting armor on and sharpening weapons.

Demise approached a grim look on his face. "You sent a black flare?"

"Uh..." Yin knew that a black flair was a big no no unless a massive fight was on its way. "Yeah I have Intel on an advanced party of Romans and Greeks they'll arrive in five days."

"How many?" Demise asked folding his arms skeptically.

"Uh not sure but..." Yin wanted to say they took on the son of Thanatos but refrained. "But if they had over fifty in a scouting party imagine the number with them knowing about us."

"I could imagine that to be quite a number though persuade me." Demise said coldly. "Why should we prepare for a fight that's almost a week away?"

Yin gripped his golden money clip tightly enraged at how this morning the guy was ready to send his troops to die. Now he was almost testing Yin... Yeah that made sense almost too well.

"The troops need to know their enemy." Yin said folding his arms. "You of all people should know that over competence will make us lose this war."

"Hmmm..." Demise thought about that for a second. "Tell me we know you destroyed many of them before why should we not expect such an air of competence?"

"When we struck they were unprepared and ill equipped now they know us and by the fact both Roman and Greek demigods took on our parents and won. In long odds we'd win."

"Well it's a pity I count on simple facts to victory." Demise said leaving Yin back a few steps.

"What... Does that mean?" Yin asked carefully.

"This camp is by no means the only Demititan camp in Alaska." Demise said taking his time. "There two others waiting word of war. We just happen to be further south than them but-"

"Do the others have Stygian walls?" Yin blurted wondering if he had said too much.

"No ours were let's say... A gift from an Ally one we haven't seen for quite some time." Demise spoke of Dante as if he were unwelcome go figure. "Though I have yet to meet him I've heard rumors of his heritage."

A chilly wind blew in that sounded what one would compare a final breath too.

"I would say much more than rumor." Yin said quickly.

"I'd say your right one thing I fear more than..." Demise stopped himself his eyes inspecting Yin. The guy was about to open up like one of Dante's books but he shook it off. "Let's just say Death is a very natural Fear. Back on track I'm putting you in the back lines as a strategist."

Yin flinched in recoil despite himself always dreaming to lead an army. After the past three almost four weeks Yin had been doubling his swordplay and random slash helpful techniques to ready himself for an all-out war. Now the idea of sitting behind a map moving pieces seemed... Almost boring.

"Is this not what you've always wanted Yin?" Demise looked mildly confused. "You've always been a genius for battle tactics..."

"No you're right it is what I always wanted." Yin said with regret. "I'll lead whoever and whatever I need to."

"Good." Demise said as if seeing Yin for the first time. "Yin do you remember what I told you about being on top?"

"When I was all alone I'd know I'm on top." Yin said.

"Then tell me, are you alone?" Demise said almost sounding like he was longing for the answer himself.

"I don't know..." Yin thought he knew he had Alanna but with the events of recent they didn't talk much. No they still had a fire though and that much was certain. "No... I can still say I'm not on top."

"Then you are lucky Yin." Demise said turning his back to Yin. "Being the best is a curse worse than death because... Death is always present waiting for a slip or fall. But I see where you are going Yin and know you are not destined to be an alpha."

Yin nodded unsure what to say to that. He was basically being told he would never... Fit in... Damn ether Demise was a master of psychology or he just knew Yin to well but again he was testing Yin. A silence of understanding stood for a few moments.

"Yin never become someone else." Demise finished walking off to do his job as leader.