Chapter 7: A big surprise

Dante's House, Venice

Sophie stared amazed to the black- haired man.
"What?"

The man looked at her with a frown.
"Isn't she here?"

"Well… yeah… but..."

"Great."
He pushed her gently aside and stepped inside.
Suddenly he turned around.
"Zhalia doesn't knows she has a brother, doesn't she?"

"No..I… I've never heard her speak of that."

Lock stepped into the hall.
"Sophie who are you talking to...oh."

"Hi, I'm Zane Moon, Zhalia's brother."

"Ehm… Hi, I'm Lock Lambert."

Lock looked at him with open mouth.
You could almost see him think.
Zhalia's brother.. really?
He does looks a bit like her, same eyes, same shape of face, same way of moving.
Wow.

Zane passed him and stepped into the living room, walked to Zhalia, and gave her a hug.
Zhalia pushed him away.
"Who the fuck are you?"

"Don't you recognize me? Ok, stupid question probably not… but… I'm your long- lost brother Zane. Surprise!"

Lock had never seem somebody look so stunned as Zhalia looked now.

"But.. I-I-I don't have a brother?"

"Well you do."

She looked at him with a lot of suspicion.
"Prove it."

"I know this sounds weird but…. 20 years ago our parents died by an accident. We were lost in the woods, and ended up separated. Luckily our uncle found me. He searched for you to but couldn't find you anywhere. We thought you were dead but a few weeks ago I decide to go look for you again, to be sure, and voila, you're not dead, I've found you."

Suddenly long forgotten memories appeared in Zhalia's head.
She and Zane, running through the woods. It was dark. They were scared.
Suddenly she was alone, and lost, all the trees looked like each other…

"That's true I think… I remember.." she whispered.

"Zane!" she said with a smile, and tears in her eyes.

She gave him a hug.

"Come on guys, let's leave them alone for a few minutes." Dante said to Sophie, lock and Cherit.
They walked into the dining room.

Ten minutes later

Zhalia opened the door of the dining room.
"Hey guys, can't Zane join us at our mission to Greece?"

"Yes!" Lock said enthusiastically.

"No!" Sophie said frustrated.

Everybody looked at Sophie.

"One second Zhalia." She said, and she closed the door.

"What's wrong with you Sophie? Why can't he join us?" Lock asked.

"Because I don't trust him. Don't you think it's a little bit suspicious that he appears, just now we're involved in this new mystery?"

"Sophie don't be so paranoia. Zane looks like a nice guy to me." Lock said.
"Dante what do you think?"

"Well, he ís Zhalia's brother and she seems to trust him, so I think we must give him a fair chance." Dante said.

Sophie sighted.
"Fine, I see I'm in the minority"

12 hours later, the Greek islands

The ruin they were looking for was located in a valley at the Island Kythira.
Is was very old ruin, quite big, with a closed gateway.
On the left side of the gateway was a statue of the Greek goddess of revenge Nemesis, and on the right side a statue of the Greek god of love, Eros.
From a distance the gateway didn't looked very special, but if you came closer you saw weird inscriptions.

Lock studied the gateway.
"Ok, these symbols don't make any sense at all ."

Sophie sighted.
"Lock that's ancient Greek."

"Can you read it Sophie?" Dante asked.

"Of course I can."
"It says; This temple belongs to the Casterwell family and contains the key to find the ancient titan of the day, and to complete the Casterwell- task..!"

"Sophie!" Lock said.

"I know! I can't believe it! This temple belongs to my family! Finally I've got a clue to the family task!"

"Congratulations Sophie." Dante said.

"Yeah, great, but first we got to find a way to come inside." Zhalia said.

"Why don't we just break that wall in 1000 pieces!" Zane suggested.

Sophie sighted again.
"I don't think it's that simple. Lock's father couldn't get in and I'm sure he thought of that to."

"Well we can at least try it." Zane said.

"Dragonfist." He said, and hit the wall it all of his power.
Nothing happened.
"Damn not even a little scratch…" He said frustrated.

"I told you so." Sophie said exultant.

"Ok, why don't you try it miss. Know- it- all." Zane said.

Sophie studied the gateway and the two statues.

"Look you can grab Eros' arrow."

"We probably must stick it somewhere…" Lock said.
"But where….. look on Nemesis' chest, a hole!"
He stick the arrow in Nemesis chest, and suddenly a spell appeared on the gateway.

"Love defeats revenge." Lock said.

"Hearth warming." Zhalia and Zane said simultaneously.

Lock said the spell out loud, but nothing happened.

"Why don't you try it Sophie? After all this is the Casterwell temple." Dante suggested.

Sophie put her hands on the gateway, and said the spell.
Suddenly a white light appeared and the gateway opened.

"Well done Sophie!" Cherit said.

The six of them went inside.

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I hope everybody understands that Zane wasn't exactly telling (or knowing) the truth ….. =)

Next chapter the team will continue with their mission, but also something bad is going to happen…