Chapter Seven: "Mother?!"
Sky let out a huge yawn as she walked to the parking garage. It was close to midnight and she was very, very tired. She let out another huge yawn as she approached her hummer. She was so tired she did not hear the approaching footsteps.
"Hello pretty."
Sky screamed as she was grabbed from behind. As she struggled she reached into her pocket and pulled out a can of mace. She flipped the cap and sprayed it's contents into the man's eyes. He let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Sky managed to get away and bolted in the opposite direction. 'Run, run, run,' she kept repeating in her mind as she ran trying to get to Jasper; though she had no idea where he was. As she passed by an ally way she was jumped.
Screaming, the man dragged Sky into the ally. "Let go!" He chuckled darkly "I don't think so Skylla." Sky froze, how did he know her name?! She cried out as she was slammed into the hard brick wall. Her captors hand grasped her neck tightly.
She couldn't breathe as he held her up, his hand tightening even more. Sky's eyes grew as wide as dinner plates when she saw the man's hand start to glow. "Farewell, daughter of Acheron."
"SKYLLA!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She heard a woman scream just as she blacked out. The feeling of the hard ground making contact with her skull as the man dropped her. "You!"
"How dare you!"
The woman screamed at the Daimon, "HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!" she screamed even louder as she shot a blasted the Daimon, hearing him scream as he died. "Skylla?" the red headed woman ran to where Sky laid, now with a large gash on the side of her head.
The woman began to cry as she held Sky's unconscious body in her arms. A bright light enveloped them and the disappeared.
Jasper ran into Lori's shop, causing her to jump about 10 feet into the air. "Jesus Jasper!!!!!!!!" He was slightly out of breath "Sky, where iz she?!" He asked, his French accent becoming thicker as he became more worried. "Lori, where iz she, she is missing?" Now Lori was becoming worried, "you mean she isn't with you?"
"Oh mon Dieu!" (Oh my god!)
"It's okay Jasper. We will find her." "Tout est de ma faute! J'aurais dû être avec elle! Que faire si le Daimon de l'avoir?!" (This is all my fault! I should have been with her! What if the Daimon's have her?!) Lori sat there as Jasper went on in French. Like Sky, not understanding a single word he said.
"Jasper calm down."
Both looked to see Ash standing in the door way. "Acheron, she's gone. I can't find Sky anywhere." Ash froze, "What?" "She's gone Ash. I was supposed to meet her here but she is gone!" A slight wave of relief came over Ash as an idea came into his head. "I think I may know where she is."
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Sky moaned as a sharp pain erupted in the side of her head. Slowly she sat up and looked around noticing that she was no longer in the ally way. She was now in a large Grecian like temple room and she was now lying on a bed of pillows. "Where" her question was cut short as the large doors opened and in walked a woman with long red hair. She wore Grecian robes and had green eyes, just like Sky's.
Sky stood up from the bed of pillows and walked away from the woman. She held a sad expression on her face "Skylla?" "Who are you? And where am I?" A very saddened look formed upon her face, "Skylla. I am Artemis, your mother."