Chapter 7
I hopped in the car and Apollo winked at me. I gave him a half smile back, not sure exactly what to make of it. We drove for a little in silence the sun was rising. We were making the sun rise. It was a amazing feeling to have power over something like that. I could see the faint outlines of stars and planets. Apollo traced my gaze and looked at me again.
"Into the stars and moon?" he asked and I nodded. It was a breathtaking view and I was truly blessed to see it. "I can take you up there, beautiful." he said brushing the hair from my bruised face. I looked puzzled.
"What do you mean?" I inquired. He laughed a musical laugh.
"You think I bought this car for the looks, gorgeous? No, it can go up there. I don't exactly know how it worked because you know me-always listened to my dad Zeus." He said. I snorted.
"Your not the only one who doesn't listen." I answered curtly.
"Wattcha mean, baby?"
"I mean this whole quest thing and this whole mistake that we made. You have to admit, we screwed up pretty big." I said then added a witty remark to lighten the situation. "Baby." He laughed.
"We didn't screw up, Cassandra. In a matter of fact your three on my top ten favorite girls list." He said and my mouth dropped open.
"Kidding, kidding." he said. I laughed. He did the same. For a minute I didn't care about the quest. For a minute I forgot why I was here. Then I thought better of trying to make a move.
"Really though, what can you tell me about the prophecy." I asked and I hit his head lightly on the wheel, beeping the horn and he groaned.
"You've got my heart on a string! You women! It's always like this!" He said. My expression changed.
"What do you mean, honey?" I asked trying to sweet-talk my way into learning something. He put an arm around my shoulder.
"You swear that now were all good that you and I can go on together like nothing happened." He said and I'd never seen him like this.
"I swear, baby. What's up though?" I asked. The sun god was always so calm and collected I had no idea what was going on.
"Cassandra. You guys are right your looking for my ex and that's about all I know. She loved the ocean. I think it's an island. Thantos is death and I'm pretty close to wanting to kill that Zakk kid." he said.
"Why?"
"Because you two like each other." he said and I blushed realizing that he was joking.
"Zakk and I are just friends. Will you quite acting so paranoid?" I said.
"Were here." He said gravely and then winked. "I'll get close and you can jump down like James Bond then make up some clever one liner."
"Or you could just park in front of them." He thought about it.
"Good idea." He said and it landed. I stepped out and Aaron drew a sword. Apollo snapped a finger and it melted.
"Now I think this is kind of self explanatory. You listen to Cassandra or you'll be in Hades faster than you can beg for your life." He said and I breathed in.
"Ok, guys. Apollo told us some stuff that might help. We need to find a Island east of here."
"What about Cliff Island of the coast of Maine?" Kyra suggested and I thought it over. It would make sense. It was far out and no one lived there. Kyra surprised me.
"Ok. Let's check there!" I said and looked around for Apollo when I noticed that he was gone.
"Evasive jerk." Aaron muttered. I blushed.
"Well, Cliff Island It is!"