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A quick heads up that in a week, I will be on vacation for a week so that means no fanfics from me. I'm sure you will all make without. :)
"3 hours to Winnipeg." I told myself as the sun began to set. We were no longer in Ontario. We were in the province of Manitoba which was notorious for its spring floods and vast plains. Luckily, we were past the flooding season. I couldn't imagine the extra troubles of floods on top of greek mythical monsters.
How was Ashlynn might you ask? I cheered her up a little by buying her some tim hortons coffee. The places were at almost every junction. By midday, she was relaxed and happy, admiring the scenery and having a few naps. I, on the other hand had driven for 12 hours straight. My ass was tender and numb and I could barely keep my eyes open. Winnipeg was a few hours away. I was trying to make the extra effort to get there, not very easily though. The roads began to get busy again and my focus was not very good.
"Herry, maybe we should stop for the night." Ashlynn suggested. "Theres a bed and breakfast on the next junction. lets crash there."
"But were so close to the city." I mumbled.
"Look, if we keep going, youre going to crash into something or fall asleep on the wheel." lets go." Her voice was more stern this time with a little impatience added. I sighed. I wasn't in a mood to argue.
"Fine." I said as I changed lanes into for the next off ramp. We drived quietly into the village. It was called HadashVille. We parked into the driveway of the bed and breakfast. An old woman greeted us.
"Hello dears. I am Mrs Dee. Can I get you two a room?" She seemed like a sweet old woman. In her sixties, maybe seventies.
"That would be lovely Mrs Dee." Politely answered Ashlynn. Better her than me. I was too tired to be polite.
"I'll get your beds ready." She walked off upstairs as we flopped ourselves on the couches." I stared at the ceiling.
"Nice place." I commented. "Seems pretty old."
"Yeah," Ashlynn agreed. She was staring at the ceiling too. Mrs Dee came in with a tray of mugs.
"I made you dears some cocoa. It looks like you two have had a long day." She lay the tray down on the coffee table. We sat upright and began sipping the drink. It was sweet and chocolatey and made my taste buds dance in my mouth.
"What brings you two out so far?" The old woman asked. We looked at each other. We had no idea how to cover up the actual story.
"Uh, well..." Ashlynn started.
"We are on our way back to the city after doing some research in Thunder Bay." I blurted out. It seemed pretty foolproof.
"Researchers eh? You two do look a little young..."
"We're actually in university. We both look a little young for our age." said Ashlynn, following up on my theory. Mrs Dee just shrugged.
"So why do you live all the way out here mam?" asked Ashlynn. The old woman's cheeks wrinkled from her smile.
"My husband and I moved here after the War of new Olympia. We did it to get away from the cities."
My eyes widened. "Youre a veteran of New Olympia?" I said in amazement.
She nodded. "I get all the veteran discounts too!"
I wanted to know more. "I'm sorry, I just really interested about the subject. It must have been scary."
"Indeed." She began. "It feels so long ago. My husband and I had an house just south of the city. It was so frightening when they told us about the aliens. We decided to pack our things and get the hell out of there. I remember in the car we listened to the radio and heard that a resistance was being set up in the city. At first, I didn't want to do it, but my children, who were all teenagers at the time, felt that they wanted to protect their homes. I refused quickly but my husband thought it over and agreed with them. After half an hour of influencing me, they got me on their side. So we joined the resistance. You would never see so many people working together for the common good. No fundraising event could top it. The most extraordinary thing, was that it was being led by a mere teenager. When we originally heard the message, we thought it was the military but no, it was an average, honour role student of the local school. I don't know how he did it, but he managed to unify the military, the police, everything, to his side.
And then the battle came. It was like something from ancient mythology. Two powerful forces colliding. You could smell the death. You could hear it, but most of all, you could see it. People getting pulled apart by massive beasts, exploding heads. Horrifying beyond belief. I would be dead right now if it wasn't for this one young woman. She had scarlet hair, like yours and she wielded a bow. I remember a huge beast had me pinned down, and it would have killed me if she hadn't shot it in the eye. Bless her to bits. I never saw her again after that moment. I figured that she was killed later in the battle.
My husband and I survived the battle." She began to cry. "But only one of my three children survived. My daughter. Both my sons, dead." She sobbed in her chair. I felt sorry for her. No parent should ever have to bury their child. Ever.
"I'm sorry to hear that." I said comfortingly. She looked up at me. The tears drying on her face.
"You look an awful lot like the leader of the resistance. You know that? If I ever would meet that man again, I would give him the greatest thanks. He virtually saved the world you know. He stopped an army of monsters from destroying the world. He may have led the battle that killed my sons, but he was not responsible." She had stopped crying now. Poor woman. With a tone of frustration in her voice, she spoke on. "And now the ungrateful people of New Olympia want his head. Its all the people who didn't fight ya know? They return to the after math of a war and they expect that everything goes back to normal. They brought it unto themselves you know, refusing to pay taxes until they fix the sewers. Pathetic." She looked at our weary bodies. "I think I have said enough for a night. You two best get some sleep."
Ashlynn got up, ready to go to sleep. As did I, but before we left the room, curiosty got the best of me.
"Mrs Dee?"
"Yes dear?"
"The history books say they were aliens who attacked New Olympia, but you said that they were monsters and beasts."
She gave me a suspicious look. "Has anyone told you differently?"
I got surprised by her aggressive tone. "Uh, no. Not at all. Just curious." I smiled politely and went upstairs.
"Smooth." Ashlynn commented as I surpassed her on the stairs.
The room was cozy. Mrs Dee was considerate enough to give us a room with two single beds. A relief from last night. I dozed off fairly fast, just to have Ashlynn interrupt my beauty sleep.
"Herry?"
"Yeah?" We were both whispering. Confident that Mrs Dee had retreated to her room on the third floor.
"That woman that saved her life. That must have been my mom."
"Yeah. Thats easy for you to say. My dad was the LEADER of the whole thing. Thats like being a general or something."
"Crazy. You have some serious family history by the sounds of it."
"Yeah. Remember when Medea told me she had a fling with my anchestor. Wasn't that the greek hero Jason who had that thing going on with her? At least in the myth?"
"Wow. That would make you-"
"An anchestor of a hero from Greek Mythology. That sounds so wierd saying aloud.
"I know. Do you think that all of this may have to do with your dad's disappearance?"
"I don't know. Maybe. I think something happened in that war that nobody talks about. I know they aliens were actually monsters, but I think there is more to it than that."
"Yeah. Im going to sleep now. Goodnight."
"Night."
I went into such a deep sleep that not even a dream from my parents could wake me up. A dreamless night. Bliss.
Not a lot of action in this one sorry. However, I hope you are enjoying the story! I plan to finish act two before I leave for vacation.
QOTD: Why do you read my stories?(just curious)
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