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Herry:
The train to Rome, luckily was rather uneventful. I caught up on much needed sleep and ate enough food to keep me going for at least a few days. It was a six hour journey to Rome. In that time, I did alot of thinking. In particular about Ashlynn. I wondered if how she reacted to see me gone. Would she have just gone home? I hoped so. I didnt want her to come to harm. I had caused her enough pain already. Eventually, I wandered into a deep sleep again. I dreamt of something mighty unusual.
I walked upon a roof of a skyscraper. The sky was pitch black and heavy rain fell from the oblivion above. Cronus was there. A look of fear, yet menace in his eye. He was cornered by the seven heroes. I knew this part of the story from Archies book. Yet, it felt different to what what was in the book. The seven teenagers looked glorious. Clad in olympic bronze and steel, they had chased Cronus from the fires of battle below to the rooftop. The team was shouting franticly as Atlanta drew her bow and shot the mortalizing arrow. I wanted to join them in this fight against, but I knew I was little more than a viewer of the memory. I felt the blood run from my face as I saw the arrow pierce the thigh of the big man of whom I was named after. I realised at that moment, that in reality, I may have been in many brawls, but never, had I actually killed someone. Despite the many who have tried to kill me, my hands were clean. When I saw the blood soak the clothes and accumulate on the ground. I realized that I was watching man's last moments in this realm. Shivers went down my spine. I wanted to look away, yet my eyes could not move from the scene. The heroes fought on valiantly but the immortality of the god proved to be too much. Eventually, as Jay lay seemingly doomed at the feet of Cronus, Herry was the one to save the day. In his last breath, he jabbed the arrow from him to Cronus. Despite the fact that I knew the story, my heart was pounding like it was in the present and it was still anyones game. And so the bloodiest and most glorious fight between two mortal men took place before my eyes. I stood, stunned by my dad. Armed with just a sword, his form was flawless, like lightning, the scythe and sword clashed like thunder and lightning. Eventually, Cronus got Jay to the ground and made te mistake of raising his weapon. The sword went through his gut like butter. As Jay got up and performed the finishing blow, the rain cleared and the moonlight lit up the place like a lightbulb. The body of Cronus fell off the skyscraper, where I came across him in an early dream. My dad dropped his sword to mourn the loss of Herry. As they all crowded around him, I felt honoured to be named after such a hero. A fighter to the last breath. Then it hit me. I had a funny feeling that I would have to suffer a similiar fate. Not the arrow and poison, but the fighting until I die part. The dangers were escalating as i got closer to my final destination. My foes were becoming stronger, and yet, the fatigue of this journey was starting to get to me. I was getting weaker. I hadn't been really relaxed since before my father went to hospital. It seemed so distant and fading a memory; peace. I was at the stage now, that all I wanted to do was find a quiet corner of the world and spend my days in peace. It seemed like an impossibility at the moment. But if I succeeded i this quest, I would fun Ashlynn and find that peace, wherever it may be. But for now, one thing mattered; the scythe had to be destroyed. Otherwise, nobody will find peace. If my dad could defeat a god, so could I.
The train had stopped at Rome. The sun was in the west, the sky was fading into a pink or purple haze. Using a map, I made my way to the Colosseum. By the time I reached it, it was supposedly closed, but it would take more than a few chain link fences to stop a demigod. I made my way into the middle of the bridge where the courtyard once stood. Something was wrong. It was eerily quiet. The stars were beginning to appear. I realized that the entrance could be anywhere in this maze of ancient corridors.
My thoughts were interupted by a massive explosion. I could see a massive red beam of light from up in the city somewhere. My senses told me it was at the vatican. I had a vision; It was the vatican courtyard. A massive hole burst open from the ground, and from it poured out demonic creatures. I recognized the skeletal type ones. It was Hades' army. He had opened a new entrance to the underworld and was going to unleash hell into the streets of Rome. I needed to find that entrance fast. In a matter of minutes, the colosseum was about to be crawling with demons and beasts. I followed my senses into the maze below me. It eventually led me to a dead end. I began to panick as I heard the sounds of hell approached the Colosseum. Then my eye caught something. There was something in the sand beneath me. I dug out to investigate. It wasnt the entrance, but a roman gladius and shield. Surprisingly sharp and well preserved. Seemed like my telekinisis was smarter than me sometimes. I grabbed them and turned around. A skeleton creature was slowly approaching me with a shield and sword. I recalled my dad's form in my dream. Left side forward, right side support. I attempted to recreate it. I was not nearly as elegant as my dad, but it seemed to deflect the skeletons first blow. I thrust my shield right into him and the skeleton collapsed on the ground. It immediately began to repair it self. I made a run for it. I was senseing some kind of entrance now. It wasn't far. I began to run and through the corners to find it. At one point, I stopped myself to face around eight skeleton creatures. I began to run from them, yet try to keep my direction correct. Not as easy as it sounds. Eventually, I came across a long, straight corridor. The entrance was at the very end, I could sense the came entrance. I started sprinting for it, but the monsters were gaining me. They were going to get me. I had to stop and fight them off. I bashed and bashed away. Cut and sliced, but their numbers were too much. I seemed doomed.
Then, out of the sky, jumped a dark figure down on top of them. Cloaked in black, the mysterious figure took the skellies by surprise and made short work of them. It looked at me and pointed towards the cave. I didnt hesitate. The sky above us had gone red with the flame of the burning city and the skeletons were getting reinforcments. The mysterious figure and I ran for it and made it into the cave. Once we were in, I bashed the wall with my fist, causing a cave in at the entrance, stopping the skeletons from entering and stopping us from our exit. Then again, It wasn't like we wanted to go back there. After catching my breath, I looked to the mysterious figure.
"Thanks, but I should go alone from here."
As I walked away awkwardly, the figure grabbed me by the collar. In a firm, yet hurt voice, it said.
"No. Youre not walking from me again."
I knew that voice...
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