Another Section of DGA

It was dark outside, and there was no one to be found all over the grounds. Then someone stepped out of the shadows and towards the forest. He walked along the path the lead through the forest and then went deep into the woods. He came to a clearing and stopped, he looked around to make sure he hadnt been followed. A voice came out of the darkness, crisp and clear, but only audible in the clearing.

‘Lucius, I am ready to start gathering my armies. My mission for you is to go into the temple and take the golden lock chain that is hidden there, and bring it to me.’ The voice faded and again all was silent.

Lucius moved quickly heading back to the camp. He made his way up the hill and entered the temple. He knew his business and set quickly to it. He made his way down a long hallway, and stopped in front of a statue of Kronos. He knelt down in reverence, and lit the incense plate and let it burn. After a while the statue shifted and the wall opened up. Lucius stood up and walked through, into the darkness beyond the whole. The tunnel as long and narrow, he walked along tripping on the occasional concealed rock. There was a faint light glowing at the end of the tunnel. The tunnel opened up and Lucius entered a large cavern. All along the wall of the cave were flames that cast a flickering light onto the floor.

Lucius could see at the far end of the cave stood a large wooden table with a golden box sitting on top. This is where the chain was hidden, he knew that. He looked around to see if there was a guardian, when he saw nothing he made his way towards the box. He lifted the lid off and inside was a pure gold watch chain. He gently took it out and looked at it in awe. He then put it in a pouch and stowed it in his pocket. Lucius heard something enter the cave behind him. He turned around slowly and towering over his was a bronze automaton dragon, three giant heads all focused on him. Without taking his eyes off the beast, Lucius drew his sword, a three foot, pure silver blade, and activated his shield. That was his wrist band.

The dragon was blocking the tunnel that lead back the way Lucius had come in. He looked around and saw another tunnel had opened up that hadnt been there before. Just then all the flames went out and the cave was plunged into an unnatural darkness. Lucius knew right away who had joined him, and he was grateful. The darkness let up and Lucius could see that the dragon had been defeated and was now frozen in time. The boy standing there had a look of triumph on his face.

“Jonas Hanes, you won’t hear me say this very often, but am I glad to see you.” Lucius said as the boy walked towards him. Lucius sheathed his sword and deactivated his shield. Jonas laughed, and nodded in agreement.

“Well you best be getting out of here before the other guardians are alerted. I’ll be able to get out of this, but you might not be lucky if they catch you with the goods.” Jonas warned him. Lucius quickly made his way out of the cave, through the tunnel Jonas had made and he came out in the middle of the forest. Jonas had not followed him, so he was again alone. Lucius walked silently through the forest and towards the camp border and one step closer to his fulfilling his duty.

Lucius made his way through the forest, keeping an eye out for monsters, guardians, or campers. As he reached the border line, he heard voices up ahead, two girls were arguing with eachother. He waited in the shadows and listened to what they were saying.
"Im telling you, the boy will come tonight. This is the night when he will leave camp." one of the girls said.
"When is he coming, we have been waiting for hours, what if someone finds us here?" questioned the other girl
"You're the witch, im sur you could think of something that would protect us." retorted the first girl. The second girl had just started to say something when the other girl interrupted her.
"Shh, he is here, the time has come."
Lucius didnt have time to think before a glowing light appeared, casting away the shadows in which he was hiding. He drew his swords, as did both of the girls.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" he asked them.
"We are waiting for you, we want to join you." replied the girl.
"How do you know about me, and what I plan on doing?" Lucius continued to question them.
"I had a vision about you, sent to me by my grandfather. Im a legacy of Apollo and Kronos. We have been waiting for you all night." she explained calmly.
"How do I know I can trust you?" Lucius questioned further. The girl pushed up her sleeve, revealing a tattoo. Lucius nodded and then sheathed his swords. The tattoo was a sign of loyalty to the cause. Only those who had sworn an oath of loyalty recieve them.
"My name is Maya, and this is Kira, daughter of Circe." Maya said, introducing themselves.
"Well lets get going before someone finds us here." Lucius said shortly. "They are already on there way out here, lets leave them a little parting gift shall we." he added deviously. He summoned a group of hell hounds to the border, and released them into the forest, towards the unsuspecting border guard. He continued through the trees, with out waiting for the girls. They looked at each other, and made their way through the forest.

"Where exactly are we planning on going. Where are headquarters of Kronos located?" Maya asked as she pushed her way through the trees.
"We are going to Alaska, to find the Titan Temple. That is where the headquarters will be, as soon as we get there." Lucius explained, rather annoyed at the question. They walked in silence for several miles, Lucius leading the way.He stopped suddenly, and Kira ran into him. He gave Kira a glare, and pointed to the hill in front of them. At the top of the hill stood a very large creature, Lucius could make out the figure of a minotaur. Kira looked at Lucius and whispered,
"I thought the minotaurs were on the side of Kronos." Lucius did not take his eyes of the beast, "This is not Asterion, so it seems that the minotaurs have split. I doubt he is alone. Stay put, and let them come to us, we have the cover of the trees." They watched and waited, and sure enough Lucius was right. There were three minotaurs, and five hell hounds making their way down the hill, and towards the forest. Maya appeared beside Lucius with a bow in hand, and an arrow notched. Lucius looked confused and Maya scoffed "legacy of Apollo, remember." she whispered. Lucius waited for a few seconds, and then nodded at Maya. She let the arrow fly, and watched as it pierced the heart of the smallest hell hound. The beast yelped, fell down, and then vanished into a flame. Maya already had another arrow ready, and this time she took down the largest minotaur. By the time the beasts were close enough to attack, two more hell hounds had been shot down by Maya. Lucius had his sword drawn, and charged, attacking the large minotaur. He dive rolled, avoiding the double headed axe, he rolled to his feet, standing behind the creature. Lucius held his sword with both hands, and jammed it deep into the back of the minotaur. It belowed in pain, fell to its knees and collapsed, vanishing in a cloud of dust. Lucius grabbed his sword, and turned to face an oncoming hell hound. He side stepped and the beast ran right by him. Lucius swong his sword, slicing the hound in the side. The beast yelped and turned around, Lucius didnt have time to think before it leaped at him. Insinctively, he pulled his sword up, Lucius was knocked to the ground as the hellhound landed on him. His sword sank deep into the heart of the beast, killing it instantly. Flames srung up, consuming the creature and vanished. Lucius lay on the ground, the flames had burned his arms and face. Kira and Maya appeared ove him, Maya was taking a canteen of what he assumed was Nectar. Kira knelt down beside him, and put her hands on the burns. Lucius was about th yell at her, when he felt a cooling sensation flow through his body. He watched as his burns healed, and then disappeared. Maya handed him the canteen, and he took a sip, his energy returned and the pain went away. Slowly he stood up and looked around, all the creatures had been killed and there were three large double headed axes laying in a pile close by. Lucius walked over to the weapons, and looked at them. One of them had a large crack in the blade, but the other two were in good condition. Kira came up beside him and touched each one of the axes. They turned into harmless butter knives, Kira picked them up and handed them to Lucius, who proceeded to put them in his travel pack.
"You know, I think I might be able to teleport the three of us to Alaska. "Kira said, breaking the silence.
"You could have said something before. How far would you get us?" Lucius asked.
"Probably right to the Alaskan border." replied Kira.
"That woould be much help. answered Lucius shortly. Kira grabbed Lucius and Maya by the hand, and teleported them to Alaska

Kira looked around when they arrived, she remembered this place. They were at the top of a snow covered hill, and at the bottom was an old house that looked like it had been abandoned, She led them down the hill, towards the house, something in the atmosphere seemed wrong to Kira.
"What is this place?" Lucius asked quietly.
"I came here with my mom when I was about 5 years old, and for 3 years this was my home. It belonged to my grandmother, and the 3 of us lived together." Kira explained.
They walked through the front door, which was handing on its hinges. They could tell something was wrong, the whole front enterance had been destroyed, the walls were charred black. Some kind of explosion had gone off in the kitchen, and flames had licked everything black. Lucius was apprehensive about stopping at the house,
"I dont think we should stay here. we have to move on." he stated, heading back to the enterance. They had hardly got 50 feet away whe the explosion happened, they turned around and saw that the house had gone up in flames, it had been completely consumed by the fire. They ran as fast as the could away from the house, for many miles before stopping. There was a small forest ahead, and they decided to stop and make camp for the night.