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Tony smashed gross ooze out of a spider and looked around to see if anyone needed assistance. He thought it a little was odd how enthused Pandora acted, Whoa, what'd she run into on the way here? I don't even get that excited about a fight... and I usually get pretty pumped for fighting. He scratched his head. I s'pose she might be the same in that regard though I wouldn't've pegged her for that from when I met her earlier.

He shrugged and noticed his little sister's new gear, "Now, that is a pretty sweet weapon." He noticed how skilled she was with it, "Whoa, my baby sister's all grown up and kickin' spider-a**!" He kind of felt the warm fuzzies at her taking to fighting quickly.

Pandora grinned Wildly as she saw another spider to kill. It had been way to long since she had had a good fight. She couldn't help but reflect that since she had practically adopted Kayley she hadn't had a really good fight. She happily threw her daggers again at another spider. It would be a pain to reclaim all of them after the battle but it was so worth it. She had a feeling everyone was shocked by her complete change in personality. She just couldn't help it when it came to fighting she loved it.

Nearby, there were people in a temple killing spiders. Sweet, Kros thought.
Ral hissed and slithered up to Kros's head. "Whatcha doin', Ral?" Kros nervously asked. Ral hissed again and licked her ears. "Hey! Stop it! That tickles!" Kros giggled.
Suddenly, she heard bunches of raspy voices.
"Stop them!"
"We need more help!"
"LADY ARACHNE IS DEAD!"
"Hey! There's a girl!"
"She'd make nice dinner!"
"Bon appetit!"
Six spiders crawled up to her. What did Ral do? Kros thought. And then...
"Come here my little meat," a spider said, "I don't bite."
"Yes, yes," another spider agreed, "we'll only end this miserable life for you."
"I can talk to animals," Kros murmured in awe, "because a snake licked my ears..."
Now she had two powers.
Kros realized that she was to die if she wasn't to act. She was surrounded by stone. Her first true achievement...
"Spiders, spiders, be calm," Kros assured them, "may I say a quick goodbye to the Earth before my death?"
"She speaks to us in our native tongue so easily!" a spider shouted, amazed.
"Eloquent indeed," another agreed.
"Nonetheless, the waste of time is pointless," a spider that was a bit bigger than the others exclaimed.
"But humans are just as pointless," Kros retaliated, "are they not? They're simply a delicacy! What is the point of having them with intelligence? Why not have dinner and a show?"
The bigger spider seemed to approve, "Say your foolish goodbyes to humour us. Make haste, then."
Kros sped to the largest boulder and kissed it.
She heard the spiders burst in laughter.
"If she were to live, she'd be Pygmalion!"
"Or Galatea!"
More spider laughter.
Kros grinned and forced the boulder she kissed to levitate and made it look like she held it.
"Strong!" a spider hissed, "That'll mean she's healthy!"
"Think of the protein!"
Kros grinned and hurled the rock at the spiders.
They scattered.
"She has free will!"
"She'll be even more delicious!"
Kros used this time to pull the poison daggers that came with her armor from their sheaths.

Pandora upon seeing there wasn't anymore threats turned around to bow to Blayd's mother. After all one always pays their respect to a god or goddess. She was pleased that Athena was proud of Blayd. She had every right to be proud of him as well. She somehow sensed that this was a good thing. SHe was also considering grabbing Keyley and Sage and leaving after they finished up in the temple. She had found out that she was needed back within the tunnels again. Pandora really didn't want to leave Blayd and the others but knew that she needed to go where she was needed most.

blayd felt a little strange about his mother needing something from him, but he would have t oaccept the responsibility. he said to her "what would you have me do?" to which she replied " a great evil is rising, one that has not been seen for thousands of years. i need you and your friends to destroy it, for we olympians can not, we are at war with the giants, who have managed to return to their former power." blayd said "how can i destroy such a creature?" but Athena replied "there are a number of items that you will need to collect to be able to complete this task, the first was the sword which you hold in your hand, the second, is this " and she brought forth a pair of winged sandals and gave them to blayd. "now pandora, it has been a very long time since i have seen you. come forth, i have something for you"

Athena looked at pandora and said "you think you were named AFTER pandora? no, you ARE pandora. and i wish for you to have this" Athena handed pandora a intricately designed box "open it and you will be filled wit the power of the four elements." said Athena

"of course you feel funny, that box housed the four primordial gods of the elements. they live within you now." said Athena "now as i was saying, the next thing you must do is go to delphi" at this blayd lifted his head "mount Delphi? are we going to see the oracle?" to which the goddess replied "no, you are going to go see your father, he will give you his lyre and tell you what else to do"

Athena grinned slightly and said "ahh yes, the path of a warrior is often riddled with long searches through enemy intestines" blayd was taken aback when the goddess made a joke, but quickly recovered. the goddess said "so you have the knowledge i came to bestow upon you, seek out Apollo at his oracle, and you will find what you seek" then dissapeared in a flash of light