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 Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:30 am
**Achilles is heard 'arguing' with his erstwhile companion and lover, Patroclus, who also snuck along for this journey**
"You should have stayed behind! This could be dangerous!"
"Which is exactly why I could not. I could not allow you to face danger without me a second time."
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:47 am
Ms. Darkholme had been right. With the news of Cassie Sandsmark being elected Student Council President, a large number of students were suddenly finding their way to James Jesse to show their support. Leslie Willis, who worked in the campus radio station was the loudest advocate.
"I'm tellin' ya, Jimmy, you need to use radio to get your message out there!"
"Would that message be, don't EVER call me Jimmy? Because I seem to be having trouble getting that one heard."
"What I can do for you, this is going to be great, okay Jimmy? The school has a dozen different frequencies it can use for broadcasting. What I'll do is start broadcasting on one of the...heh, heh...hidden frequencies. The ones that were installed by Noah Kuttler before he graduated. You know, they call Noah "the Calculator," well he did things to the technology in this school that Ms. Gordon still hasn't finished tracking down."
"Leslie, I exist on an only-sugar diet. Get to the point before my attention span expires."
"I'm saying that I can broadcast a show that the teachers won't know about, dedicated to US and OUR cause, the things that we do! The troublemakers. The scoundrels. The villains!"
James grinned.
"I love it! Sign me up."
"And we'll do it anonymously. Think up a call tag for yourself for when you broadcast. A surname that they can't tie back to your real identity."
"Oh, I already have that. Call me...the Trickster."
Leslie and James continued their conversation, starting to build up the plans for an underground revolution in Hero High...
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:57 am
Cassie flew inside the fortress..
"That was easy.. to easy.. Now to find Hartley"
She continued to hear a voice in her head
"He's in the dungeon with me.. but you'll need to get by the guards.."
" Guards.."
Right then Cassie encountered about ten guards in suits of armor coming at her..
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:03 am
Ares appeared before Hartley. Even with his face covered by his helmet, Hartley could see a large, menacing smile on the face of the God.
"As expected, they have come for you. And now, begins the true game."
Ares waved his hand and a small vision appeared before him, showing Cassie, Achilles, Patrocles, Chris, Dani and Raven about to face down the guards just inside of the fortress.
"That would be far too easy, don't you agree?"
Ares waved his hand...and everyone vanished from the main foyer except for Cassie!
"Where...did they go?"
Hartley grunted out the question, in pain.
"Each of them is now in a separate section of the castle. We will see how much their schooling has taught them now, as each of them will face a unique challenge...Though of course, my dear sister's will lead her directly to me."
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:06 am
Hartley closed his eyes, not wanting to see the carnage. In a way, though, wasn't this what he wanted? The thrill of the chase, the threat of getting caught...the chance of being killed...like anyone would really care, if they knew what he was really like...
Is that what you truly want?
Hartley's eyes popped open. Was someone else there?
He couldn't see anyone...
You are so angry. So full of loathing. For others. For yourself. You have made yourself alone, Hartley Rathaway...
Ares didn't seem to notice the voice. It seemed to be directly inside of Hartley's head.
Don't give up on yourself, Hartley. I'm here with you.
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:02 am
**Patroclus blinks back his surprise as where he was once on the foyer of Ares's palace, he now finds himself in the recesses of some dark, carnivorous cavern filled with spider webs that stretched to and fro**
"Achilles?"
**He spins around, drawing his sword as he hears a hissing noise from somewhere in the inky darkness.**
**Yes, he was afraid. He was a soldier of Greece, trained by Achilles himself, but unlike Achilles...unlike any of the other kids there, he was just a mortal**
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:54 am
**Achilles spins around on the spot, finding himself in the center of a dark labyrinth**
"Sister! Patroclus!"
**He draws his sword and the Virgin Sear and begins to go through the sharp edged maze**
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:57 am
Cassie quickly grabs a sword off the wall and one by one she slams the suits of armor against the wall... no one was in them the suits moved on..
"Everyone else..is gone"
"Do not lose heart you can do this..both Hartley and I need you"
"Who are you?"
" I am a martian... my name is M'gann M'orzz.. Ares trapped me here after I tried to go to earth to warn you. Ares is trying to separate you.. weaken you. Do not let him.."" Right.."
Cassie ran down a long hallway only to meet up with someone she hadn't seen in a long time. Her mouth dropped and she paused..
"C-C-C- CONNER?!"
It was Conner Kent.. Cassie's ex-boyfriend who died before school even started.. He went into the cafeteria and ate the mystery meat which turned out to be laced with kryptonite and killed him.
" Hey Cass.. It's been a long time.."
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:14 pm
Once Raven found herself separated form the group she immediately tried to scan for them, when she felt nothing she 'ported herself from one room to the next shouting their names.
"Danielle?" No, Nothing here.
"Christopher?" An empty room.
"Cassandra?" A large hall for dinning, not a soul in sight.
Thus she continued.
Danielle found herself alone in a hall, that looked more like a museum dedicated to war. And Aries himself. Like a temple. It frightened her. What worried her more was the feeling of knowing war from every generation of Witchblade wielders prior to herself.
She gulped back her fear, and used what Raven taught her. "Alright. Creepies, I know your out there. So I'll show you mine if you show me yours." She armored herself with the Witchblade and a gigantic sword ready for anything.
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:15 pm
*Chris spun in a circle...everyone was gone. The chamber he was stretched far above him, so far that he could barely see the ceiling. It was completely empty and the only doorway stood on the far side of the room.*
No guards...whatever.
*Chris started across the room.*
Christopher Powell.
Who's there!?
*Chris spun in a circle but he could see no one.*
Why are you keeping my brother prisoner? HOW are you keeping him prisoner?
Listen, pal, I'm not keeping anyone prisoner. The only prisoner I know of is Hartley Rathaway.
Ah...the boy that this Ares collected. He is of no concern. Neither is the girl you love. She belongs to Ares. They both do.
Leave Cassie alone! WHERE ARE YOU??
Right behind you.
*Chris spun and was looking at a set of armor just like his own.*
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:34 pm
" Conner it can't be you.. it can't"
" It's me Cassie... I just want to ask you something?"
" Anything?"
" Why did you let me die? Why has my death gone unavenged?"
" Kon-el.. I tried.. I didn't trust that mystery meat and you dug in. Ms. Frost and Mr.Wayne said it was mistake.. that they didn't know about your kryptonite allergy.."
"And you believed them"
"....no... I didn't... Oh Kon.. I'm so sorry.."
Cassie goes to hug Conner but he vanishes... The room fills with images of Conner's death, of Donna's death, and of Cassie's mother hiding from the US government in Greece...Tears formed in Cassie's eyes and then she got angry.. really angry.
"ARES! APPEAR BEFORE ME!!! YOU COWARD!!!"
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:34 pm
**Achilles darted around the corners of the vast, never-ending reaches of the maze of thorns**
"By the Graces, this is maddening!" *And he begun to hack away at them with his sword when the environment suddenly turned cold, as did his blood**
*A screeching noise carried across a strange gust of wind and Achilles saw a dark, roved figure slowly rise from behind a hedge of thorns with its own sword in hand...it wore a black robe that blended with the night and its face could not be seen**
******
Patroclus dove out of the way as a large leg crashed down into the rock, splintering the ground into small chunks! He rolled over and lept up, swinging his sword at the giant spider that loomed over him but narrowly missing it!
The spider hissed its displeasure at the intruder to its lair and Patroclus looked up and saw many a demon ensnared its the silken webbing of this beastly fiend, their black skin paled grey as their blood had been drained for the spider's feast**
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:45 pm
Who...who are you?
I am part of the Fraternity of Raptors. I am Talon.
Uh...never heard of it..
*Chris and Talon slowly circled each other.*
I sensed a Raptor amulet on Earth. I came to investigate and much to my surprise, there was a source of immense power on this red planet. It was the godling, Ares. I investigated and found that our interests coincided. He wants his sister. I want your amulet and my brother.
Godling? You're calling the God of War a godling?
What else would I call him? The Raptors have been directing the course of the cosmos for eons. We existed before your pathetic planet could support life. We existed before your godling was formed. We shall exist after both he and your planet are gone.
You can't have my amulet. And I know nothing of your brother.
My brother is attached to your amulet. Normally he would have purged your mind as soon as you used it and taken over the armor. I do not know what went wrong but I will purge you and then the Raptors can be reborn.
*Chris backed away as Talon started forward.*
Uh...to do what?
To direct the cosmos of course. We work in the shadows. We assassinate. We torture. We start wars. We are the power behind the thrones. This universe will descend into glorious chaos and we will be the architects that drive it!
Hm. You could do that...or...
*Chris unleashes a blast from his amulet right into the oncoming Talon.*
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:56 pm
Ares then appeared before Cassandra smiling..
"What's wrong dear sister did you not like your welcome..?"
"I find it annoying! Where's Hartley.. and where are my friends..?"
" Hartely is alive... barely.. and your friends are doomed to walk in traps of their own minds for all eternity."
" Why you sick?!"
Suddenly a very bloody and injured Hartley appears in Ares hand ... Ares holding him by the neck.
"Now... I shall kill your friends one by one starting with this pathetic human. That is unless you agree to become my champion.."
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:58 pm
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