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Chapter 10
Theos means Gods
Apollo
“ Just be honest,” Knight gave an
encouraging smile to me as I went to the front of the hall to go and tell
everyone what I had been dreading.
As I stepped to the front of the
hall I could feel everyone’s eyes on me, it was a daunting thought that by
telling everyone who I am, where I came from, that it could change how they see
me.
“ Hi everyone, um I guess I just
wanted to tell you that I have a…” I stopped, I couldn’t figure out the right
words to say what needed to be said. Better
get this over with, you don’t want to be standing here and looking like an
idiot forever. Happy thoughts, they were the last thing on my mind at the
moment.
“ I honestly don’t know what to
call it but a family tie to these cons,” That's when I heard some murmuring
from the heroes in the room. Raven was looking at me as if nothing was wrong.
She even gave me a small smile. I took it as encouragement and began to speak
again.
“ The group who attacked today are my family.
Most of them are cousins or uncles, but there are my aunts in the mix as well.
Not to mention my brother and sister,” I paused waiting to see what would
happen. That's when Treble stepped
forward.
“ Why wait to tell us now? You
have been a hero for over a year now, why wait?” Treble was just voicing what
everyone else in the room thought.
“ Because I was scared that you
would all treat me differently because who my family is. I mean half of the
prisons around the world are filled with my family!” I was trying to keep calm
and not let the pressure get to me. It was hard though because every time I
went to say something a little voice in the back of my head told me I was just
going to be thrown out of the team.
“ Thank you for coming forward
with that information Apollo. You may have withheld the information from some
of us but those who did know obviously trusted you,” It was a voice from the
back. At first I didn’t know who was talking but then I could see it was Frostfire
who had spoken. Raven turned and smiled
at her mentor. I could see her from the crowd, it seemed like she was trying to
say thank you or something.
Raven
He had finished speaking but for
some reason I felt that he still had things to say. It had taken a lot of
courage to admit who he was to a room filled with heroes. Not to mention most
of them had superpowers as well.
Fifteen minutes later I had left
the hall and was sitting back in the tree outside our base. I was considering
giving it a name but I wasn’t sure what. The wind was blowing , so the tree was
swaying a little, but not enough to through me out or make it dangerous.
Wouldn’t have mattered anyway. I had been trained to be able to hang on to a
cliff for hours in a storm.
“ You can come down a bit Scar,
I know your above me,” I called out to the branches above. A few louder rustles
later and the small boy came out through the leaves and branches.
“ How’d you know it wasn’t the
wind? I was as quite as ever,” He seemed quite surprised by the fact that I had
known he was there. I gave a small laugh.
“ I saw you go up just before I
came out here,” Scar laughed at that and we just sat there in silence for a
while. It was peaceful, but I could tell
something was up with him.
“ Why were you up there anyway?
You don’t sit in trees unless something is bothering you,” I had known him for
years after all. I had learnt early in the friendship all of his tricks and
quirks. Anything that would help me out in the future. Of course we knew
everything about each other we were practically family.
“ It’s just that when we were
fighting David and got Chelsea back, it just seemed too easy. I mean I know you
weren’t there but it just felt like something was off. For some reason I get
this feeling that he wanted to lose,” Scar was scowling.
He’s scowling, it’s never good when he’s scowling, I thought to
myself.
“ Do you guys have him in custody
here or at the penitentiary?” I wanted a
word with my ex. I hadn’t known he was alive, and yet he was out to kill me the
whole time he was thought to be dead. Plotting his revenge against me. And yet,
for some reason I had never felt so pleased with the fact he had wanted to kill
me. Crazy I know.
“ Yeah, he’s in the lockdown
area here. What are you going to do to him Cassie? You know you can’t kill him
right?” Scar gave me a smirk, it was to show he was being sarcastic, but yet he
was showing that he was serious through her eyes.
“ I know, but I might have to
punch some sense into him,” I laughed at that with Scar, and then I continued
“But yeah, I want to talk to him,”
“ okay, but first you have to go
and ask out Lachlan,” Scar started smirking again.
“ How did you know about that?
Wait, I can guess. You were above us the whole time and heard the phone call,”
I rolled my eyes at him. Oh no, I
thought suddenly realising what he must have done. “ You didn’t tell him did
you?” I went to grab him but he moved away using his super speed.
“ You got to catch me!” And then
he bolted down from the tree and into the base.
“ Harry!” I yelled as I jumped
down.
Running in I bumped into
someone. Their arms wrapped around me as we fell down. Lachlan, I thought to myself
as I pushed up to look at him properly.
“ I was just looking for you
Cass,” that's new, He hasn’t called me
that one before, “ Scar said you
needed to talk to me after the meeting at the hall,” Now it was Lachlan’s turn
to smirk.
I could feel my cheeks turning a
light shade of red. Since when did I
blush? I tried to stop but at this point it just wasn’t going to happen. I
was still on top of him as well so there was no way to hide it.
“He told you didn’t he?” I asked
as I rolled off and stood up, offering my hand down to pull him up.
“Yeah, but don’t worry,” he
shrugged it off like it was nothing.
“ Well, may as well ask you
anyway,” I sighed stopping to take a breath turning my head towards the camera
in the room and smiled sticking my tongue out knowing that Scar would be
watching me. “ Look, my friend got asked out by this guy she’s liked for years
and she just wants some support on her date so she asked me if I could come and
bring a friend, preferably a boy, so she can call it a double date. So would
you mind coming along?” I asked trying to compose myself.
“ Like a date? Or as friends?”
Apollo asked moving a little closer to me. I could feel me face heating up
again. Oh geez, this can’t be good,
my heart decided to do an acrobatic routine in my chest.
“ Well, I don’t know. What do
you think it should be?” I stood still my eyes locked on his. I swear he could hear my heart beating faster,
I could feel his breath coming down towards my face.
“ I think that if you want
something, then you should take it,” He whispered back to me inching forward
again. We were so close that I couldn’t move if I tried.
“ And what do you want?”
whispering back trying to keep my voice steady. I felt his hand move to my
waist and his other to my face. Subconsciously, my head seemed to fall into it.
“ You,” and that's when we
kissed. Not as hot and steamy as the one from the dream Toxin had put into my
mind. It was soft and sweet, like a first kiss was meant to be. We even pulled
away at the same time.
“ So a date then?” I ask softly.
I can see Apollo smirk.
“Yeah, a date sounds good. Tell
me when it is and I’ll come to pick you up,” Lachlan still had his hand on my
hip and I could feel tingles running through where his hand is.
“ Ok, I’ll go and tell my friend
we’re coming. I better go and find Scar he is so going to regret mentioning me
asking you,” I laughed as I slowly moved myself away from his grip.
“ Don’t be too harsh on the
little guy, I mean he was probably the reason things were so easy just then,” A
full smile now graced Lachlan’s face. I couldn’t help but laugh then, of which
was then followed by Lachlan and Scar himself who had snuck into the room.
“ Thanks Lachlan, but nah, I was
just being a troll. Cassie will tell you I mean she’s known me for so long now
I think she would know the difference,” He was doing something on his wrist
computer. I could only guess he was downloading the video feed from just now so
he could edit it and put it on YouTube or all over the teams Facebook pages.
“ Yeah, I know. Keep watching
the tape and you’ll see something nice just for you Scar,” I smirked and walked
off down the hall to Becca’s room to see if she was still at the cave or if she
had gone home. Knowing her and her compelled ways to staying away from her
family, she would be in her room with the music up so loud you wouldn’t be able
to hear the world outside those doors. Thankfully though she had gotten her
room lined with something that made it sound proof.
I pinned in my codes to her door
and then said the personalised passcode she had created for me. Almost
immediately after I had finished all of that the door opened for me. Sure
enough I was welcomed to the loud sound of Pink singing, Blow Me (one last
kiss). I had to admit it was an amazing song. It had been playing through my
head all week, now I remembered why.
“Becca!” she turned around
during one of her kick/jump things she does when she’s dancing sometimes. It
was quite cool how deadly she could get when dancing. One time when we were
patrolling together she had brought some music to listen to and we had caught
the baddies mainly because she was dancing the whole time she was trying to
fight them. It was wicked watching her that night.
“What’s up Cee?” Smiling and
slightly puffed. You could tell she had been dancing for a while by the light
glow of sweat coming from her skin.
“ Well, we kissed!” I gave a
squeak and ran over to her to jump on the bed that was sitting behind her. I
started jumping up and down on the bed soon joined by Becca. It was a strange sight,
a fifteen year old girl with an eighteen year old girl jumping up and down on a
bed squealing.
“ Come off it! Really?” Becca
and myself had finally calmed down and were now sitting down on the bed.
“ Yeah, I asked him to come and
then we kinda just kissed. I mean it was really weird cause he asked whether we
would go as friends or have it as a proper date,”
“ So what did you say? I mean he
wouldn’t have just kissed you from that,”
“ Well, I said I didn’t know and
asked him what he thought. So Lachlan said he thinks if there’s something you
want you should go for it. So I asked him what he wanted,” I was starting to
sound like one of the girls off of a soap opera show that always plays during
the days for all the old women without jobs.
“ And what did he say? I mean
you wouldn’t just kiss there would you?” This was Tahlia. She had come into the
room just before we started talking because we thought she would want to be
apart of the conversation.
“ Well, he said ‘you’ and then
he kissed me! Oh my god! It was so soft and sweet, the kiss I mean,” God, how do you even get a first kiss that
good? I could barely breathe I was talking so fast again. Not to mention my
thoughts were running so fast I could barely process them let alone turn them
into proper words.
“ Aww that is so sweet I wish I
had a guy to treat me like that!” Becca was starting to laugh now.
“ Do you not here the pick-up
lines that Cobey use on you? I mean how does ‘ Hey sugar, nothing can be
sweeter than you’ get any worse?” I could see exactly what Becca meant. I mean
it was just about every second sentence that Cobey used a pick-up line. He was
such a player if you asked me. Totally sweet and a nice guy, but even so he
went through girls pretty quick.
“Yeah, but that’s different, I
mean, he does it because he just wants attention, where as what happened
between Cassie and Lachlan is different because they don’t want the attention.
They actually have feelings for each other,” Tahlia turned towards Becca and
was hugging one of the pillows to her chest.
“ True, I’ll give you that one.
So when is this date of your anyway?”
“ Don’t know, Aria didn’t say.
Said she would text me all the details later. But you know, I will probably
have to go and call her because she’ll forget all about it,” I laughed at the
face Becca pulled.
“ Seriously? That's who this
double dates going to be with? How can you even stand to be around that girl? I
mean all she does is talk and talk and talk like there’s no one else around.
And she’s so loud I mean is there anyone who could be as loud as her? I mean
not even Treble could out talk Aria,” Becca had always had a problem with Aria
because she had the tendency to talk over people.
“ Hmm, Tahlia does that sound
like anyone you know?” I poised in a thinking face, overly sarcastic of course,
my voice was also dripping with it.
“ Hmm, I don’t know. Maybe. Do
you think she has red to blonde hair and wears half cut jackets?” At this point
we were all laughing our heads off, although, Becca sat there glaring at us
through her laughter.
“ Ok guys, I get it. But anyway,
you’ll probably get stuck onto the phone with her for hours because she won’t
shut up,” Becca had finally stifled her laughter and was able to make a gruff
sounding sort of voice.
“ Yeah, probably. But you know
what, if it means I get to go out with Lachlan, I think I’m going to be able to
get through that,”
“ Awwwww, your starting to sound
all lovey dovey already!” Tahlia was laughing again while making these puppy
dog eyes at me with Becca right beside her. Yeah,
yeah, whatever laugh all you want guys I’m still the one who’s got a date! Laughing
to myself in my head, I got up and left the room sticking my tongue out at
them.
I could still hear them laughing
and giggling as I closed the door. I subconsciously head to the training rooms
to go and train. I was already dressed in clothes that I’m able to fight in so
it meant I didn’t have to go and get changed. I was happy to find that the gym
was empty and I could work by myself and hook my music up to the system in the
training room. I put on the Script #3 album and started training.
A few hours later and I was
still training. I never notice how much time passes when I’m training. The only
reason I stopped was because I could hear the deep cough at the edge of the
room.
“ Music pause,” I stopped the
music and then turned to where the cough had come from. “Omega, how may I help
you?” I asked grabbing a towel from the rack at the edge of the room and
wrapping it around my shoulders and walked over towards my best friends mentor.
“ Actually, I’m off duty. Scar
has asked that I invite you to join us for dinner tonight,” He gives a small
smile. Something that was rare and would only ever grace his face if around
family, or close friends.
“ I’d love to, thank you. I’ll get
washed up and meet you at your manor,” I start to turn from the room. It was
quite normal for me to be invited to join himself and Harry for dinner. But for
some reason tonight Omega stopped me before I could leave the room.
“ Cassie, I will wait for you
tonight,” Omega was holding onto my arm slightly. I nodded and went to have a
quick shower.
Scar
“ Come on Dean, please let me
invite Cassie to dinner tonight! I mean she’s just moved into the base and I
don’t think that she should be alone right now. I mean, David is still in the
holding cells there, who knows what she might do if she gets a nightmare about
what he did to Chelsea,” Okay, so maybe that was overkill about Cassie trying
to kill David, well trying to imply it, but I was desperate. Besides Cassie was family to me, and family
has to stick together. I was all she had left.
“Fine, but if this is because
you want me to adopt her, you already know I’m working on that,” Omega replied.
He had taken off the uniform and was now wearing some jeans and a button up top
with a dark blue blazer over the top. It was quite stylish the way he wore it.
“ Yes thank you so much Dean,
you won’t regret it. I’ll go and get her, she’s been in the training room all
afternoon!”
“ I’ll go Harry, I need to talk
to her for a bit anyway,” and with that the almighty Omega left. I saw him come back into sight a second later
wearing his Omega uniform just to disappear into the secret chamber that held
the zetaplate.
I ran to my room taking up the
stairs two at a time. It was quite amazing how big this place was. It wasn’t as
large as Becca’s place, her’s was more of a mansion than a manor. Manors are
smaller you see.
“ HARRY!” I heard the call
ringing from the walls of the home. I presumed it was our butler Simon, who we
had coincidently found out, was James cousin. James being Becca’s butler.
“ Coming!” I yell back running
back down the stairs and towards the kitchen. I saw there a snack waiting for
me, a bowl of fruit salad with a dollop of ice cream on top.
“ Thank you Simon, you do spoil
me,”
“ Of course I do Harry, I work
for you and the master Dean. Besides, your both family to me,”
“ I know, you mean a lot to me
too Simon. Excuse though because I have to go and have a shower,” I waved at
him as I turned to go and run back up the stairs again.
Never in my life have I needed a
hot shower like I did now. My muscles were still tight from the battle we just
had against the Theos family.
I was very proud of Lachlan when
he came forward to tell the rest of the core who he was. It took a lot of guts
to do so, I mean the guy could have been accused of being a spy, but no, we
weren’t that narrow minded.
I felt the hot water run down my
body, my muscles starting to relax.
“ January 14th valentines day, the roses came but they took
you away,” I start to sing ‘If you could see me now’, by The Script. I turned to turn on the music dock that was
built into the shower’s walls. Soon
after I heard The Script singing along with me. By the end of the song I was
out of the shower and drying my hair.
About fifteen minutes I was
lying on my bed going over some old files that I had gotten from the Heart Hall.
It was various hero’s reports from the fight earlier that day. I noticed that
most of the fights were in the centre of each city. I knew it was just a small
detail and yet, there was still a voice in the back of my mind telling me that
this had something more to it.
I spent a few more minutes
pondering on that before I heard my phone go off in the corner. Recognising the
tone to be a text from Jayden, one of my friends at school, I opened it and
read it hurriedly, not wanting to forget what I was doing.
It read: Hey
dude, have you done any of the science homework yet?
I rolled my eyes thinking about
how typical it was for Jayden to leave these sort of things to the last minute.
The homework was due in tomorrow and our teacher was a complete tyrant when it
came to handing homework in on time.
I texted him back: Yeah, I finished it the other night when we
got it. Why haven’t you done it yet?
Knowing full well what he would
say I went back to pondering why David gave up so easily in the battle against our
new team. I knew he was planning something but I just couldn’t figure out what
it was. I’m sure it has something to do with Cassie though. Part of my
reasoning to getting her to come for dinner tonight was to make sure she didn’t
go near him just in case.
“ Harry, what you doing?”
hearing my name my head turned to the door to see my best friend standing
there. Cassie was smirking knowingly as though she had known I was thinking
about her or something.
“ Dean sent me up, its dinner
time. What were you thinking about anyway? Bet it has something to do with
David and me and his plans,” she held the smirk on her face.
“ How do you do that? Always
know what I was thinking about?” I had hoped that she would give me some detail
on a secret trick or something. It wasn’t funny that she would always know what
or who I was thinking of. Cassie could be worse than a sister sometimes, more
like a troll. I must have passed on that trait to her somewhere along the line.
“ You mumble sometime when you
think, I heard you say mine and David’s name, also something about a crazy
plot,” I laughed at this because I forgot how great her hearing was sometimes.
“ I did not know that, thanks. I
hope Dean didn’t notice how I did that, he would have my head,” I ran ahead a
little to the stairs to slide down the side rail.
Hearing Cassie laughing as she
did the same as me. Flinging off the end and doing a flip I turned just in time
to see Cassie shooting some ice out to flick the end up a bit more so she could
do one of her amazing tricks. This time it was a double backflip and spin.
Sticking the landing on two feet and opening her arms out above her head in a gymnast
present pose.
“ Race you to the dining hall!”
she shouted out as she ran out of the room. Soon I followed but down the secret
passage way I found a while ago. It opens right in the room next to the dining
hall.
“ Beat you!” Cassie shouted
happily as I entered the dining room. I stopped in my tracks knowing there was
no way she could have beat me here. My jaw was still dropped when she outright
laughed at me.
“How?!” I was still a little
shocked. She just rolled her eyes and pointed to where I had just come from,
noticing how there was ice disappearing from around the edge of the door.
“ Cheat!” I declare. She poked
her tongue out and followed me to the edge of the kitchens window.
“ Dinner in served children,”
Simon handed us each a plate through the door and walked out with two more, one
for Dean and one for himself. Dean had always said not to call him sir, or
master and to join us when eating because he was as much a part of the family
as I was.
“ Thanks Simon, it looks
lovely,” Cassie smile as she went o eat knowing that Dean would have not wanted
us to wait. He had probably got a call, either from the Walker Incorporation,
or from the HHC.
“Sorry, Phoenix wanted to make
sure about the training tomorrow,” Dean said as he sat down.
“Uh huh, is that all she
wanted?” I smirked as I said it and watched as Cassie was trying to stifle a
laugh, much like Simon tried to hide his smile behind a hand as he ate.
“Yes, why?” Dean replied.
Obviously the great Omega was still oblivious to something, Phoenix and her
obvious crush on him. I noticed Simon rolling his eyes in the corner of the
room.
“ No reason. Apart from the
obvious, how was your day Dean?” I asked putting a piece of chicken into my
mouth. Simon had cooked a roast tonight. I was very thankful because I was
starving again.
“ Well, today I got a phone call
from the offices in the child and teens department of human services at the
agency,” Cassie was smiling again and looked at me, slowly dawning on me what
this must mean.
“ What did they say?” I had
raised my voice unintentionally. But I was excited, Cassie could be my new
older sister.
“ I’m your sister now!” Cassie
yelled and jumped up. I soon followed and ran to give her a massive hug.
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