Akhill

Chapter Five: TwoMoons II

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"Lift the gate, the eats gifts as arrived." The huge gate opened, carved in the tocks as the chariot that bears Ajax and his partner entered.

"By the gods, we are here, we are here!" Ajax unable to contain his excitement jumped out.

"Even the Hermes here look different from back home."

"Fool what you call home was a cage and we have only been moved to a bigger more confined cage."

"I know but still this is amazing. I need to take notes to send back to Artemis."

"Empty skull." Ajax's partner came down and inhaled heavily as though searching for something.

"This is odd." He looked around and saw the Hermes of different ranks in the rock and most of them without a weapon and face covered except from one that approached them.

"Easy boy, we are disadvan—" Ajax scribble fell off his hand as he watched how his string friend fell faced down, knocked down by a single strike he couldn't see.

"What—" Ajax's partner shocked as he went down.

"I see you have your anger also against Olympus. Get in line boy." The man, hand-folded back continued to the a.chariot that brought Ajax.

"What is your name?" The Hermes that brought them bowed to him.

"Ajax, my Lord." He bowed instantly.

"Rise boy, only bow like the others. This way you have bowed is only worthy of our Lord Zeus."

"What? He is not Zeus." Ajax thought.

"I am in charge of every other thing Mr Zeus is not bothered with. Guess who?"

"You are, you are the chief Hermes."

"I see you are smarter than your friend." Ajax could not help himself but remain glued to the ground, wondering how powerful Zeus would be.

"Boy, I am harmless and without a weapon. So rise please." The Chief Hermes smiled at the boy and couldn't help but respect his sensory ability.

"I feel I may die if I raise my Lord." The chief Hermes dispersed his killer aura and lifted the boy.

"Artemis must be your retainer, not Apollo."

"Yes my Lord."

"I guess that one was allowed to roam freely by Apollo. Typical Apollo." Ajax swallowed as the Chief Hermes patted his head, playing with his silver hair strands. "You have peculiar hair boy."

"Hermes! Sector three, scar mark 113. Lead them to the others." One of the Her.es step forward and carried ajax partner while Ajax followed noticing, again and again, the weaponlessness of the Hermes'.

"I think I should not be in over my head in Olympus centre."

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"This is the first mark. Thetis, Her Partner gi free this one from the burden of the flesh."

"As the Lord wills." The smiling boy with death in his eye who choose to be called Thetis partner said. The guide Hermes came down and opened one of the carriages filled with all sorts of weapons that the weaponsmiths of the four-county could make.

"Pick one, so the door of the flesh may open in ease." The boy ran towards the carriage and looked through the weapons then pick one whip-like spiky chain and another knuckle ring with points.

"Here, it suits you well for this." Thetis partner does all he can to make sure Thetis lives another day with her head on her neck.

"Don't delay, time is ever against the King."

The children approached the tent within the camp of a travelling company and all that rose upon these arrivals are screams of gas as spirit escaped the body and body covered in scarred and red song rained upwards then all became silent again as the two children came back covered in splashes of red.

"Finished sire." Thetis partner said, his face brightly smiling as they returned from their onslaughter.

"At the cross-bridge to the west, you will wash and change your garment so you can be presentable."

"As my Lord wills." Thetis partner said but Thetis stayed muted and glared.

"Your eye may be your downfall." He Hermes said in distaste.

"Mercy my Lord, she means no harm."

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"Home, home." Luke entered in, again strapped with the baggage that was offloaded from the rented carriage.

"Yes my Love, I will go prepare your bath," Lucille said as she came in after him.

"Bath, woman can't I just gi sleep." Luke unstrapped himself and fell off the baggage to zone off.

"Oh no, you don't." Lucille with water and sprinkled her husband who opened his eye. "Lucy sweet, can I only this once."

"No my dear not today." She pulled him up as he grumbled into the bath.

"Lazy bum." Thetis said coming in after the boy.

"So this is the home of the one I am to aid."

"No, This is Luke and Lucille's place. I stay not far away from here but Luke insisted I stay nightly still ma child be fast on her feet."

"Her feet." The boy looked at Thetis stomach.

"How can you tell my Lady."

"I can't, It is just what I want."

"Why though."

"No reason, boy— why is your name boy?" Thetis intending to change the subject.

"Why do you want a girl?" The boy undeterred probably because he also was not interested in telling her his scars.

"No reason, amma tell you one of these days."

"As you wish My Lady." The boy bowed.

"Can you stop that?"

"I am your aid, how should I approach my Lady."

"Simple Boy, just approach me like a child to a mother Eh," Lucille said.

"Wh, what is that?"

"You know like hmm—"

"Thetis you are back." The children that Lucille and Luke watched overcame in from the local study excited to see her, wrapping their hands around her. Lucille look at the children and looked at the boy.

"Forget it. I don't know how to explain." She waved the explanation off. "Childre did Luke take care of you while I was not around."

"Yes, Lucille." The oldest of the children said.

The boy called Boy, looked at the scene, stating at the children and their retainer. The children were all younger than he was yet bold and without any air of hostility.

"What is this?" He thought