Fallen Gods II by Nick S Thomas

Author:Nick S Thomas [Thomas, Nick S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks
Published: 2019-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Aaron swiped sweat from his brow after a long day’s hike. They’d been going since first light, and it was close to dinnertime.

“We’re a day and a half in, do you really think you know where you’re going?” Ava asked, as she took a drink of water.

“You’ve seen the signs. They’ve all been there.”

“We think we have. Maybe we’re reading things that just aren’t there. Interpreting it all wrong?”

He drew out his journal and flicked through a few pages before noticing an illustration of a rock formation that was most unusual, cascading and perfectly symmetrical as it reached a near perfect point. He looked up, remembering he’d seen it moments before.

“You see, we’re close now,” he pointed.

It spurred him on as he rushed towards it. He was excited, and all of his fatigue melted away. Ava sighed, as she was getting weary of it. She was beginning to lose hope. He reached the rock and ran around it excitedly, checking the journal once more.

“It’s a guide.”

“What does it say about this place?”

“That it’ll lead the way at first light, or I think that’s what it says.”

That was the last thing she wanted to hear.

“Another day? Is this just an endless game, Aaron? Are you sure?”

“I think we’re really at the end. There’s nothing left of the poem, no other clues. This is it,” he said excitedly.

“Well, there’s nothing we can do now, so let’s get a fire going, and settle in for the night,” she said cynically.

He understood her concerns, and yet he knew they had to go on, and he felt excited at the prospect of reaching the end.

“You really do believe all this, don’t you?” she asked him as they dropped their gear and went to gather firewood nearby.

“It doesn’t seem so wild anymore, and I have to hope there’s something else out there, someone who might have our backs. You weren’t there when we fought Hades. It was almost sad. For a moment I thought I had him, but I was never close. My blade drew his blood, but it didn’t even seem to hurt him. We were completely outclassed.”

“But you came close? You landed blows?”

“I hit him, yeah.”

“Nobody is unkillable. If you were able to land blows, maybe you weren’t as far away from victory.”

He listened intently as she went on.

“Hades wants to be seen as this big bad, I get that. Maybe he can shrug off the cuts you gave him, and pretend it was nothing. But what if it really did hurt him? What if you’d landed strikes somewhere more serious? Maybe it was closer than you thought.”

“Yeah, maybe, but it doesn’t change the fact we got our asses kicked. You didn’t see it. Trust me, Thanatos and Theo, they were beaten up like you wouldn’t imagine.”

“And you think you could ever be as good as them, even if we can get training from some ancient secret master?”

“I don’t know. But I do know I was able to put up more of a fight than they were.

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