The End of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Author:Kate O'Hearn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

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“LORIN!” PAELEN SLAMMED HIS FISTS against the doors, trying to get back in. Somehow he could feel her—her love for him, her pain, and finally, her death.

“No,” he howled as he collapsed to the floor.

From behind the doors they heard cheering and celebration. These were suddenly followed by the terrible screams of the higher-voiced Titan, as though he was in great pain.

“She’s getting away!” Joel shouted.

“No. Lorin is dead,” Paelen wept.

“Then what’s going on in there?” the senior agent asked.

“I don’t know, and I don’t wanna know,” Earl said. “Let’s just get outta here before them monsters change their mind and decide to have us for dessert.”

“Paelen, I’m so sorry,” Joel said softly as he knelt down and put a comforting arm around his best friend. “Please, we can’t help her now. Come on. We must go.”

“I cannot move.” Paelen sobbed. He raised his tear-filled eyes to Joel. “Lorin was dying. She gave up her remaining time for us.”

Vulcan put his hand on Paelen’s shoulder. “No, Paelen. She gave it up for you, so that you would live. You do not want to dishonor her sacrifice by remaining here and being destroyed by them.”

“He’s right,” Joel agreed. “We can’t waste this opportunity she’s given us. If we wait much longer, those things will come after us again!”

“What about them?” one of the CRU agents asked as he pointed at the cages of clones and aliens.

“Leave them!” the senior agent said. “Let’s just get to the lift while we still can!”

Vulcan rose to his feet. “No!” he howled. “I will not leave them here to be devoured by those creatures. Set them all free!”

The agents looked from their senior officer to Vulcan. Moments later, they followed Vulcan’s command and started to open the cages.

“I said leave them!” the senior officer cried. “Leave all the Olympians down here! This is their war, not ours!”

“You fool!” Vulcan cried. He charged over and caught hold of the man. “What is wrong with you? This fight involves all of us. Those creatures in there do not care whether they kill humans or Olympians. Your only hope is the Olympians, and our only hope is to get back to Olympus so that Jupiter and his brothers come here to stop them. So for once, put your prejudice against us aside and work with us, not against us!”

Vulcan threw the agent down and looked at the others. “Can you not see this?”

The senior agent got up. “You’re lying. This is your fault. . . .”

Before he could finish, Paelen rose to his feet and punched the CRU agent with enough force to send him flying across the vast chamber. “My beautiful Lorin died so that we may live. We either work together or we die together. Which is it to be?”

The other agents turned from their superior and nodded. “Work together.”

It didn’t take long to open the cages. But as the large group ran from the cage room through the corridor and to the elevator, they realized they had another problem.

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