Volcanoes by Hamlett Nicole

Author:Hamlett, Nicole [Hamlett, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-08-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

I received a small sad nod and I breathed a sigh of relief. Thank God for something going right. But then a trickle of fear crawled up my spine.

"Diana? How many adults were left here in Olympus?"

"Hmmm… myself, you and two others. Why?"

"Are there any wards keeping Lyssa or Hypnos out?"

Understanding dawned on her face and dread settled in. "No," she whispered. "There has always been some line of defense here to keep them out."

"But that can't be said right now, can it? You guys don't watch enough TV. The best way to clear out a place you want to break into is to create a distraction."

I practically fell off the bed in an attempt to get upright. I had to find my son. It wasn't a given that they would invade, but it's what I would have done. "Scooter, find Dylan now. Bring him back here."

Scooter immediately disappeared and I stumbled for the door, pulling my pants up as I half walked, half ran. "How much has changed since they were here last?"

"I don't know exactly, but quite a bit."

"Is there anywhere safe we can stash the kids who can't teleport? Is there a place we can hide - just in case?"

She was shaking her head and I had to restrain myself from shaking her. "Okay, well we need to find a place. Is there any portion of the city that is secured against intruders? Like – I don't know – the archives?"

"Yes!" She grabbed my arm and started pulling me along. "We have a secure site set up near where the initial Rift onto Earth was created. There's a small tear that we've never been able to close, so we created a series of wards and technical barriers that only a few people know of."

"Is Hypnos aware of it?"

She paused, mid step and I nearly knocked her to the ground. "It's possible. But even if he did – we've changed the security enough that he wouldn't know how to get in."

"Okay. Let's gather up the kids - just for the sake of caution - and take them there." I stopped. "Wait. Scooter is bringing Dylan back to the Med Unit. I'll go back there and wait for them. You go on and let's meet at the –"

I paused to give her the chance to tell me where we were going. "It's behind Hephaestus' forge."

"You're kidding me."

She shook her head. "Nope. It's the only place that we could think of that nobody would just stumble into."

"Okay. Once I have the kid, I'll meet you there."

She nodded and teleported out. Why anyone around here ran about - when they could just pop in and out of existence wherever they wanted - was beyond me.

I turned around and slowly jogged back to the Med Unit, hoping I was being paranoid. I was a paranoid woman. I think it takes a modicum of insanity to be a halfway decent writer because you have to think up scenarios in your head that nobody actually wants to entertain.

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