The Sword of Ares: Chapter 12

As soon as we bandaged Zarana up she lead us farther into the Labyrinth, i suddenly felt a weird aura like....hatred and death.

we were getting close to the Underworld

We soon came to a small hole in the ground, the aura was coming from there

"Ok if you jump down you should land safely in the Underworld, the River Styx shouldn't be far so head there and you'll find Hades palace, good luck" Jordan was the first to jump in then Alex but before i could Zarana stopped me.

"Be careful down there Bolt Brain" and she kissed me on the forehead and pushed me into the hole and soon i found myself landing on black sand.

Alex helped me up and brushed the dust off my jacket "You ok?" "Yeah...do you know the way to the River Styx" "It's just north of here, about 3 hours of a walk, we better be ready incase of Ares, he could break the defences at anytime" "Thanks for the tip" and we started walking, our weapons in our hand.

We stopped by a small dead tree "We'll camp here and head to the Palace tommorow" "Fine with me" Jordan put his bedroll down and fell asleep instantly, Alex however just stood there while i leaned on the tree and looked out to the distance.

"Andrew..." I looked at her and soon i was tackled with a hug.

"Alex!" i pryed her off me "What is wrong with you, whats in your mind, we're on a quest to stop this, if we don't the world will end! we need to focus!!" "I know but....i can't stop thinking about you, when its my turn to look out i can't concentrate, Andrew..." she cupped her hands on my cheeks and pressed her lips against mine.

It was cold...like a snowy afternoon in December Her lips tasted like cherrys but her touch was ice cold.

I pulled away and stormed off "Andrew!" Alex called after me.

I kept running