Questers Versus Heroes: Chapter Three

Josh had wished his says of fighting monsters would be over, but life for a demititan is never safe.

But no, Josh have to be aware of this upcoming battle against Gaea. Zeus had stubbornly made a decision that he will accept Ouranus's help, without knowing that danger is imminent, and the fact that Ouranus might just turn on him.

He was on on the house of the torch. Fortunately for him, this is not a war where he had to be taken by his enemies and tortured. But there's also an unfortunate part, and that is a fight against the earth itself. Gaea wants revenge, again. But what I don't understand is that why Gaea is fighting a losing war? Why is it that Gaea is starting another war that she had previously lost again and again? Who knows.

He is currently meditating, one of his most common methods of calming himself down. Around his cabin, he can hear the sound of debris falling.

People around him know better than to disturb his focus, because he would not calm his mind if he was distracted.

Meanwhile, at Camp Half-Blood

The campers sat down in the campfire. They are tasked with a new mission to get the Torch of Nemesis.

Chiron stood beside the campfire. The way he stroke his beard too many times indicates that he is nervous now. Chiron really doubts Zeus's decision when he accepts Ouranus's generous gift. But wait, is Ouranus really generous?

There will be time that they can all find out, but this time, they have to get the torches of Nemesis. It is unclear how the torches of Nemesis relates to this Ouranus vs Gaea thing, but it is their best lead.

Natalie decides to lead the group. She picks Zack, Matt, Ava and Malcolm to join her.

The Shadow Warrior

Jason Black had been running for his entire life. He had escaped from the gods, the titans, and anyone that tried to recruit him into joining a faction. He is now on a run for his life, on Britain, I suppose

He is running through the mist, through the woods, through the darkness and the shadows. Jason had forgotten how long he had ran, but it was very far. Jason was very tired, and he stopped by a nearby mansion.

The door was decorated with torches. The house looks like it's about to catch fire, and at that instant, Jason ran away, and the door opened. Inside, there's a girl and a boy coming out, and Jason instantly knew that he is going to fight.

The girl looked at him, as if scanning Jason, processing the information inside her brain.

"Ahh... Jason... the guy who fled the gods and the titans."

"How do you know my name?" Jason asked.

"Every god and titan knows about you, Jason, you..."

Before Kat could finish, Jason drew his sword and charged at her. Arthur stepped in front of her and parried his strike. Jason then stepped back one or two steps as 2 more people approached.

It turns out to be Natalie and Zack. They both come and engaged Jason.

One boy and one girl came down. This time it's Ava and Josh. They began to fight Jason.

Jason is the son of Iris, and from his first quest, he was assigned to bring 5 different types of grapes from around the world. It took Jason almost a month to travel around the world, especially when the gods did not help him at all. After he has succeeded, Jason finds out that the grapes are for making Dionysus win a grape contest. For this reason, Jason ran away, thinking that he had been played with by the gods. There is also one moment where he was contacted by Kronos, asking him to join his side. Jason, paranoid by the first encounter, refused him either, and since then he has become a fugitive of the gods and the titans.

When Jason looked at how many people he was fighting with, Jason had thought that his life had ended, but it wasn't true. Jason is already an experienced fighter, and some people say that he is a one man army, which makes him a formidable foe.

Josh went to take on Jason, and Josh shuffled back and forth as he saw Jason's rhythm of fighting. Josh shuffled back and forth as he fought Jason with a smooth and noiseless sound as he dodged Jason's attacks.

"I know why you're here, Jason." Josh told him. "You want to accept Ouranus's favor of granting us powers that can defeat Gaea."

"No." Jason said. "I don't care about Ouranus. I care only myself."

"Yeah, right." I said. "You care about the demigods that are thrown away by the gods and the titans, a lone half-blood. You care about..."

"Shut up!!!" Jason screamed, and as soon as he was about to strike me, Ava stepped in front of me and parried his strike.

"I've heard of you." Ava said. "You're this half-blood that ran away from your home...." And Ava launched into a string of explanations explaining Jason's past.

"NO!!!" After a couple of minutes of explanation, Jason lunged himself at Ava, but the others stepped forward and pointed a sword at Jack.

"Now, you have a choice." I told him.

"Join with us..." Zack said.

"... or ran along to... the rabbit hole."

Jason gulped. He already knows what does the term 'The Rabbit Hole'. It was a seemingly endless tunnel. In this case, they would let him wonder around, and eventually getting himself killed.

"We're waiting, Jason." Zack told him.

This is increasingly getting difficult for Jason. Other than the fact that he didn't have a place to stay, he was the only person in The Shadow Warriors. Deep inside Jason's heart, he knew if he walks alone, he would be a sitting duck. But another thing is that Jason's paranoia about his first quest. The fact that he had already being deceived once makes him not wanting any of his friends in the fear of that his friends are going to deceive him.

Jason made his choice. "I'll leave."

"Ok good, and be that way." Natalie said, as he stumbled away.

Behind all the demigods, king Arthur stood there, and stroked his beard.

"It has begun, the war against the earth itself." Arthur said.

Ava looked at Josh as she raised her hand about to slap Josh.