Operation: Absolute Chaos: Chapter 12

Global's POV
I whistled and tapped my foot, looking at the tourists. I wonder where Josh went. He seemed pretty shaky.

Finally, ADHD took the best of me. I ran off to where I think Josh is, beside Templo Mayor.

Sure enough, there was he, sobbing uncontrollably, his shirt soaked and the ground around him a puddle of tears. My left eye twitched in surprise. Wow, a grown boy crying.

I think he was thinking about what Chaos showed him: his past....his unforgettable, painful past.

"Past lives behind us, Josh." I said, holding up a hand to help him up. He accepted it. His hand shook as he stood up. "Do not let pain go into your mind, hero. We always move on. " I winked.

He gave me a little smile. I flicked my Army Swiss knife and it turned into a dagger. I made a going-on motion with my head and he started to walk, wiping his tears from his cheeks.

"You spoke like, three short lines. New record." Josh said. I nodded.

We approached the heart of the ruins. It was once the two tallest temples of the site. We started running on the stone steps, just to be intercepted by a golden Hummer truck.....no, it's a lion.

Actually, the Nemean lion.

Great. First wolves, now lions.

Josh whipped out his bow. He launched two quick arrows right in the eyes of the Lion, which roared in pain and stumbled on the stone steps. I heard some mortals scream behind me.

I ran and then leaped, my dagger elongating into a sword, which I threw into the Lion's mouth, which was still flailing around. When he tasted metal, he gulped, grew rigid and then fell to the ground, melting. I approached the glittering blanket of lion fur, which was the spoil of war, and inspected it. My Army Swiss knife was there. Thank gods.

The screams dissipated into happy chatter as Josh manipulated the Mist....again.

We hurried up the stairs, stumbling a bit, and finally, on a nearly-crumbling stone pedestal, gleaming in the sunlight, was the medallion of Hypnos, a hexagonal ston with a fusion of celestial bronze and imperial gold with Hypnos' symbol: the swirling eye.

Ah, one down. Best of luck to the other teams.