Chapter 73 - Io and Annabeth (1/2)

The woman held her companion closer as she cautiously watched Theoric approach,- ”Stop right there, that's close enough, I don't know what you want but we can handle ourselves.”

Theoric stopped, raising an eyebrow as he looked from the woman back to the cyclops and then broke into a grin chuckling,- ”I can see that,” he mocked, ”What on earth was I thinking, how about I go wake our big friend up and I'll be on my way.”

The woman frowned but choose to remain mute as she cautiously kept her eyes on the unknown man. Having bad experiences in the past made her very wary of any man that came towards her. She especially didn't wish for anything to happen to her young friend who was passed out and defenseless at the moment.

Theoric not receiving a response sighed as he turned around and started heading back to the cyclops.

The woman not realizing he was joking earlier widened her eyes at his movement, panicking she yelled- ”Stop, don't tell me you really plan on waking it up, why on earth didn't you kill that horrible thing?”

Theoric turned around scratching his face,- ”Well I'm not exactly sure how many of them there are left, I would hate to kill the last one, tell me something, why does it hate you guys so much? Something about Olympian spawn, don't tell me your children of the gods?” he asked recalling what the cyclops said.

The woman seeing the secret was out used it to her advantage,- ”Yes, so be careful not to harm us or you'll receive their wrath, speaking of, I noticed you had some power yourself, are you not also a demigod?”

Theoric shook his head,- ”No, as the cyclops said, I'm no Olympian, but why are you guys down here getting chased around, where are your parents?”

The woman clenched her teeth thinking of the gods,- ”The gods don't interact with their children, Zeus has ordered that no god shall interfere, raise, or otherwise interact with any earth spawn.”

Theoric curiously asked,- ”Why?”

”Because of the military potential that could come from them, each demigod has a chance of gaining great power and being used as weapons against the other gods, so this was a way for him to eliminate the threat, after all, if they never meet, there is no connection to employ for yourself.”

Theoric- ”Sounds a bit strange, but whatever... As much as I would love to chat here, I think you need to make a decision before this guy wakes up, do you want me to help you or should I just leave?”

The woman bit her bottom lip, struggling to decide.

”Alright, please help us, but watch yourself,” she warned

Theoric helped lift the unconscious woman as the other one walk closely by keeping an eye on everything he did.

He could tell the young woman was just passed out so he didn't feel the need to heal her. He felt it would be easier to deal with one at a time, especially considering how pointy the one awake was.

Theoric- ”I'm Theoric by the way, just tell me which way to go.”

The woman still on edge didn't lower her guard for a second as she casually responded,- ”I'm Io and that's Annabeth and, we're headed to Athens to try and gain an audience with her mother Athena.”