Chapter 129 - New Goal (1/2)
Theoric who just made it out of the secret tunnel found everyone in Athena's temple gathered around Zeus's statue praying which was unusual, to say the least.
Holland- ”Hm? What's going on? Why is everyone around that statue?” she asked, not missing the strangeness of the situation even with her lack of knowledge of many things.
Theoric taking note of it didn't let it stop him,- ”Don't know, don't care, we have other things to worry about, I don't want to leave them as statues longer than I have to.”
However, when he stepped outside and saw the rainless thunder clouds above, he started to get an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.
Looking around he saw a crowd gathering at the entrance of the private section blocked by priestesses claiming that the area was off-limits until further noticed and decided to make a small detour to find out what was going on.
It wasn't long before he heard them talking about how Zeus was here and to let them through so they could meet him. He even saw the lords of the city gathering below and making their way up after receiving the news.
Theoric grabbed a random person,- ”I seem to be out of the loop friend, could you tell me what's going on?”
The excited fellow exclaimed,- ”Zeus is what's going on! He's here! He's here, I saw it myself! I saw him coming down from the thunder clouds as one big lightning bolt, landing up above in the privileged area!”
Theoric paled a little along with Sigyn.
”Sigyn, I have to go and check on them,” he said forming his orange energy shield before jumping up strongly and flying as fast as he could to Athena's temple above, shocking those around him.
Sigyn telepathically responded as he was on his way,- 'Stay safe, I'm right behind you.' she said readying some seeds to boost her up.
Theoric quickly responded telepathically,- 'NO! Sigyn if this turns into a fight, I don't want you anywhere near here, take the girls back to Grani and keep them safe there.'
Sigyn hesitated before taking a stand for the first time in her life,- 'No, I also want to protect Io and Anna.' she said dropping the seeds.
Theoric eyes widened as he reached the temple's entrance,- 'Sigyn Stop! Under no circ.u.mstance are you to use your powers unless absolutely necessary... Sigyn please this is important, I don't want you to be a target, I'm sure someone with the world tree's power will be a target of interest, if you wish to help, you'll have to learn to train and use your powers efficiently, no more slacking around all day without a care in the world, are you ready for that?... Sigyn please tell me you haven't already used your powers here.'
Sigyn who was ready to use the seeds only made them grow a little before she was told to stop,- 'Only a little, I was ready to boost myself up until you yelled at me to stop'
Theoric sighed as he entered the temple looking around cautiously,- 'Did you hear the rest of what I said?'
Sigyn- 'Yesssss, I won't use my powers, and I will start training more seriously... But I'm still coming, so you just go and make sure Io and Anna are safe until I get there, Hmph!' she said with conviction as she headed back the way they came, back to the secret entrance.
Holland and Nina were left completely in the dark as Holland watched Sigyn just standing around before heading back to the temple,- ”Sigyn! What are you doing? Where are you going now?” She asked while dragging Nina along who was still blindfolded.
Theoric meanwhile was nervously looking around for any signs of Zeus or anyone really, the place was a ghost town. Taking only a minute to check around he decided to stop wasting time and head straight for the burial chambers.
Heading down he arrived just in time to see the tail end of Zeus's lightning bolt zapping away.
Athena turned shocked to see him,- ”What are you doing here? Do you realize how close you just came to death if Zeus saw you, your lucky his focus was entirely on me.”
Theoric didn't hear a word she said as he brushed past her towards the broken piece of Io, dropping to his knees as he gathered a few up,- ”Io.” his voice croaked as he tried to hold back the sadness all over again, just after finding hope, it was swiftly taken from them.