Gods of the Deep Greek

i've been reading a lot of Rick Riordan's books and i love greek mythology. even though a lot of this beginning stuff will be similar to his books, it's not actually based on them. you don't need to have read them to be a part of this rp, but some knowledge on greek mythology may help. if you don't know much, feel free to ask me anything you like. there will be an ooc thread set up too. do the asking there. in it will be family trees of the gods, pictures, different beasts, etc.

The Story​

It's more than just a myth. All those stories about heroes and gods really were true. it was hard to believe that everything i knew was a lie. That being dyslexic and having ADHD weren't really medical problems for me. That they were there to keep me alive. Finding out the truth from my father was ridiculou. Why on earth would I believe that i was 'gifted.' That the reason my mother wasn't around was because she was a god? it all sounded so absurd, at least until the monsters attacked. Why hadn't i ever seen them before? Why have they just appeared now? Everything is so bizarre.

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The Scoop​

It's modern day. You can have a cell phone, BUT it's a very bad idea. The signal from the cell phone basically gives off a beacon to all the monsters about your exact location. Not exactly ideal if you want to stay alive.
If you are starting out at age 15 or 16, then your character will not know who their godly parent is. The parent will give them a sign [i'll be the one to show the sign]. It will be their symbol glowing about your character's body. If your character is older than 16, then they can be fully aware of who their parent is and already posses a weapon. Most mortal parents do not know that they were in love with a god/goddess. Most of the gods do not tell their mortal lover since it is too much to handle. Keep that in mind, you can't blame your mother or father that raised you.
To communicate over long distances, you will use an Iris message. Iris is the goddess of rainbows and is also a messenger goddess. If you make a small rainbow you can ask Iris to connect you with the person of your choice. She will not do it for free however. It requires a fee of one Golden Drachma. One coin is good for five minutes. If you wish to speak for longer then it requires more coins.

Golden Drachma-currency of the gods. it's very important. can find them with upper level monsters, you may also receive them from the gods themselves. My character will give you ten to start out with when you meet her. Use them wisely, they aren't around every corner.

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Important Information​

You cannot be a son or daughter of the BIG 3. That consists of Zeus, Poseidon, or Hades. It also applies to Hera. She is not a part of the "big 3," but since she is the Goddess of Marriage, she has only ever been Faithful to Zeus. The three brothers agreed to a pact years ago. Since the children of the Big 3 have always been too powerful for their own good, the gods agreed to no longer have children with mortal women. If you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, feel the desire to be one of their sons or daughters, you must talk to me about it first. Keep in mind that this means that EVERYONE will be out to kill you.

-Not all gods have awesome elemental powers, keep that in mind
-Not everyone can be a child of a major god
-There are lots of minor gods to choose from [hundreds of them]
-Many of them have similar powers to the major gods.

-I am only allowing two characters to be children for each major god

-so it's first come first serve​

The Major Gods​

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Zeus

King of the Gods
God of Sky (more specifically lightning)
symbol: lightning bolt​

Poseidon

Zues's brother
God of the Sea
symbol: triton​

Hades

Zues and Poseidon's brother
God of the Underworld (hates everything about mount olympus)
symbol: helmet​

Hera

Queen of the Gods
Goddess of Marriage
symbol: peacock​

Apollo

God of Music, Medicine, Prophecy, and Archery
symbol: lyre​

Artemis

Goddess of the Hunt
Apollo's twin sister
She is also the virgin goddess
Artemis has no children, but she has the Hunter's of Artemis, if you are a young girl you may choose to be one of Artemis's huntresses
they do not age, they only way they may die is if killed in combat
symbol: stag​

Hermes

The Messenger God
he is also the god of thievery, travel, and persuasion
symbol: winged sandals​

Hephaestus

God of the Forge
He is the blacksmith for the gods
the god of technology
hammer​

Aphrodite

Goddess of Love
She is Hephaestus's wife
symbol: dove​

Ares

The God of War
symbol:vulture​

Athena

Goddess of Wisdom and Architecture
symbol: owl​

Demeter

Goddess of the Harvest
cornucopia​

Dionysus

God of Wine
symbol: grapes​

Hestia

Goddess of the Hearth and Home
no longer one of the major 13, gave her spot up for Dionysus to keep from conflict. she's still allowed to remain in the Pantheon as long as she keeps her place by the fire
symbol: hearth​

The Minor Gods​

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Peitha

Goddess of Persuasion​

Eris

Goddess of Strife or discord​

Weapons​

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Weapons are always a favorite part of discussion. There won't be a limit as to which weapons can be used. Whatever you pick though you have to make or go some place like Poseidon's forge to be made. Cyclope's are great at making weapons and if you are a Child of Hepheastus, you will have a natural skill at building things. It's up to you if you want to make items for other people.

weapons consist of things like: bow/arrow, spears, swords, daggers/knives
feel free to be creative, but remember if your character is starting out without knowing their true identity, they won't have a weapon right away.​

Some Different Creatures You May Encounter​

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Good or Indifferent creatures:

Satyrs, dryads, nyads, centaur, hippocampi, pegasi...​

Creatures of the underworld:

Hellhounds, gorgons, giants, chimera, sirens...​

there are many more, feel free to add whatever one's you would like to encounter into the story, or if you want to make the story head into a certain direction with a more major beast [like cerberus or the hydra] talk to me about it in the ooc thread. i would be more then happy to move the rp in a certain direction.
also if you can manage to catch a pegasi and break it in, it's yours to ride. not everyone can have one though. that just wouldn't be right.

Transportation​

Transportation will be necessary. If your character is of legal age to drive, then feel free to snag a car or two along the way. There are also different magical forms of transportation. These are things like chariots and the pegasi as stated in the creatures section. Depending on who your godly parent is, you may be able to travel quickly through water or air. Often times gods will also help you get somewhere, but they are tricky beings. There is always something you have to do for them if you want something to be done for you.

The different major locations that will be apart of the story will be placed in the ooc thread, just to keep this from getting too long. You need to make sure to check it every-once-in-awhile. New stuff will always be added to it. There will be things like pictures, family trees, the different teams you will form -which are constantly changing, other types of beasts, more gods listed, and the locations.
Just to make things simpler, I'm going to go with the idea Riordan had in his book and that Mount Olympus moves to whichever Western Civilization has become the most advanced. This would be North America. Although it orginated in Greece, Mount Olympus had moved to North America and so has the Underworld and all of it's beings. The Actual Mount Olympus is located above the Empire State Building and the entrance to the underworld is at the HOLLYWOOD sign in Los Angeles. If you have questions about where other significant places are, make sure to check the ooc thread, and if you don't see anything regarding it, feel free to ask me.

Rules​

1. No Godmodding, which I know sounds weird since it's about gods.
2. Ask for the other person's permission if you need them to do something.
3. I realize it can be hard to get on everyday, I myself have issues with internet access, so please be patient with others.
4. If it does start to take a long time to reply, I will step in so you aren't left hanging.
5. If you want to leave, notify me first and do something with your character.
6.Try to at least have a couple sentences per post. No one-liners.
7. GRAMMER, GRAMMER, GRAMMER
8. PG-13 please, swearing is no problem, and neither is falling in love, but extra stuff needs to be taken somewhere else.
9. Check the OOC Thread, it may not be up immediately but once it is it will be a must.
10. Finally, if you have read all the rules, and all of the other information, which I know there is a lot of it put "ready for the adventure" in your first post.

Now for the fun part. Characters! You may have up to three, but you better be able to keep track of them all.

username:
character's name:
age:
godly parent:
weapon they have/will have:
appearance:
what location you are starting at:
how long you've been on the run [if you're only 15 or 16 it can't be more than a couple months]:
backstory:
other:

Accepted OC's​

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username: hyuge
character's name: ammeritta
age: 17
godly parent: athena
weapon they have/will have: dagger
appearance:
what location you are starting at: new york city
how long you've been on the run: 3 years
backstory: her father was blessed with the knowledge of knowing who her mother truly was. when the attacks started to become more frequent, she ran away from home, not wanting her father to be in danger any longer. ammeritta loves her family, but cares too much about their safety and wanting to know about herself to stay home. she has made it to new york, where she was told mount olympus was now residing and is hiding out in an abandoned warehouse, waiting for whomever may seek her help.
other: she is the one you need to talk to in order to get the drachma, she is also going to know a lot about your parent and will be able to help you get started.

username: hyuge
character's name: raiden
age: 18
godly parent: Peitha
weapon they have/will have: sword
appearance:
what location you are starting at: new york city
how long you've been on the run: 2 years
backstory: raiden met ammeritta while he was in colorado. after there was an attack on his home by some hellhounds, which to his father they just appeared as large dogs, he took off. raiden had no idea what was going on, why there was all of a sudden these creatures he had never seen before, and why it always felt as if his life was in danger. it wasn't until he met ammeritta in a diner one late night that things started to finally make sense. he didn't want to believe it, but everything started to make a lot more sense. why he was kicked out of almost all his schools, his ADHD, and the dyslexia. Ever since that night he has always traveled with her and helped others along the way.
other: peitha is the goddess of persuasion

Username: Britishism
Character's Name: Taron Kris
Age: 18
Godly Parent: Dionysus
Weapon They Have/Will Have: Warhammer
Appearance:
What Location You're Starting At: San Diego
How Long Have You Been on The Run: 2 Years
Backstory: Taron, despite his dyslexia and ADHD, has been rather successful in his school life. However, his human mother was killed after a monster attack. He thus left home, as he had nobody to protect him. He's traveled the world in search of a place to stay and be safe. Taron is an intelligent, yet impulsive young man whose major skills include cooking
and running.

Username: Jubiliana
Character's Name: Sylvia Verity
Age: 19
Godly Parent: Eris
Weapon they have/will have: Spear
Appearance:
What location you are starting at: New York City
How long you've been on the run: 3 years
Backstory: Sylvia never was a good child. Mean, ironic and definately not nice - these three words describe her quite well. But the fact, that she wasn't popular and never wanted to be in a first place, didn't mean she was ready for what had happend one night. The night she was attacked by some monsters, she has never seen in her whole life. She escaped from them miracously and since then traveled around the country alone. She never has a good relationship with her father, so he propably didn't even care. She's seeking the answers for the question why in the world she was attacked in the first place? As for her personality, well she don't get along with other people, but still is quite intelligent and smart girl.
Other: I hope you know Eris. But if you don't. She's godess of discord.

username: Master of Keyblades
character's name: Allen
age: 17
godly parent: Ares
weapon they have/will have: Katana
appearance:
what location you are starting at: New York City
how long you've been on the run [if you're only 15 or 16 it can't be more than a couple months]: 2 years
backstory: Always being one to plan thing out, Allen has alway been interested in battle startegy. Even his teachers took a notice of this when they took a look in his notebook and found many different ones.
other: If you look carefully at his plans, you'll notice that he's always in the frontlines.

username: TwilightBlader
character's name: Drake
age: 20
godly parent: Athena
weapon they have/will have: A broadsword
appearance:
what location you are starting at: New York City
how long you've been on the run [if you're only 15 or 16 it can't be more than a couple months]: 5
backstory: Drake lived his life with his grandparents. His father died when he a small child and he had no idea about his mother. He always had a feeling that he was not normal, but that feeling became the truth when his house was raided by beasts. Drake witnessed his grandparents being killed by the beast and despite his best efforts he failed to protect them and fled. Alone, Drake traveled by himself after realizing the beast were after him.

username: Aqua101
character's name: Teal
age: 15
godly parent: Hermes
weapon they have/will have: Katana
appearance:

(sorry for no full body, I just binged for a picture and thought this was good)
what location you are starting at: New York City
how long you've been on the run [if you're only 15 or 16 it can't be more than a couple months]: 4 months
backstory: Teal has known who his father is for a while. When he was a child he would always try and "borrow" items that his siblings had. He was always into Greek mythology, and it was his favorite subject. One day, he was attacked by cyclops and managed to get away for a while. He learned from the cyclops that they were hunting for him because he was a demigod. When he found this out, he realized right then and there that his father was Hermes. Teal ran out of his home town in the country. On the way he found a katana and taught himself how to use it, all the while still being chased by the cyclops. He has been on the run from them for a few months, and manages to evade them every time they find him. Now he searches for a place of safety, hoping to finally get rid of these cyclops, as well as find out why he was being targeted by them.
other: Teal does not pay attention to others too well unless it interests him. He also learns techniques very quickly, becoming somewhat adept at many different forms of the Katana, but has never been able to master them

username: Kayate
character's name: Michael Handen
age: Sixteen
godly parent: Hades
weapon they have/will have: Is it alright if he currently has a daggar, but gets a katana or a sword of some sort when the story progresses?
appearance: (I always have a hard time finding a picture of what I want, so I'll simply describe his appearance. Use your imagination, y'know?) Jet black hair that is constantly simply tuffled up, never bothered to fix it, of course, unless for a special occasion - Which never occurs, running from dangers and such. His hair reaches down to about his jawline, with his bangs to the tip of the nose. A very light blue eye color, looking a bit out of place with such bright colors, with him wearing mainly dark clothes. A slightly pointed chin. A scar that begins at his temple, that runs down his cheek, ending at his chin, caused by a HellHound that he subsquently randomly flailed at with his dagger, his flails ended up killing the beast.
what location you are starting at: Boston, Massachusets.
how long you've been on the run [if you're only 15 or 16 it can't be more than a couple months]: Seven Months
backstory: Born in Cambridge, Massachusets, his mother had always seemed to be a strange sort. Never allowing him a cell phone, or computer, claiming that, "They'll be able to find you!". Michael had always simply believed she meant something like rapists and murderers, being over-paranoid about the whole thing. He of course, was a happy child, more or less, until he entered his early fourteen - Whom he was led to believe was his biological father randomly left the household, no clue as to where he had gone or why. Michael had looked up to the man, and felt as if his main source to a guide in his life had left. His mother had also seemed to bottle up, her love and husband gone. He became a bit of a cold one. At fifteen, a form of Monster had attacked, subsequently destroying his small household, and killing his mother in the process, as she had taken the time to distract it, forcing her son out of the house.
other: He is simply a wandering soul at this point, and docking in Boston, as the constant barrage of monster attacks are always keeping him busy; Fleeing for his life, or fighting for it, with no knowledge of why this continuously occurs.

Username: AndrewTemari101
Character's Name: Samson Arch
Age: 17
Godly Parent: Apollo
Weapon They Have/Will Have: Bow & Arrow
Appearance:
What location you are starting at: Los Angeles, California
How long you've been on the run: 1 year, 5 months
Backstory: Ever since Samson was young, he loved to help others. He was very good at taking care of others, and knew a lot of different herbs and medicines. He was also gifted at playing music, specifically string instruments. Samson grew up with ADHD and dyslexia, making school a bit of a challenge. However, he usually got B's and some A's. Life for Samson was very well, until is mother was kidnapped and then killed by a feriocious Erinyes, or Fury. Ever since then, Samson has been on the run from the dangers of ancient Greek mythology creatures.
Other: N/A

Post your characters in the OOC Thread: http://www.kh-vids.net/showthread.php?114997-Gods-of-the-Deep-Greek-OOC

 

ammeritta sat in the warehouse studying maps and going over previous battle strategies. she had noticed recently that the monster attacks had become more frequent. she was starting to think that more demigods had made their way to the city. it was her duty to find them and help them. so many children would be out their lost and confused. all of this was hard to process, especially towards those that were just discovering something was different at an older age. she found out when she was quite young so it was easy to process. although, she has met many people over the last few years that were even older than her and just discovering that something was wrong. those peple didn't take to the idea well.
ammeritta sighed as she heard the door to the entrance of the warehouse slide open. it had been abandoned years ago and she and raiden have used it many times as a safe house, but hearing the door open suddenly always put her on edge. she would keep her daggers close at hand just in case. she saw the familiar older boy's face and smiled slightly towards, then looked back at her paperwork.

raiden nodded back towards ammeritta and then headed towards their kitchen. they had been there so many times that they ended up setting up as if it were home. this is where other demigods knew to find them. not all of them knew how to work iris messages yet and the ones that did didn't know that you could offer almost anything to the goddess as long it was worth something. he sighed as he put the rations in their storage area. he glanced at the list of demigods they had met recently. it had been getting more distant between sightings. ammeritta has been the brains and done most of the lead work while raiden does more of the brute force, but his powers of persuasion make getting jobs done a lot easier. he has always felt as if he had a way with words, but once he found out why it was so easy to convince people to do things for him he became a little up upset. raiden thought it was just because people liked him so much, not because he had powers. ammeritta assured him that it still very much makes him special, but it just wasn't the same.
when he came back over to ammeritta, she was sending an iris message to one of the guys they had met about a year ago, drake.

"oh goddess iris please take this gift as an offering."
she tossed a golden drachma into the bird bath they keep in the warehouse specifically for iris messages.
"please show me drake, son of athena."
ammeritta waited patiently as the water shimmered, transferring them to drake.

 

With arms crossed, Drake stood on top the rooftop in the huge New York City and gazed at the city. Recently returning to the city after a good long while Drake sighed as he watched the busy streets. With his huge broadsword attached to his back, Drake couldn't exactly walk around people with it. Being the son of a goddess and having faced countless beast, he never excepted the fact that he was normal and travelled far a wide

 

raiden stood next to ammeritta and wrapped an arm around her waist. he watched as the rippling water formed an image.
"any luck?"

ammeritta shook her head no.
"drake! come in drake. can you hear me?"
she watched as the sight of a New York rooftop came into view.

 

Drake merely closed his eyes upon hearing the sudden voice of a fellow demigod "Yes I can hear you. What is it" Drake calmly said. He immediately recognized the voice he heard to be his step-sister that he met a year ago. Although he was mostly cold and anti-social to others, it was a bit different with him and Ammeritta as he treated her a bit more kindly. Maybe it was because she was the only known member of his family despite the fact the barely even knew each other

 

ammeritta watched drake carefully.
"i fear that the monsters are growing in numbers. have you seen any new demigods recently. i have a sinking feeling that there are more in town. we need to find them before the beasts of the underworld do.

raiden stood by her side and waited for drake to respond. drake never really said much and it was obvious that he only seemed to take kindly to his godly sister. that was fine though. raiden didn't really talk much either.

 

Teal ran through an alley, running from the pounding noises behind him. He had thought that he managed to finally get past the cyclops, but somehow they found him again. He was tired of running. Tired of not being able to fight them. Tired of not knowing why he was being attacked. The noises behind him got louder and louder, and he knew he had to keep running. He clutched his katana's hilt on his back. He knew that he couldn't fight the cyclops, but if he couldn't get away, there was nothing else he could do. He turned at a corner and found a fence blocking his way. He turned around and saw the cyclop's shadows on the wall. He looked around, trying to find a way out. Then, he noticed a door to his left. He slammed into it and forced it open. Flying to the ground on his side, he heard the cyclops talking.
"Teal!? Teal!?" Teal froze for a sec. The voice he heard was his mother's. He had nearly been caught by them doing this before, but he wasn't going to fall for the same trick twice.
Teal threw the door shut and ran into the building. He looked around and noticed rows upon rows of shelves. On the shelves were boxes, big and small. He figured he was in some kind of storeroom, but he didn't take the time to figure out where. He ran as fast as his legs could take him, hoping to put distance between him and the cyclops. He found another door and opened it. He was in another alley. This time, to his left the alley continued down, and to this right he saw a street full of people and cars. He didn't want to go anywhere that might involve innocent bystanders, but he couldn't stay still. He ran toward the street, hearing the cyclops breaking through the storeroom behind him.

 

Drake opened his eyes and looked up at the sky upon hearing her words "Unfortunately I have not and I will have to agree with you about the monsters. Many have attack me so far and upon reaching the city the number of attacks have increased tremendously. Its hard enough to find a place to rest" Drake said and closed his eyes "I will see if I can find anybod-" Drake began to say but was suddenly stopped in mid sentence as he drew his sword and slashed a hellhound that was sneaking up from behind. Preparing his sword Drake glanced at the pack of Hellhounds slowly heading towards him

 

Hana stopped, out of breath. She had been running for hours. Looking behind her, she could see nothing. No monsters, no strange beasts trying to kill her. She leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. She needed to rest for a minute. After she caught her breath, she began to slowly walk down the street. She wasn't sure just where she was, she just knew she was in New York somewhere. Pulling her cell out of her pocket, she pressed the speed-dial of her mothers phone. Oh, she must be out of her mind with worry! She held the phone up to her ear and waited for her mother to pick up. That's when she heard it. The sound of something very large coming form behind her, knocking over trash cans and snorting very loudly. She turned around and saw the beast, she had never seen anything like it. "Oh, come on!" she said. "Can't you ever give me a break?" Closing her phone and sticking it back in her pocket, she turned around and ran down the street.

Slowly, Ella woke from her sleep. At first, she didn't know where she was, but then she remembered. She was at camp, in Apollo's cabin, and it was in the middle of the night. She rolled over to try and fall back asleep, but she couldn't. She'd had another dream. She couldn't quite remember what it was, but she knew it meant something big was about to happen. She knew that she was safe, that it was almost impossible for something to happen to her as long as she stayed in the camp, but she still couldn't shake off the feeling that soon, something would change. That was the problem with being Apollo's daughter. She was always having prophetic dreams and then forgetting what they were. She had only ever remembered one, the one that started her life as a demigod. Closing her eyes, she still remembered that night. Every moment of it. No detail escaped her memory. She opened her eyes again. Now that she was thinking about the past, she would never get to sleep. She might as well get up and go for a walk around the campground. Pulling a jacket on over her PJ's, she got out of bed and stepped through the cabin door into the starry night outside.

 

How come now the monsters notice me? Allen thought as he was being chased by some hellhounds. After his mom had told him about his real dad, she gave him a pack full of supplies he would need. He had manage to go almost a year with one finding him and as soon as he tries to tell his mom how he's doing, a pack a hellhound comes right for him. Turning into a nearby alley, he grabbed hold of a ladder that was hanging just low enough that he could still reach it. "Well, that takes care of one problem." He said watching the hellhounds run past and pulling himself up the ladder.

 

ammeritta saw the image of the hellhounds surround her brother, she couldn't just sit there and do nothing so she shouted one last thing to him before the image started to fade.
"drake! your location?!"
the iris message was fading fast and she only hoped he could respond in time before they lost their connection. she wasn't going to let another one be lost to the beasts. the underworld was calling and it was sending out a pretty strong signal. it was obvious more demigod souls were being collected and it was her duty to stop it. this was a mission chiron and her mother herself had sent her on. ammeritta had known who she was since she was little and had been working hard on it. every demigod that was lost was a stab in her chest.

raiden quickly began gathering their supplies. he knew once ammeritta set her mind to something she could not be stopped and what she wanted now was obviously to help her brother. he grabbed a backpack and stuffed some ambrosia and nectar inside. along with bandages, a couple of collapsible shields, and various weapons like jars full of greek fire. greek fire was a green fire that couldn't be put out by anything. it was magical and didn't extinguish until it destroyed it's target. raiden managed to pack the bag in about a minute and a half and was standing next to ammeritta again before drake could respond.

 

Sylvia was walking around the city, wondering how long was she traveling like that. Three years had passed, since she left her house and her father. She never regretted this of course, but sometimes she felt really lonely, and living all by herself wasn't an easy task too. But the biggest problem now was monsters. Running away from them made her tired and she didn't know what to do now. This wasn't her first encounter with them, but that didn't change a thing. They were still dangerous and she still wasn't sure how to handle them. "After all, what can I possibly do to them." she whispered to herself. Suddenly, she heard some noises. Not a good sign. Verity stopped, with irritation looking for the source of the strange sound. "Great, what now?" she asked the emptiness around her. The emptiness naturally wasn't eager to answer her question. I’m alone in a street. Perfect place to be attacked again. I’ll better find someone or else this time I won’t be so lucky… she thought to herself. The last thing she wanted to meet right now, was another Hellhound or something even worser.

[Hope my English is not poor. But if there's a problem, give me a note ^^]

 

"Demigod! Where are you?!" a gruff call echoed through the alley system of Boston, Massachusetts.
Foul beasts...Where do they all come from...? a sixteen year old Michael Handen thought to himself, curling between the space behind a group of trashcans and a dumpster, a towering behemoth of a man near. "One-Eyed mongrel..." he muttered, his dark T-Shirt being cut at a few spots and his dark jeans tattered and dirty, his position behind a group of trashcans wasn't much help to him.
"Ah! You are here! Dirty dirty Demigod." the cyclopes had discovered his position; the acute hearing of these dimwitted beasts would be Michael's downfall. "Trashcan isn't good hiding place!" it cried, merely kicking one of the three he was behind over, toppling onto his curled body, along with various trash items, banana peels, and other bits of random grime.
"So I see your poor eyesight isn't a factor here..." Michael groaned, rolling himself from the trashcan's debris, standing up to the cyclopes. "Bring it on, eye-candy." he chuckled at his lame insult, slipping his daggar from his pocket, pulling the small sheath from its blade, pointed it confidently at the cyclopes. "Tch, I'm not falling victim to the likes of you.", a smirk on his face.

 

Running from the monster, Hana rounded a corner and found herslef on a crowded street. Apparently, all the stories about "New York Never Sleeps" were true. Yellow taxis were driving on the street and groups of people were walking around, talking and laughing and living life. Hana looked around the corner. The monster was coming up the alley, he would be there any minute. It was now or never. She ran into the crowd, trying to be as unnoticeable as possible. Behind her, she could hear cars skreeching to a stop and horns honking. She turned around. The monster was in the street, and cars were swerving and skidding, trying to avoid running into the thing. Why won't they hit it? She thought in frustration. Don't they see that it's trying to kill me? But... none of the drivers looked scared, they looked... annoyed. A lot of them looked angry. One driver even yelled at it. "GET OUT OF THE WAY," he hollered. "STUPID TRUCK!" Hana couldn't believe her ears. Did that guy really call the giant one-eyed monster a truck!?! "What are you, blind?" she muttered. The monster turned his one eye on her and smiled. "There you are!" It said sweetly. Hana gasped. The thing sounded just like her mother. "We've been looking all over for you, Honey! Where have you been?" Hana took a step closer. "Mom?" She said. Then she shook her head. "No! NOT mom!" She had to stay focused. Hearing her mom's voice come from such an ugly thing was really weird, to say the least. She turned to run again, but no more dark empty streets. This time, she was going to stay where there were more people, more witnesses.

 

The teen walked slowly down the highway, one hand in his pocket and the other by his bow. He glanced behind him practically every five seconds in paranoia that another one of those... things would come around again. Even though he had been on the run since his mother was kidnapped, this all felt like an eloborate dream. He yearned to wake up, to be normal again. But deep in the teen's mind, behind all his prayers and hopes, the harsh truth of reality lie in wait.

Samson turned his head and watched the cars speed down the highway. Somehow the sound of motors and loud music relaxed him, he felt he wasn't so alone... so distant from everyone else. With a sigh, Samson sat down and looked at his bow. Unfortunately, the bow itself seemed very old and he had a small amount of arrows. "Hopefully nothing will come and attack me," the teen murmured to himself. "Not that anything would though, too many witnesses." Looking up at the sky, Samson managed a small smile and drifted into sleep.

 

Taron flicked the cigarette butt onto the sidewalk, grinding into the concrete with his foot. The wind blew the remaining ashes into the air, attracting dirty glances from those passing by. Taron smiled. There hadn't been any monsters for a few days. This was the first time in a while he'd been happy his dad was some crazy ancient god of alcohol. It didn't really draw the big demons.

He had one hand wrapped around his lighter, in order to be prepared if a monster ever did turn up. The sun felt warm upon his face, and Taron was happy. It was the first time he'd been happy without the influence of drugs, at least in a while. He knew it wouldn't stay that way. But as he walked down the busy streets of San Diego, he didn't have a care in the world.

 

"on a rooftop near the empire stat-" Drake began to said but suddenly shifted to the side as a hellhound lunged straight at him. "tsk damn" Drake muttered as he was slashed across his left arm. Hellhounds were usually no trouble for him but despite being the son of a goddess he was still part human and still felt fatigue. He had been pushing himself hard to get this far. Although his ability in crafts may be quite good his actual talent came from his amazing ability to fighting, a trait he gain from his mother being the goddess of war. Raising his great broadsword Drake began to slash through as much hellhounds as he could

 

ammeritta screamed as drake was cut off. the connection had faded quickly due to the fight. she grabbed at the edges of the birdbath shouting into it.
"drake! drake!"
it was no use. he was already gone, but at least she knew approximately where he was. she noticed that raiden had already packed everything up so all they needed to do was leave. traffic would be horrible at this time of day so they needed a way of getting to the other side of the city quickly. she looked at raiden as if he would know what she was thinking.

"don't worry, he's already on his way."
raiden grabbed her hand and led ammeritta outside, just as their pegasus friend vester arrived. the pegasus touched down just in front of them and waited for them to hop on. they did so quickly and raiden announced which direction they needed to go in. it wasn't difficult to see the empire state building. especially with the giant mountain palace floating hundreds of feet above it. to anyone that was of magical of some sort, it stuck out like a sore thumb. as they flew over the many skyscrapers in the city, raiden noticed something odd.
"do-do you see that down there?"
he pointed down. all over the city there were monsters. mostly hellhounds and cyclops.

ammeritta looked down and saw what he was pointing too.
"no! it can't be!"
there were demigods down there, and there were beasts chasing after them. the question was, who do they help first and who gets left to die.

 

Standing beneath the shadow of the monstrosity before him, Michael' legs are literally shaking beneath him. A false courage rises into his blue eyes, as he raises his dagger in preparation for the enemy to strike. "C'mon! You can't take me out! This blade's the sharpest iron around!" he bluffed, unknowingly allowing the monster to to think the blade would simply pass through him.
"Hah! Demigod isn't too bright!" the Cyclopes guffawed, lunging at Michael, aiming for his throat.
"Stop! What's going on here?!" a voice echoed throughout the alleyway, averting both their attention to the source. A police officer aiming a gun at the beast. "Put the knife down!"
A knife...? Is he talking about my dagger...? No, he's glaring right at this cyclopes... Michael thought, both he and the cyclopes fixated on the police officer.
"Humans. Time wasting things!" the beast cried out, once again lunging his arms out at Michael, pinning him to the wall by the throat.
Gunshots began to be fired, startling the Cyclopes' sensitive hearing, causing him to drop the young adversary.
"Gah...Where's my dagger?! Did I drop it?!" he cried, landing on the ground on his hands and knees, scrounging for the misplaced blade.
Repeated gunshots were still firing, as Michael noticed that every bullet was simply bouncing off, or phasing through the cyclopes' large frame. "Ah-Hah! Here it is!" he cried with relief, plucking the dagger from a mess of garbage, and scrambling over behind the officer, whom was finally beginning to register that bullets wouldn't be too effective against this thing.

 

Teal rested against a wall. He had been running for nearly an hour trying to get away from the Cyclops. He was worn out, and he didn't think he was able to keep this up much longer. More noises came behind him. He grabbed his katana again. He had never really used it against the cyclops before, and he really didn't want to try, but he was running out of options. Every place Teal ran, everywhere he tried to escape from the cyclops, they just managed to find him again. He had no idea how. He never used a phone to call anyone, he hadn't payed for anything on a card. He was trying to figure out how the cyclops managed to follow him for so long. Just then, from behind the wall Teal was resting against, a giant hand shot through the bricks. Just as it tried to close in on Teal, he ducked and rolled away form the hand. He looked back and saw a single eye look at him.
"You can't escape forever little demigod." He could tell the cyclops was grinning behind the wall. "You've made us run for a long time, but it's all over."
Teal looked around, he noticed there was another street to his left. But to the right was a dead end. He didn't know what to do.
"Yeah, well I'm not going to just let you take me." Teal grabbed his katana on his back and unsheathed it. It looked sharp enough, but then the cyclops began to laugh.
"Hahaha! You think that will hurt us? You've got another thing coming, little demigod."
The cyclops began to tear apart the wall that was inbetween the two. Teal didn't know what to do. He had never used his weapon, but he figured if he could take out those arms, he would be a little safer. Without having a seconds thought, he ran and slashed at the arms.
CLANG!
Teal looked at his katana, stunned by what had happened. He had hit the cyclop's arm dead on, but the moment it hit, the blade broke off. He looked over his shoulder, and there was half of the blade, on the ground two feet away from him.
"Hahahaha! Stupid demigod. I warned you. Now you're going to pay the price for trying to take my arms." The cyclops finished smashing through the wall.
Now Teal had a seven-foot cyclops standing in front of him, and he had no weapon. Teal took off with his legs running as fast as he could. he ended up in the street, and when he looked up, he knew where he was.
Teal had ended up in front of the Empire State Building.