The Arrival of New Guests!!! The Plan!!!

When they had made their way down Sky saw that Kronos, Leeds, and Jennifer had gathered. They were standing around the table arguing about something when Atlas interrupted them.

"ALRIGHT!" He shouted, "Let's talk about the plan for tomorrow!"

"Not so loud!" Kronos shouted.

"LEEDS!!" Elsa ran towards him, leaping toward him.

Immediately he slipped to the side, avoiding the flying bear hug. "What the hell do you think you're doing back here?" He sounded angry.

"We're only here to help with the rescue, we'll be gone by tomorrow." Rune said as he extended his left hand.

Leeds stared at it for a few moments before aggressively grabbing it. Elsa leaped off the ground and darted towards Jennifer. "Who are you?" She asked.

Jennifer tightened up suddenly, becoming more and more uncomfortable the more Elsa got closer. "Jennifer, daughter of Aphrodite." She said stiffly.

"So you must be the new demigod representing Aphrodite." Rune said as he turned his attention towards Kronos.

Sky watched as Jennifer and Elsa continued their strange exchange. Jennifer was only wearing a simple white shirt and black shorts yet for some reason he couldn't stop looking at her, as if she were pulling his eyes.

WHAM! Atlas slammed the table. "FOCUS UP!" He shouted.

Immediately Elsa stopped what she was doing and approached the table, choosing to stand next to Rune, who had also lined up.

"We're keeping things simple, when this idiot goes to fight Bahrny, " Atlas said, grabbing Sky's head, "We'll begin extracting the people in the dungeon."

"Our max time limit is five minutes, so we'll have to be speedy." Atlas said.

"How do you plan on freeing them?" Rune rubbed his chin, "If I remember correctly the dungeon is underground with the cell bars going high into the ceiling."

"Also how do you plan to transport them?" He continued, looking deep into the table full of random papers and pens, "I'm assuming you have some form of mass transport in mind…"

"And finally, how do you plan on preventing Bahrny or the others from figuring out what's going on?" Rune looked up at Atlas.

Poof! A little bit of smoke came out of Atlas' ears. He looked dumbfounded as he turned to Kronos.

"Don't look at me, I've been watching the arena this whole time!" Kronos raised his hands helplessly.

Rune's face dropped into his hands as he started mumbling inaudibly. "Ok!" He said loudly while taking a deep breath.

"Let's… come up with a plan shall we?" Rune said angrily.

Silence filled the room as he clasped his hands together and put his thumbs into his mouth. In a matter of seconds he took another deep breath. "Alright! Here's what we'll do!" He said.

"While Sky is fighting Bahrny myself, Elsa, Neutra, Nebula and Nova will go to free them, the rest of you stay in the arena so as to not raise any suspicion." He explained.

"Once we get there Elsa will get us into the chambers and Nova and Nebula will extract them while Neutra runs rounds between the other camp and this one transporting them." He continued, "Do you have any wagon-esq vehicle?"

"The army just returned yesterday… we'll have some but they'll be heavily damaged." Leeds said.

"That's fine, as long as people can sit in them we'll be fine, Neutra, you can transport wagons as well correct?" He asked.

She nodded.

"Good, then tomorrow, before the fight, have Leeds take you to where the wagons are kept and bring it over once it begins." Rune directed.

Once again a silence filled the room as Sky stared in awe at how fast Rune was able to dissect the situation and come up with a plan. Suddenly Rune turned his attention towards Sky and Atlas.

"When the fight's over, no matter your condition, you must get out of there quickly, it won't take them long to figure out what happened." He said, waiting until Sky and Atlas nodded back.

Sky and Atlas did so. "We'll be out of there before you know it." Atlas said as he slapped Sky's back.

"A sound plan, as expected." Kronos said as he looked towards Rune.

"I wish you'd listen to it sometime." Rune murmured.

Atlas clapped after Rune had finished talking. "Well then, meeting over!"

Sky started pulling away from the table when he saw Leeds leaving, realizing that he might not get another chance he ran up to him. "Leeds, I need to give you something." He said.

Leeds stopped and turned around, so did all the others. Sky reached into his pocket, unsure of whether it would work or not he imagined pulling out an orb and as he did he felt something spherical in his pocket. When he pulled it out, the cyan green orb glowed in his hand, but the harder Sky looked at it the more he saw the face of a person. She had dark brown hair, light brown skin and freckles across her face. Her eyes were warm, mischievous and blue.

"Is that… the orb Hephaestus gave you?" Asked Jennifer.

"No, that's a communicator… to those in Elysium…" Rune stared in awe.

"When we went to Erik Roar's Town, Hephaestus asked me to give this to you." He placed it in the shaky hands of Leeds.

Sky watched as a pained look crept onto the face of Leeds, suddenly he spun around and left the building.

"Whose face was in there?" Suddenly Rune started running towards him.

"RUNE!" Elsa shouted, freezing him in his tracks.

He turned around and watched as she shook her head. "You already know…" She whispered.

Sky walked back to the table, after everyone had settled down Kronos decided to get some food. Sky watched with a huge grin as Rune dissected the flavors of the meal and as Elsa kept asking for more and more alcohol. Kronos started arguing with Atlas about eating too much while Nebula and Nova silently competed over who could eat more. On the side he saw Neutra and Jennifer silently discussing how good the food was as they took each bite with care.

After an hour and a half everyone had eaten past their limits and dozed off. Sky watched as Atlas and Kronos turned the lights off and went upstairs. He too followed quietly. Once there they found their way to their beds and let their full stomachs bring them slumber, dozing off as quickly as the others.

When Sky had woken he could hear the town suddenly full of life and energy as people shouted and laughed. Kronos and Atlas had disappeared but on the table was a note and some armor.

Sky slowly rose out of bed and read the note: 'We'll be by the arena, once your suited, come over, and don't be late. -Kronos'

Sky placed the note down and looked at the armor, it was simple, nothing fancy. On top was a dirty leather chestplate with bracers and shin guards below. Once he picked up the chestplate he realized that it was not as it seemed. The chestplate had many layers sewed into it and was extremely thick. Sky realized that even though it seemed extremely worn there was yet to be a scratch or slash on it and it showed no signs of being restitched.

With a shrug he decided to put it on over his white t-shirt and blue pants. Once he had done so he realized he looked like an ancient fighter in the wrong era. He chuckled before making his way down to the empty room and out the door. The moment he set foot outside he could hear cheering. As he walked down the streets people booed him while others yipped and shouted loudly, supporting him.

Eventually he made his way to the arena, as little butterflies started settling in. Lost in a daze he barely recognized someone tugging at his shirt until they yanked hard. When he looked over, it was Jennifer, wearing the same outfit as yesterday and looking extremely troubled.

"This way." She said as she guided him.