The Great Eight (Temporary Hiatus)

Chaos 101 II

"What's the plan?" Atlanta asked Archie once they found a temporary safe haven from the Typhus behind some wrecked debris and boulders. And as luck had it, the two found themselves near the worker and service buildings. Which were aiding the two young heroes hide from the (h)angry sky monster up above them.

"Ares was wrong, we can bring it down with lightning bolts!" Archie responded all the while eyeing up the massive cables that were strewn along the building site.

"Oh yeah." Atlanta shot him a look as she went to sarcastically pat her pockets, "Gee, I'm fresh out of lightning bolts." Meanwhile Archie ignored her as he searched the sky for their adversary.

"Wait until he gets closer." The Typhus, coincidentally or not, had by then spotted them and was swooping over the dam's highway towards them with another fireball ready in its jaws.

"Uh, he looks pretty close to me!" Atlanta, for all she was worrying, still kept the sarcasm up like a boss. And she prided herself on multi-tasking as she and Archie began to run around the buildings to avoid being blown to bits, yelling out little quips here and there to both the Typhus and her teammate.

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Meanwhile, the teenagers still left in the truck were steeling themselves as they approached Cronus on the nearby cliffside. Herry who still had the truck going 80 miles per hour, abruptly swept the truck into a swerve-and-stop. Stylishly, but also hurriedly, announcing the arrival of the remaining four team members to Cronus and his Giants. The truck's headlights practically blinded the few Giants who stood between them and the God.

"Cronus!" Jay's voice punctured the tense air once he got out of the truck with his three remaining teammates.

Said God, whose finger was hovering over a big red button, couldn't help the annoyed grimace that assaulted his features at hearing the persistent teen's pubescent voice. But, as with any good villain, he carefully changed his sneer into a smirk as he turned to face the rag-tag group of heroes. A genuine chuckle though, escaped him when his eyes alighted on Jay and his team striking their power poses by taking out their weapons with just a tad too much pizazz and theatrics. Their nervousness, completely transparent by their actions, amused the God. But all too soon Cronus turned back to the button panel to resume his task. Leaving the Giants to deal with the heroes with a quick wave of his hand. And just like that, the battle began.

"Who's first?!" Herry, a living boulder with no need for a weapon, taunted the closest Giant to him and together they wrestled. Or at least they would have, had Herry not used the monster's momentum against them and sent them sailing into a bush. Mel, who had been slightly behind Herry yelped and ducked as the Giant was heaved over her head.

Jay was having a bit of a rougher time as his strikes with his staff only made his own opponent's thighs jiggle. The Giant let out a bellowing laugh that was quickly turned into a shout as Jay switched up tactics and used his staff to pole vault his foot into the Giant's face and cause the monster to fall onto the ground behind Cronus.

The giant who had been thrust into the bush by Herry was rousing himself back up for a fight when Theresa came up to the challenge. As the creature had not quite stood up yet, Theresa took the advantage with an impressive round-house kick that sent it right back into the bush. One could almost hear an announcer shouting K.O. after the Giant went down for a second time. Herry also gave her a high-five.

"Evil guy, giant laser. Not a good combination." Jay spoke aloud shrinking his staff back into a baton as he turned to take Cronus head on since after his pole vault he was now behind the God. Not quite a good idea to sheath your weapon when taking on a new opponent but maybe Jay was planning to talk his way out of this one. Yet the only acknowledgement he got from Cronus after his snippy observation was the God's own version of a customer-service voice.

"Yeah, just a second Jay. I'll be right with you." Cronus yet again lifted a finger, and the Giant Jay had taken down was now marching his way back between the two parties with an indignant growl. Now with a new plan : squash the teen with a belly flop. But Jay managed to leap out of the way and was now rallying himself for round two.

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"Like I'm going to stay and miss all the fun." Grunting was heard from below the cliff as a young red-hooded figure climbed his way up. Surprisingly, for someone so stereotyped as a nerd, having good upper body strength to make it up this far. However, the young hero was not alone for long on his trek because his Herculean teammate soon sent down a Giant by similarly throwing it over his head as he had done with the last one. But it became awkward for the teen boy as the Giant had caught itself on nearby root and stared at him in just as much surprise as he was looking at it. After a moment of stunned surprise, the two began moving again.

"I don't think so, buddy!" Odie growled out as he balanced himself on a ledge and used one of his feet to bash the Giant's fingers that were holding onto the root. Earning himself a growl in return, as the Giant redoubled his efforts to hang on. "Oh don't be lookin' at me like that." With a quick move, Odie pulled out his PMR and zapped the Giant to kingdom come. Causing the Giant to spasm and lose its grip on the root. Sending it to the water that had almost killed Odie before down below.

"There you go! You want another taste o' this?! Oh what's wrong? You're not smiling anymore." Odie smarted as he and the Giant, which easily stood in the river safely enough, glared at each other. But Odie was the one left smiling in the end, as he resumed his trek up the cliff.