A Thousand Years, Stefan Salvatore

143. A WEAPON TO USE AGAINST A SIREN

Chapter one hundred and forty three

"A weapon to use against a siren."

The next morning, Athena had been texted by Alaric that he had an artifact and some research he wanted her to check out, and seeing as her and Stefan weren't sleeping in the same room, Athena got dressed and grabbed Annabeth and Jace and headed out the door without even telling him, which lead to many avoided texts and phone calls, where the three of them were standing in Athena's old kitchen, as Alaric looked at Jace "and you are?" he asked "I'm Jace." Jace shared "who's Annabeth's new.." Athena was saying, as her phone was ringing, she pulled it out, seeing Stefan was calling, she hung up on him.

As Alaric furrowed his brows "everything okay?" he asked, as Athena looked back up at him "yep." she told him "Athena?" Alaric asked her, as the interns stopped and looked at them "Athena? As in the goddess of wisdom, Athena?" the women asked, as Athena, Annabeth and Jace looked to her "hey, uh, why don't you guys go get set up in the office, okay?" Alaric asked them, as the two turned walking into the office "Nanny had the morning off so I had to work from home. Got them digging through miles of arcane siren research." Alaric shared, as the door shut.

"I know it's crazy, right? I mean my parents had me reading all about since I was like six." Jace shared, as Alaric raised his brows looking from him to Annabeth "he's half human half angel. A shadowhunter. Been watching us for awhile, the sirens out to get him so I took him in." Athena shared "and I might've saved Annabeth's life. It's no big deal." Jace shared, crossing his arms and smirking "saved your life, huh?" Alaric asked, looking to Annabeth, who was blushing as she looked away from his Jace, Alaric chuckled "so you said had something to show me?" Athena asked.

As Alaric walked over to his bag "I think the armory based on centuries old circumstantial evidence," he shared, pulling out something that looked like a pitch fork "used this to capture the siren." he added on, as Athena reached out and grabbed it, admiring it "well you've got three killers of the supernatural so hand over the research and let's figure out exactly what this thing can do." she shared, as Annabeth, Jace and Alaric smiled.

Where for at least an hour now, the five of them were sitting around having split up the research, they all were looking through it, as Athena's phone was put on silent on the counter, she didn't notice Stefan calling her, as the call finally stopped coming through.

Soon, Alaric's female intern Georgie came out and joined them, she held the pitch fork in her hand "there's nothing in the historical records about a weapon like this." she shared "please tell us there's a but?" Alaric asked her "but I have a theory. Okay, so..assuming that the symbol etched into it has a connection to hell," she shared, showing them a tattoo that was the same as the symbol on the fork "what's the first thing you think of when you think of hell?" she asked "the devil." Athena said "yes and what's the most common visual representation of the devil?" Georgie asked.

"A man in a red suit. Pointy tail." Alaric shared, as Athena's eyes went wide "and a pitch fork just like that." she shared "ding ding ding. Okay, in the medieval tradition, the pitch fork symbolized the separation of the wheat from the chaff. Which was obviously a metaphor for good souls going to heaven and garbage souls going to the big fiery basement." Georgie shared "well, shouldn't that have three tines?" Alaric asked "not in 2200 BC when it was forged. The soil around the Mediterranean was rocky so they only needed two." Jace shared, as they all looked to him, Georgie furrowed her brows "I'm a fan of history." Jace said.

As Georgie put the pitch fork down "well that's all very interesting but it doesn't tell us anything at all about it's connection to the sirens, how we'd use it.." Alaric shared "we? Why would we use it? Like this is real? As in some sort of magical weapon for the goddess Athena over here to wield?" Georgie asked, motioning to Athena "come on, you know what I mean." Alaric told her "no. Actually, I don't. You sure this is for a book? Because you're treating it like lives are at stake." Georgie shared "we like to live action role play." Annabeth informed her "yes. The kids really love it." Athena shared "now, keep digging." Alaric told her, as Georgie sighed and turned around walking off.

It soon was lunch time, as Alaric was in the kitchen making it for them all, as Athena was in the living room flipping the pitch fork in her hand as Josie, Lizzie, Jace and Annabeth sat next to her "what is that?" Lizzie asked "it's something very important." Athena shared "what does it do?" Josie asked "yeah cause daddy and mommy said you were a warrior princess with a glowing sword!" Lizzie voiced, as she pretended to swing a sword along with Josie, Jace furrowed his brows "a sword? When swords come together.." he realized "they clash." Annabeth said, and when they did, Athena looked at the living room table and as she did, she banged the fork against it.

And when she did, this high pitched sound could be heard, as Josie and Lizzie started screaming, they covered their ears, Alaric came running in, as Athena quickly brought the fork up stopping it from ringing with her hand, as Alaric sat down next to Josie and Lizzie "shh. Shh." he told them, as Georgie came running down "oh, my god. Are they okay?" she asked "it's okay." Alaric shared, looking to Athena "we have to go." Athena shared, standing up, she began walking out and as she did, Annabeth and Jace got up following after her.

"I am coming with you." Alaric told her, as Athena looked to him "no, just make sure there's a cell ready at the armory for that siren." she shared, opening the front door, she walked out along with Jace and Annabeth, shutting it behind them.

Having checked her texts, there seemed to be some sort of epic battle between Damon and Enzo happening at the school thanks to the siren, as Athena was driving own the road, Jace and Annabeth were in the back, as she turned into the school parking lot, she saw Damon trying to kill Bonnie "hold on." Athena told them, as Jace and Annabeth grabbed each other's hands, Athena pressed her foot down on the pedal and began speeding as she hit Damon with her car, he went flying over it "oh my god!" Jace and Annabeth voiced.

As Athena parked the car "stay in the car!" she voiced, grabbing the tuning fork, she got out, walking around the car, the siren and Enzo were walking up to her "I don't know who you are, but.." the siren was saying, as Athena banged the tuning fork against the hood of her car, the siren yelled as she grabbed her head and fell to the ground, Enzo looked at her, he sped towards her but before he could get there, Stefan sped up snapping Enzo's neck, while Caroline sped up to the siren kicking her in the head and knocking her out.

Damon groaned, getting up off the ground, Stefan looked to him "Damon, it's over. Your free now." he told him, as Damon walked toward's his car "I wish that were the case, Stefan, but my work with her is just getting started." he shared, opening the drivers side door "what work? What does she want with you?" Stefan asked "applesauce penguin, brother." Damon shared, getting in his car, he started it up and drove off.

It was night time, as they had brought the siren to the armory, Athena and Bonnie were staring at her through the glass "even if it's not over. We at least have her so we can get some understanding to what's happening her. And I know I don't need to ask if you can handle Enzo, everyone knows how to take care of the person they love. How to make them break most of all." Athena shared, and as she did, Bonnie looked to her "and did you? Break?" she asked her "I don't know." Athena told her "same." Bonnie told her, as she turned walking off, leaving Athena standing there.

Until Stefan walked up "you haven't been answering my calls or my texts." he told her "I've been busy trying to stop a siren bitch who can mind control people. Not everything is about you." Athena shared "I hate that were fighting. I hate all of this." Stefan shared, reaching out to her, Athena stepped away from him "I should go take Annabeth and Jace to get something to eat before everything closes." she shared, turning and walking off, knowing after last night, she didn't want another fight, not right now, as Stefan turned watching her walk off.