Gods Among Men

Against the Spartans (The First day)

Stormy and Neiko took each other's hands as they walked into the arena. It looked like the field outside the orphanage. Long uncut grass with a single tree in the center and wild flowers growing around a single stream. Not many places to hide or camp and the team had very little if a plan. Clouds gather around as they began to walk forward leading like the mother and father of young children.

"This is beautiful." Ash muttered as she took Leo's hand.

"Beautiful rarely means safe... Do we have any weapons?" Justice asked coolly.

"Yes, as a strategy we might as well make camp here for a few days and wait then we can follow where the attractors came from, conquer their camp and claim a new system." Leo said dropping a bag.

"That will not work, it would be better to keep one camper alive and either convince him to join us or force him to lead us to his home." Makari offered smiling so cruelly it made Stormy shiver.

"That sounds like a better idea, but don't get to comfortable, there are six landscapes and each one will work against us until we capture all six."

"Six landscapes... that means there will be two to lead each one." Neiko pointed out.

"Yes, which means you and I shall take this land then Makari and Justice the second,  Cakari and Charlotte the third, Ananiel and Magnus the fourth, Lyra and Travi the fifth and finally Leo and Ash the sixth." Stormy explained brushing blueish-blackish locks out of her eyes. 

"Why do I get the last!" Ash whined.

"We are doing this by age Ashy, you are young and we don't want you to have to try and hold a landscape and then loose it and die." Ananiel explained taking the young girl's face in her hands.

"Oh..."  Ash said innocently.

Suddenly through the long grass a horn blew and everyone jumped. Stormy and Neiko pulled out their knifes and they all ducked behind the tall grass. They all drew weapons that consisted of knives, throwing darts with poison, a sling shot and thick, sharp rocks. They also had rope, a serious amount of drugs, food coloring  and sewing needles. Stormy peered over the grass and saw a monstrous young teen with huge tan muscles and fluffy blonde hair.

"Come out and we will spare you your lives!" a young voice called out, the voice cracked every so often. "We are the Spartans so please lay down your weapons."

While the boy talked Stormy motioned Ash, Lyra and Travi to take their poison darts and try and knock out some of the men then Ananiel, Charlotte and Cakari would use the long grass to strike at their legs and their heels to bring them down while the rest of them would lead an attack with rocks and throwing knifes and try not to be seen.

Everyone crept through the long grass and the 'Spartans' began to search for them while their leader would not shut up!

"We promise no harm will come to you if you just surrender." Stormy rolled her eyes then met Lyra's whose green hair almost blended with the trees. Stormy nodded then Lyra fired her first dart and a young boy screamed out in terror and fell inches from where Stormy was crouching in the grass.

"Well that was just rude." Stormy looked over to Neiko and mouthed "is he serious?"

Before the boy could speak again more darts began to fly and more screams filled the air as darts, rocks, and knifes showered the air and fell upon the Spartans. Stormy fired rocks quickly hitting young men in the head so Ananiel could slice their throats. The Spartans seemed ineffective as their swords slashed at the grass which seemed almost to think to cut.

"Savages! Lay down your weapons!" the boy screamed almost whining now.

"Spartans! Come and take them." At that point everyone popped up, covered in blood, a few cuts, bruises and even a scar or two. Two men stood against 12 teens. The giant and the leader, who, now everyone saw, was a scrawny, whiny little brat curled up in the giant's arms. Stormy had to try not to laugh.

"Who are you?" the boy demanded.

"We have more right to ask that question now don't we? It is our land." Neiko argued.

"EH~ lesbians..." Neiko stiffened at the boy's comment and threw a rock hitting his giant in the chest.

"Neiko!" Stormy yelled.

"Wait you two aren't..."

"Quiet!" the giant boomed. "We are Alex and Jacob, we run the Spartan camp, a desert landscape we've been here for a couple of weeks and I was originally a Knight of Valor in a mountain landscape."

"You two are the leaders I gather?" Stormy spitballed.

"I am and so is pipsqueak here. My camp was taken over by the Spartans, they promised us that we could work together against the Bloody Eagles." Jacob shook and shuttered when he said the name and Stormy realized they had the shot of gaining allies.  

"Let's talk."