Never Say Goodbye

Leo

Sorry I haven't updated in forever! I just don't have any motivation... I'll update more now!
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I woke up in a McDonalds. I'm not kidding, there were selves of bread and beef and McFlurries. The only problem was I wasn't actually there. It was like an image was projected inside my eyes. When I moved my hands, instead of grabbing the table I saw, I grabbed air. I knew whoever took me wanted to confuse me, but McDonalds? Seriously dude, I would much prefer Chick-fa-Lay or Dairy Queen, raise your standards.

The image flickered and then disappeared. "I told you not to think about food. Gah! He's awake." Oh Hades. Two giant...things stood in front of me.

I looked around to take in my surroundings. The walls were a red clay mud with swords and spears jammed in every few feet, presumably holding the wall up. A giant broadsword hung from hooks made of bones. Water dripped from the muddy walls onto the cold stone floor. Tiny slants of red light fell through the giant sewer grates above. The rusted metal of the grate made everything appear washed in blood, and gave everything a ghastly look. Suddenly I wished I was back in McDonalds.

"Leo Valdez. How nice it is to meet you again." Again? I looked closer at the thing's face. Shizst, it was a cyclops. Mama Gasket, from Detroit. Great.

"You killed my sons. We are here to repay the favor." My hands immediately went to my tool belt. Oh, it was in the second cyclops hand. "Looking for something?" He waved it tauntingly, far above my head. "This is my nephew. He's far fatter than his cousins, my sons, but you won't escape this time." Mama Gasket sneered. The second cyclops appeared hurt. Apparently body image was a big problem in the cyclops community too. I wondered if they had models.

I looked around the room at the swords. They were indeed holding the mud wall from collapsing, and every single sword was placed strategically in the right place. Except for one extra sword, stuck in between two spears, with no purpose. I could pull it out and nothing would happen.

I leaped to the side and pushed off of a mossy boulder, reaching as far as I could with my right hand. The cyclops grinned and sneered, thinking the wall would collapse. It didn't. While their faces fell, I decided to pull a Jason.

"I am Leo Vladez, Fire User, Son of Heaphestus." I summoned a ball of fire for effect.
"I am a bearer of the tale of the 7, I fought in the giant war. I defeated Gaea with nothing but a bronze dragon and I will destroy you!" I yelled, lighting the bronze sword on fire.

The Cyclops seemed slightly confused at first when I charged, as I usually would just build a cyclops-smasher™. Yes, I trademarked it. Deal with it.

I ran at the two mega-cyclops, as if all sense was wiped from mind. I ducked beneath their legs and sliced at a chink in the younger one's armor, right at his knee. I managed to break through the thick skin and slash through a ligament. The cyclops stumbled around and cursed in Greek.

"Darel, look out!" Mama gasket called. She picked up a boulder and threw it at me. I, being the scrawny boy I am, was able to duck. Darrel however? He got smashed in the face with a rock thrown at him by his aunt.
"Auntie! Why did you do that?" He whined, attempting to wiggle his now broken nose back into place.

"Get the Greek, he'll get away!"

Darel twisted around, dazed, and kicked at me. He was attempting to flatten me against the wall. Before I could become a Leo-Pancake, I blasted a line of white hot fire at the his foot and he hopped back.
"Press the button!" Mama Gasket yelled, pointing to a red button on the wall. How did I not see that before?

The cyclops, with a torn knee, broken nose, and burnt foot, wasn't in fighting shape, but his arm was long enough to reach the wall. He shoved his hand against it and a siren went off. I held my breath, wondering what would happen. Then 20 chimeras burst into the room. Great.