Orb of the Protogenoi

Decisions

"…so Zeus disguised himself to look like Alcmenes husband, Amphitryon, and tricked her into an amorous tryst. She realized that she had been deceived when her husband returned home on the day after his liaison. Alcmene bore a second son at the time of Hercules birth and his name was Iphicles and he was the son of Amphitryon. He accompanied his brother on several of his adventures, but was killed during one of Hercules labors. In an attempt to dispel the wrath of Zeus wife, Alcmene named her first son Heracles, which means glorious gift of Hera in Greek in her honor. Unfortunately, this only served to further infuriate Hera and…"

Mr. Mccall was having another one of his boring lectures about ancient Greece and he decided to tell one of his favorite myths in the most dreadful way, to the class' dismay. Most of them have already fallen asleep when he came to class while the top five students were trying so hard to listen to him…make that four.

The least expected student to not listen was Apollo who has his head turned to the window, gazing at the falling rain. He looked at his discontinued notes and tried to listen to their teacher but he was not in the mood. His thoughts were elsewhere, thinking about his brother who was lost in the large city of Miami. He might even be out of the city, and worst, Cronus might have sent his monsters to take care of him. The thought made him cringe and he assured himself that he was fine. Then he glanced at Hermes who has his head on the table and he knew he was wide awake.

Apollo's brothers didn't come to school for the last two days and they almost stayed in their rooms for the whole day if it wasn't for his Uncle's warning, which also scared him even if he wasn't a part of it. The atmosphere in their apartment felt like someone passed away and even if they were in school, it still felt like they were mourning for the dead, which they hoped they wouldn't be doing anytime soon.

As for the two of them, he had been trying to talk to him when they were heading to their room but Hermes wouldn't budge. Apollo looked at his little brother, he has a soft spot for him and he couldn't take seeing him in this state. "Hermes…Mr. Mccall is discussing about Heracles. You always said that you like him since our mother hated him the most…" He received no response so he continued "He's now mentioning Heracles' trials, and the first…" He shut his mouth and sighed. Hermes wasn't even listening to him so the only thing he could do was to gaze again at the dull scene.

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After morning classes, the boys met up at the hallways before going to the canteen. While on their way, they came across a smirking Evan who was inspecting them and asked "Antonio's still not here? I do hope he didn't get into trouble…or did he?"

Zeus' sons turned their eyes away from him which Evan noticed and his eyes narrowed. Poseidon faked a cough to get his attention and said "He's in the hospital, but he'll be discharged today."

"Ohh~ That's good, I mean we don't want him to get in trouble, do we? Then again, none of us does."

"What are you talking about?" asked Zeus.

He chuckled. "I'm just saying, next time you call the police, let me know in advance so I can make a quick getaway." He laughed when he saw their eyes widened. He went ahead while saying "I told you before, I'm always watching."

Zeus turned his head to them and said "C'mon, just ignore him."

When they arrived and got their lunch, neither of the younger boys went to their table. As they headed for their usual spot at the corner, they passed by their club mates who all called each of the younger gods to sit with them, but they declined, even when they passed by Ares' teammates and Kevin signaled him, he just kept his head straight to their destination.