Shadow Chronicles: Hunting for Darkness The Shadow's Whisper

Chapter Eight

  The ground began to shake knocking both out of the bed and back into alertness, "How did.." "Shadows got you back in bed, you're smarter than that; as for the ground shaking I have no clue, probably Dad." Cronan vanished and reappeared a few moments later putting away his toothbrush, pointing at the bathroom opting Zoe to do the same. He void traveled to his father's throne room, "Yes Father?" "You are leaving in 10 minutes son." Cronan simply nodded, walking through the darkness entering his room, "Light bulb we're leaving." He said flopping onto his bed waiting for her to get ready. She sighed and got ready quickly before running a hand through her azure hair. "Let's go Reaper." She said walking towards him, trying to shake away the remaining sleepiness and thoughts of her dream. He grabbed her hand and the shadows whipped around them and moments later they vanished reappearing on the outskirts of California, Cronan's glowing silver eyes scanned the area, "There are some monsters in this area, we're close to our destination though, cmon." He took off and she followed closely behind, they ran for a few minutes eventually happening upon A young boy with dark blue almost black hair and glowing blue eyes fighting off a hoard of monsters lightning coming down and striking one of the monsters periodically, as he began shooting out tendrils of it at them as well, but the more he killed the more seemed to appear, wave after wave was starting to get to him and it showed, the lightning strikes were getting less and less frequent and the lightning he shot from his hands was getting shorter, weaker and duller. Without hesitation Cronan jumped into the fray shadows tendrils and spikes, shooting out of his shadow as darkness seemed to wrap around his form as his scythe cut through hordes of monsters there were some stray hellhounds in the crowd, he glared at them his eyes glowing dangerously, "Bow." They all hit the ground simultaneously, before turning on their fellow monsters with one simple command from the Prince of the Underworld. "Fight." They began slashing and ripped out throats left and right the sickly dark green blood most monster's had sprayed the ground before they slowly turned to ash. He spun his scythe and slammed the blunt end into the ground sending a wave of darkness outward knocking over a multitude of monsters, he locked eyes with blue haired boy, blue met silver and instantly they both had the same idea, Cronan set his left hand forward causing all the remaining monster's to sink down to their knees in their own shadows and the boy raised his right hand and the skies rumbled and flashed. Using the last of his energy he brought his arm down bringing a colossal lightning strike down, turning the remaining monsters to ash and scattering those ashes. The boy fell back sitting and panting, Cronan appeared causing the shadows to slowly begin shifting due to his presence, he extended his hand to the boy who took it pulling himself up, "Who are you?" Cronan dropped his hood, "Cronan Blake, Son of Hades and your cousin." Lightning sparked around him briefly, "I have family?!, and wait Hades?, as in Greek Hades?" "There's another? but yeah and judging by that reaction you don't know who your dad is?" "No." "Well then cousin, look at your right hand and you'll figure it out." He said with a smirk, The boy stared as his right hand to see the glowing pulsating form of a blue-ish white lightning bolt with a golden crown above it before it fizzled out like a broken lightbulb, "Zeus." he said matter of factly, "Ding Ding, so what's your name Cuz?" "Damon Horris."