The Zodiac Kingdom

Chapter 8 - Spies?

Hades POV

"What? How is that possible?" Ophiuchus spat.

Corvus' tattoos morphed into animals, each one representing the spirit animals. They started moving to mimic the zodiac's actions.

"The planets lead them there, now they have spirit animals. I left a camera disguised as a ball of light there. We'll collect it later. They'll never know." Corvus claimed.

The corners of Ophiuchus' mouth curled into a snarl. "Good. We will monitor their each and every move."

The Swedish Guard raised his hand, making unnecessary sounds to grab the leader's attention. When the group finally had enough of his accented hooting, Ophiuchus stood up.

"What the HELL do you WANT?"

"Cun I use yuoor bethruum? I wunt tu prectece meking iveel feeces in zee murrur!" (Can I use your bathroom? I want to practice making evil faces in the mirror!)

"Uh... yeah sure. Bathroom's down the hall." Ophiuchus rolled his eyes as the childish man skipped along the hall.

"Why is he still here?" Ophiuchus asked, obviously aggravated.

"I don't know, but keep him in the team. He's scarier than he seems." Lilith answered. The girl with her hair over her eyes snarled, and added, "Besides, he'll scare the Zodiacs by yodeling."

"Fine." Ophiuchus rolled his eyes once more, and Lilith's eyes lit up. Or eye. You couldn't see the other one, so you didn't really know if it lit up with the other eye.

"So... 15 of us are in this room. 16 if you count the guard. Plus lots of other people waiting outside. Is that enough to outnumber those Zodiacs?"

"I don't know... but my girlfriend can come." I added quietly.

"What did you say?" Ophiuchus glared at me.

"My... girlfriend can come." I blushed.

"Since when did you have a girlfriend?" He shouted.

"Uh... since we got together? Anyways, she's looking after the Underworld but I'm sure that her mother can look after it. After all, she looks after her crops, so I guess she won't mind..."

I was interrupted by loud, booming footsteps. The cloaked figure appeared... drinking a cup of coffee.

"Why didn't you invite me?" It boomed.

"I did, you didn't pick up your phone!" 

"I told you, your WiFi connection is really bad here!"

"Because this is a cave. Of course the WiFi is bad!"

"Who's that?" Seth asked.

"Uh... he calls himself Shadow." Ophiuchus informed. "He'll help us beat the Zodiacs."

"Where's the disc?" Shadow demanded.

"In my pocket." Ophiuchus said, and felt his pocket once more to clarify his answer. 

"Good. Now make sure those Zodiacs don't do anything yet."

Virgo POV

All the zodiac signs were blinded by the light. Well not that they turned blind, they were just... awestruck. Anyways, I figured out that there had to be some kind of catch to this whole light thing. I took the light and put it in my bag.

"Aquarius?" I asked, running up to her. She turned around.

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you something?"