Billy Batson [One-Shots]

♫I'm the Lightning and the Thunder...♪

Continuation of "Lost Little Star".

"Don't do that, Apollo!" hissed Artemis at her little brother, her eyes - furious embers, glaring at him. Apollo was crouching next to where Billy slept, his face disturbingly close to the kid's, looking at him as if he was some sort of universal secret.

Billy on the other hand was awake, trying very hard to calm down his heart, not to give away that he was awake the whole time. Looks like some sort of pervert was oogling him while he slept, he could feel the intense stare even with his eyes closed. Gathering all his courage, he gave a mighty kick, nailing the Apollo dude in the nuts.

"YEOWCH!" yelled Apollo, falling to the ground and clutching his family jewels, while Artemis simply looked bewildered at what happened.

Billy quickly got up from his lying position, glaring at the downed blonde. "S-stay down you pervert! Ch-child snatcher!" his voice was shaky, and he knew he probably didn't look very intimidating while stuttering, but he really didn't want to hurt them. Trying to intimidate them, he called forth his lightning, and while it wasn't as impressive while he was huge, it was still intimidating to humans.

"Calm down, Pikachu, I'm not a pervert," wheezed out Apollo, clutching his balls, tears of anguish streaming down his cheeks. Artemis was amused, seeing her immature twin getting kicked in the nuts was the highlight of her day. Considering how many hearts he broke, he certainly deserved what happened to him. She was enjoying it a bit too much.

"Debatable," snarked Artemis, her gaze focusing on Billy. "While my twin brother is an idiot most of the time, right now he's not lying. We're not here to hurt you. My name is Artemis..."

She was interrupted by enthusiastic Billy. "Like the Moon Goddess?" his eyes sparkled with adoration, completely forgetting about Apollo, who was currently sulking. How come his awesome name didn't invoke such a reaction? Sun was so much better than the moon.

"The Moon Goddess... among other things," she added as an afterthought, making the moonlight stream into the building, causing Billy's eyes to widen.

"Moon is awesome! I love it!" delighted and a bit gloating smile graced Artemis' face, smugly glaring at the pouting Apollo. It made sense though, she supposed. If the... kid truly had an intimate connection with Mystic Forces, then there was no wonder that he was more connected to her domain. Considering that the magic and the moon, walked hand in hand most of the time.

"So... did I just...?" he helplessly gestured towards Apollo's downed figure, wincing and hoping that they wouldn't try and kill him now.

"Kicked the Sun God in sun discs?" grinned Artemis, nodding her head in affirmative.

Billy quickly crouched in front of him, uncertainly hovering his hands over the man. "I'm... I'm so sorry Mr. Apollo, sir. I didn't know I swear. I... didn't mean to kick you in the ouchie place and... call you a pervert... and a child snatcher."

Artemis couldn't hold it in anymore and she simply burst out laughing, getting one betrayed look from Apollo and the bewildered one from Billy. This was the most fun she ever had. Despite Billy being a male, he was an extremely sweet and polite little boy. Though it was troubling how nonchalant he sounded about a pervert in his room.

"It's all good little man," waved off Apollo, finally getting up from the floor. Scooping up Billy in his arms, who instinctively wrapped his legs around man's torso not to fall off, Apollo started rambling about one thing or another. He always loved listening to his own voice.

"Apollo!" interrupted Artemis, glaring at him. She was developing a migraine and she was pretty sure its name was Apollo.

"Oh, right! The reason we came here Billy-bean is very simple!" dramatically started Apollo, getting Billy's attention, who was very happy with his new nickname. Nicknames meant friends and familiarity. Mr. Apollo and Lady Artemis were as nice as Percy, Mr. Hades' wife. Maybe other Gods would be as nice to him too. Why were they even talking to him? Maybe they had some sort of mission to give him?