(yup)

"I really should go back and help though," fretted Alitas as the wind whipped her face. She let her senses roam the skies, covering a rough 50 mile radius. "Hmm... a goddess is in town, wonder which one it is?" "Oh dang! if it's who I think it is they're in trouble!" she yelled. Abruptly she dove down below the clouds and blinked, her left eye turning gold. Looking down she gasped as she saw the tell-tale light of an immortal, a blue shaft that came down from the heavens, the link that connected them to their Olympus.

"Great, what am I going to do? Charge in there and shoot sound waves at her?! Despite my power I'm not sure I can stand up to a goddess in this form. I could transform fully but, then..." she trailed off, seemingly uncaring that she was plumeting towards the earth at an alarming rate. "What do I do?!" Alitas wracked her brain searching for an answer. "I can't have the Olympians recognize me. Wait, I can use a form they don't know yet! That's it! I can use my full power and still help them out!" she rejoyced and slowed her pace from mach 3 to mach 1. "All I have to do is see what she wants from them and I'm in the clear to use powers." she whispered and she slowed down to the point that her wingbeats could be heard and landed deftly on a large tree all to similar to the one that had trapped her.

I hate to wait, she thought to herself, but I can't just attack her for no reason. "Wait! That's Artemis!" Artemis was one of the two goddesses that supported her actions to protect nature, the other being Demeter. "Well no need then. Might as well watch though, maybe release enough power so she knows I'm here." Little by little, power leaked from her body like mist until her body was glowing in an eeiry blue light. Now I wait, Alitas thought and she pondered if Artemis could sense her or not, a thought that was answered when Artemis looked straight into her eyes.

(-Tackles ShaoShao for mimicking-)

Zayce looked at her brother, biting her lip slightly, and said,'' Abe...you're okay?''

''Why wouldn't I be?'' snapped Abadon, taking his sister by surprise,'' Just go, would you?''

Zayce opened her mouth to retort, but Avalon placed a hand on her shoulder, and she just glared at her brother.

'' Let's go, Avalon...'' said Zayce with a grumble, and without bidding her brother good-bye, she shuffled in the general direction that Artemis and her Hunters had taken. Avalon waved an apologetic good-bye to Abadon, and followed Zayce.

'' This is so cool, right?'' said Avalon in excitement,'' We're meeting the Goddess herself!''

''Yeah, whatever, hallelujah...'' muttered Zayce,'' Let's just get this over and done with, yes?''

Zayce expected Avalon to snap back at her, but Avalon just sighed, and said,'' You have quite the temper there,'' When Zayce didn't reply, she continued,'' Temper's good. Very good,''

Zayce chuckled and said,'' You're something else, aren't you?''

Avalon grinned goofily, and said,'' I've been told,''

''I've got a feeling we're gonna get along really well.'' 

"Ah, I see Artemis never changes." Alitas said to no one in particular. She was standing on a tree not too far from where Abadon was. "I guess the poor boy is feeling left out." Alitas jumped over a couple of trees to meet him. 

"Someone's getting desperate." she told him as she watched him leap to another tree and catch hold with his boots. "Clever, but a bit hurtful don't you think? I'm not too sure Artemis will be overjoyed to see you again if you keep doing that."

"And I should care, why?" retorted Abadon.

"No real reason, unless you WANT to provoke her into zapping you into a jackalope." Alitas replied sarcasticly.

Abadon grunted and Alitas ran after him. As they went, Abadon got quicker at jumping from tree to tree, impressing Alitas with his quick perfection of the movement. Looking back, she could practically see the "Ares" in him, in every movement and word she could find relations between the two that proved his blood. Deep in thought, Alitas jumped off a tree and above the tree cover and sought out Artemis' light to make sure they were going the right way. As much as she trusted Abadon's sense of smell, she knew how easily Artemis could give them the slip if she wanted. It was Artemis' element afterall, she could've easily hidden their scents and having them follow a random rabbit or deer.

"Nope, that's her." Alitas remarked when she saw the moving light ahead. "I wonder why though," she contemplated, "that she hasn't made any moves to shake us off yet. It's like she wants us to follow but her pride won't let her ask Abadon to join them... That is very possible..."

"So what do you think she wants with them?" Alitas asked friendly, trying to break the awkward silences that seemed to pop up so often between them. Abadon stayed silent, concentrating really hard on something she couldn't understand. She slapped her head in annoyance, "Why is it that I always end up with the stoic one?!" she shouted. They continued on, silent companions, until they felt Artemis come to a halt somewhere not too far ahead. Slowing down, they tried to access the situation from afar using sound, scent and feeling. Why would they stop, and what in the name of the Prime Meridian did Artemis want with Avalon and Zayce?