Chapter Seven: Empusa's Lair.

Did you even think that life's unfair? And it isn't having divine blood you will feel the divine force coming through your veins. Being demigod is a journey, not a joyride.

Anyway here we go, Veronica, and Trevor, and I was in the bus, and there's a furies attacked. Its good that I'm aware of them, Veronica used her invisible Yankees cap, and she attacked one of the fury out of the bus. The driver is nervous and Trevor shouted "DON'T STOP! OR WE DIE!" The furies are incredible strong and must way faster.

I use my riptide while Trevor distracted one of it, I managed to kill one of it and the other just got away. It's good that Veronica pull the emergency break we got away, We jump into the bus, and bus exploded.

We left some of our belongings there, Nectars, foods of the gods, Ambrosia all gone.

We ran into the woods, but not far. We gasped and exhausted, "Alright we should go over there later!" Veronica gasped said.

"Here, drink some!" Veronica said. she pick her daggers and cap and hostile said "We going through there." Me and Trevor looked at each other, and Veronica said loudly "Come on!?"

Veronica actually angry on me, and I can't blame her because I started the fight, and leave that bus within all of of stuffs. We have some money, and nectars saved.

We are heading to the town and while walking to the forest toward the town she talked "If you don't start the fight, and let me kill those or d we are not in this situation. But its fine it's gone, gone! If you dead actually you don't want that i care also about you, all in the camp is my family and friends. And if you're not going to carefree you'll die." she concernedly expounded.

"I need help, and thanks for that but don't worry I'm going to complete this quest and prove to the gods I'm innocent." I said.

We're in town finally, it's too quiet, and peaceful the people are kind but Veronica sense something wrong. While we're walking people are mumbling, and Trev's playing his kalimba making our nervous tingled.

"Look guys, it's fortune teller lair" Trev said.

Veronica, and Trevor, and I shivered actually because of the air flowing and changing time to time.

One attractive, fair, and Aphrodite alike talked to us, and asked why we are here. Her eyes is blueish, and she's slim and sassy as I observed.

"We're lost our bus actually, and we are searching for diner for a moment." I replied to her question earlier.

Veronica sense something, "We should go!" she said scared. "Why? She seems kind..."

"Come inside, there's a delicious tea and foods inside." She said kindly.

Me, and Trevor get inside while Veronica looked at us and said "Men.." and she enter the fortune teller lair.

"Chase!! Hey Idiots!"she said whispered.

Veronica is following us, and ironic how she care about us, "I don't know why I care for both you but I think we need to go!" She said.

"Darling, What the rush? Have a sit and take a deep breath." One seductive, attractive lady come and she's likely 40's but looks like 20 she have curvy, and thicc body, that many men wanted in girls.

"I'm Ms. Cythnia Valdez, an fortune teller let me see your hand" She said. Veronica whispering on me, and Trev... is looking at the fascinated on the lady.

"There's something wrong Chase.. In this.. two..." Veronica dizzily and weakly said.

as they collapsed, and Ms. Cynthia smoked and said "Another fresh victims.." Ms. Cynthia and the other fortune teller carry them, and they sniffing and smelling them "Arhhghh, Delilah, These peope are.... Demigods!" She said tantalized.

"Hey.. hey.. " Veronica lowering her voice to wake Chase, and Trevor. Chase is having headaches, and his eyes stung. While Trevor snoring, and mumbling something.

"Fuck! Seriously? Come on?" Veronica irritated said. "Where are we? Veronica?" I asked like idiotic. "WHERE!? WE'RE HELL!" She said sarcasm and blurted.

"Well, Well, Well, our dinner is ready milady Empusa!" Delilah said so respectful. "For a long time I lived, this is the first time I will eat a demigods, and satyr flesh." She relishing said. She lick the fork, and knife as she saying "meeny, miny, moe"

Trevor snored out, and woke up, and question them what happening. "Whaat is this?" jeered said.

"No talking satyr!" Veronica shivering said. " Veronica is actually cutting the magical rope, with her godly knife. "You will be in my belly soon enough, you satyr are my first in my belly." Ms. Cynthia tantalizing said.

"No.. I'm not delicious!!" squealing, and stammered said. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" the fortune teller asked, and put an sharp blade knife in Veronica's throat as she drop the dagger, and Empusa look at her, and said "Veronica young, and the only daughter of Athena throughout centuries.. I will eat you the last." Empusa licked, and snickered said of her. "Well, Athena always have plans!" Veronica vigorous said.

"But where's Athena? Your mother? As long I knew gods and goddesses always abandoning their children. As you know I'm a demigoddess, and also abandoned." She said subterfuge.

Veronica got away, and take care of the other monster as she punched in face, and grab the dagger and threw it into Empusa. But Empusa is so fast, and she dodged it and, she run into her.

She trying to bite Veronica but Trevor make a move and kicked Empusa, and he shouted Veronica "Go! Get him, and run I'll handle this."

Veronica and Chase run fast and furiously thinking how to kill the Empusa. "How to kill it?" I asked. "How? Just we need to cut its head and foot." Veronica gasping said as looking at the wall.

"Okay, I make distraction and you make this flashbomb thing idunno what is this, and just cut her head and stab her if needed understood?" Veronica said. I nodded and replied that I will throw the smoke bomb.

"YOUR FATHER, POSEIDON HAVE MANY MAIDENS!! DON'T WORRY I CAN HELP YOU TO SEE YOUR FATHER'S" As he attacked and Veronica distracted Empusa, and Riptide sword activate and cut the head of Empusa as Trevor stabbed her, and spit on it.

"So what now? We killed it!" I said.

"What now? We bury them." Veronica signed said. Trevor is little bit shaken, we pick the head and bodies while Trevor digging a hole for two bodies.

Veronica, and I buried them properly and we leave the place but Veronica flabby said "She's right. Gods abandoning their children, and that's it."