Chapter 76 Leather backed plan

"Hermes, how was checking on Shai?"

Art asked, walking to him holding the path of realms, Art noticed the frown he has with his hand placed in his pockets, something must have happened since the last time they've seen her, Hermes looked at her with a fake smile, saying, 

"It wasn't what we had first thought Art," 

"She isn't in a coma, right? "

"No, it isn't that bad. She is sick, and it's because of the weapon,"

Hermes walked past her, glancing at the book before staring ahead to the throne room, where Zeus should be. Hermes hummed unknowingly. It must be him and Ares talking for Friday, 

"I she fighting the cold?" 

"She is, but it's odd, the weapon, its glowing while she's resting,"

"It's helping her?"

"Im not sure, but i think it made the cold," 

Art caught up with him and stopped him by grabbing onto his arm. Hermes glanced at her, amused. She must have thought of it, causing Shai to become sick. He placed his hand over hers, 

"Yes, it has caused her to get sick; it must be from using it,"

"From her use of the weapon, she's gotten sick?"

"That's the only conclusion I've gotten from it," 

Hermes placed her hand back on the book and continued to walk. Art followed beside them, worried for the woman she had grown fond of. It doesn't help that Leif had asked how Shai was when she returned. Art frowned, looking ahead, but this didn't go unnoticed by Hermes, so he leaned to her, asking, 

"What's the matter, Art? Is something happening in her world that causes you to frown?" 

Art glanced at him, seeing if there was a playful intent he had, no, it's genuine. He cared more about her discomfort than being a playful little minx, Art gave him a strained smile and said, 

"Yes, her father came to my library asking if his daughter is ok," 

"Must have troubled you to tell him Art,"

"I had to. I couldn't keep it from him. I tried, but he saw right through it until he bugged me enough for me to tell him what Shai had done,"

"So he pestered you until you told him?" 

Art nods. He only asked to know if Shai's ok. After hearing she was, it's a downhill spiral. Leif kept asking her what happened in this world, what did she do, how she and the weapon worked together. 

"Yep, it was annoying at least,"

"What's best?"

"Irritating," 

They made it to the door. Hermes opened it for Art, letting her walk in first. She did, and Hermes flew behind he,r his gaze looking to Zeus throne, where he sat talking with Ares and Athena. the two had their own throne talking between on and other, with a sheet of leather on a desk of marble, Art and Hermes went to them and Zeus noticed lifting his hand starting to make to new chairs,

"Art, Hermes, come sit down with us. we were just taking some initiative,"

"Fine," Art answered 

She sat in her chair as Hermes glanced over the leather plan, He saw the inscriptions of the building and the details of the prisons they held the others in. He read it over, finding some new revelations that he hadn't seen before, Zeus cleared his throat, seeing Hermes intrigued by the leather. 

"You see the different, don't you, Hermes?" 

"I do must have gotten it from somewhere else, Zeus,"

Hermes sat in his chair, glancing at Athena and Ares. They stopped talking, looking at the two, Athena greeted Art before him, but Ares stared at the two leaning back with his arms folded, 

"It's the other figure he gave us a map. He gave us more information about them,"

"What has he gotten so far?" 

Ares raised a brow he said that quite fast, there must have been something with Shai that would make him want to delay it thought he might want to know, Ares let out a chuckle making Hermes and Zeus look to him, 

"What are you laughing about, my boy?"

"Doesn't seem a little confusing on how quickly he asked of the leather map when he's supposed to tell us of Shai?"

Hermes sent a glare at him. Damn Ares i wanted a bit more time but you have to mention it, Hermes peered beside him at there father seeing that he's looking at the two of them amused, he must of found this humors. Hermes huffed, leaning back in his chair, muttering,

"Shai has a reaction from the weapon," 

Athena stopped talking with Art, turning her head to him. He saw her grip on the chair tighten so slightly that only they would notice. 

"She had a reaction. Is she still well?" Athena asked 

"Yes, she's alive. It's like a bad flu for her, nothing too serious,"

"Is she well enough for Friday?" Zeus inquired 

"I'm not sure even if that well have to make time. The figures might have to make time for us," Hermes said 

"What if they can't Hermes," 

Ares spoke his gaze darken filled with vision of possibility, old memories of war seem to have flooded in, It was bloody soaked in dirt with thunderous clashing of weapon laid deep with in is a group of people talking, planing on what to do next just like they are now, life is surrounded by these occurrences is what Ares thought to be, Hermes saw it before in his eyes, growing dark like this, 

"Then we will have to wait and see when Shai is able to help us,"

"Our contract is still in question with her," Art said 

"That doesn't mean she won't get inpathient," Ares added

"Ares there isn't a choice in this matter if she is not able to help,"

"I understand, but you know what she will do if..." 

"No matter it will take a few more days to see if she will be able to help," 

Zeus interrupted him they looked to him and saw the warmth in hid eyes. He had this ceritan hope in them, and he must have seen something again. Ares and Herems huffed, falling back into there chairs, Athena glanced between the two patting Arts arm muttering under her breath, 

"Thank you for coming back," 

Art chuckled patting her hand looking at them, they seem to have been at a stand still for a while now, but after Shai they have somthing to break that stand still, she shook her head and then glanced at Hermes, 

"What the other figuer has told us is that they have already moved to there wolrd but she heard that they have been seen, after that she dobled there watch and oddered for our next contacted soon,"

"I thought they wanted it imeditily,"

Zeus gave them a grin, and they knew what he had done, stobern to a falt but for a good cause. 

"They didn't meet my means for it. They will send another, but i don't believe we will need it,"

"Other than that, they have set their people in the government, taking some out for their own, but for us, we have time from what the other figure has sent us,"

"Has the figuer have anything on them," 

Zeus smile got wider and moved the map closer to the middle. The gaze went over it until he pointed at the back of the building where the figures had written the weak point, 

"Yes, he does a weak point," 

"Into the building,"