Audentis Fortuna Iuvat
Duck
I was enveloped within the turmoil of battle yet again, all rational strategy was thrown out the window. The titan cursed and the statues I hadn't noticed within the alcoves in the wall, stepped from their pedastals with marble blades raised and mindless violence shining within their polished obsidian eyes.
"I'll take Crius! You fend off the statues!" Jason called, flipping his coin effortlessly and charging towards the giantous creature before I could chastise him for his far too abundant courage.
But I wasn't given a spare second to worry about him, I was snagged within the chaos the statues began to wreak upon our small party. They faught like machines, chopping and slicing with inhuman precision and the cold emotionless that was blank upon their carved stone faces. As much as I parried and retaliated, I couldn't keep up with their stony advance. My sword glanced off the hard black marble, barely making a dent in their process.
"This isn't working!" Dakota yelled through laboured breaths from the other side of the expansive hall.
"Well ready?" Aliyah's sarcasm was marred by her struggling movements.
My mind was whirring and my movements turned robotic. What breaks stone? What breaks stone? What breaks stone?
A loud bang from the door caught my attention and I snapped my focus to see a large wooden crate sitting amongst the chaos. I backed up, my strokes still on automatic, towards the package.
"We can't keep this up!" Anthony yelled.
"Hold on a second!" I yelled back, drawing an axe and chipping off the head of the statue persuing me with a final stroke and turning to use my sword to pry open the crate. A red monitor blinked at me from the centre of a black box. A small note was attached;
Kerri,
You may want to run for cover.
Audentis fortuna iuvat.
Your mother,
Bellona.
The monitor ticked down; 00:11, 00:10, 00:09.
"Take cover!" I screamed to my comrades, running for shelter behind a pillar. I saw confusion wash over their faces for a moment before they wisely chose to follow my example.
There was a terrifying moment of silence before my world ripped apart.
Notes
EXAMS ARE FINISHED AT LAST!!!! :DSo here's a long-delayed chapter and I'm so sorry it took me ages to put up!!!!
Thanks for your patience!
-Phoebe :)
@Phoebe
I will!
1/25/15