Chapter Seventeen
Enjoy some curses.
Triton lurked under the Surface. Having drawn down a god with his voice he was now hiding. Playing with them.
He wasn't sure which one it was. They had dark longish hair all over their head. But they were a surfacer so Triton couldn't narrow it down as a goddess. Most gods had hair all over their heads too.
They had bright blue eyes and wore something that looked like a blanket. Something like the Romans would wear, now they were some idiots. Romans being all blah blah blah the Sea is bad blah blah. The Romans were the reason that merfolk had to start hiding. The reason the Sea became feared for the same thing they praised Olympus for.
Triton darted around the rock as the Gods eyes came to rest on him. Purposely flipping a fin above water.
A lightning bolt crashed into the water just where he had been. The energy from it lightly darted across his skin, travelling through the water.
"Where are you? You blasted mermaid," they hissed, a small cloud formed in one hand.
Triton popped up above the water and propped himself up on the rock with his elbows, "Merman actually."
"I don't care!"
Triton ducked out of the way before the bolt could touch him. Once again it rippled across his skin in the water.
It wasn't effecting him because he was a god. Good thing this was the Sea's first godly victim who had reacted violently. Most merfolk just sang until the god or goddess walked right into the trap. But Triton of course decided to mess around with this one.
Triton kept swiming around, dodging the bolts at the last second. All of them were coming from the cloud, he noted. He popped his head above the water again, "Who are you anyway?"
"I am Electra!" the god said blasting another bolt his way.
Triton ducked out of the way again, darting around to a specific part of the rock cluster. The spot where the trap had been hidden.
Funny how they were trapping the gods with a variation of their own creation. First they had captured merfolk for the gods to do what they wanted with them. Now they were being used to capture gods to lower their numbers in the fight for equality. After that hopefully the traps would no longer be used.
He got onto the rock again, "Hey Electra can you do me a favour and come over here without turning me into a fried fish?"
She looked at him, "I think that I am in the mood for smoked salmon."
Triton sighed, "Seriously?" Then he began to sing and he watched as the goddesses eyes went unfocused. She clamoured towards him desperately. The cloud had completely disappeared. Finally she stepped in the right spot and fell to the ground. The trap snapping up around her, having got its prisoner at last.
Triton stopped singing and grabbed her hand. The goddess tried to thrash but the trap held her tight.
"If you do this then war will rage. I was ordered to come here to get the demigods back and I won't stop until it is done."
"Good luck with that."
"You have no idea what you are getting into boy, this will bring war. Bloodshed. Death. You are just a mindless pawn in the game of life. You know nothing of what you are doing," the goddess said in a last attempt to get free.
"Oh I know exactly what I'm doing," Triton said and bit into her wrist.
The goddess went slack within seconds.
Merfolk vemon, powerful stuff. Especially with its ability to knock out any being in under 5 seconds. Which made it an even bigger mystery on why Olympus had basically chosen to make an enemy of the Sea by listening to the Romans.
The merman began humming to himself as he dragged the unconscious goddess off the rock and down to the place where they were holding all their hostages. Even the mortal ones but don't worry they had an air bubble around them so they wouldn't drown.
After leaving Electra there he started his assent back up with the now empty trap. On the way various merfolk and aquatic creatures stopped to bow to him, "Hello Lord Triton."
No matter how much he said it they all still called him 'Lord'. Triton was fine by him, he wouldn't even have cares if they called him 'Tri' basically everyone that knew him called him Tri anyway.
He was stopped by a small seal who swam right into his face. It swam up and nestled in his hair despite the fact that it was far too big to sit on his head.
Triton twisted around and pulled the seal against his torso with his free hand a kept swimming. Ignoring the seal trying to squirm free.
"Andy I've told you before, you're too big now to lie in my hair," Triton said not looking down because he knew that Andy would be trying to use the baby seal eyes on him.
It would seem weird that Andy was still a baby seal even after two years but Triton had given the small animal a part of his essence so that he would be immortal. Just like Triton. Besides Andy was already over 1000 years old and didn't have a problem being stuck as a baby. It just meant he kept trying to sleep in Tritons hair as he had done before he was immortalised. He still hadn't gathered on that he was too big, or maybe he had and was still doing it anyway. Besides he was adorable so Triton wasn't going to tell him to go away any time soon, if he ever did (he wouldn't, Andy is too cute and the baby seal eyes always work).
He reached the rock and realised he had a problem. One hand was holding the trap, which he had to put back onto the rock and hide it. The other hand was holding Andy and if he didn't the seal would immediately try to get into his hair again. He also needed a hand to hold himself up onto the rock while hiding the trap.
He had to work quickly.
He let go of Andy and willed himself to evaporate and reapear on the rocks.
He appeared in mid-air.
Quite a bit above the rocks.
He started to fall.
Curse the Fates' matted hair.
He only realised just then that he had forgot to evaporate the trap with him.
For the love of Persephone's wine supply, this day just got better and better (sarcasm).
He braced for impact but it didn't hit as hard as he expected. It almost felt as if the rock he'd landed on was moving. It was weird to say the slightest.
"Oh wow, I didn't know that flying fish were this big."
Triton looked up and saw his angel grinning down at him. He had not landed of the rock and instead had landed in his arms.
Sweet Pontus on a sugar high.
The merman crossed his arms, "I overestimated how high the rock was."
Thanatos laughed as he flew down towards the rock. "If I were you, I'd be careful or else I would think that you're falling for me."
Triton rolled his eyes not registering what he had said. Then he froze.
After a few seconds he finally said, "Who in Oceanus' nostril hair is giving you all of these pickup lines?"
"Oceanus' nostril hair, thats a new one."
"You didn't answer my question," Triton said poking the god in the face.
"And I'm not going to," Thanatos said before sticking this tongue out at the god in his arms.
Bet he wasn't expecting Triton to grab his tongue.
"Put me down," he said as he willed himself to have legs. Once he was on his feet he dragged Thanatos with him (by the tongue) to the edge of the water.
"Wa a oo do-eh?" Thanatos said and Triton roughly guessed that it translated to 'what are you doing?' or maybe he was wrong Thanatos was just calling Triton gorgeous.
He knelt down and the death god had to follow. Triton lifted Andy out of the water by the scruff of his neck, startling the young seal and the angel. He gave Andy to Thanatos and just said, "Hold," before letting go of the slightly taller gods tongue.
With both his hands free now he willed the water to give him the trap he had left behind. It flew directly out of the water and into his hand. He began placing it back on the rock it was originally on before Electro or whatever the name was had stepped in it. Once that was done he stepped back to admire his handy work.
"I don't appreciate you holding my tongue," Thanatos said.
Tri smiled at him, "We both know you wouldn't have put me down if I didn't do anything."
"Can you blame me? You look exhausted."
"You can blame the menace in your arms."
His angel looked down at Andy who was trying (and failing) to climb up to his head. It was adorable it was trying to swim in the air. It wasn't working at all.
Thanatos raised an eyebrow at him, "Is that all?"
"No, also this whole thing-" he gestured at the trap. "-Just can't catch a break."
"Are you free now?"
Triton thought for a moment. It was working in parts if each trap. 16 merfolk for each one and taking turns in being near it incase a god came near. Triton should be free now because he had been there for a while and had caught one.
"Yeah I'm free now," he said finally.
"Do you want to come back to the Underworld and then you could sleep. At least there you wouldn't be asked to do anything," the angel offered.
"Yes please." Triton went forward and gave Thanatos a hug. "But you better be free for the next few hours because you aren't leaving me."
"Relax I won't."
"Yay," Triton sais quietly.
"Uh what should we do about Andy?"
"Oh just put him in the water, he'll be fine." He buried his head between the slightly taller gods shoulder and neck.
"Or should we just take him with us?"
"No, he'll just try to lie on your head."
"Ok," Thanatos said at last.
Andy stopped squirming between them and there was a small splash of water. Triton knew that his angel didn't just throw Andy into the water and lowered him in with shadows instead. He could have honestly just threw him in, like he said before, Andy is immortal and wouls probably just use it as an opportunity to show off his diving skills.
Thanatos wrapped his arms around Triton and they both fell into shadow, which was something Tri was actually getting used to. Surprisingly enough.
This day actually was getting better.
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