all remaining passengers please leave your seats

----------------------------jessic amber----------------------------------

i woke up to the sound of snoring. my eyes felt like they took the best millenium nap in all of history. i sat up from my seat, popping multiple bones and rubbed my ears, getting all the gunk out.

i feel like a rusted nail. looking around, all i see are sleeping faces. was i the only one awake? figures. i tried to move ny leg which had lost all circulation but that meant risking waking up valerie.

i did it anyways.

she didnt wake up but jow it felt like black and white static was running on my left calve. sometimes having them this lean isnt that good, your more liable to cramps.

almost like thethere was a bump and the screeching of tires. so we finally landed. i suddenly checked the time and it was 4: 56...thank the gods!!! that means most people will be asleep!! i will not be seen wearing my teletubby looking gown that looks like its from hell!!

few minutes later

i waited out side of the airport waiting for the bus to come. there were a few but we had a specific bus to get on. all of a sudden theres a cackle and now it looked like its going to rain. really wish i brought a coat. thankfully this gown is water proof.

there was a faint audio of the weather man talking about the windy weather. something about the seas getting angrier.

i turned on my phone hoping i got a call or a message. the only one i got was a nylon gemini symbol skirt had been delivered to the facility 001 mail box which is actually a lost and found centre.

the wind picked up and it felt like razor blades cutting through mez my hair whiooing around like a spark that wont die out. valerie walked over to me, her hair sizzling with spark due to the wind.

she said"i expected there to be more ads, and a variant on toilet paper. plus we keep getting like weird looks from the adults."

i replied" i mean, a bunch of kids, looking like college graduates arrive with no explanation and are standing out side doesnt seem like an ordinary thing."

"hey check it out!" valerie pointed" its one of my moms district planes!!"

i followed her gaze to a black plane with the athena symbol on it. thats was definetly one of miss penesa's planes. but why is it here. i checked the time 5:05..right on time.

"hey amber? check it out, zhi's already made himself the popular kid!" valerie pointed to zhi being lifted and passed around in a wave of boys like he was rockstar. he seemed to enjoy it so much he was grinning from ear to ear. god, is it infectious, im already fighting back a smile.

i decided to look somewhere else, as my cheeks already decided to smile. i decided to look down the horizon. there was the sign of a bus approaching.

all of a sudden a man had jumped over the fence of the airport into the side walk. he seemed to be on a call with some one. 2 minutes went by with just him standing there nodding. then he checked his phone and then looked at the bus. the glint in the screen seemed similiar. almost...Aurora green. with the cover having a very large white blotch with triangles on it. i realised he had an athena symbol on his phone.

i grabbed valeris arm. she was talking to one of the boys from a different prefecture while i was distantly gazing the horizon. she yelped a little before i pointed at the dude from before.

"valerie, it the person from the plane! hes got an athena model phone!!"

valeri squinted at it. and the dawn of realisation her face was only the icing on the cake. she immediately pulled out her phone and on the cover was a large sun with leaves over it.

"thats definitely an athena modelz but only very few people have it, like me, your parents and victims of...war..."

victims of war.....children, spouses, family of those who died serving their country. most of the times they're given a phone of athena to contact miss penesa or a professional landline to talk about their grief.

valeri used her phone cameras zoom to get a picture of him and on closer inspection, he was not blessed by aphrodite. he isn't ugly ugly but he wasn't handsome handsome. kinda stuck between average and stand out in a crowd. he was a boy, probably our age.

i asked valerie" you dont think he's a cousin of your or maybe your moms friends kids?"

valerie shook her head" he doesnt look like any of my moms friends and he certainly doesnt seem like he's from my family plus with a coat like his ,he could very well be a fashion designer. like look at that...he looks like he came from war with nothing but a scratch.!"

valerie then pointed at the bus pulling up to the boy, wait....isnt that OUR bus!!!!

"hey that IS our bus!!"

me and valerie started jogging so that we could get out of the ever increasing wind before rain started falling.

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A few minutes before.

i felt the ground close in on me, like a wave it rose fast, was i falling? am i falling? did they throw me out of the plane.?!?

there was static from a radio about a raging sea and speeding winds.

i opened my eyes. i was still in the plane, a bump and a series of turbulence told me we had just landed.

i tried to relax my nerves... even after 6 years of sneaking, it was always frightening. i open my eyes as the bright red sun explodes in my face. yeah, nothing better than a red blood ray of light. i stood up, bending my head cause of my height.

one of the staff member were awake but she was shivering, shaking all over-no. it sweat. shes scared.

i approached the exit, a woman holding a screen, who i presume is the stewardess from before, she handed me a phone, high quality tech with a durable cover. the stewardess walked away, sighing like she just got out of death row.

i walked out of the plane, wind flowing through my hair, the breeze whipping my coat.

i surveyed the environment.

this place is trash. theres garbage toppled near the back of the airport, theres oil on the tracks and this wind smells like smoke from a factory that skins fish rotten for 45 years at the saharra desert.

i walked down the stair and jumped over the fence that seperated the public and the airport. no way am i going to make this easy for general penesa. she's now got 2 kids to deal with, a horny teenager and a misfit orphan. theres no way she's getting any sleep tonight.

~ring ~ring ~

i realised the phone got a message, i checked it and whoop de doo, its a call from one grumpy general.

i answered it" this isn't my first rodeo, buckeroo" i could hear her cover the phone with her hand as she asked her assistant if she did it right" anyways, ill be monitoring mission ****** mary so if you see any fu- i mean any playboy activities, be sure to discourage that."

i replied" wait, how will you know if im even doing the job?"

general peneza, with out a skip of a beat" honey, i follow my daughter undercover on twitter as a beaver that loves mozarella, shes already posted about her plans and how shes going to get laid soon. and if she does get laid, you are out and im having a heart to heart talk to her making sure to lie that her partner sold her out"

"arent you going a little overboard with your daughters privacy?"

"i believe not, i just dont want her doing something she will regret later in life."

"alright, so wheres this facility 001? how do i get there?"

"its the big school in the center of the city,theres a yellow double decker bus thats going to pick up you and your class. also, dont try to make a scene, im already knee deep in work, and i dont need anyone coming in her questioning why i allowed an illegal immigrant access to this facility "

miss penesa ended the call.

almost immediately, i spotted the double decker bus she mentioned approach me, lucky timing i guess. i decided to wait for it.

wonder what the time it is..hey wait, i have a phone now! i turned on the phone and checked the time, it was only 5:06 am. lucky me.

i heard the pitter patter of feet and an entire herd of bodies head in my direction i decided to press my self to the wall as a bunch of college graduated pacman looking kids rush into the double decker bus. is this my class??

i followed them into the bus and headed straight for the back. i got glances from everybody, felt their heads turn to look at my back, some of them took a few pictures behind me. plus all of them were moving around in ther seats, probably muttering why some rando was in the bus with them.

this would be pretty annoying but thankfull this was a double decker for a class with less that 20 kids. i climbed the stair and sat in the front seats of the 2nd level. there was no roof over the 2nd level and it started raining. but i don't mind.

i could feel the kids below me talking, their mouths forming words, and from what i was able to deduce, most of them were asking who i was, but there were 2 of them who weren't talking. they were tapping, morse code. but this was probably their own version because i dont remember morse code having swipes and kicks.

i was disturbed that two of them were already suspicious of me. but my heart slowed down when they suddenly stood up and were heading for the stairs.

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"amber, i dont think he's that suspicious, i mean, look at us, we're a bunch of no name kids in gowns" valerie opposed. she didn't want to go out into the rain, it was sounding like a machine gun fire fight up there."

"come on!! he could be like a mission!! maybe they're testing us if we can figure out if he's something out of the unordinary!! it might be like a welcome test!!"

valerie just ooohed as she realised this was something her mom would definitely do." omg your right!we could get points for this!!"

i headed up, with valerie behind me. i opened the door to the second level. i walked through quickly with valerie closing it.it was raining with a complete shift from the warm sun. its a cold blue rain, and i feel like im being pelted with needles.

i saw the kid from before simply sitting at the front, face first, being pelted with water droplets. how can this dude not be shivering, even valerie, someone who can use lighting and is blessed by zues, is shivering. i lit my flames from my finger tips like a candle, but the warmth was immediately shuttered to a kindling... i really should have thought about elemental disadvantage.

valerie trudged me forward taking the lead as the elementally more advantaged evlogiménoi.

it felt like a thousand bullets pushing as back.

i saw the dude turn his head to the left, out towards the buidlings and streets. we sat behind him trying to cover our selves from the rain pelting down on us like we were ants. it felt painfull but valerie tried to use her gown to cover us but it was clear that our clothes weren't going to offer much protection.

the rain has completely destroyed any vision we had, we were stuck in black rain and we could barely see the kid, plus 'why was it getting stronger!!' lightning crackled in the distance...and then i saw it... a hurricane... right down the bay. like a monstrous tail it towered over the city. valerie was already stressing out. she could sense the power in that thing. thats what the radios were talking about.

the mystery boy stood up and put his coat over us making sure to shield us from the rain, his face seemed really calm and kind since he wasn't standing like he was rambo.

"so...you two, are lovers of dreary coldness as well, i see" he spoke pefect english. yet i couldn't help but think he knew more languages.

hastily i blurted out " no!! im cold! im wet!! my hairs ruined and i don't think this test is worth any of this!!"

"sorry about her! shes a hephasteus, god of flames and stuff"

the mystery boy nodded." then why come out here?"

"wa-ait so t-t-this is-isnt a test!?!?!" i spoke, my teeth chittering from the cold, valerie was doing better than me. but this dude was insane there was no chatter in his teeth, no shiver, no glance back to the comfort of a warm room below.

he spoke after a while" my names simon, im going to try and connect my coat so that we get some cover, the seats will stay wet but im sure thats better than this." he then took out a rod and attached it to the antenna and draped his coat around us. i realised the coat was actually longer than it seemed but he rolled it so that it was only knee length. it was like a tent, because immediately it blocked the rain, well most of it, it had a small opening which 'simon' was keeping closed with his hands the zipper wasn't strong enough in this wind.

simon looked back at us.

i realised the rain was no longer going to affect my fire. so i struck my nails and produced a fire, letting it get warmer and warmer in my palms. valeri immediately put her hands close" oh yeah, my names valerie burdett, this is jessica amber, yours was simon right!"

he nodded" yeah, no last names..not anymore"

i wanted to talk but i was busy warming my self. great..i have no other clothes, only thing i do have is the stupid uniform my mom made and its itchy.

"h-h-hey" i stuttered, still chill to the bone" " we-we saw y-you at the airpo-port. your an athena blessed?"

he looked away, into the rain, like it was something he didnt want to ralk about." im uh. a hades.."

valerie instantly froze. she looked at him in awe. a hades...

i couldnt believe it either..."a - a hades!!!"we screamed

simon cringed at the scream but i could see he wasn't used to being yelled at in a positive way.

we dont have many kids of the big three. my sister is also a poseidon blessed. but well..weak..so that was big factor into people ridiculing her. the big three didnt bless people that much it was mostly other gods and small deities....

i decided to quiet down...because valerie had already started sparking, she had questions and as excited as she is, her mood changes pretty fast and im not getting into that storm.

i looked away, to seem disinterested but still listening.

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me and my big mouth. not only have i already found miss penesas daughter but her friend have already noticed me. the plan was to play houdini, not play the third wheel.

valerie looked at me with her eyes sparking with literaly sparks and interest.

"w-whats it like" valerie" being one of the big three?"

shit. not only do i have to speak like i am blessed by hades but i have no power to showoff that will make them think im telling the truth. apart from my 6th sense of course. wait!!! thats it. if i can't make a a fictional story-

just tell half the truth."not real fun, people kick you, hate you, go out of their way to hurt you..plus i didn't even want to be here in the first place."

"o-oh, is that so" valerie seemed shocked that i said something like that. but of course she is. shes a zues blessed. zues is like every non myth reading persons favourite dude. and of course hades was a villain because hes the god of the dead. hes most definetly evil. not. according to myth hes the chillest of the entire greek pantheon.

"your a zues blessed."i told her" your loved because your representing a dude who throws lighting. im representing the dude who rules the dead. which is definetly cooler but terrifying"

valerie was taken aback. she felt sorry she didn'tconsider that he didn't get the same respect" im sorry i didnt mean it like that" she tried to change the subject" but as a hades blessed, you must have some cool power like, a sword of diamonds or hellfire? right?"

i chuckled. my facade was working. shes definitely believed me on the hades blessed part. now to convince red head amber.

"like really?thats what you think id get? nah. i can feel bodies. alive and dead. inanimate and animate. down to the last atom!"

valerie seemed confused" wait." all of a sudden she put her fingers behind her and stuck 3 fingers out. " how many fingers am i holding?"

she really wanted to test that out so i said " alright, 3 fingers, red head here is hiding a 4 underneath her, a 3 now, a 2 and a middle finger"

the red head. amber got up, already amazed." you really can feel bodies.!!"

i nodded. alright mission. make them think im a hades blessed is successful. no need to worry anymore.

we chatted about elemental techniques, something i knew nothing about. but due to my knowledge on Norse myth i was able to piece and assume most of it.

the rain started getting weaker till it stopped. i took down my coat and rolled up the sleeves and the tail. suddenlyi noticed we were inside the heart of the city, with bill boards surrounding us. the double decker bus drove into a buidling. we all had to get off with me following the back of the group and valeri and amber being at the front due to some popularity thing. but this was good. now they can forget about me while i learn something from this school. a woman in a suit lead us througu what i think is the biggest maze apartment because we kept winding and climbing stairs and crossing hallways till we were all in our room. she showed each student their rooms and made sure they're all categorically in their blessed room. like in groups all the people with the same blesser would be together.

they didn't have a hades apartment section because there hasnt been any in the last 300 years. but they had a spare room for guests which i took. because it was 4 floors up from fhe rest of the students. which isnt in hindsight. going around calling myself a hades was bad enough but realising its this bad is an understatement.

she led me to a room where there was a bed and not much else. not that id need it.

she left a bag and pointed at a tv before leaving.

i turned it on and miss penesas face showed on screen, she pointed to the bag and motioned to open it. which i acted, to find some documents with my name on it, an identification, a credit card and what i assumes is my backstory for this.

lets see

my fictional 'mom' and 'dad' were war veterans who ended up being shot dwon during a gang war where my mom placed me next to an orphanage before running of to help my dad and getting shot. doesnt seem so different than any other orphan story apart from the supposed veterans being hella unlucky. all im gonna get all semester is some sad pity faces.

not only that. but facility 001 is not like any school ive ever seen. they dont have teachers. the kids are supposed to work and learn stuff themselves. apparently the project was to train and specialize on what your good at which doesn't bode well most of the time.

guess tommorow morning im checking the schedule.

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