A Maximum Force team-up! When Harley is requested to come cheer up the normal students in Richfield, the forces of Hades clash with the forces of Moravia as the female teenagers band together to defeat the threat at hand. In the meanwhile the boys of Richfield conduct a camping trip in Arvandor with the males of Maximum Force and Pan as well.
Coming up next on the fifth episode of Arcadia Zoe!
Coming up next on the fifth episode of Arcadia Zoe!
[DW3] AZ-05 The Camping Trip
By Darrel Vanwinkle (Lord Pouchlaw)
01/12/2018
Chapter One.
In Richfield, Arcadia and the gang were on their way to Remus' estate when they saw Pallas Athena simply appear on the sidewalk just ahead of them. Arcadia waited until she and her friends were closer to her before asking, "I am surprised to see you, Athena. At least you had the decency to appear clothed unlike what Aphrodite did several days ago. What can I do to assist you?"
Athena smiled. "How would you like to earn another break from all this silly divine stuff?"
Irene arched an eye as she focused her dragon vision at Athena for a moment before she pulled Arcadia away from the goddess. "Nice try, whomever you are. We have to put up with Hades so often that we know a trap when we hear one. Arcadia is already in the midst of a week-long break from her divine lessons and the only one whom didn't know that was Hades. So whom are you really?"
Michelle then stepped forward. "Beat it, toga wearer or I will deck you with my fist."
Linda McVann then stepped up and said, "Guys, we have met Athena before and this really seems to be her. But she should be wise enough to know that what Irene just said is true; Arcadia is already on a break while Gavin is recovering from the tail slap spanking which Irene gave him the other day."
At that moment to one side of the girls in the middle of the street, the females of Maximum Force appeared. Lori the Valkyrie was sitting on her winged horse as she said, "Athena? Why are you bothering the Richfield Champions. Surely you know that when they are riled, they are not afraid to kick a god's ass. And since I have back-talked Odin before, it is no hard task to do to an ignorant deity."
Athena replied, "It came to my attention that I have not taught Arcadia any abilities as yet and I wanted to talk to her about this before she arrived at Remus' estate."
Arcadia then said, "And what is going on at Remus' estate that you do not want to me to see, Athena?"
When the goddess did not answer right away, Arcadia grabbed her friends and utilizing the travel power that she had learned from Hermes, the entire group of the female Richfield Champions vanished off of the sidewalk and they re-appeared in the yard of Remus' estate where they saw Hades and Persephone confronting Gavin alone. Remus seemed to be trapped in a powerful fog so he could not interfere in whatever was going on. In a flash, Arcadia used Call Lighting directly at both Hades and his wife which knocked the two flat on the ground as if Zeus himself had struck them. The moment Hades was down, the fog around Remus vanished.
Arcadia growled, "The only ones whom have the ability to punish Gavin is us, you stupid gods!"
Hades slowly sat up as he muttered, "Good strike, faker. It seems you practice with attacks but you ignore the one power that was given to you by my wife that you could have used to find out exactly why we were even here. The real Arcadia wouldn't have been this sloppy." He then raised his voice. "HERA! ROGER WAS RIGHT! I NEED YOU NOW!"
The Richfield Champions were surprised that Hades was calling in the big guns of the Greek Pantheon as Hera appeared in full battle glory and Gaea was with her. Between the two of them in shackles of her own was Artemis looking quite upset.
Arcadia said, "What do you mean by saying Roger was right? What did you do to him this time?"
Hades stood back up as he helped his wife up to her feet. "What did I do, faker? I told him the truth right in front of Hera, the all powerful queen of the gods. I even contacted Gaea so she could play lie detector while I spoke to Roger with Estos as our witness. Roger is still in Arvandor safe and sound but the charade and farce ends today. What did you and Gavin do to the real Arcadia Zoe? For you certainly are not her." He then turned to face the girls of the Richfield Champions. "Hear my words, noble ladies of the local Teen Force! Irene, as an Oriental Dragon, you should have the ability to detect shades whom are standing in plain sight. I know your grandfather has that ability. The day you introduced Arcadia to your father in the backyard was the last day you personally saw the real Arcadia Zoe in your presence. This woman you are protecting now is not Arcadia Zoe. If you do not believe me, then have your father give this Arcadia a second examination and you will learn the truth." He hugged his wife as they walked off to sit on a side bench. "We will wait here for your return, if you are not in the midst of a nasty fight that is."
Persephone said, "My husband is right. Shades can summon lightning bolts so Arcadia supposedly using Zeus' ability is no proof that she is Arcadia. While this woman is the Arcadia that I met in Athens at Nicodemus' party, she does not seem to have the abilities that I tried to teach her after I captured my husband."
Now the Champions were stepping away from Arcadia since they expected Hades to tell lies but they knew that Persephone was a woman of the truth.
Michelle said, "So you're saying the Arcadia I saved the first day by my shooting the arrow with my dad's gun was the real Arcadia but after the return to the Dragon Estate, we haven't seen Arcadia since?"
Hades grinned. "You can be pretty smart when you aren't trying to trick your father into getting the boyfriend you think you want instead of the boy your father approved of your dating. He doesn't know Chester all that well; but he does know Kevin McVann whom chose to be honest not only with you, but to the Maximum Force team as well. He warned them what you were up to. That is why Chester did not arrive with Harley at the school. And how do I know all this... One of my underworld abilities that my wife tried to teach to Arcadia... Mind Reading and Telepathy. I am simply reading everyone's minds. So go on, take Arcadia to see Mr. Dragon and prepare for the battle that is sure to happen."
Michelle growled at that statement. But instead of giving in to the taunt of decking Hades, she grabbed Arcadia and said, "We are going over to the Dragon Estate right now!"
End of Chapter One.
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