Chosen by Fate, Rejected by the Alpha

Chapter 981: Chapter 166- Trinity – The Battle Part 1 (VOLUME 5)

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Trinity

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I was still floating high in the air as I started to look around. I knew that the enemy was doing, but I didn’t know how soon they were going to be here. I wanted to be able to see them ahead of time. I wanted to give us a little bit of a warning before they just showed up out of nowhere.

Reece was still standing next to me as I circled the courtyard, spinning in a slow circle. As I did this, I saw that the soldiers and warriors were running to take their place. I had not quite reached my goal of five thousand since I had stopped having that many soldiers on hand at once. The others, who weren’t comfortable with the doors, were still on their way here. Still, I probably had over four thousand people here right now. Possibly even forty-five hundred of them. And that was a mixture of my formally trained soldiers that were extremely skilled, and the men and women that the leaders all brought with them. I thought that it was plenty though. At least I hoped that it would be.

I saw the moment that Talia and Alexio ran from the front of the castle and toward me and Reece. I was about to make a set of stairs for her to get to us, ones that would be visible so that they could climb them easier, but it wasn’t necessary. Alexio grabbed Talia around the waist, bent his knees as he ran and leapt up to the platform with as much ease as Reece had. They were both very strong and skilled men.

In truth, I was happy to have Alexio here. He had fought with the Gods before. It was possible that these Ancient Ones were part of those battles. He might know how to kill them. And he was also the best choice to protect Talia. He was going to make sure that she didn’t get hurt at all.

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“I am glad that you are here.” I didn’t truly mean that for Talia, since I didn’t want her to be a part of this battle at all, but I knew that I had no choice. She was more versed in using her magic than Reagan and Rika. That was a failure on my part, I guess. Talia had learned on her own because she had to. And she also learned from the current Gods of the underworld. However, Reagan and Rika never showed much of an interest in the magical aspects of their powers. I knew that wasn’t right though. I should make them learn, just in case something like this ever happened again. Perhaps formal lessons would be in the cards for them after this.

Damn, I was getting off on tangents. This battle was scattering my mind as well as my nerves. And Talia being here wasn’t helping. I didn’t want her here at the battle, as I mentioned before. Not because she couldn’t protect herself, but because I was a mother and wanted her to be safely away from this fighting. I couldn’t stop her though. I knew that Talia, with her magical prowess, would just leave the castle, even if I locked her into a cell in the dungeon. She would use her magic to leave there and come fight these assholes and monsters that were drawing ever nearer. At least like this, with the conditions that we made, I knew that she was going to be safe because she was near me, Reece, and Alexio at all times.

“Are you OK, Mom?” Talia asked me as she looked at my stern and tight face.

“No, Talia, I am not OK. I have a battle that is about to start on what is literally my front yard. I have all seven of my children here at the castle right now. I don’t know how difficult this fight is going to be either, so I am worried that someone that I love and care about very much might get hurt. There is just so much that could happen today, and it’s got me feeling tense. That is to be expected though. I mean, this is war, quite literally. It might be the first time that we have taken part in that war that these people are waging against us, but it is war all the same.” I turned and gave her as calm and loving of a look as I could manage at the moment. I hoped that I didn’t look scary instead. “Stay safe, Talia. Please.” I took her hand in mind and squeezed it a little too hard.

“Ah.” She cried out from the quick pain, but she moved on almost instantly. “I promise, Mom, I will be safe. I have you, Dad and Lex protecting me.” She looked a hell of a lot more confident than I did.

I resumed my slow circle as I looked all around the area from the vantage point of the platform. I hadn’t seen the enemy yet, but I knew that they were coming. It was just a matter of time. And, after a moment, I thought I did see something.

Yup. There they were. It looked like a strange procession that was moving through the sky. They were literally walking through the air on what looked like an invisible bridge. It was almost like the platform that I was standing on with Reece, Talia and Alexio. And what was worse was the fact that they were coming from the direction of the city. How many people had seen them? How many people would now be looking for these beings as they marched through the air.

It wasn’t all of them that were marching through the sky. It looked to me like there were trucks that were rumbling along below them. Were the trucks filled with the rest of the enemies? Were they not marching toward us, but rather they were driving? And if so, when exactly did they start using the vehicle? Since Kiernan and Javier had followed their trail through the mountain, wasn’t it more likely that they were going to walk the entire way?

I saw that the trucks weren’t accounting for all of them. Not by a long shot. There were only two trucks, and they looked more like tanks that were moving a lot faster than the heavily armored vehicles usually moved. I had a moment to wonder if they were perhaps meant to break down the walls of the castle, or perhaps the doors, or something else maybe. Whatever they were for, I just knew that they were not what I thought that this group would have with them at the moment.

“THEY ARE ALMOST HERE!” I called out to the large group in the courtyard. I even pointed in the direction that they were coming from. They were to the west of the main part of the city as they moved at an angle toward us. They would miss the heart of the city, but they would definitely be passing by several homes. I just hoped that they had some sort of cloaking ability.

“EVERYONE! BE PREPARED TO FIGHT!” Reece called out to them.

“I WILL TRY TO TALK TO THEIR LEADER FIRST, BUT BE PREPARED FOR THINGS TO TURN BAD AT ANY MOMENT!” I added. I didn’t want Reece to make them attack before I had a chance to talk to these people. I needed to know what their reasoning behind this assault on my people was. And if the leader of the Ancient Ones was there, then I needed to hear from them as well.

As I watched the group that was quickly making their way toward us, there was an eruption from the ground beneath us. I didn’t know what it was at first, but a moment later, there was a door that was standing there in what looked like flowing lava. Though the lava never left that one little spot that the door was in, so it wasn’t destroying my home or making my warriors run away.

When the door opened, I was prepared for the fighting to begin instantly. I just knew that this had to be the first wave of the attack, and I wasn’t the only one that thought that as well.

I was wrong though. It wasn’t an attack. It was a group of people that I knew, not too well, but well enough.

The first out of the door was Hades. He didn’t have his usual friendly smile as he looked around. He stopped searching when he saw me and Talia.

“We are here, Trinity. As promised. The warning of yours that the battle was coming didn’t give us much time though. I am sorry for the late arrival.”

“You made it here before the enemy did, Hades, so you’re not late. Thank you all for coming to help.” The other Gods and Goddesses were filing out of the door now. They were all nodding at me and looking around the soon to be battlefield. I felt a little more relieved knowing that they were all here. Having Gods, ones with their powers intact, made this feel like we were more than equipped to fight these people and those beings.

“By my guess, the first of them will be here in less than sixty seconds.” I called out to the gathered troops. “Be on your guard, but give me a chance to find out what I can from their leader. I want answers from them. I need to know what it is that they wanted to achieve from this war. Why is it that they targeted us.” I felt my heart racings as I spoke. I had never truly been this scared before a battle. Not even my first one. Was that because this one was happening at my home with my family so close? I had a feeling that was the case. And that just made me want to end this twice as fast. I was going to protect my family. I was going to protect them all.

Reece, Reagan, Rika, Talia, Zachary, Zander, Zayden and Zaley, they were all going to be safe, I would see to it. Mom, Dad, Lila, Grandfather, Ivy, Olivia, and all of the other kids in the family, they would be safe and survive all of this. I wouldn’t let another life be lost to these people. I would give them my power, my strength, anything that I had and more. I would do all that I could to protect my family and my people.

“I will end this.” I spoke under my breath. “And as soon as I possibly can.” Reece grabbed my hand right then and squeezed gently. He had heard me and he was agreeing with me.

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