Subj: DS:Goddess 16
Date: 5/8/02 11:05:06 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Aesgaard

Angelique slightly swooned as the teleportation spell caused her surroundings to change around her. The huge hall with fountains changed to the catacombs under Asgard as the short jaunt proved that Ares was not up to his full power.

"Tell me the truth, you big idiot !" Angelique yelled at the wounded war-god. "Why did you really kidnap me ?!!"

"Because I love you !" Ares admitted. "Most of the greatest heroes - Hercules, Theseus, Perseus were born from a god and a
mortal ! You were the only mortal I knew in the last hundred years with significant mystical potential, but then that harpy went and ruined everything !!!"

Angelique didn't know what to say as Thor charged toward her. His hammer struck the war-god hard and sent him flying several feet.

"Angelique, get out of here." he ordered her. "I'll deal with him."

Before she could say a thing, a lightning bolt flew over her head as Discord appeared to rescue her brother. It was a perfect opportunity for her to close several feuds with the thunder-god. Quetzalcoatl appeared to help Thor, and then Loki appeared to shift the tide. Angelique watched a stray blast of mystical force hit an arch over her head. She dropped as she feared its collapse on top of her then recognized Hercules himself as he caught it.

"Up the stairs !" he pointed the way as Angelique rushed up and skidded to a stop. A burst of heat preceded her as Laura appeared in her path.

"Forget about me ?" She asked as she conjured a ball of flame and threw it like a baseball. Angelique threw herself through an open doorway into some type of armory. She eyed the numerous spears, hammers, swords and daggers as she looked for a tank. She gripped a small hammer with a large head. Ignoring the inscription on it, she attempted to strike Laura with it.

"Stop swinging the hammer, Angelique." Laura warned her. "Let me burn you at a stake like the nasty little witch you are."

"NO !" Angelique swung the hammer again blindly as she backed away from the torch burning in Laura's palm. She swung the hammer once again in her futile attempt to scare her, but Laura was obviously not intimidated. Clenching the short handle and swinging harder, Angelique inadvertantly hit the wall. The mystical power contained in the hammer exploded on contact as Laura felt herself thrown out of the room and into the opposite wall across from the storeroom.

"Uhhhh." Laura landed on her back and lifted herself up. "What was that ?!" she asked picking herself up. Looking back up, she noticed Angelique was now taller with longer blonde hair and in Valkyrie arraignment.

"Let's try this again......" she smiled, swung the hammer in a circle on her hand and grinned as she hadn't in such a long time.

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