The Bens finished the song and a chorus of roars could be heard. The Hydra's had apparently enjoyed their song. Since both Hydras and Cerberus' responded so positively to music, Ben had actually trained them with musical tones using his harmonica. Ben stood up and folded the chair and placed the tambourine and drum back in the bag. Henry had finally come out of the water and was now soaking up the sun. Before Ben had started playing for him, Henry refused to leave the water and had gotten rather sick from lack of Vitamin D. Now that he surfaced to hear the music, he could soak up enough rays to keep him healthy. He and his clone high fived at their good work, then noticed an odd flux at the Volcano. They both turned and looked towards it, then a deep bellow could be heard that sounded very close to the Volcano. Ben slammed his hand into his face.
"Shit! I forgot about Maggie. If I don't calm her down, she'll start to piss off the Phoenixes, then I'll be in real trouble." The problem was that he needed to get over to Emma's as quickly as possible, time was of the essence. His clone walked over to him and patted him on the back. "No problem man, I'll take the stuff and Lucky and go calm down Maggie. You go deal with Emma." Ben lifted his head and smiled at his clone.
"Thanks man, your the best." The clone just smiled back and said. "Thanks, I know you are." They both laughed a bit, then the clone grabbed the bag and called for Lucky and headed out towards the Volcano.
The real Ben pulled out his harmonica and hit a few ranging notes, then put it back into his jacket. A screech could be heard, and a Skydra swwoped downa nd hovered next to the cliff. She was far too large to land on the cliff. Ben smiled and jumped onto her back. "Thanks, Jade. We need to get to Emma's fast. To the Creeping Woods!" Jade's four heads roared and began beating her wings towards the woods. Now, Ben wasn't entirely sure if the actual name of the forest was the Creeping Woods, but that's just what Hephaestus called them. He said it seemed like the trees move from place to place, that they, you know, creep. He's an odd one, but still one of Ben's closest friends. It seemed that the other Gods relationship with their Tamer was like a protege and Master, he and Hephaestus were more like brothers or really close friends. They talked, they hung out, they made stuff together. He was the most human of the Gods. Of the Gods he had met, that is. Soon enough, Jade was hovering over Emma's house. The woods were to thick for her to land, so Ben sighed and put on what looked like construction gloves. He nodded to Jade, then jumped off of her back and landed on a tree. Ben then slowly slid himself down the trunk of the tree, increasing in speed at the end. He landed on the ground and struggled to keep his balance. He stumbled a bit, but regained his balance.
Ben swore he saw someone sneaking about the back of the house and he could sort of hear whispers. He had bigger fish to fry at the moment. Ben walked right up to Emma's front door and placed his key in the lock. It turned and the door opened to reveal a rather lavish ballroom. He quickly shut the door behind him. He looked out the window briefly and saw that he was somewhere in L.A., where Emma lived. He doubted this was here house, it was so......grand. Either way, Ben trudged over to the nearest door. He stuck his key in and opened the door into what seemed to be a bathroom. He was glad Emma was not in here. He closed the door, then opened it again to reveal a completely different place, he was now inside Emma's Reendria house. He walked through several of the hallways, until he saw her in the library. He entered.
"Emma! What the hell did you do?! I have been spending the past few days getting the underworld Gods off of your trail! Hades just chewed me out today, and I took the fall for you, again." He quickly walked over to her, the anger resting in his shoulders.
"Since you refused the help of a God, in which case you would have been protected, now I'm the one who has to protect your ass! Ben then slumped down in a chair, tired of yelling. Their relationship was.......complicated. Since Ben was the Tamer of Cerberus' the guardians of the Underworld, and Emma was the Tamer of Necromancers, ones who defile the Underworld, they sort of stood at opposite ends of the spectrum. When Emma had a good day, Ben had a bad day and vice-verse. Though, Ben stillmade sure that none of the Underworld Gods knew about her, why? Ben didn't know anymore. Ben rubbed his eyes.
"Listen, Emma. Just........tell me how to help you. What do you need me to do to help you get these guys back where they belong, or if you need them for some reason, how to cover it up. He looked over to her, his eyes genuine.
"Help me, help you."-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ben 2 was making his way up the mountain side with Lucky to the Volcano's entrance. Since an eruption had destroyed Maggie's original lair, she had temporarily had moved in with the Phoenixes in one of their Volcano's. This was just until Hephaestus's Volcano was made suitable for the Big Destroyer. After a few minutes, Ben 2 and Lucky made it to the entrance of the Volcano, bag slung over his shoulder. He noticed Alice, the Phoenix Tamer, there with a Phoenix of hers. She was wearing the usual phoenix garb. Ben seemed to be one of the very few Tamers in Reendria to dress in normal modern day attire. He guessed it was a tradition thing from proper bloodlines or something like that. He put on a genuine smile and approached her with a wave. Her burning hair really accentuated her beauty............that dress didn't hurt either. "Hey Alice. Good to see you again, it's been awhile since Ive seen you here. Thanks again for housing Maggie, Heph's place should be ready soon. I'm just about to go calm her down for her nap."
