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So this is what the Romans did all day? They sat here and trained and trained and trained even more for war? What kind of life was this? It wasn’t a life at all, then again most would say that the life she had back at the Facility wasn’t all that great either. She loved her time there, they had other demi-gods that worked there and knew how powers worked come in and teach them. They were made into weapons and she loved it. Sure this place was nice and she had met some great people here but they seemed kind of soft. They got to be here and train and be happy. If they had lived life back at the base they would know what real training was like.

She walked over to one of the weapon racks and picked up a sword, how hard could this be? If they could do it so could she. Clang! And there went the sword to the ground. What in the name of Venus? Why were these swords so heavy? She tried lifting it up and got it up and stumbled a little. Okay these were no guns and now she had a little respect for these kids. Using both hands she held up the sword and looked to her target, she could do this. She was better than them and she would prove it.

Relying on her training from the base she closed her eyes and focused her breathing, she could do this. She was deadly; she was the one who controlled her enemies’ fates in her hand. Holding the sword up she ran for the training dummy and swung the sword into it with a dull thud. The good news, the sword went in, the bad news her arm hurt like all Hades. “Ouch! What in the name of Venus is wrong with this thing?” She gently held her injured arm and looked as the sword hung in mid air buried in the dummy. “So now you taunt me you blasted thing?” She held her injured arm up and then took her sword in her free hand and gave a pull. “Come free!” Great, now it was making fun of her.

Once her arm started feeling better she tried using both hands and pulled at the weapon as it stayed in. “Come on, come free.” Okay now this was getting more embarrassing by the second. She put her foot up on the dummy and used all her strength and tugged at the sword once more. When it refused to budge she looked up to the sky. “Curse you Mars are you trying to make fun of me!?” With a defeated sigh she plops down on the ground under the dummy and leans against it. “Great, what else can go wrong today?”

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Adam was grateful that the camp had taken him in, don't get him wrong at all. He appreciated the food and the place for his head to fall, his mind was still in a strange place. His heart had been broken and shattered due to the fact that he had done everything in the world to save and find his brother. Not to mention after talking to his father, he had found out that many of his divine siblings and their relations had suffered from heart problems, whether it was from the emotional side, like he did, or the actual physical side. But he was quite unsure of himself. He didn't know what to do or what to think any more. HE had met Ben, who had made him think of things differently, that he was special. Then there was Lilith who was his family, niece? Cousin? He didn't know all of those family relations. But Lilith was sweet and caring. He had met Tessa and he really didn't care for her. She was a silly little white rich girl who had no sense or head on her shoulders.

But as he stood out here on the field of mars working with his bow, he heard a commotion. Turning to the side, he spotted a younger girl who was trying in vain to pull the sword from the dummy that she had stuck in there like a toothpick in a steak. Tilting his head for a moment, he shouldered his bow and hitched his quiver around his hip. Both of his long knives were on his back in the leather scabbards. He approached her as she flopped down to the ground like a petulant child. He wondered why she was having such a hard time pulling the sword from the dummy. Adam took it in his hand and gave it a good yank. It was stuck but he was able to pull it free easily without a problem. "You should start with something smaller. Like a short sword or a knife. Work your way up." Adam flipped the sword in his hand to hand her the hilt with ease.

"I'd be careful if I were you, you seem to have parked it next to an ant hill." Adam said as he motioned to the large dirt pile that she was sitting next to. Not that he was trying to be rude, his voice was just naturally gruff and gravely. "Looks like fire ants too." He stated.

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Notes: I thought about throwing mars at this but thought better of it.

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Why was she even here in this place? She was just going to cause as much trouble as she could and one day head out to home. But right now she was just here, actually working and training with their weapons. The answer was easy; know your enemy and their weapons were part of them. Barbaric things that they were, there was nothing wrong with an easy clean kill when you shot your enemy with a gun. The fact that she had given up this easy was frightening. Was her heart not in this anymore? Maybe this city, New Rome was where she belonged. What if she gave in and decided not to get some vengeance on this place? She could always try that.

She was about to punch the dummy that her sword was stuck in when it happened, the shadow. What in the? Who was coming over here? Looking up at the man she narrowed her eyes when he seemed to pull the sword out with ease. What?! She had been trying for a good five minutes to get that sword out! How was it? No, he wasn’t this strong, she was the one who loosened the sword and he was just lucky to get it out.

“These weapons shouldn’t be hard to use at all. Besides I loosened that sword for you, I would have gotten it out on my next tug.” What? She was smug and she knew she would have gotten it out when she had gotten back up anyways. Taking the sword she put it on the ground and felt like punching it but she held back her anger at the thing. It was so dumb that they used these things; it was going to be easy to beat one of them in a fair fight.

Hearing about the anthill her eyes widened and she turned to look at it. Well that did it, that answered her question on how today could have gotten worse. Even worse they were fire ants! Her eyes turn skyward as she raises a fist. “Really? First the blasted sword now fire ants! To Tartarus with all of you! She grabs her sword before hopping to her feet and kicking the fire ant hill in on itself. “Just die, all of you!” To say that she was mad was an understatement, she was furious at things right now. She needed an escape, maybe a nice night out on the town instead.

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Adam felt as if this day was one of those sorts of days that he couldn't quite describe. There was that irritation of it being the day, though he was usually nice and happy to see his dad in the morning. Not so that Apollo was on Adam's shit list. The very idea of the gods was at this moment. He couldn't just stomach this idea. While the gods or at least he felt like the gods were acting like children, he couldn't quite describe what he wanted to. There was anger, there was so much anger. Not specifically directed towards his father, as he did care and love him very much.

The girl was throwing a fit, angry, like a little petulant child. He was almost reminded of his brother when he got too hungry and Adam couldn't find food to scrape by. There was always a little bit here and there, he wondered if it was maybe his own dad's doing but he couldn't tell or be sure. She was stamping her feet and acting like a spoilt brat. Adam gave a slight huff of his breath as he handed the sword over to her but he wasn't sure what she was doing. She didn't look much like the girls he had seen the Legion. But whatever, it took different sorts of people to make things work but who was he to judge others. He hadn't exactly been the picture of perfection.

"Course you did." He said in response to saying that she had loosened up the sword. The swords were a bit odd and awkward. He preffered the bow on his back with his quiver and the knives on his hips. Not to mention the knives that he had in his boots for throwing and extra precaution. Adam had always been one who was armed to the teeth trying his hardest to make sure he stayed alive and that his brother stayed alive. The monsters were always coming and they hardly ever got the chance to catch a break for very long.

"Your control is horrible. It's more than just strength." There was a lot to consider with sword fighting. He had learned about that in one of the first classes he had while being in the legion for the first time. "I hate swords. These are too heavy. Lighter and quicker. That's what's needed." His gruff voice was easier than it had been, a bit lighter and kinder. "The ants are going to what they are going to do but there's not a reason to murder ants." Adam tipped his head from side to side as he considered it for a moment. "Never mind, Ants suck." He stated as he held out a hand to her. "I'm Adam."

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Notes: sorry it took so long

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This whole place SUCKED! What she would give to be back on a government base, back in the safety of her room and knowing her training would be better than this. It really was a horrible place. They made the children fight in wars. At least she had been trained to become a weapon and wasn’t going to be used until she was an adult. But the ones here, they had fought against other kids. Or so they said. She heard it from another kid here and she wondered just how much of that was true. Now she knew why she hated this place, she was used to being number one, used to being top dog and the best. Here with these weapons she had a long way to go.

Sadly she just couldn’t manipulate people into fighting for her either. She remembered that one training session she had. She ended up sitting on a stack of crates while the soldiers all fought one another because she had made them to. That was the best part about love, it could be manipulated so much and that was fun. It was a game and a game she intended to win.

Of course she did? Of course she did??? She had gotten it loosened for him to come over and pull right out. Urg! Stupid swords, if only she had her weapons from on the base, mostly. She was great with guns and hitting her target that way. Maybe she would have to use a bow instead and see how she faired with that. It would take some practice but maybe she could do it. One day she would be even better than all these fools that were here.

Hearing him speak about how using a sword is more than strength she shrugs. “Well this is my first time using one and I have to say, it’s really lame.” She would stick to her weapons that she had. “It’s to slow.” It was and she would stick to that. She continued to mush some ants underfoot and then sighed as she leaned back against the dummy. Well at least she got to crush something even if it wasn’t a person’s spirit. “Ants suck more than anything, no scratch that I hate roaches more.” Now they could bite the big one and she wouldn’t care. When he held out his hand she took it in hers. “I’m Melody, nice to meet you.” Oh look, she was making friends? Maybe she was making friends but she met someone new!