We Sirens were busy practicing our songs. Somehow Sura had persuaded me to sing, rather than just accompany the others, still not sure how she did it. We ended rehearsal and were just standing around talking...
Tyrus: "You know Ped, for someone who claims they scare the birds from the tree when they sing... you sure can sing."
"Thanks I think Tyrus... But I enjoy the accompaniment better."
Snowfl222: "Yeah. But remember what the Sirens of Poseidon said... We always have to be ready to keep the men we ensnare from other women trying to keep them."
TheRose: "Aw c'mon Snow you know that was a rare case, it involved Xena..."
Sei: "Ssshhh. You know we should never say *that* name very loudly in here!"
TheRose: "I know, but it'd true and you know it Sei."
Keleos: "She has a point though Rachel, Lord Ares has a weird tandency to act irrationally when Xena is mentioned near him."
kriket, who noticies that evryone is still in the practice room. "So what are we discussing now?"
Manto: "Oh you know... the ususal... Xena, other sirens, lord Ares fireheart: "Yeah the usual kriket."
kriket: "Hey I wasn't saying stop. I just wanted to join in on the conversation."
Before anyone can answer her, the warning siren goes off. fireheart runs to the
'com and calls the temple entrance. "Who coming?"
A voice answers her: "Spotters warn it's *them* high prietess. I sounded the
alarm to give everyone enough time toget changed."
fireheart: "Good thinking. That's all." She signed off and turned to us. "Well what
are you guys standing around for? You heard the guard. Go get into your armor!"
Everyone runs to wherever their armor is stored. Those of us who frequent the
dreamscape run their for our armor. The WACKOs run into our armoury storage
area.
Pyro: "Gods above us! I ddin't think they would get here that quickly. They were
outside of Thesicle only yesterday."
Tyrus: "Aw c'mon Pyro... you know they can travel fast."
kriket: "You two stop balbbering we need to get into our armor."
Pyro and tyrus give kriket a funny look. We all throw off our outer wear and quickly
get into the protecting corsets of our armor. I pull kriket's string taunt. Tyrus pulls
mine. Pyro pulls Tyrus', and kriket pulls pyro's. Then we each get the rest of out
armor on. After everyone has gotten intotheir armor Tyrus places her hand on the
scanner. It identifies here as the weapons keeper for the room and opens. We each
grab our weapons...
Pyro grabs her sword and wine, to make her flames better. "Do you really think we'll need those Ped?"
"Yeah kriket I do. Why wouldn't we need our cans of WHOOP @$$? it's one of
our more effective weapons."
"Yeah kriket. Besides you know we only use it for certain thins."
"You mean like defending our temple against *them* Tyrus?"
"Exactly kriket."
I grab four "easy open top" cans of WHOOP @$$ and hand them out to my fellow
WACKOS. We each grab our daggers, and run back into the temple. Tyrus and I
make sure the weapons lockers are firmly locked before we go.
As we make it back to the temple we notice that of everyone the four of us seem to
be the only ones fully prepared. Maybe it was all that practicing for time we did...
After everyone has assembled in the main hall fireheart briefs us on the situation, "Okay everyone, we knew this day would come sometime. The Maenads are
appraoching our temple fast we're gonna have to fight to keep our temple standing,
and our vineyards in good shape."
"NO! Not my vineyards!" I cry remembering all the hard work we've invested in
the current vines. "They're just barely starting to grow!"
"We all know that Ped. That's the reason why everyone is ready to defend them
and our temple from the Maenads. Okay everyone you know what to do... May
Ares' glory shine on us this day..."
Everyone heads off towards their positions. From mine I can see my babies, I
won't let those maenads hurt you my vines!
kriket grabs her warstaff and sword.
Tyrus grabs her sword and chakram.
I grab my broadsword, my quiver and bow, and place my hand on the inner
scanner.