<div class="floatleft">(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQlmbe8hOei3dfpW3A_Y5pasVRCOx0mJ8bPozh5xFpPpBPlnVbh&amp;usqp=CAU)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: engravers mt;">Alexandra Rose Pretorius</span></span><br/><strong>Blessed By::</strong>Ares<br/><strong>Location::</strong>Jeremiah's Living Quarters<br/><strong>Company::</strong>Seth, Jeremiah, Open<br/><strong>Date/Time::</strong>June 20th, Morning<br/><strong>Mood::</strong>Pissed off<br/><strong>Wearing::</strong>See picture<br/><strong>TRIGGER WARNINGS::</strong>Breaking and Entering, Language<br/><br/><br/><hr/>Lex hadn't been in the room long when she heard a voice ask for some password and the windows were shaded.  Of course!  The girl scolded herself for not thinking about how obvious it was that the elder of Hephaestus would have some sort of security protecting this place.  Going through the different words Jeremiah might have used as his password, Lex landed on one she was going to try when, shortly after the question for a password, she heard a knock on the door.<br/><br/>'Shit!'  She thought to herself.  Who could have possibly followed her?  Did they see her come in here?  The voice called out for the password again, this time quieter than before and Lex heard the doors audibly lock.  Jeremiah sure seemed to have a flair for the dramatic, didn't he?<br/><br/>Then the worst thing Lex could have imagined in that moment happened.  The fucking Athena boy who needed to be taught a lesson unlocked the door and came inside.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: century;">"Don'tlettha--"</span></span>She started and when the door closed, her voice slowed down.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: century;">"...fucking door close."</span></span>It was only a moment that Lex looked down after the door closed before she looked back up at Athena's bitch again.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: engravers mt;">"Why the fuck did you have to do that, you fucking Athena cunt?  Now you've locked us both in here!  That's great! Just so fucking great!"</span></span>Lex didn't listen to a word Seth said but the second she heard the security system engage, she shut up to listen.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: engravers mt;">"Oh!  Even better!"</span></span>She said, starting to laugh because she was so angry at the situation.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: engravers mt;">"Now, not only am I stuck in here until Jeremiah comes to let me out.  But I also have to deal with you, too?!?"</span></span>In a fit of rage, Lex landed a blow on the closest piece of furniture to her.<br/><br/>It wasn't until Lex turned her head to look around for a camera of some sort that she noticed a slight dizziness that had intruded her head.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: engravers mt;">"Jeremiah!  You fucking son of a bitch!  Get your ass in here!  I know you can hear me!"</span></span>She didn't<em>actually</em>know if Jeremiah would be able to hear her...or even if he knew that someone was in his place.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: engravers mt;">"Jeremiah, don't make me hurt the little girl!  You know I'll do it!"</span></span>She threatened, though a slight less force pushed her words through the air around them.  Something was wrong.  She could feel it, but hell be damned if Lex was going to let this kid see her go down.  Still, Lex found herself moving to the closest wall and leaning her back against it.  The less energy she exerted, the more her body could heal itself from whatever was going on, right?<br/><br/>Lex, for once, actually kept her mouth shut and moved as little as possible.  Instead, she allowed her body to focus on its healing.  All she needed to do was last longer than the Athena kid.  She would let him work to try to figure this out.  Let him waste all his energy on attempting to break free of a Hephaestus-blessed design.  Her eyes started to feel heavy and her legs gave out beneath her, sliding her down the wall to the floor as she watched the boy try to strategize.  She knew, though, that the best strategy was just to wait.  They had gotten themselves into this mess and even the war gods were no match for Hephaestus's machinery.  That had been proven too many times.  Damn, she really was just like Ares, wasn't she?<br/><br/>When her eyes opened again, she saw Seth laying on the floor.  Her eyes felt glazed as if she had just woken up from a bad hit to the head but she could have sworn it looked like she'd lasted longer.  Lifting her head as much as she could manage, her body ached with the lack of oxygen and a prickly sensation ran straight through all of her limbs.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: century;">"Jeremiah, please."</span></span>She forced out, her voice as strong as she could force it to be.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: century;">"I'm sorry."</span></span>Her eyes had no tears to cry and yet her cheeks still burned with the heat of water gliding down her face.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: century;">"Don't let it end like this.  I'm not him."</span></span>With no more energy left to spend, Lex closed her eyes again and her body fell, limply to the floor.