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Casey’s house is full of friends and people she doesn’t even know. There is a DJ with a dance floor in the backyard and the pool is decorated with lights. The girls are all spread out, but Alli and Amah are both on the dance floor. The song ends and Alli goes to grab a drink, while Amah continues to dance with some girl friends of hers.

Alli: *takes a sip of her drink and sees Matt headed inside. She catches up to him* What? Is this not your “scene”?

Matt: Yea, hanging out with a bunch of high school students isn’t exactly my “cup of tea”. *The two laugh*

Alli: Hey, a party’s a party. Besides, you were a high school student not too long ago. Just because you’re gonna be a sophomore in college doesn’t mean we’re too cool for you. Besides, I’m only two years younger than you. That’s not much of a difference.

Matt: Yeah, you got a point. *The bell rings and he goes to answer the door along with Alli*

Alli: Hey Rick! Hey Titus! Come in. Matt, let them in.

Matt: *grumbles* Yeah, whatever. *He lets them in and he and Holman exchange a look*

Alli: Everyone’s out back. I’d tell you where the girls are, but I really don’t have a clue.

Holman: Thanks. *He adjusts his letterman jacket and heads outside, looking back at Alli and Matt as he enters the backyard. *

Alli: What was that look you two had just now?

Matt: What look? *He kind of walks off*

Alli: Men and their stupid little quarrels. Whatever. *Pulls Matt’s arm* C’mon. Lets go dance!

Matt: *unwillingly goes with Alli, but has a smile on once he sees Holman looking at the two*

The two dance, but not too close because Alli doesn’t let him. After a couple of songs, the two go and head over to the pool to put their feet in.

Alli: You know it’s been really cool getting to know you these past couple of days.

Matt: Yeah, same here. You’re really mature for your age, you know.

Alli: Yup. Ever since I was about 9 I was mature for my age. *Sees Matt leaning in for a kiss. She backs away* Uh, what are you doing?

Matt: Oh, I thought…

Alli: Yeah, that happens. *She laughs but then puts on a semi-serious face* Look, we’re just friends ok. Nothing more, nothing less. Let’s just leave it at that. *She looks out across the pool and sees Casey* There’s Casey. Excuse me. *She gets up and heads over*

Holman: *comes over and laughs* Trying for the younger girls again?

Matt: *turns around* Hey look, Holman, that was a long time ago.

Holman: Yeah, I know. I just came over to call a truce. But, now I see that you’re into Alli. How do you know her?

Matt: That’s none of your business. Why, you interested in her?

Holman: *tries to avoid the subject* No, just looking out for her.

Matt: *can see through Holman* Uh huh. *Screaming is heard coming from the dance floor. He and Holman run over to check things out* What the hell? *Chimaera is holding a girl on the dance floor and roaring at everyone, but not breathing fire*

Alli: *whispers* Omg, Casey! *Casey looks as shocked as she is* Let’s go! *They both nod and head into the trees and bushes in Casey’s backyard as everyone runs in terror through the front door of the house and to their cars or the street *

Niflheim: Chimaera, what made you come to such a gathering? You usually stick to the under-crowded places, why here?

Chimaera: *smirks as a black hole opens but screams as she is hit with a fire ball just before entering*

Fire: Enough with your stupid disappearing act. This time, we’ll make sure that you disappear for good.

Water: You better get out of here. *She looks at Matt, who is in somewhat of a state of shock and anger*

Matt: No. I need to protect this house, since my stupid cousin seems to have disappeared.

Water: *trying to hide her anger* I’m sure she’s fine, but we’ll make sure that nothing is harmed.

Wind: *sends a little gust of wind that lifts Matt off his feet and puts him gently down beside the house*

Fire: Uh, a little help here guys. *The Chimaera has got a grip on her neck and is squeezing it tighter and tighter* Yeah, you know you want to…*spits in Chimaera’s face and it squeezes even tighter and slashes at her, cutting her shirt a bit on the left side, revealing her tattoo. Fire screams and faints*

Earth: Fire! *Makes one of the vines in the yard catch Fire as she falls and gently lays her on the ground as the girls run toward her*

Valhalla+Nif: Omg! *They kneel at her side as the girls do as well*

Matt: *gasps as he puts two and two together and figures out that Fire is actually Alli. He runs to help, but is caught by Chimaera* Help! *He tries loosening her grip and getting away, but it is no use*

Water: *Turns around* Hey lady, hands off! *She hits Chimaera with a strong ball of water, knocking Matt off to the side*

Fire: *gasps as she wakes up and jumps up abruptly and groans*

Valhalla: *catches her* You ok?

Fire: *blinks and breaks free of his embrace* I know how we can get rid of her. But, you guys need to join forces with us. It’s the only way.

Niflheim: Why should we listen to you? You don’t know anything about this.

Fire: *glares at him* I know more than you do. *Suddenly she appears as if wearing a blue hooded cloak and silver armor with a bolt of lightning in one hand, but then it disappears*

Valhalla+Nif: *bow and whisper* Odin.

The girls: *bow down and whisper* Zeus.

Fire: What are you guys doing? *She turns and runs to catch Water as she falls* Sorry I left you hanging there.

Water: No prob, you had to recover.

Fire: Follow my lead. *She grabs her chain belt as it turns to fire* Now! *She whips the chain and it curls around Chimaera’s neck. The girls follow her lead and their chains all hold Chimaera by the neck. * Valhalla! Niflheim! Look inside yourselves! You are our 5th element. Together, we can defeat this evil!

Valhalla+Nif: *both look at each other and as they close their eyes and stand back to back, they start spinning and as it gets faster, their hands go up over their heads and they yell* Double Stream! *They turn into a white and blue light and head toward Chimaera*

Chimaera: *screams as it disintegrates into dust in the wind*

Matt: Wow! That was amazing you guys!

They all look at him and are kind of confused on what to say.

Matt: *runs to Alli and puts his hands on her shoulders* You ok Alli?

Fire: *is taken aback* Uh, my name isn’t Alli.

Matt: Sure it is. Who else would have that tattoo? *He points to the omega tattoo that is half covered in blood*

Fire: *looks nervously at the girls and then sighs* You know what…*takes off the mask covering her mouth* You’re right. It’s no use in trying to make up some kind of lame excuse that wouldn’t make sense anyways. *She pauses* And I know who the two mystery men are. C’mon, you can tell everyone… everything’s out in the open right now.

Valhalla+Nif: *they look at each other* Only because you’re the Great One. *They take off the hood and mask covering their heads*

Water: Holman? Titus?

The girls all detransform, along with Alli and now they are all in normal clothes. There is a bloodstain on Alli’s shirt.

Holman: *detransforms along with Titus* Maybe you should take care of that, Alli.

Alli: *looks down* Right. *She waves her hand and the stain disappears*

Casey: How did... What… I’m lost.

Amah: Casey, Alli’s Zeus reborn.

Titus: She’s actually a mixture of Zeus and Odin reborn. Zeus being the Greek king of the gods and Odin the Norse king of the gods.

Alli: Whoa. What are you guys talking about? I’ve always been able to heal stuff. It’s a “gift.” I don’t know about all this Zeus and Odin stuff anyhow.

Holman: You probably aren’t aware of your true powers yet. With both kings running in your blood, your power will be… it’s hard to imagine how powerful!

Alli: *rubs her hands together semi-evilly but playfully* Coool.

Matt: *gives Alli a loving hug* I’ll help ya through it.

Alli: *uncomfortably slips under his embrace and takes a step to the side* Matt, I thought I cleared this up with you.

Casey: Matt’s not one to easily give up.

Holman: *is somewhat outraged, but calms down* Well, I think we’d better be going now.

Alli: *grabs a hold of Holman’s arm as he and Titus start off* No, please, stay a while. We need to talk. *She looks at everyone* We all need to talk. Besides, I have this gut feeling that whatever was controlling Chimaera will rear its evil, ugly head around sometime soon. *She kisses Holman on the cheek and steps over to Titus and does the same*

Holman: *is blushing and somewhat surprised, along with everyone else* What was that for?

Alli: First of all, for you guys caring back there when things didn’t look too well. *She looks at Titus* I know how much it meant breaking down your defenses when you did that. *She holds his hand* Thank you *she smiles and then steps in between the two and holds each of their hands* And I get this vibe from you two. It’s a strange, yet welcoming and comforting kind of feeling that… *she lets go of their hands and takes a step back putting a hand on her head* I’m sorry, I have no idea what I’m saying, I’m babbling again.

Holman: It’s ok.

Titus: We understand. *The two of them give her a hug*

Matt: *watches with a bit of jealousy, but is determined to change Alli’s opinion of him*

All the girls look in disbelief. They are all trying to make sense of all this. Casey looks on with a bit of jealousy, but with respect because she knows that Alli has a bit of Zeus in her.

Rami: Now I understand why Alli has so many man features!

Everyone looks at her and she blushes with embarrassment.

Rami: Hey, it’s true!

Alli: *laughs and puts an arm around Rami* Rami, just keep to your little side jokes and you’ll be fine.

They all laugh and enter into Casey’s house to discuss things.