Title: Little One
Author: PixyDust
E-mail: sing61mg@y...
Archive: Yes
Pairings: A/J
Disclaimer: They don¡¦t belong to me. I just take them out and play around with them for a while.
Warnings: I am the creator of this story and as such can make all the characters do whatever I want!

Chapter 15

Thankfully for Jett, both Hebe and Jayce flashed into another room. If Jayce had seen the chaos that Joxer caused, he¡¦d have run for the hills. Hebe was prepared for the little ball of energy that was Joxer that collided into them, hugging for all he was worth. ¡§Mommy! Jace!¡¨ was squealed out. ¡§Play now?¡¨ ¡§Why don¡¦t you play with your big brother Joxer? I¡¦m sure he wants to spend some time with you.¡¨

Joxer yelled, ¡§Okay mommy!¡¨ over Jayce¡¦s protest and dragged his brother away. Hebe beamed. Her babies are so cute! That just reminded her¡Kwhere was her other baby? With that on her mind, she went off looking for her missing baby. By the time she reached her tied up child, she had note the trays with residue of chocolate, crumbs of rock candy, and loads of other leftover sugary substances.

¡§Did you have a nice time with your baby brother dear?¡¨ she asked Jett. His answer was lost in the gag in his mouth. She removed the gag.

¡§Mom can I please go and help Strife and Aunt Eris now? Please?¡¨

¡§Alright dear but be careful!¡¨ Jett was very relieved. Silently wishing his brother good luck and with a goodbye to his mother, he flashed off. Wondering what was keeping Ares, she flashed off to find him and his nut battle.

The few moments of quite that followed was soon shattered.

¡§JETT! I¡¦M GONNA KILL YOU!¡¨ was uttered by an outraged Jayce who was currently at the mercy of a Joxer on a sugar high.

Ares was not having a normal day but then again nothing had been very normal lately. Who would guess two idiot families would get so rile up over a tree. Anyway, he was just there to contain it so he sat back and enjoyed the show, picking a whole bunch of nuts off of the tree. He pocketed a few of the nuts and roasted the rest. Hmmm¡KI get it now. Non bitter almonds. He went to the stream that wandered along the area and a flicker distracted him. A smooth rock, veined with silver, winked at him and thinking that Joxer might like it, he bend over to pick it up just as a tiny dark flew past the area were Ares was a moment before.

Oh crap. Was the thought from the minion of the dark goddess, who was currently hidden behind a tree. She readied another shot but this one missed its target completely. At the moment of its release, Hebe flashed in and distracted the minion, ruining her aim. ¡§How¡¦s your nut war going?¡¨

¡§It¡¦s not a nut war. It¡¦s a battle over a nut tree and it¡¦s not mine, its the mortal¡¦s battle.¡¨

In a tone very reminiscence of Aphrodite, Hebe replied, ¡§Whatever.¡¨ She hummed and looked around. ¡§So, you about done here?¡¨

¡§Why? Did something happen to Joxer? Is he alright? Nothing happened right?¡¨ Ares started to quickly get concerned about his tiny Consort.

¡§Nothings the matter. We had a very fun day. Do you think your done here now?¡¨ Ares did a mental check and everything seems to be in order.

The minion uttered a gasp. Damn! He was going to get away! She quickly got her last dart ready.

¡§Yeah, their winding down now that the tree¡¦s been chopped up, let¡¦s go.¡¨

The minion smirked. ¡§Your not going anywhere. This is for the glory of my Goddess.¡¨ She unfortunately was too excited. She inhaled at the wrong time and sucked the dark down her own throat. The two gods flashed out and the dark minion choked to death with the last words ¡§Damn you Ares¡¨ on her lips.

The two gods flashed back into the temple and quickly found little Joxer. He had finally crashed from his sugar high. Ares noted the Ares pillow that Joxer was clenching with displeasure. He was curled up on top of Jayce who had collapse into an exhausted sleep. ¡§Awww. They¡¦re so cute.¡¨ Then she frowned. ¡§I knew Jayce wasn¡¦t looking after himself.¡¨

Little Joxer began to stir. Something was wrong but he didn¡¦ t know what. Soon he began to feel a little ache in his tummy and suddenly a sharp lancing pain shot through him from said tummy. The whimper alerted the two gods that something was wrong and when Joxer suddenly curled up into a little ball and grow pale, they where at his side. Ares took his Joxer into his arms.

The pain got worse and worse. Joxer open pain filled eyes to look into his Airwees¡¦s eyes. ¡§Tummy hurt.¡¨ Ares cuddled Joxer close while calling out to his mother and Ace. Hebe was panicking also and intelligently called for Hades too. She didn¡¦t want a scorched Ares because no one bothered to tell Hades what was going on.