a contest between gods

After I brought several bows from my cabin to the range I began to shoot some targets to pass the time. I was shooting the mid range targets to just warm myself up and not over work myself before she gets here.

Chaotic walked in silently and examined the bows he brought.

I felt her presence as she walked by. I ignored her until I shot the arrow I was aiming. I let loose the arrow and watch it hit dead center. "What do ya think of them?" I ask her as she looks at my bows.

"Pretty good. For a son of Apollo." She chuckled and picked one up, whirling around and shooting, hitting a target dead in the center without even aiming.

"Not bad for a daughter of Artemis." I put the bow I was using down and pick up my favorite bow. "Ya ready for the contest?"

She smirked. "Hell yeah."

"Okay lady's first." I move out of the way to let her shoot.

Chaotic closed her eyes and felt the bow. She drew it back and released it. She moved over to the next target and did the same thing until she had hit every target. She opened her eyes to find that four out of five targets hit directly in the bullseye. One got close but missed, just barely.

"Not bad. Not bad at all." I move into position and prepare the first arrow. I pull back the string and make the bow look like its about to snap in two at any second. I aim for every one of her arrows splitting each one in to pieces and well as shooting a sixth arrow past all the other targets, even past the last one you can see with normal eyes. After a couple seconds I yell out. "So close!" I begin to get upset at missing the last target.

She chuckled. "I win. Whats my prize Bastion?"

I regain my composure. "You mean I win." I toss her a telescope. "I hit all six or my targets." I just didn't get a bullseye on the last one."

She glared. "Shit. Alright what do you want as your prize?"

"Nothing." I begin my trek to grab the arrows that are intact in the targets.

"Nothing?" She seemed confused. "Most people want a prize. Even if something small."

"Well I'm not most people." I grab the arrows and head back to the table where my bows are. "So what do ya think of that bow?" I point at the bow she is still holding.

"It works really well. I like it." She smiled at him.

"If ya want I'll let ya keep it." I begin to put things away. "unless ya want to see if ya like any of the other ones better." I offer her to try out my other bows.

"I think I'll just stick to this one." She kissed his cheek. "Thank you."

I blush slightly as she kisses me. "I, I guess that works for a reward." I pack up my bows and begin to head back to my cabin.

She chuckled and walked back to her own.