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[center][b]Aubrey Adkins[/b][/center]
	Is God punishing me?  It almost feels like it, if you take into account all the crazy crap that has been occurring ever since I got these powers.  Crazy mad scientists and secret agency government men.  Demons and so-called ancient gods.  What the heck is happening to this world where I am living at the moment?  Life just never seems to give me a break.  Take this morning.  Before I went to bed last night, I felt perfectly fine.  However, when I woke up this morning, I felt like I had the worst stomach bug that I had ever had.  So bad that my friends had to leave me behind when they departed for mass.  While they were probably praying for me to get better, I was stuck vomiting the little food I had for breakfast in the bathroom.

	I suddenly heard footsteps moving about in our apartment.  It couldn’t be my roommates.  While they have been gone for some time, it hasn’t been an hour yet.  Was someone hear to rob our apartment?  If I wasn’t feeling so miserable, a robber would have found a rude awakening when he discovered that he was trying to rob a metahuman’s home.  However, when the bathroom door swung open, I discovered that it was actually Athena.  Of course it would be her.  Why wouldn’t it?

	However, when she saw the condition that I was in, I saw for the first time an expression of confusion on her face.  If I wasn’t feeling like my innards were turning inside out, I would have laughed so hard and enjoy the moment.  Unfortunately, even if I was feeling well, I would not have enjoyed it for long.  Before I knew it, Athena was kneeling down beside me.  She pulled the power-nullifier off my wrist, causing me to revert back into my ‘drider’ form.

	“Hey!  These are my favorite pajamas!  You could have made me ruin them!”  However, Athena completely ignored me, continuing to examine my wristband.

	“Looks like I should not have only examined that male metahuman’s device.  These reverse-engineered versions made by Christopher Arthur seems to be faulty.”

	“What?”  In response to my question, Athena gave me an expression that made it seem like she was talking to a child.  How much I wished that expression of confusion was still there.

	“The imperfection of the nullifying mechanic within this device is causing your sickness.  I’m assuming you are feeling better now.”

	In fact, all my symptoms had disappeared once I returned to my ‘drider’ form.  However, I didn’t realize anything because I was more worried about my pajamas, although I would not admit it to anyone.  Then came Athena’s version of 50 questions: how long have you been wearing it, have you kept it on for this long before, when did the symptoms start.

	“Well, it appears that it will take several hours until your body can endure the nullifier without negative symptoms.  Until I can get Mr. Arthur to correct his faulty design, you probably could sleep without your nullifier to prevent these symptoms from reappearing.  However, you will have to find something to do for the next couple hours until you can safely use this device again.”

	“Wait a second.”  I told her, “Why can’t you just fix it yourself?  You’re supposed to be a goddess.  Shouldn’t you be able to make it work properly?”

	“Unfortunately, mortal, those like myself have sworn an oath that forbids us from doing so.  If I would fix this device, it would become a slippery slope.  Next, someone will ask me to solve something else, something that is outside of your current technology.  Unfortunately, even if this technology was intended for good, your species will eventually discover a way to use it as a weapon and probably wipe yourself out of existence.”

	“Am I hearing this correctly?  You’re refusing to fix this device because you think in doing so you will eventually give humanity the means to destroy ourselves!  You’re joking!  Right?”  However, Athena just stared at me, wearing an expression that unfortunately did not show that she was joking.  “What in the world do you have mind now?”  I knew she had already planned something.  She already once dragged me off to Lost Haven to help fight some demon invasion.  While I wish it wasn’t the case, how could she not already have something up her sleeve (if she had any sleeves)?

	She did not answer me.  Instead, she did her usual ‘place her hand on my shoulder’ and ‘teleport to somewhere else in the world’ trick.  In a blink of an eye, I found myself (and Athena, of course) in what appeared to be an abandoned apartment complex.

	“I know this might be something you might tell me anyways, but I’m going to ask it anyway and get it out of the way.  Where the heck are we?”

	“Lost Haven.  Little Sicily to be exact.  A while ago, a powerful metahuman gave this place an extreme make-over.  If you thought that you got one, it was nothing like what happened here.  While the Olympians have this being on their radar, we have a more eminent threat.”  Athena strolled over towards a nearby window.  Once I get beside the Greek goddess, I peered out of the window, catching sight of a Greek-styled temple.

	“So, what’s up with that?  Someone trying to outdo the Parthenon in Nashville?”

	“I wish I could say so.”  Athena responded, “But unfortunately my hard-headed half-brother, Ares, has gone rogue.  But don’t worry.  I always have a plan.  I’m the Goddess of Wisdom, am I not?”