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[center][b]Aubrey Adkins[/b][/center]
	I inched my way up to the Greek-styled temple.  Obviously, I was not approaching it while in my ‘drider’ form because that would be way too conspicuous.  Heck, I would stick out like a sore thumb if I did that.  Walking up to a building influenced by ancient architecture while wearing your pajamas is still pretty conspicuous, but having eight legs and an arachnid abdomen would probably have it beat.  Clutching together my zip-up sweatshirt, I ascended the steps that lead up to the main entrance for the temple.  Unfortunately, I did not have much time to get inside because of my little problem I just discovered, namely that my power nullifying band would make me sick (even with my healing factor) if I did not periodically deactivate it.

	Once I had passed by the front set of eight columns that decorated the front of this so-called ‘Shrine of Ares’, I noticed a large doorway on the far side of the roofed entrance, which lead to a large, domed room.  Since it appeared that several of the residents of the neighboring residential areas were gathered inside this room, watching their peers compete in boxing matches, as it seemed, I decided to duck to the side of roofed entrance space.  Looking around my immediate proximity, I noticed that there was no one else within eyeshot.  After waiting a few seconds, just in case my ‘spider-sense’ detected any bystanders who would happen to run into me, I tapped on the power-nullifying wristband.

	Now that I was appropriately dressed for what I (or rather Athena) had intend to do, I began to climb up the wall, starting first with my two hands and following with my eight spider legs.  While in hindsight, my red and blue costume kind of clashed with the color of the shrine’s infrastructure and that the color of my spider-half would have been more suitable for camouflaging me in this environment, I don’t think such an approach would have gotten me much of an advantage.   Unless Athena could have whipped up a costume that would have matched the temple’s color scheme, I would still be wearing the red and blue outfit over my upper body.  There’s no way I would be going in there like an ancient Greek athlete.  I was half surprised that the boxing contestants did not follow this fashion trend either.  I cannot lie that I’m relieved that they did not follow the ancient Greeks’ example.

	Once I had attached myself onto the shrine’s wall, I slipped through the entrance into the giant, domed room.  While I was scaling the walls, it seemed that these pagans were preoccupied by these boxing matches.  Too preoccupied to even notice me crawling along the ceiling.  A couple times I almost blew my cover by laughing because of how ridiculous this was!  I was freaking sneaking around in plain sight on the ceiling of a Greek temple!  And they did not even notice!  I’m wearing red and blue, for crying out loud!  Man, these people must love their boxing.  It’s almost seems barbaric to me, especially when I saw a man carrying a knocked out contestant away from the boxing ring.

	When the unconscious contestant had been removed from the playing field, the announcer taunted the crowd, asking them who would be next to fight in the ring.  Suddenly, one of the followers of Ares spoke up.  [color=aba000]"I will."[/color]  Now that this man took his place on the stage, I felt the butterflies fill my stomach.  I cannot believe Athena is pitting me up against this guy.  According to the news, this guy held his own against the metahuman known as Icon.  What am I supposed to do?  Athena tried to reassure me, mentioning that she would go down and restrain this so-called ‘Ares’.  God, please help me.

	Well, here it goes.

	[color=B22222]“Infidels!”[/color]  I shouted down toward the crowd.  Now their eyes were not on me.  I don’t know what freaked them out more: me calling them infidels, my weird appearance (how many driders do you see every day?), or even just me taking them by surprise.  [color=B22222]“Have you not read the scriptures?  [i]'For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God'[/i] and [i]'Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord alone, shall be doomed'[/i].  Repent or may the Wrath of God be upon you all for worshipping false idols!”[/color]

	Well, let’s see how that works.