I Feel So....

Athena shook her head slowly with a soft smile as she looked at the girl who was on top of the world.
"Me...Fly!" She giggled and hugged the mans head as she waved to Athena. Athena raised one eyebrow and waved back making the girl fall about in fits of cute giggles. She smiled slightly and glanced to the man.
"I don't mind, you are the..." she paused for the right English word, her greek accent hung in the air like a sweet melody. "Climbing frame," she smiled softly.

Ana tilted his head as if in agreeing"Please keep your hands and feet on the man at all times."Ana said jokingly. He lifted off a little bit of the ground. After hovering in the air for a minute, he took off. Swerving past buildings, soaring down, his toes kissing the tops of the publics heads. HE laughed in glee as he started doing ridiculous acrobatics, always checking to make sure the child was safely on his head. Ana also made sure he was in sight of Athena. Hell hath no fury like a womans scorn, so they said. He finally touched ground, back in the ice cream parlor. He was a little disoriented, but managed to walk up to the woman without slipping much. "Thank you, thank you. We know you have many choices, and we would like to thank you for choosing Air Ana."

Athena watched them with worried eyes. Hell if he dropped her he would know what the saying hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn meant - after all she was made from that rumor - she was created from the mans belief in such things. She looked relieved when they touched down even though the child had been exstatic through out it, laughing and screaming and giggling.
"Thank-oo!" She smiled and kissed his cheek before clambering off of him and running to Athena. She buried her face in the womans stomach and hugged her tightly as she peeked out at the man.
"I wanna be a super hero!" she grinned.

A brief spell of lightheadedness took over Ana for a moment, briefly loosing his footing. After he made sure that Athena knew the child was ok, he answered her statement. Yes, that's right. He can answer statements. "You can do anything you want. As long as it accommodates the laws of physics. Though, I know a couple of people who have broken those, so I guess you can. Then again, for a mere mortal Y-" He half finished, realizing that the girl didn't understand half of what he said. "My bad. You hang out with super geniuses half you life, it kind of rubs off on you."

Athena looked at the girl who just stared at the man like he was speaking a completely different language to her. She blinked twice, her long thick black eyelashes made the blues of her eyes stand out.
"Hm well there you go Kiddo, lesson on being a superhero 1," she smiled and picked up the girl, balancing her on her hip. Athena's green eyes went to the man.
"Maybe even superheros need a day off and a sit down," she commented noticicng his shaky appearance.

"You know, they keep telling me that. But there is also a nagging voice in my head that is talking about some greater good thing. I have no clue what they're saying. Ana said, trying to make the woman's day a bit more surreal He gave a joviulant smile as he stepped a little bit closer to the girl and the woman-who-was-not-her-mother. "What would you suggest I do instead?"

Athena looked up at him and raised a perfect eyebrow before she picked up the girl.
"Well I'm going to go find this girl a new home," she said softly, then she could get on with her job. The girl giggled and buried her face in Athena's side as she looked up at the-man-who-had-wings-but-wasnt-an-angel.
"Mee sleepy," she yawned as she looked up to Athena who smiled.
"Mhm, come on lets go find you a home kiddo," she said before she began to walk off. The girls face screwed upa s she caught the guys wing and clung to him.
"Feathers come to..." she whinned.

Ana gave a little chuckle at the girls nickname. "Don't worry. 'Feathers' is coming." he said, smiling as he picked the girl up and had her ride on his shoulders again. He then caught up with Athena. "Best hobby ever." he said, poking the person just in front of him with his wing, then using his superhuman speed to retract it and act like he was having a heated debate with Athena."No, what I am saying is that the death penalty..." he faked, watching the persons face as they turned around and no one was there.

Athena giggled as she watched him do this. It was an amusing trick. Her nose scrunched up slightly in an adorable way which made her eyes sparkle. She bit her lip to stop herself from bursting out laughing at the man in front of them reaction's. She glanced to him.
"She really likes you, you know," Athena said as she watched the girl yawn and fall asleep on his shoulders. It was only then did Athena realise it was actually close to night - where had the day gone?

"I kind of figured. I would adopt her, since you say she has no home, but I live a hectic life. One day I am in Houston, the next Baltimore, then Washington D.C. I don't want to force that on any child. Having to wait at home while wondering if their parent will ever come home again. It's horrible." Ana said, drawing up past experiences. Flashes of the past clouded his thoughts momentarilly

His mothers body, broken and bruised from the severe beating she had taken

The men in white, getting ready for their next operation

The faces of the other victims, watching solemnly as Ana escaped the facility.

Without realizing it, Ana had started crying in the middle of the street. The drops of water collected around his chin, and eventually grew large enough to deposit back on the ground. The resulting splash broke him out of his trance, and he wiped his eyes with his sleeve. "Sorry about that. That's not normal." He said, trying to regain his past joy, but his own voice betrayed him by cracking at the end.

Athena frowned and immediatly took the mans hand in her own. She couldn't manipulate mens emotions like she could with womens but she would try to soothe him.
"It is okay, I know who will love her very much, the past is the past for a reason," she said with a soft smile and squeeze of his hand before she handed him a tissue.

Ana took a deep breath to try and calm himself, forcing the images out of his head. After a minute of quiet reflection, his breathing became regular again, and he opened his eyes. "Thank you." he said quietly, breaking the contact between them. "So, where do we drop this little piece of joy off?" he asked.

Athena smiled slightly at the little girl fast asleep against the mans neck and head.
"Follow me," she said and lead him through the streets then onto a bus. They rode on the bus for an hour out of the town and into the country, she then got them a taxi and took them to a little place in the countryside before leading him up to a cottage. She took the girl off of his shoulders and knocked on the door before setting the girl down on the doormat, asleep, kissed her forehead before walking round the corner out of view. A teary eyed woman came to the door, her eyes widening when she saw the child. She picked the girl up who nuzzled into her, looked up and smiled.
"Are you my new mummy? The Goddess said you are," she asked sleepily. The woman blinked as she cried.
"Matt, Matt! Oh God answered our prayers! Yes I am your new mummy, yes baby I am," they disappeared into the house.

Ana fallowed the woman without quest, he had nothing better to do. Fr the ride in the bus, since Athena wasn't talking, he got out his iPod and plugged one ear bud in. He made sure not to play it too loud, so as to disturb the little girl's slumber. Atfer they dropped the girl off, Ana picked up on a key bit of information. "How did you know that they wanted a child? Are you really, as the girl said, a goddess?" He asked, not knowing what to think. He liked to think of himself as an Atheist, but that wasn't really true. The truth was, he didn't think about religion at all. He just went on his merry way, not thinking about the 'Grander Scheme' of things. But with all the angels and demons plaguing the earth at this moment, there being a God could be the only possible explanation. But here he was, standing face to face with a supposed goddess. You don't really know anything in this world. You think you do, then POOF. That little piece of info you knew? It just mutated and grew 4 limbs. Did you know it could do that? Neither did I."

Athena laughed soflty.
"Goddess of women, that I am," she said, her Greek accent thick as she took a small bow. "I can read womens minds and manipulate their moods...I kill of the men who hurt them and answer their requests. The little girl prayed to be rescued by a princess - well she got me - and the woman - lucy she has been praying for a child for a long time but she was in a car crash, her baby son died and she couldn't get pregnant again." she smiled and began walking away from the house.
"More of the merrier tasks in this job."

"Of course, because every job has some tasks that no one is proud of." Ana said solemnly, trying not to think of the villains he had faced who were female. He wasn't proud of some of the things he had to do to save the world. But it was kind of necessary.....to save the friggen world. He decided to fallow Athena back. Nothing better to do and a feeling that things were getting interesting.