Last Hero
Chapter 04: The Fight

“Her father may be too drunk, so cannot work,” said another with false sympathy. “That's why he's klepto.”

Leo caught Jason's arm. “Quiet. Piper doesn't like us interfering in his quarrel. After all, if the girls knew who Piper's real father was, they would all worship him and shout, ‘we don't deserve!’”

“Why? What happened to his father?”

Leo laughed in disbelief. “You're not kidding? You don't remember that your girlfriend's father—“

“Listen, I hope I remember, but I don't even remember who Piper was, let alone his father.”

Leo whistling. “Tersubmissive. We should talk when we get back to the hostel.”

They reached the end of the display room. There is a large glass door that leads to the terrace outside.

“Alright, Lembek Boys,” Coach Hedge Sir announced. “You will see the Grand Canyon. Try not to act. That Titian can hold the weight of seventy jumbo jets, so featherweight humans like you should be safe on it. If possible, try not to push each other to fall from the edge, because it will make me more hassle.”

The coach opened the door, and they all stepped outside. The Grand Canyon unfolds before them, directly. On the edge, there is a horseshoe-shaped pier made of glass, so we can look down.

“Wow,” says Leo. “Keren also.”

Jason has to agree. Although he forgets his memories and feels he shouldn't be there, Jason is inevitably impressed.

The canyon is larger and wider than we can appreciate through photos. Their position was so high that under their feet there were birds circling around. One hundred and fifty meters below, a river snaked at the bottom of the canyon. A cluster of storm clouds had been moving over them while they were inside, casting shadows that were like angry faces onto a cliff. As far as Jason could see, scattered throughout the field, there was a red and gray abyss, as if he had been carved with a knife by the mad gods.

“You okay?” ask Leo. “You won't throw up on the sidelines, right? You should have brought my camera.”

Jason gripped the fence. He was trembling and sweating, but it had nothing to do with heights. Jason blinked, and the pain behind his eyes subsided.

“I'm fine,” Jason managed to answer. “Just a headache.”

Thunder boomed in the sky. The cold wind almost toppled Jason to the side.

“It can't be safe.” Leo squinted towards the clouds. “There is a storm cloud just above us, but all around us the weather is bright. Weird, huh?”

Jason puffed up and saw that Leo was right. Dark circles of clouds had been parked above the pedestal, but the sky in all directions seemed unusually clear. Jason has a bad feeling about this.

“Alright, Flabby Kids!” shouted Coach Hedge. He frowned towards the storm clouds, as if those clouds were bothering him as well. “We may have to shorten our field trip, so get to work! Remember, full sentence!”

The storm roared, and Jason's head began to hurt again. Not knowing why he did so, Jason reached into his jeans pocket and took out a piece of gold a half-dollar-sized circle of gold, but thicker and more uneven. On one side was a picture of a battle axe. On the other side was a male face crowned with daphnah leaves. The inscription on the coin reads IVLIVS.

“Walah, what is gold?” ask Leo. “You turned out to be keeping something from me.”

Jason kept the coin again, wondering how he could have the coin, and why he felt he was going to be so close