"Story 2- Archaeological digs and Live Television" by Sihe Megara Lioz

Ruby
got a phone call in the middle of the night.

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Who is it?"

It
was Juno "Hi Ruby, there's a party at Mt.Olympus.
Did I not invite you?"

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "No you didn't."

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Mercury's leg has healed and we're
throwing a party. Would you like to come *hic*?"

"No.
I have some important business to do, it's called sleep."

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Let Somnus be with you *hic*! And hope
Bacchus doesn't wake him up."

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "You to Juno," she saluted her
superior.

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Ah. Back to sleep now," she thought
to herself, but something opened the window and started throwing cookware
around. "Are you the Lares? I command you to go
away! I've just been woken up by Juno and I don't want to be thunder bolted by
Jupiter!"

The
giggling stopped.

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Sorry!"

No
reply.

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She then decided to go to sleep.span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Bririlip Bririlip span
class=SpellE>Bririlip!

span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:
"Times New Roman"'>"Ruby Lemur II speaking."span
lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>

span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:
"Times New Roman"'>"Oh, Ruby.span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Unfortunately you will have to wear a
hat for this one. Some archaeologists are digging up the st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Temple of Janus.
They'll effectively be opening it. You know about Janus, he'll think that a
wars on! You have to sabotage it."

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "That should be easy."

"Not
necessarily. We have to remain secrecy, and the dig will be on live
television."

span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>***

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Mercury sat down on the couch to watch
television.

"span
class=GramE>It's 8am on day two and there's no sign of the st1:place
w:st="on">Temple of st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Janus," the presenter turned to his
assistant, but instead of saying something to him, Ruby came on.

"That's
how it should be!" an equally confused Mars lent over "What's going
on?" "Let's keep watching and find out."

The
presenter didn't look all that happy "What is she doing here?! Get her away!"
One of the camera men left his camera and tried to wrestle away Ruby until she
bit him and he fainted.

"You
shouldn't open the Temple
of Janus! He'll think a
war is on and urupt!"

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Ah- Tony, I think you should look at
this!" a female archaeologist said.

A
large turret of lava plumed up. Ruby ran away hoping the mortals would survive.
She then realised she had failed her task.

There
was a shot of some worried broadcasters saying "For some odd reason the
programme finished early so we'll do the chicken dance. span
class=GramE>Bokrauk!"

span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:
"Times New Roman"'>"Mercury!span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Why did you turn the TV off?"

"It's
just getting way to weird."

span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>***

"Sorry,
sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry."

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> "Ruby, it doesn't matter. I've consoled
Janus."

span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ruby dried the tears from her eyes. She had
escaped punishment from the most vengeful godess,
Juno.

"Excuse
me, Coming through. Outta the way, span
class=SpellE>outta the way..."