“Look at the sky, Athena, Illuminated with infinite stars. Does it look the same every day?” asked Ares.
Athena smiled and said “yes dear. We never got a chance to gaze at the night sky full of stars and such a cute crescent moon hanging like a brooch on a blue dress of a beautiful princess.”
“Ha-ha-ha-ha…… I never knew this new poet Athena.” Ares was laughing at her sister.
Athena gave a small pat on Ares’ head and said “I remember those cozy nights with mom and dad. We used to go for long drives very often. You weren’t born then. Mom and dad used to sit near the lake and I used to sit at the car’s bonnet. Mom and dad spent hours gazing at a star-filled sky and the moon – it kept on changing its shape. As a child, I used to wonder at the moon when it traveled with us from the lakeside to our house. It was fun.”
Both of them heaved a long sigh.
“What do you think, Athena about our job? It’s wrong. Isn’t it?”
“Perhaps it is. But we were left with no choice brother,” said Athena in a pensive tone.
“Money is a bitch I tell you. The day we tasted the bitch, she became our only mission. The greed, the hunger never died. It grew bigger and bigger with each passing day.” There was a rage in Ares’ voice.
“We never looked back; that was our mistake. What if we had stopped after our first mission? Do you remember our first mission Ares?” asked Athena.
Ares nodded his head and said “how can I forget sis? The most heinous of crimes we had ever done till now. We shouldn’t have kidnapped that little girl.”
Athena said “then Rocky would have killed us. Don’t forget that day when we were left crying on the road beside the dead bodies of our parents in...