I’ll contact you.”On the way out, I said goodbye to Denise with a wink and told her I was looking forward to seeing her at my gym soon. ***The nex... week was pure torture not hearing from Allie. By Friday, my heart was lifted, only to be crushed again when she finally called and told me that she had talked with a lawyer.“We’re done, Jason. Just accept it.”It was the first time I had ever heard her sound so robotic…completely devoid of emotion.Stunned and speechless, I could only ask in broken. At the time we must have been both around 15, the school was big and I only shared a single class with her, albeit I knew in History we would line up outside different classrooms so I might get a chance to chat.Our friendship started and grew quickly because of a similar taste in music and friends. We often clung onto each other at breaks as if we were the only ones on earth who understood each other. Charlotte invited me over for the party and at the time I dismissed my thoughts for her as one. "In fact," the two Titans started to scream more, then suddenly dropped.A glaring look came from both of them, Iapetus started to open his mouth, "I will..." then screamed again."I see that the Titans are as unteachable as the gods," Ephus calmly said."We..." Cronus started, then snapped his mouth shut when Ephus turned to focus on him. "We can be slow, I admit, we do learn though. As with Zeus, now with you, we have learned this won't happen again." The area in front of them was suddenly empty. "Once all of their replacement parts and upgrades were installed, they would be the fastest, strongest and toughest people -- cyborg, human or synthetic -- on the planet.I continued on for a few more minutes, explaining the situation and making sure they were aware of the dangers and needs.They all agreed to sign on as my bodyguards, of course. After all, that's why we built them.Before we go much further in this part of the tale, I need to explain the time-line here. The build-up to this part.