Hey guys I'm back with a new story for the Mythos Academy Series. This is about Daphne's and Logan's reaction to when Gwen was taken in Dark Frost, if haven't read than there will be a few spoilers.
I wanted to do this for a long while and finally was able to anyway this chapter is on Daphne's reaction.
I couldn't believe what I heard. Gwen was taken by the Reapers to an unknown location, and not only that but Vivian Holler was the one who took her. I felt horrible because of the last thing I said to her. She must think I hate her. I was just mad and frustrated that I got healing powers and I took it out on my best friend.
Morgan told us that she saw Gwen coming out of the library and saw that she found the Heilum Dagger hidden in one of the gryphon statues and Vivian knocked her out.
I had to help her. I knew full well on what the Reapers can do to her. I felt anger and guilt. Anger at the Reapers for kidnaping her and also at myself for not being there when she most needed it. Guilt for all that I said to her just hours before.
You are not the absolute center of the universe. The rest of us have problems, too, you know.
Geez, Gwen. Can't you keep your nose out of anyone's business for five minutes?
So you're going to dig through a Reaper's head instead of spying on the rest of us. Well, that's a change, I suppose, from eavesdropping on your friends. Have fun with that, Gypsy.
I felt guilt eat away at my heart from our conversations. Now that I thought about it, I could see the pain and hurt flash through her eyes. She'd had it worse than others. She never knew of this world and gets completely thrown into it, almost gets killed, is Nike's Champion, and is the most hunted and hated warrior.
I looked over at Logan and saw guilt flash in his eyes. For what? I didn't know. He walked up to Nickamedes. "We have to go help."
"I agree, we have to. We all know full well what the Reapers want, and if they use the Heilum Dagger than they will free Loki," I said.
Nickamedes, Metis, and Ajax nodded. "You are right. We have to save Gwen."
~SKIP~
A minute after the battle was over, and all the Reapers were dead. We hurried over to Gwen, stepping over the bodies that littered the cracked black stone.
"Gwen?" Logan said. "Are you all right?"
The Spartan stared at her, an anguished look on his face. I could tell something was wrong, we all probably could as her gaze moved past him and onto us.
When she didn't speak, that was when we seemed to get even more worried for her.
"Gwen?" Logan asked again, his voice dropping to a whisper. "What happened? Are you okay?"
"It was Vivian," she said in a dull tone. I was shocked at the tone since usually she'd be upbeat most of the time. "It was Vivian the whole time. She has telepathy magic, illusion, confusion, and chaos powers. She tricked me into finding the Helheim Dagger for her, then used it and my blood to open a portal to Loki's prison. He's free. Loki's free, and Nott's dead."
She kept stroking the said wolf's ears. "Poor Nott. She barely got a chance to live, you know? To be free. And now she's gone, all because of me. It's all my fault. My mom's murder, Vivian's freeing Loki, everything. You shouldn't have come for me. You should have just let the Reapers kill me. I should have let Preston kill me."
We were all shocked at this, especially Logan, who stared at the us, then put down his sword and took off his shield. The Spartan dropped down on his knees beside her. He hesitated, then stretched out his arms, as he was going to hug her.
"Don't touch me!" She screamed, lurching away from him. "Don't you dare touch me!"
I stared wide-eyed at my friend. Never have I seen her do this even when she was very scared, she'd never made an outburst such as this.
Confusion and hurt filled Logan's face, but he reached for her again. She got to her feet and stumble away from the Spartan.
"Keep your distance!" She screamed, whirling around. "All of you! Don't come near me!"
I couldn't take it anymore. I stepped forward, my eyes full of worry. "Gwen? Just calm down, okay? Nobody's going to hurt you now. We're your friends. We're here to help you." I held back a cringe as I said this. Those hurtful words kept replaying in my head.
She let out a bitter laugh which made me jump back in surprise. "It's not you that I'm worried about. It's me."
"Did the Reapers-did the Reapers hurt you?" Oliver asked in a low voice.
She laughed again, a little louder and harsher this time. I was so worried about my friend's sanity now. "Yes, yes, they did. Vivian cut my palm open to the bone, and Preston stabbed me in the chest with the Helheim Dagger."
"But you look . . . okay," Oliver said in a hesitant tone, as if he wasn't sure it was really true. He glanced at the us for some kind of help, but we all looked just as shocked and uncertain as he did.
"Oh, sure," she said. "I'm fine now. Because I did that to Preston."
We followed her gaze and looked at the dead Reaper lying on the cold marble.
"What happened to him?" Carson asked. "I don't see any wounds on his body."
"What happened to him? I killed him, Carson. With my touch magic. My power that's so very rare and so very special. I just grabbed hold of Preston, and I pulled all his energy, all his magic, all his freaking life, into my own body. To heal myself, to save myself. Some kind of Champion, I am, huh?"
My boyfriend stared at her, his mouth open in a silent O. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. Her violet orbs were filled with fear, self-hate, anger, and other emotions that I couldn't even describe.
She turned to Metis, her gaze harsh and accusatory. "You told me that I could influence other people and objects with my psychometry. You never said anything about killing them. You never said anything about that."
"It'll be okay, Gwen," Metis said, slowly walking toward her. "It'll be okay. You'll see. We'll figure everything out. All that matters now is that you're safe."
She looked up at the sky as if she was searching for something.
"None of us is safe," she muttered. "Not anymore."
I watched as her knees buckled, and she passed out. We all rushed forward to her.
So we all know what happens from there and the next chapter will be in Logan's. This is going to be a two shot. Nothing more and nothing less.
~Nightmare-wolf22.
