Prologue
Six months ago
"What are we doing here?" Max Deru asked his best friend, Trask Evergreen. Max was 17, tall with midnight blue eyes and black hair. He was very strong. He wore a blue plaid shirt with a black long sleeved shirt with the plaid not buttoned. He wore black nikes and black jeans. He always had a gun on him. The only one in plain sight is the one in his hand.
"I told you, we had to find one more person after Alexa," Trask reminded. He was a 21 year old satyr. He has lived at Camp Half-Blood his whole life. He's trained, lived, learned, and even protected himself and others, in Camp Half-Blood. He hasn't been back in over a year. He missed his girlfriend Tyra. But he knew his duty as a searcher would do him good. Trask can heal and his flute controls nature. He can even talk to other animals.
"After me?" Alexa Sacray is a hyper girl. Eight years old. Alexa was blonde with green eyes. She is white and short. She usually wears an Adidas jacket and converse shoes. Along with a black shirt that says 'Steal My Heart and I'll Steal Your Money'. She wears black skinny jeans. She also had a blade. The blade was sheathed around her waist, given to her by her foster mother.
They've been on the run for the past year from mythological creatures and the cops. Stupid human eyes. Couldn't they see they were gonna get killed! What the mist does to people.
"She lives in Atlanta, Georgia?" Max asked. He's tired. He may be older than the Alexa but he's been walking forever. He's getting tired.
"Fine. Let's stop over there and rest," Trask suggested, pointing to an empty area where an empty abandoned dusty tent was. They all walked over to it and opened it finding a girl in it looking through a box.
"Oh! Sorry! We didn't know this tent was in use..." Max immediately said.
"Huh?" the girl turned around and just smiled.
"Hi. Um. Did you guys need a place to stay?" she asked.
"Um...yeah," Trask said.
"You guys can stay with me. Unfortunately this isn't my tent," she smiled sweetly but it faded when she heard more footsteps. She grabbed the three and shoved them under a desk.
"Hi, sir," the mystery girl said. The man that came through the tent looked at her skeptically. She was standing beside the desk now.
"I lost a watch recently. I thought it might have been in my tent. Have you seen it, Tara?" the man asked.
"No...what'd it look like?" she said her hands behind her back.
"Gold with diamond timepieces," the man answered. Max reach behind Tara and touched the watch she had on. Gold with diamond timepieces. She was a thief. He almost smiled but he knew she was trouble.
"Okay well I better go put a lookout for it," the man left and Tara giggled. The three came out of hiding.
"You stole it!" Max said.
"So you really are new...huh," she said unamused by him. She turned to Trask and Alexa. "Well aren't you a cutie," Tara said to Alexa. Alexa giggled and Trask just stared at her, as if trying to read her. She looked at him weird but then she just shrugged. She turned back to Max.
"You still want to stay with me or am I too bad for your liking," she teased. Max looked at her skeptically and checked his pocket for his wallet. Still there, that's a good thing.
"We'll take that offer," Max said as Tara exited the tent.
"Cool follow me," Tara said. They did as told. Max was keeping distance. He didn't wanna risk losing his wallet. Or anything else.
"Here we are," they stood by a damaged building that looks abandoned. Though so did that tent… Max thought. And as if on cue, Tara opened the door with a key and revealed a bunch of kids and teens on the floor in blankets and sleeping bags in trashed clothes eating and talking with each other.
"Tara! You're back!" one kid yelled as the four entered. The three new ones threaded carefully following Tara. Tara threw her arms around the one that announced her presence.
"Walker!" Tara yelled. "Long time no see! Where you've been these past four months?" she asked. He smiled scratching the back of his neck nervously.
"I gotta tell you something, T-" he stopped when he saw the newbies. "Um we'll talk later," Walker said. He opened his arms to the new three. "Ah new ones eh?! Let's get you situated. How many nights you plan on spending here?"
"One night. We're just looking for someone and need a place to rest," Trask explained.
"Ah well I know this city like the back of my hand. You gotta name?" Walker asked.
"I'm Trask, this is Max and Alexa," Trasked explained. "But the thing is we don't know her name. She's an orphan. But...we just know she is in Atlanta." Walker nodded thoughtfully.
"Do you have a description?" Walker asked.
"No…" Max answered worried how that would affect their perspective of himself and his friends. Walker looked at him skeptically.
"I think you two need to come with me," Walker said and started walking.
"But what about—" Max started but Tara smiled salty but sweetly and gripped Alexa's hand.
"I got her," she said and pulled Alexa to a group of girls Alexa's age.
"Come," Walker insisted and started walking towards a room. He opened the door and the two followed in, Max closing it behind him.
"Do you know anything else about her?" Walker questioned, addressing Trask from behind a desk.
"No. But we need to find her. She may be in danger," Trask said. Walker thought carefully.
"What kind of danger?" he finally asked after a couple minutes.
Trask laughed nervously and gave him a mere smile. "Immortal danger," he said. Walker nodded and opened his mouth but was interrupted when the door burst open.
"Um Walker…" a boy that looked around sixteen said nervously. "The little girl that's with Tara just set a fire," the boy said. Walker stood shocked as Trask did too. "Walker!"
"Oh! Um yes, go get a bucket of water while we try to put it out till you get back," Walker advised but the boy shook his head and explained the fire was put out but there was a argument out in the common area. He lead them out to the room to the big argument.
"She almost killed Johnny!" a boy yelled holding a younger boy to his side.
"She's eight! She didn't know what she was doing!" another girl that wasn't Tara was holding Alexa.
"Exactly! Just get her out of here!" another boy yelled.
"No!" And the random yelling started again.
"Ale-" Max started towards Alexa but Walker held him back.
"Guys!" Tara yelled. Apparently Tara was just staring in shock at Alexa. The groups slowly fell silent. Tara pushed her way to Alexa and kneeled in front of her. "Alexa honey," she said softly. She brought out a necklace. She started talking to her softly as she put it around Alexa's neck. Then she glared towards the three of the boys with Walker. She took Alexa's hand.
"We'll settle what's gonna happen later. Right now I need to speak to those two," she said walking towards all four boys. Walker and the two mythological beings following her back into the office and she called Johnny into the office too. After the little boy rushed to her confused, she picked him up and took him into the office. She opened a drawer and took out a candy. She let him go.
"What happened out there?" Max demanded.
"You tell me, ghost boy," she hissed.
"Ghost bo-?" she pointed to his tattoo on his neck. Ghost boy was written on it.
"I was drunk," he defended himself.
"You're seventeen. You shouldn't be getting drunk," she shot back.
"How'd you know?" he asked confused. Was he part of her past? Had he- She turned on the T.V and the news came up with the two criminals and a supposed hostage.
"You two are criminals. You've traveled as far from California. You're all over the news. Why stop here?" Tara demanded.
"You don't get to lecture us about being criminals," Max asked and grabbed her wrist pointing to the watch. She pulled away roughly.
"That's different! I need this! He treats me like crud!" Tara yelled. "But never mind that! Who are you?" Tara asked.
"Tara," Walker said softly. She turned her attention to him and her gaze immediately softening. She breathes softly as he lead her out the door. Outside the door he let her calm herself. And he raised her head. She looked so confused. He kissed her forehead and the wrinkles disappeared. He smiled as she relaxed. He waited till she opened her eyes. When she finally did, he leaned down and captured her lips in a very soft gentle kiss.