CH 1: I accidentally kill the mail man.
HI, name's Jackson eclipse Darby. I'm 16 years old, have raven Auburn hair which I dye black, grayish blue eyes, pail skin and a knack for archery. My two best 'human' friends are Miko Nakidia, a Japanese exchange student with black and pink hair who dresses like a punk rocker and Rafael Esquire, a brown haired genius with hazel eyes who's only 12.
Most people have normal lives with normal people and normal every day jobs, let me tell you, I am anything but normal. Most people think it's just because I don't have a dad around, no, I actually hang around with alien robots in my spare time. Oh, and I'm a demigod and only child of the maiden goddess Artemis. Yeah, I know what your thinking, if she's a maiden then how is she your mum, we'll simply put she met my other mother, June and I'm basically born from their minds, much like the children of Athena.
Currently we were at my house, my mother June was at the hospital, bots were all busy and we finished school early. Miko and Raf were in the main lounge room watching a movie while I sat between them. I had a bad feeling, like that time Lycon was posing as the school janitor, that was the day I found out about Miko and Raf being Demigods as Lycon went for them and they remembered "Steve wolfhyde" as Lycon called himself. There was a knock at the door making us jump.
"I'll get it." I smiled, my hunting knifes were in pen form in my pockets and my bow was in ring form on my finger. I opened the door and mentally sighed from relief but was still at the ready. It was just the mail man.
"letter for the son of Artemis." the man smirked. I slammed the door, okay, So not a human!
"jack, who was it? " Miko asked.
I hated lying but I didn't want her to worry." wrong address." the door was smashed open, splintering the wood and throwing me back, stupid cyclops.
"Holy shot! " Miko cursed upon seeing the monster. Raf threw his book at it, which only served to pass it off, this was a bad situation, too close to use my bow but too crowded to use the knives the way I normally do. I was tacked to the floor by the seven foot cyclops as I held it back with my daggers.
"Miko, Raf, under the cushions, get the mace and pen." I grunted as I struggled with the emense weight. Miko and Raf nodded and Raf grabbed the mace and Miko grapples the pen, holding it like a dagger. "uncapped it Miko, Raf twist the cap!" I grunted as sharp claws sunk into my right wrist.
Miko uncapped the pen and it turned into a Pike, which is sort of a spear with a sword on the end. Raf twisted the top of the mace and it turned into a short sword. They were both in awe at that, can't blame them really, I was raised around this stuff, it's new to them. "stab it!" I called as I feel the blood from my wounds reach the floor and slowly pool around me. Miko screamed and stabbed the cyclops in its side as did Raf, I took the distraction an rammed my knife through its eye as it burst into foul golden dust.
"what the fuck." Miko awed.
"jack, what was that? "Raf gulped. He was pail and visibly trembling.
" a cyclops, we should move and fast." I stated as I went into the kitchen and moved a floorboard, revealing a small stash of derachimas, nectar and amberossa cubes. There was also a map and my spare bow with ten arrows. I grabbed my bag from the bench and dumped out everything, I smashed my cell phone but kept the locator chip in it so the bots don't worry. I put everything from the stash into the bag and put a small bit of nectar on my cuts, closing them up, much to Raf and Milo's shock.
"Jack, what's going on? "rad squeaked nervously. I sighed and faced him.
" Basically the greek myths and God's are real, I'm a demigod, only child of Artemis." I told them seriously, Miko snorted a laugh while raf nodded. "it's true, that thing was a cyclops, hence why it turns to dust."
" so, what now, call the cops? " Miko asked.
" yeah, like they'd believe us Miko, they'd think it's a prank call." Raf reasoned. Miko visibly slumped.
"I know a safe place to go, it's in new York but I have a shortcut." I explained as I pulled a demachima from my bag and sprayed some water from a bottle I had in my bag. "OH iris goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering and show me Chiron at camp halfblood."
The mist shimmered and a brown haired centaur in his 30s appeared.
" Ahh, jackson, what a surprise, to what do I owe this? " he asked kindly.
" Chiron, my friends Miko and Raf were attacked by a cyclops, both of them have godly parents, we're coming to camp." I explained as Miko shoved herself into view.
"Dude, what in the hey now? " Miko asked.
" Stick by jackson, he has experience with these things, he will keep you safe." Chiron explained before he cut the message off.
"come on, we're going to new York." jack explained.
"dude, how? I am NOT walking all that way with monsters around! " Miko protested." So how else do you propose we get there?! "
Jack smiled." we'll take the chariot of the damned."