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I was scared out of my mind, you would be to if a scary teacher at your school forced you outside and then some kid with a sword came out to tell you everything would be alright only to be stabbed in the shoulder by something your teacher used. And then you get dragged to the top of a cliff where your teacher starts talking about some stuff about monsters and joining an army and then two girls come to save you only for your teacher to turn into a manticore with giant paws and a deadly spiked tail.
Yeah, you'd be scared too.
"A manticore? He's got three thousand attack points and plus five to saving throws!" What could I say? Mythomagic rocked. Anyway this is where it gets interesting, the blonde girl screamed to get down and tackled my sister, knocking the both of them down. And me? I just stood there. Spikes flew at me.
No I didn't duck. No they didn't miss. No I didn't get special powers and uber pawn him. No.
I died.
Respawn
Death is lonely. There is no other word for it. It is not cold or hot, it is not bright or dark, it is not big or small. It is just there. And so are you. By yourself. I don't know how long I waited, a second? A minute? An hour? A year? It doesn't matter really; it felt like an eternity either way. But something happened, my world flashed white.
I was dead.
And then, I wasn't.
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"Get down!" I heard it before my other senses kicked in. Next I smelt the sweat on my skin. Next I tasted the bile that I had to force back down my throat. Next I saw the spikes flying at me. And finally I felt the spikes lodge themselves into me. And I died, once again.
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"Get down!" Even before all my senses came back to me I fell to the ground. There was no way I was going back to that...that place again. The spikes flew over my head and I was still alive. The girl with the black hair and the boy, Percy I think, used shields to block the spikes. The girl charged Mr. Thorn and I thought she would kill him, but then a huge black helicopter appeared in the sky. The helicopter sent a beam of light from its search light onto the girls face blinding her and Mr. Thorn took a clean swipe at her head.
Ever seen someone's head roll of their shoulders? I don't recommend it.
It seemed as though the girl with the black hair was the strongest. Grover, my friend who somehow seemed to be involved with this, stared in utter horror at the girl's head. Spikes flew and slammed into him, I could tell he was died before he hit the ground.
The other girl was crying when the girl with the black hair was killed. Now she screamed as she charged . It was a stupid charge; I don't know what the hell she was thinking, no that's I lie. I know exactly what she was thinking. She wanted to hurt him. But she was run through by Mr. Thorn's tail and tossed aside.
Now Percy looked like he had died himself. I could tell he was about to charge but Mr. Thorn sent a volley of spikes his way he brought up his shield and blocked, but the shield cracked and the spikes flew of his shield. My way. I was kind of glad to die this time. Three people had died for my sake; I wasn't going to let them down next time.
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"Get down!" I dropped to the ground. Spikes flew over my head. Percy and the black haired girl blocked. The girl charged Mr. Thorn. Now, I burst into action. I ran at the girl that was charging Mr. Thorn. My sister screamed at me to stop but I ran. Mr. Thorn's two-toned eyes glanced at me for a second, long enough for the girl to stab him in the arm. Mr. Thorn howled and the now hovering helicopter shot a beam of light at the girl, blinding her. Mr. Thorn swung his good arm but I was there. I did a flying tackle and took the girl out of harm's way. We tumbled on the ground.
"What are you, crazy? You could have been killed!" The girl underneath me pushed me off and started ranting how dangerous that was, but she kept her eyes on Mr. Thorn.
"Well!" I mumbled. "A thank you would be nice." The girl gave me an annoyed glare before putting her eye's back on Mr. Thorn. Percy kept switching glances between Mr. Thorn and the helicopter, and I realized something, we were screwed. I could see the machine gun mounted on the side. If Mr. Thorn didn't get us the helicopter would.
That is we were screwed. Key word being were. Then the air, which was currently only occupied with the beating of the helicopter's blades, was ripped apart by a hunting horn. Everyone froze even Mr. Thorn.
Mr. Thorn's face was pale, "No, it cannot be-"
His sentence was cut short as a silvery light flew through the air and lodged it's self in Mr. Thorn's good arm. It was an arrow. Mr. Thorn wailed in agony as he took a step backward.
"Curse you!" Mr. Thorn unleashed a wave of spikes from his tail into the woods where the arrow had come from, but just as fast, silvery arrows shot back in reply. The arrows sliced the spikes in half. Now I don't know much about archery but the archers must have godlike accuracy to do that.
Percy lunged at Mr. Thorn but he used the spikes on his tail to block Percy's sword, then Mr. Thorn kicked Percy in the stomach sending the teen flying back.
Then a bunch of girls came out of the woods. There were about a dozen of them, ranging from ten to about fourteen. They wore silvery ski parkas and jeans; they all had bows. They advanced on Mr. Thorn with a determined expression on all of their faces.
"The Hunters!" The girl with blonde hair cried out.
"Oh wonderful." The other one mumbled.
One of the older archers stepped up. Now I don't really like girls but even I had to admit she was pretty. Her skin was a coppery colour and her midnight black hair had a silver circlet topped on it. She looked like some sort of princess.
"Permission to kill, my lady?"
A bloodthirsty princess.
"This is not fair! Direct interference! It is against the Ancient Laws!" Man, Mr. Thorn was such a whiner.
"Not so," the girl who answered was about twelve, maybe thirteen. She had auburn hair pulled back into a ponytail. She had eyes like the moon, silver yellow. If the other girl was pretty this one was mind-blowingly beautiful, but her expression was deadly and, I admit, scared me. "The hunting of all wild beasts is within my sphere. And you, foul creature, are a wild beast." She looked at the older girl with the circlet. "Zoe, permission granted."
Mr. Thorn growled "If I cannot have these alive, I shall have them dead." Ironic considering he killed me thrice when he was trying to keep me alive. He pounced at Percy using his tail to smack Percy's sword away from the teen. I hesitated, I wanted to help Percy, but there was no way I could take on Mr. Thorn. Fortunately for me the blonde girl took action jumping onto Mr. Thorn and slamming her knife into his back. Unfortunately that meant the archers could not fire their arrows properly. A few were able to get clear shots, hitting Mr. Thorn in the neck and chest.
"This is not the end, Huntress. You shall pay!" Mr. Thorn, with the girl still on his back, jumped of the cliff and tumbled into the darkness.
"Annabeth!" Percy yelled getting ready to jump of the cliff.
"No!" I shouted and held him back. I didn't have to because the helicopter started raining bullets on us. Percy pushed out of the way and leaped back, bullets peppering the area we were just in. The young girl with auburn hair thrusted her hand and the helicopter exploded into... ravens? Yes the black metal dissolved into metal and flew away in the night sky.
The hunters advanced on us, the one named Zoe stopped in front of the girl with black hair.
"You." Who knew you could put so much meaning into one word?
"Zoe Nightshade." The girl answered with anger. "Perfect timing, as usual."
Zoe scanned the rest of us. "Four half-bloods and a satyr, my lady."
"Yes, some of Chiron's campers, I see."
"Annabeth!" Percy yelled. "You have to let us save her!"
The girl with auburn hair turned to him. "I'm sorry, Percy Jackson, but your friend is beyond help."
While they argued my sister came up to me and crushed me in a hug. "You idiot! What were you doing? You could have been killed!" I smiled wearily; she'd never know the irony of those words.
That's right I didn't plan on telling anyone about me, coming back to life, kinda like a respawn in a video game, now that I think about.
Anyway our attention was caught by the young, auburn haired girl again when she said the most ludicrous statement I have ever heard, although considering that I had just respawned three times, it wasn't that crazy.
"I am Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt."
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So, the first chapter of Respawn. What can I say? I've been reading too much Percy Jackson and playing too much Modern Warfare. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and continue to read. See ya at the next chapter.