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Skyler was back on her feet and the Drakon was desperately trying to pry the Arrows from its eye. She tried to get back to the tree's but the monster saw her move and shrieked before following her, so she quickened her pace heading back into the darkness.
"gods, Your Annoying!" she yelled to The drakon.
Not only had she managed to trip over several branches but she also had a splitting headache from the whining Monster behind her and She was pretty sure her ribs were screwed. It cried Out again and Skylar stupidly stopped dead and turned around.
"That's Enough!" she screamed out.
To her surprise the beast stopped in front of her. Silently looking at her, the only other sound around them was the creaking and crashing of broken trees falling behind the monstrous Drakon.
The Manticore Straightened itself up so it looked muscular, though Avril still thought it looked like Quasi modo, and smiled at her again
"you may call me, Mr Thorn" he said raising his sword and the stinger on his tail at the same time
"Oh don't even think about touching me with that, Thing" Avril said with disgust pointing, with her sword, at his tail
"ew" she shuddered at the thought.
His smile dropped and he struck out at her with his tail, Aiming for her head. He only got halfway towards her before he was struck in the chest with a bolt of lightning.
Thalia was standing beside Avril now, once she saw Dr thorn her mind went back to their first meeting with him and the memory of how she almost lost her best friend in the process. She Didn't pause for a second, Running straight for him Spear Burning with the remainder of the lightning from earlier. After blasting him in the chest she got close enough to run the sharp tip through his rib cage and out the other side, he managed one breath and a scathing look before disintegrating into dust leaving only a small pile on the forest floor. Thalia Took a Breath of her own and raised her head to the sky '
Thanks Dad' She said quietly, a gentle breeze through her hair was the only response.
"Alright um, Good Monster" Skye said Carefully.
It had been Two Whole minutes and the beast hadn't moved a muscle, it had seemed to have forgotten about the arrows in its eye and Skye had no clue what to do next.
She still had her bow in her hand and a arrow in the other
"Uhmm, SIT!" she yelled
"LIE DOWN!?" she took a step back Carefully,
"STAY!" she tried.
Skye was contemplating whether to shoot it again or run but she new that one wrong move could be fatal.
"HOW ABOUT I GO GET YOU A TREAT!" She yelled "YOU JUST WAIT RIGHT HERE!"
She looked at it, its eyes on her not blinking. She took another step backward, Eyes on the beast, then took another step, and once again. She looked between her escape and the Drakon continuously. Step, Look, Step, Look, Step, Look. This went on for a minute or two before the creature moved. Skye had just taken a step and the crack of the stick beneath her foot was enough to move the beast from its apparent trance, as it once again lunged at her. She felt a sharp sting as the drakon caught he in the side with its extremely sharp claws
"aaaaahhh" she screamed the pain nearly blinding her.
She shuffled back, Swallowed the pain and notched another arrow firing at its Right Eye again, it once again let out a cry of pain but continued towards her. She fired again and let the Adrenalin Take over, She ran at it and fired again. It was Hit directly in the center of its dark right eye and Skye kept running. She Armed another arrow as she ran and fired, not giving the monster a moment to collect itself. She Repeatedly fired, missing only once or twice, until she was on the other side of the beast and her quiver was empty.
She pulled out her Dagger and plunged it into the Drakon's Side and kept held as she dragged it sideways slicing down the Horrible creatures side, she watched as blood poured out of the gaping slice and continues to cut it open. Of course she knew this wouldn't kill it but she was out of ammo and assumed this would at least slow it down enough to get away, and if not she was a firm believer in going down swinging.
"HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT YOU BIG. UGLY. MONSTER!" she screamed. It cried out in pain as still clawing at its eyes.
Thalia and Avril had heard the Shriek from the Drakon and glanced at each other for only a second before running in that direction. Avril was first to Arrive on the scene and the first thing she saw was Skye Running in her direction, blood covering one side of her tattered shirt, Dagger in hand and a mad look on her face.
"She looks like she's gonna blow" Avril said to Thalia as she reached her side.
As Skye got closer she scowled then the look on her face went from angry to annoyed for a second and she stopped and stared at Avril.
"unless you want to deal with that," She pointed her thumb behind her at the drakon that was turning in their direction, "I suggest you don't piss me off right now" She shook her head and walked past her.
Avril looked at the Drakon once again the turned to follow Skye
"Nah" Was all she needed to say before they all both ran back towards the road. They sped up at the sound of breaking trees, signalling that the Drakon was up and on the move.
"That damned thing wont die" Skye cursed
"you probably didn't hit it right" Avril criticized, shrugging
"excuse me. I hit it plenty, it only cried out when I hit its right eye" Skye replied Indignantly.
"i'm Sure" Avril said sarcastically.
"Stop bickering you two, it not the time. Just help me think of a plan" Thalia said running ahead of them now and leading them back to the road.
Jasper Ran flat out to the big house after shadow traveling through the forest to Camp Entrance. He had seen Skye Take down the Drakon and headed towards her until he noticed that the creature had began to stir only a few moment's later. A thought had struck him as the monster shifted and he bolted back to the shadows.
Once he got up the porch to the door, he flung the it open. It swung back and hit the wall behind it with a bang and he burst through the doorway. Almost out of breath he looked around at the people in the room. Their leaders or 'Councillor's' of the Camp, not all but only 3, were sitting round the room, each of them staring at him.
"Jasper?" One of them Questioned, she was short with dark skin and golden eyes "what happened?" She moved over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder "take a breath" she said gently.
Jasper looked around taking a breath, watching as they each stood up and moved closer to him,"need. help." he said calming down
"alright, were here" Another one said, her voice calming him instantly "Just explain what you need" she said.
She had tan skin with choppy brown hair and multi-colored eyes. Calmed by her voice he spoke clearly
"We got the girl, Skylar, and we were headed here but there were some complications and we got attacked"
"Were you on the road?" A blonde girl asked
"yes but it still found us"
"how, that enchantment hide you from almost all monsters?" she Questioned.
"i know but somehow it saw us or sensed us while we were on the road." Jasper said. There was mumbling between the group and he heard the words
"impossible"
"how"
"serious" and
"problem" repeated a few times.
"well, where's your sister?" the first girl asked, he looked at them each before he said
"that's why I'mhere, she's in the forest with Skye and Thalia, fighting a Drakon" they were silent for a moment before they started talking at once
"A Drakon!"
"Thailia?"
"What do you mean"
"I mean a Drakon, Big, red, scaly. Skye took it down once but it just got back up" he started rambling "And I remembered a story I heard a few years ago about this huge battle and some sort of prophecy were someone fought the drakon and lost because,"
"Jasper get to the point" The blond said firmly
"I Think this is the same Drakon from that story and if i'm right it means it can only be killed by a child of-"
"Ares" the blonde finished for him "shit" She ran out the door.
The others followed, just behind her as she ran for the Ares cabin.
"Clarisse! Frank!" She got to the door and Push it open
"FRANK!" she yelled
"CLARRISE!" she looked around the cabin until a tall guy rounded the corner, nearly crashing into her
"What's wrong?" he asked frantically "what's happening?"
"We need you" she said leaving the cabin again and heading back to Jasper and the others. She looked at the dark skinned girl
"Where's Your brother?" she asked, the girl thought for a second then said
"I think he just left with Leo, to get-"
"never mind" the blonde said, cutting her off mid sentence "Jasper how far away is the Drakon?" she asked him
"Uhhmm, just over the hill"
"okay can you take Frank there as Quick as you can?" She asked him
"Yeah, lets go" Jasper Replied turning for the hill
"frank Get a weapon and Go with Jasper. Piper Can you Rangle up A chariot?"
"sure" the tan girl Answered, heading to the stables
"Hazel, Help me find Clarisse. Jasper we'll catch up as soon a we can" The blonde said running off in search of Clarisse.
Frank ran off to get a weapon and jasper was heading for the shadows when he felt someone grab his arm, he turned to find The girl with golden eyes standing near him
"Don't get hurt okay" she said "once you get there just show Frank to the Drakon then wait in the shadows." She said, then ran off with the rest of them. He nodded to himself and ran towards the shadow near the hill where Frank was now waiting
"ready?" he called to him
"As ever" Was his reply, though he sounded a little uneasy about it. Jasper took his arm and felt himself melt into the shadows.
"Okay what now?" Avril asked as she stood beside Thalia
"well we have two options" Thalia Said "Run or Fight"
She looked between them, waiting for a response. It was Skye who answered first
"we cant outrun it"
"so we fight" Avril said.
Thalia looked at both girls, both had fire in their eyes. She glanced over their wounds quickly, Avril had a Slice in her arm and a few rips in her Jeans and shirt but otherwise looked fine. Skye however wore a tattered shirt, One side of it stuck to her, coated in blood. She had some cuts and scrapes over the rest of her and she looked decently roughed up but she stood tall, dagger in hand ready to fight. She turned back to the tree line, they had gotten far enough away from it while it was down but its monstrous head was now visible above the tree tops, getting closer fast.
"alright, anyone got a plan?" Thalia asked them.
"your in charge, don't you have a plan?" Avril asked her, a little bit of panic creeping onto her face, There was a short laugh from Thalia
"hey I'm teaching you, you have to know how to plan under pressure"
"cant you just teach us that after we survive through this?" Thalia rolled her eyes
"Um guys?" Skye said, watching the drakon get closer.
"just a sec" Thalia said waving her hand absently hushing her. "how are you going to survive if you don't have a plan?" she questioned Avril, facing her fully now.
"by following your plan, Duh" Avril replied snarkily.
"Fine, we don't have time for this anyway." Thalia said "We'll each take a side and Skye can be the distraction, You take the left I will be on the right if we hit it quick and deep it should do some damage." Avril groaned
"I hate it when you say should"
"alright" Thalia said ignoring Avril's comment "While we're hitting it from the side's you'll have to keep its attention on you" she said turning to Skye
"Skye?" She looked at where she had been standing a moment ago but only her bow and empty quiver was there.
"Skye?" she said a little louder, glancing around she couldn't see Skye anywhere on the road.
"gods damn it" She Cursed, turning back to Avril.
The drakon was about to come crashing through the trees and she'd lost the new girl "where in Hades is she" she asked the girl in front of her. Avril looked towards the tree line
"up there" she pointed to the tree line and Thalia followed her direction, finding that Skye was in fact up there. By up there she meant half way up one of the taller trees close to the path of the Drakon, just on the edge of the forest. Thalia was about to step off the road to go after her when the monster burst through the tree line.
Jasper felt himself solidify as he stepped from the shadows, pulling Frank with him. He stumbled forward a few steps and almost fell
"Whoa there" Frank said grabbing hold of Jasper's shoulders to stabilize him
"you okay?" He asked, concerned.
"hmm" Jasper replied, his vision blurring a bit "yeah, I'm fine. I just ah, tripped" He said and shook his head to clear his sight.
They had traveled to the spot where he had last seen the Drakon but there was nothing but some blood and crushed trees in front of them
"wher-" frank started asking, only to stop the second Jasper held up a hand to shush him.
They stood there in silence until they heard the crashing of trees in the distance and the angry whale of the drakon. Without thinking Jasper grabbed hold of Franks arm and Ran for the shadows in the direction of the Beast. Frank tried to protest but seconds later they were both moving through the shadows.
The Drakon stopped just after bursting through the trees, only a few feet from where Skye was perched.
"Well," Avril shrugged "she's Bonkers." She turned to walk down the road until Thalia stopped her
"where do you think your going?" she asked Quietly, all to aware of the drakon trying to sniff them out, in front of her.
"Home" Avril said
"excuse me?" Thalia nearly shrieked, Avril huffed and turned back to Skye
"The quest was to get Her" she gestured to the Blonde in the tree just a few feet to the beasts right
"She's obviously trying to get herself killed" she continued "so, we failed. Lets go" She turned back down the road.
"I don't believe You" Thalia said outraged "She's a person, She's one of us. I don't care how self centered you are, you will finish this mission or I'll have words with you brother" she said firmly
"oh I'm so scared" Avril pouted sarcastically.
The drakon cried out and they turned to see it shuffle forward a little, moving closer to them. Thalia turned to Avril once more and quietly said
"not that brother" then watched as The color drained from her face and a scared looked swept over her.
"fine" Avril said defiantly, taking a deep breath and stepping to the side on the road. Thalia nodded and readied herself,
"On three we run at it, you go left I'll take the right. Stab deep and repeatedly." Avril nodded
"One, two, Thre-" there was a crash behind them. Both girls spun around quickly, weapons raised.
The moment They stepped from the shadow's Jasper Collapsed to the ground. He opened his eyes to find three pairs staring back at him.
"there you are" he said to them and Avril chuckled and Frank lifted him back onto his feet holding him up.
"I'm fine guys" he said Reassuringly before moving to lean against a tree. "As you were" he Commanded.
Avril turned from him and walked to where Thalia was Explaining the plan to Frank. He watched a little uneasily as The drakon ripped a tree from the ground beside it and tossed it around like a rabid animal. When they had seen Jasper Collapse they immediately ran over to inspect him. As Avril had Checked him over Thalia questioned Frank as to why he was here and his only reply had been
"Jasper told me to" Very helpful.
Fortunately Jasper seemed fine, he had only overdone it a little with the shadow traveling but it wasn't a first for either of them so leaving him on the side was the best they could do. Now as Thalia spoke to Frank quickly, she thought over why Jasper had brought Frank here. 'was no one else around? Did he randomly grab him? A drakon seems like a job for a Child of the big three not a son of...'
"Oh" she said aloud as it clicked, she heard Frank ask where the New girl was, and was about to point her out when she saw the blonde Leap from the tree With A Bronze Sword clutched between her hands.
She had Caught Frank and Thalia's attention and They watched in awe as she Landed on the Drakon's head. Her blade sliced down and wedged itself deep into the monsters skull. It let out a furies Wail and everyone covered their ears the best they could, watching as the beast tossed its head around, shaking Skye like around but she held the sword tight. Avril turned to Frank
"You have to kill it" She said and he looked at her questioningly
"what!" he yelled. 'right, stupid Drakon cry' she thought to herself as her own ears rang,
"YOU HAVE TO KILL IT" she yelled to him
"I KNOW WE DO!" he yelled back, she shook her head furiously
"NO, YOU HAVE TO KILL IT" she pointed to him repeatedly "YOU HAVE TO DO IT" She repeated.
Avril looked over to Thalia who seemed to register what she was saying She nodded then held up three fingers and started counting down. Avril ran to the other side of the road and waited for one while Frank stood in the middle. He saw what they were doing and readied himself. the second they Got off the road the Drakon looked at him, one eye full of Arrows and a long slice down its body, it went to lunge but caught sight of Thalia to his side and swung at her with its massive claws.
She dodged the swing and stabbed her spear into its arm. There was another scream from the monster and he resisted blocking his ears, instead running straight for its front, while its head was turned. He got a meter away from it when he saw Thalia thrown into a tree behind him, he sped up and thrust his spear into the monsters chest as it turned his way.
Avril heard a thud As Thalia hit the ground, unconscious 'I hope' She thought as she struck the Drakon again. It turned its head to find Frank and Avril Reached behind her to grab her spare sword, but it wasn't there. 'Damn it' she thought, Remembering Skye stabbing the beast,
"That's my sword" She cursed "That Bitch"
Instead she gripped her Original sword with both hands And ran at the beast, thrusting the blade deep into its arm. There was a shriek and a blurred movement, then she was on the ground, not far from Thalia, the wind knocked out of her. She looked at the drakon to see its Tail swishing where she was standing moments ago.
Frank had pulled his Spear out of the Drakon's chest while Avril had distracted it and Searched for a weak spot, he looked up to catch The blond Blonde headed girl that was on top of the Drakon, reaching out with A Dagger and Plunging it into beast's dark eye. She had let go of the Sword and was now only leaning down to hold onto the Dagger, that was now sticking out of it's eye, 'same one with all the arrows' he realized.
The monster lunged, tossing the girl forward so she was now dangling. Frank grabbed hold of his spear and took a step back, counting on his aim as he hurled the weapon over his head towards the Drakon's eye.
Annabeth arrived as Frank hurled his spear, she leaped out of the Chariot with Piper and ran to help. They watched as the spear hit the drakon in the eye, Barely missing the girl hanging inches away. There was a painful Shriek from the Beast and they covered their ears. The monster clawed at its eye, catching the girls leg in the progress. She screamed, Losing her grip and falling to the ground with an unpleasant Thud. The drakon went silent and swayed to the side
"Frank!" Hazel yelled.
Frank turned back to see Hazel pointing to the Blonde girl, laying un moving in the path of beast. He sprinted over and scooped her up in his arms in time to avoid getting crushed by the falling creature. It hit the ground with a thud, Annabeth Watched frank run towards them and glanced around to see Hazel by Jasper and Piper Examining Thalia who seemed to be waking. Avril was now back on her feet. Frank reached Annabeth, the Blonde girl in his arms, breathing but unconscious . She instructed him to put her in a chariot while she helped Get the rest of them on their feet.
"Thalia!" she called to her friend as she approached her. Thalia Raised her head at the sound of her voice
"Long time no see" She said Wincing as she got to her feet. Avril walked back to the Chariots with Hazel, half carrying Jasper between them. Annabeth let Thalia lean on her as they walked together Piper on her other side. Once they were all in the chariots comfortably they headed back to camp.
Skye peeled her eyes open only to close them again the second the light hit her. she groaned and reached up to rub her eyes but the movement sent a wave of pain over her whole body.
"Ahhhh" she groaned lying flat on the bed.
She heard a soft footsteps and a male voice approach her, She cracked her eyes open and noticed him looking around, he seemed to search for something near her. Skye reached up to press against her ribs, where some of the pain was coming from and instead found herself pressing against bandages, wrapped tight around her. She pushed herself up into a sitting position with a Hiss of pain to examine her injuries,
"Woah woah, lie back down." The guy said firmly though it sounded gentle at the same time, soothing.
When she looked up from her bandages she saw, standing beside her, a somewhat tall guy. He had lightly tanned skin and black hair that went fell just over the top of his ears. He Cleared his throat and she looked at his Sapphire blue eyes that were glaring at her, she noticed he had a glass in one hand and a plate in the other.
"What" Skye asked completely forgetting what he had just said.
"I said lie down before you make your injury's worse" he gestured to her bandaged chest and only then did she notice she wasn't wearing a shirt.
An embarrassing sound jumped out of her throat as she scrambled for the blankets, she pulled them to her chest to cover herself
"What the Hell!" she yelled "where's my shirt!" She looked around frantically but saw nothing but a row of beds.
The guy cleared his throat again, catching her attention before e spoke "don't worry, I didn't see anything I'm just babysitting while the medics are busy" She Glared at him while holding the blanket to herself
"Well I hope you don't mean me, cause I don't need a babysitter" she said to him coldly. He stared for a moment then shrugged his shoulders
"okay then I guess you don't need this either" he grabbed the glass and plate he had set on the tabled next to her bed and turned to go.
Skye turned away from him defiantly but her stomach growled and she realized she hadn't eaten anything since she had been kidnapped, no that makes me sound like a child, she thought to herself, Taken captive. That's better. Since she had been taken captive yesterday. She glanced in the direction the black headed guy had went but instead saw him just a few feet away seemingly waiting for her.
"You sure you don't want it?" he asked her and being the self-righteous person she is she replied with a firm
"yes, I'm sure" before asking where she was.
"Well your in the medic's tent" he said plainly.
"No, I mean where about's am I" she said
"Oh," he replied looking like he had only now realized what she was asking "Oh, sorry. your on the north side" She looked back at him questionably,
"The north side?, The north side of where?" He stared at her and leaned against the bed beside hers
"um, the north side of the Medics tent" he put the plate and glass on the table between the beds and flopped down onto the mattress beside her own.
She though about killing him there and then for pissing her off but there was no one else around and she couldn't remember how she had gotten where she was.
"Alright," she smiled, gritting her teeth "just tell me where exactly I am" she held up a finger when he went to speak, Probably going to say the Medics tent or something, she thought.
"not in the medics tent, I already know that as you have so helpfully told me. Twice." He smiled at her and she had to hold herself back from lunging at him, sore ribs or not.
"I just want to know how I got here alright. not here the medical tent but here where ever the tent is" she tried to say politely. The guy lying in the bed next to hers seemed to think for a moment while she glared at him impatiently
"fine" he began "you are at a camp for, special people." he said slowly "and this medical tent is in the camp which is on long island sound, though i'm not sure you would have heard of it cause its kind of on the down low." Skye looked at him to see if e was lying but he simply rested his arms behind his head and closed his eyes
"what do you mean special people, sounds like a place for mental people" she said to him. He laughed before he answered with
"it is." then he sat up and stretched "you gonna eat that or not?" he asked her, She was confused until she saw him pointing at the table where the plat and glass rested.
"what is it?" she asked swallowing hard as her throat decided to pick this moment to go dry.
"this is a glass, we fill it with liquid and then we drink it" he said raising the glass to demonstrate his point he took a mouthful and made a satisfied,
"Ahh" Sound as he put it down "mmm just like mum makes" he said.
She growled at him but unfortunately for her he wasn't done,
"And this" he picked up the plate "is a plate, we place food on it so that we can eat it or carry it without making a mess" she stared at him as he took a bite out of what looked like cake, but shone like gold and smelled like honey.
"mmmm" he said placing the rest back on the plate "delicious" He gave her a smile and asked
"okay, now you know what they are, are you going to eat it or can I have it" she just stared at him so he went to take another mouthful of the drink.
She lunged forward to grab the glass, causing her ribs to scream in protest She yelped and snatched the glass out of his hand.
"could of asked nicely" the boy said as she sat back on the bed, hissing through her teeth she looked at the golden liquid in the cup for just a second before she took a mouthful.
The taste flooded her mouth, sweet and fresh and she couldn't quit think of what it reminded her of. She looked over the rim of the glass to find the boy Studying her, she shrugged it off then tipped the glass back for another mouthful. Skye was desperately trying to pinpoint how she knew this flavor. She went for another mouth full but the glass was yanked out of her hand. She looked around and realized the boy had been talking to her, well trying to, she shook her head as he continued
"what? give it back I'm still thirsty" she demanded. She waited for a reply and while he stared at her she noticed that she wasn't actually thirsty, that drink had made her feel like she wouldn't need another one for a week
"I said to take it easy with this" the boy was saying. "you don't need anymore, do you want to eat something or not?" he asked, she nodded, her head cloudy.
There was a feeling flowing through her, she felt stronger, lighter and her injury's didn't seem to her all that much. she reached forward for the sweet looking cake and realised the boy cross from her was still talking
"you hear me" he waved a hand in front of her face and she tried to shake the fogginess away
"I said did you hear me" he waited for a reply and when she shook her head he repeated himself "only small bites" he said clearly
"yeah, yeah fine" she said absently taking the food from the plate and holding it in front of her mouth, she took a small bit as she was told and felt as if she had been transported back to her old home.
Her mother and father were beside her as they sat around the round chunk of wood they called a table,. It had been a gift from her grandfather who worked with the builders. She looked down at the smooth wood remembering how rare tables or chairs where since most wood and steel had been used in repairs or the wall but her grandfather had managed to trade some old coin to get this small piece of wood, that he had smoothed and rounded so that his daughter my have a table to have dinner at with her family. Skye stared at it for a moment longer admiring the tiny swirls and names that her grandfather had carved into it. She ran her finger over her fathers name, than her mothers and her own. This was her favorite spot of the table where her and her parents names were, she knew there was other names round the sides like her grand parents and aunts, she had traced them with her fingers countless times but here was the spot where her two favorite people were and she always sat at this one spot. The smell flooded her senses as she watched her mother pull the meat off the fire, slightly burnt or extra crispy as her mum would say.
The next moment there was a plate in front of her half filled with pork which her father had traded a weeks pay to get and Vegetables her mother had earned while working in the fields. She smiled at her parents as she tasted the meat for the first time and she remembered them laughing together when she exclaimed how much she loved it. After hearing how much she loved it her parent had decided to make it an annual thing. Once a month they would trade for the ingredients. Her father was a guard so he traded with a hunter one weeks pay for a few pieces of pork, enough for the three of them. Her mother would do favors for other people to be allowed to pick the freshest of vegetables to go with their meal. Her mother would always burn the meat a bit and her father would tease her for it before he burnt his hand while cooking the vegetables but they would just laugh and it was still the best food Skye had ever had and the fact that her 'mommy and daddy' had made it together made her love it more.
That taste was exploding in her mouth making her taste buds blossom. The slightly burnt pork taste was perfect, she looked up and found that she wasn't in her old home with her parents. Instead she was in a strange bed In a medical tent, wrapped in bandages with a furiously annoying boy across from her who seemed to be studying her movements. She shook herself out of the daze she was in from the memory and put her annoyed face on
"what are you staring at" she demanded, the boy sat up straighter "Well?" she continued
"just making sure you didn't explode" he said casually, grabbing the plate and glass and standing up.
"where are you going" she asked, He Ignored her and turned around, walking away from her and disappearing behind a curtain.
It Had been fifteen minutes since the black haired boy had left and all that time Skye had sat there, fiddling with her hair and trying to replay the memory of her parents again without much luck. She tugged her hair twice then slid her legs over the side of the bed and stood up abruptly, sitting back down seconds later when her ribs reminded her they were injured and pain rocketed up her leg.
"Ahhh" she groaned and grabbed her side "Gods Damn it" she flopped back down on the bed and scrunched her eyes closed, soon drifting back to sleep.
"You okay?" startled from her semi-sleep she sat bolt upright, Her head colliding with another's.
"Shit-"
"Gods-" they both Cursed "what in Hades was that for?" the guy said.
One hand on her ribs one hand on her head Skye opened her eyes a little to see her assailant, Black hair was back.
"why did you sneak up on me?" she asked him. He stopped rubbing his forehead and stared at her
" I didn't sneak up on you, I heard you cry out, then saw you lying down looking to be in pain"
"I was, I AM!" she replied loudly "Grrr, now I have a headache as well" he scoffed and stood back up,
"Sorry princess" he said walking off again.
Skye lay there for another minute till she was sure the boy had left and slid from the bedd,standing up again and Gritting her teeth against the pain. She mumbled a few choice words under her breath and quietly limped towards the door
"Time to go!" she said, snagging a backpack from a hook near the door as well as a jacket to cover her bandages seeing as she still hadn't found her shirt. Luckily she wore a pair of loose track suit pants. She found some boots sitting at the end of another bed and dressed as quick as she could scanning the room for other useful items as she did so. She shouldered the bag and swung the door open.
Outside was a sight she didn't expect. Young kids running around, teens huddled in groups and horses walking about freely, It almost seemed normal. Skye slid round the side of the medical tent which seemed to be a cabin of some sort as opposed to an actual tent and backed into the shadows to observe her surroundings. It wasn't a terribly strange site apart from the sense of, What is that. Peace, serenity?. The children where running with swords and Shields towards the woods, the teens were huddle round a map discussing battle strategies and the horses, well the horses had wings so that was strange.
"okay so they drugged me, Great" Its not uncommon for children to be armed but to be so many together, as far as she knew there were only a handful of Towns left with systems like this, the ones with the huge walls like her old home. But as she glanced around, Skye couldn't see a single hint of a wall anywhere, actually she couldn't even see an adult. Even those Towns weren't wealthy enough to have supplies like the ones she saw lying around. Shields, Gold Swords, Tables, Animals, everything anyone would need to build an army was here.
Skye had been skulking around for a while before anyone noticed her. Though she had gotten good at spying over the years, she wasn't invisible and her injuries slowed her movements. When Avril saw her near the Apollo cabin she couldn't resist the opportunity to mess with her so she went off in search of her brother. Meanwhile Skye had spotted a group of people entering the large house sitting against the hill a short distance from her.
The first to enter was a Tall blonde boy with short but stylish hair holding hands with a tanned girl with choppy brown hair and a dagger strapped to her belt. Behind them Was a tall Asian boy who looked slightly familiar holding a spear in one hand with a bow and quiver slung over his shoulder. The girl behind him was short with wild dark, hair that complemented her dark skin. Following them were two guys who looked to be opposites, one dark and gloomy with scruffy black hair the other wearing bright colored clothes with hair like the sun. The last two stopped to talk on the porch. The boy was tall with scruffy Black hair wearing worn out jeans and an orange shirt, fiddling with something in his hand. The girl had curly blonde hair that flowed loosely down her back, wearing a similar orange shirt and ripped jeans. They spoke for a few minutes longer before heading inside.
"what are you doing?" a male voice asked behind her. Skye whirled around, swinging her backpack at the voice
"Woah Woah" she looked up to see Jasper Standing a few feet away arms raised innocently, looking a little worried.
"What are you doing" She asked him he lowered his arms
"I asked you first" He glanced at her backpack "who's is that?" there was a small silence in which Skye straightened up and stepped backwards
"A friends" she said slowly "I was just leaving though so," she spun on her heel to leave only to find Jasper in front of her again. Skye stepped back in surprise, looking between where he was and where he had just been
"how did you do that?" she asked. Jasper looked at her worriedly, then another voice behind her spoke
"Its Magic" Avril said behind her, Again she went to turn around only to have the world go dim.
