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Frank shot the arrow at the boy without thinking. Right after releasing the arrow, he realized that he was killing the boy. He was terrified of himself.
Then something even more terrifying happened.
The arrow went through the boy, as if it was made of air. All three of them froze. then Jason appeared and shot a lightning at the boy, and he fell unconscious.
The others hurried toward Percy and the boy who wasn't moving.
Piper gasped. "Is he... is he dead?" Her voice was shaking.
"No," Jason shook his head. "Just stunned. He will wake up any minute.
"He is a mortal. My arrow passed right through him... how..?" Frank was dumbstruck. He couldn't believe a mortal boy could beat Percy. Then Leo picked up the torn fan. "I haven't seen this material before. What is this?"
Percy picked up Riptide and uncapped it. "He could seize Riptide in it. Whatever it is, it's as strong as celestial bronze," he was breathing heavily. Annabeth walked to his side to comfort him.
"Look at this!" Leo said. He took out the boy's cellphone from his right pocket.
"Don't turn it on!" Hazel shouted. "You know we shouldn't be near that kind of technology!"
"Don't worry," Leo said. He examined it closely. "This was made by a demigod. A half-sibling of mine, I suppose. I'm sure it was used to eavesdrop on us," as he was saying that, he put the phone and the fan into his tool belt.
"But how come he is using demigod products if he is a mortal?" Frank asked.
"Maybe some of them made an alliance of something. And I think using these helped him see through the Mist," Annabeth said. "Don't you think we should tie him on a chair?"
They did tie the boy with wires on a chair. Piper examined him. She was sure she had seen him before. Then she finally remembered.
"This is him."
"Who?" Jason asked.
"About a year ago, I went to an international school in Cairo," she went on. "There was this boy, too. He was from England, but disappeared after a short time. There was a rumer he was under a false name and some of his friends suspected he was the one who attempted to kill the secretary of state."
The room went silent. "So... he is a teenage killer?"
"I don't know. I think I should interrogate him," she sighed. She hated to charmspeak, but it was the only way to find out who he was.
"Wake up.," she ordered. The boy opened his eyes and scanned the surroundings. Piper saw his eyes and startled at it. The boy had really serious brown eyes. /but it also seemed hollow. Like he had seen somebody close to him die.
Piper ignored the thought and concentrated. "Please answer me." she said. "What's you name?"
The boy hesitated for a moment. "Alex Rider."
"Why were you spying on us?"
He glared at the sound of 'spying'. "I wasn't spying. I needed to know who you were. I've seen drug dealers and killers using a ship as their base, so why shouldn't I feel suspicious of a cruiser which turned into a warship with teenagers using swords and speaking in codes?"
Piper couldn't say anything. She could see the others were confused, too. When she was about to speak again, she was hit by something and fainted.
Alex didn't want to knockdown a girl younger than himself, but he had no choice. Especially when the girl was interrogating him and started to get informations about him. He couldn't understand why he had answered to those questions.
He had been keeping the zit cream in his back pocket. He melted the wires with the last bit of the cream and freed himself. He had discovered that there was Mossberg 500 in the room. he saw people were using their swords even though they had a gun, so he assumed that they couldn't shoot well. He had to get the gun. He would never shoot them, but he could use it to force them to land.
He sprinted toward the gun. Too late, he realized that they must had dumped the gun because they didn't have any bullets. But he couldn't stop. He picked up the gun and very, very much relieved when he felt the weight of bullets in the gun, although the bullets weighted a little strange. He put his hand on the trigger. "Land, and let me out," He said furiously. But the blond boy who was trying to help the fainted girl up seemed angrier. Sparks literally flow over him. Alex had no idea what was happening. But behind the boy, something was forming.
Alex couldn't believe it. He wanted to believe it was an illusion, but something was being formed, and he couldn't had been more shocked. It was a Minotaur. I must be dreaming, He thought. His fingers moved against his will. He raised the gun, aimed and pulled the trigger. Then he was struck with lightning.
Annabeth was having a terrible day. Landing in Crete was dangerous. When they started to fly again, she was relieved, but he didn't expect to see a mortal boy beating Percy and Piper. And she couldn't stop thinking about that boy. First was his eyes. That were eyes that had seen too much. She doubted he had a harder life than her, but what he said before he attacked Piper was something she hadn't expected.
Who was this boy?
Alex Rider was obviously an English. His accent confirmed it. And it was certain he had a demigod ally who made him the fan and the iPhone. Probably a son of Hephaestus. But she knew nothing else except for the rumor Piper had told them. Annabeth couldn't decide if this boy was an enemy or not. He spied and charged at them, but he helped them by shooting the Minotaur accurately.
The Minotaur. When he shot the gun, she clearly saw the Minotaur turn into dust when it was mid-forming. Of course, this was Crete. Home of Minotaur. It was very likely that re-formed in his home territory, but she couldn't believe he re-formed inside the Argo II. The ship was supposed to keep out the monsters. Now they were nor safe at all. Even in the Argo II.
