AN: Hey to those who are actually reading this story! I know my updates are a little non-scheduled, but since its summer it could be the next hour, day, or week, I really don't know. Anyways...this chapter will get more into the demi-god world.
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"Here are your meals boys," setting three plates on the counter, I smiled at the elderly men ready to get their dinner. "Okay sugar, do you need anything else?" they all looked up at me and smiled before shaking their heads, but their smiles vanished as a giant roar came from outside the diner. When I turned and saw where it came from, I froze. It was the bike that cut me off earlier.
"Sarafine!" Gavin sang entering the diner, some of the 'popular' guys of the football team, "We all will take the 'Touchdown' special," the boys hooted as they sat in their usual back booth. Suddenly the door blew open and a massive man walked in and I saw everyone freeze. The man sauntered over to the counter in my section, he was extremely tall, UFC wrestler buff, buzzed brown hair, and burnt brown eyes.
"Uh, I'll be with you in just a moment, sugar, here's a menu for you," I said to the man as I walked out from behind the counter, "My name is Sarafine, but you can call me Sara if you want," I could feel his eyes on my back as I went to the back booth. My uniform only helped men's eyes to look at me, super short black shorts, red tight v-neck shirt, small black apron, and of course my boots.
"Hey Sara," the guys greeted me as I came up to their table.
"Okay, what will it be? Six Touchdowns and six waters?" I asked pulling out my order pad.
"You got it," Gavin winked at me as I wrote down their order, "Also, a turn around? Big game tonight," I rolled my eyes and walked back to the counter, where a new man sat with the other one.
"Hey Thomas, I got six touchdowns and they ordered a turn around," I said to the fry cook through the window to the kitchen while placing the order sheet through the paper spike. Thomas gave me a look as he flipped some burgers, "Big game, that's all I got."
"Hmm, girl, you going tonight?" Thomas had creamy black skin and was impossibly gay.
"Of course!" I laughed as I filled up their water glasses, looking up to the blonde at the counter seeing the other angry, "Hi, I'm Sarafine," the blonde looked up noticing my southern accent not hidden one bit, "Hey sugar you know what you want?"
"Apollo how could you? Link with that kid this entire time!" the big guy hissed, thinking I couldn't hear him cause of his low voice. I saw him glance at one of the guys Gavin was with. Peter, I think. He's always nice to me and asked me out quite a few times, all I turned down.
"Ares, shut it," he snapped back, both thinking I was oblivious to their small talk."Actually, what's a turn around?" Apollo asked me, his cobalt blue eyes looking into my eyes. Laughing I picked up the tray filled with water and looked at the blonde.
"Honey, you'll see in a little bit," I gave Gavin and the boys their drinks before going to the stereo system, picking up the mic I turned it on, "Hey y'all. So tonights the big game for Lockwood Academy," I heard the boys cheer, "Now they're facing off against Jefferson, and the boys wanted a little something to pump them up for the game," I saw the other female waitresses pulling off their aprons and getting ready, "So please bare with us, while we pump up our Spartans," I put in the CD labeled Spartans Turn Around with one song on it. Going behind the counter with Sally, we pulled out plastic containers.
As the beat began all the waitresses began banging, like drums, on either the tables or containers. Suddenly we all got on the counter and tables as the song began, dancing wildly and crazy.
A shot in the dark
A past lost in space
And where do I start?
The past and the chase
You hunted me down
Like a wolf, a predator
I felt like a deer in the lights
You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can't compete with the she wolf who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
Did she lie and wait
Was I bait, to pull you in
The thrill of the kill
You feel, is a sin
I lay with the wolves
Alone, it seems
I thought I was part of you
You loved me and I froze in time
Hungry for that flesh of mine
But I can't compete with the she wolf who has brought me to my knees
What do you see in those yellow eyes?
'Cause I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
Falling to pieces
I heard the guy's wild cheers as the song finished and we jumped down to the floor.
"Alright, what will it-" I looked over to the two men and saw them gone, "Great. Just great," I moaned placing the menu's back behind the counter. About an hour went by and service slowed, seeing that with the game so soon, couldn't risk missing any part of it.
"Sarafine, what are you still doing here?" Sally asked me, she was about 22 and dropped out of high school when her parents died, "You need to go to the big game," she never wanted me to miss out on any of my high school life, she was almost like my second mom, but unfortunately due to our boss and one horrible walk in to his office she never let me see her near him again.
"But what about Mike?" I asked, eyeing the horrible and gross office door out of the rest of the black, white, and red theme of the diner.
"I'll handle Mike, now go and enjoy your night," Sally took my order pad and pen, shoving me out to the employee parking lot, "Go!"
"Alright! I'm going!" I laughed giving up on the struggle for her to stop pushing me, "Thank you," I said hugging her.
"Go! Or I'll have Thomas make you!" acting like I was in fear, I ran to my car and drove back to my school for the game.
Sarafine, do not go to this game! the voice warned as I pulled into the parking lot, seeing Cato sitting in a space for me, I quickly pulled in and got out of my car, locking it Sarafine! Please, get back in the car!
"You got out?" Cato laughed as we walked towards the field, I didn't answer as I pulled on my grey leather jacket and showed the girls at the payment table my student I.D. "Surprised that the creep let you."
"Can we not talk about things that are depressing?" I asked going to the dirt hill where most students sat during the game, "I'm dying for good things," walking past the chain-linked fence Cato and I payed no attention to the game, "Wait, how did you get here?" my mind was racing with the same question for an hour so when I asked Cato it just lifted a giant feeling off of me.
"I walked," Cato shrugged, well tried to, he can't shrug with his crutches. Suddenly some of the students from Jefferson bumped into Cato who bumped into me, which caused my thigh to get cut on the fence.
"Oops, maybe you should look where your going," the tall guy who bumped into us laughed, "Next time just stay in the handicapped spot," he and his friends laughed as they walked past the water fountain. My blood boiled, I hated it when people picked on Cato because of his crutches.
Someone needs to teach this hot head a lesson, I growled to myself, then with just a loud POP! the water fountain was spraying water on the jerk and his friends.
"Hey hot shot!" I called to the soaking wet guy, "Nice pants!" I laughed at the water mark on the front of his pants at his crouch area.
"Sar'!" Cato gasped, his eyes were huge as he looked at my leg.
"Don't worry, it's just a cut," I shrugged it off and started walking again, but Cato stopped me, "Cato?" his eyes were searching the people around us, like they were a potential threat, "Cato what's wrong?" finally his eyes landed on someone, the head coach of Jefferson.
"We need to get to your car," Cato whispered, panicked.
"What? Why?" Cato's eyes didn't leave the coach, but the coach's snake like eyes were focused on me, but more focused on my cut and the blood trickling down my thigh.
"Now!" Cato hissed pushing me towards the exit.
Sarafine, run! the voice yelled, as I pulled out the keys to my car. Glancing back I saw the coach standing in the entrance to the field.
"Drive. Get on the highway and go towards Long Island," Cato ordered as I sped out of the parking lot.
"Cato, what the hell is going on?" I asked pulling onto the highway, no traffic, of course not. Its a monday, who wants to go home on a monday at 10:30?
"I really don't know how to tell you," Cato rubbed the back of his neck while not making eye contact with me. Sighing, I got comfortable in my seat with my left hand on the steering wheel and resting my chin in my right palm.
"So tell me from the beginning," I suggested, I could tell on how alert Cato was, that the place he wanted to go to was going to take a long ride, "We have the time," we sat in silence for a while, my muscles twitched to move as I rubbed my eyes.
"I was suppose to protect you," he sighed.
"Protect me?" I sat up straighter, still comfortable, "Cato, you can barely walk, how are suppose to protect me?" I glanced over at Cato, who shot me The Look, the one he mastered to give me when I was being stubborn or impatient, "Where the fuck are we going? We've been driving for a while and past the major exits," I saw Cato open his mouth to answer but my phone rang, "No," I groaned hearing the ring tone. Beth. Cato handed me the phone from my bag and I ended the annoying ringtone, "Hello?"
"Where are you?! Your shift ended an hour ago!" her shrilly voice made me wince away from the phone.
"I'm at the game," I quickly thought of a lie, trying to save my ass, "Mr. Brunner wanted us to compare football to Greek wars."
"I don't care what Mr. Brunner wants!" Beth sneered Mr. Brunner's name, "Who the hell is suppose to make Larry's dip for his poker game?!" she said with a screech.
"I don't know! Get off your lazy ass and make it yourself!" I angrily ended the car before letting out a scream, "I hate them!"
"Hey," Cato said in a soft voice to calm me down, "Where we're going," he pointed to the exit for a forest road, "You never have to see, hear, or think about them again," my heart swelled with a sudden joy as I looked at him.
"Are you serious?" suddenly something ran in the road in front of us, "Wow!" I screamed swerving away from the thing but clipped it, sending my car into a barrel roll and flips.
"Sara!" Cato screamed over the ringing in my ears, my vision was in fragments as I saw the car flipped upside down and my head against the cracked window.
"Cato," I coughed as I struggled to open my door, briefly I glanced in the cracked side mirror and saw a figure walking towards the car, "Cato!" suddenly arms were around me and pulling me out of the car.
"Come on," Cato grunted helping me up and pulling me into the forest. With no crutches.
"Cato your walking!" I gasped as we continued deeper into the forest.
"There's no time!" Cato yelled running towards a stone arch lit by torches, at first I thought the words carved into the top of the arch was Greek but then as I slowed my pace from sprinting to a walk the words were clear as day CAMP HALF-BLOOD, "Sarafine!" as he looked back at me, suddenly something was around my waist and whipped me towards a tree, "Your sword!" my vision was blurry again as I felt something in my pocket. The lip gloss tube.
If what happened with the fury was real, then the tube was actually a sword and shield. Quickly opening the lip gloss, I was armed with a sword and shield.
"Wow!" I screamed as fire came at me, but I blocked it with my shield. Finally able to see my foe clearly, I saw that it was some sort of serpent man who breathed fire. Suddenly with a quickly flick of his tail, Cato went flying into the arch, and when he landed on the ground, he was unconscious, "What do you want!"
"Daughter," he hissed, I glanced at Cato then the snake man confused. The fury or Mrs. Green called me that before she tried to get my blood, "Your parents knew you were weak, that's why they left you!" my blood was on fire with rage.
"No!" I screamed flinging my shield on the ground sprinting towards him, he shot bows at me and they piercing my skin, but I didn't care, my rage was to great for pain. Going purely on instinct that made my mind scream at me for being crazy, I launched myself at the snake man.
Suddenly my movements stopped, his spear in my abdomen, but my sword went through his neck. His head and my body hit the ground at the same time as my vision that was once clear began fading and becoming a harsh violent blur.
"Sara?" Cato's voice echoed around me as I tried to walk. Just making it past the torches, my body fell to the soft earth, my blood seeping into it, "No."
"I can't," I tried to say, but my soul plummeted into darkness and my vision went black.
AN: Wow! Cliffy! I am updating very soon, clear schedule. So what will happen to poor Sarafine? Is she already a goner? Reviews are always appreciated to those who are reading!
Also the song used in this chapter is She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) by David Guetta feat. Sia.
Xoxo - Scar
