Hello. I'm back. So, here's the second chapter of 'The Lightning Girl'. I'll try to post new chapters every week or so. I'll really try. Anyway...
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING REALATED TO OR IN RICK RIORDAN'S 'PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS' OR 'HEROES OF OLYMPUS'
Alexa's P.O.V.
I have no idea what just happened. One minute I'm battling a fire demon from Tartarus itself, the next thing I know, I'm on a boat...in the sky? I'm probably just as confused as you are, if not more.
Which reminds me: I should probably introduce myself. My name is Alexa. I'm 16 and I'm a demigod. That's really all I know about myself so far. I can't really remember anything else. I don't even remember my last name! I woke up in the woods about a month and a half ago and ever since things have been slowly coming back to me. I still need an explanation for this ring. It's just a simple, woven-band ring that's split it two; gold on one side and silver on the other. I found out that when I turn it so that the golden side is facing up, a golden shield appears on my wrist. Useful, I guess, but I don't really have a weapon to actually fight with yet. The silver side...well, I haven't really found out what that does yet. When I turned the ring so that the silver side was facing up, nothing happened.
Now, I know what you're thinking: "If she's a demigod, then who could her godly parent possibly be?" And honestly? I don't know. One of the many things that I have yet to remember/discover.
As I wake up, I take in my surroundings and can only assume that I am in the sick bay of the flying ship; clean beds, some medical supplies, etc. Only question (there are actually a million questions I want to ask at this point) is: who else is on this ship? I know that there are other people. I saw quite a few before I passed out. One, in particular seemed familiar. The blond guy with the scar on his lip. I feel like I know him, but since my memory is blank, I have no idea who he is.
Before I could think about it for too long, a girl with choppy hair with a few braids and a feather in it walked in. She was carrying a tray with some food on it. At the sight of the food, I realized that I was starving.
"Oh, good. You're awake." She said with a smile.
"Yeah. Um, who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Piper." She replied. "What's your name?"
I cleared my throat "Alexa."
"Nice to meet you, Alexa."
"You, too. So...where am I, exactly?"
"In the sick bay of the Argo II." She replied while setting the tray down next to my bed. I would've eaten something if not for the whole new question arose.
"The Argo II? There's another one?"
"Yep." She answered with a casual voice. "All thanks to our repair boy, Leo Valdz."
'Huh, I might want to meet him later.' I thought to myself. "Wait, so are all of you demigods?" I asked. Before she could answer, however, a loud crash was heard right before the whole boat shook. "What's happening?"
"We're under attack." And with that response, I knew the answer to my previous question: yes.
Piper got up and told me "Stay here." But, of course, what could I do except the exact opposite of that? Soon after she left I decided to follow her. We ran up the steps to what looked like the main deck where a giant, squid-like creature was attacking the ship. 'Yep.' I thought to myself 'Definately demigods.'
"Percy!" The blond dude from earlier yelled. "Can't you tell that thing to stop attacking us?!" What is he talking about?
"I'm trying! It's not working!" The guy who I assumed was Percy yelled back.
"Maybe it's not in Poseidon's domain! It's probably another one of Gaia's monsters!" A girl with blond hair yelled to the two of them.
"OH GREAT! Another one! When are you gonna give this up, dirt-face?!" A guy who looked like a Latino santa's elf yelled at the sky. I knew there was more important things to worry about at the moment, but I couldn't help but notice that he was...kind of cute. I snapped out of my short train of thoughts when one of the monster's tentacles hit the deck of the ship, almost knocking me off my feet.
Everyone was scrambling to help fight off the monster; the blond guy, the black-haired guy, the blond girl, and Piper were all trying to either hit it with their swords or daggers, a big guy was firing arrows and, occasionally, turned into some kind of animal (well, that's new), a girl with dark skin looked like she was about to throw up, and the cute, Latino santa's elf seemed to be trying to keep the ship from falling apart by swinging wii remotes around. Never thought I'd say that sentence.
Just then, another one of the beast's tentacles swung at me and on instinct, I put my hand over my head and closed my eyes, prepared for impact. That never came. I opened my eyes to find that the monster's tentacles that almost crushed me had retracted and the beast as withering in pain as it shrank back into the sea. Well. That happened.
Everyone turned and stared at me in shock. "What?" I asked with confusion.
"You just...struck that monster with lightning...from your hand." The big archer/shapeshifter dude said to me, surprise very evident in his voice.
"What?" I asked, more surprised and confused than ever. I looked down at my hand and noticed that my ring was tuned toward the silver side. 'Oh...' I thought 'So that's what it does...' Just then I was overcome with memories as they all came back to me at once. I fell to the ground, vaguely aware of footsteps rushing over to me. I remembered everything now. I looked up, and once again, there was the blond guy with the scar on his lip: Jason. "I know you." I said to him.
"Me?" He said, gesturing to himself. I got up and looked him in the eye.
"You're my twin brother."