Chapter 2! So- It's snowing here, supposed to snow heavily all night and keep on snowing until tomorrow! So probably another chapter tomorrow. As long as the power doesn't go out, or that really old, really tall tree falls on our house, or the Beech behind our house or- Snowstorms are kinda scary
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I sigh and stretch. Percy keeps his eyes on the road. "Nice nap?" Percy asks. I yawn and nod.
"Yeah." I say. I look behind us. Charity is curled up in the way back, and Leo and Jason are in the middle row snoozing.
"What do you think caused them?" Percy asks suddenly. I turn and look at the Highway.
"I don't know. Maybe, maybe all those sci-fi stories are true." I say. "Maybe. But which one?" Percy asks. I consider this.
"Well- People say Virus, and then they kill, and if the virus gets you first you become one. But- who made that virus? Because these sorts of things don't happen on their own. There would have been warning stages before it evolved. So- Maybe someone released it- I assume by accident. But if it's not a virus then the zombies could-"I had been on a nice scientific rant but Percy cuts me off.
"Zombie?" He asks. I shrug. "What else are they?" I ask. "We call them BD's or Born Dead." He says.
"That's idiotic. Why?" I ask. Percy sighs as if he explains way too much.
"Most of us are in our 20s. Youngest is 17, oldest is 25. But- we used to have some older people. In their 30s and such. Well- one of the women got pregnant. When she gave birth- it was a zombie. It infected the mother. The father had to kill them both. After that, all of us had a pretty big fight. Then over half of us left. We don't know what happened to them. And we don't know if that was a singular occurrence or not. But if it wasn't-"Percy shakes his head.
"So- babies are born zombies?" I ask. Percy nods. "AKA BD's." Percy says. "Wow. Did anyone tell you that you talk too much?" I ask.
Percy smiles. "All the time." He says. I stay silent a minute. "The worlds a bit to quiet. We need more noise." I say.
Percy is smirking now. "What are we talking about?" I turn to see Charity Smiling. I pat my lap and she unbuckles and comes over.
"Why don't you sing?" I ask. She smiles. That's charity's gift. She can sing.
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.
When she was just a girl,
She expected the world,
But it flew away from her reach,
So she ran away in her sleep.
And dreamed of para-para-paradise,
Para-para-paradise,
Para-para-paradise,
Every time she closed her eyes.
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.
Charity's clear voice sings. Leo throws a pillow at my head. "What's with the noise?" He complains.
Charity frowns. "Shut up Leo. Charity was singing" I say throwing the pillow back at him. Leo catches it and yawns.
"So-Where's grub?" He asks. Charity moves back into the back, and tosses us a box of granola bars, which hit Jason in the head,
Properly wakes him up. "Ow" He moans. "Breakfast" He says after he's done moaning. He passes the bars around.
"Can I have one?" Percy asks. Jason smirks and Hands me an extra bar. I unwrap it and offer it to Percy.
He takes a bite. "Why couldn't you just steer with one hand?" I ask. He shrugs. "I like being hand fed by someone hot" he says wiggling his eyebrows. Cheesy.
"Dude- That's kinda wrong with a kid in the car" Jason says. "What is it?" Charity asks. "Nothing." I say.
"You do know I'm like 13 or something?" She asks. "Exactly. And your my sister" I say. Percy smirks.
We drive by a farmhouse. "Where are we?" I ask. Percy shrugs. "Maybe-Pennsylvania." He says.
Such a long way from New York. "Rainbow needs horse gear right?" I ask. Percy nods. I point at the houses flashing by.
"Farm houses. If someone raided they'd kill or cook the horses. They wouldn't take the supplies" I say.
Percy slams on the breaks making everyone fly forwards. Percy grins as he pulls into the closest farmhouse.
"I could kiss you" He says. He leans closer. I push him away. "Fuck you" I say. He smirks. "Time and Place" he says. I roll my eyes "Dream on." I say.
"Aww. Did my Dear cousin find His match?" Pinecones simpering voice crackles over the radio.
"Pinecone be quiet and get rainbow. We're somewhere with Horse Shit and we need someone to tell us what to get." Percy says.
"Jason. Stay in the car with Charity. Keep a radio and stay as backup. No fighting, no Snacking, No turning up the music. Leo, Raid the house, Annabeth, your Idea you find the tack. I'll carry it and then Help Leo. Move it People!" Percy Orders.
The three of us scramble out of the car. "Come on." I say. I walk towards the stables. "Rainbow here. Over." My radio crackles to life.
"Wise Girl here. Over. So Rainbow, we're in the barn. What tack do we need?" I ask looking around.
"Rainbows, Ponies-"My radio crackles with Leo's voice. "I'm gonna-"Rainbow begins. "Boys! Shut up. Now what gear do you need more of?" I ask.
Rainbow explains and we gather the tack. We load it into the car top carrier, and then Percy goes to help Leo,
While Jason fills up the Minivan from the gas in the truck.
I walk over to the fence and stand on it, looking over the overgrown fields that stretch all the way to the blue-grey mountains far, far away.
The valleys the wheat covers seems to be too much land. I swing up and sit on the fence.
Charity Jumps up and sits next to me. "Did you change?" I ask without looking at her. "Yeah. I see you did to." She motions to my clean clothes. I glance down at them.
I wear a tank top, an over shirt, Jeans, and Cowboy boots. They were in that girl's closet. My hair is back in a greasy ponytail.
"We'll need Showers next stop. I assume all of us" I say running my hands through Charity's Dirty hair.
She study's mine. "You need a trim." She says. I nod. My hair is getting a bit too long I turn back to the mountains. We settle back in our comfortable silence.
Then I see it. A wave of Dead. There moves aren't as clumsy as they were before, when this all started.
They move faster now. "Charity car now" I say. I jump down, helping her. As we run back to the car I speak into my radio.
"Car now! BD's crossing the fields. Closing fast. Move it People!" Charity jumps in first, Jason was already in the driver's seat.
Leo gets in the front seat, and we're already moving when I remember Percy. I see him running towards us.
I open the minivans door and He jumps in. I think he purposely lands on top of me. I push him off then have to reach past him to close the door.
Jason burns rubber. We watch the farm recede. "Thing 1 checking in. over." The radio on the Dash crackles to life.
Leo is busy with maps, so the radio is tossed to Percy. "And thing 2. You guys Ok? Over." A second voice says.
"We're fine Thing 1, Tell Rainbow We Got His Pony, and Thing 2 Where's Pinecone?" Percy asks.
"He's rolling his eyes Seaweed. Pinecone is at The Ocean" one of them says.
"Showers, you could use one. You smell horrible" Percy explains to me. I glare at him.
"Gee, Thanks. What every girl wanna Hears." I say. "A girl? Girl? Where? Seaweed how hot is this girl?" One of the guys asks.
"mm. Good question. Cleaned up, maybe in a little black dress with her hair all done up- a 6" Percy says.
I raise my eyebrow and Hit him. He winces but Glares at me. "Wise Girl packs a punch" Percy says.
"Reaally? The cute kind or the actual kind?" one of the guys asks. Percy sighs "Thing 2, Stop it. You'll meet her soon enough." Percy says. I nod. "Whatever. Just because you have a crush on her doesn't mean you have to get Tetchy" One of them says.
Percy glares at the radio. "That's the most idiotic thing I've ever heard." I say. "She speaks!" One of them says. How are you supposed to tell them apart?
"She is Wise Girl." I say. "Oh Dear princess we had no idea!" One of them says. "Stuff that mouth up your ass" I snap back.
"Ohhh Touchy. Touchy" One of them says. "What are you two doing?" I hear a girl's voice say.
"Flirting? Isn't that obvious?" One of them asks. "No. This is most obviously not flirting" I say.
"Scat. There might be something of actual importance come on" She says. Two pairs of loud clunking and complaining.
"Beauty Queen here. Over." She says. "Seaweed Over" Percy says easily slipping back from his glaring contest with the radio.
"Sparky good?" She asks. "Yeah Beauty queen. We're fine. How you holding without me?" he asks. Percy glances at me. I cross my arms and roll my eyes.
(Did anyone else notice that Charity might not actually be in the car? That wasn't on purpose, but would be pretty fucked up if she forgot her sister)
I glance back at Charity. She smiles. "You want a book?" I ask her. "Yeah. Thanks. It's kinda boring with you guys talking" She says.
I immediately feel guilty as I dig through my bag for a book. Nothing. I could have sworn I packed some-
"Let's play a game" I suggest. Leo and Percy stare at me.
"What?" Percy asks. "Charity's bored. I'm bored. Leo looks like he's having a blast reading maps upside down, Jason can even play" I say. "What game?" Percy asks in a sigh. Charity smiles mischievously. "Places" She says.
I assume you've played. You name a place starting with an A, Like Annapolis. Then the next person says a place that's starts with an S, Like Seattle and then- well you get the idea.
No repeating, whether or not it was you who said the place. You go around and around.
If you can't answer you pass, you can pass twice, and then you're out. Whoever stays up the longest chooses the next game. Or at least that's how we played it.
Charity and I play it all the time, so we can play easily, but Leo, Jason and Percy all have been more places so were pretty even.
As we play I scrub my legs, arms, neck, face and feet with wet wipes. Percy nods his approval. I roll my eyes. I do that a lot around him.
Then I use up some makeup. Mascara, Lipstick, some blush. I put on a tad bit of eyeliner too. I do the same for Charity, only I just pinched her cheeks and gave her some lip glaze. "Much better" Percy says. I scowl. "Dubai" I say, then say to Percy "It's not for your benefit"
Charity frowns with concentration. "Iceland" She says. I'm shocked nobody had used that yet. Then it was Percy's turn.
As he made up places because he can't think of anywhere real, I made dinner.
Trail mix, water, and chips. We eat slowly, enjoying the food.
"Ok. Tomorrow we reach the trails, there we have showers and such. We leave the car and we'll ride horses the rest of the way to camp, carrying as much supplies we can, someone will take the car, clean it, and then take the extra supplies towards where we'll leave for base camp. Then we hike up the Appalachian Trail until we reach camp. Once we get there, we re-cooperate, or you two do at least, then we pack up, and leave for base." Percy says showing me the map. I nod.
"So- What else do we do once we get there?" I ask. Percy smirks. "We've all got our talents, we find yours, hone it, and then you have your job." Percy says.
"It's a pretty decent life" He continues. "So- What are your special talents?" I ask.
His smirk deepens. "Oh gods not like that you idiot." I say.
"I find everyone's talents, I make sure everyone has an even amount of food, stuff like that. I pick up drifters like you, and I switch between camps a lot. Most people stay at least 6 months, sometimes more in one of the two camps. I just- Kinda move around" Percy says shrugging.
I can't imagine that as a life.
"I think we should get to sleep. We'll need the energy tomorrow, Leo switch with Jason next stop, then so on so you're not dead on your feet" Percy says.
I sigh and Settle down next to Percy and fall asleep to rhythmic breathing.
(I almost put Annabeths nightmare here. I decided that's next chapter)
I keep my eyes closed and let my head stay sleepy. Luke's arm is around me, and my head is buried in his chest, we share a blanket, and the two of us fit on the seat perfectly.
Wait- No. That's Percy's arm. I keep my eyes shut and even my breathing. I want to enjoy feeling safe, with my defenses down, even if I know it's fake.
"They still out?" I hear Jason ask. "Yeah. There both conked. I'm not surprised. If Annabeth was telling the truth, they haven't had much sleep for a long time" I hear Percy's voice. So He's awake.
"I hope she wakes up soon, I can't keep this position for long" Percy says.
"Sure, you mind a girl, a very hot girl might I add, asleep on your chest, sharing a blanket with you. And I'm Brad Pitt" Leo says sarcastically.
"You have the same amount of sarcasm." Percy says. I yawn and open my eyes. I blink a couple times, look down, and then swivel to look at Percy.
He looks asleep. He slightly smiles. I lick my fingers and twist them so they'll feel like lips. I press them to his forehead. He smiles wider, lower, lower, lower.
Finally he opens his eyes, probably expecting a kiss. He frowns, and I smirk. "Cute" He says. "I know" I say.
Then I lean over to my side of the seat. I stretch and yawn again. Charity wakes up.
"What are we doing?" She asks yawning. I pass the trail-mix around, and we eat.
"We'll be at the site in 15 minutes. Either I drive fast or you slept late." Jason says. I sigh.
Charity and I Quickly brush our hair, and our teeth, which after spending 3 days in a car basically non-stop, you learn how to spit out the window without hitting the car.
Then we pack up our stuff in our backpacks. "We're ready" I say as I put on my cowboy boots. Percy nods.
We turn into a gravel parking lot, an old house is just sitting there. I can see the stables, and we're really close to the mountains now- or we already where, because mountains surround us on all sides.
Some People rush out of the house. The door opens and Percy hops out. I get out then help Charity out.
She looks so innocent. Her blonde hair finally shines. Well- My hair is blonde. Hers is gold. That's where her name came from.
"Her hair is a gift from God. Charity"
My mother had said.
Leo and Jason get out, and then the people come closer. There all Guys, I note. "Percy" a few say.
"You have the gear?" A guy asks. He's Bulky guy, with a shaved head. His face isn't that- Attractive.
"Yeah Rainbow. We got the tack. Up here" Leo says. "That's rainbow?" Charity asks. Butch doesn't look to happy about that comment.
"Shh. be polite Charity" I say. She frowns. "She's ok" Butch says. "Are there horses?" she asks her eyes shining.
I used to have a horse. We had to sell her when- well When Mom and dad died. I know Charity is remembering too because her face is falling.
"Yeah. Do you know how to saddle a horse?" Butch asks. Charity nods. "Well come on then. I'll need some help" Butch says.
Charity grabs the bridles and follows Butch. "She'll be fine. If butch forgave Charity that fast you got nothing to worry about" Leo says. I nod.
I notice Percy is gone. Leo's already ahead. He turns back to see me. "Come on" He says. I follow.
The house is nicely furnished, just worn. I follow Leo into what must had been a dining room. Percy's pointing at the map.
"Annabeth? Can you recall where you saw the wave of zombies?" Percy asks me. I snort.
"Please. Ask me a hard question" I say. I mark where they were. "Coming through the valley like this strait towards us" I say tapping the map.
The guy nods. "Yup. Thanks. They might have been headed towards us, your right. We should go to base camp. Soon." He says.
"Your right Chris." Percy says. He glances at me. "I guess you can go get Charity, you two should get a shower in before we leave. And change" He says.
Then he turns to the only girl, who I hadn't noticed. She's hugging Jason. Her eyes are Brown- no Blue- No green, and her hair is choppy like she can't get enough time to properly cut it.
"Piper. Can you make sure we have enough food?" He asks.
I roll my eyes, and leave muttering "Men, So Full of themselves."
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