Chapter 2 – Elizabeth's POV

Which was extremely scary, and at one point I actually thought he was going to kill me. It's weird how thing turn out.

It was a regular Wednesday to me, the last few days I was staying in an abandoned building, I was moving from place to place about every two weeks, unless there was a monster or even worse mortals. I've been doing this for seven years, you would think I would have found the place my mother told me about, well no, obviously. I was packing up my few possessions, a few T-shirts, few pairs of jeans, my run down pair of black vans, and my knife. I was eating one of my granola bars, when I heard a noise.

SHIT!

Mortals, or as they call themselves architects. The came by last week to talk about designs and knocking down certain walls. They weren't supposed to show up know, FYI I know that because last time they came, I hid in the air vents and overheard their entire conversation. I quietly ran to the fire escape, and started to climb down. It was freezing outside and no I have no immunity to the cold because of my powers okay.

I was walking through the streets, block after block passed by, the sun was fading fast, I ate another granola bar, I had about seventy, from when I stole about seven boxes of the stuff.

Day was turning to night, and I saw no sign of a place that I could call temporary home.

The moon was almost at the top of the sky, when I saw a place, a rundown old factory in the middle of a dead construction site had a light inside, not one you get from artificial light but a campfire.

Something inside me made me want to go in, to explore. After a few minutes of talking to myself, I went inside. I walked inside getting closer to the light with every step, I was getting extremely nervous, and my power starts to build up when I'm nervous.

I put my hand out on a chain dangling from the ceiling, my sight was actually okay, due to the fact I spent a lot of my time in darkness.

Frost built up on the chain, making it extremely fragile, then it snapped, I heard a loud crash, probably the chain was attached to something, and it just fell. Gosh I'm feeling lucky.

Frost was spreading across the floor, emanating from my feet.

I heard a very masculine voice, saying something along the line of, stay here, I crouched by a car chassis. I heard footsteps, and turned around and shot ice blindly in the direction of the noise, I heard a smash, and walked forward.

I'd hit someone, some guy, he was pinned against the wall only his head and right hand, which was wielding a metal baseball bat, stuck out of the blob of ice.

I walked out of the shadows and said

"Who are you?"

"And just why should I tell you?" was his response, he seemed dark, and horrifying even if he was stuck to a wall.

"Answer it," I raised my hands "Or you'll become an ice sculpture!" I was hoping to be scary.

"I've faced worse than little girls who can freeze people!" Yeah, I'm not that scary, not to him.

"What kind of life do you live?" Was an ice shooting woman natural to him?

"Oh, my life is filled with adventure, although sometimes the adventure has a bit of a temper."

This guy is creepy, he reminded me of hellboy with that line, I was half expecting him to say, there are things that go bump in the night, I am the one to bump back, this boy was definitely intriguing to say the least, my hands fell, as my curiosity grew.

"That really doesn't answer my question." I stated

"Well it's the only answer I'm giving, especially in my current predicament."

"Well if you want to get out of your current predicament, I would rethink that last line."

"Sorry, I only share when I'm outside the ice, I'm funny like that."

I lifted my right hand, concentrating on ice, to get my power going, blue light circled my hand.

"You are really liking this bedtime story aren't you little girl." he said

That pushed me over the edge, I shot ice that hit the wall next to his shoulder. Thinking that would get the reaction I wanted, it didn't.

"Someone's got a tempeeeeeeeeeer…Oh fine, have you ever heard of the Greek gods?"

"Like Zeus, Poseidon and Hades?"

"Yeah along with like a few dozen more, they are still alive, and they have kids with humans, these people are called half-bloods, I, my dear, am one of those said half-bloods."

"Seriously, I thought I would never meet another half-blood."

"You're a half-blood too, and just who, if you don't mind me asking, is your godly parent?"

"I do mind you asking that!"

"Well like you said before you might want to rethink that last line!"

"And just what reason is there for doing that?"

"US!" a strange voice called out, I turned to see two kids, stepping into the light.

I shot ice at them, they dodged it and started circling me edging closer to the kid on the wall.

"Ohhh, you didn't tell me you had friends! Who are they?" Sarcasm was just oozing out of my voice, it was really obvious.

"Your worst nightmare! Your doom! There's probably a few more, but we can settle for one of them, for now!" the girl said, first impression, smart ass!

"Let my brother go! NOW!" the little kid looked nothing like the other kids brother obviously it wasn't by blood, but it warmed my heart, okay fine, just little bit. This guy had a family, something I didn't.

"Calm down, you little firecracker, it was his own fault, never would have done it, if he hadn't tried to jump me… and don't ever use that tone with me, or you'll end up like him!"

"And if you touch them, I swear I'll tear you to pieces!" SHIT, THE GUY WAS SCARY! He looked like he could kill me in a second, I hope that ice holds him.

"And he never would have tried to jump you if you never came here!" the girl said, oh so matter of factly.

"Well sorry! I saw a light, and I thought I could stay here."

In that instant her face changed, into concern,

"Are you on the run as well?" she asked, she looked really different, did I run into runaways?

"Yes, though I'd rather not talk about it. And I am sorry that I froze you, it's just a reflex, and I honestly have no idea how to get you down, apart from melting it, which on a cold night like this, may prove to be an impossible task."

Something inside me changed after the girls question, I don't know what though

"What if we hit it repeatedly with a hammer?" the little boy asked, clearly younger in the head than on the outside.

"It won't work, we might shatter him into shards."

"It's we know is it?" The girl said, she seemed a little ticked off.

"I want to help too; I don't meet many other half-bloods. I thought that would be obvious as to the fact that I am alone!" I shouted, that was a sore spot for me.

Silence fell yet again, until I heard cracking, the boy on the wall was straining, cracks were appearing on the ice, tiny bits falling off. Until the ice completely smashed the boy had broken all of it, only some of it had stayed on the wall. The boy landed in a crouch, smashing some ice beneath his feet.

Then he stood up and walked over to the others like it was nothing. I was stunned to say the least.

He threw his arms over the others and said,

"Do you want to join our band of misfits?"

WHAT! He was offering me to join them, have a family! SERIOUSLY!

I could have a family again, FANTASTIC! I didn't even hesitate

"HADES YES!"

I ran to him, hugged him, I even started crying. Then I hugged the others. Still crying.

"So what's your name?" The big boy said.

"Elizabeth Cain. You?"

"This is Victoria Lensky, over here we have William Johnson."

"Yes, but, who are you?"

"I am Christopher Jacobson."