Chapter 4: Camp Remus
I ran behind, Eli, he had stayed in wolf form, so no friendly puppy, just a wolf that could snap my arm in one bite. We were running up the mountain we were on the base of when the Khalkotauroi attacked our bus. Eli was really fast, dodgeing around trees, clearing the underbrush as it were no problem. Mel was quite nimble, but nowhere near Eli. I held my own, moving pretty fast, but Bruce, forget it, he just plowed through the brush and trees, and I mean, he actually knocked over some trees, most stayed put, and he had to move around them, but some of the trees gave way to his strength.
Eli slowed to a trot, then a walk. You don't know how amazing it is to walk until you've ran all out for like an hour or so uphill, trust me, I know. Eventually, after a few minutes of silent walking as we caught our breath, Mel spoke up, "Percy, how did you..?" she took a gasp of air then finished, "kill that thing?"
I was about to give my normal answer of, "I don't know," but Eli spoke up first. I sensed something strong in this one"
"And what exactly does that mean," I asked, "and why are you talking?"
"I mean, you are a powerful demi-god, half human-half god, I am able to speak because I am son of Lupa, and part of the pack of Lupa. Lupa is the trainer of all Roman heroes and her pack goes out and finds them for her, like me."
"So your taking us to this Lupa, is she a wolf too?" Asked Bruce, who had been eerily quiet since the incident on the bus.
"Yes, and Yes, now quiet, we must reach Camp." Commanded Eli.
"Camp?" Asked Mel.
"Yes, on the Bay, Camp Remus, named after the brother of Romulus, who the Roman empire was named after."
"Of course," muttered Mel
We walked in silence until we saw the top, I ran towards it, and once I reached the toop, I held my breath, all I could see, for miles and miles, was the Pacific Ocean, it was breath-taking. At the base of the mountain was a bunch of dots, a I assumed that they were buildings of this Camp Remus .
My thoughts were clarified as Eli walked up next to me with Mel, Bruce was still a bit behind, he exclaimed "Camp Remus!"
Exited, I looked back to Bruce and said, "Race ya." And I took off down the mountain on a well worn trail that was leading down from our present position. I had just realized that I has hungry and bloodstained, and that camp meant food and shower, so I forced my feet to go faster.
Bruce called up, "Your on!"
And Mel cried, "Wait for me."
Eli took off behind us, he looked a bit on end.
We raced down the mountain toward Camp Remus, what a great feeling.