Hey everyone! This is probably my quickest update ever because I felt really bad for keeping the chapter so short. Either way, here is the next chapter.
Chapter 4: The Exploring
Corrine glared at Ash. She was suspicious of Ash and it seemed like she was getting special treatment from the "imitators" as they called themselves. Corrine was almost certain that Ash was working for them.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Ash told her flatly. Corrine kept glaring at her.
"Of course you know what I am talking about, you are the only one who didn't have their godly parent or last name revealed." Corrine said. Ash just looked at her with a blank expression.
"That doesn't matter, I was kidnapped just like you." Ash replied.
"You can try to fool them but you won't fool me, I know you are team up with those-" Corrine started but was then cut off by Ash covering her mouth with her hand.
"Don't insult them." She hissed. Corrine pried the hand off her mouth.
"Sticking up for them now are you." She spat. Ash stared at Corrine.
"You haven't put the pieces together. They said they could imitate anything and that is why they were called the imitators. Considering I don't see why they would lie, they already have us captured, they probably wanted us to connect that they are everywhere and nowhere at the same time. They are probably listening in on our conversation right now, you saw what that one girl did to Matt after he "insulted" her, if you seriously insult them, do you want to face the consequences." She said. Corrine looked at her.
"How do you know so much?" Corrine asked.
"No, she's right, Corrine, I was just about to come to the same conclusion." James spoke up.
"Taking her side are you." Corrine asked him.
"It makes sense, think about it. They aren't going to let us roam around totally free. That doesn't make any sense at all. It's dangerous and isn't very smart of them. They told us about their abilities to keep us on edge and to see who can connect the dots when given to them. I can guarantee a few others came to the same reasoning as Ash." James told her. He needed others to see Ash's side. Of what he could tell, Ash was still in complete neutral territory in all of this. She appeared to be a valuable asset and believe it or not James saw a little bit of himself in her, not that he would ever tell anyone, either way he wanted her on his side when all this stuff came down to which side was stronger. If he supported her ideas maybe she would be more likely to accept him. Like Corrine he did have his suspicions about her, some was off with her, but he wasn't stupid enough to make a decision that quickly and when the person in question was someone like Ash, their appearance alone told you they were powerful.
Thankfully, he was right that the others saw the sense in Ash's words. Except Dexter and Seraphina who were still confused on everything, but you could tell Seraphina didn't want to show it. So like everyone else she said she agreed with Ash and left it at that.
Corrine glared at Ash. "Well you know about us, tell us about yourself, unless you really do have something to hide."
Ash surveyed Corrine. She clearly wanted answers from Ash. She tried to figure out how to answer, she had to be careful. She didn't want to say something that would rise even more suspicion. "I don't know my godly parent, I didn't even know I was a half-blood until know, I had my suspicions but I didn't fully believe it until know."
"And what about your last name." Corrine asked.
"That isn't something I wish to say. Whether or not you know what it is though isn't important. Last names just tell you the person's family, nothing else. If you don't come from an important family the only thing someone could using by knowing a last name is well as I am sure you guys know names have power. I don't care to let you know my last name because it is nothing important, and nothing you need to know." She replied flatly. "Now I am going to go try and find a training room. If anyone cares to join me they can." And with that Ash walked off.
It was Olivia that spoke up. "Something is off about her."
"That's what I have been trying to say all along, but you all agreed with her." Corrine said sharply.
"No, I mean I have the same powers as my mom. I can sense the ghosts someone is angry or upset by and she had none, but it wasn't like there was no deaths she was upset by, it was like something was blocking it. Almost like she had some but she didn't know who they were. I have never seen anyone like that."
"Yeah well, either way, I don't trust her. Who else doesn't think she is what she says she is?" Every other person in the group raised their hand.
"Before we continue can someone explain what is going on to me." Dexter asked. He knew about the greek myths but he was having a little trouble processing it all.
It was Kiyan who replied. "My vote is that we have a few people go see if they can find out anything more on Ash, while the others stay here and give Dexter and Seraphina the orientation on demigods."
Many heads nodded in agreement. Olivia looked over towards the hallway Ash went down. "We should decide one guy and one girl to go find Ash. I guess for the guy it should be James, because she will probably trust him the most and I can go as the girl. She doesn't know much about me yet so it makes sense. The rest of you get to know each other and explain everything to Dexter and Seraphina."
Everyone decided that this was a good plan. So while, Corrine started with the demigod speech, James and Olivia left down the hall Ash walked down.
"Did she tell you anything?" Olivia asked the boy beside her.
"No, not really, she didn't trust but we don't trust her so…" James said. He really wanted to stop talking, possibly go somewhere to think ALONE. But he was either paired up or stuck with someone. Ash wasn't too bad, when she was around he didn't really have to talk. She didn't really talk too much either, so as much as she hasn't proved trustworthy she would probably be the best partner if he would prefer to keep things private.
"I don't know that she is working with the imitators, if I had to guess she was just as surprised about it as we were." Olivia said.
"Yeah, I kind of think that two but what else would she be hiding?" He replied.
"I don't know, and I don't really want to talk with her that much. She is very… I don't know the word for it, of course I like to be alone so that could play a part in it." They walked in silence for a few minutes before from down the hall the heard another voice.
"WAIT UP!" James recognized the voice as Dexter's. He sighed, Great another person in our group how big is it going to get.
"What do you want Dexter? I thought the others were explaining everything to you." He asked.
"Well, they finished explaining and had the idea to explore and I decided I wanted to join you and help look for Ash. I was told my dad is the god of healing, and I realized this," He pulled out a syringe. "Allows me to take someone's powers and give it to someone else, and apparently the others have a theory my tears can heal. I don't exactly know where they came up with that but if it comes down to it I could be of help." Dexter told them.
James nodded. Depending how Ash reacts, Dexter's skills and powers might be useful. But he would still prefer to be left alone. Suddenly he had an idea.
"Olivia, how about you and Dexter go left and I go right from now on. That way we will be able to cover more area and find her quicker." He said and not waiting for a reply he turned right down the hall.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" Dexter asked Olivia.
"I don't know I just hope he finds her and not us. I would prefer not to talk to her."
"She looks okay but she seems a little scary for my taste. I mean she is kind of emotionless, we don't know her last name or godly parent, and well Ash is kind of a creepy name." Dexter said.
"You think she is creepy? What about everyone else?" She said.
"Well, everyone else seems okay, some others scare me slightly but none are as bad as Ash seems." Dexter said… "But I am not accusing her or anything."
"Everyone else is accusing her, why aren't you."
"We have no proof of anything yet, I don't think it is fair that we judge her like that before we completely know her."
After that Dexter and Olivia walked in silence.
James wasn't having much luck finding Ash. But of course he kind of stopped looking, after a while, instead enjoying the time alone he was getting, knowing he wouldn't be getting much of it after today. He walked around looking in some of the rooms. The house was a lot bigger than what he had originally thought. There was four floors and multiple rooms on each floor. He didn't exactly know how he was feeling about everything. So far just by looking at people and what he knew he was separating who he would try to become friend-like with and who he wouldn't really pay attention to. The people he liked the most currently where Olivia, Dexter, Damian, Kiyan and Skye. They all seemed okay, of course he already slightly knew about Olivia, Skye and Damian. The people he have decided he would probably just leave alone and not pay attention to were Corrine, Seraphina, and Matt.
The one person he was confused on was Ash. He didn't know what to think of her yet. So he would just have to wait and see.
Meanwhile, Matt and Sera were walking through the halls together. When everyone decided to spread out he chose to hang with Sera, because she was really hot.
"So Matt, what's it like at Camp Half-Blood?" She asked.
"Oh it is filled with some complete idiots, but there are some cute girls." He told her.
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Why?"
"Because there isn't much to talk about and you keep mentioning how girls are cute. I am bored so it seemed like a question to ask."
"Well, Do you have a boyfriend then?"
"Answer my question first."
"Well if you won't answer I won't."
Sera thought. She actually didn't have a boyfriend currently but she wouldn't tell Matt that. That was basically inviting him to hit on her. Little did she know, Matt didn't currently have a girlfriend either. He had just broken up with the one he had been dating and hour before he got kidnapped and didn't have enough time to choose a new one. "Fine, I do have a boyfriend, happy." She finally said lying gracefully and smoothly so he wouldn't know she was lying. "What about you?"
"No, a person with my amazing looks doesn't have a girlfriend." He told her sarcastically. "Of course I have a girlfriend!" He lied.
Before she could reply, she walked into someone.
"Hey watch it! I was walking." She yelled at the person. Only to see the person was Skye.
"Sorry, have either of you two seen Damian?" She asked.
"No. Why would we?" Sera spat at her.
"Dapollo, why are you looking for him?" Matt asked.
"I just need to ask him something. I just remembered." Skye said. "I have to go. Bye!" And with that she ran off.
Kiyan, Corrine and Damian all decided to look around together. Everyone else was wandering around somewhere else. Corrine still thought Ash was up to something but she let it drop for now. Let the people who were chosen to look for Ash think about her. Instead she decided to get to know the two she was walking with. She knew a little bit about Damian but she wanted to learn more. These two she decided would probably be her 'friend-like' people here, Skye was okay too. So the group of four of them would be good. As for the others, she wanted nothing to do with Ash, Olivia was okay but she got the feeling that Olivia would choose to be alone more often than not, same thing with James, Matt and Seraphina, were two that she wouldn't really talk to and Dexter was well… Dexter. She sighed. She would have to get used to everyone though. They would be living together afterall.
The lead imitator was watching everyone. He was observing their skills. Ash was able to connect all the dots well, so was James, Kiyan, and Damian. Sera and Dexter were taking this sudden news about being half-god well. However, he found many of the people didn't trust Ash. Which was exactly what he wanted, at least for now. He needed only one person to grow close to her. He would let fate decide who but he had a feeling he knew who it would be. He quickly glanced at the security monitor screen that was showing the training area. Someone had finally found Ash. This would be interesting.