Percy's POV
A Sacrifice. That's what Melinoe wants. A stirring has formed in the crowd now. That only causes Jocelyn to freak out even more when she emerges from the bathroom.
"—your soap smells like apple pie and it—" She says until she sees pale faces surrounding them. "What happened?"
"Go home," Chris tells her.
"What? Why?" She asks.
"Just go."
"You're coming with me!" She grips Chris shirt sleeve and pulls him to the door. She passes through but Chris just bounces off like a repelling magnet.
"I can't. It is literally impossible. Just, check on your family…" Chris says. So Jocelyn left.
"So!" To break the silence and the horrible news, I try to be funny. "Who wants to volunteer?"
No laughs. Only stares.
"What about you? I like that idea…" Manny points me out to the others.
"No!" Annabeth screams! "No one with families or relationships!"
"Than that means Annabeth, Sam, Maria, Davido, Me, Manny, Lauren, Ana, Chris, Percy, Bridgette, Nico, and the gods to um not get sacrificed!" Tony counts the statistics
"We're not together!" Bridgette and Nico scream.
"Would you like to volunteer?" Davido asks them. They thought about it.
"Nico DOES!" Bridgette yells.
"No, Bridgette does!"
"NICO!"
"BRIDGETTE!"
"NICO!"
"BRIDGETTE!"
"NICO!"
"BRIDGETTE!"
"ELIDA!" Elida screams. All eyes turn on her… "Dang, I thought you wouldn't notice me…"
"How about Elida?" The rest of us converse.
"Excuse me?" Elida asks, offended.
"Excuse me as I leave the room for a sec…" Ana says. So she does. Once the door to the bedroom is safely secured and close…
"YES!" Ana screams. We are all filled with fear as multiple yes's are escaping the room's door. Elida's mouth is to the floor. Then Ana comes back.
"You know, um Karma… for the like, um cheese and teases…" Ana explains her excitement.
"I hate you." Elida says.
"Wow! Me too! We could be twins! No wait, why would anyone want that… I'll shut up now…" Ana says as Apollo is steaming and making the room hot.
"Yes, you should." Hera said. Ana glared at the queen.
"Oh yeah, I can see why Melinoe made that wonderful comment O Bitch Queen…" Ana smiled.
"Calm down Ana…:" I told her. Hera would speak with her later.
"Hey! I got an idea! How about Apollo?" Artemis suggests. We are all nodding our heads, except for Elida and Chris, who are having fits.
"NO! Why on Olympus—?" Elida starts.
"—would you sacrifice—" Chris continues.
"—OUR DAD?" Both say this at the same time. We ponder on their question.
"Do you think that Melinoe will never bother us again if we sacrifice both Elida and Apollo?" Sam asks.
"What?" They Apollo's say. (Consists of Elida, Chris and Apollo)
We needed to make a decision. And we had nothing. Until the unexpected happened.
"I'll go," Maria stood up.
"NO!" Sam yelled and he threw himself at her. "I'll go!"
"No!" Maria stopped him.
"Wait!" Lauren says. "I'll do it."
"What about Jason?" Bridgette asks. "I'll sacrifice myself."
"No me!" Tony yelled.
"No me!" Davido yelled after him. (That reminded me of Alice in Wonderland when the Tweedle-dee's vote themselves up to fight for Alice!)
"ME!" Nico eventually joins in.
"No me…" Ana says. This keeps up and time after time, the gods actually sacrifice themselves. A Laugh then erupts from the kitchen. Melinoe appears in the appearance of Luke.
"Whoops! Sorry about that…" She then changes back to her black and white self when she saw Annabeth almost cry. Hermes looked pained too. "This is something I like! How about all of you sacrifice?"
"NO! You said only one! And it's me!" Maria runs forward, but Bridgette beats her there.
"You have more to live in life than I do…" Bridgette says.
"Oh good…" Melinoe takes Bridgette under her cloak. I see her whimper at the touch.
"You have a wonderful friend here…" Melinoe points out. "It's a real shame… Oh well, you are all free men or women now…" The world begins to spin as Bridgette and Melinoe begin to disappear.
"NO!" Ana, Elida, Maria, Lauren, and Annabeth try to run and get her but Maria only slices Melinoe in the cheek, which wouldn't kill her. There was a silence in the room as we all looked at the spot that Bridgette was once standing.
"She was a brave soul, like all of you here who tried to stop Melinoe. That girl has an extremely good heart." Athena points out and disappears. The gods slowly go away one by one until we are all alone. Maria, Ana, and Elida are crying at Bridgette's last spot. Annabeth has retreated to the bedroom. Davido and Tony are taking off their hats in reverence. Manny looks like he wants to punch the drywall. Sam is comforting Maria, Lauren has been emotionally turned to stone. Chris has been sitting in the chair observing like me. Nico looked emotionally disturbed.
"She saved me back in Chicago, remember?" He whispered to me. I nodded. It was so fresh in my mind it was like it happened yesterday.
"I know I'll name my next female child after her," Maria says.
"She'd like that; you two were very close…especially after—" I start.
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT NAME! I'VE GONE THROUGH TOO MUCH SHIT IN MY LIFE TO TAKE THIS! I WANT HER BACK!" Maria poked at my chest with her finder. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Elida managed to pull herself together a bit more.
"Me too, I want her with me…" Elida said wiping her nose.
"Me three…"Ana sobbed. "She helped me dress for my wedding! She was like my sister!"
"I know how hard this is!" I tried to calm the three down.
"WHAT? WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?" Wrong question to ask.
"Annabeth. The reason I met you. That's how I know…"
"Then we should bring her back. We should have another Quest for the Dead…" Ana says.
WOW! Another Quest? PLEASE REVIEW IF YOU THINK I SHOULD HAVE THIS NEXT QUEST! PLEASE!
~Katlover101
