Artemis stared coldly at me, "No...I just didn't expect you to have that much power."
"Oh...That's only a little bit of what I know I can do, I'm actually capable of more. If some of the gods would teach me...Then I would know more about my powers...But they're scared that I might dethrone them." I told Artemis.
Artemis smiled, "That is what Lord Zeus thinks, and you probably won't believe this, but most of the other gods and goddess's just want you to succeed. One of them would be me." Wait…What? "Alright…For me to succeed, I need to learn some of your powers." I told Artemis, "Don't worry about the time, I saved us more than a couple of days at least."
Artemis thought about this, "Alright, I will teach you the hardest one, it will take you years to master, but for now I'll show you the basics and then the rest you can figure out on your own."
I got to say I seen this coming.
"First you need a bow." She told me.
"Damn…Will this work?" I asked as I showed her my sniper. She examined it. She soon got excited, "Sure, this'll work."
I looked at the sniper, "Seriously?" I asked
Artemis shrugged, "I don't have a bow you can use, nor do you. So we have to go with this, although this will make everything easy for you." Artemis explained. I nodded, "Fine…" I was looking forward to using a bow and actually learning how to use it.
Artemis smiled, "First always stay calm when you're in battle, this power allows you to shot perfectly, and it will also increase your relax speed, you will become more cautious when using this power."
I tilted my head, "That doesn't make sense…"
Artemis groaned, "Just don't freak out when steadying your breathing. You have to be calm when using this power, and also, this power comes to you, you can't activate it on your own. Remember you always have to be calm and collected, if you're not, then it will never work, every arrow you fire, will be off by a mile, unless you train every day and let your powers come to you."
I guess I get it…But is that really necessary?
"You think you can show me?" I asked.
Artemis pulled out her bow and looked in the sky, there was a bird flying around the monument. Artemis stood and took aim.
Her form was perfect, her legs were two feet apart from each other. She brought her arm all the way back as she pulled on the string. She inhaled slowly and was as still as a statue and then she exhaled as she let her arrow fly upwards towards the bird, I watched the arrow, no way…
And just like that, she hit a moving target that was at least sixty feet above us. I stared at Artemis in awe. "That was amazing…Will I ever be able to do that?" I asked. Artemis shook her head, "Like all my hunters, it will take you years to master this, sometimes when you most need it, it'll happen." She said.
"Well…At least I got a chance at learning something cool. How about we just go find this monster?" I told Artemis, she nodded in agreement, "We have lots of time which just makes things better." She said and started walking. I asked Artemis more about her powers, she told me that she also has the same power as Apollo, the power to heal things and people.
After twenty minutes of walking, Artemis suddenly tensed and started looking around saying, "We're close." I looked at all the buildings around us, across the street from us was a museum. To our left was a park with no kids playing in it because of the snow.
Are we going into that Museum?" I looked at Artemis with a puzzled face. She nodded, "That is where it is the strongest." She said quietly like we were being watched. "You sure?" I whispered to her. Artemis had a determined look on her face. I gulped, "You lead the way."
Artemis and I entered the Museum, nothing was here. Not a living soul, "What's going on? I thought you said it was here?" I asked cautiously. Artemis looked troubled, "You were right it's a trap…No, it's actually a diversion. To take us off their trail…I know where they are." She told me.
"It's alright, we have more than enough time to get to where we need to go." I told Artemis reassuringly. She turned and said, "Maybe." I guess she still thinks that we're going to walk into a trap. "No trap can hold the most powerful demi-god and a goddess like you."
Artemis put on a forced smile, "I suppose you're right."
We walked out and Artemis asked me if I had enough power to take us to San Francisco. I told her no, all I could do was keep us in the air for a couple of hours and then we'll have to walk and then rest.
She decided it was best to fly, even though it is in the middle of the day. But I'm sure not many mortals come out of their homes in winter. I mean I wouldn't…If I had a home I mean. The first two hours were silent, I guess she really hated that she was tricked so easy. The first place we landed in was Louisville, she told me to rest, sleep my power will regenerate faster like that.
I tried to convince her to let me keep going. But for some reason she was ordering me around like I was a hunter, which I didn't mind. I fell asleep for a couple of hours. "Wyatt, Wyatt! It's time." Artemis said to me as she shook me awake.
I got up and rubbed my eyes. "Alright…" I said and yawned, "Let's...Go…" I said sleepily, Artemis found me being sleepy amusing, "Do you know where we're going?" She asked, I tried to concentrate. "Back to bed?" I asked. Artemis's smile toward wasn't a fake smile anymore. "No, we're heading to the Mountain of Despair. In San Francisco. You should shadow travel us there, I'll heal you when we get there, alright? She offered. I felt wide awake for some reason, "Okay!" I shouted, "Shh! It's nightfall, you might alert an unwanted guest." Artemis warned.
I apologized and grabbed her shoulder, "Let's do this…Hopefully Annabeth is still alive…" I said quietly.
I realized somewhere in the story I got something mixed up and changed it. You might notice the mistake it in the pervious chapter, but in this one I fixed it, it wasn't a major mistake...Thank the gods! :P
Thanks for reading! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
Rilurz~
