SoftWare: Hey, people!
Thalia: Cool bow!
SoftWare: Um, thanks?
Chapter Seven
Who Said Nine Heads were Better than One?
We got to Denver with no incident. I could tell the Hunters were starting to get bored, especially Phoebe. So, when we
got off the train, I decided to get to work. "Pretty sure splitting up is a bad idea." The Hunters nodded in agreement.
"We'll have to IM Lady Artemis." "IM?" "Iris Message." I raised an eyebrow. "We need gold drachmas." "Like these?" I
held one up. "I found it in the seat of the Camaro." "Yes. We also need mist." I thought of a song. "Car wash." They
looked at me with raised eyebrows. "What?" "We don't have a car." "So? That'll make mist." They didn't argue. We got
there, and I put in a quarter. "We have ten minutes until the sprayer turns off. Toss the coin in." Thalia did so. Ten
seconds later, Artemis' face showed up in the mist. "Lieutenant. What is it?" "We've reached Denver, milady. We found
Phoebe, and she heard something about Denver, so we came here." She smiled. "And the Hunter?" "That's why we
called you. We need a suggestion." She frowned. "I see. Is Shawn there?" "Yeah, he's holding the sprayer." She raised
an eyebrow. "Sprayer?" "He suggested using a car wash for this Iris Message." She thought that over for a second.
"Clever." Thalia didn't say anything to that. "Hunters, leave the wash. I would speak with my son." They left, Phoebe
reluctantly. I angled the sprayer so she could see me. "Shawn, there are abilities that you have that you have yet to
learn. I can tell you one, but you will have to learn the others for yourself." "What is it?" "You can use moonlight to form
any object that appears in your mind." "Like Green Lantern?" She nodded. "All you need is moonlight, and the will to
form the object. As a test, try forming a tracking device. It will help you find the Hunter." I nodded. "And Shawn?"
"Yeah?" "Be careful. You don't know what the monster is that guards the Hunter." I nodded again. The Iris message
went out. The Hunters came back in. "What'd she say?" I put the sprayer back and led them outside, where there was
plenty of moonlight. I thought of a tracker, and extended my hand. Instantly, a tracking device appeared in it. I turned
it on, then watched it for a second. It told me which way to go. "This way." The Hunters followed me. We found an old
library, with the doors smashed open. "Dark, ominous, dangerous," muttered Shelby. I glanced at her. She sighed.
"We're going in." I pulled out my bow, and got a poison arrow ready. We found a monster glaring at a girl, who was
dressed like a Hunter of Artemis. Thing that gave it away: nine heads. "Hydra. Killed by Heracles, who used its
poisonous blood to make poison arrows." They glanced at me. "Yeah, I know things." I stringed the arrow. "Get its
attention." They ran off to another part of the room. "Hey, scaly! Over here!" As it faced them, I got the angle I wanted.
I fired the arrow. As I had hoped, the poison arrow sailed straight into its heart, effectively killing it. As I confirmed it
was dead, the Hunters filled the Hunter we had found on the situation, about me being the Son of Artemis, and about
my quest. I plucked the arrow out of it, cleaned it, then put it back in my quiver. "Um, Son of Artemis?" the Hunter
asked me. "Yeah?" "What's your name?" "Shawn Hodgson." "Bianca di Angelo"
A/N-
SoftWare: Come on. You all saw that coming.
Bianca: Yay! Wait, where's Nico?
SoftWare: Back at camp?
Bianca: oh, okay!
Computer: SoftWare, offline.
