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Hope's POV
"H-Hope?" A voice behind me asks, obviously bewildered.
"Oh…my…gods, Taylor?" I say, ignoring the pain erupting from my wrist.
"Uh, yeah, duh. What the hell are you doing here?" The killer asks.
"Oh, so now you're wondering what I'm doing here? Where the…let me rephrase that, where were you? Camp is worried sick, and we've had more deaths in the past week than in the past month!" I screamed, giving him my best I-hate-you-so-I'm-giving-you-the-evil-eye look.
"Hope, calm down. You're losing it. I mean, seriously. One, I'm not a killer. Two, Hannah isn't dead. Three, well, I am a killer, but only part of me is…and four, you know you have a knife in your wrist, right? You might want to take that out…" He said, sounding amused but obviously trying to distract me.
I gave him a look that said yeah, right, but began to doubt myself. He took a step forward, and as fast as lightning I had whipped out my bow and arrow. The knife slid out of the wound in my hand and clattered to the floor. And, like no good huntress should do, I flinched.
"Very impressive, Hope Silverwind." Taylor said, sarcasm and coldness spread throughout his tone. I rolled my eyes, and then targeted Taylor, who had taken another step forward. Until realization hit me a split second too late…first of all, Taylor's eyes weren't brown, like they usually were. They were…blood red. Second, he had Ares' shield and sword…which TOTALLY freaked me out. And last, there were footsteps behind me, and my friends came tumbling (literally) out of a metal chute behind me. I fired an arrow right at Taylor (or that thing's shoulder, purposely missing any part of him, and swiftly turned around to see Seth, Hannah, and Silver Wing. Seeing Hannah, I fainted.
Silver Wing's POV
Whoa. That girl faints waaaay too much…not much of a thank you…anyway; a small and kinda…ferocious army came to attack Auditore. (Auditore…a.k.a. Taylor?) So basically it was the dead Hannah, the injured Seth, and the awesome horse-girl. Who happens to hate Seth. Yep…ever since him and a group of friends tried to brand me, well, you get it. Savannah Roseann would probably be here…if she wasn't in jail. Lauren would be here if she wasn't doing Seth's KP and Isaiah would be here if he wasn't an frickin' dead idiot…I guess he's just a lazy person because even the ghost of Hannah is here. Kira's in her cabin praying in Ancient Greek, looking like she had a nervous breakdown. Anyway (again) we came to fight, and looks like just in time. But as soon as Hope fainted, the weirdest thing happened. Next to Auditore the air shimmered in a rainbow light and an angelic voice seemed to whisper to him. The next second, he fainted and Hope woke up, keeping her bow steady and a celestial bronze arrow notched. She hurried toward that traitor and checked his eyes. Brown. She looked EXTREMELY relived. Then she did that pinch-your-nose thing. And evidently Kira's knowledge works like a charm, because in the next second Taylor's eyes flew open and he gasped for air. Yepp, good old Kira…but instead of Hope killing him then and there (We all know she's fully capable of that…) she burst into tears and fled the labyrinth. At the last second, she locked eyes with her half-brother Seth and he nodded.
~Telepathy Begins~
Hope: Please bring Taylor to camp and find AJ, if you can…
Seth: Since you still have your bow in your hand, sure. But you owe me!
Hope: Thanks…see you later. I'm gonna go talk to Chiron…
Seth: Bye.
~Telepathy Ends~
Hope's POV
I ran from the labyrinth, realization pounding through my head. I ran to the now-repaired Camp Half-Blood, ran to the porch of the big house and began speaking rapid English to Chiron.
"''…" I said.
"That makes no sense. Slow down and start from the beginning please." The centaur said.
"Chiron, we found Taylor. Seth and Silver Wing came to help me, and they came with Hannah-who ISN'T dead! Or…at least she came back as a ghost…" I said hesitantly. "Seth is looking for AJ. Silver Wing and Hannah are bringing Taylor to camp. It turns out he's not evil-well, he's not a killer but he's back to pranking people even though he's a son of Poseidon and not Hermes-and Ares is controlling him, wanting a war. I think." I said, hesitantly speaking out the last part, tears still streaming down my face.
"Πώς θα μπορούσε να είναι τόσο ηλίθιοι, Κυρά;" a voice muttered behind me, and Kira was quickly hurrying by me, refusing to make any eye contact. I understood her, and she had said "How could you be so stupid, Kira?" Suddenly a gust of wind picked up and the air shimmered, meaning one thing-someone (or thing) powerful is coming.
Ooooh a bit cliffy! Is Hannah alive? Is Taylor telling the truth? Will Chiron believe Hope? Review! :)
