AYOOOOOOOOO!
*sigh* I'm sorry.
*sigh* Yeah, I know I said that last note. I don't care.
Chapter 7-Success or Failure?
Will POV
"Well well well, what do we have here?"
To say I was not scared was a complete understatement and a lie. I even felt Nico trembling a bit.
The figure sneered. "Oh, isn't that cute! The two little weaklings just hanging around in the corner of a cell. I bet you kissed too, didn't you? Disgusting.
I spoke up, the fear very clear in my voice. "Tha-that's not a very nice thing to say, Shadow. It's 2019, we deserve rights."
He laughed a dark, joyless laugh. "Oh, whatever. Come on you two, let's get going."
"Umm, to where?" Nico replied.
He laughed again. "Oh, you'll find out soon."
Shadow tied our hands up so we couldn't use them, and nudged us to our cell door.
oo0oo
We arrived in another dusty part of this… place we were in. This time, the room we were thrown in at least had doors. But other than that, there were no furniture, no paintings, nothing. As empty as my hope.
We got off the floor very difficulty because of our hands. Shadow nudged us forward a bit, toward the center of the room.
Then he drew something from his belt. It was long, and looked like it hurt.
He smirked at us one more time when he noticed us shaking in fear.
"Let's begin."
oo0oo
Kodak POV
I woke up with a massive headache in a dark, damp place. I heard quiet whispers in the corner, but I didn't feel like investigating. Almost drowning does that to you.
I strained my tired and half-blind eyes and saw three figures. Two were cuddled up together, and the other was sitting around a meter away.
I crawled over there, still weak from the water getting in my system.
I saw Kayla, thank the gods. I don't know what I would've done if she died from that bolt of lightning.
I thought about kissing her right there and then, but I ruled that out. We had guests anyways.
"Hey, who are you two?" I asked uncertainty.
"Oh, so you came for us?" A voice replied back. The other figure groaned in pain.
"I don't know you… Nico?! And is that Will?!" I saw the figures nod in the dim light.
"Hey Kodak. It's nice to see you, but I wished it was under different circumstances."
I laughed. "Yeah, me too. What did they do to you?"
Both boys groaned. "I'll spare you the details." Nico replied.
"Well, we need to get out of here." Oh look, Kayla joined our conversation. I thought she was sleeping or passed out. I was glad she sounded ok, though.
Gods, I sound like a heart sick puppy. I am a bit heart sick, though.
Murmurs of agreement followed her statement. "But how?" Will questioned. "I have been here for at least a month, and still have no lead as to how to get out."
I nodded in agreement. "How strong are you guys?"
Will sighed. "I'm pretty weak because I just healed Kayla, who helped me heal Nico and you. I can manage for a breakout, though."
I nodded thoughtfully. My mind was whirling, trying to come up with a good enough plan.
"How about… I use my earth powers to make the bars be sucked into the earth. After, Will will heal me as much as he can because gods know you cannot fight to save your life. Literally. Then, we will attempt a breakout. We can either shadow travel right out, or go the old fashioned way. If we come across the dude who captured us all, we fight. We can slice through remaining cyclops if we see any along the way. After that, we regroup and get the Hades back to camp. Any questions?"
I thought it was a brilliant plan. I was so proud that I'm sure everyone would agree. But Nico loves to make me mad, at least his hand said that.
I looked annoyingly at Nico, whose hand was still raised, and growled, "What."
He put his hand down. "One, don't use my father's name like that. I would rather you say anything else except for Hades. Two, I'm not sure if I can be able to shadow travel all you guys out of this place. We are going to have to do it the old fashioned way. Three, ok, cool with me. Let's leave."
I grinned. Kayla spoke up. "We need to grab our backpacks on the way out. Nico's has the time-rewinder and we need that to get back home. And we also need them for the ambrosia. I think there is a bit left, we are going to need that."
I shrugged. "Fair enough. Let's go!"
I raised my arms and the bars sunk half way down. I don't dare to do more, as I could waste too much energy by removing some bars.
Will stood up and placed a hand on my back. It glowed, and then suddenly I felt refreshed.
I beckoned for the rest of them as I slipped out and crept toward the door at the end of the hallway.
I peeked in the tiny window at the top and saw nobody. "All clear, let's go."
Kayla pushed open the door and it creaked a bit. I winced. I beckoned Will and Nico to move faster as we entered the next hallway. Jeez, this place is bigger than your standard barn.
There were five doors that lined the hallway, two on each side, and one straight ahead.
I could slightly make out the writing on the doors. Hmm, maybe my eyes got better? The doors on the right read Armory and Barracks. Those did not sound right. The ones on the left read Office and Portal. I did not want to find out what portal meant. The door right ahead read Exit, so I suppose that is the way to go.
We have to get the backpacks, first, so we are going on a slight detour.
I nudged Nico with my foot. "Can you shadow travel in the office and see if our bags are in there? Try to be quick." I whispered.
He nodded, confirming my statement. Nico slipped into the shadows and reappeared a minute later with three bags in his hands. He threw me mine and threw Kayla hers.
"We have to go, they saw me, run!" Nico whisper shouted. We didn't have much of a choice as an alarm went off and the Barracks door crashed open. Cyclops were pouring out as we sprinted to the door marked Exit.
Kayla broke down the door and we all sprinted to the beach. The cyclops were still following us, but then we saw Shadow flying up, chasing us as well.
Nico reached into his backpack and pulled out the time-rewinder. He stopped and we all put a finger quickly on the gadget. Just as he flipped the lever, Shadow reached us. He reached out and touched it with us.
Everyone had the decency to close their eyes. Except Will.
"Will! Close your eyes!" I screamed. I did not want Will to be blinded too. I closed my eyes tightly as we were yet again thrown through time, this time, with an unwanted traveler with us.
oo0oo
After landing from our jump through time, Nico immediately dropped the time-rewinder and drew his sword. Kayla drew her bow, and so did Will. Jeez, let's hope Will does not take one of us out.
I looked around quickly and saw I could see perfectly. Maybe all of the ambrosia, nectar, and healings from Will and Kayla completely healed my eyes.
I heard a dark, cruel laugh. "Oh, you silly mortals. You think you can escape me? No, that's not-" Shadow abruptly stopped speaking. He looked around the area.
Confusion lit up on his face. Nobody dared to attack him, even when he was like this.
"Why are we here? Aren't you supposed to bring us back to your present? Ya know, like 2017?"
"Umm…" I started. This guy was really confusing me.
Nico spoke up, sounding happy. "Jokes on you, we didn't travel to year 2019, we traveled to year 19!"
This time, the evil laugh was made by Nico. And then Nico started choking. I chuckled. He really lost his evil ways when he became boyfriends with Will. Nico just gave me a death glare and I shut up.
Shadow grumbled. "And why exactly are we in year 19? I was supposed to travel back to 2019 so I would no longer be killed back in 1919 and I can-"
Shadow slapped his hand over his mouth. "You weren't supposed to know all that." He whispered.
What's with all the obsession with 19?
Nico looked proud. "I knew your plan, I guessed it ever since I realized your name. Your code name, at least. Mind sharing with the rest of the group what your actual name is?"
Shadow looked at us. "No."
He then curled his fingers and started to build up powers. "Now!" I screamed.
I summoned a rock and dirt sword and charged at Shadow. He easily knocked me flat onto my back, but not before I managed to cut his leg.
Shadow hissed in pain and gathered a purple ball of pure energy and aimed it at me. I closed my eyes, fearing the pain, when I heard him scream in anger.
I cracked open my eyes and saw Nico attacking him full force, and arrows sticking out from everywhere on Shadow's body.
I shook my head and summoned another sword, deciding to dual-wield them.
Nico was making good damage on this dude, shadow traveling and slicing quickly. I raised both of my swords and crashed them down onto Shadow while he was preoccupied with Nico.
The arrows still rained down on him, weakening him more.
"Enough!" Shadow suddenly roared. A powerful wave of water, fire, and darkness knocked us all to our feet. I saw Kayla struggling to rise out of the corner of my eye.
"I will not be beaten by some weak, useless demigods!" Shadow roared.
I wasn't paying attention to him, instead, helping Kayla with her shot. I made the arrow do more damage with the earth I pulled up. I noticed Nico and Will were doing the same thing with shadows and light.
"You want to know who I am? I am Όλα Ισχυρά, or Olehida for you humans. Name means all powerful." Olehida said, chest puffing out pridefully.
"And you three-" He continued, pointing to me, Nico, and Will "-have caused me more trouble then you should've. Wait three? I thought there were four of you-"
Kayla popped up behind Olehida, thanks to Nico and his powers, bow already drawn with her reinforced arrow. "Surprise (Enter worst and most offensive swear word), you forgot about me."
Olehida barely had enough time to turn around and see Kayla as she let her arrow loose. It buried itself deep inside his chest, where his heart is.
I wasted no time jumping up and making an earth sword and decapitating Olehida in one quick motion.
We all just stood there, looking at the decapitated body of Olehida, the all powerful.
Suddenly, Kayla rushed forward, dropping her bow, right to me.
She put both her hands on the sides of my face.
And kissed me.
And my brain just stopped working.
My face burned red when I realized what exactly what was happening. I returned the kiss with the same amount of passion.
But of course, someone had to ruin it.
We broke apart when Will wolf-whistled (Say that five times fast) with a wide smile on his face. "Wooooohoooo!" He cried, jumping up and down. "The ship has sailed!"
Kayla looked equally embarrassed as she scooted away from me. Darn, she was warm.
Nico cleared his throat. "Ok, let's go." He said, pulling out the time rewinder and setting it to the correct time.
We all placed a finger on the gadget, Kayla and my face still burning, and prepared ourselves to jump forward in time.
Olehida are just what I hear when I play the google translate for his name in Greek, sooo….
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