All the Right moves (Still debating whether to change title or not...)
Sorry for long update again, but I have a long break untill the end of April, so i'll have more time to write.
"The two last canons I could see why, the third, I have no clue..." Clarisse had groggily replied. Leo whirled around to see Clarisse's face turned towards his. "Connor and Travis both have a bond and so does the two Demeter girls, and because Connor and Miranda died..." Clarisse faltered. "No wonder those two died, mostly by suicide..."
"So how does that explain Tyson?" Leo asked quietly, feeling sorry for Percy and Annabeth at the moment.
"Tyson can't stand death, so I guess he wanted to get away from it...Either he gave up fighting someone or he did the same thing those other two did..." Clarisse suggested.
"Poor Percy..." Leo whispered.
"For once I feel the same, Percy and Tyson both felt that it was their job to protect each other, being sons of Poseidons." Clarisse mumbled, trying to close her eyes but waking herself up.
"Get some rest, I'll keep watch" Leo stared at her, as she leaned on the boulder.
"No..." She slurred. Leo leaned closer to her face, "Go to sleep" He said angrily.
She smirked, at his angered face, never seeing an angry face on him was shocking to her. "No" She said sarcastically, and crawled to her sleeping bag.
He woke up another two nights to Clarisses' nightmares. It was starting to get on his nerves, and when she finally woke up, he asked her what they were that made her jerk and talk in her sleep.
"What is it that you dream every night?"
"What?" She asked as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"You woke me up two times last night" Leo replied.
Clarisse remained silent, looking at the boulder again. He repeated the question.
"The games"
Leo smirked, "What about the games?"
"Death" Clarisse shrugged.
"Be specific..." Leo asked as he scooted over and sat on her sleeping bag with her.
"Tribute's death..." Clarisse said uneasily.
"Which tributes?"
"I don't want to talk about it..." Clarisse mumbled.
"Clarisse..." Leo slurred.
"Fine!" She stood up, and grabbed her backpack. "I keep having a dream that you're going to get killed, and Chris hates me now!" She walked out of the cave, and Leo stood up as well, going after her without his backpack.
"Clarisse! Clarisse!" He shouted, and saw her silhoutte climb down the mountain swiftly and intellegently. Leo quickly found a foothold and started climbing down as well. He was nearly three fourths of the way down when he lost grip on the cliff and slipped as he tried to find a way to grasp on a ledge, but ended up creating a bloody mess on his hands and forearms., he swore mentally and dared to look down. It was about a fifteen foot drop and he decided an unrational reason to jump down.
He landed on his feet, but a jolt of electricity ran up his knee, and he dropped to the ground. The pain was starting to go away but it was still lingering inside, and Leo breathed. He looked around and sighed to see no one was there. He used hi arms to help himself up and winced and nearly fell when he put pressure on his left leg. He bit his lip and limped to the trees closest to the clearing. He leaned against the bark breathing hoping he'd find Clarisse soon. He headed toward the river, remembering that if he got lost he'd just have to follow the river. But he stopped when he saw the group of people standing by the river. It was Michael, and Will's group.
Leo crouched, while wincing near a bush and tried to pay attention to what they're doing.
"The ripple is spreading this way, that means she probably headed that way," Will announced to the group, Nico, Bianca, Drew, Castor, Pollux, and Michael.
"Wait- Who?" Drew asked dumfondedly.
"Clarisse!" He spat, and Drew stepped back. Leo blinked hard realizing Clarisse was on the opposite side of the river.
"What was that?" Nico exclaimed, turnning around and Leo ducked, while realizing he had stepped on a twig. Why do I always do that? He questioned himself.
"Someone's there..." Bianca's angelic voice spoke, and Will and Mchael didn't hesitate to take action, and Leo was forced to run.
"There!" Will shouted, and Leo nearly stumbled into a tree, but dodged it by putting his hands out and pushed himself out toward the other direction. "Get him!"
Leo gasped and ran as fast as he could, as Castor and Pollux ran on either side of him, the archers right behind them and the three others in the middle. Leo turned around to see Michael and Will with their weapons, while Nico pulled out his, and that's when the drooped tree limb, whacked Leo in the back of his head, causing him to stumble and fall. Leo looked up to see that the Dionysus and Apollo boys were already in front of him, with Will in front raising his Machete high above his head. Leo flinched, and heard the swish come down, but he turned toward the left just in time to see the sharp blade impale itself in the ground next to his shoulder. He gasped and pulled himself up to his feet.
Soon after Will got his machete out of the ground, Nico and the two girls came by, Drew with a dagger, and Nico with a twin blade that looked slick black like obsidian. Will was about to swing again, when Drew stopped him.
"Clarisse was just around the river, I'll take care of him, you go find her." She charmspeaked, and Leo gulped. He hesitated but brought Michael and the Dionysus boys with him. Drew smirked and held her dagger to Leo's throat. Nico looked to the side along with Bianca and Leo started breathing heavier.
Remembering Clarisse's words, he looked for a weapon of any sorts, and decided against a branch towards his right, knowing it be weak against a dagger. Before he could decide, Drew stepped back and swung her dagger, which created a gash in his arm.
He reached out to stop the bleeding when, Drew pushed him up against the tree hard. Leo winced as his back met with the hard bark, and watched helplessly as the dagger came for another strike, this time across his cheek. He felt the cool blood drip down his cheek, and gulped as she simply smirked.
"Hey Clarisse, how's this for entertainment..." She smiled, and she called Nico over. He reluctantly walked over.
"The blade, Nico..." Drew hinted and Leo gulped. Drew lt go of her grip, and move on the right of the tree while Bianca went on the left, making Leo incapable of fleeing. Nico turned around in a circle, with great momentum, swung his double blade against Leo's leg.
In the distance, Clarisse stood in the trees, watching hopelessly as Leo stumbled and fell to the ground, hoping he'd get up. "Come on..." She muttered under her breath. Leo had struggled to get up, pushing himself with his arm, he rose his head and chest from the ground, but Drew simply stepped on his upper back, making him fall back down. She leaned forward and grabbed a fistful of his hair and pulled, exposing his neck, she grabbed Nico's sword and placed under his throat. "Come on Leo..." She murmured.
"Hey Clarisse?" Drew's annoying voice cried out, making Clarisse scowl. "Suffer from this!" She exclaimed, dragging the obsidian blade across Leo's upper body, to what appeared to be his throat. She let go of his hair and his head fell limply on the ground and rage rushed through Clarisse. She dropped to the ground, her javelin and dagger in hand.
"Suffer from this, Drew," Clarisse exclaimed and she threw her javelin.
Leo was going in and out of conciousness, his head, leg and chest was pounding and he could hear shouts and the clangs of weapons. He finally could focus on something when he heard a canon. Was it mine? Clarisse's? Piper? Harly? Or even Jason? Leo asked himself. He looked around him and everything seemed right. The trees were green, so as the grass, the sky was blue with white fluffs of clouds. And in the distance he could hear birds chirping. Was this how its was when people died? And suddenly he felt a hand touch his shoulder, pushing him onto his back. A bright white light blinded him, and he couldn't make out the person in front of him. He gulped, hoping it wasn't Drew to finish the job. The white light slowly started to fade, and he could tell, that the girl in front of him had brown hair that seemed to glow in the sunlight.
"Piper?" He whispered, his voice sounding slurred. He could tell the person froze at the sound of the name. Am I dead? Leo wanted to say, but he knew she would scold him.
"No, You're still here, and I'm not Piper. It's me Clarisse" Leo squinted his eyes trying to make sure this girl wasn't playing tricks on him. "Leo?"
Slowly Leo could feel the wound under his knee was taking it's toll, so as the one on his cheek and chest. "Clarisse?"
"Yes, It's me, now, we got to get out of here, the canon will signal Will and the others, if we don't get out of here." She smiled half-heartedly, and everything was coming back to view for Leo.
"You go, I'll drag you behind..." Leo said in barely a whisper.
"They'll kill you" Clarisse said doggedly.
"I'm already partly dead" Leo's sarcasm and humor was coming back to him.
"Here, can you stand up?"
"I feel great, thanks, I feel like I can run a marathon..." Leo said sarcastically.
Clarisse shoook her head and grabbed his hand. He stared awkwardly as she wrapped it around her shoulder. She grabbed his other arm and placed it on her other shoulder. Slowly she placed her knees down and put her right arm under the crook of his knees.
"Here, let's get out of here..." As she said that she couldn't help but smile at Leo's wide eyes staring as if she was going to kill him.
"I'm not going to hurt you, unless you decide to make me fall or make me ram into a tree."
"Oh good so that means I can still make you trip of that steep clifff up to the cave," Leo smiled cockly, rolling his eyes.
"Then I would brutally murder you" She laughed.
"Nice to know"
"No problem," She replied.
"I hope the cameras aren't on us, that would be humilating for me and you, because I can just hear my cabin laugh their grease stains off, while Chris is planning and making a long list of the ways to kill me"
"He can't kill you, from back home."
"He can if he sends me a gift. Never know could be another case of Snow white and that poisoned apple. Many people know that I love apples. And I can just hear Chri's pencil angrily write down poison apple on that list" Leo smiled.
"He better not, or else I'll send him a little "message" through the camera." Clarisse smiled.
I was going to write more, but it's pretty long as it is now, so, the next chapter will have the perspective of them two, and I'll move onto another group, most likely Percy and Annabeth or Piper and Jason.
Enjoy and Review,
~Percabeth17~
P.S. And guess who you want or think who'll win on the comments. I want to know, and maybe, just maybe I'll use that idea :D
