Hi guys! Back with another chapter.
I'd just like to tell you that my updates won't be as frequent as before.
School's back (sad I know) and I won't have as much time.
I'll try my best though, maybe 2 to 3 chapters a week.
Anyways, thanks and enjoy reading!
Jet
"Why can't I just stay in the Hermes cabin?"
"Because…" Mr D says, starting to get annoyed, "that's only for children of Hermes and unclaimed demigods, and your neither."
"Well… can I get unclaimed?" I ask.
"Yeah sure," he says, "walk straight to Olympus and ask your mom to unclaim you. Go for it."
I sigh, knowing that there's no way out of this. We walk for a while until we reach it. The Athena cabin. The exterior was gray and had white curtains, above the doorway was an owl carved into the building. The same owl that was burned into my jacket.
Mr D grunts, "Well here it is kid. The Athena cabin. Welcome to the rest of your life."
Before I could say anything he starts walking off to the Big House. I take in a deep breath. This is it Jet, your new official home. I open the door and I freeze. Everyone inside turned their heads… their not-so-welcoming head. They just glared at me. No 'welcome to the family'.
I look around and see how complex the cabin was compared to the Hermes one. They had a library filled with books and scrolls and a workshop full of tables and benches. The bunk beds were cast aside to the wall as if sleep wasn't a concept these people had.
"Wow, this place is pretty neat," I say.
"..."
"And it's also really… neat. Like organisation wise."
"..."
"Like, neato."
"..."
Well this is a fun bunch.
A boy stood up from one of the benches, he had blonde hair and grey eyes… which applied to everyone else in the room. I soon realise that this was the guy that tried to screw us over (honestly his plan wasn't that great), what was his name? Malcolm.
He speaks, "So… Jet."
"That's my name. Don't wear it out, ah-ha." He just rolls his eyes.
"You managed to sniff out our plan," Malcolm says, for the record, I don't want to sniff anything.
"Well… it wasn't that hard," I reply. His eye twitches.
"Of course it wasn't," he says, "cause your a child of… Athena." He said that hesitantly like saying it wanted to make him gag.
"Apparently I am, just like the rest of you," everyone around me was giving me the stink-eye, "without the whole Justin Bieber blonde thing. I myself am more of like a brown Justin timberlake colour going o — "
"Is everything a joke to you?" Malcolm cuts in.
"Well, depends on what you call a joke — "
"Just because your a child of Athena doesn't mean you belong here."
"Hey that's — "
"You don't belong anywhere." I'm starting to get pissed
"Now hold on just a min —" I'm trying to contain myself.
"You're useless." He pokes me.
"Hey don't poke me — "
"You're just a good for nothing — " poke " — wash-out — "poke " — that won't amount to anything— " shove.
For some reason that struck a nerve. Okay my turn, punch.
I hit him as hard as I can, my fist striking the surface of his face. He gets knocked to the ground but gets right back up. The rest of the cabin is watching in awe. Malcolm hits me with a jab then a right cross. I stumble back. Surprising, no ones actually managed to one-on-one brawl with me unless they're 5 times my size. He goes for a right hook to the side of my head but I parry it with my left and punch him on the face again. Taking advantage, I kick him in the chest, knocking him back to one of the tables. I go for a superman punch (which is basically a running leap punch), connecting with his face which dazes him but he managed to tackle me to the ground, breaking the bench behind me. We start rolling around on the ground, hitting each other whenever we can. Making a mess everywhere. Everyone else was just watching, cheering on Malcolm. Why isn't this the Ares cabin.
He then manages to put me in a choke hold, making me flail around on the ground. Out of panic, I grab a 3D-Model of the arena and smash it over his head, making him release me from his grip. I gasp for breath. I hear one of the kids yell:
"That took 3 weeks!"
We both stand up, each of us on one side of the room, staring at each other. He picks up a sword from one of the beds. I look around me to find anything I can use, I only see a shield. Welp, it's gonna have to do for now. I grab the shield, equipping it on my right arm. Me and Malcolm circle each other, waiting to see who strikes first. It's Malcolm. He swings his sword at me which I block with my shield. He swings at me again, and again and again, my shield taking all the blows. I stand there, forced to take the pressure.
Then the swings get weaker and slower. He's tired. Perfect.
The next time he swings, he's slow enough for me to catch his hand with my left. I then proceed to uppercut him with the shield. The shot was devastating. He stumbles back, dazed and groggy. I frickin rung his bell. But he's still standing. We both take a moment to catch our breath. Then we charge, our shield and sword colliding. His sword was pushing in to my shield while I pushed my shield into his sword. It would've been better if we had lightsabers. We keep at it, gritting our teeth like we were biting on the hardest piece of steak known to man.
"Give. It. Up. Jet."
"Not a chance in hell."
Then the door opens and a voice screams.
"WHAT the HADES are you two doing!" The voice belonged to a girl with blonde hair, same grey eyes as Athena with the fiercest looking stare I have ever seen.
"I leave this cabin for 3 YEARS and it's already gone to SHIT!" she says. We both stop, scared out of our minds. Malcolm was practically peeing himself.
"Annabeth I'm so sorr —"
"I don't want to hear it, not this time Pace." She then looks at me with the eyes of Satan (which I'm not entirely sure makes sense anymore).
"Jet. Come with me." she says
"Yes ma'am." I walk out of the cabin with Annabeth, feeling the eyes of the Athena kids beaming into my soul.
There is an awkward silence as we're walking. The sky was dark, filled with stars. All the cabins were silent except for the Hermes cabin, that was playing loud music. Gosh, I miss those guys.
"Just FYI. Malcolm started it," I say.
"I don't care who did," she replies, "a child of Athena shouldn't act like that."
"Well maybe I just don't 'belong' with them... or anywhere."
"That's not what I mea — "
"I know what you meant."
We walk in silence the rest of the way. We reach the Big House where I was greeted with friendly face. Honestly, that's what I need right now.
Connor jumped from his seat, "Hey Jet… woah, what happened to you?"
"Fight."
"Did ye kick his arse?" Diana asks.
"Definitely."
"That's what I'm talkin' about."
Brooke whistles at us, "hey losers, get over here."
I set down my shield and reluctantly sit down.
The chairs were in a circle all facing each other. Around the circle was Me, Brooke, Clint, Connor, Diana, Nico and Will. Outside the circle of chairs, walking around us was Chiron. Annabeth was leaning up against a wall on the side.
"Now you know why we're all here," He says.
"No."
"Well, Mr Stoll. Let me inform you that it is about the… incident that happened in Capture The Flag"
Clint scoffs. I haven't spoken to Clint since that day. He's been very distant from everyone. But… I guess that's what happens when you lose a brother. Brooke took it hard too but she's taking it better now.
Chiron continues, "you were all there during the time it happened." He looks at Annabeth and gestures something to her. Annabeth walks to the centre of the circle. I look at Brooke and see her sink into her chair, slightly covering her face.
"We have something to tell you," She begins, "When Percy and I were in New rome — "
"How is Percy by the way?" Connor buts in, "You two… getting it on?" He starts laughing until he is stopped by a flick to the head from Nico.
"Sorry Annabeth," Nico says, "continue."
"Thanks Nico, anyways. Percy and I discovered that some romans weren't a fan of the alliance we greeks have with them. And now, we just witnessed an attack from them."
Diana speaks up, "Hold on lassie. Why are ye telling us this?"
"Because, you guys were the once that were actually there and faced them. Plus, we're not telling the whole camp. There's a possibility that some have the same idea about the Romans, therefore our trust is limited."
Everyone went silent. Annabeth continued.
"But, it turns out that those very Romans were believed to be hypnotised, meaning that they're either lying or there's something more sinister than a simple feud." Jeez, this is just like in a movie. Like Captain America: Civil-War. Are we gonna fight Zemo?
"So what are we going to do?" Will asks.
"Well, Solace. This is why you're here. We have decided that Percy and I can't do this alone. We'll need your help getting to the bottom of this. So… you guys in?"
"I'm in," Nico was the first to respond.
"So am I."
"Same over here."
"Let's do this."
"I'm down," I say.
"Yeah," Clint mumbles, looking at the wall.
There's one person that hasn't spoke up, Brooke. We all look at her.
"Well, Brooke?" Annabeth asks.
Brooke thinks for a moment then looks at Annabeth, "I'm in." At that moment I was ready to yell out 'avengers assemble' and play start singing the theme.
"Alright then. Well, there's gonna be two groups. One stays here at Camp Half-Blood and one goes to Camp Jupiter."
Nico raises his hand, "I'm pretty sure all of us would love to visit Percy and the rest of the guys, but might I suggest that the head counselors of a cabin stay at here."
Annabeth puts her hand on her chin, "I guess that's fair. Which means…" she looks in my direction, "Brooke, Clint and Jet will go to San Francisco. You guys will take the Argo III in the morning — " the what? " — Oh and I forgot to mention, you'll be taking the romans that attacked, with you."
Clint scowls but nods his head in acceptance.
"Alright, meeting adjourned. And don't forget… no one must know about this. If anyone asks, just tell them Chiron wanted to talk about the incident, that's all."
We all nod and start heading back to our cabins. I was going to go talk to Connor but Annabeth pulled me aside before I could.
"You wanna talk about it?" She says.
"Talk about what?"
"What happened in the Athena cabin, with Malcolm."
I sigh, "I don't know. Not really."
Annabeth tilts her head.
"Fine. He told me that I was… useless... 'will never amount to anything'. I've been told that my whole life and I guess I just — I just snapped."
Annabeth doesn't say anything for a while, then she speaks, "Look. I don't have any answers for you, whatever turmoil you have within you, that's something you'll have to overcome yourself. But just remember that you're not alone anymore. You have friends. And — though it may not look like it — you have siblings now, a family. Just keep that in mind."
She starts walking off but then turns back to me, "And Malcolm didn't mean what he said. For us Athena kids, pride gets the better of us."
"It sure does," I smile. She smiles back and walks off.
I walk back to the Athena cabin and stand outside the door, I grab the handle.
"Let's try this again."
There you go! Chapter 9!
I hope you guys liked it and please leave a review.
And if you guys are thinking that's it for Jet's backstory, don't worry there'll be more.
