A/N: This is Mick's POV, and I think I'll have 4 more chapters with his POV, then switch it up. What do you think? BTW, the movie Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, is awesome. I saw it at the drive in last night...but...anyway...what do you think of this chapter?
Micks's POV
One second I'm sleeping soundly, the next, I'm slapped in the face with a pillow.
"Mick! Wake up!" Jessica Martinez screamed at me. I opened my eyes and saw Lily hit Jess in the back with a pillow, and it caused a chain reaction. Almost every girl in the cabin got hit with a pillow, and it caused a massive pillow fight, eventually going outside. I got out of bed and stretched.
"C'mon Mick, it's capture the flag today." Kevin reminded me, and I quickly spilled on some jeans and a specially designed blue camp shirt.
I walk over to the Apollo cabin and knock three times. Rowan comes to the door, and I smile at her. We're about to leave when I spot Stefani out of the corner of my. We look at each other for a few moments before she breaks the stare. I always knew Stefani, with her black hair with golden specks, and her uniquely blue-green eyes. I talked to her a few times, and from the rare encounters, I discovered she had an Australian accent.
"What are you looking at, Mick?" Rowan asks.
"Nothing," I lie, and she believes me, and I wonder what's wrong. She always saw through my lies.
"What's wrong with you?" I ask her, and she looks at me with a guilty look.
"I did something awful last night." She begins, and I have an idea where this conversation is going. "I was just sitting around in the cabin, and Yuma Zuck and Katie Knapp came in and told me I needed to follow them, and I had instincts telling me to go. So I did. And…we went into the forest. And I saw that little girl, September, and she was injured. Badly." Rowan stops to take a breath, and I am waiting for the rest of the story.
"Her left arm had a bunch of scratches and gashes and marks. Melodie, the daughter of Hecate, was trying to use magic to help her, but it wasn't working. Stefani was in shock, and she's not a very good healer. Yumahad went to get Chiron, I guess, and then they were suddenly behind us. There was so much blood," She had tears in her eyes, and I gave her a hug, knowing it was the right thing to do.
"I told them we needed to get to the infirmary, so Skylar, who was also there, lifted up September, and we got her there. The trail of blood is probably still there. I was cleaning up her wounds, and Skylar said Caelan had done it, or at least, that's what September had told her. And when I was done cleaning, I saw the message, and so did Skylar and Chiron. It said I'm coming. Chiron said Caelan must've been possessed. Because Caelan's so nice, and he's right. And then I lifted up her arm, to examine it, and there were seven more writings of the message, much deeper. About an inch and a half each. I saw how many arteries were hit, and I knew she would never be able to use that arm again. So…" She took one more breath, "We amputated." Then Rowan burst into tears.
I told how it wasn't her fault, and that it was all okay, and September was still living and healthy, and she felt better. We made our way to breakfast, and I got waffles and some blueberries. I sat down at the Aphrodite table and dug in. Everyone was buzzing about some new couple. Until I heard the names Alex and Skylar, I didn't really care. But Skylar was Stefani's best friend, and Alex was new, so everybody knew about him.
"So, how'd you guys find out them?" I ask nonchalantly.
"Matthew Ross practically saw them kissing. It makes sense, though." Lily explained. I got back to eating my waffles. Across the room I saw Stefani staring at me, and for some reason, I blushed. A lot of girls stared at me, but Stefani was different. I didn't know how, she just was.
Chiron came in to the pavilion and told us to shut up. Well, he didn't say those exact words, but I could tell her was thinking it.
"Everyone meet up with your teams. Blue team, left side of the pavilion, red to the right. Blue team, your cabins are Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, Hecate, Boreas, Apollo, and Hypnos. Red team, your cabins are Ares, Persephone, Hera, Hermes, Clio, Nike, and Hestia. Now, go meet up."
I go outside to the left side of the dining pavilion, and see Stefani staring at me again. I smile at her, and she blushes and looks down. Rowan comes to stand by me. I smile at her, too. I see Skylar approaching, and see bags under her eyes, and she looks washed out.
"Okay, are we all here?" Blair Nicole Athan asks. We all nod, not arguing with her assumption that she's captain. She's been my captain for capture the flag several times, and we've won every time.
"Okay, no arguing with your positions, alright? We don't have time. Mick, Stefani, and Jessica, your guarding the flag, okay?" We nod. "Skylar, Melodie, and Rowan, you're going to be the bread and butter of the operation. You have to try to be obvious, like your guarding the flag. Not on purpose stupid obviousness, but subtle yet obviousness." They nod.
"Athena's, you're going to set traps and diversions that will work, unlike what the Hermes cabin comes up with. Dean and I are going to look for the flag, along with Lily, Jeremy,Catherine,Georgia, Haley, Kevin, Bradley, and Cameron. We will pair up in twos. Dean and I, Lily and Catherine, Jeremy and Cameron, and Haley and Kevin. Got it?" They all nod, and I look at the remaining twelve people or so. "The rest of you are going to be spread out and camouflaged to attack if they get too close." We all nod, and run to the forest.
Blair puts the flag in a part of the forest I didn't know existed. No one was going to find it.
Stefani and I stand at the front, and Jessica stands in the back. We're alone, and when we hear the screams of the start of the game, we get excited.
"I don't think anyone's going to find our flag." I whisper to Stefani. She looks at me, surprised I'm talking to her.
"I think they'll find it quickly. I've been to this very spot at least four times." She informs me, and it makes me feel stupid.
"Oh, well, at least you're on our team, then." She blushes again and I look away. I hear the crackle of leaves and turn to the direction, and see Lily and Catherine.
"How the heck did we get here?" Lily asks, and I almost burst out laughing. They turn around, and then I hear another crackle behind me, and I turn, and see Alex Wood, the new guy. I immediately rush him, when he was marveling at himself that he found the flag. I'm on top of him, and holding my sword to his neck. I take out a blindfold and gag him with it, so he can't scream for everyone to come get the flag.
I tell Jessica to watch him, and she does so gladly. I go around to the back now, leaving Stefani to guard the front. We all wait in silence until we here shouts of victory, obviously not the red teams, since we still have our flag. I go over to Alex and un-gag him, shaking his hand, saying "Good game". He nods, and jogs back to where his flag is.
Jessica walks away, trying to get out of the forest. This leaves Stefani and I alone. I'm about to congratulate her, when I see Blair come through the thick brush.
"We won!" She exclaims.
"We know." Stefani answers.
"Did anyone come over here?" Blair asks.
"Alex Wood came over, but I gagged him, and let him go when we heard shouts of victory."
"Anyone else?" Blair looks at me expectantly.
"Well, Lily and Catherine came here by mistake. They must've gotten turned around." Stefani answers, and giggles. I am shocked by how cute her laugh sounds.
"Oh, well, congrats." She says, and leaves.
"So…" Stefani starts, but I interrupt her.
"Meet me here tomorrow, at one." I say, and she looks at me with a puzzled expression. Then she blushes, and I walk away.
