Lexi
June 20
4 days until the Feast of Fortuna
Lexi woke up early and got ready for her mysterious quest. She didn't quite understand the quest but she trusted Apollo. She packed her compact, portable wardrobe, some mortal money, a few denarii, and some snacks. She debated whether or not to bring nectar, ambrosia, and a first aid kit...usually Ody would pack those things. She shrugged and decided to get some anyway.
It wouldn't hurt to be prepared for anything.
A few of her roommates were up so she said goodbye and left Mackenzie a slung her quiver of assorted magical arrows and lightweight silver bow over her shoulder and walked out of her bunker.
The cold wind slapped her in the face as she walked towards the tunnel. Since they would be traveling North they might as well leave from the camp entrance. She listened to music as she waited for Ody to show up. When she did she started to feel bad about the way she'd been acting. Yea, she had the right to be mad about some of the things he said and did but she hadn't handled things too well. Even though he had taken her to the docks yesterday and treated her pretty well she had given him the cold shoulder the whole time.
"Goodmorning," he says gently as he opens the door to the tunnel.
"Goodmorning," she answers in the same tone.
"Did you eat anything?" He asks as he looks at his watch.
"No, I just packed up and came. I packed a little food so I should be alright. Why, did you eat?"
"No, I pretty much did the same, but it just occured to me I didn't pack anything to eat for later. And I don't know if you packed any extra food..."
"I did. You hungry? I don't think we have time to really stop but if you want I can give you a little something to munch on...?"
"Yes, please," he gives her a warm smile and she hand him her bow and quiver so she could take off her Coach backpack.
She opened it up and examined its contents. "What do you want? I have biscuits, chips, marshmallows, carrots, ham and cheese sandwiches, taquitos and guacamole, some pineapple, watermelon and strawberries, and some water,"
"Umm can I have a biscuit and some strawberries?"
"Sure," she pulls a small sandwich bag with two biscuits and another with some strawberries. She holds it out to him, "Here,"
"Thanks babe," he says as he takes the food from her.
"You're welcome," she says sweetly.
They traveled most of the day without problems which was a little strange considering they were attacked pretty often outside the camps protective borders.
Maya
June 19th
I woke up with a massive headache and my boobs were a little sore. When I finally opened my eyes, I could see I was in the infirmary...What was I doing here?
"Chad?" I croak. "What happened?"
He gave me a small smile and walked to the side of the infirmary bed.
"You fainted and Leo carried you here. He stayed for a little while to see if you were okay then he left to go work on the Argo,"
I let out a deep sigh. Did I really expect for Leo to have stayed with me?
"Oh..."
"How are you feeling?" He asks.
"I'm fine. I just have a really bad headache. There's nothing wrong with me right?" I guess. He diverted his eyes elsewhere as if he were avoiding the question. "Chad..."
"Well, what's going on with you is completely natural," he says with a nervous smile.
"What's "going on" with me?" I ask pressingly.
"You're uh...5 weeks pregnant," he says nervously.
"Stop playing with me," I practically growl. He throws his hands up.
"Why does everyone think I'm playing!?"
"Because you're always playing!"
"Well I'm not this time. You're knocked up and that's that. Would you like an ultra sound with that?" Okay, I had to admit what he said stung a bit.
"Well thanks for the great fucking news," I say bitterly. I throw off the sheets from on top of me and start putting my shoes on.
"I'm sorry...I didn't-"
"Mean to sound the way you did?" I finish for him.
"Well that's too bad because you can't take it back. Just like I can't go back in time and say 'No Leo let's not have unprotected sex because I know I'll be pregnant a month from now'," I say harshly. Yea, maybe it wasn't fair to take out my current frustration on him. He wasn't the one who had gotten me pregnant, he wasn't the one who started screwing with my powers and making me non-intentionally sabotage the Argo. It was all on me.
June 21st
3 Days until the Feast of Fortuna
Lexi
I shot another arrow and pierced the cyclops in his eye while Ody jumped up and stabbed at his neck. He hollered in pain and I shot another three arrows at the cyclops's heart. I thought the lake was protected and guarded by good and pure beings not unnaturally tall cyclopses with morning breath.
We killed the last one but I had a bad feeling that they will soon reform.
"Come on, Ody. Let's hurry up," I say tugging him along. I was glad that I made up with him because I was feeling the need to be really close to him. I don't know it seems the closer I get to my birthday the more dread I feel.
Since the Olympic National Park was "closed for safety reasons", there was no one there. No guides, no tourists, no children running around expecting some big adventure. It was just trees, trees and more trees.
The moisture in the air made my hair frizz and I pouted in frustration. I sighed as I wished that Ody and I could just choose a spot to camp out and have a romantic evening. There were birds chirping, bees and june bugs buzzing. The sun shone high over the thick groves of trees, and reflected off of the spiderwebs and water droplets on the leaves and trees. The air seemed exceptionally clean and pure, real high quality oxygen.
Ody takes my hand as he leads me down one of the trails. He could sense body's of water from miles away so it was good to have him with me on the quest.
"Are we close yet?" I whine.
He squeezes my hand gently and gives me a small smile. "About another mile. Why, you tired?"
"Yesssss," I admit. I knew better than to think the quest would be easy. We've been attacked by empousa, ugly spider demons, and a dragon that breathed fire and spit acid. And once the cyclopses reform they'd be after us.
There were no time for breaks.
"Well you know we can't stop now. We have to get to the Lake, what do we do once we get there?" He asks as he helps me over a tree that fell over.
"I know, I know," I open my bag and checked to see what we had left: gummy bears, two packets of individual servings of saltine crackers, and a gatorade. I bit my lip at the selection.
"What is it? There's no dinner?" He asks.
"All we have is a pack of gummy bears, 4 crackers, and 24 oz bottle of gaorade." I answer.
"Well I still have half of that footlong we got at subway, and a half a bag of hot cheetos," I sigh and we continue to walk. As I suspected we fought, Harry, Larry, Barry, three times within the past hours. I was not injured, tired and hungry, and when it seemed like we'd never make it...well we did.
Ody and I gasped at the sight. From a distance it looked marvelous, The water stretched out as far and wide as I could see. In the distance were lush green mountains full of thick groves of trees. Birds flew overhead in the clear sky and the sun was now beginning to set making the view even more spectacular. I had to snapshot this.
"Ody! Quick picture please!"I beg. He groans and I pull him towards the water.
"Lexi we don't have ti-" he cuts himself off and I see him stare into the water.
"What is-" I didn't finish my question because I saw it. I bent down onto dipped my finger in the water. When I lifted it up my finger had a thick almost oily liquid on it.
The water had been poisoned...
Maya
June 17
7 Days until the Feast of Fortuna
I know is bad but I haven't talked to Leo since I got out of the infirmary which was around 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It was now dinner time and I'm still avoiding him. I knew he would ask me what's wrong, I'd say nothing, and he would demand an answer. Leo already had enough on his plate, I didn't want to pressure him with the news. He didn't need any distractions.
I quickly sat down and stuffed my face with food so I could as I was going to burn my offering or tribute, Leo ran up to me with a plate into his hand.
"Maya, why have you been avoiding me?"
"What are you talking about?" I smile and throw my offering into the fire.
"I've been looking for you since yesterday morning! You haven't been to the bunker and I swear you hear me calling you and you disappear. Did I do something wrong?"
"No Leo, you haven't done anything wrong," I put away my plate and walk towards my cabin. I was getting really tired. Chiron told me that demigod pregnancies happen in advanced and elongated stages. So it was like I was 2 months pregnant when I was only a week.
"Then why are you acting like this? I can tell something is wrong Maya," he grabs my arm and gently pulls me towards him.
"Nothing's wrong. I'm fine Leo,"
"Then what happened the other day? Why did you faint the other day?" I racked my brain for an excuse. I wasn't ready to tell him I was pregnant.
"I uh, my blood sugar was low?" I say unsurely.
"Yea, try again. The truth would be nice this time,"
"Leo, I really have to go,"
"Where do you have to be? What do you have planned?"
"Leo-"
"Dammit Maya, I already know you're pregnant!" He blurts out. Good thing we were a good distance from the dining pavilion, otherwise everyone would have heard.
"You do..? How?"
"I found out while you were passed out in the infirmary. I told Brad and Chad not to tell you I knew. I wanted you to tell me, but you've been just avoiding me and denying the situation,"
"No I'm not," I say crossing my arms. He pulls me close and lifts my chin so that I'm looking up into his eyes.
"Maya...we need to talk about this,"
"Leo...we can talk about this after you save the world," I say softly.
There was a pain look in his face before he said, "Maya,I might not come back..."
Okay guys I know I took FOREVER to update an I'm super super super sorry :( I was busy though. Anywayz I hope you enjoyed it and I will most definitely be updating on Monday. Thanx for reading :) Please Review.
