Chapter 10

Jack

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I woke up in the forest that Leo had shadow traveled us to. It looked like there was an incline below us, and we were on a ledge of rock and dirt. I could see the fires from the explosion down the mountain.

Leo looked like he was starting to wake up, and then I heard a twig snap in the distance.

"Schist!" I whispered, before shadow traveling myself up a tree.

When Leo woke up, he saw me, and traveled to a nearby tree. Clarisse crawled away to hide, completely silent. I saw a green cloak with silver-grey fur walk near the ledge, and black hair. When the girl turned around, I saw navy blue eyes.

"Cindy! What are you guys doing here?" I exclaimed.

Cindy responded with, "Me, Thalia, and Jackie saw the explosion. Your aunt Bianca's residual spirit told us you were here. Thalia and Jackie are to the left and right of us. I will signal them now."

She then climbed up a random tree, and then took out a horn from her coat pocket. She blew into it, and silver strands flowed out of it. The strands located Thalia and Jackie, and then I saw silver and green blurs running up. Below the two blurs were… Grey wolves!?

I signaled for Leo and Clarisse to come out. When we were all there, Clarisse and Thalia scowled at each other.

"Why, exactly, is she here? She's not exactly the best demigod." Thalia asked.

"Well, because she'll be able to help us with the Ares cabin stuff. Who's next on the list, Leo?" I responded.

"Gary Tomferty." Leo told me.

"No. He's dead." Clarisse told the two of us.

"Tyler Washen?" Leo said, but it came out as a question.

"No way. He was my sparring partner. He wouldn't go bad. Even if he was going to, he wouldn't have been able to get Garfield to join too. And Garfield is a child of Nemesis. So he could get his revenge on Tyler. Who's next?" I replied, positive that Tyler wasn't evil.

"Well then, let's go see… Danny Sammoney?"

"Alright, where's he live, Clarisse?"

"He lives in New York. In Camp Half-Blood." Clarisse told me.

"Schist! Really? He's in New-FREAKING-York?!" I exclaimed.

"Yes. But, don't worry. Sherman gave me the chariot when I left camp." Clarisse replied.

"Great! Me, Cindy, and Thalia will ride our spirit wolves." Jackie said, as a grey wolf materialised in front of her.

"What are those things even made of?" I asked Thalia.

"These 'things' are made of our very life force. If our wolves die, then so do we. If we die, however, then our wolf will go to… well, it's kind of like a will. If I were to tell my wolf to go back to Artemis, it would. However, if I do not tell it who to go to, then my wolf will merely fade away, before becoming an evil spirit, capable of almost killing even the gods when they are in mortal form." Thalia responded.

"So, who will yours go to?" I asked.

Thalia hopped on her wolf and rode off. I shadow traveled to the top of a tree and began hopping from branch to branch. Leo hopped in the Ares cabin chariot which had magically appeared. Clarisse drove it.

After we had been going for three hours, Cindy and Jackie got tired and rode their wolves right under the chariot. Then, they hopped off the wolves, threw a hook to grab onto the chariot, and the wolves disappeared. Now, Leo, Cindy, and Jackie were all asleep.

"Thalia!" I exclaimed, as I shadow traveled lower.

"Yes, Jack?" She replied.

"I need to tell someone about something, and I don't trust the other members of the hunt, or Clarisse."

"That is a wise choice. Why not tell Leo?"

"Because, I don't want to freak him out. He's already under the stress of being a demigod, and these things, well… They'd only freak him out more."

"Ah. Then, go ahead."

"I've been having visions, almost like prophecies. They involve me falling, and then Leo almost dying, or me almost dying, or someone else dying-" My voice broke.

"I understand what that's like. Not knowing if your brother will live or die. Not knowing if you will live or die. It's scary."

"Yeah, and, I mean, I-I just met my brother a few days ago, and I don't want to lose him, or our parents, or-" I started to cry.

"Hey, Jack, it's going to be fine. I promise you, Leo, Will, and Nico will live through it. And so will you."

"Thank you, Thalia. I'm-I'm going to go to sleep now." I shadow traveled into the chariot, and fell asleep.

(I had to put this bit in there. It's so sad, and, I mean, let's all be real here. If someone in your family that you love was going to die, then wouldn't you be horrified?)

When I woke up, I saw no trace that Cindy, Thalia, or Jackie had been with us. Clarisse had landed the chariot, and we were near a large pine tree.

"We're here! Finally! Yes! We can continue interrogating the campers!" I exclaimed.

And then I saw it. The fire. The destruction. Clarisse was already awake, and was battling the distant figure that was attacking Camp Half-Blood. My rings turned into swords. I woke up Leo.

At first, he looked relieved. Then, he saw it. He clicked his pen, and he suddenly had a bow and a quiver. He nocked an arrow and shot it.

"Dude! That has no effect! The border!" I exclaimed, grabbing him and dragging him into camp.

I ran at the figure, and saw that it was mostly fire and armor.

"Hyperion." I muttered.

I ran at the Titan of the sun, and swung my swords. When Hyperion countered, the sunglasses protected me. I noticed that when the force field appeared, the sunglasses disappeared. I focused on keeping the force field and still being able to attack, and the force field became intangible. I swung at Hyperion, and he stumbled back.