"They're here ssssssir." The fury told Markus. Markus smirked.
"Send any monster you can find after them."
"Yes sssssssir." It responded and left the room. Markus sighed. It was time to confront Raye again. Markus went over to the door and opened it. He went left down to the stair well that led to the basement like hallways were Raye was kept. He then opened the door where she was held.
"Oh look my little buddy is back." Raye responded. Markus rolled his eyes.
"Your friends are here." Raye's eyes got big.
"What did you do to them?"
"Calm down, nothing yet, they aren't here ,here they are outside." Markus responded.
"Why would you care if I calmed down or not, isn't that your plan to mess with our heads?"
"How'd you know that?"
"I'm not that stupid plus you didn't kill me when you brought me here."
"True…..
"Markus, I again ask why would you stay with Gaea."
"I have already told you my answer."
"Has Gaea ever been nice to you."
"She praises me for my work of course she has."
"She praises you for killing another human being, wouldn't you rather be praised for your archery or smarts or even your strategy's that don't involve killing people."
"I suppose but…
"But what, Markus you can have so much more at camp, friends, people who actually care about you, and you don't have to act like a 40 year old man who is way too serious, your 17 for Pete's sake."
'I've known people who have to act serious to get through a day alive."
"And who are they?" Raye raised her eyebrow.
"You don't know them and never will." Raye smirked.
"You're lying; you didn't know any people with those problems." She responded.
"You don't know anything about me."
"I know your name is Markus Owens, you are amazing at archery, you're a son of Asteria the titan and you have dark brown hair and-
"Everyone knows those things about me."
"And you can shadow travel which is usually only a power a son or daughter of Hades can do." Markus looked her over.
"You're smart."
"Uh duh!" Markus gave a small smile and turned away from her.
"So tell me about your little friends."
"Their names are Larissa, Liam and Valdis who could be your friends too if you joined us." Markus sighed. That again.
"Are you ever going to give up on that?"
"Nope." Markus rolled his eyes at her.
"I've should have known; your too stubborn not to." Raye smirked innocently as she could
"Well that's true but you like it." Raye responded. Markus gave her a disbelieving look.
"No I don't."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't"
"Yes you do." Markus sighed.
"Fighting with me isn't going to turn out good for you, you know that." Raye just laughed.
"Oh is little Marky going to kill me?"
"No, but little Marky will put duct tape on your mouth to make you shut up." Markus said using the same mocking tone. Raye scowled at him.
"Why are so difficult all the time?" Raye suddenly blurted out. Markus turned to her.
"I'm not on your side, why do expect me to be nice to you?"
"No, Why are you so difficult not why are you mean to me." Raye said exasperatedly.
"I'm stubborn if you haven't noticed."
"And….
"And what, why do you care!" Markus asked her.
"I care because….um… Raye tried to think of way to tell him without revealing her plan.
"Well?"
"Because if I can get you on our side everyone but Gaea would be at an advantage."
"And what would those be?"
"You'll get friends, people who actually care for you, we get a demigod who can shadow travel, which by the way is a very rare gift that usually only children of Hades have, one of which is captured by Gaea while the other is barely at camp."
"You don't need friends to live, they bring you down actually, if you're fighting and you need to help them so they don't die where you could be running away to save yourself."
"Exactly why we bring 3 demigods on a quest; it's easier." Markus shook his head.
"So bringing 100 some monsters with you should turn out better?" Raye asked.
"When they come back within 4 seconds yes, demigods don't come back?"
"You don't know that."
"Well do you?" Markus asked.
"No." Raye sighed.
"Exactly."
"Markus I'm serious, really why stay here, camp is much more appealing." Markus stared at her for a moment.
"I suppose." He said carefully. "It is."
"Well why won't you come back with us?"
"I have a feeling the other demigods won't be so….generous." Raye looked at him.
"As if you care." She figured out his plan. Markus scowled as she looked away from him.
"Sometimes I wonder how you can be this way." Raye said.
"Years of practice, I guess." She snorted.
"Years of practice for murder."
"Why do you keep saying murder?" Truthfully it bothered him when it came from her mouth.
"Because you killed those people, the had families, friends and even people who they probably fell I love with ,Markus." He looked over at her. The room then shook the slightest bit but enough to loosen some dirt from the ceiling.
"It's time Markus, time for you to pick if you are loyal to Gaea or if you're going to be loyal to us."
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Really short but I had to end it there. What will Markus choose? Hope you guys enjoyed it! And check out my poll on my profile, it determines what story I should write after this one.
