AN: I'm sorry I keep writing in the same POVs over and over again. The problem is, they're where everything interesting is happening. Also, I'm not writing in anyone else's POV except the ones in previous chapters. Thanks again for all the reviews and enjoy the story!
Edilio
I stepped out of the car slowly. We really needed Caine to not kill us on sight. Hopefully he wasn't angry. I kept my eyes on Caine as Sam stepped out, waiting for his reaction. Caine grinned for a split-second before masking his emotions again. I hoped he wasn't going to kill Sam. Toto and Percy came out next. Caine's eyes looked at Percy with curiosity. He looked at Toto in understanding.
I started to walk towards Caine slowly. Somebody else was with him. I think his name was Virtue. As I walked towards Caine, Percy, Sam and Toto followed. Caine was starting to grin evilly again so I stepped in before he threw his twin into a wall.
"We're not here to fight." I stated. Caine frowned slightly while Virtue looked relieved. Then they both looked at Toto as he spoke.
"It's true." Who knew two words could mean so much? Caine looked a bit unhappy that we hadn't come to challenge him. I looked at Sam in the corner of my eye, I still didn't trust Caine. Sam was staring at Caine, shuffling nervously.
Finally, Caine sighed and told us, "Why are you here Sam? Did you come to surf? Who's that?" He pointed at Percy briefly before turning towards Virtue. "Choo, go find some chairs for us."
I was wondering who he was talking about until Virtue left. Then I remembered that he liked everybody calling him Choo instead. I looked at Sam. I didn't think Caine was going to kill us today unless we made him mad. Sam's eyes narrowed slightly so I sent him a look. We couldn't make Caine angry, not when we had come here to ask for his help.
"Don't look at me, ask Edilio." Sam looked over at me. I was a tiny bit relieved that Caine wasn't going to have more chances to get on Sam's nerves. Then Virtue came back with the chairs.
They were small and wooden, like something you might find in a dining room. Caine went over and sat on the slightly larger one, while Sam, Percy and I took the last three. Toto was left to sit on the floor but he didn't seem to mind. He was staring at the space to his left, talking to his dead spider-man toy. They were sat around a large desk, Caine on one side and us on the other. Virtue came and pulled up a chair next to Caine.
Caine put his feet up, "I would give you cookies and milk, but we're all out of them."
Toto looked up and decided that statement needed to be verified. "It's true, he has no cookies or milk."
I decided to get straight to the point. It was stupid for us all to just sit here, while Caine keeps spouting off sarcastic comments. "We need to start the food production up again. We need to deal with everyone outside the FAYZ. We need rules, an organization."
"That's pure genius Edilio. Choo, make a note of that: we need people to work. Anyway, you still haven't answered my first question." He glared at Percy. "Who are you?"
Astrid
I was worried about Sam. Dekka and I were telling Annabeth about Caine. The more we talked, the more nervous she looked. We told her about the FAYZ in detail, Dekka explaining all the parts I couldn't bring myself to talk about. We talked about how much we wanted to leave, about our life before and what we would do when we left. Annabeth told us about her life,the fight with the titans and Gaea and how Percy finally asked her out. She told us about how she had always wanted to be an architect and how happy she was designing Olympus. We talked fro what seemed like hours.
Suddenly, Brianna walked onto the boat. She was carrying a large bag, which was slung over her shoulder carelessly. She was smiling happily as she sauntered casually up to us. As I looked at Brianna, our conversation stopped. Annabeth and Dekka both turned towards her. My eyes narrowed slightly, Brianna was supposed to be looking for Drake. I wondered why she was here unless… I looked at the bag. I wondered what was in it, but I had a pretty good idea.
"Where's Sam?" Was the first thing she asked me. I glanced at the bag, which was now hanging by her side. Dekka was looking at the bag as well. Annabeth had a puzzled look on her face as she looked at the bag, probably wondering why Dekka and I were so interested in it. After a couple of seconds, Dekka looked back up at Brianna.
"He's out with Edilio." I noticed how she didn't mention Percy, probably because Brianna would ask even more questions that would be harder to answer. Annabeth looked at Brianna. She looked disappointed. I realized she had wanted to impress Sam with whatever was in that bag. I was about to ask her when Annabeth decided to.
"What's in the bag?" She asked Brianna. Brianna's face lit up again. She walked up even closer to us.
"Just a little something I picked up." Her smile widened. She walked over to the table we were sat round. She looked at me for a split-second before emptying the bag. A couple of lizards and broken eggs fell out. She shook the bag quickly before a head fell out. Drake's head.
"Oh my gods!" Annabeth screamed, quickly backing away from the head on the table. I would like to say I stayed calm but I didn't. I screamed loudly before backing away quicker than Annabeth.
"Jesus!" Yelled Dahra. She was retreating quickly as well. I looked back at Brianna, who was still smiling smugly.
"I know." She said, her head held high.
"Oh, that's…" I told her, approaching the head slowly. Drake's head looked like it had been cut in half and was in the process of joining together again. They must have been tossed a lot, though. They were joining wrong, so the halves were facing in opposite directions. The neck and spine were sticking up and down. His mouth was next to his hair. Parts of lizard were sticking out. They weren't dead, though. No… The lizards were flicking their tails in annoyance. Egg was smeared across one of his eyes and a part of the hair next to it.
Annabeth was coming closer too. It looked like Drake was trying to talk. One of the lizard parts was flicking its tail back and forth, almost like it was his new whip. I put my hand over my mouth. Dekka came up to it, her mouth open wide and her brows furrowed. Brianna beamed like she had just acquired a new power.
"What is that?" asked Annabeth.
"It's Drake" Dekka whispered to her. Annabeth's eyes widened. Brianna was completely oblivious.
"Ta-da!"
