Descendants of Olympus
Sky XII
GASP – Sky woke with a start. He opened his eyes and immediately a burst of heat and light danced on his pupils. He instantly closed his eyes.
He tried to make out where he was. He was staring onto a fire. It was big, so it's most probably a bonfire. He's tied to something long and wooden—a stick. So, if you count two and two together…
He was about to be grilled.
He wobbled around the stick to turn around, but he was too weak. When did he eat the last time? In camp? After millennials he finally managed to turn.
Phew.
He looked over to his right. He could see that they were in a huge room. The walls were out of metal and the ceiling was at least 20 feet high. Sky thought this could be in a closed factory. He calculated the time and the speed they went. Okay they have been in the air taxi for…half an hour. And the air taxi normally goes around…three thousand miles per hour? That means they traveled 1500 miles. From New York to a place in 1500 miles on the way to Seattle?
They were near Denver.
Then he searched for Kate of Liam. When looked a little downwards he saw them. Kate and Liam were hanging. Their hands were tied to a rope sticking to the ceiling. They looked normal, except—was that cream-cheese on their faces?
Consuming lots of energy, he turned left. Then his brain's gears were starting to melt. He saw a monster, which was half snake and half woman. When he looked from the head, she looked normal. Then more down there was a big tail as big as a coffee table. Gemini, Sky thought. Even weirder, there were three of them. Then the one on the left started speaking.
'Hurray! Finally, we got some food!'
'The cannonball was worth it', responded the right one.
'But just one demigod? I need more food! It took lot of my energy, to come here from Athens! The Labyrinth may shorten or expand distances, but it still takes two days to come across the Atlantic!', complained the middle one.
'Oh, stop whining, Elima! At least we got something!', said the right one.
'Shut up! Were you driven a wee bit crazy by the days of never ending hunger, Molea?'
Molea frowned.
'Elima has got a point, you know. One demigod is too less.', said the left one. Then she turned to Elima.
'Well, I don't prefer cannibalism, but—shall we eat Molea? She's getting me on my nerves.'
'Oh, well I don't mind!', screamed Elima with delight. 'Good idea, Kelai!'
Immediately Elima and Kelai leaped onto Molea and started piercing into her skin, stuffing her organs into their mouth. Yuck.
Sky used this as a distraction, so he could free himself. He tangled his way out of the ropes and used the wind, so he wouldn't fall straight onto the fire. Unfortunately, the Gemini heard him.
'Elima! Dinner's trying to escape!', Kelai shouted. In a flash of a second, they were in front of him. Sky summoned his knife, indicating he was armed. The Gemini didn't care.
They leaped onto Sky trying to pierce their nails into every place possible. Sky slashed and blocked the nails plenty of times. Although he was a skilled fighter, he knew he didn't stand a chance. He was getting tired and could only lift his hand halfway.
Suddenly a dark hooded figure appeared behind the Gemini. The figure unsheathed his sword and slashed the Gemini into half. Their body parts then exploded into a cloud of yellow dust. The figure stretched out its hand and black smoke came out of it, going into Sky's face, through his mouth, nostrils and ears. He felt his eyes getting heavy and he drove into deep sleep.
GASP—Sky woke with a start. Again. He looked around. It was night. In front of him was a blazing campfire with the typical crackling sound which reminded him of home. Thinking of home, he thought about the last Christmas with his mother and Julia. The Christmas tree, the fire place and the aroma of freshly baked cookies.
And then suddenly there was a hole in the wall. Monsters coming out of capturing his mother, Julia and him. Out of the hole this monster came. He called himself Don Diablo and ordered Sky to join his 'army of darkness'. Sky refused all the time, even when he burned the Christmas tree down. But when he meant that he would kill his mother he…he did. Don Diablo summoned fire and burned his mother alive. Her face was blazing full of fear and she was shouting of pain. He remembered that Julia was crying and sobbing loudly, and that Sky was pleading for Don Diablo to stop. He didn't stop begging until that monster turned his mother into a pile of ashes.
Back in reality, tears dripped on his cheek.
'Hey, everything okay?', said a familiar voice. Sky turned right seeing Kate. Gosh, she looked beautiful. Her starry eyes were reflecting the light of the campfire and her hair was waving along the cold breeze, a contrast to the warm fire.
'Huh? Yeah, I am fine', responded Sky.
'Have you been crying?', asked Kate with shock.
'Whaaat? No, pfft how are you guessing that?', said Sky hastily rubbing his tears off. 'It's…um…the breeze it's…'
'Hey. It's fine'
Sky sighed.
'Where are we actually?'
'In a forest near Denver', replied a dark voice.
Sky turned right and looked behind the campfire. It was the same hooded figure he saw when he was fighting the Gemini. So when he counts two and two together…
'He saved our life. Yours especially. You were about to be grilled', said Kate.
Somehow this hooded figure seemed familiar to him. But he didn't know from where or how.
'Who is this?', Sky whispered to Kate.
'He is—um—I think it's best if he introduces himself'
Then Sky looked over to the hooded figure. He was taking his hood off. There was a pale man with black hair and a moody mimic. He had a beard and black and dark eyes. Sky now recognized who he was…
'I'm Nico di Angelo. Remember me?
A/N – Heya, people! How d'ya like this chapter. Sky's perspective and a new character! Anyway, I released dis chapter a little late because of…exams. Hence, now all are finished so more time (yay)! See ya later, lads!
PS: You have to check out my new chapter four because it was a copy of chapter three and now it's different.
