Dpov
The next morning, I knew before even opening my eyes that something was wrong. I sat up quickly as a loud clap of thunder shook the cabin, rattling the windows.
"What the…"
I pushed off my blankets and ran to the windows to see what looked like a hurricane outside. Trees were bending so far under the force of the wind, it looked as if they might snap and it was raining so heavily, I could barely see the other cabins.
Lightning lit the room and more thunder shook the cabin.
"What's going on?" Jackson asked joining me at the window. "It never rains here unless…"
He didn't finish his sentence though as realization hit us.
It only ever rained in camp for one reason, If Adam was upset, and by the looks of this storm he was distraught.
"We've got to find Thea." Jackson said nervously as hail hit the window with a sickening 'CRACK!'. "She's the only one who can calm him down."
"I don't think we're going to find her." I said softly bitterness rising through me like bile.
"But-"
"What on earth do you think could have possibly made him this upset?" I snapped.
"You mean, you think that she-"
"Keep everyone inside." I said as the window was hit with another piece of hail and it cracked. "I'm going to go see if I can find him. See if I can't get him to calm down."
"You can't go out there!" he said his eyes wide.
"Either I go out there and calm him down or the storm comes in here."
I grabbed my shoes and made my way to the front door to see Ryan looking out of the girls' room.
"I think Mr. Calm and Collected might have cracked."
"Where's Thea?" I asked in a vain hope that she might be here and Adam was just over reacting to something as simple as a stubbed toe.
"She was she was meeting Adam at the Big House in the morning when she got back last night. If he's this upset, my guess is she didn't make it that far."
"Did she look sick?" I asked.
"No, but Steph didn't look sick the day before she collapsed either so that's not saying much. Any idea where Adam is?"
"Yeah, I think so." I said with a nod. Knowing was one thing. Getting there in this weather however, was another.
"Well you'd better go find him. Before he starts a tornado or something."
I nodded and made it to the front door only to be assaulted by the wind.
"Gods Adam." I muttered angrily, but my words were snatched away by the roar of the wind. "Calm down…"
I stepped off the porch and felt the rain and sleet hit the skin on my face stinging like needles. I tried to run but was nearly blown off my feet. Behind me there was a cracking noise and I saw a branch break off from one of the trees that lined the boundary of the camp.
I swore as lightening flashed again immediately followed by thunder and started running. Hannah had been right the other day. If he kept this up he was going to destroy the camp.
I made my way towards the Big House, half blinded by the rain, staggering from the wind, and praying that the lightning stayed in the sky.
With this weather, it took me nearly ten minutes to get to there, but was shocked when I reached the Big House to see that the weather above it alone was untouched.
I stepped out of the storm, sopping wet into a bright summer's day that only existed within a ten-foot perimeter of the building.
"What the?" I asked confused but I decided to ignore the irregularity when spotted the figure sitting alone on the roof, staring out at the storm over the camp.
"Adam!" I shouted but he ignored me. "Adam! You need to call the storm off!"
Again, he ignored me and I felt a stab of anger go through me.
"Fine." I said flatly and started to scale the side of the house.
He made no move to stop me, he hadn't indicated that he'd registered me at all but when I made it to the roof he said.
"You wanted to know how I'd feel if it happened to your sister." He said quietly still looking out over the storm. "Does this answer your question?"
"Dude you need to calm down." I said watching tiles flew off the roof of the armory.
He didn't respond.
"You've got to control this if you don't-"
"I can't." he said.
"What do you mean you can't?" I asked frowning.
"I mean." He said bitterness creeping into his voice. "I literally can't, this is all I can do." He gestured hopelessly at the sky above us. "All I can do is make sure it doesn't hit the infirmary."
"Then at least go talk to her." I said. Thea was the only one who seemed to be able to calm him down whenever he was really angry. The whole camp knew.
"I can't." he repeated and I felt a cold breeze pass over us. Clouds started to creep over us and he let out a noise of frustration. "She fainted this morning and she hasn't woken up, no one in the infirmary has."
The more he spoke he more I could hear his calm slipping and the darker the clouds above us got.
"They're all like Chiron now. Nothing we've tried is doing any good and if we can't wake her up-"
Thunder rumbled above us and I felt rain fall.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and after a couple of seconds, the rain halted.
"Then we should leave." I said quickly. "Now. We should start making our way to the underworld before anything else can happen."
"I'm not going anywhere." He said opening his eyes and glaring at the storm.
"But-"
"Dennis, I'm not leaving your sister," he said cutting me off. "And I'm no use to you right now anyways. Unless you want a walking natural disaster following you around outside the camp."
I stared at him without knowing what to say. I'd never seen Adam this upset. I might have been older now, but suddenly I felt like that little kid again. The kid that had hidden behind him when monsters had almost killed me the first time I'd come to camp. He'd always been so steady, the strongest in the camp, the one person we could all count on to never lose it and could look to when things went wrong. No matter what I'd felt about him, he was always at least there. Now, the guy I'd been so in awe of, even afraid of, was completely incapacitated. He'd said it himself, he was useless and even worse, I didn't have Thea either. The one person who'd always been in my corner, who always managed to get me out of trouble was now unreachable.
"You're on your own Dennis." He said quietly. "Thea can't fix it for you this time."
He was right. I was alone. I couldn't go to Thea for answers or Chiron for advice. Adam was busy trying not to destroy the Big House to be any help and my closest friends and siblings were all done for unless I managed to do this on my own.
Panic started to fill me. How was I supposed to do this? I'd never gone in the underworld before, sure I was good at fighting monsters but this was totally different. This was on a whole new level, one I wasn't sure I was ready for.
'But you're not alone.' A small voice said in the back of my head. 'Not yet.'
The voice sounded like Thea and I could only imagine her expression if she saw me now, pitying myself when my friends needed our help. If she were here now she'd probably hit me and tell me to suck up, that I had a job to do.
"Try not to destroy the camp." I said looking down at Adam. "I'll figure it out."
"Head for central park." He said. "You can use the door of Orpheus to get to the Underworld."
I nodded and hesitated.
"I'm sorry." I said eventually. It felt weird to be comforting Adam. Thea was my sister after all. "I know you really care about her."
"Don't be sorry." He said shaking his head. "Just fix it."
"Right." I said and jumped back to the ground.
I ran back to the Hermes cabin where my siblings were crowded in the living room. The second I stepped inside, they bombarded me with questions about Adam and Thea, but I ignored them and looked at Ryan.
"Get packed." I said. "Time to test your training in the real world."
She didn't question me, just nodded and went to her room.
She didn't take long and part of me wondered if she'd guessed she was coming with me after Thea had been taken out of action.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"Just come with me." I said knowing she was not going to be happy about it.
I grabbed my mission gear and together we stepped out into the storm. I was almost a little grateful for the lack of visibility provided by the heavy rain, Ryan didn't realize what cabin I was jogging towards until we were right outside it.
"Are you kidding me Dennis?" she shouted over the wind. "How is she going to help?"
I ignored her and pounded on the door.
"Dennis?" James asked his eyes wide as it opened. "What on Olympus are you doing outside right now?"
"Get Hannah." I said not bothering to answer his question. "I need her help."