Thirty minutes later.
His skin is repaired fully but he still has yet to awaken. By this time, I am exhausted, but I want to be there when he wakes. His hand still feels as cold as ice in mine. I soon fall asleep holding his hand.
"How will we get her?" one man says.
"We will have to wait. We have to get close to her... Tell the gods to send one of her friends on a quest."
"All right, but why, my lord?"
"It is not in your place to ask," The giant one bellows.
"I am sorry, my lord."
The room darkens and I awake in another room, empty except for a table in the middle. On the table, things are stacked, covering every inch of its surface.
"Thank you for meeting me," I hear a booming voice say behind me.
"It is my honor, my lord. Welcome back from your slumber," a man in a suit says, kneeling to the other.
"Stand up," the one wearing the gold armor tells the other.
"Yes, my lord. What news do you have?" the suited one says.
"There is someone I need you to get me."
Then, three days later.
I wake up next day on a bed in the infirmary. I sit up and Dane is sitting beside me.
"Hey," he says. "You're finally awake."
"Yeah, you're one to talk," I joke.
"Lets go," he says, and takes my hand.
I get out of the bed and we leave the infirmary.
A year later.
We sit down in a small clearing in the forest. The leaves on the trees are of beautiful orange and brown colors.
Dane sits beside me with his arm around my waist. This summer has been crazy, the whole lightning thief thing never seemed to end and today was the last day of summer camp.
"Next summer is going to rock," Brad says, leaning back.
"Yeah! I mean it's been so awesome." Dane says nervously.
"Yeah, I hope next summer we will be getting more quests," Luke says.
They keep talking, about who beat who and etc. - things I usually don't care about. A couple minutes later, Brad and Luke leave saying they have to go find someone or something.
"Hey Mj, are you still alive?"
My mind was racing, still thinking of all the dreams I have recently had. Mostly of the room again.
"Hey Mj?"
"Yeah?" I ask.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Have you been having more dreams?"
"No." I lie, I don't want anyone to hear this conversation, because there is most likely someone listening.
"You can tell me the truth." He leans in close whispering in my ear.
"I can't tell you here," I whisper back.
"Okay where?"
"I can't tell you now, someone might be listening."
"So?" Dane says.
"Yeah, someone might be listening," a voice says making the ground rumble.
I stand up and spin around facing a man in full body armor.
"Now, sweetheart, don't do anything stupid..." the man says. I grab my stone out of my pocket, but the man's hand is holding my wrist. Did he just teleport or something?
"I said don't do anything stupid," he growls. Dane stands there dumbfounded.
"Do I know you?" I ask. A double handed sword that has a black blade and gold hilt appears in my hand. He steps back letting go of my wrist and taking out his sword from its sheath.
"No, but I know you," the man says. "Now, Dane, go wander off," he says and flicks his hand at Dane, Dane stands up and leaves.
"What?" I ask stunned. When the man is still focusing on Dane, I swing my sword full force at the man's head and the sword just bounces of the helmet leaving a deep dent in it. My arms trembling, he takes the sword from my hands.
"What did I say?" he asks impatiently. "I didn't say swing a sword at my head. Now I have to get this fixed." He grabs me by the arm and pulls me out of the clearing.
"I can walk you know," I remark.
"Fine, but don't try anything we are almost there."
"And where is there?" I ask.
"Just out of the camps boundaries."
"Great, so I will get blasted?"
"Nah," he says, then pushes me in front of him. "Here we are."
"Why are we here?"
"Because you are leaving." He grabs a rock and hands it to me. "Through it over the line."
"What? What line...?"
"Just throw it over."
I throw the rock over and, at first, nothing happens but right when it hits the ground, it is struck by lightning.
"Just like I thought..." He grabs my arm and pushes me over the boundaries. He steps over to, grabs my hand and then it all goes black.
In seconds I am on a temple floor.
"Congratulations," a booming voice says. "Kronos will be quite pleased when he returns... Bring her here, I want to see if she is really like what they have told me."
The man behind me grabs me by the hair and pulls me up. "Come on."
I spin around and I punch the man's helmet and it comes off.
"I can walk by myself," I say and punch him in the face again. He grabs me and brings me to the humongous throne. I try to get free but the man's grip does not loosen.
The ground shakes as the man, no, not man, giant gets down from the throne.
I am thrown at the giant man's feet, he starts to shrink. "Get on your knees."
I reluctantly do what he told me to do. "Why do you hide your eyes with the mist?" the man says as he stares into my eyes. "Let me get rid of the mist."
"Your father will be quite happy with you, but first you must go to the ship," the man says. "She will be a great weapon."
"I'm not a weapon," I interrupt.
The man's eyes glare with anger. "Once I am free from my punishment, girl, I will show you what you really are." He raises his hand to hit me but, when he does, his hand goes right through.
"How is the ship progressing?" the man says.
"It is almost ready, our plan is working out well. Luke is on his way there today," the other man says.
"Wait, what? What does Luke have to do with any of this?" I demand.
"Silence, girl!" the man in front of me says.
"Or what, you wave your hand through me?" I stand up passing my hand through him. The man in front of me is wearing full body armor, he has light brown skin, or had before his face goes red with anger.
"You stupid girl, do you know who I am?" he yells.
"No idea," I respond. I turn around and the man behind me is just standing there with his mouth open. "Can you respond to my question please?"
The man looks at me in awe. "Luke is one of the most important pieces of our plan. Now turn around and apologize for your rudeness."
I stare at him but know that he is right, somehow I knew that this holographic image is a holographic image I don't want to mess with. I turn around and apologize.
The man's facial expression does not soften. "Just because you apologized, does not mean when I get out of here, I am not going to punish you."
"Are you the god of holographic pictures?" I ask.
He scowls at me. "Bring the girl to my temple!" he orders the other man.
"Are you sure that is the best idea? We should get her to pledge first..."
"First get her to pledge, then get her to the quest, and then bring her here!" the man orders and then explodes into gold dust.
"You really are... special," the man says.
"Thanks."
"Do you even know who I am?" he says, his armor slowly shimmers and changes into a suit.
"Not really. Sorry," I respond.
"I am the great titan Prometheus.