Annabeth
Time was running out. Just one look at Thalia and I can see she is hiding the pain. Her skin is dry and flaky. If we don't get the Fleece back by tomorrow I fear she won't make the journey back to camp. I stare at Aelin, talking to that teenage girl across the park. I see her face lit with fury. To be honest it was kinda scary.
Aelin storms over towards us, leaving the girl behind her. She passes two notes to Lysandra. One the letter the other I don't know.
"I'm sorry. Make sure Terrasen doesn't fall, take care of Fleetfoot. Stay here. " She whispers. Her footsteps silent as she walks away. What? I'm confused. What is she sorry about? What's Terrasen? Whose Fleetfoot? Questions buzz through my mind like a bee. The others look confused for a second before Aedion screams.
"NO!" The girl on the bench smirks. As of being kept by an invisible force Aedion is held back. Lysandra looks at Aedion in confussion, before gasping. I look back over to where Aelin went. The girl forced her to the ground in a kneeling position. Three men enter the park. Two holding another two people in chains. The other as a guard. Each one well-built and strong.
Dorian shouted at the people. "Chaol!" He ran over too them only to be stopped by the guarding person. Anger rushes through Dorian like and earthquake.
"I sugest you don't do that." The girl says. Dorian is fuming. A jet of ice shoots out of his body aimed towards the chains around the man. The ice freezes the metal, breaking it. The guy falls to the hard ground. His arm locked back in the grip of the man in seconds.
"Son of Khione." I whisper. Percy reaches and grabs my hand in comfort.
"That was a very bad thing you did Dorian." The girl says. Who is she? Faster than I thought was possible she grabs Aelin.
"How many times do you think it'll take this time to make her scream?" I was horrified.
"Why don't you see yourself, Maeve." Aelin spat. A bulky man walked out into the park. All eyes staring at him. It seems that this girl didn't not care for witnesses. He was carring something. I couldn't quiet tell what it was from this distance and I didn't dare move closer. I didn't need to. The man lashed the nine-tail whip.
"Ah, I love this world. They invent such amazing things." The girl says. My breathing becomes rapid. I see something that I have never seen before. Aelin was scared.
Two other men come. One with golden hair the other with black, or was that dark brown? They grab Aelin and tie her up to a palm tree. The male brought up the whip. Not caring for her clothes when he btought it down with a loud crack, right onto Aelin back. Her clothes shredded, blood dripped from her back. She did not scream, though every one in the park did. It was chaos, people ran around screaming, it won't be long until the cops come. The man raised the whip and brought it down again. With no clothes to protect her, it went straight into Aelins back. Still no noise left her mouth. She only closed her eyes, face grimaced.
This did not please the girl, Maeve. The man started to lift the whip again. No, this can't go on.
"Stop!" I shout. And he did. Not because he was thinking about how wrong this is, but becasue he was amused. "I'm sure there's a logical, reasonable solution to this that doesn't involve blood." I continue.
The man shrugged. "Probably." He than brought the whip down on Aelin again. Who is this girl? Three whips and no scream? Blood soaked the ground on which her body was. No skin was to be seen. Aelin choked as she was trying to say something.
Maeve's face went smug, she walked over towards Aelin. "Trying to say something, to give in?"
"Never you bitch." She struggled. "I thought we had a deal."
"Oh yes. Release them!" Maeve ordered. The chains around the girl slid lose. The man was released from his iron grip. Dorian rushed over to him. They said a few words that I couldn't make out.
"Ok, Cairn continue." The man, Cairn, whipped her again, and again, and again, and again. Untill she finally screamed as leather met bone.
"Argh, there we go. Now let's see if she's ready to give me what I want." Aelin shook her head. Maevd pressed her lips together. "Cairn, ag-" her words cut of by a blinding light striking throught Lummus Park.