Hey guys, just telling you, I just edited chapter 7, so go check it out. And also, I've just added Damien into the Character Fact-file! And edited Dylan's fact-file a little. My mom just gave me some story-writing tips so I'm sure I can give you guys a better reading experience.
So, not everyone was pleased. Everyone except Damien, actually. Since he just joined us, he was pumped and tried to sound upbeat. "Hey guys, more adventuring. Why the sad faces? C'mon, cheer up!" Then he did something really unexpected. He bent down, frowned, and then started hopping around, beating his hindquarters and saying in a sing-song voice, "Crazy horse! Craaazy horse!" I would later learn that this was his signature move, but at that moment, all I was concerned about was trying to make sure nobody thought I was related to him.
A few moments later, we were standing right outside a huge arena. A long queue snaked from the front doors, mostly consisting of excited teenagers and bored parents that were chaperoning their hyperactive kids. A poster was plastered right next to the doors that read:
Come see the Wonder Girls!
Be amazed by their spectacular performances right here, at the Chicago Great Stage!
Then there was a picture of five girls posing, with their names below them. "Hey, that one looks like Lia!" Damien said, jumping up and down excitedly, pointing at the girl whose name apparently was Sohee. Dylan, Kayla and YiYun nodded their heads in agreement.
I noticed something at the bottom right of the poster. The Greek letter 'μ', which was the letter 'M' in English. "That's funny." I wondered out loud.
"What is?" Lia hopped to my side and asked.
"Look, mu." I hoped I pronounced the letter correctly.
"That's the Muses' symbol." Dylan, the well-read one, told me.
"Strange much?" I asked everyone.
A few minutes later, we stood in the parking lot of the Great Stage, right outside the backstage access door, where two security guards were guarding it. I lead Nightrack to a parking lot and he understood. He transformed into a Porsche promptly.
"We need a distraction. Attack plan Macedonia." I whispered. Damien scratched his head. "Macedonia?"
"Damien," I whispered in his ear, "you have to help us by distracting those guards!" His eyes brightened. "Are you kidding? Let's get this started!" He skipped over to the security guards and began doing the 'Crazy Horse'. Interesting kid.
The security guards were directing all their attention to Damien, and looking at him as if they were figuring out how to get him to a mental institute. We crept behind the guards and in two quick shoulder jabs, Lia had them unconscious. "Good job!" I praised Lia. Her cheeks immediately turned red.
We grabbed the backstage passes pinned on the security guards' shirts and proceeded through the door. The passage was like a maze. We had taken a few wrong turns and even ended up in a room filled with Styrofoam wrappers once. However, in the end, we found the Wonder Girls' dressing room. We entered cautiously. Shiny, silver jackets hung up on the walls. A pink grand piano sat in the middle of the room. Lyres, harps, violins, guitars…. Instruments of all sorts hung all around the room. The five girls we saw earlier in the poster were at their makeup tables, cautiously applying makeup for their upcoming performance.
Their eyes widened then they saw us. "What are you doing here?! Autographs after concert!" The girl called Sun exclaimed in a funny Korean accent. Then Sohee, at the back, closed her eyes and walked up to me. "Son of Zeus, sister." She opened her eyes and examined us. She smiled. "In fact, all demigods. Powerful ones. Except him." She pointed to Damien.
"Sorry to intrude." I said. "But we're on a quest. Just asking, do you Muses happen to know anybody called Calypso? And where she is?"
"Calypso! Yes! Pirates of the Carribean!" Sun said happily.
I smacked my forehead. "No, no, daughter-of-Atlas Calypso."
"I do." Sohee said. "But first, you must spend some time here."
