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Terra

"You said you weren't feeling sick." I tell Lancer as I walk into the infirmary. I showered and changed, of course, while he got sent down here. "I specifically asked you, and you said 'no'" My attempts to not yawn fail, which makes it all a whole lot less threating.
"Actually," Oh here comes the smart ass reply "I only shook my head." Glaring at him hurts my eyes, but I do it anyway.
Pointing my finger accusingly at him I say, "If I get sick, it's your fault cause you threw up on me."
"You'll know in the morning." Sunny interrupts, passing Lancer a glass of water, "We think it takes about twelve hours for the symptoms to start. So you should know around six or so tomorrow."
Turning back to him, "If I start throwing up at six in the morning you will pay. Not only because I'll be sick, but because- six am!" he nods his head.

In all reality it isn't really Lancer's fault, but this is the last thing I need.
The fact he threw up on me, honestly, didn't piss me off that much. Sure it was gross, but again, it wasn't his fault.
What did annoy me though was three quarters of the Aphrodite cabin yelling and screaming about how gross it was. Especially since their table is on the other side of the mess hall.

After checking in with Ben, Lizzy and Roxy I make my way back to my cabin. I realize as I get outside that the campfire must be long over, most of the cabin lights are already off.
You know, except for the Hermes cabin.

It's insane when I get inside. "What are you doing?" I shout at the top of my lungs.
Everyone freezes. "Cleaning." They all say in unison.
"This is not cleaning." Mops and puddles of water litter the ground, everyone is soaked to the bone. "Clean this mess now! We have thirty minutes until lights out, this better be clean and you all better be in bed. If not, you can spend the evening in the woods."
One of the new kids, I don't know his name, steps forward, "But the monsters."
"Too bad." I growl back. "Clean. NOW!" Everyone scurries around, begining to clean things. "Also," I raise my voice again, a thought occurring to me, "Anyone feeling sick. STOP NOW. If you feel even kind of woozy you will be spending the evening in the infirmary with Roxy, Ben, Lizzy and Lancer. If you are sick during the night, I will end you. I repeat," I raise my voice, so I'm louder, "If you are feeling sick. STOP NOW. And come with me." Four of my siblings, three brothers and one sister, follow me out the door and towards the infirmary.

"There's more." I announce, walking into the infirmary, with four siblings (two of which, clutching their stomachs) not far behind me.
"You're joking." A son of Apollo says, walking past with a bucket.
I shake my head and point each of them towards available beds. "If you want some help tomorrow, I'll see if I can muster up some people from the other cabins, you guys must be exhausted."
"Thanks Terra! Much appreciated!" Sunny calls out, "Right guys?"
Her brothers respond with grunts and nods of their heads.

Walking outside, I pause and sit by the nearby tree, taking five seconds to breathe. How did Ryan do it? Or Travis and Connor? Or Luke? Actually, Luke puzzles me more, he had more to look after. Back when campers had to sleep on the floor in the Hermes cabin, when barely anyone was ever claimed. Before I was here, before I even knew this place existed for that matter. If they can do it, so can I.

Raking my hands through my hair a notice the lights of each cabin begin to shut off and realize I should be getting back. My eyes half closed, I open the door of the Hermes cabin to find everyone in bed and the cabin clean- cleaner than it's ever been. Clearly the yelling thing works.
"Good." I say as I switch the light off and find my way to my bed, falling onto it and closing my eyes.

I'm awoken by a very light tap on the window by my bed. Not loud enough to wake anyone but myself. I ignore it at first, then it gets louder, I force myself to get up and make my way towards the window. Opening it gently with one hand, I rub my eyes with the other. By the looks of where the moon is, it's around two am.
I'm going to kill whoever woke me up, very slowly.
Leaning my head out the window I whisper, "What the Hades do you want you insane idiot."
"Well that's not very nice." Hela says, bopping up as if from nowhere.
I groan inwardly, "It's like two o'clock."
She rolls her eyes, "I know. But I can't very well show you the secret hiding place while everyone's awake, now can I?" My eyes widen at the words secret hiding place, "Now get your stinking ass out here so we can go get Nico."
Climbing out the window feet first I realize that in all reality I'm setting the worst example for the others. But I doubt Ryan never snuck out in the middle of the night.
"Are you in your pyjamas?" I ask, squinting in the dark, still waiting for my eyes to adjust.
"Aren't you?" Hela answers and I shrug.

We don't tap on the window to get Nico, the fact they're not visible from the outside makes it impossible, but his lack of siblings also makes just walking in a simple solution.
Hela quietly shuts the door behind me and I yell, "Get up you lazy little piece of-"
Covering my mouth with her hand Hela asks in an urgent whisper, "Are you crazy, someone will hear you."
I pry her hand off my mouth and answer, "The place is sound proof and I'm definitely crazy."
"Oh." She says a small voice, "Sound proof, huh?" she asks, a slight smile on her mouth and waggling her eyebrows.
I blush and shove her shoulder, "You sicko."
"I didn't say anything." She smirks and raises her hands in defence. Walking towards Nico, Hela asks, "How did he sleep through you yelling that loud."
Smiling back at her I say, "Oh he's awake. Just hoping we'll leave." I raise my voice, "But we won't." A pillow goes flying past my head, "You missed."
Nico grumbles and I pull a pillow from under his head.
"Up and at em." Hela says, pulling the blanket away from him.
He rolls off the bed, "You guys better be glad I'm clothed."
After Hela scoffs she says, "Okay, one, let's face the truth, I'm the only one who's glad you're clothed-" I feel the heat rush to my face and look away, "-which brings me to two, I wouldn't call boxes, clothed."
"You never let me have any fun." Nico whines.
"You have to be half naked to have fun?" I ask, sceptically.
Hela laughs, then continues, "We're getting off topic. Nico, put some pants- at least- on. We're going on an adventure, of sorts."
Nico pulls on some shorts and a tee shirt and we make our way outside.

For the middle of the night, it's quiet warm and humid. We don't hesitate following Hela into the woods, the moon and stars being the only light, I find myself bumping into trees and occasionally Nico. After about the tenth time I run into him, Nico takes my hand in his and I stop running into things.

"I think it's around here somewhere." Hela mumbles, I hear rustling and what sounds like the sliding of a door.
A bright light suddenly appears near her feet and shows the woods around us. Once my eyes adjust again, I notice that the light is actually a hole, sort of.
"This way, folks." She says, waving us over and stepping down.

I follow quickly, there are about thirty steps and when I reach the bottom there's a long illuminated corridor, with about ten different doors. "What is this place?" I ask as Nico joins me and I hear the door click shut.
"I'm not sure what you would call it." Hela says, walking down the hallway, "Up the end here used to a tunnel that led to the Hecate cabin, it was closed off a couple of years ago when the Hephaestus cabin helped us build basically the same thing, directly under our cabin. No one's been here in a while, it's basically abandoned."
"So, what do we do now?" Nico asks, leaning against the wall.

Hela opens a door to her left, "Every one of these doors leads to another corridor, with the same number of doors." She pauses and points towards the furthest door, "Except that one. That one , apparently, the restroom. But the rest have all kinds of random crap in them. I guess we go exploring."
Nico stands tall and crosses his arms, a smug look on his face, "I have an idea. First person to find something related with their godly parent and get back here wins."
"But she knows where everything is." I argue, pointing towards Hela.
"Actually, I don't. They closed this place before I got here. I only found out about it at dinner yesterday." She explains. "I'm up for the game though. Prepare to get your butts kicked."
I smirk at both of them, "Guys, I'm gonna win this."
"Oh really?" Hela asks.
"Yep. Okay, Ready?" They both nod their heads. "Set." I smile, and before saying Go take off down the hall and through a random door.
"That's cheating!" Nico shouts after me.
I laugh and before running into though another door yell back, "Too bad!"

But as I run into the room, I run into something- no, someone.

A/N: So, I could've swoon I updated last weekend. But I didn't, apparently. Sorry about that. Really. Anyway, have any of you guys read Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer? I read it a couple of days ago (and actually went to an author talk about it) and it's brilliant!
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