Chapter 29.
When the bell goes, I follow the group but stick to the masses of other students so that I don't stand out. I am supposed to have religious studies now and they are going in the same direction. Lexi points to a room and when I check my own schedule, I see that it's my class too. Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence. If any of them end up in Maths with me next lesson, then I'll know for sure something is going on.
Everyone but the twins and Chantelle are referred to by the names we used on our passports. Everyone treats them as if they've being going here for years. They sit together on two tables of four people at the back and Nico is with two mortals. But since I'm the new girl, I'm asked to stand at the front.
I give a wave to everyone and they laugh. The same goes for the half bloods. I study them and see Nico sitting on his own give me a thumbs up which I return. "Ok, class. We have a new student if you haven't met her already, this is Katy Thompson," I see the half bloods' faces go white as my own goes hot. So much for following them discreetly. "and she has joined us here from America. If you'd like to take a seat next to Nico and I'm sure I don't have to go through class etiquette with you." Mr. Holgonson says. He is wearing a navy striped suit and wears glasses which frames his face better than his bald head.
I sit down between Nico and the window. And then the teacher leaves, saying something about copying down off the white board, into our books which I don't have.
"Who are you?" My clone asks. Since I'm bored of calling her "my clone" or "the girl", I'm going to start calling her Emily.
"Hi, I'm Katy. My full name is Katherine Reneé Jae Thompson, but I prefer Katy." I smile.
"No, I'm Katy." Emily insists.
"I thought you were Emily?" I squint.
"Obviously, Emily is my fake name. My real name is Katy. Now tell me. Who. Are you." She grinds her teeth. Liam glares at me and leans towards me. "I have no idea who or what you are, but you are not my sister," he spits. "You don't even look like her."
"I am your sister, William"
"Prove it." Emily crosses her arms.
"When is my birthday?" Liam asks.
"Mean girls day." I reply,
Emily rolls her eyes, "October 3rd."
"What's your favourite colour?" He asks.
"Turquoise." We say at the same time. With a grin, I add
"It's cyantifically proven to be the best colour in the world."
"What's your dream job?" Liam asks.
"Some thing to do with maths. But not a teacher." I reply.
Emily rolls her eyes, "no one likes maths. Anyways, I've wanted to be an actress since I was nine."
"I suck at acting." I throw my arms up in the air. I notice that Emily's arms have stayed still.
"This Katy's right." Liam nudges in Emily's direction. I sigh out of frustration.
"Jake Paul." Grace says. I laugh and Emily grimaces. "Do it's every day bro,"
"What?" Emily whispers. Grace used to play it all the time and I could do the first verse after listening to it once. I sing it as a joke and I know all the words apart from the Spanish. Emily and I both do the first three verses in sync perfectly. I cannot speak Spanish but Emily sings the Spanish part fluently. Grace raises her eyebrows at her and Liam tilts his head up. And Nico looks disgusted in both of us.
"You two can go and crawl back into whatever hole in Tartarus you came from." All of us laugh. Apart from Liam.
"Je ne sais pas tu parles espagnol." He comments. Emily looks at him blankly,
"Huh." She says,
"Je ne parle pas espagnol. J'ai choisis français á l'ecole." I reply with a smile. "J'ai choisis français parce que j'ai appris français quand nous avons habitons à Angleterre. Et, j'adore Paris et je voudrais visiter Paris et voir la tour Eiffel! Aussi, je suis Katy! Je ne sais pas qui ça fille or femme, I have no clue, est."
"Well then. Who the Hades are you?" Liam turns to Emily. At first she just stares back.
"You'll never find the missing Demi gods without me. Replacing her was a gift. What exactly has she done this entire quest? But I actually care about making sure that they are safe. So I'll tell you where to go next. Go Back to your old house for ten o clock. Wear something nice. Splitting you up was to help you, so you'll meet up again but decrease the number of monsters." And with that, she disappears.
"Who was she?" Chantelle asks.
"She might have worked for whoever took the seven, but went against them for whatever reason. It's happened before. It's probably a trap, but it's our only lead." Nico says.
"It's not a trap if you know it's a trap. I say we split up into twos and a three,"
I don't get to finish my sentence because the windows smash and glass scatters everywhere and I'm knocked off my chair and I hit my head on the floor. Everyone's screaming and my ears are ringing. Nico is already up and slapping his ear. My hands burn as I push myself up of the floor.
I can see other students running towards the window from outside. Some are on their phones and others are helping some are running away. The fire alarm rings and I'm grabbing Nico's and Grace's hand and running out the door. I point at Liam to the dining hall and he nods before turning to Thalia. I run to the fire exit and burst through it, Nico follows me with a crying Grace. I sigh and look out for the others. Olivia's forearm has a large piece of glass sticking out of it and blood is running down her shirt. I check the others for any injuries. My own hands have tiny cuts from the glass. Nothing a pair of tweezers can't fix.
After they're outside, I help Olivia. The glass is stopping the blood but taking it out is the best option I can think of. "Nico, have you got that medical kit, Olivia, I need you to sit down." I say. Chantelle helps Olivia down and the medical bag is pressed into my hands. I tie my hair up and put some gloves on. "Do you even know what you're doing?" Nico asks.
"Barely. That's why you're helping me." I say. "grab a pair of gloves,"
"Why me?"
"Are you telling me that spending all that time with Will in the infirmary has taught you nothing?"
"Well, we actually didn't spend all our time in the Apollo cabin. I'm the only one in the Hades cabin so we thought we would have less chance of getting caught,"
"Where are you going with this?"
"oh you mean how he's a healer? Well, em. I'll get the gloves."
Olivia laughs and I can't help myself. "Ok, pass me your arm. I don't want to create an infection and we're going to have to bring back anti-septic surgery. Or whatever you call this." I smile. "We use rubbing alcohol to sterilise wounds right?"
"I think so." Nico soaks a cotton ball in the stuff and passes it to me.
"Liam, I need you to get out of here. The gate down there," I point to our left, away from the school building, "is usually open. Go out there and I'll meet you lot when we're done. Meet us, at Allens West." I plan.
"I'll stay here." Maisie says. "And keep watch in the doorway of the hall. If anyone comes, I'll shout hi sir or hi miss, and then run out the gate." and I nod.
I wipe around the glass, "I have no idea what I'm doing."
"You're sterilising the wound." Nico says.
"I don't know, the books in my cabin don't come with pictures, anyways, what's the best way to get this out?" I point at the glass.
"Preferably under medical supervision. But you know, grass and two teenagers work too." Olivia raises her eyebrows. "I guess that's not an option. We'll have a lot of explaining to do."
"and you won't be able to leave without an adult. I think." I add.
"Oh well. As long as I don't get gangrene and die."
"Any type of infection and we'll be at the hospital within however long the ambulance takes." I assure her. "We should pull it out slowly, I think. So we don't cut anything else. How do you feel?"
"Not unbearable pain. Like a level six." Olivia says.
"Nico, how good are you at removing glass from wounds?" I ask.
"A zero."
"Well. Ok, Olivia. On three, ready? One, two, three,"
The glass slides out. About an inch comes put and I immediately wipe the cut with a fresh ball of cotton with rubbing alcohol. Olivia swears a bit under her breath but looks ok. "I can do a bandage." Nico says and wraps her arm and ties it off.
"How's that?" I ask.
"I'll be ok. I'll let you know if it gets worse."
"Any type of swelling, redness. Not thats you'd see any redness from under the bandage. But you get what I mean. I did it as tight as I could and although I'd rather go to a hospital and get it checked. This is the best." I say.
"Hi sir!" I hear Maisie shout. I help Olivia to her feet and we run to the gate. We turn to the right to hide behind the trees and wait. Less than a minute later, I see Maisie. "Run. He followed me." We run off giggling down the street, in the opposite direction we're supposed to be going.
