I felt the scream die on my lips, and I felt my back being pressed against a cold metal wall, I was shirtless so I arched my back in an effort to get away from the cold metal. I felt my teeth press down on my lips whilst still scrunching my eyes closed. I breathed through my mouth, cold sweat pouring down my face. I felt sick to my stomach, and a small groan escaped my lips, where was I? Why did I catch a cold at a time like this?
I took a minute to relax back, my head splitting in half and I shifted my hands so I could hold my head in them. I was shaking; anyone who looked at me could be seeing that. But I didn't know if I had company, I doubted it, I couldn't hear any talking. I didn't want to open my eyes either, it would kill me.
"Will, open your eyes, I need to talk to you." A voice cut through my thoughts and my fingers clenched in my hair feeling my head rip as her words went through my head. It was Piper I decided, even though I could barely hear through the ringing in my ears. After a minute I slowly opened my eyes to see her bending down in front of me, holding some pain killers and a glass of water.
I took them tentatively and swallowed them down, the pain only dimming to a dull roar, but it was enough for me to actually talk to Piper. I mumbled a few words shifting in my position to get a better look at the place. I was in a van. The back of a van; my eyebrows scrunched together in confusion not understanding this, the clothes I wore were simply some cream coloured silk pyjama pants. My right wrist was chained to the ground and I looked at it in shock. What. I mouthed the words 'I don't understand' over and over again.
"Will, there was an attack. They attacked the apartment, the demigods were overpowered and George got you. They're alive, unconscious but alive. But Will, you're going home. They're taking you back to the place you were raised." She said slowly, looking at me straight in the eye, as if begging for me to not have a reaction to this. But as soon as she said it, my insides went cold. I can't go back there? What is she thinking? No, get me out of here. I began to pull on the chain, everything going frantic, my eyesight blurred and I screamed still pulling on the chain.
"Will, calm down, you have to calm down." I heard Piper beg, but I could barely hear her, I didn't want to go back. I can't go back. It's unacceptable for me to go back. Mother, please, send me help, get me out of here. I prayed and prayed to Athena, sometimes changing it to different gods like Zeus, and even Hades. But no help came to me.
"William, wake up." I heard a gentle voice prise me from my sleep and I stirred, feeling the familiarity of the voice and slowly the realisation came to me. I knew that voice. That was my father's voice. My eyes jolted open and stared at the man in front of me. My mouth opened then closed.
"William, can you listen to me? Without making a word?" He whispered. I nodded silently. "I am on the run. I got you out of the hands of the Darkwood's. But they will track us down soon enough." He whispered urgently looking straight into my eyes. I nodded again.
"I am alive, I survived the bullet, but I am so sorry about Ella, I did not realise they would attack her to go that far." He muttered looking down now. "I thought if I hid you in the middle of it, you would have been safe. That they would have never noticed you, but I..I never expected you to find the other children of the Darkwood. It is not your fault, I should have expected it to happen."
"It's not your fault either; I should have done as you had taught." I quickly rushed not wanting him to feel guilty for my mistakes. "I got too attached; I should have noticed the signs."
"Do not. We do not have time for the blaming conversation." He said quickly, becoming closed off, like every time I tried to get close with him emotionally when I was a child. I use to be hurt by it, but I was expecting it now. I understood why he would. The other seven flitted through my mind and I jolted forward, grabbing his sleeve.
"Wait! We can get help! I have fam-friends," I quickly changed my words, knowing he would not approve. "Who can help us, they're against the Darkwood's themselves! They can hide you! They can defeat them once and for all."
He looked at me in surprise, a flicker of betrayal in his eyes and I jerked back, not understanding this. After a second of silence, I felt his hand whip against my cheek and I fell to the ground, blood dribbling out of my mouth.
"You idiot." He spat and looked as if he wanted to scream at me but something behind me took his attention, I turned around to see a tall guy standing there, with red hair and a flat nose. The son of Ares, I scrambled up, but I was too late, I felt the spear insert itself into my chest, right through my heart. I stumbled back, blood dribbling down my chin. I stood there shocked, my eyes staring right at the boy. "Cedric!" I heard my father yell as I fell backwards and I felt his strong arms around me.
"Oh William, I had hoped..but no…you were always destined to die, weren't you?" I heard a voice and I screamed in pain, my back arching up, my wrists and ankles chained to something unseen. I felt a fire burn through my head and I limped back onto the cold ground. "Don't worry, you are not done yet. You will see them again."