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I Make My Perilous Journey Home.
I looked around as Chiron rounded up some nymphs and satyrs to play along. I sensed around twenty-five targets in different directions. The cloud nymph, the older satyr and their child who had introduced themselves as Mellie (the nymph), Coach Hedge (the older satyr) and Chuck (their child) had decided to watch along with Travis, Connor and Rachel. I took out a small dart and shot it north-east. Immediately some darts began to fire and I dove out of the way and rolled around and stood up as I began to fire more darts. Soon enough I sensed a spear coming at me and I caught it with both hands as the small crowd clapped. I swiftly dodged the arrows and sent back a few darts. I ducked and tripped one of the satyrs as I swung my leg across his. I ran and ducked, dodged and side-stepped as I made my way through, sometimes somersaulting out of the way or leaning back into an almost backbend. I side-stepped as Chiron began to fire and I dodged his arrows. I somersaulted beneath Chiron and climbed onto him and tapped his head
"You're out." I told him as the crowd clapped once more.
I slid off Chiron as he smiled and went to the small stands.
"Wow Andy! Can you teach us?" asked Connor and Travis
"Oof, I wish, but you have to be a hybrid...sorry." I told them as I drank some water
"You could've been useful in that quest against Gaia kid." Coach Hedge commented, "with those senses we would've had an easier passage."
"You think?" I told him as I tried not to sweat nervously.
"Absolutely!" Rachel interfered
"You dodged and used your instincts, I never knew hybrids had that good instincts…." she added, muttering
"Thanks." I told her
We went back to the Dining Pavilion as I began to eat. I ate a pizza and half a cheeseburger, sweet-potato fries and a side-salad. I dumped the cheeseburger on the fire and muttered
"I know, we've never really met, but I want you to know that I won't accept your apologies for leaving me and mom. Don't try to convince me to pity you, because I won't."
I sighed and set my plate on my table and left. I went to the Hermes cabin where me, Travis, Connor, a new demigod named Cecil Markowitz as we played a game of poker and UNO.
I set down an UNO card, a red card with the number 6.
"Uggh, curse you Adara." Travis mumbled as Travis set his last red card.
Connor placed a one with the number 6 as Cecil growled.
"I don't have any 6's!" he wailed
"Then what about one of the blue colors?" I asked him
"Oh!" Cecil pulled out a blue card and I smirked.
I had three reverse cards and six add 25 cards. Oooh, this was going to be good.
I set a blue add 25 card as Cecil began to curse in Ancient Greek as the three boys began to glare at me.
"What?! You must remember that I'm very competitive boys." I told them as I reflected on the previous poker match, in which we had betted a pouch of 100 drachmas each and whoever won, got them all and obviously, I won.
Lesson #1) Don't bet with me.
I had stuffed the drachmas deep inside my pockets, so no stealing would happen.
Once Cecil added 25 to his side Travis went and added a red card with the number 9. Connor added a red card and I placed a red reverse card,
"We're going counterclockwise gentlemen." I said as the boys growled and began to cuss even more in Ancient Greek.
(Nico)
Bowles was right, Half-Breed Valley was gorgeous.
The ocean was turquoise and looked like a perfect paradise. We docked on a familiar beach as Leo lowered the anchor and said
"Let's not get into another fight, right?" he said nervously
Some of them shifted, remembering what happened last time an attack happened.
Tyson opted to stay for safety and just in case.
The plank was lowered as Luis was there to greet us.
I removed my socks and shoes for some reason, but I did. I felt the warm sand underneath my feet. Luis who had sandals smiled
"This beach keeps looking better and better…" he said.
I nodded.
Percy looked like he was going to cry of happiness
"This is the most beautiful beach I've ever been in!" he said.
Luis smiled,
"Thanks, we'll admire the beach later, but we have to continue..".
Some of us groaned but we followed him across that familiar path (Or familiar to me). We walked on for at least 30 minutes as I tried to ignore Grover's and Leo's complaints about
"How far is this site?!" or "Are we there yet!?" or "We should've stayed at the beach!" Luis somehow didn't pay attention to any of them.
Huh, I guess hybrids have the power to block unnecessary noises… And glares [1] as well….. I would need to remember to ask them to teach me. We saw the Ackerly as Luis calmed the river and told it to let us in. We stopped in front of a familiar grove and Grover gasped
"It's beautiful!"
Luis chuckled. He waved an arm in front of him
"I, Luis Santos-Rivera, guard. Give this group authority to enter.. This valley…" Luis said.
"Hey Luis!" said a familiar voice.
We all jumped and turned around. It was Bowles. He had an axe behind him and had a grey shirt sticking out from his armor. He wore baggy faded blue jeans, and adidas. He had a few mini scars, but the scar across his cheek was still noticeable. Bowles smiled
"About time, you came!" Bowles called as he came forward.
Bowles waved his hand over the border
"Hey, c'mon...you'll be the first group to see the valley in over 3000 years.." he said.
As he and Luis crossed the border and I followed. Once everyone was in I gasped, the Valley was indeed very beautiful. I saw four multi-colored waterfalls. I walked closer as I crossed the bridge and realized that they were also climbing walls. All across you saw campers doing near the same things we did, just with a few small differences. As we walked across, we passed a basketball court and a mini soccer field. Beyond that I saw some campers fighting in the arena. Some fought against each other, but they had different fighting styles and I think I saw some fight with actual monsters?...
Many hybrids stopped at what they were doing and stared at us. Some younger ones looked at us excitedly and smiled, a few even yelled hi. I smiled.
"Why-?" I asked Bowles.
"We're not used to visitors, so for some of us it's kind of cool, for others well…." Bowles said as he quietly gestured to a group, whispering and shooting some mean glances at us. I knew that if they went to Camp Half-Blood or Camp Jupiter, we'd probably be doing the same as well. I realized that there were a lot of boys in this camp.
"You see, Hybrids and Demigods didn't get along during the Civil War and World Wars, but the Civil War especially...so..some still are hurt after that and well, they don't like demigods much…" Bowles explained.
"Oh, that explains some things…" I muttered.
We stopped in front of a huge cabin and went up the steps of the porch. Luis knocked on the door and a guy with brown hair, like Andys' but more lighter and without the reddish tinge and brown eyes opened it. He had the same grey t-shirt like Andy, Bowles, Phoenix and Luis, he had jean overalls that were very grimy and a tool belt like Leo's. His eyes lit up and said
"Bowles! Luis! Los vi venir!" he said in spanish with a slight accent as he hugged Luis and Bowles. The guy looked around 20 through 21 years old.
"Hey Julian! How was duty?" asked Luis.
Julian yawned
"Okay, I guess, I think I'll finish my project at the forge later after a nap…." Julian said as he slunked off
"He's the Son of Heimdall, he's our best lookout and craftsman." Bowles whispered.
So we all hesitantly entered the cabin. Inside I saw Phoenix, sitting on the couch with two other 20-year old guys watching Prank episodes on a small TV with a weird looking antenna. One of them looked around Julian's/Luis' age, another looked several years older than Bowles and Phoenix. Around the cabin there were a few other hybrids and younger toddlers. The speaker near the water gallon was playing Nirvana. They saw Bowles and Luis and yelled
"Ey! Mi compa!" they yelled excitedly as they had a group hug.
"Pancho." said the guy around Julian's/Luis' age
"Joseph." said the older guy
We introduced ourselves as we sat down on the table.
"So, how many years old are you?" asked Jason
"Bowles is 22, so is Phoenix, Luis is 21, Julian is 20, Pancho is 20 and I'm 24." Joseph said
"Woah!? You're 24?!" we asked in awe as Joseph nodded smiling.
"Yup." Joseph said
"Wow!" whispered Grover and Percy together
"Soo, hybrids don't have long life expectancies?..." Piper asked
"Who-who told you that?" Joseph asked
"Andy." Calypso said casually as Joseph choked on his drink and grabbed a thick plastic bottle from the table and threw it at Bowles' head
"You dumbass! I asked you if she was there! Why didn't you say anything?" Julian croaked
"Sorry! I wanted to surprise you if she decided to go on the quest!" Bowles cried
"The quest?" asked Joseph
"Yeah, it's the reason we're here." Leo said
"Bowles, you really think she wanted to go on her fortieth quest?" asked Joseph in a flat voice
"What, don't tell me you know her better than me!?" Bowles said
"Actually, I do." Joseph said as he took another sip of his drink.
"Yeah, well-" began Bowles as Phoenix perked up and gasped as he smiled
"Phoenix, don't even." Joseph growled as Phoenix's smiled faded and he went back to shuffling some papers
"Oh, don't tell me this was your idea to hook us up?! Bowles, Phoenix, the age difference! The age difference! She's like ten years younger than me! And I'm engaged!" Joseph spat
"WAIT, YOU'RE ENGAGED?!" we said in unison as the door opened and Julian came back with a box and sat down.
"Yeah." Joseph said as Phoenix smirked
"Oh, my dear Joseph! You'll no longer be part of the single ladies club….having to be chained to a girl...and face the worst thing of all….marriage!" Phoenix said in a breezy, exaggerated, teasing voice
"Oh, don't be stupid! Watch, when you get engaged we'll be having a very different conversation young man." Joseph said sternly
"Oh, of course, old man!" Phoenix replied as he, Bowles, Julian, Pancho, and Luis laughed.
Joseph rolled his eyes and shook his head
"Congrats man." Jason said as he extended his hand and they shook hands.
"Yeah, dude." Percy said as they shook hands
"Thanks." Joseph said
"Where's your fiance?" asked Piper
"She's in New Jersey."
"Oh, you're from Jersey?" asked Leo
"Yup."
"How is she?" asked Annabeth
"Oh, she's great. She's an amazing woman, really."
"Aww! Joseph is getting lubby-dubby!" Phoenix said in a high, cheery voice as Joseph blushed
"Shut up." Joseph snapped as he turned even redder and buried his hands on his face
"Oo-ooh!" the hybrid guys said as they began to laugh and tease Joseph
"Hey! I swear, we'll be having very different conversations in a few years…." Joseph mumled
"Yeah, right. I'm never getting married…." Pancho said as he sat down on the sofa and took a sip of soda.
"Watch Pancho is going to get a girl after Joseph gets married, watch." Phoenix said with a gloating smile.
"Yeah, what about you Phoenix? I thought you were head over heels over Lupe, or what, backed down?" asked Pancho
"Ooooh!" the boys said as they covered their mouths and glanced at Phoenix, who turned red as the rest of us in the table laughed.
"Yo, stop embarrassing me in front of the demigods, geesh!" Phoenix muttered
"Ha-ha!" Joseph exclaimed as he patted Phoenix's shoulder
"I guess we are going to another wedding after mine boys." he said
"Oh, shut up." Phoenix mumbled as we all laughed.
"What about you Bowles?" asked Leo
"Nah, I'm fine." Bowles said
"Luis?" asked Percy
"No, I'm okay, I rather focus on work." Luis replied
"Julian?" asked Leo
"Nah, I stick to metalworking!" Julian replied
"Hey, Joseph you better invite Andy, she's gonna get pissed if you don't six months in advance, that's her rule." Bowles said
"I already sent her the letter three months ago." Joseph said
I glanced at Bowles and mouthed
"You didn't tell him?!"
"No!' Bowles said
"Uh, yeah….uh about that Joe, uh…. Andy was at Camp Half-Blood, but she wasn't there most of the time…" Bowles said
"What do you mean?"
"Uh...she might've gotten stuck in Tartarus for nine months….." Bowles squeaked
"NINE MONTHS?!" roared Joseph
"Yes and no….. She was there for nine months, but for her it felt like nine weeks." I said
Joseph sighed and threw an empty soda can at Bowles' forehead.
"Bacraut" he muttered (ass hole, in Old Norse, aka the ONLY word Joseph knows in Old Norse)
"Sorry." said Bowles
"C'mon, I'll give you all a tour," Joseph said as he stood up
"Wait, where's the chief?" asked Calypso
"You don't ask that question..." Pancho said
"The Boston Red Sox suck, bro!" yelled Julian all of the sudden
"Nuh-uh! The New York Yankees suck!" screeched Phoenix
"I think the Houston Astros are better.." muttered Pancho.
"The Boston Red Sox are better than the Yankees!" Phoenix blurted.
"Dude, you got that wrong, everyone knows that the Yankees are way better than the Red Sox!" Percy intervened.
Soon enough almost every boy was arguing over who was a better sports team.
Bowles and Joseph sighed as they stood up and beckoned us to follow them
We followed Bowles and Joseph across the Amphitheater which was twice as big as the one in Camp and headed behind the Huge Cabin and went to a building near the library. I had stored Andy's files in my drawer under my desk in my cabin. So luckily they were safe in the ship. As well as some people stayed behind in the ship to guard. We entered the building. Around there was radio equipment and newspapers all labeled in huge font: The Hybrid Letter. Two guys were in a booth announcing the latest news. They smiled as they saw Bowles and Joseph and played a song. They got out of the booth.
"Hey guys! Where's Liev?" Bowles replied.
Annabeth was inspecting the new stall.
"You guys have your own radio station and newspaper!?" she exclaimed.
"Yup!" said one of the guys, he had two different colored eyes.
One was grey and another was bright blue. He was leaning on a cane and I saw that he was using it for support. The other was on a wheelchair, but he looked happy either way. His amber eyes twinkled.
"Liev went off to help the merchants out in the City." said the grey and blue eyed guy
"This is Mark and Jeremy!" presented Bowles, "What's up on the music industry?" Bowles asked them.
Everyone looked at both Mark and Jeremy in shock.
"Uhh, hi.." said Piper quietly.
"Hey don't worry, besides, Andy was all for wanting us to walk again, but we refused, right Mark?" said Jeremy in a slight scottish accent.
"Yup! But I think we learned our lesson." Mark replied, he had an Australian (or was it British?) accent.
"Yeah, well Andy could heal both of you, just that with Mark, Andy healed you the best she could, Krios wasn't playing, Andy can heal anything, just that injuries from a Titan are different, besides with Jeremy she could heal his upper body, but not the lower. I think Julian is making leg braces for you Jeremy." Joseph added as Jeremy smiled.
"Great! Oh, and a whole lot, is happening with the music industry" said Jeremy (The one on the wheelchair).
Piper, and Calypso entered the booth with Bowles.
"So hey guys! It's ya boi, Jeremy! So news on the latest releasing music albums and those already released music albums in the second quarter!" Jeremy spoke as he wheeled himself inside the booth and leaned his head against the mic as Bowles was in the back explaining to Calypso about the Billboard charts quietly. Everyone else was immersed in the newspapers. So I entered the booth.
"Hey Nico!" whispered Bowles as he gestured to me to come along behind the booth.
"So Carrie Underwood has released a new-.." continued Jeremy.
"So you see every year there are song artists, musical artists that release and the top 100 most famous and popular songs and they appear on the Billboard charts, they change every week, so every week there's always a new song on the number one position." Bowles explained to Calypso who was sitting on a desk with a desktop computer meanwhile Grover was talking with Piper.
"That's interesting, so it's not a race or competition right?" Calypso replied
"No, it's just for people to see the songs that are trending on the radio and around the world and once the year ends it's where the songs get their final spot before moving to the next year.." Bowles said. "Oh, that helps. So it's just for people to know about the trending things in the music industry?" I asked.
Bowles nodded.
He scrolled down the chart and examined the songs.
"See, you got to pay attention, every week there's always a new song released and trending!" Bowles said excitedly
"When was this Billboard chart created?" asked Calypso
''In 1936, the Billboard magazine published the first music hit parade. And later on in 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated and from then on the Billboard charts kinda formed." Bowles answered.
"I think…" he added later
"So Marvel's The Avengers is releasing in two days! May 4th! And for all of those Star Wars fans out there, take the liberty to dress up as your favorite Star Wars character!" spoke Mark through the mic
"C'mon" Bowles said as we followed her out the radio booth.
He and Joseph waved to Mark and Jeremy as he got a copy of The Hybrid Letter and set three silver coins with swirls of copper from her pocket in a tin can.
As we headed out the speakers started to play Wheel in the Sky by Journey, I recognized how excited At had been when she heard the song.
"Yes!" Bowles cried "You guys can drop song recommendations to Jeremy in that box by the booth." "Ooh!" said Grover "I'm starting to like this place more and more!"
Joseph smiled
"Well, you're in our territory now, you must follow our rules and procedures..." Joseph looked around. "I'll give you guys a free tour? How about that?" he said.
"Sure!" said Calypso.
The rest of us nodded. He extended the copy of The Hybrid Letter and started to read it.
Joseph showed us around as Bowles left back to the radio booth to announce and Annabeth was very impressed by the architecture of the Armory/Forge and many other buildings. Many were made out of adobe so it looked like Mexican-styled houses had mashed with Greek, Chinese, and Roman several other structures, but somehow the buildings pulled it off very well.
Once we came across what I had initially thought were multi-colored water was actually different Elements. One of them sped out hot molten lava like back at Camp, another mounds of snow, one mounds of earth (soil) and earthly green leaves. Another spilled clear, turquoise water that also fed the Lake along with the Ackerly River.
"Woah! So they're waterfalls and climbing walls?" asked Annabeth
Joseph nodded, Leo had decided to stay behind at the Forge as Bowles, who had come back a while later, showed him around, we made a stop to a large building where many hybrids were entering and leaving.
"This is the Grand Mansion, it's where we stay to sleep." he said
We entered and saw that it looked a lot like a Mexican Plaza, a true Mexican Plaza, not those that are Americanized.
There was a fountain with many sea creature sculptures. In fact everything in Half-Breed Valley was larger and grander.
Joseph led us in as I glanced above and saw that the Grand Mansion had a glass dome roof and that it was three stories high, it looked more like apartment buildings with balconies than a Mansion, but oh well.
"See, Annabeth, at least here they have a roof." Piper said as she glanced at
"Oh, be quiet! The roof looks very pretty though, wait, it's a glass dome?!" Annabeth squealed as she fixed her gaze at the roof
"Yup." Joseph replied
"Wow!" Annabeth marveled as I surveyed the area, there were some potted plants around and pillars made of marble holding the roof up as the third, and second floor had balconies. The windows had those wooden doors to them as we followed Joseph up to the third floor as he opened an apartment/ and or room with the golden number 81 on the grey door. Leo and Bowles had come back and Bowles glanced at Joseph and he nodded slightly. I saw that the wooden doors (on the windows) were painted purple with butterflies and that around the door there were many potted plants, dog food and drink trays and small cushions for animals and that's when I realized as soon as Joseph the door that this apartment/room had been Andy's….
(Andy)
"Ha-ha! UNO! I won!" I cheered as I stood up in celebration and the boys groaned and began to curse in Ancient Greek.
"I did it!" I cheered as I began to pack the cards and stuffed my money even deeper inside my pocket.
I went out the door as the boys stood up and grumbled.
Never bet with me. Ever.
I took out the bags of drachmas and smiled gleefully, now today was a good day.
As I walked back to the Hera Cabin I glanced at the Nemesis Cabin and wistfully remembered Ethan Nakamura.
During my stay at the Hermes Cabin, I had met Ethan and a few other minor gods children. I had offered Ethan a place to sleep in the Hera Cabin after the Hermes Cabin got more and more overcrowded, but he had refused and told me that one day I was going to be claimed by one of the most powerful deities in the world. I didn't blame Ethan for his choice on joining Kronos, because all he wanted to do is restore order, but I warned him and many other demigods about Kronos, that he would never change Kronos' mind. He told me I was wrong and I left. During the Battle of New York, I had spotted Ethan and we began to fight, I brought him down, but I couldn't kill him. And he told me:
"You'll never have another chance."
"I know, which is why I won't kill you." I told him
After that I left to fight more monsters and saw that he had tried to kill Kronos, but his blade had broken and a piece had pierced him. I had been there in the Olympian Throne Room…. I was invisible and trying to make Luke come back to his senses, I had watched Ethan die as Kronos made a fissure and he fell. I ran up to Kronos and whispered one word in his ear.
"Promise."
And that did it, everything else was Luke, all Luke. He had saved us all, all I did was whisper a word to him and he did the rest. I never took the credit of destroying him. Because I didn't, it was all Luke. After that I watched the funeral hosted for Luke, Ethan, Silena, Charlie, Michael Yew and many others.
Even we hybrids lost.
We lost many great warriors, in fact Joseph was the only one from his generation who survived.
One out fifteen hybrids.
One from the generation lived.
One.
After that, I had nightmares about it, as Kronos' curse began to activate. I traveled back in time and relived wars and catastrophes.
And then….
I got banished.
That had been the last straw….
I went ahead and opened the door of the Hera Cabin and dropped my money at the bedside table and grabbed my black leather armor, Cut-Throater, Astrallum, my staff and wand and headed once again, to the Fighting Arena.
I saw two Campers got interlocked in what seemed to be a very brutal fight, I've seen Phoenix and Bowles fight against each other and they fight like demons.
They stopped as soon as I came in with my black leather armor.
"Oh, no, continue fighting gentlemen." I said as I popped a piece of gum into my mouth, gum helps me relax and concentrate along with chocolate and mint. I swept my bangs aside as I continued to walk.
"You won against Percy, we saw you." said one of the Campers.
"I guess." I mumbled quietly
"How?" he replied as both boys sat in the stands and glanced at me as they removed their armor.
I shrugged
"I guess I just worked smarter, not harder." I told them as I sat above them.
"But-those moves….. He barely even raised his sword and you just sped off, he barely had any time to react, you-you fought like a demon, like if you knew what you were doing, as if this was normal for you." he said.
"Well, that's because it is normal for me. I have sharper instincts and senses as a hybrid, more endurance, stamina, agility and reflexes, being able to strike or block seconds before our opponent, a 'sixth' sense, ADD, Learning Differences, Night Vision, where I can see in the dark to some extent, and a better healing factor, we just can't heal ourselves in dark magic places like Tartarus or the Labyrinth." I told them
"Woah, that sounds neat, any demigod would give to have ANY of those abilities." he replied
"I-I-I'm Andy…" I stammered as I extended my hand as I began to shake slightly.
"Malcom, I think you might remember me." said the grey-eyed, blond guy
"Oh! You're Annabeth's brother, yeah, you just also reminded me of Bowles. You two could be brothers!" I told him
Malcom laughed
"This is Paolo, he's from Brazil." Malcolm said as I shook hands with Paolo. He had dark skin, hair and eyes. He wore a brazilian flag bandanna around his neck.
"Can he speak English or just Portuguese?" I asked Malcolm
"A bit..of English…" said Paolo
"Ah, entonces si entiendes el ingles." I told him in Spanish.
"Poco español….." Paolo replied
"Well, we're going to have to teach you more English and some Spanish too," I added gesturing to Malcolm
"C'mon boys!" I said as I slid off the stands and went off to the Hera Cabin.
"From where are your friends?" asked Paolo in a deep accent.
"Javier, Bowles para ustedes es Dominicano-Americano, Phoenix es Cubano-Americano, Luis es Colombiano-Americano." I told them
"Wait, huh?"asked Malcolm
I sighed and gestured to them to sit down on the floor as I opened the curtains and found a Spanish- English dictionary and a Portuguese-English dictionary and a French phrasebook inside a box in my closet. I lifted the box and set it on the floor, where Paolo and Malcolm were sitting down as I went underneath my bed and threw them three beanbags.
"Wha-"
"Sit on them, your butt is gonna hurt after a while." I said as I fumbled inside my drawer for two large bags of chicharrones [2] chips as I turned on the radio.
"Andy-" began Malcolm as I turned on the radio
"Don't worry, It's not going to track us down." I said as I read his mind
"Okay." Malcolm said as Paolo began to read the book.
"Y hoy, tocamos cumbias de las 12:00 hasta medianoche! Así que prepárense para bailar!" Bowles voice spoke through the radio as more cumbias began to play.
"Okay, empezemos….." I said as I began to teach both Malcolm and Paolo in Spanish and English.
"I-have-a-tick-et." I pronounced to Paolo in English
"I-have-a-tick-et." Paolo repeated
"Good! Let's continue," I said as I read more off my french phrasebook.
"Why do you have a french phrasebook?" Malcolm asked
"Parce que j'ai appris le français l'année dernière" I told him in French
"Now, you Malcolm, let's see, we're not starting with the cussing until later because I do NOT want any of you to learn cussing in Spanish because if you know Spanish, Annabeth will most likely want to learn and I will NEVER be able to speak freely in Spanish EVER again." I said
"Okay." Malcolm said
I ate more from my bag of chicharrones chips as I placed more salsa Valentina on it.
(Nico)
We entered Andy's apartment/room.
Joseph sighed
"Oh my gods!" he gasped as he pulled over the curtains. Andy had had a couch with a mini TV and a stereo. There was a mini restroom with a shower and a bed. Joseph stood up. He went towards her bed and glanced at it wistfully. The walls were spray painted like the night sky. Around Andy's bed there were several pictures. Annabeth got closer and looked at them in awe.
"She-she kept the pictures.." she said softly.
"Yeah, well that's the good thing about her. She keeps the things that are important to her..." Joseph mumbled with a chuckle.
"Only four rooms have built-in restrooms in the whole mansion. Mine, Bowles', Andy's and Luis' "
"So what do you guys do for fun?" asked Piper
"We do all sorts, anything you do at a summer camp and more." Bowles said
"Do you guys do pranks on other people?" asked Leo
"Yup! We do them to the newbies…" Bowles responded with a grin.
"What else?" asked Grover.
"There's always the City to hang out at. We have a movie theater and the market, and we sell some things out in La Plaza in the nearest mexican town, that's how we get money. The Forge is always cool, when you're feeling crafty or the Arts N Craft section. Or even the music building for our music lovers!" Bowles exclaimed.
"Wait, how long is the argument going to last?" asked Calypso.
"That sports argument is gonna last for 3 hours max, believe me." Bowles said bitterly as Joseph nodded
Oh, oh.
"Ok!" Joseph said.
"Anyone else lost something? Or someone?" Bowles asked.
We all shook our heads.
"Good." Bowles replied and he left.
"Where else do you guys want to go?" asked Joseph a while later.
"I don't know, man, let's go outside and see if they're done arguing.." I suggested
We left the room/apartment and headed once more to the Huge Cabin.
Joseph opened the door and the yelling intensified.
"Chicago Bulls suck!" yelled Phoenix
"You suck!" yelled Bowles.
Joseph tried not to laugh as he sat down in a corner as the yelling got louder. We slipped inside as we sat down on some cushions against the wall.
Joseph sighed and muttered something about having to do everything himself ever since Andy left and saying how things were much better when she was here and how she could kick everyone's asses despite being younger and shorter than most of the hybrids there.
"ENOUGH!" he yelled.
Everyone jumped and remained silent
"Shut the hell up all of you!" he screeched.
Joseph sighed
"Can't believe it! Is this what Andy would want? Huh? For us to argue all over again? Just because she isn't here doesn't mean we shouldn't behave! Sure the Valley is a wreck without her, but we have to continue, with Andy or no Andy!" he yelled as he marched towards the door.
He wrenched the door open and slammed it shut, leaving us all shocked.
The ones who had been sitting along the wall (and me) stood up and followed him. We continued to walk as Joseph allowed us to roam across the Grove. The boys who had been arguing in the Huge Cabin had decided to cut their argument and go off and walk around. At these moments I really wished At, Hazel or Will were here, that way I could talk to someone or at least just walk. Everyone had parted different ways across the Grove. Grover had gone back to the Argo II to Iris Message Juniper. I walked across the path of pomegranates. The pomegranate trees were small, I picked a pomegranate and smelled it. I didn't know whether it was ripe or not, but it smelled good. I decided to pocket it as I took out from inside my jacket At's picture, MP3 and note. Even though she was back I still wanted to conserve them just in case.
"AAAAHHHHH!"
I jumped and took out my sword and began to run down the path of the Grove into the Forest.
"AAAUUUGGGHHH!"
I looked around as I ran north and realized the sound was coming outside the Border. I felt a small amount of force restrain me as I got out of the Border. I splashed into The Ackerly as I ran I continued to run as I skidded to a stop. A whole army of monsters was there, pointing their weapons at us….
(Andy)
Me, Malcolm and Paolo walked out of the Hera Cabin as I went to the Hera table and grabbed a plate of food. I went to the Canoe Lake as I crossed the Dining Pavilion and scraped off part of my Olympian Pizza and wished for some brisket, barbeque sauce and slices of bread and some salad. I sat down at the shores of the Canoe Lake as I began to eat. Hopefully those bozos were okay and made it safely to the other side. I finished eating as I grabbed some napkins from my pocket and went back to the Dining Pavilion.
As I was going back to the Hera Cabin I decided to make a pit stop at the Infirmary to say hi (and apologize) to Will.
I opened the door and peeked my head in.
"Hello?"
"Oh! Hi!" said Will as he removed his gloves and shook my hand "How are you?"
"Oh, I-I'm good… I guess…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Nico's worried about you."
I smirked
"Yeah, sure."
"No, he is. Nico doesn't really care about a lot of people and when he does, he means it. He-he came to me asking about how to heal you."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah, he said that something was wrong… That you both got locked in a cage and you got taken and after that, you-you-"
"Weren't the same." I finished for him
"How-?"
"I have the ability and I am a telepath."
"Oh. Well, he wanted to help you."
"Yeah, well you're gonna have to tell him that I already tried to heal myself and it proved to be useless." I spat as I sat down on a chair and Will sat beside me
"What do you mean?"
I pulled out my medicine pouch.
"What is that?"
"Supplies, healing supplies for hybrids." I said as I laid them out across the bed.
"Is this the healing you guys do at the Valley?" he asked
I nodded.
"Hybrid Healing. I was the best healer there, I knew and still know how to cure anything, after I got banished, all of that knowledge left with me. You see something's can heal themselves, but others can't, there are some things that I cannot heal..." I said
"Like what?" Will asked
"Scars caused my dark magic, and I mean really dark magic" I responded
"You see, when I was at the Valley, I could heal almost anything, I could regrow limbs, but some refused to get their limbs regrown and decided to stick with the prosthetic…" I said
"But, why?" Will said, aghast
"Because they wanted the reminder of what they did to themselves, a reminder that they're mortal. Obviously I insisted that if they wanted they could get their limbs regrown but some refused. You see there was one time me and this guy we were on a mission and he got deeply hurt by dark magic, I tried to heal him, I tried every concoction and mixture, I even gave him some of my own life force to him and he couldn't get healed because of that very dark magic, so there I watched him, die slowly as I stood there, unable to help him... Some people have no choice, others ... learn to move on…" I replied in a throaty voice as I attempted not to cry.
"And what about you?" asked Will
"I had no choice, and I learned to move on... For the relatives it's hard, but it hits even harder on the doctors/healer because he/she was their patient and the fact that you couldn't heal someone is worse than losing a battle because you realize that you couldn't save one person's life and it hits hard, yet you have to move on and if the same situation comes back again, make sure that you don't commit the same mistake and if you do, try to figure out what went wrong... The reason why I decided to become a healer is to help people and not-not do bad like I did before... I have red in my files, I'd like to wipe it out..." I said quietly
"We all make mistakes…" Will said
"Not the ones I have…" I replied bitterly
"What do you mean?"
"If you knew what I've done… you wouldn't want to be with me."
"You're a hard person to read. You know."
"Yeah, I know. But I don't make it hard for me, I make it hard for you." I commented
"Last night...when you got claimed..you-you… I've never seen you that angry before. You knew Silena?"
"Yeah. It won't be the last time seeing me angry though. I have...quite a short temper." I said sternly
"Why?"
"Well, I am tolerant, but I bottle up my anger and explode it at the very last second." I said with a chuckle
"Well, anger isn't very good for you."
"But it helps me when I fight because I can take it out on my opponents."
"I saw you too, you won against Percy."
"And how do you think I did it?"
Will gasped
I smiled
"You-you see...after Kronos, it wasn't just you guys who lost...hybrids also lost, the Hybrid Niagara lost more hybrids than ever in history. I-I was Commander there and was part of the Vestal Virgins you see… so I had to cover a LOT of territory and-and I-I saw as how Kronos ripped through our border, no matter how many times we tried to reinforce it..he-he earned some things from his dear step-father…" I spat
"And-and I saw-I saw as how one hybrid after another fell, dead and-and I-I couldn't do anything, I healed them to my best extent...but-but I-I couldn't… Many people think it's hard for the friends/family to go through the loss, but what about the healer? The doctor, the nurse? The one who was to try to save the patient, and failed? There I stood in desperation as not only Commander, but Healer as well as I saw my fellow comrades fall as I attempted to save them….. This battle was weeks before the one of New York, mind you, so by the time the Battle of New York came and-and I-I received the n-n-news….that-that B-B..Ch-Charlie was d-d-dead…. I-It was the last straw for me. I fought Kronos for a while, blinded by rage….until I realized I was also fighting Luke….so-so I wrapped my arms around his neck and whispered a word and-and the rest was all Luke…."
"Th-That's the thing...we-we can't save everyone.."
"No-no we can't…. I-I also knew Michael, Ethan and most of those demigods that joined Kronos….I-I knew them… and-and they're all dead…" I croaked as my voice cracked and Will hugged me, tears were in his eyes.
"Hey...look it's like you said, we can't heal everybody..but-but we must continue on…. I-I usually don't get angry…. But once I did and-and it was a fight between some kids at my-my Cabin about Michael and-and I-"
As Will burst to tears and I hugged him tighter, trying not to cry.
"And that's the thing… those-those small baby steps we have to take , they don't make us weak, they make us stronger and because you stood up in his memory you took a very huge and brave step, it-it doesn't make you weak it makes you strong and even now...I-I have dreams about it I-I would wake up screaming, sobbing or breathing heavily and-and you know what? After that I feel better, it's okay to take a break, we-we all need one at some point, and sometimes thatrest lasts for-" as I broke down and began to sob
"I-I lost everything!" I squeaked, I let go as I faced him, both of us red-eyed as I rubbed my eyes and took his hands
"Look, we have to continue. As hard as it seems we have to continue because it wouldn't be what they would want. Okay?"
Will nodded as he gulped as he grabbed a box of tissues and I took a few
"Do-do you have any family?" he said in a raspy voice
I felt my eyes water once more as I began to tremble and I shook my head
"Mom?"
"Biological, dead. Adoptive, still alive...I guess." I croaked
"Well, we already know who your dad is."
I growled
"What about uncles, aunts, cousins?"
I gulped to stop the lump inside my throat from coming back as I grabbed a water bottle and chugged it.
"Uncles, dead. Aunts, dead. Cousins….gone." I said in a broken voice
"Andy...I-"
"No it's fine. Look, tell Nico that no one can heal me, I've tried to heal myself… it's impossible and worthless. I'm permanently broken."
"Did you like the chocolate?" he asked
"What are you-? Ooooh. That. You sent him?" I said with a small smile
"Yeah. I thought he could give it a try."
"Well, it looks like I did because I have the chocolate with me. Did you send him or demand him to do so?"
"I suggested him the idea, we went to the Dining Pavilion and got as many chocolates and s'mores stuff for you."
"Ah, well thanks." I said in a small voice as I picked up my healing supplies
"Friends?" he asked as he extended out his hand
I gave him a small smile and shook it
"Friends."
I went ahead towards the door and turned my head around
"Hey, Solace? Get yourself some rest, but make sure it's not forever." I said with a small smirk
"Sure will, Lopez." he said with a chuckle as he went back to organize the healing supplies.
"Oh! And Lopez? Jason Grace, you met him and he was deeply injured, everything I tried couldn't heal him, we thought he was going to die, but one day some ingredients appeared, some healing ingredients I've never seen before and instructions on how to use them, do you know who helped us out?" Will asked
I felt a smile grow on my face
"I think you already know the answer Solace." I said as Will gasped and I shut the door, a smile on my face.
I headed towards the Hera Cabin as I washed my hands inside the mini restroom inside and glanced at my HRB t-shirt. It was grey with the Phoenician letters, HRB. Hybrids not only originated from Malta, but also from the Phoenician cult. On the short-sleeves of the grey t-shirt there were two black stripes.I knew I was going to leave soon, so I decided to re-check my satchel as I saw that my navy-blue jacket, my grey short-sleeved hoodie, my black hoodie, my checkerboard cotton shawl, and my weapons were still there. I strapped two guns and two daggers on my jeans and strapped my black utility belt as I re-packed my stealth suit, my armor and hooked my medicine pouch to my jeans. I grabbed my combat boots and stuffed them inside my satchel as I grabbed the small pile of freshly-washed clothes the nymphs had left for me (as a payback for helping them out in the Kitchens during a terrible fight) and I set my satchel on my bed. I grabbed my pouch of drachmas and stuffed them inside as I sighed. Something was wrong and I could feel it.
"ANDY!" I heard a voice inside my head as I screamed and clutched my head
"Grover!" I cried as I grabbed my weapons and disappeared…..
(Nico)
I gripped my sword as I set my feet a shoulder-width apart. Every monster that I had encountered in Tartarus was here. Many empousa, lycantropes, vrykolakas, the Gigantes, hellhounds, a minotaur, Scythian Dracanae, and many interbreeds. They had tied everyone down.
"Let-us-go!" roared Jason
"Oh, son of Jupiter…." cooed Kelli "I'm afraid we won't, The New Master would love to see all of you."
"Why us?! Huh!" asked Leo fiercely
"He wants answers about his next target's whereabouts." said a Dracanae.
"Who?!" asked Tyson as Alcyoneous grabbed me and tied me down before I could do anything.
"The Daughter of Pontus." growled Porphyrion as he held Tyson by the throat.
"She's not here, she was banished." Piper said
"Of course." growled a figure as The Dark Virgins emerged from the woods.
Great, this kept getting better.
The Dark Virgins circled me and said
"You, where is she?" spat one of them, she had poisonous green eyes, her pupils were slits and thick black eye-liner and black smokey eye-shadow and her mask had a poisonous green embroidery.
"I don't know." I choked
She pressed a dagger against my throat and tipped the blade
"Don't let me do this the bad way, where is the WRETCHED TRAITOR!?" she roared
"She's not here!" Grover cried
Another Dark Virgin turned around neared him, it was the same one that had attacked us, she had deep blue eyes, with the same thick black eye-liner, black smokey eye-shadow and a dark blue embroidery on her mask. All of the Dark Virgins pupils were slits. An effect of the serum possibly. They all had black thick eyeliner and black smokey eye-shadow and each had a different colored mask. Green, Blue, Grey, Maroon, and a blood Red. She pressed a dagger against Grover's throat
"You're not a good liar, tell us where your friends is or they'll die!" she sneered
"Never." Grover mumbled
"NO!" Annabeth screamed
"Grover no!" Percy screamed as he tried to let himself loose.
Tyson began to cry.
"Alright." she said as she pressed the dagger against her throat and a figure jumped from the nearest tree and tapped her on the shoulder.
Gods, she had perfect timing as always.
"Hey, if you're gonna kill him, why don't you kill me first, eh?" Andy asked as she ducked and swiftly moved her leg against the Dark Virgin's knee and the Dark Virgins lunged at her like demons.
Andy expertly dodged as they began to fight once more. The Dark Virgin eventually caught up to her and wrapped her hand against Andy's throat as The Dark Virgin pressed her against a tree. Andy quickly and swiftly swung her leg across the Dark Virgin's arm and pulled down so quickly that I barely noticed until I heard the sickening CRACK as Andy set her foot down and pushed her back and slammed her against the tree. Andy ran back towards us as a Dark Virgin yanked on her hair as she squealed. She pushed her elbow back against the other Dark Virgin's gut and wrenched herself away from her grasp and used her batons until she united them into a staff and went on one knee and let loose a huge amount of force as she shouted "Hiyah!" as the Dark Virgins were knocked out and hit some trees.
"Anyone else?" she asked as she stood up and stretched her arms as every monster except the Giants ditched us and charged at her.
"Okay." Andy said as she titled her her head and engaged in combat. Andy used bursts of Egyptian magic as she controlled the elements and fought hand-to-hand combat. She rode the two hellhounds that had come over and tugged at their collars and led them towards two trees where they got knocked out. She fought the Dracanae fiercely as she used their lower body to tangle them as they cried in pain. She dodged and sliced as she swung her leg and tripped the monsters as she fired tripwires, small bombs, stink bombs and shot them with her guns. I saw Andy shake her head and blink and continued to fight.
"You monster! I'm going to kill you!" screamed Kelli
"I'd dare you to try." At murmured as she ran towards Kelli and began to fight against her with her bare hands. Seeing her fight was amazing, she fought like a demon, she fought with expertise and with every move was gracefully-lethal. Andy gave Kelli two kicks a back kick and switched to a side kick, as Kelli grabbed her around the throat as Andy did a backbend and they fell down as Andy dug her elbow into Kelli. Andy scrambled back up as she tried to reach Annabeth as Kelli pulled her from her hair and brought her back down as Andy squealed. They began to wrestle against each other as Andy groaned and threw Kelli with a burst of maroon power as she crashed against a tree.
"I'm sorry, dear, but I already said I was going to burn this place to the ground." she muttered.
Andy panted and looked around as she summoned Cut-Throater and it transformed into a double-axe. The Giants glanced at her as she twirled her double-axe and swung it like a frisbee as every giant dodged the strike as Cut-Throater flew back towards Andy's hand.
"Stupid Daughter of Pontus…" Polybotes growled.
Polybotes let go Percy, who was chained, as Percy tried to wriggle himself free. Polybotes charged at her as she dodged his attacks and swung Cut-Throater against Polybotes' leg and he screamed as a chunk of his flesh was torn off. Polybotes grabbed her by the throat and began to poison her. Green lines began to spread across her body. Andy's eyes widened as she tried to move and I saw her eyes flicker and her hands flicker with different colors. Andy closed her eyes as she rotated her head slowly. She let out a cry of pain as I tried to move towards her. She placed her hands on his arm as she began to glow a sickly scarlet as she opened her eyes as the iris of her eyes glowed a deep fiery red and gasped
"You said it, I'm the Daughter of Pontus." as she gripped Polybotes' arm as his eyes widened Polybotes exploded.
I glanced at Andy in shock as she collapsed.
A/N: It's SO tempting to stop and give you guys a cliffhanger right here...but I won't because it'd be waste of words and chapter, so not here.
(Andy)
A few minutes before…..
As Polybotes began to choke me I felt so many flashbacks come back to me. I saw him choke and I felt him slap me, hit me, stab me, torture me, hear his hideous laugh as I screamed in pain… Feel him come closer and closer… I began to panic. I tried to move as my hands flickered with magic of different colors. I felt a stabbing pain at the right side of my neck. No. No. Not now. What was he doing here? What is HAPPENING! I concentrated as I closed my eyes and rotated my head slowly as I tried to settle down and control myself. I tried to remove him. To remove him from my head….. But I couldn't. I let loose a cry of pain as she saw her blood get spilled, their blood get spilled, blood. Blood. Blood was a liquid….she was The Dark Virgin…. She was a murderer, an assassin. She had controlled Akhlys' poison. She had killed and controled many. She could do this, right? She had heard something called bloodbending….where you could control someone's blood...but it was very dangerous….. She felt the poison course through her veins as she concentrated on their blood and moved to their flow. She began to glow scarlet as she lifted her head up and her eyes glowed a deep fiery red and gasped
"You said it, I'm the Daughter of Pontus." as I gripped Polybotes' arm as he glanced at her in shock and she let the Dark Magic flow through her. She saw that the black lines were coming back, with sparks and slivers of scarlet, replacing the blue in her veins. Although this time she didn't care. She concentrated on their blood flow and then, her victim exploded to dust and she collapsed.
As she laid on the ground she thought about the onlookers and flicked her hand and they were blinded, the Dark Virgin did her stuff in secret and with that, she made them deaf as well.
She opened her eyes and stood up as she glared and faced Porphyrion as the grass began to wither. Her eyes glowed a deeper fiery red as she stood up and spread her feet a shoulder width apart as she curled her hands into fists and opened them as a fiery red magic swirled.
"You." she snarled as she pointed her hands at her victim and began to remove and control his blood.
She let her hatred, rage, anger, pain and all of those negative emotions take over. She was sick and tired of being used and tortured. She was a woman, not a toy for people to mishandle and mistreat.
She remembered as how she fell down to that stupid abyss and he had locked her into a cage, as he left her without food, and drained as she attempted to get out, the only thing she ever drank was Phlegethon water and that was for three weeks...no months….. Yes, he had tortured her and chained her and kept her locked as he saw her attempts to get out and laughed, enjoying her desesperation….
And now she would enjoy his….
She saw as her victim began to claw at his face as her eyes glowed even deeper as the sky turned darker and she began to laugh as she saw her victim try to save himself. She began to laugh at his stupidity. Nothing. Absolutely nothing was going to stop The Dark Virgin from inflicting her wrath, ever. And if someone tried, they'd get killed as well. Her eyes got wilder and colder as not only the iris of her eyes was red, but the white of her eyes was becoming bloodshot as well. Her hair began to turn itself back to a dark brown as the pupils in her eyes went back to slits, the black line getting darker and thicker, replacing the blue in her veins as the tips of her hands began to turn a dark blood red. She blinked as she felt streams of dark sparkling red blood stream down her face as she began to control the blood inside her victims' body. She began to remove his blood and stop the flow of his blood. She let his blood drain away as she removed the blood from his veins. The blood and color began to leave her victims' face as it seeps out slowly and painfully. She flicked her wrist as she inflicted more pain into him. And he let out a piercing scream.
She laughed.
Oh, how she loved to see her victims suffer and wither down to a helpless ball of bones. She enjoyed it. She enjoyed murder. She loved killing and inflicting her wrath on people. Because it showed who was the strongest here. Black lines began to crawl up to her forearms and to her upper arms as she smiled wickedly and neared her victim. He glanced at her in horror and he begged her to stop. She lifted her hands and smirked.
No.
She wasn't going to stop. After everything he'd done, he deserved the pain. He absolutely deserved it. She willed for a sharp piece of wood to jut out from the ground. And so it did as the piece of wood was as thick as a tree trunk and it had a very sharp pont.
"I said…. I was going to burn this place to the ground and I will." she growled as she moved her hands as her victim erupted to fames as he screamed in pain as she laughed.
"Pathetic." she growled as she levitated him and set her hands down as a sickening CRACK was heard. She smiled wickedly. She glanced sideways as another victim began to run. No one escaped her wrath, ever. She extended her arms as he was enveloped in red magic. She stopped him with a red force field and he was levitated towards her as she concentrated on her victim and began to control his blood too. She began to stop the flow of his blood and slowly remove the blood from his arteries. He was going to die for what he did. HE was at her mercy now. She began to tighten his throat as her victim clawed at his throat, trying to breathe as she cried for help.
"Please! Don't!" her victim cried
"Oh, honey. I'd love to. But I won't." she said simply
(Oh, honey. If you knew. That help, wasn't something that came when you were with the mighty Dark Virgin.)
She flicked her hand as she slowly began to inflict pain into him as he screamed. She lowered and clawed her hands and she skewered him against the piece of wood, on top of her last victims' body (with a sickening CRACK! Echoing across the area) as their blood seeped down and was absorbed into the ground as she smirked and cackled with glee. She snapped her fingers and they both exploded to dust. Her job was done…
A/N: I'd LOVE to stop it here and give you guys a cliffhanger, but I'm feeling nice, so I won't:) (Be GLAD!)
I blinked as I fell to my knees. My hair began to cascade around my face as it turned back to dark brown, but this time with a lighter and lesser reddish tinge. Many people had asked me (especially girls) if I had dyed my hair red, but I told them, it just came out naturally. I also like to dye my silver streaks different colors, especially magenta and purple. I saw as the once withered grass began to come back as I lifted my head and screamed in horror on what I saw. I looked around frantically as I saw everyone clutching their eyes and ears. I waved my hand and the evidence was gone. There was no way I was going to let them see what I had caused. I felt my heart beat a thousand miles per hour as I began to panic and nervously sweat.
I snapped my fingers as I stood up and brushed myself and pretended nothing had happened
"Are you guys okay?" I asked in my most casual voice as everyone began to come back to their senses.
"Yeah, but what happened?" asked Percy as he blinked several times
"The Giants left." I said quickly
"Oh," Percy replied
"Why, didn't you see anything?" I asked them, praying they didn't.
"No, one second we could hear and see and the next we couldn't, it was probably one of the Giants around…." Jason mumbled
"Yeah! Yeah, well, I hope I don't have to save your buts anymore." I said as I stood up and began to cut off the bindings wrapped around them.
"Sorry, we-" began Piper
"No, it's okay. I'm used to this. You won't believe how many times I had to rescue Phoenix and the Gang's ass every time. I don't mind helping you guys out, but at least try to put a little bit of effort, I barely know you guys, but y'all have a lot of potential." I said as I cut of Tyson' bindings and he gave me a rib-crushing hug.
"They ambushed us before we could react." Calypso commented
"Yeah, well. That's what I had to go through." I replied with a sigh.
"Andy, thank you. Really." Percy said with sincerity
"No prob." I said, trying not to scream or cry.
"Tell me, where are you guys headed next?" I asked them as I removed Leo's bindings
"New Rome." Jason replied
"I didn't read that…." I said in a hushed voice
"There was more in the back." Annabeth said
"Wait, what?! There was a BACK!?" I exclaimed
Annabeth and a few others laughed.
"Yeah, apparently there was." Grover said
"Gods, I swear I'm gonna get in trouble someday." I muttered as I moved on to Skull Head.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine." Nico said
I grimaced
"Yeah, sure, Skull head. But, please don't make me come back unless it's AN EMERGENCY!" I screeched
"Will do." Leo said with a smirk
"Oh, I have a bad feeling about this…" I murmured
"Well, I gotta go, oh, tell Phoenix to ask the Chief to reinforce the border." I said as I trudged off to the beach and left…. As I disappeared to Colorado and gasped in relief, it had been so close…..
(he-hey! Look what's back! THE FOOTNOTES! Ya missed them? I sure did!)
(MY footnote:) [1] From The Dark Virgin! (Ch. 8) ["So there was an episode on TV, right?" I explained eagerly, ignoring Nico's glares…...]
(Andy's footnote:) [2] They're basically Mexican snack chips. They're DELICIOUS!
A/N:
You: Wait, What?! NO!
Me: *clashes both hands together and rubs them meanwhile grinning maliciously* OH YEAH!
We got some action here now! (*sigh, I love plotwists, especially when I make them) My baby girl (and yes I'm calling Andy like that 'cause she IS my baby girl AND she is my 1st OC. You: awww.)
My baby girl kicked some gigantes asses today!
Hell yeah!
We're getting into the good shit now! Hell yeah!
IN THIS HOUSE WE STAN SIX CHAOTIC 20 YEAR OLDS.
Oh, and that's not it, 'cause there's MORE!
Buuuuuuut, that's until the next chapter, toodles!
ALSO! The next chapter is gonna be DEEP. So, heads up!