Chapter 23: PJ
We could hear them arguing before it suddenly got very quiet. I wasn't surprised and left them alone, they wouldn't kill each other. Probably.
We took a seat around Cassandra's table, the awkward silence continuing long after the quiet had set in. Cassandra broke the silence first.
"So. Are they screwing each other and we should blast music or what?"
We all laughed because no, Nico had a boyfriend who he was very happy with. We told Cassandra as much, because Nico and Will were both out-and-proud.
Cassandra laughed at herself when we told her, pulling out her laptop, opening an empty document.
"Before we start. I have questions. Y'all have this... Aura, around you. So... What are you?" She asked us.
We looked at each other before Rachel spoke up.
"Well... You need a different explanation that most of us... How much do you know about Greek mythology?"
At her nod, Rachel continued, "Well, Percy and Nico, we had another girl with us, Annabeth, who hurt herself, but they're all what we call Demigods. Children of the Greek gods. Percy, Poseidon; Annabeth, Athena; and Nico, Hades. I'm clear-sighted, which means I can see through the "mist." What looks like two kids beating up a puppy is actually two kids killing a monster. The Mist covers strange things.
"Monsters are another part of mythology. They're dangerous and very scary." Rachel paused to make sure Cassandra hadn't gone into shock, which would have been bad considering her pregnancy. She hadn't so Rachel kept talking. "Now us, Delphi, you, and I, have a part of a soul. Part of the original Delphi's. It's confusing and so Delphi and me will explain it as we go on our little trip..."
Rachel stopped speaking so Cassandra could write down it all. Then she spoke.
"I've been having these... Flashbacks. They're like memories. I wrote what I remembered down from one. It was... I don't have a word to explain it. Weirder than weird?" Cassandra finished.
Rachel stood silent for a moment, thinking. She opened her mouth but didn't have an answer.
"I- I don't know. We'll look into it?" She finally said.
Delphi took charge and we finally got around to the topic we sat down to discuss.
How were we going to get to the next Delphi.
Harry and Nico walked in while we were trying to decipher where the coordinates the Grey Sisters gave us led.
I pulled out Annabeth's phone-laptop, plugging the numbers in. The map zoomed in on...
San Francisco.
We were supposed to get there in a day and a few hours.
We were going to fail.
While we talked, we also got to know Cassandra a bit more. After a long debate, she acknowledged that she had a van we could use to get across the country. It would be faster than walking, and less expensive than trying to find a taxi, so we accepted her offer.
After she packed her few things, leaving a note for her friends and family, we went to her garage. A van, the size of a small camper van sat there.
It was a sleek black color and would comfortably fit all of us, so we climbed in, with Cassandra driving, we were on the road again, this time, with two new people.