The Prey?
Thalia:
Ugg...My feet are killing me...Is this what walking normally feels like? Thalia thought.
"Hey Percy?" Thalia asked. " Do you have any idea where we're going or are we just walking in circles?"
Percy stopped. He looked back at thalia with a confused look.
"What do you mean walking in circles? It's a lot better than staying in camp where we don't know whether we're going to get our have our throats slit in the middle of the night or not. Besides," He smiled. "I was bored back at camp. So this is a win-win for me. I get to help my awesome cousin with her problem and I get a break from the routine."
Thalia seemed to ponder for a minute. Well...I guess... She thought
"Ok I guess Perce."
Percy ,once again, spoke.
"And not to mention, the Gods will want to know what the hell is going on." He said as a matter of factly.
Thalia nodded her head in response. As they both walked she began to lose herself in her thoughts. Her head swam with ideas of who these people were. Definitely not monsters...Rogue Demigods? Maybe she pondered.She slightly tripped on a couple of branches, being very un-huntress like.
Their march took them through some beautiful landscapes. Hidden waterfalls and ponds frozen, entombed in ice. Hills covered in a fine powder. Snow crunching under their boots, eventually lulling both of them into a thoughtless state, hiking becoming the only thing on their mind.
They crested a hill in the middle of a white pasture. They looked towards the falling sun. Rays of light reflecting off the snow turning the vista into warm orange glow. Their breathes creating a fog in front of them. They drunk in it's warmth, their bodies basked in it's glow
"Percy I really hope this quest doesn't take our lives. We've cheated death so many times… it's only a matter of time." Thalia stated, not taking her eyes off the sunset. Percy turned towards her.
"We aren't gonna die. Not soon anyways. And when our times come...we will go down together." Percy replied, his face with an unreadable expression." I promise."
Thalia stared at her boots, buried slightly in the snow. She then looked into the trees. Her sight, much like her fate, obscured. She was brought out of her clouded head by a sudden tightness lifting her off her feet. Percy was hugging her tightly, as if she would drift away at any moment.
"I promise."
She finally wrapped her arms around him.
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An unseen figure watched from the treetops as two of the infamous murderers, one male and one female, came upon a hilltop, stopping to gaze at the sunset. The figure's mask a head of a white barn owl.
The figure drew a olive drab bow.
The two on the hilltop seemed to be talking to each other.
It notched an arrow.
The girl seemed to be downtrodden, staring at her feet.
The figure pulled the bowstring back, taking aim.
The boy then grasped the girl in a warm embrace.
The figure stopped.
Removing it's arrow carefully, tt watched as the two continued their hike into the forest. It pulled out a phone and dialed a number.
"Boss? I couldn't do it. I've never seen behavior like this from fiends. Something about this whole thing is wrong." The figure stated, revealing itself to be female. A feminine voice responded.
" And it's a good thing you didn't shoot. I just received word from command. They or anyone else affiliated with them are not to be touched."
"What?"
"Even more than that we are to lead them to California. Leave breadcrumbs. Command's got a plan.
