Greek myths are real? Aliens or Monsters? Chapter 8
Sam looked around the city, ignoring Chiron who was with her. She had been in New York a few times. The last time she was here she was fighting a war everything looked so normal. The fact that everything was in silence was still daunting and she hated it. She had been introduced to Mary, the lady she would be staying with. Chiron had told her he would show her around the immediate area before leaving. Part of her did not want him to go because she knew that when he did she would be truly on her own. He showed her the bus she would be taking until the things her mother sent through get here that included her bike. She got her bike license when she turned 16 and her mother got her a bike after she completed the movie. Sam turned to look at Chiron who had reached for her arm.
'We should be heading back.' He signed to her and Sam sighed before turning around and heading back. She was kind of hoping he would come with her to the school for her visit but understood why he had to leave. That night she had a Skype call with her mother, she seemed sad and when Sam asked her about it she told her not to worry which of course made her worry but there was nothing she could do, her mother was still in LA. She was working on getting the movie ready for the release date and promised that she would be able to see the final cut…Sam usually loved watching the movies she made with her especially because she was in this movie she did not tell anyone about that though not even her half siblings. They would find out when the movie comes out if they choose to watch it but she knew the likely hood that the life of a demigod kept them busy and normal things like watching a movie always seemed small compared to what they have to face day to day.
The next day Mary showed her around the city not just the neighbourhood including a drive past the school. It was a Saturday so it wasn't open before they went to a diner for lunch. She looked at the screen where a picture of Tony Stark was on she had no idea what they were saying about him. She had researched what happened in New York, aliens invaded, aliens were real. They were famous for saving the planet... Sam looked back at Mary who was telling her that they would go shopping to get everything she would need for school. Her mother had given her a credit card and told her to get what she wants within reason. But school did not interest her so she found herself unable to get excited, besides it was already half way through the first semester, she had a feeling she was not going to like it. She was going to be introduced to her translator tomorrow, to get used to his signing. The food was placed in front of her and she slowly began to eat, but lately she has not had much of an appetite. She had a feeling Chiron mentioned this to Mary as she would not leave until she ate most of the food in front of her, Mary ignored her glare and continued on with reading a newspaper.
They went shopping and brought everything she would need for school including some new clothes, sticking with her style she got several pairs of jeans and plain simple t-shirts, she had her leather jacket and got a couple of hoodies, plus two pairs of sneakers. She had a feeling her army style boots would not work at school, they were comfy for fighting in but not really the style she wanted for school. The shopping trip was a nightmare in Sam's opinion she kept freaking out that she was going to be jumped by some monsters, let alone the busy crowd. Large crowds she hated especially because she could not hear if they got too close to her. Several times someone brushed up against her she almost... almost pulled out her sword. Mary seemed to understand her anxiety as they moved from shop to shop rather quickly and would tap her whenever a large crowd was near them. Sam looked over Mary, as they caught a taxi back to her apartment…she had short brown hair fair skin and blue eyes, she was slim but carried herself with a purpose one she had seen in her mother.
'You okay?' she signed once they were inside her place, it was like any other apartment a lounge that opened onto the kitchen with two room coming off with a bathroom around the corner. It was not huge but not small either it felt cozey.
'Just tired.' Sam replied before heading off to her room to store her things away. The light flickered meaning that someone was knocking on her door she turned around moving so she was standing in the doorway looking out over at the door where Mary was moving towards to answer it. When she did not recognise the lady but it seemed Mary did Sam turned back into her room. She was lying on her bed her fingers moving against her leg in a specific pattern, as if she was playing the piano. She knew that she would not be able to lie there for too long…she still had ADHD and could never sit for too long. But the moving of her fingers as if she was playing music helped and knew she could sit longer than most of her siblings.
Before she knew it, it was Monday and she was starting school, she got their early as Mike told her to so that she could get given the tour. She was somewhat happy that Mary came with her, even though she barely knew the woman Chiron seemed to trust her. She was shown the gym, the football field and the science labs, she was trying to see what could have grabbed the gods attention to send her here but was coming up blank, before sitting with the principal for a long talk…Mike translated for her and she was keeping up with his signing but found herself losing focus. He then ended up taking her to her home room, also where her first class would be held and her nerves seemed to tenfold. This would be the first time she was in a class with others kids learning at a school like any other kid…she did not think she was ready for this.
Entering the room to find everyone staring at you was strange she assessed each kid, noting that several of the boys had a weird look on their faces. Her attention turned to Mike as he signed to her something the teacher had said before she moved over to the empty desk ignoring everyone else she looked over the girl she would be sitting next to she seemed to be assessing her and gave her a look Sam did not understand.
'Hi I am Sam.' She signed knowing that Mike translated for her.
"I'm Michelle…you going to…" she asked looking at Mike.
'I read lips, he is there to help when someone is talking and I am not looking at them.'
"Cool."
'Why are they staring at me like that?' Sam asked she was slightly unnerved at how the boys were all staring at her, she knew that look, desire and it sort of made her feel sick.
"You're new." Michelle replied and just like that she turned back to the teacher, after getting a gentle reminder from Mike to pay attention to the teacher, even though most of the class was not paying attention. Michelle was, and Sam found herself interested in the girl next to her, she seemed intelligent like some of the Athena kids and had a certain attitude that had her respecting her, as if she did not care what anyone else thought of her. Once the first class was over and she seemed to be surrounded by the males of the class she was grateful when Michelle took her hand and pulled her out of the room. Two boys followed behind and Sam figured they were friends of Michelle's as they seemed to greet her but were there for Michelle not her. Peter and Ned, they looked like nerds but she didn't judge them. The day kind of blurred together after that, she had a feeling she was the hot topic of the school but she ignored everyone. She was at her locker when a hand appeared in her face leaning against the locker she had to restrain herself from attacking him. She recognised him from her home room, he was the one looking at her with his mouth open he gave her a smile that she obviously figured he must think is a winning smile but it gave her the urge to punch him.
"I'm Flash." He stated she simply closed her locker and walked away, he placed his hand on her shoulder trying to stop her and she twirled around fast that he lost his balance. She signed something at him but he obviously did not know sign language and she was kind of glad Mike was talking to a teacher as he would have frowned at what she had said, before walking off. Her next class was English and she dreaded it, doing it with her tutors one on one was bad enough but now there was a class full of kids looking at her they would see how much she sucked at it. She tried to lay low, but it seemed the teacher was not going to let her go unnoticed she was asked a question.
'Can you complete the quote?' Mike translated but she looked up at the board and the words moved around she clenched her hand in a fist before signing something back to Mike hoping for him to translate the quote, but he was not going to give her the answer instead he told her to concentrate…sure thing that would make the words stop moving. 'I don't know.' She finally replied and the teacher told her to focus. She felt eyes on her and turned to see Peter staring at her, she glared at him and he seemed to get the message considering he looked down. Slowly the days moved on and she was no longer the attention of everyone all the time, she did catch a glance every now and then. She was surprised that Michelle who she told her to call her MJ with her friend Peter and Ned wanted to be friends with her, they even were learning sign language and would sit with her at breaks. She did a project with Michelle and slowly was getting into a routine, she knew it would not last…sometimes she hated being right.
She was walking home when she was attacked by monsters, she got scratched but turned out the victor of the fight…but it reminded her she was not a normal person and was criticising herself for only focusing on school work. She was here for a reason she had to find out what it was and also keep her senses on alert for monsters. She ended up having to bandage her side considering she could not find her ambrosia or nectar, her secret stash was gone and Mary was adamant she did not touch it. She knew she was acting jumpy and seemed to tense whenever someone was too close to her but she was hoping no one noticed. She pulled down her sleeve when it rose up in class revealing the bruising on her arm from a fight with a cyclops, her right arm was bruised as was her shoulder…this was on her way to school. The new translator Natalie seemed to catch it but didn't bring it up as she tried to focus on her lessons. Learning baseball was something new, she knew she was good at archery, that her hand eye coordination was very good so was not surprised that she was good at the sport. She quickly moved on though so they couldn't ask her too many questions she kept catching Parker staring at her and Natalie, Ned seemed to get giddy around her and speechless which Sam found disturbing. Michelle seemed to be reserving judgement, she had no idea what it was for. Sam found herself in the music room not sure how she got there but moved over to the guitar she fiddled with it for a minute before putting it down, it was a painful reminder she could not hear the music she made.
'You used to hear?' Natalie signed after getting her attention, she had forgotten she was there.
'Yes, used to play now I hear nothing.' She replied as she moved over to the piano, 'learnt this when I was five.' She added as her hands moved over the keys the familiar sensation of hitting the right notes she could feel the vibration the piano was making. When she was finished she turned back to Natasha 'They said I was a prodigy, now I only have memory.' Before grabbing her bag from the ground and heading to her next class. The week flew by and Sam was happy no other monsters bothered her, it was Friday and she was looking forward to the weekend when she was shoved into the locker. A group of girls were around her, all of them were talking fast she couldn't read their lips…what were they saying. The girl directly in front of her moved her hand back intending to slap her but Sam caught it, looking at the hand then back at the girl. Her anger about this whole situation seemed to boil down, why did the gods want her here? When would she get her hearing back? She was frustrated at the silence she now lived in, anxious over this English assignment now these girls were in front of her wanting a fight. She glared at them, and saw fear on several of their faces her other fist was clenched and she was doing everything she could do to not punch the girl even though her instincts were telling her to fight. She let the hand go and pushed past them, one of them tried to trip her but she was an experienced warrior she didn't even stumble. She made her way back to the music room, even though she could not hear. Instruments usually helped cool her head. She found herself playing on the piano, recalling memories of what it would sound like, she was playing the song she played in the movie when she stumbled, made a slip of hand but did not hear it that was when she started to hit the keys trying to hear the aweful screech they would no doubt be making.
"Why did you send me here? Why take my hearing?" she shouted hoping for a response but knew she was not going to get one. The gods never answered their kids. She felt tears in her eyes and a shadow moved into her line of sight she went to jump to attack when she recognised them. Peter and MJ with Ned behind them. She quickly brushed away the tears before signing at them, she knew they knew this one as she had taught them it.
'What do you want?'
"Came to check on you, to see if you were alright."
'I am fine. I want to be alone.' Sam signed she got up grabbed her bag and went to move but Peter jumped in front of her, he was fast.
"We are here if you want to talk. You do not have to be alone." He stated but also signed, this confused Sam she did not teach him that.
'You do not want to be my friend.' Sam signed back before walking away from them, she decided to ditch school. She was totally over it, and right now did not care about punishment.
The next day was Saturday and she had said she would go to school and try out for the decathlon team, whatever that was. She sat with MJ as they went over many questions and found herself getting frustrated at the fact that she had to write down her answers, she ended up asking to leave early so she could get some air. As she was walking out of the school grounds she felt sick, looking down at the ground as she walked she tried to identify the feeling…that was until was grabbed and thrown rolling so she was in a crouched position looking around her eyes widened. The last time she had seen this many monsters was during the war, not as many as in the war considering their was a lot more then but to see this many on the street fighting mortals. This raced through her mind as her adrenaline spiked she saw her bag on the other side of the cyclops in front of her as it moved towards her. She jumped to her feet and ran straight at it…diving between the legs she rolled grabbed her bag as she came back to her feet she grabbed an arrow, her bow forming in her hand she fired six shots. Killing the Cyclops in front of her and the other 4 that were fighting the Avengers. Her last arrow hitting the gegenees in one of its eye. Looking around with another arrow at the ready she looked at the monster in the center of the street it was huge 9 feet tall it sort of reminded her of a cyclops but this creature had two eyes, it was wearing a metal helmet and she could tell that the skin was thick her arrows would not work. She put the arrow back in her quiver.
"You want to fight somebody? Fight me!" Sam shouted or she hoped she shouted, the monster was looking at her and she saw its mouth move but she could not read its lips. She felt everyone's eyes on her but she focused on the monsters around her. That was when the monster charged her, its huge sword in its big meaty hand held the double bladed sword with ease so she stood there and waited for it to come at her. She saw it coming but also looked around at the other monsters. "Too many." She mumbled just as the monster struck at her she moved with ease side stepping the attack she glided around the monster not letting it harm her. This is what she trained for she rolled out of the way and pulled out her sword she felt the vibrations run down her arm as the two weapons met and seemed to hold steady in a lock, Sam looked up at the monster a small smirk pulled at her lips as it seemed to speak to her but she did not hear it. "Did you say something? I think you said something...whatever I am thinking not intelligent." Sam stated as she pushed back taking a step back he swung at her again this time she deflected the sword and she moved in so she was close to it if it was smart it could have stepped on her this made her agree with her previous thought not intelligent all muscle. She flicked the sword to the side. "Percy!" She shouted making the monster turn and look the way she was looking which she had hoped for, Percy had a reputation and the monster seemed to fear him more than her that or it thought he was a more worthy opponent too bad. Sam then ran jumped up onto its leg and jumped from the leg so she was able to reach its neck of the monster and stabbed it in its neck. "Made you look." Sam smirked before falling back to the ground as the monster turned to ash she rolled as she landed before getting back up her sword held up as she looked around the other monsters. "Who is next?" Sam asked them they all froze before they took off running, cowards. She thought although she was grateful they were, she did not know if she could take them all on. Part of her wondered if she should give chase but then she remembered the others behind her, she went to go and make a run for it but Iron man landed in front of her. She was surprised to see Natalie there as she began signing to her wanting an explanation, Sam tried diverting them away from it, hoping they could just forget what they had seen but knew they likely hood of that actually happening. She was looking at Natasha signing to her when she felt something connect with her she grabbed the glove of iron man only to realise too late he had already sedated her and she was falling to the ground losing consciousness.