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Chapter 3-The Time-Rewinder Tragedy

Kayla POV

"Everyone knows gods and goddesses are not myths, though." I said. I was shushed by Nico. Rude.

"How do we operate this thing?" Kodak questioned, grabbing the device from Nico's hand. I hated when Kodak was just in everyone's business.

I grabbed it from his hand and gave it back to Nico. "Nico is the leader of this quest. Let him keep the… the…"

"The time-rewinder?" Kodak said.

I shrugged. "Sure. The time-rewinder. Such an original name."

"Well, would you like to call it the gadget or the device for the rest of this silly quest?"

"Kodak! We are going to save our FRIEND and my BROTHER! How silly could this be?"

"Will could've just gone out of town, Kayla."

"And not tell anyone? I highly doubt it."

"Who knows, Will has been-"

"GUYS! Stop arguing!"

While Kodak and I were arguing, Nico was tinkering around with the time-rewinder. He was now standing right next to it, but something was off.

He - Nico was glowing!

Nico held up the time-rewinder. "I figured out how to operate this piece of junk while you two idiots were bickering. You just rewind the time to the desired time and flip this switch."

Although I had my doubts about Di Angelo being the leader of this quest, I can now see he is intelligent as well as strong. And Nico really cares for Will, too.

"Here. Touch the time-rewinder with one finger and close your eyes. Tightly." the Italian said.

I nodded and placed my index finger on the time-rewinder. Kodak followed suit.

Nico looked at me, then looked at Kodak with a serious expression. "I'm not joking. Do not, whatever you do, open your eyes."

I nodded and Kodak said, "Well, duh!"

Nico seemed satisfied with our answers. He pressed a button and flipped the small switch on the side of the time-rewinder. I squeezed my eyes shut and a bright light shone so bright I could see it through my closed eyes. I felt Kodak tense beside me and hoped and prayed to all gods that cared that Kodak won't be a complete idiot and close his eyes.

We started hurling through what felt like thin air that still shone brighter than my father himself. I heard a painful scream and suddenly, I felt ground beneath me.

My knees buckled and I pried my crusted eyes open. Nico was miraculously still standing, and Kodak looked like he passed out. I hope that scream did not belong to him.

"You all okay?" A voice croaked. I turned around and noticed Di Angelo was the one that spoke. I nodded and looked at Kodak.

I slid over to where he lay, too weak to stand up properly. He was laying on his stomach, so I flipped him over. And gasped at what I saw in front of me.

At first glance, Kodak looked as to be sleeping. But as you looked a little closer, you saw his eyes were a little - strange.

They were eyes, sure, but where his normally brown eyes shone with mischief, only white glossy orbs lay.

"Kayla?" Kodak said. "Where are you? Is anyone there?"

"N-No. Kodak… no…" I cried.

"Kayla, is that you? Where are you? Are we in a field? It's super dark, is it supposed to be dark?"

"Kodak…" I cried. "No, my father has been doing his job correctly. The sun is shining, bright as can be."

Nico crawled over and kneeled next to us. "I told you to squeeze your eyes tightly shut Kodak! Now look at you! You - you can barely see." If I wasn't looking at Nico, I wouldn't have noticed that a small tear slowly rolled down Nico's face.

"Maybe… maybe I can help." I told Kodak. "I can try to use my powers I have gained from being the daughter of Apollo to heal your vision."

Kodak shook his head. "You would just drain yourself for some worthless sack of potatoes like me."

He patted around the air, smacking Nico a couple times (Nico looked like he wanted to kill Kodak for that), and rested a hand on my shoulder and the other one grasped my hand.

"Kayla. Listen to me. Everything is fine. I can deal with this. Help Nico on the quest to save Will. We didn't go that far from camp, I can find my way back or IM Chiron."

I shook my head. "No. I'm not leaving you. I know you care about Will as much as we all do."

I shrugged off his grip and hovered my hands slightly over his fallen hands. My hands started to glow and I began chanting to my father.

oo0oo

Nico POV

I started having mixed feelings about bringing along Kodak. But, I can see, Kayla has a little (big) crush on Kodak.

Kayla's hands were poised over Kodak hands and both hands were glowing slightly. I heard Kayla chanting like Will does whenever he heals.

Will. I zoned out just thinking about Will. He shone like the sun himself. Makes sense. He is the son of the sun god, after all.

Suddenly, Kayla collapsed. "Kayla!" I screamed.

"I'm… good." She groaned. "Lemme take a… small… nap."

Kayla closed her exhausted eyes and started snoring immediately.

I glanced at Kodak and saw him looking at me. "Hey, Kodak. Can you see me?"

"Um… sort of…" Kodak replied slowly. He started half-squinting at me as if he was struggling to see me. "I can see you, it's just… well… it's like looking at someone through very foggy and dirty glasses."

I nodded. "How did that work? I didn't know healing could partly heal blindness."

Kodak shrugged and scratched his head. "Maybe since I wasn't blind at birth it was easier to heal. Or maybe since it just occurred."

"Alright," I said, not really caring. "Let's get on the go go. Where are we supposed to travel? Greece?"

"Yeah, I suppose. Where are we right now?" Kodak replied, foggy eyes darting around.

"I dunno, middle of a field. I can't see for miles. Maybe I can shadow travel us closer to Greece." I replied, shrugging.

Kodak chuckled. "Across the whole ocean? I highly doubt it."

"I have done it before you unbeliever." I teased.

"Oh really? Prove it." He teased right back.

I smirked and grabbed him and Kayla's hand, making sure everything was cleared of our presence, and threw us all into shadows.

oo0oo

Kodak POV

We landed on an island near some other land that looked like Greece. True to his word, Nico had shadow traveled us across the whole entire ocean.

Of course the island we landed on was deserted and dusty, the only coverage being a few large holes scattered around where we landed.

His hand that grasped mine slipped out of my grip and Nico passed out, snoring slightly.

Great. I was the only non-asleep person on this quest right now. But I guess I am the most injured on this quest.

It was so weird, my blindness.

I closed my eyes and thought back to when it happened.

I tensed as a bright light shone through my tightly shut eyes. Suddenly, we were thrown down what felt to be a long tunnel of just air.

Time seemed to slow. I called out to ask what was happening, but my voice wasn't heard.

But then I heard another voice. Not Nico's or Kayla's but an angelic, beautiful, soft voice. The voice of an angel from Elysium.

"Kodak." The voice sang. "Kodak, look at me."

I shook my head and squeezed my eyes tighter.

"Kodak. I know how you feel. I know you are jealous of Kayla because she is liked more, and jealous of Nico because he is closer to Will. I know you wish to be the closest to Will, you want him to notice and care about you."

I shook my head again, a tear falling down my face and immediately disappearing from the strong wind.

"Kodak, look at me." The voice continued. "I know you want to be better friends with Will, better than even the rest of the Apollo cabin. I can make you happy. I can make you popular. I can make you loved."

I hoped nobody else heard this.

"Kodak. Michael's death was your fault. You know that. I can bring him back. I can make you happy. I can bring back everyone you wronged. Just gaze into my eyes."

It was so tempting. She knew everything. Every hidden secret and every reason behind my fallen tears.

"Kodak. Look at me. Kodak. I promise you wonders. Just look at me, Kodak. Look at me. Look into my eyes."

I almost started sobbing. It was getting harder and harder to resist the angelic voice that begged me to look.

"Kodak. Everything will be better. Everything will be fixed. You can finally be happy. All you have to do is look at me."

I couldn't stand it any longer. I opened my eyes and looked right at a beautiful angel. But my eyes felt as if they were burning. I screamed and closed my eyes, but the damage was done.

It felt as if time sped up and I felt myself land onto some grass. I saw shadows of people slumped down and I supposed that they were Kayla and Nico. I saw a small fallen shadow on the ground, which must be the time-rewinder. But other than that, I saw nothing. Nothing at all.

I felt a tear snake itself down my cheek and I quickly brushed it away.

"You all ok?" I hear someone croak.

I just laid down on the ground and hoped for the best.

Even now just remembering the angel's voice made me start tearing up. It was true. Everything she said was true.

Maybe that is why I am so insecure or why my emotions bounce around a lot.

I sighed, tired of crying, and laid down next to the fallen Nico and Kayla. Everyone else wasn't doing anything. I guess it's time to sleep.

I took one more look at the foggy landscape around me before closing my eyes and drifting into a dreamless sleep.

Yaaaaassssss. I'm done. *cheers*

Now leave me alone as I too sleep.

Peace!

-Nat