We walked to the small coliseum, there were a few kids practicing with their weapons, but not a lot, maybe 10. They each looked really good and they also looked older, hope this wasn't a senior only thing. But I saw three unoccupied dummies, guess it's time to see how powerful Finn actually is. "Over there look good?" I asked Finn pointing to the dummies. He drew his axes and nodded. He walked up to the dummies, but he looked a little confused.
He looked at me with a confused look. "So, I just hit them?" He asked me. "I guess, go for it dude." I told him. He nodded, and he quickly jumped forward like a gorilla with his arms over his head and hit a dummy with his axes. He then turned his arms, leaving one ax in the dummy and hit another one, he then reached his arm back and grabbed the ax that he left and threw into another one with the strength of a Lion, and all this was done in less then five seconds. When he was done he looked back at me and smiled. I was too shocked to speak, Finn was a beast. I was gonna say something, but I heard something from behind me. It sounded like clapping.
"That was incredible Finn, well done." I heard someone say. I turned and saw that Ares kid, I think his name was David. He was still wearing camo army pants and a black wife beater, guess he didn't change yet, he for sure didn't smell like he changed. Finn looked at him, he was probably thinking on how to approach the situation. "Umm, thanks." He said. David gave him a smile, showing off his partly yellow teeth. "Yeah, I actually came here to practice myself, make sure my striking arm is still working, you know what I mean?" He asked Finn. Finn slowly nodded. David walked past him and to the dummies, but he hit me with his shoulder while walking to them. It gave me a nice smell of his bad BO.
He stopped right in front of me, with Finn behind me. David drew his war-hammer, which was huge and intimidating in and of itself, but in the hands of David, it was terrifying. He reached back and it went over his head and hit the dummy, splitting a hole in it's head.
I gulped a little, I wasn't scared of him but I for sure felt uncomfortable. I looked back, but Finn was just watching, waiting for something to happen probably. I looked back at David, but he was swinging his war-hammer back from his side and it hit me right in the stomach. If I had a bigger lunch I would have puked, but it was just pain. I instantly went to the ground holding my stomach. "Ow ow ow…" I was saying clutching my stomach. "Sorry didn't see you there." David said as he laughed like a pig. "What was that for?!" Finn asked him angrily.
I looked up at David, but he just put her hands up defensibly. "Just an accident." He innocently proclaimed. I slowly got up, still holding my stomach, but it didn't hurt as much, I'm pretty sure nothing was broken, hopefully.
I looked up at David, he was almost laughing, like it was funny. This was it, I'm gonna embarrass him, make him look weak. I was about to draw a dagger and strike him right here, but then a thought went into my mind, one that I never thought I would hear.
Kill him.
It sounded low and raspy, like someone trying to get a final breath of air. I looked around, but I saw no one, but I definitely heard something, or someone say kill David… "I'm right here if you're looking for me." David said sarcastically. I looked up at him, as much as I wanted to humiliate him, I needed to get out of here. I looked at him for a minute, his look went from anger to annoyance. "I..I..I need to go." I said backing up. "Oh what's wrong Jackie Chu, to scared?" David asked me with a laugh. I didn't answer, I just turned around.
When I turned I ran right into Finn's chest, felt like I ran into a wall. I looked up at Finn, but he looked concerned. But I didn't want to hear him try to talk to me, I had to cut him off before he says anything. "See you at dinner." I said quickly while walking past him. "Okay, everything okay?" He asked me walking closer to me. But I didn't answer, I wanted to, but I needed to get out of there. I ran past him and got out of there.
You know you can, so do it.
It said again, this time it sounded more urgent and evil. "Stop it stop it stop it!" I told myself holding me head. Once I got out of the collessiem I was too scared to really do anything but run. I ran as fast as I could, some people looked at me weird, but they probably thought I was training or something. I just needed to get to my cabin, and then I will be safe, hopefully.
You can't escape me, kill him!
It was screaming and was like someone right next to me, yelling through a megaphone a megaphone. I can't! I screamed in my head. But as I was running I stepped into a shadow, and it felt like I stepped into a hole. I felt straight down legs first. It was small though, so I hit my head on the ground first and then fell back into the hole. "AGH!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I tried to grab onto something, but I missed, I was just falling. My nails scratched the dirt as I fell, but to no avail.
As I was falling I looked up and saw where I fell, and it was getting higher and higher up, or I was falling deeper and deeper. Wherever I was, it was cold and dark. I closed my eyes and held my breath. I didn't know if this was punishment or I just died, and I honestly didn't want to know. I curled up into a ball and held my legs close.
But all the sudden the ground got warmer, and aI stopped moving and fell onto hard ground. I was on my back, with my eyes still closed. I slowly opened them, and I was in my...cabin. I sat up and rubbed my head a bit, I had a killer headache from when I hit my head. But I looked around, to make sure this was actually the cabin. But it was, even with the creepy statue in the middle of the room. "How did I…" I was saying, but my eyes drifted to something next to the statue.
It was a shadow, but it looked darker then it should, and there was dark mist coming out of it, like my daggers. It seemed to be emitting energy and I felt an attachment to it, like I was connected with it. But looking at it made a shiver go down my back. I couldn't take my eyes off of it, it looked weird and out of place. But then it turned normal, and the mist stopped, making it just another shadow.
I slowly stood up. "What happened…" I asked myself. But then I heard a knock at the door, and I just about had a heart attack. It scared the crap out of me. I stood up and slowly walked to the door, but I drew a dagger and hid it in my sleep, I had to be ready for anything. I opened the door, and thank god, it was just a camper. She was short, maybe 5'5 and had a lean build, like that of Scarlett Johansson. She had brown hair that was pulled into a ponytail and her eyes were bright green. Her camp shirt was pulled into a knot on her stomach and she had on khaki shorts. She also had a clipboard with a list of names on it, and some were crossed out, and I saw my name on the bottom, the only one not crossed out. But another name was under mine, but it was circled in three different color pens, and the name said Nick Snow.
"Hi." I said looking at her. She smiled. "Hi, I'm Bridget from the Aphrodite cabin and I came to tell you that you need your hair fixed up." She told me in a high voice. I looked at her weird. "I do?" I asked her. She nodded with a smile. But her eyes drifted to my hair, and her eyes went wide a little, my hair wasn't the nicest, at all. So she was probably right.
I was about to say no, but after what just happened, I needed a distraction. "Sure, when is it?" I asked her. "Umm, how about now?" She asked me. Now, she must have been crazy. "Like, right now?" I asked her. "Yep, just follow me." She said. And she turned and started walking before I could say anything, great.
But before I left I looked in my room and threw the dagger at the wall, no point in keeping it with me if I'm just getting a haircut. The dagger hit a wall causing a large black spot, but the dagger disappeared into mist, and the spot will eventually go away as well.
I looked out the cabin and ran up to catch up with Bridget. I walked up behind her, she was walking quickly, she must have to get everyone by today. We walked up to a pink cabin, I'm assuming the Aphrodite cabin. It was big and pink, with a white picket fence around it and with a matching white roof. Each window was open and had plants on them, like flowers and dandelions. It looked like a giant barbie house, honestly I hated it.
"Okay, just follow me," She said, but she gave me a weird look. "and please don't touch anything." I nodded and she walked through the fence with me trailing behind her.
She opened the door and I saw the inside. Every single bed had a white wood frame and pink bed-sheet, and a small space behind the pillows for storing things. There were a few couches around the place and a lot of mirrors, maybe for makeup but I don't know, never worn any. And there were a lot of kids. A group of girls were sitting on one bed talking, a group of boys were laughing and talking, but something else caught my attention. It was a door on the back of the cabin, through the beds and that's where Bridget was walking to.
She opened the door and I found myself in a small hair salon. There were 4 chairs and 2 sinks for washing and cutting hair. There were three other campers, but they didn't notice me, they were busy getting a haircut. But in the middle was a girl. She had blonde hair let down and was short, and had on the same outfit as Bridget, except her shirt wasn't tied at her stomach, but elt down like normal. She was thin and looked very pretty. "Lacy, here's, um, Blake Roo?" Bridget said confused. "Blake Rui." I corrected her irritated. Jesus it's really not hard to say, Blake Rui, but I should be used to it, everyone says it wrong.
She rolled her eyes at my comment. But she gestured me towards Lacy. "Okay, thanks Bridget, I'll take care of him." Lacy said with a smile. Bridget nodded and walked off. "Oh, and one more thing!" Lacy said loudly as Bridget was about to walk out. Bridget turned to face her. "Hmm?" She asked. "Did you see, Nick heading this way?" Lacy asked her hopefully. Bridget closed her eyes for a moment. She took a deep breath and let it out. "For the last time he's not on his way!" She yelled at Lacy with her eyes closed.
But I noticed something about Lacy, her eyes flooded with anger. But she kept a calm face. It was weird to see a girl as sweet looking as Lacy almost lash out, but she seemed good at hiding her anger. She took a breath and stood up straight. "Sorry Bridget, I'll take care of Blake." Lacy said holding her fists tight. I looked back at Bridget, but she seemed to not notice Lacy's anger, I doubt anyone did, but I could tell how angry she was by the look in her eyes. But Bridget nodded and walked off.
It was a really awkward situation to be in, but I was in it nonetheless. Lacy shook her head a bit and smiled. "Sorry about that, so we just need to fix your hair?" She asked me looking at my hair. She also seemed completely calm, like nothing happened.
"Um, yeah, that'd be great." I said. But Instead of answering, she reached up and put her hand through my hair. She instantly made a disgusted face. I felt my face blush, of course she had to feel my greasy hair. "Yeah, sink first, follow me." She said leading me to one of the sinks.
It looked like any sink in a hair salon, just a chair and a sink behind it. "Just sit here, I'll get the shampoo." Lacy said as she walked off. I sat in the chair and rested my head back, it was uncomfortable, but I had to do it. After five minutes of waiting I saw Lacy come back with a bottle of shampoo. "Okay, this shouldn't take to long." She said. I heard her turn the sink on. The sound of water was above me, and cold water hit my hair. It felt good honestly, it's kind of hot at camp and the cold water was refreshing. I felt Lacy's hands go into my hair while washing it, but she was doing it quick, and she had a look of boredom on her face, it was really awkward.
"So, how do you know Nick?" I asked her breaking the ice, no pun intended. "Oh, he's my boyfrie-" She closed her eyes and took a deep breath after saying that, I even felt her gab my hair tighter. "He's my friend, just my friend." She said discouraged. "Oh, well we're sharing a cabin, he's pretty chill." I said. She stopped rubbing my hair for a second. "Was that a pun?" She asked me. I smiled. "Maybe." I said with a smirk. She laughed a bit. "Yeah, he went to school with me, and we did everything together, he brought me to homecoming, I got him a Christmas present, and we were dates to a Halloween party." Lacy said smiling. She seemed to really like Nick, she looked really happy talking to him. "Oh, well that's cool." I said, again, no pun intended.
But I thought back to how angry she looked at Bridget earlier, I almost forgot about it. "And by the way, props to you for keeping your cool back there." I told her as she washed my hair. "What do you mean?" She asked me. "Well, earlier, Bridget got mad at you for asking about Nick,and I saw you were mad," I was saying. "Just giving you credit where credit is due."
But she stopped washing my hair for a bit. "I don't know what you're talking about." She said firmly. But I saw what was happening, she didn't want to admit it. "It's fine, You're good at hiding your anger," I told her. "But I'm good at reading people." But at that, she took a breath and lowered her head next to mine, to where she was right next to my ear.
"Listen to me carefully, you may think you're good at reading people, but you don't know me," She hissed in my ear. "I'm nothing like what you think, and tell anyone about what I'm telling you right now, it's my word against yours, so shut it!"
Her words were harsh and brutal, and made me worry. But she was right, she's not at all what I thought she was, but she seemed to be a good actor, because she instantly had a smile and started rinsing my hair.
I heard turn the water off. "Okay, your hair looks much better, now let's cut it and you'll be good to go." Lacy said. I nodded and tried to smile, my hair felt nice and clean. But I still couldn't get her harsh words out of my head.
She dried off my hair and I stood up and walked to one of the chairs for my haircut. I reluctantly followed her. I sat down and Lacy walked up to me with a pair of scissors. "Okay, we'll just trim it, and if you want anything more come back later." She said as she started cutting my hair. I didn't argue, I needed a haircut bad, and this was free...I think.
She wasn't cutting it for very long, just ten minutes. She also didn't seem to want to talk, or rather when she did try I just didn't answer, I didn't want to talk with her after what she told me.
But after what felt like an eternity, she finished. "Alright, your hair's done, put conditioner in it every day and it should look, okay?" She asked me nicely. I slowly nodded. She then spun my chair around and I saw my new look. My hair looked much cleaner, and still felt thick and soft, but in a weird way i looked more Asian. I loved the look, but I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could. I sat up, but she grabbed my arm before I could go.
"Not a word, I'm innocent and they're more prone to believe me then you, understand." She hissed in my ear. I nodded slowly. "Then have a great day, lunch has started, so you should go to that." She told me happily. I slowly nodded and slowly backed up.
I practically ran out of the cabin, I don't know what her deal was, but she was off. I ran out of the cabin, I needed to tell nick. But her words rang through my head. "My word against yours." They would probably believe a camper who's been here for years then a new camper, and she really didn't do anything wrong. As much as I hated it, I couldn't tell anyone.
So I started walking to lunch, with a million thoughts running through my head.