CH 2: Taxis and hunters.
Now here we are, me, Raf and Miko out the front of my now ruined house standing curbside with only a small bag of provisions between us and few means of defence, I mean I could turn a monster into a jackalope like mum but I'd be spent for a few days afterwards. Of course I let Miko keep the short sword and Raf the pike. I had my silver daggers on me and my magical bow but that was it.
"So, where's this chariot of the damned? " Miko asked. I smirked slightly.
I tossed a demachima and called" I hail the chariot of damnation" in Greek, with a puff of grey smoke a yellow new York style taxi materialized in front of us, driven by the three fates, cletho rolled down the window, scoffed then the cab disappeared. Guess they still hate me.
"dude, that backfired." Miko groaned.
"uh, Jack, what was that about? " Raf asked.
" you see, I was kind of never meant to of existed so they kind of hate me." I sighed in agitation. Miko gave me a sympathetic look while Raf looked confused. "you see mum was never meant to have kids, so when she met June and they had me, I instantly got in the shits with the three fates, especially cletho as they can't control my destiny."
Raf nodded in understanding but then brought up problem number two." so, how do we get there now? "
I sighed, I really hope mum was in a good mood, especially since Raf was here. I sent a silent prayer and a silver doe drawn slay defended from the night sky, a Auburn haired 18 year old girl with silver eyes and a grey uniform was riding in it along with a figure cloaked in black but definitely male, I took aim at the man, Why the heck would a man be riding with my mother unless it's Apolo!?
"Relax Jackson, why did you send for me? " The girl asked, I have to say, it's odd seeing mum any age other than 12 or 26.
I bowed while Miko and Raf stood there confused." mother, we require assistance to get to camp halfblood, I only had supplies enough for one, not all three and the fates wish to make this harder."
My mother, lady artemis nodded at that. "I shall allow it this once as I am headed there anyway. By the way, how's June?"
"she's fine, a bit over worked but fine." I explained. "I am curious though, who is he?" I asked putting emphasis on the last word, I know, I know, male and a man hater at the same time, Raf is an accepting because he is to young to of caused harm and fowler is just because the man is only following orders. Most others, I tend to hate,especially people like Apolo and Vince.
"he is percous Jackson, current Guardian of the hunt after he was left for dead by an Athena brat." Artemis growled the last part. "the only reason I let him have to position as an option is that he is the only male asides you I find acceptable, now climb aboard, mortals may become suspicious if the moon is still too long."
I nodded and we climbed aboard, I was somewhat nervous, sure I'd talked with chiron plenty of times but I've never been to the actual camp, at least I could get along with the hunters as they were practically like sisters to me while they in turn saw me as a brother figure. Although, I still would get pranked by janet or pheobe, I'm kinda sad Zoe Nightshade was dead, she was always there for me when I was little, heck it was thanks to her I survived my first monster encounter. She almost shot me after but after Artemis claimed me as her child and explained everything, we got along well, even pranked mum once, which got me a punishment of doing the dishes.
Once we were all in, the slay took off again towards long Island new York. Raf was shaking slightly and Miko was interested in the sights below. The hooded man tapped my shoulder and I looked at him, his hair was black and messy while his eyes shon a sea green.
"HI, name's Percy." he greeted, I was tempted to scoff at his coky attitude but I didn't want to possibly offend mum so I gave a stiff nod. "what? Not going to introduce yourself?"
"Jackson Eclipse Darby. Happy? "I asked bluntly. Already he reminded me of uncle Apolo with his attitude. And let's say I never really liked my godly uncle.
" Okay, so, your Artemis's son, I thought she swore off men? " he asked, okay, why did he sound concerned.
" she had, my mother kept to her oath, why are you accusing her of such things?! "I harshly whispered.
" Percous, Jackson, don't fight, I know you both mean well but if you two fight, I'll turn you both into jackalopes!" Artemis threatened. We both gulped but nodded, I learnt mum always holds her threats, much like Persiodon or Hera.
After a few hours of silence we arrived at the greek camp, oddly there were a few Romans there too, I met Reyna once, I was only thirteen while she was fourteen and tried to become my girlfriend, I told her no and she sent a legion to hunt me down, yeah, she was a bit nuts. Part of the reason I swore off women until I found one who I could consider a complete equal as I saw most women to be above me or were like aphrodite. The camp itself had twelve main cabins in a U shape with many others around it, a large barn acted as main administration and a Greek style amphitheater was built by a patch of strawberries and grapes and a Pavilion, on the other side was a combat arena and a climbing wall with Lava. As we got out, every camper was staring at us, just great, Zues be merciful.
"Campers, allow me to introduce the only child of Artemis, Jackson Darby." chiron explained dramatically. Great, every camper was looking at me like a rare jewel and the aphrodite girls was literally drooling. I felt sickened by that, at least one of them seemed uninterested.
"Jackson, my hunters will be here tomorrow, until then, stay in my cabin." Artemis instructed, I nodded and bowed. She then left with Percy and I turned back to face the masses of demigods.
There was a collective gasp and I turned to see an owl emblem floating above Raf, everyone bowed, including chiron.
"All hail Rafael Esquire, son of Athena, goddess of wisdom, war and crafts." chiron declared, poor Raf, he looked confused slightly and honestly shy.
I gave Raf a reassuring smile. Little guy needed all the support he could get to help him adjust. There was another symbol, this one above Miko, everyone gasped in fright and I gulped slightly. Miko was no Demigod. Above her was a hourglass with a scythe crossed over it, the symbol of Kronos, the Titan of time. Oh this was so bad.
"A-all hail Miko, daughter of K-Kronos, Titan of time." Chiron stuttered. I couldn't blame him, Kronos was bad news, like really bad. Hey, this also made Miko his sister. Not many people bowed, most stood there in shock.
A grabbed Miko's arm and lead her towards the big house with chiron and Raf following. Once we were inside chiron locked the door and started pacing/trotting.
"dude, why did everyone act like that? " Miko asked.
" Miko, greek mythology, what did Kronos do? " I asked her, hoping she paid attention.
" he ate his kids, right? "Miko asked.
" And tried to kill human kind,then a few years ago tried again." I told her firmly.
"wait, so dad is evil an tried to kill everyone?! " Miko asked in shock.
" Yes. Father did do that." chiron muttered then turned to Miko. "you must understand that this puts you in even more danger than normal little sister."
"wah?" Miko asked.
"chiron was Kronos's son Miko, thus your half brother, right? " Raf asked uncertainly. Chiron nodded.
" You may stay in here for the night, Rafael, you can stay in Athena cabin for now." chiron stated.
"Wait, what about raf's parents?! " Miko urged.
" they're just foster parents." Raf admitted, his eyes downcast. "My last name isn't even Esquire, it's really Chase."
"As in Markus Chace?" the chiron asked. Raf shook his head.
"that was my uncle's name." Raf explained.
"Here Raf, keep it." jack smiled as he handed Raf the sword mace. "It will require strategy to use, which should be easy for you." he then looked at Miko. "Break the pike and you won't be getting another, also it's enchanted to return to its owner, which is now you, so you can't loose it." Miko smiled and nodded greatfully before I tossed each of them a pack of Oreos and began to head off towards Mum's cabin. Inside it was nice, sort of like a hunter's Lodge, there was two bathrooms, forty beds, two which were in separate rooms for me and mum as I didn't want to seem like a perv towards the hunters and mums was because the hunters wanted her to have privacy. I walked over to my bedroom, I'd never been to here myself but mum had told me I had the room to the left, I turned my bow to its normal non ring form and placed it on the dresser, if anyone tried to take it, they'd never be able to lift it, only me, the hunters and mum could do that. Sort of a Thor's hammer deal. I placed my bag asides the bed and sprayed water from the squirrel bottle before tossing through a demachima. "OH iris goddess of the rainbow show me Orion Pax also called Optimus prime in Omega one." after a few moments a stunned prime and ratchet was looking at me.
"Jackson?! "Optimus asked in shock.
" it's me Optimus, me, Miko and Raf are safe, we're in camp up in new York." I explained.
"How are you contacting us, what is this? " ratchet asked.
" It's called an Iris message doc, look, make sure mum is safe, we got attacked at my house, just tell her were at the camp, she'll know what it's about." I explained.
"We were looking for you since Arcee found your front door destroyed." Optimus explained.
"Tell her we're fine, mum will explain it all, sea guys." I smiled as I slashed through the image, ending the connection. I would of contacted mum but if she's in a room with others, it would be a very bad idea. I yawned and checked my watch, it was already nine fifteen, a few minutes to curfew, I climbed into bed and fell asleep.