Chapter 15:

Behind us was Kampe. I remembered her name, and I thought I had maybe fought her before and I wasn't wrong. She was a dragon with a woman's head and torso and a scorpion-like tail. She had a belt that looked like animal heads. But the scariest part was her bow. It was huge and I knew it would be hard to get her with that in her hands. She hissed and looked directly at Grover. "You!" she screamed at him. "We meet again satyr but this time I will kill you. I don't see that stupid Cyclops near here to save you again. Nor do I see that hateful…" She didn't finish that sentence. She looked around as if to make a point that the Cyclops wasn't here. She got angrier; you could see it in her face. She got her bow ready but didn't aim at me yet. "Well Percy Jackson. Do you think you will be lucky again to leave alive? You will see that I don't make the same mistake twice, you will die." She started to aim the arrow at me. I gulped. I took out riptide thinking maybe I could give everyone else more time since she was mostly after me. But before I could attack arrow started flying at her. She saw this and lifted a shield I hadn't noticed. I have a shield too! But mine will probably won't resist those arrows. I thought and got my own shield ready. Only one arrow had hit her and she screamed in pain. It hit her tail but didn't seem to have made a lot of damage.

I didn't understand why she was screaming if she didn't look that hurt. It was Hazel who answered my question as if she could read my mind. "It's poisonous! My dad was right it has any arrow I need!" Kampe heard this and said. "Well if I am going to die then so are all of you." And dropped her shield. I attacked and so did everyone else. With anything they had knifes arrows and swords. It was really hard because of the tail and the animal heads. They were alive. I started fighting a pretty familiar bear that almost bit my face off. I stabbed it and didn't wait to see what happened to it. I just took a step on it and pulled myself upward, closer to its face. She saw me and her tail came directly to me. I jumped back to the floor. I knew this was going to be hard. I was suddenly pushed back by an arrow. It went straight to my chest and even though it didn't hurt me, it went to me really hard it pushed me back about 30 feet. I stopped when my back hit a tree. I was disorientated for a moment, but that moment was enough to trap me. The dirt had made chains around my wrists and ankles. They were tight enough to stop me from moving. Then came the voice. I won't let you help them hero. I won't kill you because I might need you in the future. But I want you to see them fight and not to be able to help them. They will probably die, and the ones that don't won't be enough to stop my son. You do know if he doesn't get the Ophiotaurus. I have an ally that will. And if you do save it you won't be able to stop my son from coming. Face it Percy this is the gods doom. I am offering you a way of surviving. I spit to the ground as if saying I wouldn't do it and the voice didn't come back.

I turned to see the fight. Hazel and Lauren where shooting arrows at the monster. Reyna was fighting with all her might, but I could see she was sad. The memories where too much. Kit had already stabbed all of the animal faces but they were just getting angrier. Grover was in a tree playing his pipes; he was making some roots hold Kampe's tail. It didn't last for long so he tried something else. The pegasi where besides the fire. They seemed to want to help but they couldn't move. I looked at their feet and there was dirt tying them. We want to help but we can't get out Lord. Help us help you! I struggled a little to show them I couldn't move either. Then I turned to the fight again. Bobby was fighting but with some kind of weird pattern. He stabbed the feet, I noticed, when she was about to shoot. The seemed to make her miss by inches and she didn't even notice. Kampe had been shooting at everyone but thanks to Bobby no one was dead, yet. Everyone was bleeding hard. It was like a beautiful deadly dance. Perfect synchrony to stop the other from killing them. I would have enjoyed it had I not been needed to help. After some time Kampe was starting to weaken. She was about to shoot when at the last moment she didn't. She noticed Bobby had stabbed her again and she realized what had happened. She was weak but still managed to push Bobby's shield hard enough to puncture it and send him to where I was. He hit his head against another tree and fell to the floor. He wasn't moving. He didn't seem to have been hit by the poisonous end of the tail but didn't seem okay. I called his name and he didn't respond. I was thinking what I should do when I heard everyone rushing towards us.

They ignored me and went straight to Bobby. Lauren was crying because he looked dead. She did hesitate but went to him with Hazel right behind her. I felt like a spectator. Hazel was the one to talk next. "Grover. Do you think you can grow me some acalypha fructiosa? And Lauren go get ambrosia and nectar and the medical kit from one of the backpacks, now!" they were both doing what they were told. Grover played and Lauren accompanied of Reyna ran towards the horses and the tents. I saw them find a back pack and bring it all together. They were jogging back when we all heard a groan. We all turned in time to hear Reyna scream "NOOOOOOOO!" and jump in front of Lauren.

A split of a second later an arrow went through her stomach and she fell. I saw Kampes head fall and I was sure it was dead for I had been freed of the ground. I ran to Lauren who had Reyna in her lap and was crying and consoling her. Telling her everything would be okay. Grover appeared besides us but Hazel and Kit were still helping Bobby. "I know it will be fine. I will see you all someday hopefully. But Lauren always keep Kit close. I know what losing a love can feel like and mine is probably not dead. But I couldn't let you or Kit suffer that way. There is an end for everything, I am just happy for everything I have gone through." Reyna was crying but smiling. She seemed as if she was content with her life and the way she died. Being a hero. Lauren was now working on Hazel's wounds. She fed her some ambrosia and nectar but I could see in her eyes it would be useless. Kit then came for the first aid kit and left running towards Bobby. Hazel then turned to me. She groaned in pain and I knew she did all she could not to scream in pain.

I could see her eyes were filled with tears and she was letting them fall freely down her face. I noticed her beauty, not only interior but exterior. She was amazingly beautiful. Her eyes looked directly into mine and her weak voice said to me, "Percy, do me a favor. Please tell Jason if he remembers me that I loved him a lot. He was everything in my life and I am very sorry I left him this way without saying goodbye. Tell him I died in an honorable way and I hope to see him someday again." She sounded as if she was trying to keep her suffering off her voice but she didn't succeed. With that Lauren started crying and Reyna closed her eyes. Grover left me and the girls to go help Bobby. All the horses surrounded us and Mia got close to Reyna's body. "She is dead. She died protecting me. Why did I have to be so careless?" I sat down besides her and she leaned on me crying. Lord, I should have helped. Had I been able to move this wouldn't have happened. She understood how I felt and she knew what true love was. She died in a very honorable way and I am proud of that but I am really grieving her death. Said Mia into my mind and a tear went down her horsy cheek. "It wasn't your fault."I said to both of them. "This couldn't have been stopped. She died in a very honorable way. She shall always be remembered and I will be sure of it." By this time I was also crying.

All the horses stayed quiet around us but Snow came close to us. She placed her nose on Lauren's shoulder. I took this as my leave and told the horse to support her and I went to Bobby jogging. "Kit, Lauren really needs you right now." I said to him and then I turned to Bobby. Hazel didn't look at me while she talked. "Percy do you think you can tell us where to find fresh water we need to clean everyone's wounds, especially Bobby's. He will probably make it through one night but he is in a lot of need." I felt a voice in my head telling me water was within me. I concentrated and suddenly water started coming out of the ground. Hazel looked surprised at me but hurried up and used it. She started cleaning Bobby's wounds. After an hour or so everyone's wounds were taken care of. Bobby had a concussion but apparently the ambrosia would take care of that eventually. Everyone was sad because of our great loss. I took the first turn for watch while everyone slept. I couldn't sleep; somehow I knew I couldn't trust the dirt. Something hit my mind. What Gaea had said. The ones who survive wouldn't be able to stop her son. I started reciting the prophecy. She had planned for one of us to die. Now we couldn't stop her son because that apparently needed of 6 demi-gods and we were only five.

That plus the missing pegasi where going to be trouble. I had to tell Bobby. He would be able to help me. I turned to the sleeping pegasi and I could see their dreams. I concentrated on Blackjacks dreams. It was a memory of us. I was in a ship tied. I escaped and let him free. I stayed there for some time. Forgetting all my troubles and concentrating on Blackjacks dreams. I was like this till the morning. It didn't surprise me Bobby found out we were missing a demigod. "We have a bigger problem," I said before I could stop myself. They all turned at me waiting to me to continue so I did. I said something else though. "Umm, I heard Mother Earth yesterday. It was she who tied me and the horses to the ground. She told me if we killed the giant she had an ally who could eat Bessie and become powerful." I said and looked around. Bobby seemed to think about this and he looked worried. "So this means we have to kill the giant AND save Bessie in three days." He didn't say it as a question but I nodded anyways. I thought I had fooled everyone but I forgot the empathy link. Grover talked. "Percy, I know you are hiding something. You need to tell us, it might help us and we might help you."

I knew he was right and even though I didn't want to say I had been caught. "Well, the giant is rising in Cerro Alto Mountain. Mother earth kidnapped the kid pegasi and has them there. Well at least I think. But we can't go there because Mother Earth came to me one day, when I had my killer headache and told me to betray you. She has a trap there for us. I have to save them though, I know I have to." Everyone stayed quiet as if processing the information. Please dad, help us. I really need your help on this one. That's when I heard it, only me though. A male voice talk in my head and smiled

I turned to everyone who had been startled by the celebrating horses. For they understood what it meant. "Guys, I have the solution to one of our problems."

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