Alec's POV
After searching for what seemed like centuries, without finding a damn thing, we had no other choice than to leave. The walk to back to the hotel was dreadfully silent. "We should stay here for the day and get some rest," I said when we finally arrived at the front of the Hotel, without a word they entered the room, well it was two rooms connected by a 'living room'. Ze went into one of the rooms and slammed the door shut. Well, there goes Ze and his sulking self, I thought. Lilly throw herself onto the cherry red couch. "Leave him. He'll come out later," she said "maybe." Plopping myself on one of the recliners on the opposite side of her. "Go to sleep Lilly," I said. She raised an eye brow, her dark blue eyes questioning, but went to her room anyways. I sat there and tried to process what had happened that day.
Tomorrow we had to travel back to New York; I might as well get as much rest as I could.
7 AM (STILL ALEC'S POV)
Today started out just fantastic. I got thrown a remote curtsy of Lillis, and Ze being his teenage self and not being able to be woken up, was left in the room while Lilly and I waited for him to wake. "How long do you think we should wait," Lilly asked. "Knowing him, I'd say… Noon," I replied. Sinking lower into the sofa Lilly glanced at the room she had slept in for the night, "I started packing her stuff, you know. I started thinking about how she would've flipped out if she saw me going through her things, and I couldn't help but laugh." Chuckling slightly I thought back to the time I had done that.
"Lilly go wake up Ze," she raised an eyebrow, "you're a girl, he won't punch you in the face were as if I went he would kick my ass." She laughed before walking off to the room. I, in turn, walked to the room that Lilly and Scarlet were to share. Walking in I saw how most of the things in the room were packed away, save for an iPod and a pair of red earphones. I picked them up and put them in the pocket of my dark gray hoodie. Walking back into the spacious living room; where I was greeted by my little brother, Zeno. "Where'd Lillis go," I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders. I tried again, "Did she say where she was going?" No answer.
With a sigh I walked to the window, just in time to see Lilly make her way to the Lobby, most likely to return the key. "So, kid, out with it," I said, "What's on your mind." He looked at me in disbelieve, but otherwise didn't answer. I knew what was on his mind, I mean were leaving Scarlet, not knowing where she was, or if she's alright was eating away at me. But I wasn't going to sit around and mope, I had to get a fifteen and fourteen year old back to camp. I went over to sit in the recliner in front of Zeno, "Look, I know it's hard to just leave. But, we searched as thoroughly as we could, if she was there we would have found her, maybe. Believe me I don't want to just leave, but it's for the best. Besides if she were dead we would have known, so there's that." My speech didn't seem to help him any, I thought it was fucking inspiring.
"I'm gunna go get my things," was all he said as he disappeared into the room while shaking his head. So, this is a great start to the day, I thought.
Skipping to the Arrival at camp!
As we hiked up the hill to camp we were greeted by thirteen year old Susie Hansel. Her brown hair tied back in a ponytail, and crystal blue eyes searching around in a blaze of wonderment, "Hey, you guys made it! Well I knew you would, but… where's sis at?" No one dared answer her. A look of realization took over her features; tears welled up in her eyes threatening to spill over at any given moment. I motioned for the other two, Ze and Lilly, to go back to their cabins. They did as were told knowing they didn't want to have THIS conversation with a thirteen year old about her sister.
Looking me straight in the eyes she demanded, "Alec, you'll tell me everything." After explaining the whole event as it happened, sparing no detail, she nodded and said in a hopeful voice, "So she's not… dead… you'd know, wouldn't you? You'd tell me if she was. So she'll come back." She seemed to be trying to convince herself. I didn't want to tell her that the chances of that where very slim, so instead I lied, "Yeah, she'll come back. Just don't worry too much of it." And with that she smiled, weakly, and made her way back to the, brightly light, golden building that was the Apollo cabin.
After she had disappeared into the cabin I withdrew the Scarlet's IPod and examined it. It was incased in a sliver casing dotted in a series of music notes on the back, on the front of the case on the very top was the lettering of her Last name 'Silvermoon' in golden shimmering print. Pressing the Home button and slide it until it opened. She had been looking at photos before we had left. The name of the Album in which the photo was in was marked: Friends and 14 years young! The one she had left off on was taken about three years ago because she looked around fourteen, in the picture with her was a equally young looking Jennine Struzzi, her Blonde curls mixed in with Scarlet's own dark brown curls, her green eyes shone with happiness, and the light freckles that dusted her nose were more pronounce back then. Both were grinning ear to ear. With a small smile I turned to the next one.
This one was of Ryan Laurent, daughter of Aphrodite, and Etcha Donovan, son of Zeus; both were seemed to be having a conversation. They were leaning towards one another, the caption below read, 'Ahh, young love.' I decided to leave that album be and looked for another one. One in particular caught my eye, reading, 'Family, mortal and godly and half.' The first photo was of an older woman with the same curly brown hair, although her hair was lighter, and had green hazel eyes, was cradling her stomach and had the most joyful smile on her face. This caption read, 'Mom and Me. Photo by Morgan Silvermoon.' So this was her mom, I could see the resembles.
"Who's that," a voice said startling me out of my thoughts. Behind me was none other than Zeno. I looked back at the photo, "Miss Silvermoon, Scar's mom." He nodded, smirking. Turning to the next picture it was of an elderly woman with a small child in her arms and the mother of the child asleep on one of the hospital beds. "Grandma, mom, and me. Three generations of Silver moon's. Taken by Fred? "I read aloud. Who the Hades' that?
Clicking the IPod off I motioned for us to back to the cabin. "Zoe's going to start flipping out on you, so good luck," Ze said as he walked ahead of me. I stopped at the porch of my cabin, took a deep breath, and walked in.
Demetri's POV
After listening to some minor Godling's child drone on and on of how most of the residents of the House were killed during an attack, led by none other than my twin brother, Alec. Truthfully I didn't care a bit. "Is that all," I asked, he nodded, "Well, let us hope, for your sake it doesn't happen again shall we? It will end very horridly for you if it did. Now leave I have other matter's to attend to. The poor boy stumbled out of the room.
Sitting back to against the plush chair and staring up at the ceiling I heard a perching scream fill the quiet Household. I swear that girl has some lungs, I thought. With an exhausted sigh I made my way to the room three doors down from my own office, on either side of the door stood Thomas Perry, Son of Apollo, and Brian Miskew, Son of Zeus. Brushing them aside I went to unlock the door in which the screams were emanating. As the door opened a scream was cut off mid-breath. "Now, Scarlet, what seems to be the matter?" Her hair was matted with her own blood, a cut, looking relatively new, the length of her elbow to wrist, was gushing blood heavily out of her. As she pressed her arm close to her, the front of her shirt now a crimson color, she looked up to meet my eyes. She looked like a frightened animal, tears threatened to overflow. "How'd you get that," I asked curiously. With the hand that wasn't injured she pointed towards the door, but otherwise said nothing else. Her eyes began to shut; I felt the life being slowly sucked, or poured, out of her.
Walking out the door I grabbed Thomas by the hood of his jacket, "Heal her. She's our bargaining chip we can't lose her before the plan is done, than after we shall kill her. But for now, heal her." Thomas didn't say a thing, but started to do as was asked of him. I left them in alone as I made my way to look for Christian Garza. He was pacing in front of my office door. With a raised eyebrow I led him through the door into the office. With the dark interior, blood red chair, and large oak desk it was very much to my liking. Taking a set, I gestured for Christian to sit opposite of me.
"How did Alec even know where you where," he began, "how did YOU know that he'd tell her? Or that Lilly or Zeno would join in?" I thought of it for a moment, "Well, Alec 'overheard' someone at camp discussing my whereabouts. He tells her most everything. They wouldn't let either of them go without them. Does that answer your questions?" This kid was giving me headaches. "What are you going to do with her?"
"Well, she's bait. If we show evidence that she's still alive and well, and then we'll kill her, showing that we show no mercy."
"Who'll do that?"
Grinning, "Well, you'll be doing that."
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