Chapter 2: We're all going to die, but I've got a shield.

Luna

[Give me the tape recorder you twit.]

[Z: Fine, whatever.]

"Hullo world. Your favorite British, daughter of Nyx here [Like my introduction do you?]. Well, let's see. Where Zane left off we were staring off in shock weren't we? [Didn't mention yourself did you?] Oh yes, I nearly forgot! My name, it's Luna. L-U-N-A. Not L-O-O-N-A, like people in England used to think. Gods, I love the States and their spelling [Oops! Sorry Alice, I need to focus don't I?]. Well, lets continue!"

I looked at Alice, hoping for an idea. An escape route, as she always had ready. But all I saw was a frightened girl who's eyes were wide, and whose blonde 'Emo' hair was flapping all around her in the wind. I looked at everyone else. Lia's braided light brown hair fell over her shoulder, her sapphire eyes were trained on Alice, looking for an answer. Gale's reddish hair that framed his face and the wind blew it into his green eyes, he looked poised to run, but was waiting for a signal. Heath and Seth were avoiding all eye contact, they had the same straight posture. Heath shoulder-length dark brown hair swept around his face as he looked away with his color changing eyes. Seth's light blonde hair was sloppily cut so it had no definite length, he had sapphire eyes, and like Heath, was looking away. Zane was standing a ways off, stiff backed, his black hair longer in the front, and shorter in the back, he was glaring at Mr. D, and anger in his tone as he spoke.

"C-Can we go?" Lia whispered to me and Gale.

Alice answered her with a quiet shake of her head, then leaned over and replied, "Wait till Mr. D dismisses everyone, he'll keep us here. You'll see."

Mr. D did exactly that, and called us all up.

He looked at all of us in turn, and smirked when he was done. "Well, maybe you should head inside. The Smiths of Poseidon and Hephaestus made some things for this."

Mr. D turned and one by one we followed him inside. In the living room a couple of satyrs were watching the nature channel, they waved to us and went back to the show. We passed a window by the stair and saw camp director Chiron, he also waved to us, and watched as we continued up the stairs.

When we reached the second floor Mr. D continued, he stopped when we reached a distinct square that stood out from the rest of the ceiling, from which a length of rope was dangling.

Mr. D motioned for Seth, who opened the path to the attic.

We climbed the dusty ladder that fell, and were met by a yell.

"Ah! Don't just come in like that!"

I looked up to see our camp's oracle, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, going through piles of what looked like office supplies and other small household objects. Her curly red hair moved position to fall over her shoulders as she stepped back in fright and shock.

"Ah. Miss Dare, I'm here to give those," He pointed to the things on the table, then waved his hand in direction to us. "To our half-bloods who will be going on the quest that your prophecy predicted."

Rachel relaxed and nodded, she then stepped to the side, allowing Mr. D and us passage to the table. Mr. D waved us forward and Alice took the lead, followed by Zane, Lia, Gale, Heath, Seth, then me. I picked up a capped blue pen and turned it around in my hands until I heard someone yell 'Whoa'. I turned to see Alice holding a shield made of several different metals that only a few I recognized such as: Celestial Bronze, Obsidian, and Steel. She smiled and turned it over in her hands, observing the intricate designs that I'd just now noticed.

The designs were like writing, but were more like pictures. Symbols of power for all of the Gods. The images changed every so often, to show all symbols of power. Whatever the designs were made of, I'd never seen or heard of. The substance that created them changed colors. One moment red, another green, then black, then silver.

Alice slid it on her arm, and smiled wider. She turned her arm so the shield caught the light. Then she said one of the most entertaining, but extremely stupid things:

"We're all going to die, but I've got a shield."

Lia cracked up at that and nearly dropped what she was holding. But as it slipped away from her hand I noticed it changed into a long rope with silver pointed ends. The rope looked as though it had been threaded from gold. She tugged on it, turning it into a necklace that was made of silver and gold geometric shapes.

While that had happened I had uncapped my pen, revealing a long, thin, celestial bronze sword that reminded me of a rapier.

Zane had a long, black sword that was made of what I recognized as Obsidian.

Heath had dual swords that were made of the same material as mine.

Gale had a tall shield that looked as if it was made up of four sections. There was a circle embedded in the center. It wasn't near as intricate as Alice's, but was still pretty nice.

Seth had a set of arrows and a bow. The arrows were tipped with celestial bronze and steel.

Mr. D clapped and smirked at us. "Well, now that you have your weapons, you have three days to prepare. Good luck."