Well it's been way too long. I promise to update more. I've missed my stories so much. I hope to continue this story. Well I hope you enjoy after a very long and overdue wait. Enjoy chapter 5!

Chapter 5

Luke's POV

A Few Days Later.

The days passed by in a blur. Trains and buses came and gone. States passed slowly by. Monsters came. Some stayed away from me. They stayed in the background watching my every move. Other people never saw them. I assumed it was natural. Only sometimes did they chase after me. The rain had been falling for days. Today the sun was peeking through the clouds.

I had been moving for hours and morning had only just come. It was a Tuesday I think. But I'm not sure what month it was. I saw busses so I know there was school. I wonder if Kendi had already left home to go to school. I really missed her, but I had to find dad. He was the only one who could help us now.

The next town approached quickly. Some small town with small buildings in the middle of nowhere.

I know I have to find dad but I honestly have no clue where I am going. I could be going in the wrong direction for all I knew. Maybe dad's back at home with Kendi and mom. I shook the thought out of my head and walked into a small shop.

I had maybe a few dollars left in my pockets and my stomach was growling. I picked up a few small items. A bag of chips, a candy bar and water. At the register the lady rang up my items.

"That'll be $4.95 my sssweet." She said with a hiss.

"Here." I handed here the money, taking my bag of food off the counter.

The lady sniffed the air and smiled.

"Mmmm we don't get many demigodssss mysssweet."

"What's a demigod?"

"You my sssweet. And a boy too."

"But…"

"Oh come here my boy."

I looked at her face and that's when I saw her fangs.

"Wha..Wh..What are you?"

"Come my sssweet. I only want your blood. My bite won't hurt. I promisssse."

I backed up slowly, knocking into a post card stand.

"Don't worry my sssweet. Your blood will taste ssso good." She moved out from behind the counter, coming closer to me.

"S… Stay Ba.. Back." I warned.

She chuckled taking another step towards me.

"Oh come now boy."

"Just.. Just leave me alone."

I turned and ran out the door. The fang lady close behind.

I don't know who she is or what she is but there is no way I can out run this thing.

"Run!" I heard from somewhere in the distance.

I turned and saw a boy running towards us, a sword in hand. He came up to us quickly and swung the sword at her.

"Another boy! How sssweet," She hissed at him, dodging his swing.

I stopped running and watched him swing the sword at her again. He swung the sword quickly and with grace. However she dodged the swings easily. With each swing the boy swung harder and harder.

"Jussst give up boy."

He swung the sword again, hitting her in the side.

She shrieked on contact as her body turned to dust.

"You alright? The boy asked coming closer to me.

"Yeah. I think I lost my bag of food though."

"Don't worry about it. I'll buy you some food."

"Okay thanks."

"No problem. I think I saw a diner down the street."

"Okay."

The boy led me down the street and we hurried into the diner.

"So what's your name?" he asked, picking up one of the menus.

"Luke Castalian."

"Im Blake Porter. Where are you from?"

"Connecticut."

"How'd you end up in Iowa?"

I shrugged.

"Hi welcome to Betty's. My name is Ann and I'll be your waitress. What can I get started for you." An older heavy set woman asked us.

"Can we get two burgers with fries and two chocolate shakes?" Blake answered for us.

"Of course. It will be out shortly." She replied taking our menus.

Once she was out of hearing range I turned to Blake. He was picking dirt on his hands. His brown hair covered his eyes.

"Thanks for saving me." I said.

"No problem."

"What was that thing?"

He looked up at me confused.

"It was an empousa."

"A what? Now it was my turn to be confused.

"An empousa. It's a vampire like creature created by Hacate. They have one robotic leg and one donkey leg."

"Ok. So why was it chasing me?"

"You don't know do you?" He asked cautiously.

"Know what?"

"The monster was only chasing you for your scent."

"What scent?"

"The scent that's in your blood."

"My blood has a scent?"

"Yes. Blood has a scent. It depends on who your parent is."

"I only know my mom. She's kind of crazy though."

"The scent probably comes from your dad."

"How do you know all of this?" I asked. Nothing he said was making any sense but he knew about the monsters and he did save my life.

"Because the monsters chase me because of my mother's blood."

"Oh."

. "So Luke. How come you're on your own?"

"I ran off from home. My mom is really crazy and I needed to help my sister. I was hoping to find my dad."

"Oh. Well that could be kind of hard."

"What do you mean?"

"Your dad, he's not normal. That's why the monster was chasing you."

"How is he not normal?"

"Here you boys go." The waitress placed our food down.

"He isn't normal because of who he is."

"How do you know who my dad is?"

"I don't know exactly but in time we will. It won't be hard to figure it out."

"Oh."

"Kind of like my mom."

"Who is your mom?"

"Athena."

Kendi"s POV

We had fought for hours. We raced through the forests that hung close to the edges of the mountains. Kept fighting them though. The creatures that had two arms and two legs like a normal human. They had bumps all over their skin. Their mouths were deep in scowls. They had one large eye, very different from any normal human. They all wore a sort of curtain cape dress. Some carried clubs and other carried knives.

They came after us swinging and striking. Some of the huntresses ended up being target practice. They would get hit and go flying into trees or other huntresses. We darted through the woods following Artemis. I shot arrows at them. I hit some in their droopy eye. Others I missed, barely hitting their foot or hands. Artemis was shooting at them causing them to turn into gold dust. My leg was burning as I struggled to keep up with the other girls.

I landed hard on the ground. My leg felt a numbing pain. Artemis stopped running, coming back for me. She and someone else helped me up. Artemis turned, shooting another to dust. The other girl carried me through the woods following after the others.

There were only a few of them left as we charged around trees and boulders. Artemis shot at them again. They fell to the earth turning into dust. We ran farther. Some of us helped carry the wounded. We followed Artemis into a clearing. Everyone slowed down. The girls set up tents quickly. The wounded were taken into a tent.

The girl carrying me brought me to Artemis.

"Thank you Zoe." Artemis said.

"It was no problem my lady. How long will we stay."

"We will probably leave soon Zoe."

"And the wounded…"

"Will have time to heal before we leave. Give them some ambrosia. We will leave and be gone before noon." Zoe nodded before turning way.

"Kendi it was an honor to have your help when we needed it most.'' Artemis replied, bending down to sit next to me. "Kendi. Do you want to be a huntress? You are quite a bit younger than most of the girls here but I see you have great potential."

"I don't know."

"If you become a huntress, you will become immortal."

"What does immortal mean?"

"Being immortal means being able to live forever. Never growing old or dying."

"Oh."

"If you become a huntress, you can travel with us. We have no home. We only have our tents. We travel across the country fighting the creatures that cross our paths."

"You mean like monsters that tried to hurt us?"

"Yes."

"What were they?"

"They were a form of Cyclopes."

"Why did they try to hurt us?"

"I only wish I knew Kendi.'

"Okay."

"Kendi, if you join us, we will be your family. All of us will be sisters. "

"But…"

"We have a different style of life. We do not allow boys into our lives. We stay in the forests and we risk our lives to save others."

"Oh. But what about my family?"

"You have a family?"

"Yes."

"Why did you run off?"

"I followed Luke."

"Who's Luke Kendi?

"My brother. He ran off to find daddy."

"Why was he trying to find your father?"

"Our mom is mean."

"Kendi. Now you can stay with us until we find your brother or you can become a huntress."

"Okay."

There is Chapter 5.I hope you all Enjoyed. Please review!