The group of Demigods had been traveling on a local bus for several hours. Fayt had pulled out a drawing pad and began to illustrate a picture of the group. He had a rather natural talent for drawing which betrayed his Zeus background. Iliana, meanwhile, had found herself engrossed in a book. Her hand was strategically placed over the cover so that the title was obscured, but judging from her random murmurs; the book involved werewolves or wolves of some kind. Mariella had her head resting on Fayt's left shoulder, and had drifted off to sleep. Every few moments or so, she'd stir in her sleep and snuggle up closer to Fayt, which earned a few "awws," from passengers nearby. Orion, like Fayt, had been drawing while on his bus ride. However, instead of drawing actual people, he had been drawing his favorite subject; the ocean. It looked almost too realistic, and his coloring ability only further amplified the picture. Finally, Zephyrus, whom separated himself from the group by a few seats, had been reading a book as well. The book was titled "Demon Hunter," and it had a bit of wear and tear on it. It appeared as though Zephyrus had read the book several times.
"So, how we getting to Saint Louis?" Fayt barely looked up from his drawing pad as he questioned Orion. Orion had just finished coloring his sketch when Fayt questioned him. Instead of answering immediately, he instead pointed his drawing towards Fayt.
"Ocean, of course." Orion pointed at the picture; his expression unchanging. Fayt wasn't particularly happy about that. Being a child of Zeus, he wasn't exactly welcome on boats.
"I hate boats…" Zephyrus was also a demigod of the skies, so he could sympathize with Fayt's plight.
"That's the first thing you've said all day." Iliana pointed out. The group had broken into small talk quite a few times while traveling, especially with the random bus changes they had to go through. However, Zephyrus took the silent approach, and decided to simply listen. Instead of responding, Zephyrus simply shrugged his shoulders, and went back to his silence. "Glad we had that chat."
"Ok, we'll…borrow one of these boats to get there." Orion whispered to the group once they reached the entrance point to the Hudson River. Quite a few boats had been docked up, and since it was night time there was very little security.
"Can we take the cruise ship? It's so pretty!" Mariella pointed at the S.S. Rika; a cruise ship that gave discounts to Asian tourist who wanted to travel down the Hudson River.
"That's a cruise ship. I'm pretty sure they would notice that was gone within the first five seconds. Plus it's incredibly slow." Zephyrus broke his silence once more, which caused the group to turn their attention to him. He was actually correct.
"You can talk?" Mariella's response earned Zephyrus rolling his eyes at her and refocusing on Orion.
"We can take that speed boat right there. They're meant to fit six so we should have plenty of room. Alright, let's bolt." The five ran full speed towards the boat and climbed inside. Orion quickly pulled the docking cords off and then climbed into the driver's seat of the motor boat. With one swift motion, he forced the boat to activate by pulling the rip cord, and drove off before security had been none the wiser.
"I feel seasick…" Fayt hung over the side of the boat, while Mariella rubbed his back. On the opposite side, Zephyrus had been in a similar position, with a reluctant Iliana rubbing his. They had been like this for the past few hours while they were traveling, and now it was close to sunrise.
"Must be because of their air affinity." Iliana pointed out, before the boat made a sudden jerking motion.
"What was that?" Mariella questioned, clutching her boyfriend tighter so he wouldn't tumble overboard. Orion simply shrugged his shoulders and continued driving. A few moments later however, the jerking motion started again. "It almost looks like it's centered around…" At that very moment, Fayt shot out the boat and into the water. "…FAYT!" Mariella cried out.
Fayt struggled and attempted to stay afloat, but to no avail. Fayt never learned how to swim, like all of Zeus' children. That was mostly because whenever they were in a body of water large enough for them to actually swim in, the weight of it multiplied as if it were trying to suck them under. After about ten seconds, Fayt sunk as if he had rocks tied upon his feet. Orion stopped the boat, and together with Mariella jumped in after Fayt. Mariella managed to grab Fayt before he sunk too far under. Orion then came swimming underneath them, and used his powers over the sea to send the three back to the surface. After the two dropped Fayt back into the boat and he regained his breath, he screamed in defiance. "You know what. I'll just fly there. I'm going to see you guys in Saint Louis. "He began floating, and Zephyrus joined him.
"The sea is for fish. We should be flying high like eagles." He spoke. "We'll wait for you guys on the shore." The two flew off high into the sky, leaving the remaining three demigods to travel by boat. About a day and a half later, Orion and the gang finally arrived on the shore of their destination.
"Welcome to Saint Louis!" Orion announced, as he pushed their boat onto the shore.
"Where's Fayt and Zephyrus?" Iliana questioned once they had climbed out the boat. The three walked a few feet away from the shore, where they found a small grass field. Laying on the group, were the bodies of Zephyrus and Fayt. Each of their heads had been bleeding, and a figure stood behind their bodies. Almost without thinking, the three demigods pulled their weapons out. It was easy to see just by the look on Mariella's face that it was taking everything in her power to keep herself from charging the mysterious attack.
"Gang…let's move in." Orion led the charge, as they rushed the opponent in a triangle formation.