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Chapter 2: Carter
"Alright, now that you've checked to see if they were alright, it's time to uphold your end of the bargain. If it will make you more comfortable, we will tell you my and Sadie's story backstory so that it's not too awkward. I think this was a bit of a misunderstanding, but I can't tell until you also say why you were here" I said with a hint of awkwardness in my voice.
The blond hair girl with the strange grey eyes hesitated, but said after a while, "Fair enough. What do you want to know?" I got the feeling she was the leader of this group, just not the most powerful. While looking into those eyes, it felt like she was seeing my aura and finding any weaknesses I could have and how to exploit them the best. It was a stare that invoked her intelligence and one I would not want to see again.
After an awkward pause, I finally asked the 3 questions that took a long time to answer: "Who are you, what gods do you serve, and why are you here?"
"Well, the first question won't be too hard to answer. The one with the green eyes is Percy Jackson. The boy with the blond hair is Jason Grace. The boy that looks a bit Mexican is named Leo Valdez. The girl with the golden eyes is named Hazel Levesque. The girl with a feather in her hair is named Piper McLean. The Asian-looking boy is named Frank Zhang. And finally, my name is Annabeth Chase" Annabeth explained nonchalantly. Afterwards, I couldn't forget who was who, especially after I learned what each of them were.
"The second question needs a bit of explaining. Now, do you know about the Greek and Roman gods at all?" Annabeth inquired. I admittedly did not know. After she explained the legends that are true about the Greeks, with Jason filling in the Roman legends that are true, my head started to reel. Two more sets of gods that I can annoy in some way? I didn't want to deal with them at all, but I had a feeling I would.
"I went into that long explanation and who we are so we can say what we belong to and what powers we might have. Percy is the son of the Greek god Poseidon, so he can breathe underwater, control water currents, and can cause earthquakes. Jason is the son of the Roman god Jupiter, so he can control air currents, which allows him to fly in the air and if he works with Percy, can create hurricanes but if on his own, tornadoes. Leo is a son of Hephaestus, which means he's great with machines and is one of the rare children that is immune to fire and create fire at a whim, unless otherwise. Hazel is the daughter of the Roman god Pluto, so she can sense underground paths, summon any valuables from the ground along with controlling them, and has been brought back to life from when she died in the 1930's. Piper is a daughter of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, so she can sense social problems within the group and has the rare ability to charmspeak, meaning if she uses it, she can tell you to do whatever she wants you to do and you will most likely do it, unless you have a strong will. Frank is a son of the Roman god Mars, so he can help lead troops in battle and he has the blood of Pylos, so he can shapeshift into whatever animal he chooses, which does include mythical creatures like dragons. Finally I am a daughter of the Greek goddess Athena. I don't have any superpowers other than to see weaknesses quickly and exploit them."
"Just as a side question, what weapons are you guys carrying?" I asked, wanting to know a bit more.
"Percy has a Celestial bronze sword that can change from a ballpoint pen and its name is Riptide. Hazel has a spatha and the fastest running horse on the planet. Leo can pull out any equipment that's small enough and non-magical. Jason has an Imperial gold gladius which can change into a spear depending on the side that it lands on as a golden coin. Piper has a golden cornucopia, which is charged emotionally enough can shoot out food or water at an enemy at a high velocity and has Katoptris, which can give visions of the future. I have only a dragon bone dagger and a cap of invisibility that's a Yankee cap."
"If you could please answer my question of why you're here, Sadie and I can tell you our history with our gods" I said politely.
"Right. Sorry about that" Annabeth apologized profusely. "Anyways, we crashed here because our ship somehow did a complete malfunction and sent us here on our way back to Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. We don't know why it malfunctioned and why it crashed us here in Egypt, but we will find out sometime. Now, if you could uphold your end of the bargain please?"
"Right" I said apologetically as well. "Sadie and I are part of the same family. In fact we are brother and sister, even though we are completely different from each other. The Kanes are a long ancestral line leading from the days of Ancient Egypt when they were pharaohs. Sadie's family also came from a long line of ancient pharaohs of Egypt. We are the strongest kids in centuries, so we can become one with our gods, also known as the Eye. Being an Eye of a god means you can join your mortal body with their godliness and do impressive feats of magic. Unlike you Greeks and Romans, we use magic of Egypt, more so in the Egyptian hieroglyphics. We have a limited amount of magic before we burn up from it, like self-combustion." I then went on to explain how Egyptian mythology is like (Percy looked like what I thought when I knew there were more gods to piss off for any reason.) with Sadie filling in a few blanks here and there.
"Here's what happened to us" I went into explanation then. "Firstly, Sadie and I found out we were the Eyes of Isis and Horus respectively and I'll get into an explanation of who they are in a moment. For major events, Sadie and I first stopped Set from destroying America for his return and saw a few signs that Apophis was beginning to wake. We then knew that since Apophis was beginning to return, we should begin to awaken Ra from his early forced retirement. However, when we finally woke him up, he was very old and senile. We then started to gather forces to combat Apophis, but a rogue band of magicians that were evil did everything they could to bring him back. We went down and destroyed his shadow so it would be easier to banish him so deep in the Duat that he would either never return or return much later. This isn't counting what happened to both me, my sister and my friends individually, but we'll get to those things when they become relevant. For now, we welcome you all as guests in the House of Life."
"Thank you" Annabeth said. "We will try to fix our ship as quickly as possible. If you can, can you please help us fix our ship?"
"I'm sorry, but we don't have anybody skilled in mechanics and especially on the designs for this ship" I said apologetically. "But we can give you refuge from the desert and help you reload on supplies once construction is done. Mortal supplies, though."
"We can take that" Percy said in agreement with Annabeth. We then showed them the guest rooms and bid goodnight, as our talking kept us up until late at night. However, since we are the Kane family, my ba decided to show me something that it thinks was important. Since it's been a while since this has happened, I allowed it to show me this event. What I saw was not a pretty sight. I saw a huge army being formed in the Sea of Chaos and what came out were very strange creatures, a few that I think I recognized from the Greek legends and a few from the Roman myths, along with the demons of Egypt I fought before and some other bizarre creatures most likely from other myths. The leader of this big army was a teen boy with a red polo shirt and dress pants more dark brown that light brown. He turned around and instantly I knew he could see me. He tried to reach out to grab me, but then my ba brought me to the god's Hall of ages, at the throne Horus. Since he was a god, I knew he could see me and probably pulled my ba here. I told him the army that I saw and the strange leader. He hypothesized that the armies were starting to combine under the son of Apophis and Gaea. This wouldn't be good news to tell in the morning. Isis came in as well to just affirm what Horus said, so I figured this would be really important. And with that, I woke up and told the new group what happened last night.
End of Chapter 2