Finding Her
SAMANTHA
I sat down, holding the bow and breathing heavily as I stared down at my now ripped jeans. Blood soaked through the fabric and I leaned my head against the building behind me. As I stared up at the monster in front of me, I began thinking of battle strategies. I racked my brain for anything. I couldn't use my sword, he wouldn't come near me. My bow was behind him, rendering it useless. I was unarmed right before the cyclops who'd used a knife to cut my leg. Wait, that was it! I had a dagger in my left combat boot. I reached down into the boot on my right, non-injured, leg. I grabbed the hilt of the blade and aimed. Just as I was about to throw it, a girl got in my way and screamed.
"No!" she yelled, taking a stance as if to defend him, "Don't hurt him!"
The girl, who didn't look to be any younger than me, cried as she waited for my next move. Her dark brown hair clung to her tear dampened face. The cyclops went to move his arms near her and I almost threw my dagger until he rested his hand on her shoulder.
"Sister, it's okay. I was just looking for brother when girl got in way. Girl won't hurt us. Will you?" the cyclops looked at me with one big eye that seemed to get bigger with every pleading second.
I nodded and put my dagger back up.
"Thank you." the girl said, running to me and kneeling. "You're hurt really badly. I'm so sorry that Trevor cut you."
"It's okay, I'll be fine." I said, wincing as I sat up more.
I heard footsteps coming into the alley and soon I was face to face with Jason. He knelt down and looked at my wound. He turned his serpent green eyes to her foam ones and I saw it. I saw his eyes widen with hers and then I knew both of their hearts had skipped a beat. They both turned away, facing me.
"Samantha, what the hell were you thinking? You could have been killed!" he snapped.
"Blame Mr. Tyler Wright for it, then!" I snapped back.
The girl in front of me gasped.
"You know Tyler Wright?" she asked, softly.
"Yeah, they were dating, sort of, at one point." Jason said, causing me to push him.
"He called me the other day. He said he knew me and he wanted me to listen to him. My mom heard his name and told me to hang up and never talk to him again. Who is he?" she asked.
It all made since. I looked from the girl to the cyclops behind her. The cyclops was the creation of Poseidon, making him and his children half-siblings. He'd called her sister and said he was looking for their brother. He was looking for Tyler.
"He's your brother." I mumbled.
"Brother?" Both Trevor and the girl mumbled at the same time.
"Yeah, come on. It's too dangerous to be out here." I said, attempting to stand.
Jason tried to pick me up but I slapped his hand away.
"No, I can do this on my own." I said, steadying myself.
"I can definitively tell you're Zeus' daughter. You have his pride." he said, rolling his eyes.
Trevor didn't seem to understand the word no because he picked me up and carried me. Jason led us to a hotel just a few blocks away and checked us in. It was pretty late so as soon as we got there we all took turns showering. Once we were all done, Jason and the girl tended to my wound even though I said I could do it alone.
"So, you dated my brother?" the girl asked, smiling.
"Yeah." I said, shortly.
"We could have been future sister-in-laws." she giggled.
She was nice. It wouldn't have been so bad. But I didn't have the kind of time to just imagine what marrying Tyler in the future would have been like.
"I suppose."
Jason was chuckling quietly.
"What's he like?" she asked, softly.
I had to be truthful with her.
"Honestly, he's nice. He's heroic, courageous and pretty fearless." I said, mentally shaking my head.
"Then why'd you two break up?" she asked.
"He has a habit of leaving without saying good-bye." Jason answered, cutting my exact answer off.
"Oh." the girl said.
"Enough about Tyler. What about you? What's your name?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Sophia. Sophia Witt." she smiled.
After about an hour, everyone was asleep except for me. I went into the bathroom, angling the movable shower-head with the light. As I turned on the water, it created a rainbow. I pulled a drachma out of my pocket and held it in my hand.
"Iris, Goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering. Tyler Wright." I said, as the coin hit the rainbow and disappeared.
Tyler appeared in the screen. He was sitting beside River and girl. A ping of jealousy swept through me but I ignored it. I coughed and they turned to me. The girl screamed and Tyler's eyes went wide before he glared at the Pegasus.
"Samantha?" he asked, a smile playing on his lips.
"Obviously." I snapped. He flinched visibly.
"If you're mad, then why are you even talking to me?" he sighed.
I raised an eyebrow.
"You think I want to talk to you? You're wrong. I did this to help you out but never mind, I had a feeling I'd have to finish your quest for you, anyway." I said, preparing to wipe through his image.
"Wait," he called, stopping me. "what do you mean?"
"I found your sister."
His face held a mixture of emotions.
"Where is she?" he asked, excitedly.
"The Parks Hotel on 22nd street in New York. Room 143. Oh, and don't worry, Tyler. After this, you never have to hear my voice again."
I slapped through his image and turned off the water. I went and grabbed my weapons, which were back to jewelry form, and put the chains around my neck. I wrote a note telling Jason I'd be at camp and to come there later. I jumped out of the window, after opening it, and controlled the currents to take me to camp. It was funny. I could find Tyler's missing sister but not my missing brother and sister and their missing friends. I pushed the the thought of Jason and Thalia Grace away. We'd find them when the time came.
Okay, so they aren't going to find the Lost Generation until the majority of them are eighteen. So, it's going to be a little while. But it is the main focus. They'll just have a lot of tiny but important quests in between. So review, please :)
xGabby
