Hey readers! Sorry for taking FOREVER (again...) but I was busy, then got sick, and then became super busy again. The reviews for the last chapter was simply inspirational:) Thank you! I have ideas how I want the next few chapters to go so hopefully I can update more quickly.
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Here is chapter 7! (Finally)
Katie's Pov:
"Ugh, remind me why we are heading to Olympus again?" Travis whined. The streets of New York were super busy and Travis' complaining wasn't helping the situation at all.
"Travis, I already told you! Malcolm doesn't think our camp barrier, even with the Golden Fleece, will protect the camp from the spreading "illness", so you and I are to go to Olympus and ask them for a favor." I answered, annoyed.
"But why do we have to do it?" he whined again. This time I stopped and turned around to face him. Travis was only a couple inches taller than me. His face looked a little tired but his eyes twinkled mischievously as if he is on-purposely complaining just to tick me off.
"Because everyone else is super busy doing other stuff to prepare and our jobs don't start until they finish." I said.
Travis smirked as he grabbed me by my waist and pulled me close to him. "You and I could be busy too." He winked. I quickly searched his face and realized he was joking...I think. Oh yeah? Well two could play at this game... I smirked to myself. I hitched up my leg to his waist and pulled myself even closer until our faces were less than an inch apart. The look on his face was priceless as he definitely did not expect me to react like that. But then I decided to take it one step further. I started to rub my fingers through his soft hair and he closed his eyes. "You know what Travis?" I whispered, his eyes popped back open, "I'll make you a deal. The faster we get to the Empire State Building and back to camp; I promise that we will be so busy that Malcolm would have to ask the whole camp, even Dionysus, before he asks us for another favor." I held back a giggle as I saw his eyes glaze over, but then he snapped out of it and took a step away from me.
"Ohhh you are good..." Travis stuttered. I erupted in fits of laughter as Travis looked more awake than ever.
"Y-you...should...have seen... your face!" I laughed, clutching to my stomach. Travis just scowled and walked ahead of me mumbling about how we need to get to Olympus.
I ran to catch up to him. "Aww...come on Travis. I was just joking." I pouted. He just took a glance at me and then continued walking ahead. "Fine! Be that way..." I smirked.
At Olympus...
Travis' Pov:
I couldn't believe that Katie was able to pull that off. Usually, she would just blush and push me away but this time...it was kind of hot. It didn't help that she was wearing jeans shorts, a white v-neck shirt with multiple colorful spots of tye-dye, and black converse with her hair let down with loose waves. For a split second, I thought she was serious but then I saw her trying to hold back a laugh and I snapped out of it. Okay so note to self: Katie can be very bold and tempting.
We finally got out the elevator and the sight of Olympus never ceased to amaze me. Katie took my hand and dragged me to the throne room. We heard shouts and arguing and a couple of crashes here and there. Katie and I stepped in and everyone froze. The sight could've made me laugh... if they weren't powerful gods and goddesses. Artemis was practically strangling Apollo. Poseidon and Athena were summoning every ounce of power that they had in order to try to kill each other. Zeus was cowering in fear as Hera gave him the worst killer glare. Ahhh probably just had another kid again... Hermes and Iris were just chatting happily and dodging a few flying items. Demeter was shouting at Hades as Persephone was trying to defend him and Hades looked like he was ready to just summon the dead and end all of this nonsense.
"Ummm is this a bad time?" Katie said, shyly. All the gods and goddesses composed themselves as some entered and left the throne room hurriedly.
"No, no of course not." Zeus answered, quickly. "Sorry that you had to walk in and see that."
Demeter spoke up. "Katherine, my dear daughter, what have you and Mr. Stoll come for?" I noticed from the corner of my eye, Persephone giving Katie a death glare.
"We, as in Camp Half-Blood, would like to ask all of you for a favor." Katie said.
"Continue." Athena said.
"Well," I intervened, "as you all know, the family of Nyx and Erebus are planning to take over the world and Malcolm, son of Athena, fears that our borders won't be able to withstand their powers. We want you all to grant us the favor of using your powers to strengthen our borders so demi-gods within the camp aren't affected."
"No we can't do that." Zeus announced.
"Father! Why not?" Aphrodite shrieked. "They need our help!"
"It would be taking a big risk...giving the camp power will make us less powerful." Athena said, pondering.
"But, Goddess Athena," Katie interrupted, "Your son has made a well full thought-out plan on how we are going to defeat them!"
"Okay then what is it?" Hera snapped.
Katie and I exchanged glances nervously. "Err well you see, we don't know exactly what the plan is and we can't discuss the information that we do know or else it will lessen our chances of winning." I answered sheepishly.
"So let me get this straight," Zeus boomed, "you want us to invest our powers in a plan that we don't have a clue about, therefore making ourselves more vulnerable than we already is from an approaching powerful family of enemies?"
Katie's Pov:
Gods it did sound that stupid! This will take harder convincing than I thought." I thought to myself. All the gods and goddesses either looked doubtful or were already convinced that they weren't going to help. Wait the prophecy said trust between gods and demigods will be put to the ultimate test! This is the test! Usually when demigods go on quests, the gods still retain their power in case of the event if the hero lost but now they have to sacrifice everything and trust us...
"Please!" I pleaded, "You have to believe that we do have a plan and it will work." The gods still looked skeptical.
"Goddess Athena, do you trust your son Malcolm, with everything?" Travis asked.
"Of course I do!" Athena said defiantly.
"Then prove it now. Show your children that you have faith in them, all of you." Travis gestured. "I mean it is the least you can do. You heard Vanessa last time, we had sacrificed our lives for you guys over thousands of years, I think it's about time you guys sacrificed your lives for us." Travis smiled mischievously.
"Why you little...!" Hera raged.
"Wait, I think the son of Hermes just made a good point." Athena said with a small smile.
"I hate to admit it but I agree with Athena on this one." Poseidon agreed.
"I'm in." Hermes announced proudly, beaming at his son.
Demeter turned to me. "Katherine, do you trust this son of Hermes and what he says?"
I grabbed Travis' hand as Travis and I turned our heads toward each other. We both stared into each other's eyes and I gave him a small smile and he smiled back. "Yeah, I trust him with my whole heart and being." I announced. Demeter nodded.
Aphrodite squealed in her seat. "I'm also totally in just because that was just soo romantic!" Ares rolled his eyes.
"Alright so we take a vote." Zeus announced. "All for helping our children raise your hands." Athena, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Ares, Demeter, Hades, Apollo, and Poseidon raised their hand.
"Well majority wins..." Zeus announced. The gods who voted smiled. "BUT although we agree to help, we are all not just going to sacrifice our powers all at once. Each of us will have shifts to protect the camp but we will protect our children."
"Wise enough." Athena nodded.
"Council dismissed!" Zeus thundered. Everyone 'poofed' out of the room until only Aphrodite remained smiling at us.
Well this couldn't get any more awkward... I thought. Aphrodite just simply walked up to us. "Good luck you two. I'll be watching." She winked and then poofed out of the throne room as well.
Outside of the Empire State Building...
"So what now?" Travis asked as we walked casually through the streets of New York. He draped his arm across my shoulders. It wasn't really romantic or anything but friendly. I shrugged my shoulders and looked up at him.
"Malcolm said that we were free for the rest of the day and it's like 10am so we have the whole day to chill." I informed him.
"Alright sounds good to me." Travis said.
Travis and I walked a couple of blocks just talking and joking around like we were the best of friends. We were approaching a grand hotel when they saw a family and several hosts bringing in their luggage. There was a man and woman, apparently married, instructing the hosts were to put some of the items they have brought. They had British accents. A girl, around our age, was sitting on the sidewalk. With all the commotion, anyone barely paid attention to her.
"We should go say hi." I whispered to Travis. I didn't know why but I felt like I had to at least introduce myself. Hmm maybe it's because I have free time for once...
"Why?" Travis asked.
"She looks new here and I think us welcoming her will make her feel more comfortable. I know what it is like to be in her position." I urged. Travis shook his head but reluctantly agreed. We approached her and her head snapped up. The girl had light brown hair, grey-blue eyes, fairly pale skin, but you noticed a few freckles, with a medium height and build.
"Hey I'm Katie and this is my friend Travis. Are you new here?" I introduced. She shyly nodded her head and mumbled a quiet "yes".
"I'm Lily. Lily Williams." She told us, while shaking both of our hands. Her British accent was fully evident in her voice.
"Simon! Tell them to be careful with that!" the woman shouted to her husband.
"Sorry that's my mom Carolyn. We are staying here in New York for a while because of...well you hear the news." Lily said.
"Cool so how old are you?" Travis asked.
"Fifteen. Turning sixteen later this year." Lily answered.
Just then, a couple of shouts were heard in the distance. Lily's parents walked up to us. The man, named Simon, had dark-brown hair with few streaks of gray with gray eyes. The woman, Carolyn, had black hair tied into a bun, with shining brown eyes. "Oh Lily, have you met some friends?" Carolyn asked politely.
"Yeah. Mom, dad, meet Katie and Travis. Katie and Travis, these are my parents." Lily introduced.
"Pleasure to meet you." Simon smiled. "Well we just finished unloading so Lily you are free to hang out with your new friends for a bit longer." Lily nodded and her parents entered the hotel.
All three of us were hanging out and having fun and Lily was super nice and actually quite talkative when she warmed up to you. An elderly woman approached us and smiled. I felt Travis immediately tense right beside me. "I'm sorry dears but could one of you possibly help me cross the street?"
Lily bounced up. "I'll be glad to do it! Guys I'll be right back."
The crosswalk was easily within view but still was quite a distance just to get there and then cross the street itself. There was also quite a bit of traffic. "Something is wrong." Travis said quietly toward me when they were out of hearing distance.
"What are you talking about?"I asked, "About Lily or the elderly woman?"
"The old woman, she is faking a limp and she is walking a bit too healthy for a woman who needs assistance crossing the street." Travis pointed out. I studied the old lady a bit more carefully. Her body structure was a bit odd, and then I noticed the outline of her jacket. They seem to take on the shape of bat wings? Panic and adrenaline surged through me as I figured out what the elderly woman really was.
"Travis! We need to go get Lily now!" I yelled pulling him up to his feet. We dashed and dodged cars, honking obnoxiously, as we raced to the middle of the busy intersection.
Lily and the old lady started approaching the middle of the street. I pressed a button on my bracelet and it turned into a sword which I named Ixora Ivory. Travis whispered something in Greek and pulled out behind him his own sword.
"Katie what's going on?" Travis yelled, as he dodged a car.
"You were right! Something is wrong about the old lady! She is really a-"Katie was interrupted when the old lady pushed Lily to the ground and flew up into the air revealing her true form of a fury. I saw Lily trying to back away but the fury aimed and starting to fly to her at super speed.
"Travis!" I yelled.
"I got it!" Travis said. He tapped his shoes twice and wings appeared. He flew toward the fury at top speed and knocked her away from Lily. "Get Lily out of here!" he instructed. I nodded and ran toward Lily and helped her up. After checking and making sure that she was alright I grabbed her hand and led her into a store.
"Stay here." I said, seriously. She nodded and hid behind a corner. I ran out of the store just in time to see Travis being thrown from the fury and heading into a bush. I aimed my hand toward the bush and it changed into a shape of a glove so it can catch Travis gently. I ran up next to him.
"I'm done playing games!" the fury hissed and then it replicated itself so now there were three of them.
"Err I didn't know they could that..." Travis pointed out.
"I don't think they are supposed to." I answered quickly. "Do we do the distract-and-kill method?"
"If I can fly fast enough..." He answered.
"Perhaps I can help..." We turned and saw Lily next to us.
"Lily! I thought I told you to stay put!" I said, surprised.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to sit and do nothing while my friends risk their lives. Besides if you need a distraction I can help with that. I don't know but I have this power...like teleportation, I guess."
Travis and I shrugged our shoulders. "Alright well the rules are #1) don't get killed and #2) try not to make such a big mess." Travis smirked. Lily nodded and disappeared and popped in front of one of the furies on the ground. She started shouting and making commotion and the fury flew toward her. Travis took that as his chance and flew at it and stabbed it right at the side. It blew up into golden dust.
"Eww gross!"Lily exclaimed, making a face. She brushed some golden dust off. Travis took to the air and attracted the attention of one of the two furies and it began to chase after him.
The last fury directed its attention at me and swiftly flew toward me and it bounded on the ground right in front me. It tried to take a swipe at me but I dodged it and took that as my chance to strike. It moved so fast that I fell to the ground and my sword skidded across the floor. Oh darn it! I thought as the fury pinned me to the ground. Lily appeared a couple feet away and she grabbed my sword. With the fury busy mocking how she will kill me, I silently motioned Lily to climb atop of the streetlight that was directly above us. When she was finally balanced on the top of the streetlight, I saw slight hesitation in her eyes. I pleaded with her with my eyes and determination filled her face again.
"NOW LILY!" I screamed and freed one of my arms and gave a good punch to the fury's face. She stumbled back, surprised and Lily jumped from the streetlight and pushed the sword right through the fury's body. She burst into golden dust. I ran up to hug Lily. "Thank you so much!" I took my sword and we ran to the street. Travis and the other fury were still flying around atop of the buildings. With the fury right at Travis' feet, he couldn't have time to turn around and kill it.
"Lily. Can you teleport to a spot in mid-air?" I questioned.
"Umm a little but not that high up..." She answered hesitantly. I handed her my sword.
"I want you to teleport to the top of that building right there and attract Travis' attention. Then when the time is right, you will know what to do."
"But-"Lily started.
"Don't over think it. Just listen to your body. You are a demigod. You will know and when you do just go for it." I encouraged.
Lily nodded and then vanished to the top of the building. Good luck, Lily... I thought to myself.
Travis' Pov:
I just can't shake this thing off! I swished and served around buildings and through tunnels but it just wasn't working. Then I noticed a person waving their hand at me. I recognized it was Lily and she had... Katie's sword? Katie probably made a plan...Hope it works! I thought as I started to fly toward the building. What happened next only took three seconds but my mind played it in slow motion.
I dashed to the building and flew right next to it. I looked and saw Lily vanish. I stopped and turned in the air to see Lily shove the sword right through the fury's head, while in the air. The fury screamed out a terrible screech and burst into golden dust.
Oh my gods that was totally epic! I thought, my mind still processing what just happened. Then I noticed that Lily started to fall...you know due to gravity. I dived down and caught her by her arm and flew to the ground. Katie was jumping up and down happily. I placed Lily down and then landed on the ground myself, tapping my feet together again so the wings disappeared.
"Oh my gods guys! That was totally amazing-! Oh wait hold on a sec..." Katie said before running, jumping in mid air and caught her sword. Now that was also cool... I smirked to myself. The crowd started to clap and cheer for us, apparently thinking that this was some big action scene. After all the excitement, we tiredly headed back up to the hotel. Katie iris messaged Chiron and told him what happened and he instructed us to bring Lily back to camp with us immediately and said he will inform the others. We took an elevator up to the top floor and Lily led the way to her family's suite.
"Mom, dad! I'm home! And my friends are with me." Lily greeted. Mrs. Williams saw us at the door and her face immediately went from happy to worry instantly.
"Oh goodness! What did you guys do? Play in a construction site?" Mrs. Williams ran up to us and she checked us all out. After a few minutes of examining us and making sure we weren't seriously hurt, we entered the living room and sat on the couch. Lily's parents came and sat across from us.
"We were attacked by monsters." Lily blurted out. Wow... great way to start the conversation. I thought, sarcastically. Mrs. Williams looked confused as Mr. Williams face paled.
"Travis and I strongly believe that Lily is a demigod, like us. So which one of you two isn't her biological parent?" Katie asked. Mrs. Williams hung her head low and started to cry.
"Lily, I'm really your step-mom." She cried. Lily just sat there in shock. "Your father and I met right after you were born. You weren't even a full week old yet. I saw you and instantly loved you. We met at the store and after a year we got married." Carolyn cried.
"Mr. Williams, sir, do you know who Lily's real mother is?" Travis asked gently. Mr. Williams sighed and then nodded. "Her name is Iris."
Aaaaannnnddd that's chapter 7! Hope you guys liked the action/romance! Review plz! Oh and I changed my pen name from PhoenicianKnight to Aviara123!
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