A/N: Ok so before any of you try to slaughter me for my Beatles fangirly-ness and my mention of them in here, along with my Batman thingy, this chapter's length was enraging me so I made it longer... If you don't like it PLEASE suck it up for right now and keep reading. Kayyy thanks. P.S. THIN MINTS ARE AWESOME!
AARON'S P.O.V
After dinner Chiron sent us back to our cabin, not letting us play Capture the Flag for fear of injury. When I walked into the Apollo cabin Steph was examining part of her bunk.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Check out what I found!" Steph said.
I walked over and stood on my bed looking at what she was pointing to at the head of her bed. George Harrison was here! July 9th 19 1953.
"George Harrison?" I asked.
"Yeah. Handful of drachmas that we find the rest of The Beatles."
"Your on."
We started running around the cabin, looking at every piece of wood on the bunks that surrounded the mattresses.
"I found Ringo! June 7th 1950!" Steph called.
"I can't believe were doing this." I yelled examining the surround on another bunk.
"Distracting us from everyone else playing Capture the Flag isn't it?" She yelled. She was standing on the far end of the cabin standing next to a big KISS poster.
"Ha! Steph I found Paul! July 20th 1952!" I yelled.
"Another handful I find John before you!" She said.
"You don't even have one handful of drachmas." I said.
"No but neither do you!"
"HA! John! August 2nd 1950!" I called.
"Where were Paul and John?" She asked.
"John was on Will's bunk and Paul was over by Quinn's bunk." I said.
"I found Ringo on yours." She said.
"I feel like such a geek." I said.
"You look like one too." She said.
"Thanks baby sister."
"Baby sister? Its 15 minutes!"
"15 minutes too long." I smiled.
"Theirs something severely wrong with you."
"Somethin' wrong with me, somethin' wrong with you." I pulled on my camp sweatshirt. "I'm going for a walk. You wanna come?"
"Nah. I'm gonna check out some more on Python..." She motioned to a bookshelf with a bunch of dirty old books next to a drum kit and some guitars.
"Have fun reading."
"There in Greek. Theirs no chance of death. Its good."
"Like I said. Have fun. I'm going on a walk."
I walked out of the cabin and started to the beach. The beach was quiet, there was only three of us not playing. Evan had gone to his cabin to work on something he was making. I pulled out my iPod and made it my bow. It was a bit longer than Steph's, but it was more of a Roman bow, while hers was more Greek. The tips were gold and the rest was white. I pulled an arrow from the quiver that hung on my back. I aimed for sand, not going for a tree so a dryad didn't try to kill me. Will had taught me what to do, so I set up and let the arrow fly. It landed twenty feet away. I started to the arrow when a man picked it up.
"You know kid, you could have killed me." The man said. He was dressed in a jogging suit and a messenger bag hung at his side.
"Who are you?" I asked, slowly talking the arrow from his hand.
"Well, I'm your Uncle Hermes."
"Wait. What?"
"Your. Uncle. Hermes." He said slowly.
"Does the boy have any rats?" A voice from the bag said.
"George! We have deliveries to make! Be quiet!" Hermes yelled into the bag.
"I just want some rats. Rats are delectable." George said.
"Martha, make George be quiet."
"What was that?"
"George and Martha. I got a box for you." He reached into the bag and pulled out a box that shouldn't have fit in there. "From your mom. Sign here." He held out a clipboard and a pen. I wrote my name on the line. "She sent this letter to. I guess she used Google Translate so you could read it. Thoughtful woman."
"Uh... thanks." I took the letter and put it in the pouch in my sweatshirt and took the box.
"Need help getting that back to your cabin, Aaron?" He asked.
"Uh no. I'm good thanks."
"Tell Steph I said hi." He said.
"Wait!" I called. He turned.
"Whats up, kid?"
"Do you think that you could, maybe, visit your cabin? I mean, Connor and Travis..."
He smiled a bit. "I guess I could visit my cabin. Had no taste for giving this letter to Aphrotite anyways... Here, let me help you with that box."
We started walking to the cabins when we heard cheering from the woods. The Hermes cabin came running from the woods with their flag hoisted high. When they saw Hermes they all stopped.
"Ill take the box from here." I took the box from his hands and walked across to my cabin. I was at the steps when I looked back and Hermes was being led into the cabin. I kicked at the door and Steph opened it. "Hello."
"Box?" She questioned letting me in.
"Hermes. Hes hanging with his kids." I told her. I put the box down on my bunk an handed Steph the letter.
"She used Google Translate." I told her.
"Mhm. Smart woman... Oh by the way, Python is totally gonna try and eat us." She open the letter and climbed up to her bunk and sat cross-legged "She says that she misses us, she used Google Translate... She packed our comfiters, some clothes, she says that Chiron also sent a letter telling her what we need for camp. She says theres a sleeping bag and bug spray."
"Sleeping bag and bug spray..." I repeated.
"She also packed some stuff from our room."
"What kind of stuff?" I asked.
"Doesn't say." She peered over the surround at the box so you could only see her eyes. "You gonna open it?'
"No. I'm gonna let it sit here closed so you wonder about whats in here till you loose sleep over it and die a lonely life at the young age of 25."
She stared at me with wide eyes. I smiled and cut the tape with the tip of one of my arrows. She climbed off the bunk and helped me pull the stuff out. We sorted through our stuff and started putting it away when we reached the bottom.
"She means stuff from home." I said pulling out a stuffed dog. Steph grabbed from my hand the next instant.
"Be cafeful. Hes old." She said holding it against her chest. It was dark brown and looked like it went throw the dryer one to many times.
"I thought dog was dead."
"Sir Fluffington is not dead."
"Okay, his name in NOT Sir Fluffington. Even I know that."
"I was checking to see if you were paying attention. And its really Washington."
"Oh yeah... your Historical Figures phase..."
"Hey." She stared at me. "Mom still has all the pictures from you little Batman phase."
"Batman is awesome..."
"So is Washington..."
"Oh look. Mom gave me..."
"Your Batman action figure."
"I thought I lost this!" I started moving his arms and legs. "Did she pack the Batmobile?"
"You threw your Batmobile into the pool and destroyed it."
"Oh yeah... Mom told me it was from Dad and I found out it wasn't..."
Just then the cabin door flew open and the rest of our cabin came in. Steph threw Washington and my Batman into the trunk and slammed it shut and sat on top of it.
"Care package!" Lee sang in a high pitched voice walking in.
"How was the game?" Steph asked.
"Hermes cabin beat the Ares cabin. With our help of course."
"You guys coming? Chiron didn't kick you guys out of the bonfire too did he?" Will asked.
"The worst that could happen would be an Ares kid throwing one of us into the fire." I said.
"I heard Chiron brought us Thin Mints today."
"Where did he get Thin Mints?" Steph asked pulling on her camp sweatshirt from one of her steps.
"Hes Chiron. He has his resources..."
"That, and there's a Girl Scout troop about a half hour away from here..." Lee said.
"That and the fire is starting"
We ran out of the cabin and sprinted to the bonfire, not wanting to miss any Thin Mints and trying to push the thought of being eaten by a massive Serpent out of my head.
