Chapter 8
I Start A Fight
I was sleeping on Cloud 9 (a.k.a. my bed!) when there was a loud banging on my door. I sat up and looked around the room.
Apparently Julie and Rob went to their rooms while I was sleeping. But whatever, I had an awesome room all to myself!
I sat up and walked toward the door and tried to turn the knob, remembering that the door was locked.
"Come in!" I yelled, thinking that the person at the door had the key or something else to get he/ she/ it self in.
I backed up to let whoever it was in. The doorknob clicked then twisted and the door started to swing. Standing in the door way was a snake-lady who I had been told was a dracaena.
"Follow me, my lordsss wisssh to sssee you," she said, with the obvious slurring of the "s"s.
I left and followed her as she went to Julie's and then Rob's rooms.
We walked down the corridors, with the obvious rocking of the boat. We walked passed an opening that was like the inside of a mall. There were stores lined up next to stores and there was even a little "Dip-n'-Dots" vendor. We continued to walk and ended up at a set of large golden double doors with scenes of torment and death skewered across it.
The doors slid open by themselves and we were shoved in.
"Now who is it?!" said a gruff, and stressed out voice.
Then Luke walked toward us, but then again, it wasn't Luke. He had these weird golden eyes, that seemed to be able to see everything, and had a great amount of power and evil in them. I couldn't even imagine what Julie saw, or thought.
"So there are three new ones. Good. They shall be of immense use in the Great War between the so-called 'gods' and us. They could only wish that they knew what power was. Even if it crawled up their legs and bit them into next century. Useless imbeciles, but like they say, ignorance is bliss." Said Luke/ Kronos, whoever he was. His voice sounded like a thousand knives scraping against rock, but it also sounded ancient with a hint of Luke's voice in it.
"I am Jacob Newman, she is Jody Martinez, and he is Randy O'Neil," I said, stating our new nicknames that I had picked out of brain.
"Oh, so you have names? I thought that I didn't ask anything. Speak only when spoken to aboard this ship, for you are still grunts among everybody else here."
We all nodded a yes, making sure not to speak.
"Good. Seems that you have already learned your lessons. Welcome aboard, blah, blah, you are now on the side against the gods. NOW LEAVE."
And with that we were out. We were led back through the corridors back to our rooms. We were shoved in again and then locked in. I jumped back onto Cloud 9 and slept, again. This place was so boring that we actually played truth-or-dare. For only six turns then it was over because everyone had already gone and could go no more. So then it was time for games. And games, and games, and attempt to free yourself, and more games.
Then there was a click and the door swung open revealing Luke/ Kronos.
"Follow me," demanded the man/ person/ titan/ thing.
Then Julie and Rob followed him, and so did I.
We ended up walking out onto the deck of the cruiser. Kronos (that's what I'm going to call him, only to make things easier for myself) then swirled and stared at us for a brief moment.
"Who are your Olympian Parents?"
"I am the son of Hermes," stated Rob, then there was a low grunt or growling sort of thing coming from Kronos. It must have been the part of him that was still Luke who made that sound.
"I am daughter of Apollo," said Julie, this time there was no sound from Kronos.
"And I'm the son of Nyx, goddess of the night," I stated with a pinch of confidence in my posture and voice. (My posture because I had sort of puffed my chest out a little while saying my title.
"A child of Nyx? How very rare and powerful. No wonder why some of the monsters squirmed when you went past them. They were wanting to eat you, at the least, or even flinching from the possible pain you may give them," said Kronos with an evil glare on his face and a small chuckling in his throat.
"My lord, we are nearing our destination. Should we cloak or let them squirm while we get closer?" asked a REALLY tall guy who had to duck pretty low just so we could see his face, which only had one eye.
"Squirm or surprise? This is a little bit of a toughie no isn't it? Child of Nyx, what would you do?"
I know amazing, my first time out on deck without having just climbed up to side of the boat, and I was being asked on how we should do something.
"I think that we should let them squirm, but should also have protection from possible missiles."
"Very good idea. Set up the defenses and prepare to attack Camp Half-Blood!"
"HOORAH!!" shouted the others on deck.
Then a Cyclops came up to me a showed me where to get my armor and weapons. I picked up a sword, shield, and bow and arrow. I had only grabbed the bow and arrow because I had gotten a little better with it, and in case Julie's snapped or something. I also got armored up in bronze Greek armor.
Julie just grabbed a shield and got armored up and walked off to the edge of the boat and leaned on the railing.
I walked over to her a stood next to her and watched the sun set across the ocean's horizon. I was beautiful to be able to see all of the different colors radiate off of the top of the vast sea. I then turned my head to look at Julie, only to see that she's been looking at me. It them seems that she gonna lean in towards me, when I'm pulled away by a giant Cyclops.
"Do you have everything you need?" asked the big lug.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Kronos demands that you stay alive in battle. Oh, and to give you this."
He than handed me a small book that had ancient Greek writing in it, and some plain English.
"Uh, thanks. Now could you go bother somebody else?"
"Yes sir. Hey Bone Cruncher!" bellowed the big guy.
"Oookkk then. That was weird, and what's all of this about?" I said while pulling up the booklet and showing it to Julie.
"That's a English to Greek translation book. He probably wants you to use some kind of magic or something." She said with a shrug.
"Hmm. Whatever. I'll just stay near the sidelines so that Kronos won't rampage all over you guys if I were to die or be injured or something."
"Yeah." She seemed to have blushed a little or something, but quickly turned her head away. I looked onward at the approaching Camp Half-Blood. I turned and walked toward Rob, swearing that I was being stared at from behind, but there were plenty of people standing behind me.
"Hey. You ready to fight?"
"Not really. I'm going to be fighting my own siblings man. You probably wouldn't know, seeing as though you have no siblings."
"Well, your right about that, though I do have some people I may as well count as siblings."
"Then who are they?"
"You and Julie."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the only person besides Julie who I know at camp that treats me like a normal kid."
"Hey you two, stop with the sappy talk and be ready to arrive on the beach," said a familiar voice.
I turned and saw Julie standing behind us cross-armed and slightly smiling.
"Hey. How long have you been standing there?" I curiously asked.
"Long enough to hear you say that I'm practically a sister to you," she said, changing her smile to an almost-grin.
"Alright then. Well come on, lets get ready to fight," I said, then murmured, "and hopefully lose."
"What was that last part?" asked Julie.
"Nothing of any importance." I replied
"Well come on then, let's go," she said in a loud tone like as if she were trying to wake me up from a trance or something.