From Twin Fangirls To Demigods
Chapter 5
Swords Clash, Arrows Fly, We Run
Selena's Pov:
I was in a dark place, a place nowhere near Ashley. I felt panic bubble up in my chest; it was cutting off my source of oxygen. I tried to breath, and then realized I didn't need air. I'd always fantasized about being a demigod with Ash, meeting Percy and co., fighting monsters till they were, as he once said: A sand castle in a power fan. But that wasn't happening. Why? Because there was a bumpy rolling under me and the metallic clanging of a moving vehicle. I groggily opened my eyes then groaned as I was hit with a burst of pain. My eyes clinched shut as I thrashed around in complete agony. So maybe Ash had gotten hit two times more than I, but she had failed to mention the length of our twin connection. We could physically feel the other's pain, see what the other saw (if we focused), and pretty much over-rule the other with absorption. By that, I mean that if Ash was seriously hurt, like near death, I'd make sure she only felt small bits of it by absorbing the pain into my own battered body. Sure, she'd still be hurt, but to a lesser degree. That was happening right now and I held back terrible screams as four hands and arms began to restrain me.
"Calm down!" A girl's voice snapped. I knew the controlling tone. Thalia was there, somewhere, most likely restraining me.
"Thalia be nice! And pass me the nectar!" I knew that voice too. Annabeth. I quit my struggle but opened my eyes as tears flooded out of them.
"Where's Ashley?" I asked in a wavering voice. I let my eyes zip back and forth between the older, demigod, girls.
"Separate van," Thalia said before Annabeth took my left hand –ya know, the one not connected to the messed up wrist.
"We're so sorry, Selena. We tried to get in but the magic was way too strong. Stronger than normal. When we got in you two were bloodied up pretty badly," the daughter of Athena was in tears. She was like the mother of camp, and demigods. She and Percy are like the mom and dad of Camp Half-Blood.
"Where am I?" I muttered, trying to focus and get into my sister's head. I needed to see what was going on with her but the pain was too much. I only caught fuzzy bits of garbled up voices. I nearly went blind trying to see what she saw because she was in pain to, and that amplified my already amped up pain. I screamed in pain and began thrashed around again. I shut off the connection so fast I felt dizzy.
"Delphi's Strawberry Farm Strawberry Van," Annabeth sniffed. I smiled a bit and gave a weak giggle.
"That's why it smells like strawberries in here," I whispered. I felt my vision going hazy until a straw was put to my lips. I smiled. Nectar.
"Drink it, it'll make you feel better," Thalia said reassuringly. I began drinking and nearly chocked as I laughed. It tasted like the seaweed pizza dad once made for me and Ashley on Valentine's Day. You say it's weird? Well, it was heart shaped, and it was in a toast to Percy Jackson for defeating Kronos in the books. It actually tasted really good and so that had become our normal family pizza. We got the idea from the Disney movie Read it and Weep. I drank every last drop and felt my pain go away. Not completely, I still felt terrible, but the amp on the pain went down. Now I just felt like I would have without absorption. Whoopee, note sarcasm.
"How do you feel?" Annabeth asked gently. I gave a bitter laugh.
"Like I've just been run over by this van," I muttered through tightly gritted teeth. I felt around some nearby shelves until I felt a small baggie. I picked it up and shakily held it before my face. Little brown squares stared at me and I smiled. Ambrosia. I pulled out a square and popped it in my mouth. I felt the normal pain fade so I was just achy now, like cramps and bloating from that time of the month. "Muuuuch betterrr," I cooed. I felt strong again. Now I just had to find my sister. I wonder if I could climb onto the roof of this thing and jump onto the other van . . . Nah. To chancy.
"What attacked you?" Thalia asked me as she took the bag of Ambrosia squares away.
"Big, blue, ugly, hyperborean giant," I said angrily. "I am seriously glad I killed that piece of freezer burned shi-" Annabeth slapped a hand over my mouth and I shut up.
"You know what it was?" she asked me, clearly impressed. I smirked.
"I know my monsters, I've read more Greek Mythology than even Ashley, and we've got an entire library room of Greek mythology," I laughed. I remembered my dad and my freshly dried eyes watered up. "Can I please see my sister?" I whimpered. Annabeth nodded as the van chugged to a stop.
"Sure thing kiddo. We're already here," Thalia grinned. I smiled. I always wanted to see the camp. She kicked open the vans doors and hopped out with Annabeth. They held their hands out for me but I shook my head.
"I can walk," I said.
I stepped out of the van with my new demigod pals-I think- and found thousands of eyes on me. I felt dizzy again but the eyes shifted over to the second van whose door slid open. Percy stepped out with Nico, then Ash took a few wobbly steps out of the van. WE linked eyes after she saw the staring ones and we had our own silent apology. I ran a few feet to my little sister and hugged her tighter than I even thought possible.
"Ash, I'm soo sorry! I never wanted you to get hurt, please, please tell me you're okay?" I mumbled into her shoulder as she hugged me too. Her embrace tightened in the painful, yet relieving, yes. I pulled away from my sister and smiled at her before quickly hugging Percy. I smiled at Nico, but I got the feeling we weren't friends enough yet to hug.
Chiron rolled his magical wheelchair over to us. He looked us over with his brown eyes, as he asked, "What attacked you two?"
"Hyperborean giant," I bragged, suddenly arrogant-ish. "We handled it."
Ash rolled her eyes. "Oh, yeah. Because getting knocked out is handling it."
"In my book it is," I argued. We killed it, and thenblacked out!
Annabeth and Thalia walked over beside us on my side (yeah buddy! Girl power!), while Percy, Nico and Grover (who'd shown up after the fight. Thanks a lot, ya tin can munchin, pants losin, monster crushin, Goat-Boy) sided with Ash. Percy nodded, "The doors got frozen shut. The girls actually killed it before they blacked out." I felt gratitude toward Percy, it's like he read my mind. He shot me a quick wink and I grinned. Nobody noticed, it was our own little thing now.
Chiron stared at us, intently. He looked up to glance at the other demigods. "Do you know their godly parent?"
Percy glanced at us, and then turned to Chiron. "Do we look alike?" All three of us asked. I knew the answer, but I loved this whole trio talk.
Gasps erupted from the crowd. Percy grinned. I exchanged a glance with Ash, and then looked up. A glowing hologram of a green trident shimmered over our heads. I stared it in excitement before exclaiming, "Oh. My. Gods."
So . . . Poseidon, god of the seas, father of horses, earth-shaker, storm bringer, our dad. Great gods! This is awesome! Poseidon's our dad! Percy's our half-brother! But then that left the man who raised us. Henry Jameson. He was our dad too! He raised us, and loved us, and made us laugh. He didn't care about the bad things like our mental disorders, or our troubles. He gave us everything we needed. BioDad or not, Henry was always going to my dad, my friend, and part of mine and Ash's lives.
The tridents were fading. I glanced at my sister with excited eyes that soon turned worried. We had a silent conversation: this is not good.
Yet she cut me off! I do recall Percy being and outcast when he was first claimed. Now, he is a hero and a leader. So what was so bad about being Poseidon's kid? Besides the pact! After all, Zeus had Jason. Though nobody knew that.
Chiron furrowed his brow. He looked at us, with that same look that the other kids had given us. A look that said more than words possibly could. You shouldn't be here. I glared. If they wanted a fight, they'd get one. I was a kid of the big three; I could take a few of the campers on. I beat a freakin' ice giant with my sis, how bad could these guys be?
Chiron announced, "Selena and Ashley Jameson, daughters of Poseidon." His voice took an almost mournful tone and I felt myself shudder. "God of the seas, Earth-shaker, storm-bringer, and the father of horses." Everyone began to kneel.
Suddenly, a scream filled the air. Something hard pricked my back. I whirled around to face the noise. I heard Ash's scream. She screamed louder than the first person had, because… instead of there being a distance between her and the danger, it stared her straight in the face. Ash was face-to-face with a hot bad guy who had his sword drawn, but not pointed. In front of me was a goon. An ugly one with scarred lips, as though somebody made him kiss a heated stove.
The person laughed at Ash and her clearly fearful eyes. "Daughter of Poseidon, huh?" The guy asked, smiling like a psycho killer. "The old Sea God's been busy, hasn't he? Don't worry, Ashley. This will only hurt a bit."
A blurring metallic sword flashed in the corner of my eye. I s aw my baby sis ducked, hearing metal swipe beside her ear. I saw her jump backward, catching a sword in mid-flip. The guy smiled. "So, we're going to do this hard way. Fine." The guy whistled, causing three other men to appear behind him, out of thin air.
"What? That's not fair," she growled at him.
He smiled. "There's nothing fair about what I'm going to have to do. So, if I were you, I'd give up before someone could get severely injured."
That wasn't happening. No one was getting hurt on Jameson watch, except this creepy guy and his goons. I dropped in a flash and kicked the goon's feet out from beneath him. He tumbled to the floor and I snatched his sword from his grip. I slammed the butt of the sword into his skull and he was out like a light. I jumped up next to Ash, sword held firm.
The guy chuckled. "Okay, then," he said. It was blurry. He rushed forward with his remaining cronies and Ash ran with me. We split up and the cronies chased me while Ash got the cutie. So not fair. I ran toward the woods knowing I could get to the lake if I moved fast enough.
These guys were bigger than me, and much faster. Two got in front of me, one got behind me. I sighed as I skidded to my halt. I held my sword the way Percy described his hold on Riptide. I swung in and arch at the two in front of me but faked and swiveled around to slice the goon's hands. Let's just say the borrowed sword is now very bloody and if you find fingers in the woods, they're his. The guy crumpled to the ground sobbing as he tried to staunch the blood flow. I scooped up his sword and turned to the other guys. I had two swords in my hands, one in each. I spun quickly with both swords out. I was a deadly ballerina twirling girl. How fun. I smirked as they lurched backward and I ran past them toward the lake. Ash was headed there, I could see it. Literally. I ran to the dock as Ash and the evil-doer moved closer and closer to the edge of the water. I began breathing heavily next to her and the goons stood by their master as the other demigods ran to catch up, and help us.
"I'm done playing around," he said, suddenly serious. "My job is to take you to my boss. He isn't going to like it if he doesn't get what he wants. So, please, make this easy, girlie."
Ash looked him over. He had spiky sandy-colored hair, piercing blue eyes and pale skin. He wore a black t-shirt and some jeans along with some black converse. The sword in his hand was glinting wickedly. Something about it made me feel … vulnerable. Maybe because of its cutting edge, or the strange metal that it was made of. He was cute, but deadly.
I raised an eyebrow like Ash and she asked the question I just thought up. "And, who's your boss?"
"Someone really powerful," the guy said, walking forward. He looked her in the eyes as the goons swung at me. I panicked and had to ditch my baby sister to fend them off. "Now, let's get this over with."
I ran across the dock so now the goons had their backs to Ash and her Evil dude. The two goons lunged at me with their sharp swords. I was instantly disarmed. I saw the cute bad guy lunge at Ash.
He leapt forward just as Percy and I screamed, "NO!" The world began to slow down. I deflected the goon's blades and slashed at their chests, not caring wether I'd hit them or not. I felt a sickening tug in my stomach, and heard a roar in my ears. A huge wave crashed down on top of the guy, sending him and another guy into a wet frenzy. They landed under the waves of the Sound, along with the two other guys who had been attacking me.
Everyone stood, waiting for them to resurface. The guy with the blonde hair sputtered out a loud cough, as he ran his fingers through his hair. He looked up at Ash and myself before he grinned. "You're more powerful than I thought!" He hollered. Ash narrowed her eyes at him as I ran to her side.
He suddenly was engulfed in a huge bubble of gray mist. His eyes grew wide for a moment, as if he were frightened by something. The bubble grew a murky black color, as it floated away.
Thalia shot an arrow at the bubble. It bounced off, zipping straight at Ash. I yelped, trying my best to get us out of the way. I didn't get to Ash in time, causing a large gash on her arm to explode into blood. I gave a small scream of pain, clutching my forearm. Percy rushed over to Ash, picking her up off the ground. Nico ran to my side and helped me with my arm.
And then something odd happened. The sword I'd seen the blonde guy hold blasted out from the Sound, ricocheting off a rock, slicing through the air to slam five inches from Ash's scratched up legs. Engraved in the sword's side were three words: I'll Be Back.
I shoved Nico aside before I ran over to Ash and we stared at the sword.
I eased toward it, frightened it might suddenly jump from the dock and into my chest. I swung my sword at it and the blade was pulled from the rock. It skidded over the edge and into the sound. I cursed before walking over to the edge. I set my sword down before waving at Ash and diving into the water to retrieve the killer blade.
A splash rippled the surface and I saw Ash follow me toward the sword. I saw a crowd gather at the dock's edge and saw Percy standing with a girl nearly identical to himself, except, well, ya know, the female parts and hair. I ignored them and turned to study the floor of the sound. I saw some plant life, some fish, and a bunch of other ocean stuff. I nodded at Ash and we calmly swam down to retrieve the sword. We reached the sea floor and I picked up the sword. I felt a bone rattling essence in the sword, something evil. Ash shuddered and I sighed. It was good to breath underwater since you get to sigh like normal. I pointed up and she nodded.
We began swimming to the surface of the water when everything went wrong.
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