Hey there! Listen, I won' be able to update soon because it's the new year and its kind of busy this time around. We all got our personal live right?
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It was a bright and sunny day. We, Nico, Kara, Gavin, Aaron and I, stood at the top of the hill with Chiron. Today was the day we go on the quest.
It was surprising how such a little matter, like a quest, brought such unlikely people to be friends. Kiara and I were developing from the once just playful atmosphere to those relationship that were heading to be bestfriends.
" You all have the things you need?" asked Chiron for the hundredth time. He looked nervous and studied our faces, like wondering who would get killed in this quest.
" Yes.", Gavin said, dragging the letters in a bored way and shifted his back pack.
" Okay. Argus would drive you to the city, and from then on, you'll be on your own. Remember to keep in touch and don't do anything without thinking.", he said the last sentence and looked sharply at me. I just gave him a sheepish look and he sighed.
" Now, You better go before you attract-"
" Wait!", gods, please tell me I'm imagining that high pitched voice. Please, let it be anything but her.
Chiron raised an eyebrow suspiciously at the running Aphrodite kid. I gave her a glare and she ignored it. I looked at Kara and she was just looking at Izzy like she was the most disgusting thing in the world. It looked like she had one of a bad Izzy experience. I've got to remember to ask her about that.
" Nico, I just want to say, good luck.", she said and gave a flirtatious look.
" What are you playing?", he asked.
" Oh, and I forgot to give you a present.", and with that, she crashed her lips on his. Six figures froze and stared at the Aphrodite camper. She pulled away and gave me a grin.
OH. MY. GODS.
A pang of jealousy erupted in my stomach and I didn't know why. We were nothing more than friends but this feeling couldn't be flushed away and I tried my best into not giving Izzy a punch.
This feeling of envy was nothing I ever felt before. All other emotions, I could block them from surfacing to my face, but this was too powerful.
I must have looked pained because the next moment, Izzy was on the ground, moaning in pain and clutching her nose. Towering over her was an angry Kara with a bloodied knuckle.
" She! She hit me!", Izzy screamed.
" That's not all your going to get!", Kara said and began to dive for her, when the strong arms of Aaron gripped her waist.
Nico stood there, frozen at the moment. I looked at his face, it seemed that we need to thaw him on the spot. I couldn't help the pain and let the lone tear slide down my cheek.
" Come on Kiara.", Gavin put a comforting hand on my shoulder and guided me to the van waiting at the bottom of the hill. I walked like a zombie. I didn't notice my surroundings, except the fact that Aaron was carrying a cursing and protesting Kara in his arms.
I no time, we were inside the van, traveling the long stretch of pavement to Manhattan. I was somehow squeezed between the window and Gavin, who was so silent, the only reminder I have that he's still there, was the small space between us.
" Kiara, It wasn't my fault.", Nico kept on pleading and he was the only one who was talking. I just glared at him and stared out the window.
" Kiara. She attacked me!", he said and there was desperation in his voice. I just ignored him. it wasn't the fact that he was kissed, in front of me, it was the fact that he didn't pull back.
" Just shut up Nico. She'll talk to you when she's not going to mouth you off when she opens her mouth.", Kara said with a sigh and I had a small faint of a smile. Kara had translated me too much in a little span of a day.
The eyeball at the back of Argus' neck blinked and gave me a curious look.
Argus dropped us down at the central park and drove away. Everyone had been so quiet, it had been awkward to stay any longer.
" Where do we go now?", Gavin asked. I shrugged and so did Aaron. Nico gave me an apologetic smile.
" We go through Orpheus' Door." He said nodding to the rocks but not taking his eyes off me, " Does anyone play anything or sing? We need music to open it."
Kara and Gavin looked at each other like an invisible message was sent in their looks. They ran toward the rocks and sang ' Teenagers by My Chemical Romance' and it felt like they were giving a concert rather than a request to enter.
After their performance, I would have given them a round of applause but my sullen mood was too great to overcome.
Nico looked at the ground and move along. I looked at the entrance and gulped. Maybe it'll be the last time I can see the sun.
" Shall we?", Aaron asked and held up a hand.
" Thanks." I said and reached his. If we hadn't had the brother and sister relationship we have, this shall be an awkward relationship.
We passed Kara and her eyes traveled to our hand with a longing expression. When I caught her eye, I shook my head and mouthed ' Big Brother' to her. Luckily she understood.
" Were nearly there.", Nico said no one particular. We have been walking for at least 30 minuets and this was the third time I slipped and the third time Aaron helped me. Gavin and Kara had chuckled a couple of times from behind and I hope my little clumsiness were amusing to them. Nico just scowl at the floor whenever he turns around and look at me with Aaron. What's his problem, I do not know.
When we finally got to the underworld, I got a long stretch of a wound that starts from my upper thigh to the spot above my ankle. Kara offered to heal it up but I know we have to save as much as energy as we could.
As everybody was at least the flat surface, Nico tensed up. I looked around and realized, this wasn't what the underworld looks like. Nico told me one time the basics on how the souls are moved to the fields of endless standing, I call it that because I don't know who invented the tong twister of a name, Asylum( a/n: It, the computer, doesn't allow me on the real spelling.), and the endless torture.
But I was standing on a wrecked out terminal with angry wondering souls. The EZ line was thrashed, the line where people are judged, was destroyed and more souls are trapped in the other side rather than going to their places.
" What. Have. They. Done.", Nico growled and I could feel his anger radiating.
" Is this the underworld?" mumbled Gavin from behind.
Just then Hades arrived.
He was wearing the helm of darkness and fear traveled in my veins. He looked straightly at me and growled.
" You! What did you do?" he asked and I was sure I could've died on the spot. How unheroic.
But I didn't. Nico was standing in front of me protecting me from his father. I looked at him wide eyed.
" Son, stay back.", Hades said through clenched teeth. Aaron tugged my frozen arm and motioned me to run.
" Father, what is this all about?", Nico asked.
" Stay out of this. She was caught leading an army in here and thrashing my kingdom." Nico didn't cower under his glare. I motioned Aaron to go ahead and leave. It's me who Hades wants. No need to involve the rest.
" Last warning. Stay back." Hades said and Nico didn't even flinch while I stood there watching. Hades got impatient and threw Nico into a tree and turned to me.
He grabbed my throat and I thrashed for air.
" Little traitor. I've been living in peace after the war and now you disturbed my heaven." He said. A part of me wondered why he called the underworld heaven. There was no light in here for Pete's sake!
And he threw me to the floor and I hit my head on a rock. Before I passed out, I could feel sticky liquid washing me. Even if I died now, the god of death still wouldn't stop there.
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OOOOHHHH! Cliffy!
We'll, I hope you'll like this one, even if it was so short.
And I just need one more character. Place the usual resume but make the godly parent Morpheus okay?
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