Chapter 3 - Kenzie's Rescue
I set out with Lexi and Katie following me, we were armed two the teeth. We had spent a good thirty minutes preparing for anything. Coming out of the courtyard we had looked left, there was nothing but rubble on that side, so we went right. I swiftly but silently ran the length of the hall, in the hall leading to the career exploration room there stood another of those black wolves we saw earlier. But its attention wasn't on me, but Kenzie, she stood there with a wall of black energy around her. The dog backed away as Kenzie advanced, the hound must have scented me because it turned and leaped toward me. My reaction time was bad and Lexi and Katie were still a little ways back. I was forced to the ground, I held the monster back, and it's snapping jaws inches from my throat. I thought I couldn't hold it. That I should give up. The weight lifted from me and it was Kenzie standing there with tendrils of black energy around her. In one of those tentacles she squeezed the hell hound and then it burst into a sulfuric dust. I sneezed She looked at me and said "bless you," and fainted. I got up and looked to Katie and Lexi who were already there.
"Can you guys help me out?" I asked
Without a word we picked up her hands and dragged her through the hall back to the courtyard.
Roughly three hours later she stirred. In the meantime I had raided the kitchen getting all sorts of goodies. We had only stayed because of the hounds, Kenzie being unconscious, and us getting lost on the way back from the classics fest.
"So thirsty," she whispered.
I reached over to the pile of water bottles and passed one to Kenzie. It was starting to get dark, the girls had turned in early for the night and I planned to stand guard. We all called home and told our parents we wouldn't be coming home tonight. We did our best to explain and promised we'd be safe. Kenzie sat up with a sigh,
"Chris, thanks for saving me." She said.
"No, I should thank you, so thanks," I said.
"You don't understand. I was really low on energy and you were the distraction I needed. Just so you know, this wasn't my first rodeo. I'm what you call a half blood, or a demigod. The Greek and roman gods, they exist and have offspring. There's a special camp for us, in either California or Long Island, New York. I've already been to camp half-blood twice and camp Jupiter once. I'm a child of Hades. And all of us here, in this courtyard have a non-mortal parent. I'll explain more tomorrow." With a sigh she stood up and joined the other girls at the other end, during my reconnaissance I went to the nurse and got pillows and blankets along with gauze and bandages.
"Night," I muttered. I propped myself against a near wall and drifted to sleep.
Chapter 3 - Kenzie's Rescue
I set out with Lexi and Katie following me, we were armed two the teeth. We had spent a good thirty minutes preparing for anything. Coming out of the courtyard we had looked left, there was nothing but rubble on that side, so we went right. I swiftly but silently ran the length of the hall, in the hall leading to the career exploration room there stood another of those black wolves we saw earlier. But its attention wasn't on me, but Kenzie, she stood there with a wall of black energy around her. The dog backed away as Kenzie advanced, the hound must have scented me because it turned and leaped toward me. My reaction time was bad and Lexi and Katie were still a little ways back. I was forced to the ground, I held the monster back, and it's snapping jaws inches from my throat. I thought I couldn't hold it. That I should give up. The weight lifted from me and it was Kenzie standing there with tendrils of black energy around her. In one of those tentacles she squeezed the hell hound and then it burst into a sulfuric dust. I sneezed She looked at me and said "bless you," and fainted. I got up and looked to Katie and Lexi who were already there.
"Can you guys help me out?" I asked
Without a word we picked up her hands and dragged her through the hall back to the courtyard.
Roughly three hours later she stirred. In the meantime I had raided the kitchen getting all sorts of goodies. We had only stayed because of the hounds, Kenzie being unconscious, and us getting lost on the way back from the classics fest.
"So thirsty," she whispered.
I reached over to the pile of water bottles and passed one to Kenzie. It was starting to get dark, the girls had turned in early for the night and I planned to stand guard. We all called home and told our parents we wouldn't be coming home tonight. We did our best to explain and promised we'd be safe. Kenzie sat up with a sigh,
"Chris, thanks for saving me." She said.
"No, I should thank you, so thanks," I said.
"You don't understand. I was really low on energy and you were the distraction I needed. Just so you know, this wasn't my first rodeo. I'm what you call a half blood, or a demigod. The Greek and roman gods, they exist and have offspring. There's a special camp for us, in either California or Long Island, New York. I've already been to camp half-blood twice and camp Jupiter once. I'm a child of Hades. And all of us here, in this courtyard have a non-mortal parent. I'll explain more tomorrow." With a sigh she stood up and joined the other girls at the other end, during my reconnaissance I went to the nurse and got pillows and blankets along with gauze and bandages.
"Night," I muttered. I propped myself against a near wall and drifted to sleep.