Silence. Nico, Jonathan, and Ryan turned to stare at Sasha, and she cringed slightly.
"I told you not to let him go," She said defensively, and at this point she didn't care if the rest of the council heard her.
"Well you failed to mention that he was the son of Kronos," Jonathan snapped, and Sasha turned to him.
"I didn't know that, well, not for sure, but I knew that he was someone to keep bound up." She said, the defensive note in her voice still present. Leo turned to look over, confused, and when he saw Sasha he smiled and waved.
"If I were you I'd cut the connection before Percy finds out you've been eaves dropping." Leo warned, and Sasha rolled her eyes.
"I'm not scared of Hot Shot Hero of Olympus." Sasha said indignantly.
"Really?" Percy asked from across the room, "because you should be."
"Hey Perce!" Ryan said, grinning, "Uhm, yeah, you see, this was all Sasha's fault, and—"
"Shut up Ryan," Percy and Sasha sighed simultaneously, and the youngest child of Poseidon scowled.
"Sasha I told you to stay in the cabin," Percy said, and Sasha shrugged.
"Technically, I haven't left the cabin." She argued, and Percy opened his mouth to respond, but Clarisse cut him off.
"Technically you two can bicker later. For now we need to worry about this titan scum." She said, and Percy turned to glare at his sister once more before returning his gaze to the boy who was now slumped against the pin pong table, unconscious.
"I think we should banish him and be done with it," Piper said, "It's not worth the risk to keep him here. If the gods want his head, then they'll plow through camp to get him."
"I find that keeping him may very well be useful to us too, however," argued one of Annabeth's brothers, Malcom. "he might be able to tell us things we wouldn't be able to know otherwise, and once we receive the information we need, we dispose of him."
"I agree with Piper. This kid's too dangerous." Sasha spoke up, and Percy turned to glare at her.
"Your opinion doesn't count, since you aren't even a part of the council in the first place," he said, and Sasha's eyes narrowed at her brother, about to respond, when Nico cut her off.
"I agree with Piper too. If it's the future you want to know about so badly, well we have an oracle, and I bet Leo could build a time machine anyways."
Annabeth's eyes lit up. "That's perfect. Why don't we just ask Rachel what to do about him?"
"You know that she can't control what she sees," Percy said, and Annabeth shrugged.
"I know. She usually gives prophecies about things of importance. I believe that a son of the lord of the titans is important, don't you? I mean, for one thing, how on Earth did he age so quickly? He should be a chubby, ignorant two year old who drools and cries—,"
"Uhm, when you first met me, you told me I drool," Percy cut in, annoyed.
"—but instead he looks around Sasha's and Ryan's age. He even said that he's older than Nico, but I don't understand how that's possible." She said, and Chiron sighed.
"Our oracle, as you all know, is not even here at camp at the moment. She's off at her prep school until the end of this term. If we are even to discuss this matter with her, it shall have to wait a few more weeks." Chiron said, and Piper shrugged.
"I vote against keeping him here. I think that, like Nico, if we want to know about the future, there are other resources. This boy seems too…..unpredictable. We can't know whether he's even telling us the truth or not about simply seeking refuge." She said, and Annabeth nodded.
"Percy?" She asked her boyfriend, and he turned to look at Sasha and Ryan through the IM.
"I vote he leaves." He replied, turning to look at the unconscious boy.
"I say we let the worm stay," Clarisse said, "we shouldn't fear one measly little punk. It's the whole camp against one kid, after all. And if we're so worried about him doing something to screw us over, we can keep watches on him until Red head gets here. Then we can decide what to do."
After everyone voted, the outcome was to have him stay in the Big House, under 24-hour surveillance, until Rachel arrived. Sasha absolutely hated that idea, and was not in the least bit ready to argue when Percy said he didn't want neither she nor Ryan to partake in guarding him. Sasha was ready to stay as far away from the Big House for the next few weeks as possible. Sasha swiped her hand through the connection as the meeting adjourned, and she and Ryan began to get ready for bed. Percy walked in once Sasha was changed and her teeth were brushed, and he glared at them for a moment then sighed, motioning for them to sit down on the his bed. Sasha sat on the bed, her legs crossed, her hands resting in her lap. Ryan sat with his right leg bent up at the knee so his foot rested on the edge of the bed, and his left leg lay sideways, resting on the bed under his other leg like it were bridge. Percy came and sat on Sasha's bed across from them, his expression hard to read.
"Look, besides my mom and my step dad, I've never really had any family. I've had Tyson, but he's a Cyclops and he lives down with my dad in his underwater palace. So when it was announced that you two were children of Poseidon, it was…shocking. I mean, I've always been an only child, and suddenly I'm given two younger siblings to watch out for. So…you can't blame me for being protective," He said, then his cheeks reddened, "I mean, I wasn't even that protective, so it's not like you guys should—"
"Percy, chill. Dude it's not like you were even that bad. Sure, I mean, it was stupid to lock us up in the cabin, but, ah, how do I say this without making you think it's okay to put rules on me? Uhm…it's…..instinct, I guess?" Sasha said, slightly amused. He was actually embarrassed. She wished Ryan were embarrassed about his behavior more often. Unfortunately, she doubted that would happen. Besides, for once, she felt slightly pleased to be the one looked out for, instead of looking out for. Since Ryan was such an idiot, and technically she was older, she was always looking out for him. Not that she truly minded, but Ryan could be a real psycho, and sometimes taking the credit for his screw-ups got her into a lot of trouble. The worst part was that the moron never returned the favor. Thankfully now she could be the one babied and taken care of.
"Actually, I was shocked you didn't argue to take a shift watching that son of Kronos. I was totally prepared to full-out battle you over that one." He said, and he cracked a smile. Nervously, Sasha chuckled.
"Hah. Yeah….."
"I wanted to take a shift," Ryan muttered, "Sasha clamped her hand over my mouth. It tastes gross, by the way." Sasha turned to glare at her twin.
"Wait, Sasha didn't want you volunteering? Why?"
She sighed, defeated. "I don't trust that kid. I don't like him, I don't think he should be here."
"I should've let you vote." He said, and Sasha glowered at him.
"Bit late for that, but thanks."
"I would've voted he stay," Ryan commented helpfully, and Sasha and Percy turned to him.
"Yeahh, I think I still would've kept you form voting." Percy said, and Sasha laughed.
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"So they're fooled?" A voice, familiar to Sasha, said. She was surrounded in so much darkness, she couldn't see herself. She couldn't see anything, but she had an eerie, nervous feeling. She wished she'd wake up. Then another voice spoke in response to the first.
"Yes. They don't suspect a thing. I must say, however, that girl you said would be there, they have her strictly protected. Not only her, her brother as well. The only child of Poseidon present at the meeting was the boy of the first prophecy. The only way the rest of the council communicated through to those two was via IM. It's not possible they could understand their gravity in this prophecy, is it?" Charbel's voice echoed from the darkness.
"Impossible. You heard it as well as I—they still have no knowledge of the prophecy itself. It must be Perseus's fatal flaw at work, he's trying to protect his family. How cute."
"Too bad it won't be enough," Charbel hissed, "you and I together are invincible."
"I alone am invincible. I am simply using you to get the information I need until I am prepared to take on those vexatious demigods. Once they are wiped out, Olympus will be easy to topple. You are my eyes to this mission, son, your job is important. Do not fail me." The last words were said with such gravity Sasha shuddered. She was horrified to think of what would happen if they found out she was there. 'I should've known this was Kronos.' She thought to herself.
"I cannot help but pity the children of the sea god, however," Charbel began, "It is only Percy you have a feud with, is it not?"
"Blood is blood." The titan said decidedly.
"Father, the girl—she's with us." Charbel said, and Sasha tensed. She could feel the tension in the atmosphere, despite the fact that she was blind in the darkness.
"You brought her here?" Kronos asked doubtfully.
"I did no such thing, the girl found her way here on her own. I don't know if she can hear us or not, but I can sense both her and her brother's presence."
"Which brother?" The titan demanded.
"Me," Percy's voice echoed, loud and clear, through the twilight, "nice to hear from you again Kronos, come back for another ass whooping?" He egged on, and Sasha heard the titan snarl.
"You will regret your choices, boy. Tartarus is merciless."
"I was missing a good challenge. I actually thought the fun was over for a moment there." Percy said, and Charbel hissed.
"You're an idiot, Percy."
"Leave the boy. He'll see what will happen to him and his family soon enough." The titan said, and in the darkness Sasha was suddenly able to make out a small ray of light. Gradually, oh so gradually, the light grew larger.
-
Sasha opened her eyes and yelped as the sudden rush of light blinded her momentarily.
"Sasha?" Percy. 'Ughhh,' She thought, recounting the events of her dream.
"I'm fine, Percy." She said reassuringly, getting up out of bed. Percy walked over and motioned to Ryan, who was still snoring in his sleep.
"I envy him," She whispered, and Percy sighed.
"You get used to it after a couple of years of war," He said with bitterly, "and lucky for you, it seems like we have a war coming up."
A.N. Hey guys, so listen. I know the plot of the story's progressing excrutiatingly slow, but I'm one of those people who doesnt really like when everything moves so fast it's uninteresting. I know it's going slow (i truly apologize that there isn't really anything too interesting in this chapter) but it'll pick up in the coming chappies. I swear! Thanks :)