~Full Summary~
Five half-bloods and the offspring of Percy and Annabeth always thought life was easy. But when a mysterious girl appears at camp and a friend goes missing, they take a quest to 'were the Earth meets the Sky' to try to rescue their friend and defeat a Titan using this quest as a trap to free himself…
Kenny Blake
and the
Children of Olympus
Day of the Rising Titan
By: Derek Douglas
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, but I do own my plot line and all the characters.
~Full Summary~
Five half-bloods and the offspring of Percy and Annabeth always thought life was easy. But when a mysterious girl appears at camp and a friend goes missing, they take a quest to 'were the Earth meets the Sky' to try to rescue their friend and defeat a Titan using this quest as a trap to free himself…
Kenny Blake
and the
Children of Olympus
Day of the Rising Titan
By: Derek Douglas
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, but I do own my plot line and all the characters.
Chapter Four
~A Little Dilemma~
The bone chilling scream nearly woke up all of Camp. Which Cabin it came out of was unknown at the moment. Me and Hero glanced around from cabin to cabin, all one hundred getting three seconds of examining.
No danger appeared on any of the Cabins. Yet, we didn't stop looking. What the Hades was going on?
Then another echoed. Something was definitely wrong. I followed the noise to discover the screams were coming from one of the twelve original Cabins.
I grabbed Hero's hand and broke into a sprint. She stumbled behind me before she caught her footing. After she did, she actually started getting ahead of me.
What started as a rescue mission turned into an all-out foot race. For a second I was in the lead, then her, then me, then her, then me. I heard Hero chuckle and I couldn't help but smile.
Without barely noticing us going up, we busted (Well, it opened when we hit it) a door down.
The place was covered in dust. It was crawling with cockroaches, spiders, and other insects. The whole place was made out of polished white marble. It was huge, expanding what seemed like miles, but barren. A marble desert.
"Kenny, where are we?" asked Hero, looking around like she was blind. I couldn't blame her.
"I really don't know," I said, looking around the white place, so white it almost blinded me. Nothing but a little speck in the horizon could be seen.
"I think we should search...explore. Like what we did as kids," said Hero, nodding.
"As kids? Wha-?" I asked.
"Uh, nothing. Let's just explore," said Hero, shaking her head. "We were running towards the Cabins, so this must be one. Do you recognize this one?" asked Hero. She was truly lost.
"Never seen it before. Let's just keep moving," I said, kicking dust around. Hero shrugged and followed me deeper into the Unknown Cabin that looked like a desert of dust. And it was B-O-R-I-N-G!
"Hey come look at this!" called Hero, making me notice how far ahead of me she had gotten while I was apparently day dreaming, like I was known to do. Her voice came from that speck I had seen awhile ago.
As I got closer, the speck got bigger. Bigger. Bigger. Bigger. Even bigger than me, and I had a ways to go.
I was basically panting by the time I got to Hero. Her mouth hung like broken hinges and I started to ask why. Soon, not a word said from me, my mouth copied hers.
A marble version of Hera stood before us. Her menacing eyes seemed to follow us. Her gaze made me want to pee my pants. Then, fresh, crisp, new footsteps echoed behind us.
The real Hera stood behind us. She smiled, but still had her glare. Hero scowled and turned her head, making sure her mossy eyes couldn't see one bit of the goddess. "Hello," I said, bowing at her feet. Hero still didn't look at the goddess.
"Stand, Kenny Blake. We have important business to attend to. But first we must get- What's her alias? -Nero- to cooperate. She has a prophecy that must be completed here. Would she like to tell it?" asked Hera.
"It's Hero! I-I'll tell you," said Hero, loosing her courage after the goddess glared at her for snapping. She took a slow deep breath and prepared to tell something she might regret. "Eight shall go on a quest-" she stopped, not going any further.
"What's next?" I asked, trying to look into her eyes, but she just kept turning so it was sort of impossible.
She sighed. "One shall decide the fate of the rest..." Yet another long silence. This time she really seemed like she wasn't going any further. I was worried because she was starting to turn a sickly green color.
"A Journey to where the Sky meets the Earth. And face a Titan ready for re-birth," she finished.
"Where did you hear that? You just got here!" I asked in disbelief. Then I noticed her knees wave. She seemed worn out. She placed her palm on her brow, like she was seeing how hot her forehead was.
"Come on, we need to get you to the infirmary. Do you feel okay? Does something feel wrong?" I asked.
"My head," she moaned. She closed her eyes in pain and followed me out of the Unknown Cabin. She tripped around like her knees were made of water and her joints could go either-which-way. She moaned constantly and really, I thought she had got wasted last night, and was having a hang over.
Hero just punched me. No, while I wrote this, she punched me.
So, we curved around the daily camp. Everyone seemed to notice we were gone, making me ask, how long WERE we gone? I let their questions pass and I dragged Hero beside me. "Can you hold on for a few more minutes? Can you walk on your own? Can you at least CRAWL up that hill?" I asked a new question every time her head shook for the last one. Then I knew I only had one choice. I grabbed her left leg and left arm- The ones that are closer to me- and lifted her up. I slung her on my shoulder and started up the hill.
Soon, we were at the infirmary. I placed her on a bed and she instantly fell into a deep sleep. I knew she wouldn't tell me anything about herself or her past or even her NAME but I already felt connected to her. Only a few hours of our friendship and I already knew we were as inseparable like Chance and Mia.
I'm not sure how long I sat in that chair, but soon- Maybe in a few hours- her eyebrows fluttered open. She coughed and did what I'm used to. I picked out a piece of copy paper and unfolded it. It read:
V
...-
She stared at it confused but shrugged it off. She got up just as another nurse came to tend to her. She smiled at me. She asked if she could meet my friends and I just nodded.
We exited the infirmary and I started searching for my friends. I found the five eating at the Dinning Pavilion As the two of us approached, they scowled and looked ready to rip us to shreds. When we sat down, they looked ready to leave.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing," chuckled Taylor. Then I noticed someone was missing. As usual, if someone's missing, I have to really ponder on who was missing. A puzzle look passed my face.
"Seriously, what's up?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You're too busy with your new friend to notice Briana was kidnapped this morning," snapped Taylor.
When Hero's jaw dropped, I knew immediately that she probably knew what was going on. With a sinking feeling in my stomach, my mouth felt like broken hinges.
Okay, not the best cliffie I've ever done, but still pretty good.
Well, what I said about ya in this chapter is true. ~To the REAL Hero
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Derek