Following the trail, I managed to get back to camp while carrying an almost unconscious Wyatt. I turned back to check on him if 1. he was still there, and 2. to see if he was still breathing. From where I was standing at, I spotted a girl whom I sort of recognized. I've seen her with the Apollo kids, so I'm guessing she's in Apollo's cabin. She has light brown hair with unmissable blue eyes. The girl somehow gave me a positive feeling and energy; I guess it's the same with most of the Apollo kids. Their dad is the sun god after all.

"Hey! Can you help?" I did my best quickly-please-I'm-dying-here voice.

Within seconds, the girl came over and said, "Whoa! What the Hades happened?" I changed my position so she could see Wyatt. "Oh gods. We need to get him into the infirmary; that wound does not very look comforting."

I nodded and followed her lead. "What's your name? I'm Evelyn, and my friend, who is currently losing conscience here, is Wyatt." Wyatt tried to say something, but all that came out was a weak "Eyiiie." The girl replied, "My name is Alexis. Nice to meet you guys."

Suddenly, out of the blue, I was seeing flashes. The Big House...the creature...and the girl! "Wait a minute, we met before… You were the girl that stopped the creature! I helped, if you remembered…."

Alexis frowned and thought about what I said; after a couple of seconds she answered, "Did you made the creature freeze? Wait! Did you find out what it was? I passed out after running away from the Big House."

"Hmm…. To be honest, I never really paid attention to it…. Although, I can feel that it might be a creature of the dark. I don't know how or why I could sense it, but I just have this feeling. By all means, I can be wrong."

She nodded and opened the door of the infirmary for us. Without hesitation, I found an empty bed and settled Wyatt onto it. Then, after finally lifting him off my shoulders I pulled up a chair and sat by the bed. I looked in Alexis's way and asked her, "You're in the Apollo's cabin, right? Do you think you can heal him?"

Alexis looked at Wyatt and his wound, she did that for a couple of times. Then, she faced me after making those few exchanges, "I might need others' help. If you really want me to try, I can, but just saying, I don't think it's gonna do much. Healing isn't my exactly my strong point."

"How do you know unless you try?" I took a deep breath and spoke again, "He can't die, not yet."

"I agree 100% that every demigod is worth saving. I will try to heal him Evelyn, don't worry."

Suddenly, my eyes were watering. I blinked multiple times, trying to push it back in. Why did Wyatt help me? If he hadn't though, I could've been dead by now. I also wouldn't felt guilty for him getting injured...

As Alexis gathered supplies, she asked me, "Are...you ok?"

I stayed silent for a bit before answering, "Not really, to be honest. The wound is really bad isn't it? I knew it, I shouldn't have asked him to distract the monster for me..."

"You can't hold yourself responsible for his injuries. He was just- "

"-unlucky..." I laughed after finishing the sentence for her.

"What's so funny?"

"Wyatt is the son of fortune, and occasionally luck. Him being unlucky? That's a bit…strange." What if he gave me the luck? Pssh, that's a crazy thought... Or is it? "Trust your senses," that's what one of my siblings once told me - Melee, I think.

Alexis sighed and said, "Well, life changes like the weather. You know how people always say the future is yet to come? Don't always think of one outcome. There are a variety of things that can happen."

I looked at her and thought of what she said. For some strange reason, I feel like she's trying to tell me something, but then again, it might just be me. (I get these so called "feelings" a lot. Maybe it simply has to do with my way of thinking and perspective on things.) Don't over-think Evelyn. Stop doubting everything!

"So…what did you mean by you can sense that the creature was a creature of the dark?" Alexis asked.

I imagine myself standing in the Big House and how I managed to aim at the entity. Ok, so the entity was around 4 inches tall, it had fur and…it also had this…spiky tail. By the look of it, it seemed like it was afraid and startled by the light: especially when Alexis managed to turn all the lights on. The figure must have sensed it was Alexis who did that. That might be why it tried to eliminate her... Hmm... Maybe…maybe that's one of his weaknesses! I re-phrased what I thought and explained it to Alexis what I went over in my head.

"So…there's a high chance that it's a creature of the dark; since it's startled by the light. It wanted to kill me because I was the source for the light…. Do you know anything else? Like, where it might have came from? When or who released it into the camp?"

"Truthfully, I have no idea…but do you want to try to ask others? Maybe we could get some answers from them? However, I don't think it's a good idea to leave Wyatt alone."

"Here, tell you what, we'll switch. You take the first shift on watching Wyatt and then after about thirty minutes to forty minutes I will come back here and then we can rotate. Does that work?"

"Sure! Oh and…thanks, for taking care of him...and for trying to help."

"It's no problem really. I like helping people. Besides, I want to figure out this whole thing with the Manticore and entity too. It's sort of been bothering me since the incident. I would really like to finally get some answers."

I stayed silent for a bit. I debated if I should tell her what I thought. I guess was having doubt because I didn't believe in my senses. "Trust your senses," a voice echoed in my head. That hit me. For crying out loud,just say it, I told myself. "Ok. Here's what I think..."

Alexis' head shot right up and nodded reluctantly as if her head gesture was telling me: Thank goodness, thought you would never come around!

"I think the Manticore had to do with the entity that attacked the camp from earlier on. I know it might sound a bit crazy, but remembered I said I had a feeling? Well, I get these feelings quite often and occasionally, I can sense something that's out of order when they might be coming." Maybe listening to my senses isn't such a bad thing. Maybe this is the first step to solving the mystery, along with many other challenges that I might or not not face in the future...

"So...do you believe me?"

To be continued...