Chapter 10: I get a BIG headache

I slowly opened my eyes and saw a blurry light sky, like it was just getting light. I tried to move, but I felt as if my body was under a statue. I coughed a couple times and two blurry faces appeared in my vision. "Erika?" "Are you alright?" "What happened to you?" "Can you hear us?" Their questions were confusing me more, I mean, nothing happened to me.

I opened my mouth and they shut up with questions. "U-up…" I mumbled and they must have understood because they gently and slowly sat me up and against a log with blankets on it. I noticed I had a blanket on me as well. My vision became clearer and I blinked, trying to see who was speaking to me.

"W-what…happened?" I breathed and continued to blink, my vision was almost clear now. It was two guys above me; I saw trees too, so we were in a forest of some kind. I looked at their faces, they were teens, had brown hair, it was curly and was hanging into their eyes. Blue eyes, they looked like twins, and looked concerned about me.

"Erika…can you tell us what happened last night?" "Yeah, why did you scream like that?" I shook my head, trying to clear it; maybe I could figure this out. "Here, drink this." One said and I did, it was some strange tasting drink, then the other one gave me something that tasted really salty. "Feel better?" "A bit…" "See I told you she didn't need nectar or ambrosia."

Those words seemed familiar to me, though I can't remember where from. I sat up completely and their attention was drawn back to me. I lifted my hand and looked at it, it was tan, and I had a scar in my palm. I touched my chest for some reason and felt bandages on it. I blinked a few more times and looked at the two guys in front of me. "Who are you?" I asked and they shared a look, and then stared at me.

"Erika, what do you mean?" "Erika? Is that my name?" I asked and one stood up and started pacing around, the other just stared at me with his mouth open. "Travis, what are we going to do? We can't just stay on the mission with her like this, but she seemed like she had to do this." The guy said and they looked at me, and then walked off to speak in private.

I looked down and saw my shirt was off, but the bandages covered everything to my belly button. I looked around for a woman, girl, any female person, but found none other than myself. I glanced at the guys and realized that one of them must have done it, which meant one of them undressed me. I pulled the cover around me as much as I could, I felt violated.

I felt something rub my shoulder and looked over it to see something unbelievable. I screamed and the guys ran over to me as I tried to get away from it. "Erika? What's wrong, she's yours." "Connor, she probably doesn't remember her!" I stared at the creature, it was a horse, yet it had wings, like those flying horses in myths. One of the guys pulled me up and I grabbed his shirt and held onto him closely.

"What is it? Will it attack?" I asked, burying my face into his chest, which I could feel was really toned. "Travis, help me get her off, she'll rip my shirt." The guy said and arms gently pulled me away from the other, who went toward the creature with raised hands. "Easy girl, she is sick, go check on the others and we'll be leaving soon." He said in a calm voice, trying to speak with the thing.

The flying horse took off and I gripped the guy's shirt as it did, scared to death. "Is it gone?" I whispered and heard a yes, then was pulled away from the guy. "Erika, please just calm down. You have to calm down alright?" his voice was gentle, and I looked up into his eyes, which looked sad. I slowly nodded, but kept glancing at the sky, waiting for the strange horse to fly back.

"What do you remember?" "Nothing most likely, I mean she didn't even know her name." I sank to the ground and they jumped at my sudden collapse. "Are you alright?" "Is anything hurting?" I remembered I was shirtless and gripped my cover tightly around me. "Sorry about your chest, we didn't know what to do, so we kinda did it blindly, that's why it's not very good."

I noticed that the wrapping was terrible and looked around; there was a place where a fire was, along with three bags. "Are you kidnappers?" "Uh no, we are traveling together." "We are companions?" they nodded and I asked for my bag, which they gladly handed over. I looked inside and found some earrings, a couple books on different stuff, but it was written in Greek, so I didn't get why I had it.

I also found a couple change of clothes, I held them up and they guys nodded. "There is a waterfall just up the hill if you want to wash, here is some shampoo and stuff, and we'll wait here for you. Take your time and see what you can remember." I nodded and gathered my stuff, hoping that trusting these guys was the right thing to do. I followed their directions and found the waterfall, where I undid the bandage and gasped at the huge mark on my chest, along with a bunch of small cuts.

I undressed the rest of the way and climbed into the water, then swam over to the fall, carrying my stuff in a small bag. I quickly washed my hair and body, knowing that guys are perverts and was not to be trusted at all. I slipped into my jeans and t-shirt, which I noticed was similar to a toga top. I gather the stuff up and headed back to the guys, who were talking to each other.

"Something happened to her. I mean she only wanted a minute, then suddenly she screamed and we ran to find her passed out like that." "I know, she wakes up with no memory of anything, what are we supposed to do?" "I think we should take her back to camp, I mean Mr. D and Chiron should know what to do." "What about her promise to protect Percy? We can't just let her break that promise without knowing it."

I heard enough and continued to walk into the camp, where they looked up and shut up once they saw it was me. "How are you feeling?" "Alright. What is this promise I made?" I asked and they shrugged. "You didn't tell us, you just said that you promised to protect Percy on his quest." "And Percy is?" "A friend of yours and ours."

"And you are?" "I'm Travis Stoll." "I'm Connor Stoll." Connor was slightly shorter than his brother and I nodded. "And are you my friends as well?" they shared a look and I knew the answer. "We aren't…" "We just met a day ago. I mean we seen each other and went to camp together, but never really spoke or anything." I nodded, not really getting. "You kept to yourself." "Should I continue to do this? For the promise I made?"

"No, you were actually opening up to us last night." "Last night? We slept out here, together?" "Well not really, I mean something happened to you last night, we aren't sure what. So you were passed out and we kept watch over you, making sure you were alright." I noticed that they both had black marks under their eyes, they must have been tired. "Travis, Connor, you can rest, I'm fine, I'll just sit here and try to remember anything I can."