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Alexia's POV
I try to think positively. I really do. Only there is nothing to be happy about in the training room, other than the fact that you're lucky if you survive. No one knows what's going to happen in the training room, it changes everyday. My friends in my group are both younger than me, but I can relate to them. I use bow and arrows, so I'm on the top balcony in the training room. The training room is a big white room with 3 balconies and nicks in the floor, and it can adjust to the days climate that the ecosystem we have to try to survive with vicious rabid monsters trying to kill us. Today was the worst for archers the ecosystem was the rainforest. Do you know how bad it is with the huge canopy? If you hit a team member, you're done for, especially if the person was someone like Bella. Someone protecting the new trainees and the younger initiates, if you hit them, the new and smaller kids are done for. I'm 17, and little, yet mature Alex is only 12. I put in my Bluetooth, we have those to communicate to each other, and notch an arrow in my bow. I breathe, in and out, I try to stay calm, if the monster was as bad as last time, I don't know how well we'll fare. Last time the monster was the Minotaur, but slightly different, and every time something like an arrow or a blast of lightning hit it, it only made it worse. Not the monster, our situation, the monster would, how do you say it...absorb the weapon flung at it. (Yeah they get like replicas of the monsters at the school and turn them DEADLY dangerous) It finally died after we choked it with a bunch of ropes and hit it with everything we've got, zombies (Hades) lightning (Zeus) magical exploding Egyptian spells (magicians) baseballs (Corey's demon) and a few other things. I could virtually hear my heart pounding in my throat. Yeah, my throat that's how worried I am. I glance at the archers next to me. We stand in the same position, arrows aimed at the door where today's beast would come out. Slowly, with a dreadful creaking sound that suspiciously sounded like a countdown to death, the door opened. Out came an itty-bitty dog, looking like a chiwawa. (I don't think that's spelled right... so, heads up!) I bit my tongue, now we wait for it. The chiwawa looked around and growled, and then started to bark. With each bark, it grew larger, and multiplied itself. By the time the chimera was full size, there were 14 other chimeras to keep it company. From down below, Jrek, with his possessed sword, Necromancer said, "Well, that proves it, we're screwed!" (Pardon my/his language) I couldn't help but agree with him. We certainly are. One chimera, doesn't stand a chance, two, not a problem, three chimeras, we'll start having some troubles, four chimeras might take us a while, any more than five, they'll have a tasty snack. Then again, with them practically starving us, we won't be much other than skin and bones.
"Guys, don't be that way," I said, even though I was lying to them, "We can beat this, just think about the positive things."
"Yeah Lexi, like what, that if it snaps our neck or swallows us whole that it won't be so painful like it would normally?"
"No, I just meant..."
"Guys, hello? Need some help down here!" called Sky's soft voice. She had managed to distract the chimeras, but then they went after her, so she was running around. Trying to stay calm so fear wouldn't kill a spell of hers.
"Sure!" called Bella she took her guitar off her back and into playing position, she plugged in a small little vial and aimed the guitar at a chimera, "Plug your ears, guys this will hurt!" She played a few chords and all that was left of the two particular chimeras was the collar. I swear she may not be a child of Apollo but she certainly has some of the same tricks up her sleeve.
"Saffron!" came Anabelle's controlling voice, "Bike around and get Sky out of there! I have a plan." Saffron snorted, and mocked bowed to Anabelle saying "Yes your majesty, because you're so regal and royal and you don't need to say please to people. Hang on Sky, the world's best thief is on her way!" Saffron jumped on the bike and carefully weaved in and out of the many chimeras to get to Sky, when she did, she didn't stop, instead, she grabbed Sky by the collar of her shirt and pulled her onto her handlebars. Did I mention that Saffron was strong, too? I let a volley of arrows fly straight into the back of a chimera, making a great circle. It exploded into yellow dust. Okay, we've got about 5 down, two were defeated by a very large army of skeletal zombies, courtesy of the Hades children. We have nine to go, we can do this, we can do this, and I chide myself to stay positive. Xavier had managed to get the shell of the Hawk Warrior, since he follows the path of Horus, and his khopesh was slicing the beasties in half, while we (the archers) finished them off. When it looked like we could possibly turn the tables, the worst thing imaginable happened. Darcy was hurt. I jumped from the balcony, landing on the chimera that Darcy had been battling, I grabbed my arrow and jabbed it into the beast and ran to help Darcy. Chimera poison could kill within minutes. I opened my medical bag and started cleaning Darcy's leg wound.
"What happened?" I asked, as I frantically worked.
"I...I was battling a chimera...it...it's tail...forgot it was a snake...bit me..." I looked up at the battle – sorry, training – going on. I called for one of my half siblings to please come and help me. Jake looked my way, but I knew he would be needed in the battle, his quiver never runs out of arrows, and he's one of our best archers. (Am I right?) I help Darcy to the instructors, mostly me carrying her, but she tried to use her last bit of energy to walk to them.
"Help, please," I panted to Janie and Silver, "The...the chimera hurt Darcy. Could...can't you...heal her? You're goddesses, aren't you? Can you stop the poison from spreading to her heart?" I sound like a wimp, I know, but I don't like innocent people dying. They looked at each other and had a silent conversation. Then, together, they each put a hand on Darcy's poisoned leg. It healed with a touch. (I thought that would be nice, because no one's sure of the 2 instructors, so...) I breathed a sigh of relief; no one would be dying today. I walked into the training room to spread the good news to the others. It was a state of mass chaos! By that, I mean good mass chaos. It turns out Jrek, using his possessed sword had killed the last chimera. Well, that was something to smile about. Sky walked past Jrek and playfully punched him in the arm and said, "Not bad, hero. Not bad." We filed out, all back in our little groups, and prepared to finally have some time to ourselves. There was a knock at the door. Silver walked over and looked through the peephole, seeing who it was she let out a small gasp and quickly unlocked the door. Out tumbled a girl and a boy, the girl golden hair with silver streaks and the boy had blonde hair with brown roots. Janie walked over and said to the boy, "I take it your Max?" He nodded and said, "Why am I here?"
"That's the question we all want to know, isn't it? Here, let me help you up." She helped Max up and asked Katie to show him to his room so he can get a "decent shower in: before dinner. Then, both Janie and Silver turned to the girl with the silver streaks in her hair. Slowly, Silver shook her head at her.
"Erin, your late," chided Silver softly, "You know my father warned about if you were late."
"I know, I know! Okay, so I was on my way, yes? And I stop to look at something, I saw Max being attacked by a monster! So, I stopped to help him. Then I took him here, he wasn't that far, actually just a couple of minutes walk north. Anyways, when I got here, Zeus wasn't." Erin shrugged, "I wasn't trying to be late, I had just stopped to help him. No big deal, right?" Janie and Silver glanced warily at each other. Like they had been through this before.
"Fine," sighed Janie, "But you look like you've been run over by a chariot, please go wash up." Erin nodded and was gone. The other students and I waited for a bit longer while Janie and Silver discussed something.
"Oh, right," exclaimed Janie, "You are dismissed. But remember dinner is at 5:30, sharp!" Yes! Finally free to do what we want for a while!
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