Hello again. :)
This is short, but whatever. It's a second update a night so I don't feel bad. :)
Since it's only been like twenty minutes, I've only had one reviewer.
Pokemonchen: Damn your fast. :) And yes, bad things are about to occur. :) MWUAHAHAHA!
So...yeah...I'm gonna work on the next Here We Are, I Guess chapter. Still looking for plot suggestions for that.
Lyrics to With You Around by YellowCard. This isn't the song I previously mentioned, but it's a really good one!
Do you remember when I said you were my only one
We were running underneath the California sun
Well now i look at you and you're still more than I can take
You're like a slow song starting to accelerate.
And all my life, I looked for you
For arms that I could fall into.
All I can think about is you and me driving
With a Saves The Day record on
We were singing till our voices were gone
And I was falling hard
You were barely hanging on.
And now I wanna chase forever down
With you around.
You're making movies in your head when you fall asleep
Having nightmares, dreaming that I'm gonna leave
I know you've always been afraid of ending up alone,
Somebody heard you, now you're waiting on a dial tone
But I'm right here, so don't get blue
It's not just you, I need this too.
All I can think about is you and me driving
With a Saves The Day record on
We were singing till our voices were gone
And I was falling hard
You were barely hanging on.
And now i wanna chase forever down
With you around.
We were running underneath the California sun,
Underneath the California sun.
All I can think about is you and me driving
With a Saves The Day record on
We were singing till our voices were gone
We put our record on
We kept singing till our voices were gone
And I was falling hard
You were barely hanging on
And now I wanna chase forever down
With you around
Not sure how to get rid of bullet points...Hmmmm...
Song: Tangled by Fooled by Rowan
Disclaimer: ...
I thought I had reached my capacity for terror, but it still managed to be ramped up when Thalia walked back to us. Her face was even graver.
"Silena..." My fear was even more heightened by her use of my real name. "You said this monster...TALKED to you and...and showed you a memory of your own?"
My throat was clogged with a fearful anticipation. I nodded.
"Talos syndromo." I heard Thalia mutter, horror affecting her voice.
I let my Ancient Greek kick in.
Monster Syndrome.
Thalia swallowed and continued. "In this case, the specific syndrome would be anamniseis talos syndromo. Very, VERY, few monster can do this. Inflict a disease of sorts on it's victims." Thalia paused. "Lena, before this occurrence, had you been having...dreams. Of your past, I mean."
The night before school.
I numbly nodded.
I heard Thalia curse in Greek.
"What does this mean, Thalia?"
"It means the monster can strike you at any moment. And the more time you spend among others..." her eyes flick over to Zack, "the more vulnerable they become to a distance attack as well. If enough time passes...Zack might have to face his past too." Thalia shifted uncomfortable. She wasn't saying something.
"What is it? What aren't you saying?"
"Or..." Thalia reluctantly concluded. "Or he could be pulled into your own memories."
I stepped back, as if that one step would keep Zack safe, away from me, away from my pain, away from my past. My past was not a place anyone would like to visit. Nor was it for prying eyes.
"How do I stop it?"
Thalia wouldn't meet my eyes. "You kill the monster."
Fists formed and my entire body was shaking, not from fear, but from rigidity. "You said it was in California, right?"
She nodded. "Yes. Fighting the Romans. The Hunters and I are going to assist them," she said through clenched teeth. I imagined Thalia had plenty of painful memories that could be turned on her.
"I'm coming with," I tell her.
"No." She says sternly.
"You have to go to Camp. Remember the Prophecy?"
It was seared into my mind. It was incapable of being forgotten. But I did not tell Thalia this.
"Camp is...dangerous for me."
Thalia huffed and crossed her arms. "You think don't know that? But you're gonna have to suck it up. Trust me, I've done plenty of unpleasant and dangerous things on Quests."
Quests.
Was this a Quest?
I had a Prophecy. I had plenty of danger ahead. That seemed to be the definition of a Quest.
Zack put his hand on my shoulder and I stiffened at his touch. "I'll be right there with you."
He cared for me now, that I knew. Now, he would fight for me, possibly die for me. Whether the feeling is reciprocated...I have yet to discover. But I know I care for him to an extent I have not cared for someone in a long time.
But how would that change, if he saw who I was. The things I did, felt, said. The things I almost did.
I felt like the air left my lungs as the memory of the night after I left Thalia attack me. It left me feeling as if I had been punched in the stomach. But I tried to hold it within.
I could still remember that night. I saw it in my bitterest nightmares. The ones I woke up screaming and crying. I still had marks from that day, and they are a constant reminder of my frailty, weakness, and cowardice. I simultaneously wish to purge my mind of the memory, and hope they never wash away, so I never make the same mistake.
If Zack saw that night, my most shameful night, how would he react?
He would scream at me.
I would scream at me.
I have screamed at me.
He would hate me.
I would hate me.
I do hate me.
He would leave me.
I would leave me.
I wish I could leave me.