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Chapter 4: Rare kind
Martinez`s POV:
I woke up with a hell of a pain headache; I slowly opened my eyes and saw that we were all in a line. I turned my head to the left and saw Apollo reading Top Gear. He sensed me awakens and turned towards me. "Finally one of you is awake. I was waiting here the whole night!" He whined. "Stop whining. Are you a man or a little girl?" I retorted while rubbing my eyes. "Whatever." He said.
"Oh by the way, how long is your captain gonna wake up?" He asked. "What ya mean?" I asked yawning and getting off the bed. "A few hours ago, some of your guys woke up but you're Capt., no sign." He said. Oh no, that`s not good! My head snapped towards the corner of the room next to the door and saw Capt. still asleep and I noticed his hair is a little bit paler. Oh shit!
I jumped out of the bed and grabbed a pillow and smacked it towards Ghost and Max. "Get up! Capt. needs us." I barked at them. "What are you talking about? Go back to sleep." Max said throwing back the pillow. Ghost sat up and when he turned to the Capt., his eyes widen and he smacked Max with his hand while Apollo watched in concern. "Is anything wrong?" He asked. "The Capt… he`s in danger. He used a lot of power last night. Please, I need you to call the other Gods, when you return, he will be stable." I said and he quickly flashed out. Hopefully, he might.
Max and Ghost quickly got up and next to the bed Captain was. Usually, when his hair get`s paler, it means he is dying slowly and that he could kill himself. This was caused years ago when he took the 'Immortal`s Curse' that was going to hit Nova. So now, it is slowly killing him. I checked his vitals in his neck and he was beating faintly, then I opened his right eye and flashed my flash light, it was A-okay.
The Olympians flashed a minute exact. "What is happening?" asked Lord Zeus. "Martinez, I can feel his soul entering the Internal Realms. We need to act faster!" Ghost said. Then Max- I hate it when he does that- suggested "Hey, isn't children of Hemera can summon lightning because it's her brother`s domain?" He has to say it! "Argh, do you know how hard it is to summon lightning? It burns my ass every time!" I snarled.
"So? And besides, I bet Mason`s girlfriend Nelly has some stuff to take the pain away." Max said. "You're going pay." I said irritated. "No we`re even." He said. Then I remembered that he did something for me once and after that, I just felt hitting something until I remembered that there`s gods behind us.
I told everyone to get a little further away and they did so. "Time to do some electrocuting." I mumbled. I pulled my uniform till my elbows and concentrated on over-charging myself. I felt a little tingly on my hands and I knew it was on. I heard Selust say "Why can`t he just die?!" I turned around with fire in my eyes (not literary!) and saw the other Gods and goddesses glaring at him, except Ares. I pointed my hand at him like a gun and said "Boom!" He was sent flying out of the infirmary and out the ground rolling like a log.
I fell to my knees and felt a huge amount of energy drain. "Damn it!" I mumbled. Then Hera said "Mind you language." I answered back by saying "Will do." I slowly stood up and turned to Ghost "How close is he?" "He`s really close." I turned to Capt. and all the help he gave me and the others flashed in my mind and l felt a sudden burst of energy filling me up fast.
I felt my hand blast at full power and I drove it towards the captain`s chest. At first, nothing happens, and then suddenly, me, Ghost and Max were thrown towards the gods' full force. It felt like a hammer right in my jewels. We three gave either an 'ouch' or an 'ow' after the fall. When we got back up to our feet's. Thanks to the gods for being caring. We saw Capt. floating in the air with a powerful aura surrounding him.
His hair has been less paler, (that`s good) his shirt is torn up (that`s not good). I turned my head back to the gods and saw all the goddesses blushing and drooling and I couldn't help but chortle. He faced me with a what-the-hell look. "Hey, where`s my thank you?" I asked. "Thank you?! I was talking to my wife with Helix and Illuminati! I was about to give my wife a good-bye kiss until you dragged me back here. Now tell me, why the hell do I have to say thank you?" Oops, worst time to get him back!
"Y`know, I could just get you back there with a frying pan, right?" I said sarcastically. He chuckled waving his head left and right and said "Next time Ghost say`s I'm crossing the Internal Realms, tell him I'm just smooching my wife." I saw Ghost give an apologetic smile while Max laughed his ass out. "Capt. Too much detail. You don't want these bozos to be jealous now, do you?" I said. I am currently gesturing at the male gods. "Yeah, your right." He said as he helped me up.
Then Selust has to break the fun. "You had a wife?" He asked with his hair smoking after my good old blasting. I turned to Capt. with the gods and goddesses staring at him waiting what he`ll do next. "Yeah, you gotta problem with that?" Asked the Capt. stepping forward. "I thought you were too wimpy. Tell me, how did you wife taste like? I think I want to have a night with her." He said. I wonder what he`s gonna do?
The Capt. shocked the gods. He summoned a lightning bolt that would make Zeus jealous. And ya`know what? It actually did! Selust was sent flying away towards the other side of earth. From pure experience with that blast, an Olympian demigod will be killed but not a primordial. I only had that blast as a practice with a shield which burn after the blast. "Don't you ever talk about my wife like that!" And he was off to get a new shirt after the first one got burned. The gods stared at him in awe while Ares lost his cool.
Artemis`s POV:
Whoa! The last time I saw any god got blasted was I, I, I don't really remember. There seems to be strange about that primordial boy, he seems to be quite mysterious. He didn't said anything about his identity our about the other primordial children. When I turned around, the rest of them were… missing? "Hey, where they`d go? They`re missing!" I asked. "Who`s missing?" My twin brother Apollo asked. "All of them look!" I said and all of them turned around and was only met by empty beds. When we turned around again towards the primordial boy and saw all of them playfully pushing and laughing with each other.
"How in Hades did they do that?!" I exclaimed inside the infirmary. I saw one of them throw a ball of Zeus-knows-what towards the Selust cabin. The next thing we knew, the whole cabin exploded, not literary, just blowing the windows, the door, and the roof. We all watched in awe almost laughing as the sons of Selust came out of their cabin only wearing underwear and boxers. Uncle Hades turned to me and said "Little girl, stop using my name for crying out loud!"
Then they entered their cabin mounting large weapons in the windows. The window facing my cabin was the most heavily guarded part! If they want war, I will give them war!
I walked out of the infirmary hearing gunfire as I walked. It`s about the way the primordial people exercises and train. They were given a place to train by father, his not always the mean, grumpy man anymore after having all gods and goddesses that are married to share domains. I walked inside my cabin and sat next to the window bored to death with my huntresses bored with me.
In a few more months (that`s about one and a half for them), the demigods celebrate a day they call Christmas. At first in the dark ages, I thought I was just about giving gifts so I always gave my brother an exploding present while he gives me a nerve cracking gift, then I realize that it was about family so I gave each goddesses a present every Christmas. The gods gave each other gifts, only married once exchanged.
I stared outside the window and saw France putting some cream on his face to shave off the small specks of hair on his chin. He wasn't wearing anything just a pearl white towel on his waist-down (must have taken a shower), showing his eight pack abs, large arm muscles, and tattoo in his right bicep that I recognize as the Sign of Chaos. I predict that he`s mostly 6`4, but I was shocked when he defeated Void; the brother of the creator, and someone named Helix and Illuminati.
Wow, his so delicious- wait what?! No, I am not thinking like an Aphrodite or a Venus girl!
"But he looks so tasty."
"No Artemis! Remember you oath." My conscience told me.
"But his so yummy, can I at least touch him?" My other side said.
"No, and that's final." My conscience said and I agreed.
I shook my head thinking I'm becoming like Aphrodite when describing people. I moved away from the window when I suddenly popped an idea. It sounded like a 'ding', but who cares what it sounded? Anyways, back to reality, I grabbed my bow and arrows and stood in front of my huntresses that were on their bunks fidgeting with their own stuff.
I stamped my foot in the wooden floor and all of them turned to me. "Who wants to hunt?" I asked. "What are we suppose to hum milady?" Sarah, the youngest of the hunt said. She was just ten when she joined and now she`s one year in the hunt and already taking over for our hatred towards men. I pointed my head towards the next cabin next to us between the Aphrodite`s cabin. All of them exchanged evil glances and nodded excitedly.
We went out of our cabin, seeing that idiot Selust got back with a large burn in the left side of his body, moved towards the woods for a better hiding spot and climbed a high tree. We saw that all the windows were open and that some of them were playing video games (typical boys!), listening to their iPods while lying on their beds. And I saw one of them checking his bullet wound that he received while fighting his copy. I notched an arrow and aimed at France who was dressing in his usual tactical black uniform with black army ripstop cap.
I released the arrow and it flew at high speed but he caught it with his left hand still facing away from us and when he turned, he had an irritated expression. I notched another arrow and was about to shoot with my girls when we heard metal smacking with metal but with pressure. That was when I realize that it was guns being cocked and aimed at us. When I returned back to him, he was nowhere to be seen, and then I heard footsteps closing in.
I told my girls to get down the tree, but that was the worst idea I have ever made. When we got down, there they were, with guns pointed at us. He walked forward telling his boys to put their weapons down and looked at me amused. Why? "Nice try trying to kill me back there." He said gesturing in his cabin. "What are you going to do about it? We outnumber you 3 to 1." I said. I had fifteen huntresses while he has thirteen.
"Yeah, but we have the skills that would make you want to run back to daddy." He taunted. I gritted my teeth and anger then the stupid horn was blown. "Be happy that horn blew or else I would have turned you into a jackalope." I threatened in which clearly did not work. "Don't worry, I faced goddesses like you. They don't stay hard very long, but I wish you do." He said before disappearing in a cloud of mist with his boys for lunch. Then there was one who stayed, (Archer, I think?) and nodded in respect and as if he was saying 'good luck' or good 'morning ma`am' before exploding in a small mushroom cloud.
We started walking towards the Mess hall and saw they were still being cautious of their surroundings and the people around them after last night. I seated on our table that was just three meters away from them and which we could here almost everything they were talking about, but they seem silent.
Then one of his boys, Dante? I think. Spoke up "I'm bored." Of course ADHD`s acting up on demigods. He was flipping a hunting knife in his hand while stabbing the table at times. Then he spoke "Finally one of you said it. I was waiting for anyone to break the damn silence." He said. "Capt. I think we should change our clothes? It`s quite too serious if we were once known as the 'Fun Platoon'." Said the boy who once had a bullet wound after Apollo fixed him up. "Yeah, after this, we can change into something cool." And they all nodded smirking at themselves.
I saw a boy polishing a wooden gun with some metal pieces. It was a meter-and-a-quarter long, looks very heavy, a scope (maybe it's a sniper rifle?), a carved name in the side, it said; M1 Garand. It seems to be so valuable to him that he polishes it until it`s squeaky clean. Then he strapped it behind him. Wanna know how I know while eating? Trying being next to our complete opposite cabin who placed a mirror in front of us so we could see what`s behind. I asked them why, but they didn't say anything so don't ask me why.
Moments later, the Selust cabin, the one that exploded, came and most of them (their all boys, no girls) went straight towards the table next to us while to others stayed with their father who everyone knew I hated so much and also, was in a cast. I decided that we should watch what happens so we all turned around. "Hey you!" One of the boys said or precisely, he ordered. The whole Delta turned to them and gave them a questioning look. "You talkin` to us kid?" France said. "Yeah, we`re all talkin` to all of you assholes!" Just like we expected how men act. Some of them stood up with anger while the others kept under control.
When I saw one of them walked towards one of Selust`s boys, he pulled him from the collar and lifted him up and said "Wanna see how much pain I can inflict?" He asked menacingly. The boy shook his head in fear then Selust came bring his sword in the neck of one of the Delta members. "Don't you dare hurt my son!" He threatened. I took a quick glance for the name, it said; Mason. "Make me." Mason said as he threw Selust`s son towards their table.
Selust brought fort his sword and was about to hit the Mason-boy until a hand went forward and deflected the sword by a war hammer that looked like a large block of cement on a stick. Selust was thrown back and smashed at his table from the impact of the hammer with his standard Greek swords.
Then father has to stop the entertainment. "Grumpy old man!" I said in my head. Then I heard a "Stubborn little daughter of mine." It sounded like his annoyed, but I don't really care. "Enough! We don't want any more conflicts between you Selust and the primordial children." He said with Hera nodding in agreement. First time she agrees to something he says. I said again in my head. Hera gave me an irritated look and turned back to Zeus.
"I received a letter in the morning, before breakfast, in which the whole Delta missed and according to the letter… all the gods and goddesses must come to the Arena at 5. I don't care if you're minor or major, but I want you all to be in the arena at 5 with your demigods children. If anyone is late, they will be shortly briefed on what will be done." Father said. Must be the sharing of domains kicking in? Yeah, it is kicking in, harder than expected.
I turned my head to the other tables, only Olympian tables, and saw all of them having an excited expression permanently ironed in their faces. I would have laughed with my girls if we weren't purposely interrupted. "Well, the beautiful Artemis seems happy." I`ll give you three guess before I punch him. If you get it right… then good for you. "What do you want Selust?" I gritted my teeth while talking to him. "I just want to say good luck on who will be the other cabin with ya and who will be teaching your cabin." He said placing a hand in my table. My TABLE!
"Get your hands off my table this instant if you don't want to see them in a seafood platter!" I threatened with my hunting knife in my hand. I saw Poseidon give me a stop-eating-fish look. He took off his hands and I heard some talk behind me. "Hey Max, how powerful is that fire blast of yours?" France asked. "Really powerful." The Max kid said. "Can you show us?" France asked. "Of course!" Max said.
Then there was a powerful gust of fire smashed towards Selust sending him back to his table. "Sweeeeet!" Said the whole Delta. Then France somehow said "You owe twice." in my head. I groaned after having two favors from him, but then again, I could just turn him into a jackalope then get with my everyday life, unless that his parent is the big boss of the primordial gods and goddesses. And I don't want to mess with him.
After lunch, me and my huntresses went to the archery field and started practicing when we heard voices saying like "Can we skip archery and go whooping other platoons` asses?" then a reply like "No, we can whoop their asses later, but we must keep the old ways fresh within us so stop yappin` and get movin`." The from the entrance, we saw the whole Delta walk in with bows and arrows, and were all wearing comfy jeans, some had their polo shirts unbuttoned, t-shirts inside the polo and ripstop caps.
My hunters quickly pointed their bows at them and fired without my command. All of them pulled their sword and one who pulled a bow and fired an arrow and both the arrows met in mid air. "See, I told you all still needed it." Said France as he pulled an arrow from his shoulder. Ouch! Well they did improve in accuracy. I looked at my huntresses and gave them a 'really?' look. My huntresses gave me a 'because they are males!' look.
When the whole Delta force got down, I saw France`s wound heal at instant and his hunters with an angry expression. Then one of his boys walked forward and said "Why did you do that?" He said glaring at us. "Because you're all males!" My hunters chorused. Then France started laughing. "You know that arrow hurt like hell." He said as he passed me the arrow with blood stain. I quickly dispose of it and when the quarrel between my hunters and his were done, we started practicing.
At the corner of my eye, I saw Phoebe, Thalia, Sophie, Sophia, and Maria aim their bows at the boys who were practicing with their bows in full speed. But before they could let the arrows go, the whole Delta turned to us, except France who was reading a letter and was peacefully enjoying silence around us, and said "Dare to let that arrows go and we will return it with double the kick!" Mason said as his brothers in arms aim their arrows two at one. That meant two arrows in one bow.
I turned to my hunters with a smirk and stared at them. My hunters were smarter and know when to stop so they didn't try and shoot them. But still we outnumber them, I have fifteen hunters and he has thirteen. I turned to him the second time and saw him looking at a photo. When I used my godly vision, the woman in the photo was me?! I saw his boys turn their attention to their captain and knew what I was gonna do next.
I ran to him and he sensed me and turned to but was met by my knives in his throat. "Why did you take a photo of me?!" I yelled at him. He stared at me as if I was crazy then he moved his eyes towards the photo, then back to me. He did the same process three times before stopping. Then his cherry re- Artemis go back to the subject! Anyways, he formed a small smile and pushed my knives off his throat. I tried to push it back but he was just too powerful even when I'm using my godly powers. Then he said "This is my wife." He said while sitting down. He tapped the spot next to him telling me to sit so I did.
"She was the love of my life." He said sadly. I must have stared too long at the photo that he told me it`s ok if I look at it while holding it so I don't have to lean. I took the photo and observed the woman in the photo. The woman looked so much alike me but the different were that she had white, silvery hair with a tint of auburn in the sides, soft brown eyes, such a beautiful face that she beats Aphrodite at it, a little bit tanner than me, a lovely smile and a bead necklace saying; Forever yours till the end. I shed a tear at the phrase for reason I don't even know myself, and then passed it back to him.
He took the picture back and it disappeared in a flash of light and then he said "She was truly one of a kind, you know. No one could outmatch her, not even Nyx, Hemera, Styx, Alyssa, Thalassa, Anake, Thesis, Physis, and Nesoi. Not all of them all combined together ever out-surfaced her true beauty, her truthfulness and her kindness." He said. When he said all those primordial goddesses' names, I felt great sympathy towards him. He threw all the others affection of captivating him and stayed faithful to her.
I agree with him by saying "Yes, she was one of a kind on the way you described her. I'm sorry on what I did to you." The truth to be told, his kind of men are very rare in this world, but let`s not get to conclusions that I like him, I only feel like I should be friendly towards him after that it was his wife in the picture and not me. It made me feel guilty for being very judgmental towards him, but he just nudged me and said "Yeah, people always forgive each other no matter what. So I forgive you for even trying to kill me this morning and a while ago." He laughed after that and I did to while our hunters practice.
Then I asked what happen to her and he said "She died many years ago. A brother of mine from my mother`s side." I felt anger flush in me as someone would do that. "Why did they kill her?" I asked. "To tell me that they have the upper hand against me and that they can control anyone." He said. I could feel his anger rising because his radiating so much power.
"What did you do?" I asked him. "I went to them and took my revenge one by one, but there`s still one left. A few years later, my sword, Death star was forged by me. This sword…" he said while showing me a metallic black sword. "Has enough power to permanently make any god of goddesses fade. It has only been used a few times, but… not to them." He said as he stood up.
He lends me a helping hand and I took it. When he pulled me up, I smacked straight to his muscular chest and blushed madly. I went like "why and I blushing?!" And stuff like that. Then I let go and continued practicing while he and his boys went somewhere.
The training ended faster than expected. They should us how great shooters they were, and I was faintly impressed at the speed they were firing without even missing a single target. Then we departed and went to the arena because it was already 4:50 so ten minutes away from the arena. We strolled towards the arena when we passed the Aphrodite cabin in which was going to the arena too. We all walked there was met by the whole camp. Everyone was either resting by sitting or practicing for the children of the primordial deities.
When we sat down, for some reason, the Aphrodite/Venus cabin sat next to us. We gave them a questioning look and they gave us an I-don't-know look. We all sat in a formation of two`s. we looked at the clipboard and saw our names with other gods and goddesses.
First was me=Artemis and Aphrodite/Venus cabins.
Ares and Selust cabins.
Athena and Poseidon cabins. Those two will be fighting every day, that's for sure.
Demeter and Hades cabins. Uncle Hades will be having a lot of time with cereal.
Apollo and Hephaestus cabins.
Hermes and Dionysus cabins.
Iris and Hypnos cabins.
Nemesis and Nike cabins.
Hebe and Tyche cabins.
Hecate and Bellona cabins.
That's a lot of cabins and there were over five hundred thousand primordial people in here so it doesn't look much of a problem for them. Then the door suddenly opened revealing at least twenty people outside. They all walked and I saw France walk behind them flipping a coin is his hand. I saw almost all of the girls and goddesses stared at him with lust in their eyes and when I turned to him again, he was just wearing a black body fit sleeveless shirt and shorts until under his knees in which was really showing off his muscles and tattoo in his right arm.
It was the five elements of nature. The top was the element of light. Then in the right at the top was the element of fire, then underneath it was wind, then in the left top was water and bellow it was earth. He walked with all of them and stood in front while the rest of the camp was staring at them.
Then someone flashed in front of us. It was a man wearing a silver-ish gold armor, helmet in his right hand and a sword strapped in his back with a scroll in his left hand. Then there was another flash and stood fort was a woman in the same armor but a little darker with a battle skirt and she had a luscious sparkle on her eyes while looking at France.
She suddenly jumped on him and began attacking him with kisses in the neck which he pushed her further away. "Hemera stop this instant!" He exclaimed. "No you`re mine!" Lady Hemera the primordial goddesses of day said. "Sister, give the old man a break." I think her brother Aether said. I felt this feeling that I successfully subdue came back. It can't be jealousy, cant it? "Fine, but don't tell mother!" Hemera said. "Fine I wouldn't. Unless you pay me two hundred thousand drachma?" He bribes his own sister. "If it will make you shut up, fine." She said then she unwrapped herself from him. And she gave him a check. Then she flashed out.
"dont worry N, i have seen it. you will have a very lovely, and beautiful wife and very powerful children. the rest is a blur, even your wife`s face is a blur, but she`s not far." Aether said. "well that`s a relief, i hope your mother doesn`t drag me to her room and rape there." France said laughing.
Then Aether walked towards France and kneeled down and gave him the scroll. "Here you are Nebula. Hundred percent sure this will piss you off so I better get going now." He said after giving the scroll and flashed out. "Definitely gonna piss me, huh?" He mumbled loud enough for everyone to hear. When he opened the letter his eyes widen and the others leaned in to see. The he exclaimed with anger "What the fuck!" Then there was a powerful earthquake that made Poseidon jealous and a deadly aura that would made Hades beg to fade occurred.
It stopped when he started reading the scroll. "First, Artemis and Aphrodite cabins are to come here at 9am sharp. Your mentor will be me." France will be teaching us the primordial ways of fighting? This might get interesting.
"Then, Ares and Selust cabin will be here in the arena at 9am sharp. Your mentor… Franz. This will get quite interesting for me and my boys." He said.
Then it went on until we went back to our cabins to quite for the night and sleep. We might have missed dinner or something? Maybe we did. I might just get something to eat later or a late midnight snack.
Then it hit me, it was just seven o`clock, two hours in the arena and we haven`t had any food. I and my huntresses ran towards the pavilion and saw that most of the campers were already eating. I mentally cursed and Thalia turned to me. "Milady, how did we miss dinner?" she asked.
"Why are you asking me? Why didn`t you say anything?" I scolded. "Why did you say anything! You were the goddess, you should have known it was dinner!" I should have seen that one coming. "Fine, I guess your right." I said first time admitting I was wrong in the history.
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