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Chapter 11
Anneira's POV:
I'm not sure why I was so mad at Leo. Maybe it was what he said about Khione, maybe it was the way he kept pulling back. I was so wrapped up in my thoughts, I would have walked straight into the street in front of the bus if Leo hadn't pulled me back.
"Jesus, Anneira. Watch where your going." Leo said. I pulled myself away from his hands, which were on my arms and immediately felt bad. He frowned and stepped away from me. Autumn looked back and forth between us, trying to figure out what happened.
"Come on," I grumbled, and led the rest of them across the street. We walked around for about and hour before any monsters attacked, which was a surprisingly long time for such a large group of demigods. The first one was a large bird that swooped down towards us. Sasha stabbed it before it even got close to us.
The only monster that really caused a problem was a cyclopes. He was almost ten feet tall and was wearing only a loincloth. He lumbered towards us bellowing, "Food!" I shot an arrow at it, and hit its shoulder. It simply broke off the end and ran straight at us screaming. "Scatter!" I yelled. The monster picked up a car and threw it at Autumn and Leo, but they dodged. "Fast food." the monster mumbled, making me laugh.
I jumped up and yelled, "Hey ugly, I'm the fastest food, try and catch me!" I ran off toward Sasha and Dylan. Dylan leaped up, "No I'm so much faster, catch me!" I grinned as the cyclopes looked at us both. Leo leaped up behind it, "I'm so much faster than either of you, nobody can catch me!" Leo yelled. The monster spun around and lumbered toward Leo. He sprinted in a wide circle around the monster.
I crept up behind the monster and leapt onto its back, distracting it from Autumn, who raced up and stabbed it in the stomach. The monster screamed and turned to dust. Unfortunately, I was still on top of him, so I fell to the ground. "Ow!" I gasped. Leo burst into laughter, and I couldn't help but smile as I got up and dusted myself off.
My smile faded as I felt my head pounding. Everything seemed to spin as I collapsed. I felt Leo grab me and lie me on the ground. "Anneira, whats wrong?" his blurred face was full of concern. I felt him take my hand, and my vision shifted to dark room.
I was kneeling over Leo's cold body, sobbing. A voice cackled, This is what will happen if you try to defeat me. The boy you love will fall at your hand. I saw an iron door close behind me and Leo as we walked into the room, leaving Dylan outside. Then, in a different room, Sasha and Autumn were desperately tugging on the bars of a cage in which 3 men lay, motionless. I saw Autumn explode into a million fragments of light, and I saw myself hanging off a cliff, Leo reached down but his hand was just out of my reach. Then I was back with Leo in the first room. The voice laughed. "No!" I screamed, "No! Don't, please!"
I felt the real Leo shaking me and heard him calling out my name. I gasped and my eyes flew open. Everyone was there, surrounding me, their faces full of concern. I sat up slowly, spots dancing before my eyes. "Are you okay?" Autumn asked. "No," I admitted. I told them about my vision. I left out what the voice said about Leo. Leo helped me up, pulling me closer to him than strictly necessary.
"We just have to stick to our plan, and try to avoid any of this from happening." Sasha said. I suddenly felt intensely jealous of her, because Dylan had his arms wrapped around her. I wanted to lean into Leo and have him hold me. Then I remembered the vision, and shuddered. I wouldn't let that come true.
Suddenly, I remembered something. "I know where the room Leo died is." I blurted out. Everyone turned to me, "My mother and I went there once. It's the basement of a church." "Why were you in the basement?" Dylan asked. "We got lost. We have to go there, thats were Khione is." Leo nodded, "Alright Dylan, Anneira, and me go there. Sasha and Autumn go free the Big Three, at the hotel." he said. "Umm, we don't know how to get there." Sasha pointed out. Leo sighed and explained where it was.
I hugged both of my friends tightly before they left. Sasha gave Dylan a kiss, and I had to look away. We watched them walk across the street before we turned down the alley to our right.
So thats how I ended up walking down an alley towards my death with Leo and Dylan. I felt like grabbing Leo and running away. I didn't want the vision to come true, but I have a feeling they didn't show it to me so I could stop it. Suddenly, it hit me, "This is too easy." I muttered. "What do you mean?" Leo said as we walked through the door to the basement. "No," I said as Leo and I stepped inside, Dylan slightly behind us. "Its a…" an iron door closed, trapping us inside. "trap." I moaned.
We tried everything to open the door, but nothing worked. "Its okay," Dylan called through to us, "I'll go find the girls." "Yes, please leave. You're ruining the party." I turned to find a stunningly beautiful girl standing in her own personal blizzard. Khione. "I'll just be going." Dylan called as he scampered off.