A/N: Ok guys! This is the LAST CHAPTER OF THE MISSING DEMIGOD!
Logan:
Christina went straight to the arena. When I arrived there, I saw her hacking at dummies with Trident. Judging by the way she was attacking them, she was completely ticked. I walked up to her and she heard me. As fast as lighting, Christina spun around and stuck her sword deep under my chin. I could feel the point touching my throat.
"Oh, it's just you," she said, lowering her sword. "Sorry."
"Are you ok?" I asked. "You seem really tense." I thought I had said something wrong because Christina eyes flared up. But the look on her face immediately melted into sadness.
"I don't know Logan. After I said some stuff about Lynch, I began to seriously be thinking about the past. I don't know that if I have to face him again, I'll be able to do it. Facing him that night was bad. I freaked out and I thought I was probably going to kill him," she answered, looking down. She seemed so stressed; I didn't know what to do.
"Hey, it's ok," I tried to reassure.
"Logan, I'm afraid that if I meet him in battle again, I'll fail and not be able to fight him. I seriously don't know if I can see him once more." She was fighting back tears because her voice was on the verge of cracking. I stepped forward and hugged Christina.
"Christina, I'm sure it going to be okay. If you have to meet him in battle, I'll help you in case something goes wrong. But seriously Christina, I think you'll do fine. You're the smartest, toughest and most dangerous person I've ever known," I told her. She stepped back and looked me in the eyes, a little hope in them.
"Now, do you want to challenge me or not? Because Capture the Flag is tonight and I want to make sure that if I'm your enemy, I can fight you," I challenged. She gave me a sly smile.
"You're on." Before I could react she took my sword from my scabbard.
"Whoa! Hey, that's not fair!" I complained.
"Number one rule of fighting is to never ever let your guard down." She gave my sword back and she readied Trident. She attacked me and I deflected her blow. We continued to practice until we were both drenched in sweat. In the distance, the conch horn sounded.
"Want to grab some lunch after we wash off?" I suggested.
"Sure." We washed off and walked to the Mess Hall. I loaded my plate and we made our burnt offerings. At the table, I asked Christina about my sword.
"I had a dream about my sword. I know it sounds weird but my sword was a gift from Poseidon. If so, then why did Faber specifically tell me to take that sword and why did it have a tag underneath that said, 'Set only for the child of Poseidon.'?" I asked.
"That sword was given to me as a gift from Poseidon who said it was for another main child. I wasn't sure what he meant. I kept that gift in the Poseidon Cabin but quickly put it in the armory the night before you came after getting a message from him that the time was coming. I still wasn't quite sure what he meant about the other main child. Then when Griffin informed me that you were definitely a demigod, I immediately alerted Faber who's always in the armory and told him that no one was to touch that sword. I had a suspicion that something big was going to happen. When Capture the Flag happened, the minute you were claimed, it hit me. I knew automatically that you were the main child. Faber also knew that this was the sword for you. So when Faber took you to the armory for a different sword, that's why he gave that specifically to you," Christina explained.
"Wow. So this whole entire quest, I've been using the sword that was a gift from Poseidon that you technically gave to me?" I said. She nodded.
"I also noticed that it's got a name," I added.
"Thanasimkyma or Deadly Wave. Also its known in older times as Thanasimdini which is-,"
"Deadly whirlpool," I finished, translating the term.
"Or you could just call it Charybdis if you wanted," she suggested, taking a drink of her soda. I choked on my sandwich.
"What?! You mean the Greek water monster who sits next to Scylla?"
"Yeah. I guess you could say that," she said. I was quiet as I tried to swallow down my sandwich.
"You know, I think I'm going to stick with Thanasimkyma or Thanasimdini," I finally said.
"Totally fine. Now let's go and see if we both can kick the Hermes' cabins butt in sword fighting because I challenged Landon," she smiled.
"Sure." We got up and left the table. As we walked to the arena, Jason from the Apollo cabin caught up with us.
"Whatcha guys up to?" he asked.
"Going to go and beat the Hermes cabin in swordplay," I simply answered.
"Sweet. Well tell Landon I said good luck," he said before he turned heel and ran off. Christina snorted.
"Landon's going to need way more than good luck." I cracked up. When we reached the arena, we found the Hermes cabin arriving in on the other side. Landon saw us and smiled slyly. He and his cabin geared up while Christina and I went over some battle strategies for beating them. We put our armor on and met the Hermes cabin in the middle of the arena.
"Ready Christina?" Landon asked.
"You bet."
"Are you sure you want to do this? Just you and Logan together on this and not you, Logan and half the Athena cabin?" he questioned. I locked eyes with Christina and she smiled.
"Yeah. We're definitely sure because both of us together make us almost unstoppable," I answered.
"Alrighty then. Let's start." We backed up on either side of the arena. No one moved a muscle for a minute.
"Attack!" Landon yelled. We ran towards one another. I took out the Morph Sphere and through it like a baseball. I hurtled towards the first set of warriors, taking them out. The second row came at us and we began to fight. I kept my shield up, knocking warriors down. Once in a while we would summon the Morph Sphere. Once our threat had decreased down to five warriors and Landon, Christina nodded. I would take on Landon while she took on the five warriors. Then we attacked. But our plan didn't go exactly how we wanted it to go. Two of the five warriors attacked me.
I knocked one down with my shield and did a head cut to another. The one I knocked down swung his sword to my legs but I jumped and then slammed him hard to the ground again. Landon attacked me from behind but I sidestepped and hit the last warrior behind him who was trying to get me after Landon attacked. He went down. Landon struck me hard in the chest and I went flying back. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Christina sword lock place with the opponent's sword. However, at the same time, she kicked him in the chest. Landon swung downwards and I rolled towards him and tripped him. We both got up and fought.
Suddenly, I remembered a move that Christina had mentioned in my head when I was fighting Dominick. I hit my blade against Landon's hilt and pushed down with all my might. It clattered out of his hand and I stuck the sword an inch from his chest.
"Good job Logan," Christina praised, walking over. Behind her, warriors laid groaning and clutching their head, legs, arms and parts that were hurting.
"You too," I said.
"Dang! Gone for a week and a half and you can defeat me already without proper training!" Landon commented.
"Yeah. But thanks to Christina's help," I said.
"I did nothing really Logan. Most of your fighting skills didn't come from me if you think about it," she replied. I lowered my sword from Landon's chest and we helped the other demigods up. After that, we decided to scale the Climbing Wall.
We did a lot of activities over the next few hours. At dinner, there was a lot of excitement. Once the dishes had been cleared away, Chiron pounded his hoof against the marble floor.
"Heroes! Capture the Flag is going to be a little bit different tonight!" he announced. All the demigods fell silent.
"Instead of doing the red and blue teams, we're doing cabin teams. Each cabin is its own team," Chiron looked in mine and Christina's direction. "Each cabin will have their own flag and each team must try to capture other team's flags obviously. However, the point of the game is whichever cabin can capture the most flags wins! If a cabin flag is captured, the cabin must come back to the Mess Hall and wait out the rest of the game. Once a flag is captured, place it next to your flag. No other cabin can take flags you've captured. If a cabin's flag is captured and they have other flags, those belong to you now. The rules still apply. No maiming or killing and the flag must be displayed visually. Two guards still within ten feet of the flag. I will still serve as referee and battlefield medic. Is everything clear?" All heads nodded. This was going to be an exciting game.
"One last thing. Christina and Logan!" he called. We came forward. "Since you guys are the children of Poseidon and there is only two of you, which cabin do you wish to side with?"
"We'll take the Athena cabin," I quickly answered, looking at Christina who agreed.
"All right. Athena and the Poseidon cabin are allies and the will use the Athena flag still. The Dionysus cabin will team up with the Demeter cabin along with Farren Martinez," Chiron said. "The rest of you, prepare yourselves!" He spread his hands and on the table appeared helmets, armor, swords and a bunch of other protective gear. Once everyone had their gear on, Christina talked to me.
"Remember, I'm leaving Silva and Fansalee in charge of the flag. I mean sure we could use them on the battlefield but their strongest is protecting the flag. I'm then sending a third of the Athena cabin to take right flank while another third of the cabin takes left. The last third of the cabin will go straight ahead. I'm having the right and left flank spread out and different places. The middle group will do anything they can to get other flags and fight off. Meanwhile, just you and I are going to take as many flags as we can," she clarified.
"Just you and me?" I asked.
"Yep. Lillian is leading the middle group while I have Hunter lead right flank and Xavier left flank. What we're going to do is stick with the middle group in the way back. Then when we meet other cabins, we're going to run towards the left flank group. We'll pass them by and head straight for the river to take the Ares' cabin flag because they're our biggest threat. We're heading for the river because they place the flag there since it's their favorite spot. If we get their flag, our next biggest threat will be the Apollo cabin's flag unless some other team gets it. So we're basically moving through how big each cabin is. The bigger the cabin, the larger the threat. So you got the game plan?" she asked me.
"Yep. Sure do. Wait, isn't the Aphrodite cabin larger by one kid?" I said.
"Yeah but the Aphrodite cabin are whimps. Besides it's only by one person," she answered, cracking a smile.
"All right. By why don't we just stick with the left flank?" I asked.
"Because, if we stick with the middle group, we'll be able to see the left flank. If we stuck with the left flank, we wouldn't be able to see the flag. Got a better idea?" she challenged.
"Nah. Just wondering," I answered.
"Heroes, listen up! Cabin leaders, take your cabins and to different parts of the forest. Alethia is siding with the Hermes cabin for your information! You are dismissed!" Christina led us towards North Woods. We placed our flag in the middle of the woods. We heard the Dionysus and Demeter cabin pass us by.
"We'll start with the Athena flag," one said.
"They're so stupid. Yes, why don't you just announce it to the whole forest to hear," I said sarcastically. Christina cracked up. We heard the Hephaestus cabin past us, heading for the creek. Christina split our groups up and in the sky, I saw a few arrows go up, exploding into different things; a flaming hammer, a dove, a caduceus and other symbols.
"The symbol of each god to tell Chiron each cabin is ready, right?" I asked. Hunter nodded. Christina notched an arrow and shot into the sky. It exploded into an owl. After a few minutes and a few arrows from other cabins, the conch horn sounded.
"Ready. Steady. NOW!" I yelled. The middle group raced through the woods as we heard other cabins. Christina whipped out her hunting horn and blew it, loud and clear in the night sky. We heard the left and right flank taking off. We met the Ares cabin in battle and I saw Christina keeping a look out for the left flank as she fought campers.
She saw the left flank running through the trees and knocked down the last kid, grabbing my wrist and dragging me along. We got away from the fighting but only to see that the left flank was fighting the Hephaestus cabin. Christina and I dodged campers but somehow split up. I bounded out of the fray and saw Christina coming around the other side.
"Good job," she commented as I slammed down a Hephaestus kid. We continued to run until we had reached the Ares flag, we were about to burst through some bushes but Christina saw the threat first and grabbed me just in time. We peered through the bushes, seeing two Ares kids.
"I have a plan," I said. "I'll go around until I'm one side. You stay here and jump out whenever you're ready. Fight them and I'll grab the flag." Christina considered this and nodded. I moved to the right, crouching until I was on one side. Christina stood up behind a tree, waiting. Then she jumped out.
"Hiyah!" She began fighting with the first guy and the second jumped in. Once he had, I came into view and was about to grab the flag when the second guy whirled around and attacked me.
I blocked his attack and tried to sidestep and get a blow of mine in when he stabbed forward. But these guys weren't as stupid as monsters. I tried a head-cut but the guy smashed me to the ground. The only good thing about that was the fact that I landed in the creek. The water filled me with strength and I stood up. He came to get me in the creek but I feinted to the left and then hit him on the right. He fell face-first in the water.
"Oh no. That's bad," I said half to myself. I grabbed the Ares kid who was very heavy. I hauled him onto the stones and made sure he was breathing. Yep, no problems. By that time, Christina had finished the other guy and was waiting for me patiently with the flag in her hands.
"Sorry. Had to make sure he didn't drown," I apologized.
"It's ok. Let's get moving. We need to drop the flag off at our post," she answered. "Fastest way to get there is in animal form." She changed into a wolf and I grabbed the flag and hopped on.
As she ran back to the Athena flag, she didn't have to tell what needed to be done. I raised the flag slightly so it didn't hit some branches. I slashed at Hephaestus kids who tried to attack. We reached the fight between the Ares cabin and Athena and found out that some of the Dionysus cabin was fighting. The Ares cabin saw their flag and yelled in disappointment. They stopped fighting and began to leave the forest, heading back for the Mess Hall, knowing it was hopeless. We put the flag in place next to the Athena flag and ran back into battle. Christina got half the Athena cabin to come with her. We followed her and jumped the creek, racing through the South Woods. Christina directed a third of the cabin to the right and another part to the left. We took third group with us straight ahead.
The next half hour was a blur. The other half of the Athena cabin back in North Woods had taken the Aphrodite and Dionysus/Demeter flag. We took the Hermes flag and headed for Apollo's. We met up with the right Athena team that we had divided when we entered South Woods. The Apollo cabin was showing off how well they could put arrows in the Athena cabins helmets. But they didn't care. They just kept fighting.
Several Apollo kids attacked me. Show-off 1 swung his blade to my feet as Show-off 2 did a head cut. I crouched and deflected the foot blow. I met Show-off 1's blade high in the air, and kicked him as I knocked number 2 onto the ground with my shield. Show-off 3 and 4 decided to play with bows and arrows. They brought them out and I summoned the Morph Sphere. It expanded and hardened into a blue shield that was in front of me. The arrows bounced off and the Morph Sphere shrunk back to a ball. I grinned.
I attacked number three, cutting his bow in half and hitting him over the head with my shield. Show-off 4 deflected my blow and feinted to the left. I fell for the trick and the Apollo kid kicked me in the chest. I jumped up and ducked as he sent his sword in a head cut. I met his blade and got in close, elbowing him in the chest. He stumbled and I felt pressure on my throat. I tried to turn around but couldn't. I felt my helmet be pulled off as one Apollo girl tried to get me in a headlock. I heard a low growl and the pressure on my throat loosen. I turned around and saw Christina. She was breathing hard but nodded and went back to battle. I kept swinging my blade back and forth at Show-off 4. He backed up and then attacked but I met his blade and got behind him, shouldering him down. Another one attacked and I flipped him onto his back and he got up and raced away. What a scaredy-cat.
Then I heard elated screams as Hunter raced away with the Apollo flag in his hands and a few Athena siblings following. The Apollo cabin yelled curses and reluctantly walked to the Mess Hall. When we reached our flag, my heart did a little dance. I saw the Aphrodite, Dionysus/Demeter, Hermes and Ares flag. The Hephaestus cabin was gone which meant the Dionysus/Demeter cabin had gotten the Hephaestus flag before we took theirs. We placed the Apollo flag there and Chiron blew the conch horn, signaling the game was over. The Athena cabin cheered and lifted Christina and I on their shoulder, carrying us to the amphitheater. The Ares cabin gave us dirty looks but one of the Athena kids said, "Hey, no dirty looks. Stop that."
Christina cracked up. I looked into her sea-green eyes which were filled with joyfulness and victory. They carried us all the way there and then we partied.
"Congratulations, Athena cabin!" Chiron praised as he handed the Athena cabin laurels. He gave me one and Christina raised her voice so she could be heard.
"It would've been difficult to get the flags I got without my brother Logan!" she announced, turning to smile at me. "Does anybody deny that?" No one said anything. Instead they stared at me as if I was a hero and not some loser that got in trouble all the time and came to camp not knowing anything. Then spontaneously, they broke out into an applause. I smiled like crazy and Christina high-five me.
After the party, Christina and I sat on the beach privately.
"You did great Logan. That was amazing fighting," she commented.
"Thanks. I mean sure, I got choked at one point but I guess I did ok. Not as good as you," I replied, staring across the water.
"That was nothing and you know that. You did just as well as I did and I think no one else can challenge me to saying you didn't. Yeah you did, but being choked is something that's happened to me. Only difference is I had no one to save me. You did. But besides that, you were awesome bro," she said, laying down in the sand, staring up at the starry night.
"You know, I'll admit that during the quest, I would sit and think about if I would ever be as good as you," I said. "I mean I'm not trying to put myself down but it's like your better at fighting than I am so I was wondering if I could beat you some day," I said. Christina didn't say anything for a minute.
"You know Logan, the only reason I fight so well is because I've had almost six years of training. It's not because of my parents and not because I'm a godly child. It's training. But Logan, I guarantee that you'll be as good as me, maybe even better. Well if you do become better than me, I'll have to beat you up in a fight harder," she teased.
"Thanks, that makes me feel so much better," I answered, laughing.
"I hope it does," she replied sarcastically, but I could tell that there was a smile going with it. I laid down next to her and stared up at the night sky.
"You know when I was little, I use to think those stars were thousands upon thousands of fireflies."
"Really?" Christina questioned.
"Yeah."
"You know what me and Lillian thought they were?"
"What?"
"We use to think that those were bright moons that came out at night so we could play connect-the-dots with them," Christina laughed.
"Seriously?" I said.
"Yep. But as we were on the run, we met Alethia and she told us that they were constellations of the Greek heroes or animals. Then we met Lynch who actually thought they were big balls of fire. I mean they are in mortal eyes, but to us Greeks, they're heroes and animals who were released into the heavens," Christina replied. We laid in silence and finally Christina spoke again
"We should go to bed before the harpies get us."
"Yeah." She stood and helped me up. We trudged to the Poseidon cabin and when we reached it, we crawled into bed and before Christina's head hit the pillow, she was out. I fell asleep just as quickly.
I awoke in the morning to find Christina out of bed already. I walked to the Mess Hall after changing and saw that she was already having breakfast.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" I asked, sitting down after making the burnt offering.
"I tried to but you wouldn't wake up. I shook you but you still wouldn't wake," Christina said. I snorted.
"Are you sure because I didn't feel anything."
"Of course you wouldn't. You were asleep!" she exclaimed.
"That's weird though. I usually wake up on the first or second try," I replied. Christina nodded.
"I think it's because you were in deep sleep," she said. We ate our breakfast and went straight to the arena with Lillian. As the summer days wore on at camp, everything seemed to fall into place once again. One day, after practicing with Lillian and Christina and the Hermes cabin, I got a little surprise after lunch. As I was going down to the beach to take a break, Christina and Lillian caught up with me. We sat on the beach and Lillian and Christina talked quickly in Greek. Christina was hiding something behind her back.
"What?" I demanded after a while. "What do you have behind your back?" Christina smiled and pulled out two things. Three cupcakes with one that had a candle and a present.
"Happy Birthday Logan," she said. I was about to say 'what?' then I remembered it was July 15. I grinned and then hugged my sister.
"Thanks." She somehow had managed to get a hold of a match box. She lit my candle and I made my wish, blowing out the candle. We sat eating our cupcakes. I opened my present and found in there a book to help me with Greek. Then I looked under it and gasped. Under the Greek book, folded in a silk cloth was my very own bead necklace. The bead had a picture of an owl and a trident on a sea green background. At the top was my name engraved in Greek. Six names were spiraling around the owl and the trident. I looked closely and saw that the six names were Acacia, Alec, Kyra, Lillian, Christina and Alethia, their names in Greek.
"Wow. This is amazing. I…," I stuttered. I was completely tongue-tied.
"Christina, Acacia, Faber, Alec, Kyra, Alethia, Jason and I decided to come up with the new bead for this summer," Lillian explained.
"My gods. This is just amazing. You guys actually decided to put my name on it and not just make an ordinary bead?" I asked.
"Yeah. You're just as important as the rest of us. You did great," Christina said. "However, I would like to tell you something that might be a shocker," she added.
"What do you mean?"
"Logan, it's not just your birthday either," Christina replied.
"Ok. Whose is it then? It better not be Sophia's or I'm not wishing her 'Happy Birthday'. Because last Friday, when we did the 'Capture the Other Cabin's Flags', she nearly pulverized me after giving that look of, 'I'm going to kill you for sure this time'," I said solemnly.
"Logan, this is probably is definitely going to shock you but…," Lillian said. I waited. Lillian looked a little uneasy as Christina studied my face.
"Logan, it's also Christina's birthday," Lillian finished. I stopped eating and stared at Christina in disbelief.
"What?!" I choked. "It's yours also?" Christina folded up her unfinished cupcake and nodded.
"Oh…my…gods. Oh my gods. That is a shocker. Christina, that means we're twins!" I exclaimed, freaking out completely. She nodded grimly.
"But different moms," she said.
"That is scary," I admitted. I was silent, taking a few deep breaths, still trying to process part of this.
"You done freaking out?" Christina asked.
"Hold on, give me a second," I replied. "That is more than a shocker Lillian," I added. "That's a heart attack." She smiled.
"Yep, it sure is." I waited for a second before speaking.
"Well now that I'm over freaking out, I would like to say Christina, Happy Birthday also." She smiled.
"When I woke up today, I remembered that July 15th was your birthday. Then I realized it was mine also. When you first told me, I kind of tensed up and freaked out on the inside. But I slowly forgot for some reason. Anyways, when I realized it was mine, I ran to Lillian who freaked out also. So we decided to get you a cupcake and present and then tell you that it was mine also. We didn't want to tell you before so it wouldn't spoil the rest of the day before we gave you the stuff," Christina confessed.
"Oh. That's ok. No worries, no harm done," I said, looking Christina in the eyes. She smiled and we stood, walking the archery range.
As the days flew by and got hotter, the end of camp neared. I would be going back to Billanus Boarding Academy School. Christina and Lillian decided to stay back at camp and help protect the borders and see if they could figure out anything else about Lynch's plans.
The last day came and I stood at the top of the hill, watching as Argus helped haul the Aphrodite's Gucci and Victoria Secret bags down the hill. He loaded them into the van and the Aphrodite kids got in, the harpies driving them away. I heard footsteps and saw Christina walking up to stand next to me. Argus had grabbed my bag and was putting it in the van.
"You ready for middle school?" she asked. I shook my head and she chuckled.
"Don't worry Logan. You'll do fine. Trust me, if any monsters attack, I think you won't need my help," she replied. I laughed.
"Watch you show up at one point."
"Very funny," she smiled. "I'll check on you every once and a while with Iris-messaging and see how you're doing. Keep in contact to my closest brother," she said, gazing down the hill. I turned to stare at her.
"What? I thought your Athena brothers were your closest."
"No Logan. You are my closest brother because I met you and we went on and completed a quest together. I asked you instead and not any other kids to go on the quest because we started this together and we're going to end it together, no matter what stands in our way," Christina answered, locking eyes with me. I blinked and smiled at her.
"Thanks Christina."
"And if anyone gives you any trouble at school, call me up and I'll come and beat them to a grease spot for you," she added, laughing.
"Good to know that I've got a sister I can trust who can beat me up anytime also," I joked.
"Ha-ha." Argus honked his horn, signaling for me to hurry up. I took a deep breath and said,
"I guess this is it."
"Yeah, until next summer. Just don't get killed and do anything stupid ok?"
"I'll try not to. Besides, usually it's stupidity that tends to find me first."
"That doesn't make any sense Logan."
"No it doesn't," I laughed. I hugged Christina.
"I'll see you next summer Logan. Good luck," she said.
"You too." I trudged down the hill and hopped into the van. I saw Christina raise her hand in farewell and I did too. The van turned the corner and I thought about next summer and the new school year to come without looking back twice.
A/N: AND THATS THE END TO THE MISSING DEMIGOD!
There is a second book to it which I have a poll up for readers of this book to vote for the title of the second book. The second book is already written, longer then this book but full of battles and non-stop action. All I need is a title for it and the poll will be up until 8/7/2012 and then I will post the results on my Profile at the bottom, including what the winning title name is for the new book. I will post CHAPTER ONE OF THE SECOND BOOK on AUGUST 8, 2012! So thank you so much for reading The Missing Demigod. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Please review this chapter and tell me what you thought of the book and take a vote on my poll. Once again, THANK YOU SO MUCH!