AN: Well Here's Chapter 2. I was gonna upload this two days from now but what the heck. Enjoy guys~
Disclaimer: We own nothing but our characters. PJ and the Olympians belong to Rick Riordan.
Chapter 2
Jarred was able to get to the floor of the car. He curled into a ball his hands covering his head. This wasn't his first car accident.
"Oh curse the gods." Alice said before bracing herself.
Marcus gripped the steering wheel tightly, letting out a sharp throaty "Blaa-ha-ha!"
The car soon stopped rolling, though it landed upside down.
Jarred, unfortunately, had been on the floor of the car and fell onto the roof. "Oomph!" He grunted. "What happened?" Jarred groaned.
Alice was grumbling under her breath. "Stupid Furies." She said hanging upside down as she fumbled at her seat belt. "Hades this is taking forever!" she said before taking out a steel dagger and hacked at the strap.
Marcus rubbed his head with one hand as he took off his pants with the other. "Blaa-ha-ha! Hurry up Alice!"
"I'm hurrying. I'm hurrying." She grumbled before the belt was cut loose and she fell backwards onto the roof. "Gods that hurt!" she said, rubbing her back.
Jarred was grumbling something about 'My life sucks.' and 'Why can't things be normal for a change?' as he was trying to pry his door open.
Marcus grumbled before kicking his door. "Open you stupid thing you!" he said before giving out one strong kick and his door flew from the hinges.
He scrambled out the door as he pulled Alice out. "Jarred come on!"
Jarred turned seeing them. 'How did he do that?!' He thought as he scrambled out of the door, following them.
There was a screeching behind them. They all turned around and saw two other Furies flying quickly towards them.
"Up the hill! The one with the pine tree!" Alice shouted at them before turning around to face the Furies. She pulled back the string on her bow and a bronze arrow suddenly appeared.
She fired at one of the Furies then another at the second one while walking backwards towards the borders. The first one was hit and dissolved into golden dust but the second one managed to dodge the arrow.
Jarred didn't bother to awe at her bow. His focus was to get pass that pine tree.
"Hurry up Jarred." Marcus bleated from beside the boy.
Jarred looked at Marcus and nearly stumbled. "Y-You're half goat?!"
"Blaa-ha-ha! Oh now you notice? The proper term is satyr." Marcus grumbled. "No time. Just get past the tree!"
Alice was right behind them as she tried to fire another arrow at the last Fury. "Oh for god's sake just die will you!" She shouted before running towards the border. Jarred and Marcus had just crossed it.
Alice was just about to cross when the Fury grabbed her by the jacket she was wearing. Alice screamed in surprise.
"Not so fast demigod." The Fury rasped and raked he claws over Alice's arm. Alice screamed in pain.
Jarred froze and turned around. He narrowed his eyes at the Fury. Grabbing a rock, Jarred threw it as hard as he could at the Fury's head, hitting it roughly by the temple.
The Fury whipped her head towards Jarred and hissed.
Alice was thankful for the distraction Jarred caused. Ignoring the pain and the dripping blood on her arm, she grabbed a bronze dagger from its sheath at her belt. Holding it tightly in her hand, she drove the dagger through the Fury's chest.
The Fury screeched in pain before dissolving into golden dust, dropping Alice.
Alice grunted in pain as she fell hard and heard something crack. "Stupid Furies." She mumbled. She painfully stood up and crossed the border before sinking to her knees and passing out.
Jarred hurried over to her. He looked at Marcus as he scooped her up in his arms. "Where's your infirmary?"
"Over here. Come on." Marcus bleated worriedly as he led the way.
A few kids who heard the screech of the Fury were staring at the two as they rushed Alice to the infirmary.
Jarred glanced down at Alice, really seeing the damage she had taken. Her arm was swollen and bent oddly with deep, bleeding scratch marks on the other.
"Alice!" A voice suddenly called out. A nineteen year old boy with short black hair and brown eyes came running at Jarred, staring worriedly at the girl in the younger boy's arms. "Give her to me kid." He demanded.
He just kept walking, following Marcus calmly. The older boy growled lowly at Jarred.
Marcus turned to Jarred. "Jarred. Give Alice to Arcus. He's her brother."
Jarred looked Arcus up and down. "Honestly, I would never say they look alike..."
"Just give her to me." Arcus demanded, his eyes flashing dangerously. Marcus nervously bleated.
"Give Alice to him Jarred. Trust me, he's her brother." Marcus said. "I'll take you to Chiron so he could explain everything."
Jarred handed Alice to Arcus though he remained unconvinced. Why do I feel protective of her? She's definitely independent… He turned to Marcus "Lead the way."
Jarred watched Arcus carefully carry Alice towards the infirmary, whispering comforting words in the girl's ear.
"Right this way." Marcus said, snapping Jarred's attention from Arcus to himself. He led Jarred to a big barn-like house and knocked on the door. "Chiron!"
"Chiron?" Jarred said "Like Chiron from the myths and legends?"
Marcus grinned at him. "Yep. The big man himself." He said, just as the door opened.
"Wow..." He blinked. He trained so many demigods...and all of them became heroes…
A man's upper body came out the door, looking around. When he saw Marcus and Jarred he smiled. "Ah. Mission accomplished I see Marcus. A job well done." He praised as Marcus looked proud. "But where may I ask is Alice?"
At that, Marcus paled. "She got caught with one of the Furies while we were arriving." He said. "She's in the infirmary with Arcus."
Jarred flinched slightly at the mention of the Furies. "I'm sure she'll be ok Marcus." He said calmly to the boy.
"Jarred is right Marcus. She's with Arcus now and she'll be fully healed in a few hours or maybe even less. He's one of our best healers." Chiron said before stepping aside and opening the door wider. "Come in Jarred, I'm sure you have many questions."
Marcus nodded before running off towards the other buildings in the distance.
Jarred walked inside following Chiron. "You could say that..."
Chiron led Jarred to the old worn down couch. "Alright son, what are your questions?"
Jarred sat on the couch. "Well, for one, do you guys know who my dad is?"
Chiron gave Jarred a sad smile. "I'm sorry young one but I do not know." He told the young boy. "It will be up to him to claim you as his son. We will just have to wait."
He probably doesn't even want to claim me... He nodded "I understand, but...how is all of this...real?"
"It always has been real child." Chiron told him. "Mortals from ancient times have written quite a lot of the gods but over the years, they have been closed off as myths. The gods never left."
"Oh..." He said, thought it hadn't truly answered his question.
"Anymore questions young one?"
"Yeah, but just one. What will people outside of here do when they see that I'm missing?"
"Ah but you are not missing. When you arrived, Marcus left a letter to your principal of your transfer and another letter to your mother of your arrival to camp." Chiron told Jarred. "However, you will have to discuss the matter of staying year round or only at the summers with your mother."
Jarred looked at his feet silently. "I'll stay year round. My mother won't miss me, she won't care."
Chiron gave the boy a sad smile. "Even so, it's best that you talk with her."
He narrowed his eyes. "When will I be able to talk to her?" He asked patiently, looking up at the centaur.
"Right now if you wish." Chiron said softly.
"In person, or by phone?"
"In person."
"Then right now, please."
Chiron nodded, pulling out a small contraption. He pushed a button and the object let out a mist which made a rainbow when sunlight hit.
Turning to Jarred, Chiron gave him a large round coin. "Throw this into the rainbow and say 'Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering. Show me' then say name of your mother."
Jarred nodded and took the coin. "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, accept my offering. Show me Elizabeth Mayers."
With that he tossed the coin into the mist, half expecting the coin to just fall to the floor. Instead it seeped into the mist, as if it had fallen into water.
The mist shimmered for a minute before showing a blonde woman sitting in front of their kitchen table, a few tears streaming down her face as she stared at the letter in front of her.
Jarred winced seeing her cry. "M-Mom" He said walking up to the mist.
Elizabeth jumped, her chair toppling to the floor as she looked around, her light brown eyes wide with surprise. When she saw the image of Jarred at the mist, more tears ran down her face as she came closer. "J-Jarred! Oh my baby! Are you at camp? How are you?"
Jarred couldn't speak for a moment, his mom was being an actual mom for a change. "I-I'm fine, I'm at camp." He said trying not to stutter.
Elizabeth smiled. "Thank the gods you're okay. Who brought you to camp?"
"Alice Levin and Marcus Rapier..." He said calmly. Even so, he could feel a slight feeling of anger growing inside of him.
"I see. I'm glad you're okay Jarred." Elizabeth sighed, glad that her only son is safe. "Are you going to stay only summers or year round dear?"
Jarred hesitated for a second. "Year-round. Just so I can get the hang of everything this year..." He told her. "Next year I'll probably come home..." Honestly though, he didn't want to go home. Jarred's gaze fell on the messes in the apartment. Beer bottles littering the floors, the walls needed to be repainted, burns in the carpet from cigarettes.
Elizabeth nodded. "Alright dear. I'll miss you." She told Jarred. "You take care and don't cause Chiron too much trouble alright sweetie? I'll see you next year. Don't forget to IM me every once in a while."
Jarred gave a nod. "I will, promise."
"That's a good kid." Elizabeth gave her son a gentle smile. "Oh and Jarred? I'm sorry for how I treated you before. It was mostly for your protection but I'm really sorry." she said before waving her hand across the mist, ending the call.
Jarred opened his mouth to say something, but she was already gone. He wanted to talk to her more, tell her he was sorry, sorry for everything he had done.
Chiron clapped Jarred on the shoulder. "If you ever want to contact your mother again, you can always go here." he told the young boy. "Come; let us bring you to your temporary cabin until your father claims you." He then looked at Jarred with his lips pursed as if there was something that was supposed to happen.
AN: Well there we are~
There's the 2nd chapter. Please review guys :)
'Til Next time,
Nazz and CJ