AN: Hey Guys. Sorry about the really long wait. I thought I was going to have time in September, but school totally took over my life. x_x. I have absolutely NO FREE TIME. I've also been playing tennis a lot, so... no free time for me. I also had a bit of a writers block issue, but it's mostly gone now. I'll try and update as soon as possible.
Finally, I jus wanted to say thank you to all of those people who have reviewed or favorited/followed my story. It was because of you that I pushed through for this chapter (though it came a few months late).
[I don't own Young Justice or Percy Jackson.]
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Chapter 4
Shadow's POV
We were running, trying to lose them… the people whom I had thought my allies; whom I had trusted, with my life. But in the end, they had betrayed us; they had tried to catch us like we were regular meta-humans.
Someone landed in front of me, having jumped down from the nearby building. I stared in almost despair, before going in the opposite direction, dragging Sophie and Aaron with me. The Atlantian didn't seem to give up in chasing us.
'Stop, now!' he commanded. 'You have caused this city enough trouble as it is. Surrender to us now, and we will not hurt you.' My jacket covered my face and hid my identity. He didn't know who I was.
'Come on, this way,' yelled Aaron. Sophie and I ran down a small alley. Trashcans lined the walls, covering up the grime, dirt, and graffiti.
Suddenly, another of them landed in front of us. We jumped back in the fright of being discovered, and then, I saw who it was. We ran yet again from them, these people.
'Please, stop.' He said in a mechanical voice from behind us as we ran. 'We do not wish to fight you.' But we continued running from them, from these heroes.
From the Justice League.
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1 week earlier
'What the hell?' asked Robin. He was the first one to speak. The others seemed to be in a bit of shock. The prophecy seemed ominous in a way. Nothing prepared me for what it meant.
'I should go.' I told Batman. He nodded, giving me approval to go. The Team seemed to be giving me weird looks. 'Bye guys, see you later.' I ran off to go get my stuff. I had to go to Camp Half-blood, even though I was in the Legion. Funny how these things worked, right.
I had packed every thing up pretty quickly; shirts, jeans, jacket, toothpaste, money, drachmas, ambrosia, nectar, sword, Mythomatic cards… you know, the essentials. They all went in a small shoulder bag that was easy to carry around. I wouldn't want to lose any of it. I also packed a few silver forks and knives, just incase I ran into any troublesome mortals or werewolves (blame M'gann's Twilight obsession). I put on boots and jeans that were easy to move in. I also got a tank top that allowed more movement if needed. I opened the door and walked out.
'Bianca-' started a voice from behind me. I jumped back a few feet, screamed, and brought out a spare fork holding it in a defensive manner. 'Why are you holding a fork?' Kaldur seemed to be giving a strange look, which I could kind of understand.
'Gods, you scared me.' I said, putting back my fork. 'Do you need something?' I ignored his question about my fork.
'I just wished to ask you if you were going to be alright.' He said, giving me a look. 'We, the team, does not really know what to think about… well, I expect you must know.'
'Yeah, I should be fine,' I replied, waving away his question. 'I just need to go talk to some people and well… just do a couple of things.' He nodded.
'It is just, we were a bit confused as to what you were going to do,' he started, looking away a tiny bit. He seemed a tiny bit guilty for some reason. 'And, what was it that Ms. Dare said. We would like to know what that was.'
'I think we both know that you know what she said was, Kaldur.' I stated. 'Am I right?'
'A prophecy…' said Kaldur with growing dread in his voice. 'I had hoped it would not be, but it was, was it not?' I just gave him a look.
'I should go.' I said, ending the uncomfortable silence. I walked off without listening to hear his reply. But Kaldur grabbed my shoulder, turning me around.
'Prophecies are always a bad sign, Bianca. Please, will you try and stay safe.' I slowly started to walk away.
I focused all my energy on the shadows on the wall. They started to form a little portal like place. 'Camp Half-blood' was all I thought. I stepped through, whirling away.
I wasn't going to make a promise that I couldn't keep.
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When I got to Camp Half-blood, a flying cat greeted me (or rather, a cat that used momentum to jump long distances in the air, as stated by Aaron). The cat was gray with bright yellow eyes. That meant he was happy.
'Nyan Cat!' screamed Sophie, who happened to be my best friend. She was a daughter of Iris. Her mother had given her 'Nyan Cat' as a birthday present on her 13th birthday when she got claimed. I fell to my knees, weakened by the effect of shadow traveling. Sophie's frizzy, dark hair was stuck up in a quick braid, streaked with rainbow colors. Her deep, caramel skin seemed to almost shine with rainbow colors. 'Bianca?'
'Hey Sophie, long time no see.' I said, still a bit out of breath. A small laugh escaped from her lips. 'How are you doing?' But before she could reply, someone else interrupted.
'Bianca!' Aaron Nelson cried from lower down Half-blood Hill. 'I haven't seen you in a while. What've you been up to?'
'This and that.' I said skipping around the main reason I was there. 'What about you two?'
'Oh, nothing interesting has really happened. Aaron is still as boring as ever and still has that phobia of cars. And I really want a quest, but Rachel kept on saying no for some reason.' Stated the daughter of Iris. We started down the hill, away from Thailia's tree. 'Oh, and the Hunters are here.'
'Wait, what?'
'Yeah. Surprising, right,' said Aaron, jumping back into the conversation. 'So anyways, you have to be here for some important reason, right. You usually hang out more around Camp Legion.'
'I need to talk to Chiron. But I might need your help with something later.' Perhaps it was the tone of my voice or my wording, but both shared a knowing look.
'You have a quest?' Sophie hugged Nyan Cat close to her chest, nearly squeezing him to death. I nodded. 'But the Oracle isn't here right now. You'll need to wait if you want a prophecy.'
'I saw her earlier in the evening.' My statement caused them both to stare. Seeing the Oracle outside of camp was not something many people had experienced. And also, if I had seen her that meant all I was doing was gathering quest members. I already had a prophecy.
'Go, we'll meet up with you later.' Aaron's grey eyes bore into me. And so I headed off down the hill towards the Big House, to talk to Chiron.
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Chiron sat on the porch of the big house, playing yet another game with Mr. D, the current camp director and god of wine.
I walked up unsure of how to state what had happened. I mean, how exactly are you supposed to tell them you have a quest and a prophecy. 'Oh yeah, I was just hanging out with the partners of the Justice League, because I work with them, and I just happened to get a prophecy from the Oracle!'
Yeah, that would go just great.
'Bianca.' Chiron pushed me out of my thoughts; he seemed to have stopped playing pinicolle (I think that's what its called). 'To what do I owe this pleasure?'
'Well, I um, I…' I stumbled over my words, still working out what to say. 'I ran into the Oracle and got a prophecy!' Chiron gave me a surprised look.
'What was it?'
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''The mist shall soon disappear,
The final hour soon begins to near,
Mortal and godly worlds shall combine,
Until they completely align,
The child of death and light,
The one who is strong and bright,
A girl who with many colors shine,
They shall join with a team of less than nine,
Together they shall travel East,
To the land where the gods are deceased,
Together they shall have succeed,
Alone, no one will proceed.'
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There was a moment of silence, where Mr. D. and Chiron seemed to be processing what I was saying. Finally, both sighed in realization, I think it was.
'We knew this day would come, but I didn't think it would be so soon.' Mr. D. murmured under his breath. 'The mist could never last forever. Well, it was nice while it lasted. Go on, choose the people you want for your quest and get out, Beatrice.'
'It's Bianca…' I uttered through clenched teeth.
'Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever, its not like I care.' And that was that. I walked out, my stuff already packed from earlier. I had added in a couple more weapons, fake passports, disguise kits, kit kat bars, and other sich things.
'Sophie, Aaron.' I called back out to my friends. I had only been gone 5-10 minutes. They couldn't have gone too far.
'Hey Bianca,' Aaron greeted me; his bags were already packed and on top of his shoulder.
'Are you really bringing Eclipse along?' I asked a tiny bit annoyed. Maybe it was because if he did, I would be the only one out of the three of us who didn't have a pet who was a gift from their godly parent.
'Sophie's bringing Nyan Cat along.'
'Nyan Cat would follow anyways. And he blends in. I mean, he's a cat. But Eclipse probably won't blend in.'
'Yeah she would….' He said. That was probably the stupidest thing he had ever said. Which was new, because he's a son of Athena, and kids of Athena never really say stupid things.
'Eclipse is a owl, Aaron. O-W-L.' I sighed. 'Anyways, people usually don't see owls at night; how would they react if they saw a kid carrying one of his shoulder?' Seeing my point, he brought Eclipse back to the Athena cabin and asked one of his siblings to take care of her. When he came back, both Sophie and I were ready to go, waiting on him.
Argus drove us to New York City, where we would stay until we knew where we were headed. We figured if we got there, it was one less thing to worry about. On the way, I explained the prophecy to them.
'So the Mist is going to disappear?' inquired Aaron. 'Well, we have to stop it, right? That's our quest?'
'Yeah, I think so.' I replied. 'And maybe not permanently, but for long enough so the gods and demigods will have a plan of action.'
'But where would we start?' Asked Sophie. 'The prophecy said we traveled East to where the gods are deceased. There are a lot of places East of here. And also, who are the team of less than nine?'
'I don't know.'
We continued to think about what the prophecy could mean until we hit New York, and went to go stay at Uncle Percy's again until we had a plan. He might know what to do, considering he was the Hero of Olympus. He and Aunt Annabeth had a lot of quest experience.
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3rd Person POV
What the trio didn't know was that they had been tracked since camp. Someone had been following them all the way there. The Team flying after them in the BioShip, following slowly from above. The tracker that Aqualad had planted on Bianca showed her going towards the house of her godparents, where they had just picked her up.
And as they continued to follow, Zatanna and Artemis kept glancing at each other, wondering what the hell they had gotten themselves into.
Hey Guys. Sorry about the really long wait. I know this is a bit of a filler chapter, but I still hope you liked it! Please, R&R.\
-DaughterofSelene103