'CATHY!' I scream my lungs out as I watch blood dripping from Cathy's stomach.
John stands there and he smiles wickedly, I can tell that he's enjoying this very much.
Cathy slowly looks up to John and with her dying breath she says; 'Why..?'
John didn't answer that, he just keep smiling.
He pulls out his dagger from Cathy's guts, and then he kicks Cathy out of his way.
Cathy falls to the abyss, as the endless height below us lighten up and the heat begins to scorch us. There's an active volcano right below us and Cathy is on her way there.
'JONATHAN!' Lisa screams, and she charges to John. Her weapon is on her hand, her eyes filled with rage.
John is amused as Lisa approaches him.
Lisa swings her sword vertically, a full power swing. John easily, and quickly dodges to the right. The sword smashes the ground a bit.
Lisa looks surprised, and in a split second, John follows up with an elbow right to Lisa's chest and a front kick to her stomach.
John knocks Lisa back seven feet away from him.
I run to Lisa, trying to help her up. There's a slight hint of blood on the corner of Lisa's lips. Lisa is holding her chest and coughing really hard as she desperately trying to grasp some air.
'It's odd that you can be so mad because of some little kid that you only knew for a few days died.' John smiles amused.
It's twisted how someone with a face of an angel can smile that wicked.
'YOU KILLED YOUR OWN SISTER YOU BASTARD!' Lisa is enraged. Even though she is still coughing really hard, she still manages to scream that loud.
I look at John with disbelief and I ask him the question that Cathy asked, 'Why..?'
John laughs, 'My sister? That is not my sister. That girl was the daughter of Hermes; she has no relation to us whatsoever.' John has a normal American accent.
'What..?' I'm confused.
John smiles, 'You see, children of Hermes usually have a knack of sneaking around. I always like to keep one around for a special occasion. That's why she was the perfect instrument to assassinate at least one of you.'
'What... Are you talking about..?' Lisa's anger is fading away a bit, but it's replaced with confusion.
John sighs, 'You're a bit dull aren't you? Hermes's children are not known only as thieves, in fact some of the greatest assassins in the world are children of—'
'That's not what I meant!' Lisa yells, and it surprises John a bit. 'What do you mean… That she was perfect to assassinate us..?'
'She was supposed to assassinate Percy…' I almost whisper.
John looks confused, like he has no idea what we're talking about. And then he smiles full of meanings, 'Is that what she told you..?' John laughs, 'She really was a daughter of Hermes. She was supposed to kill you two, that's why she was here. If she was to kill Percy, why would we send her here while Percy is miles away from us?'
I couldn't believe it. What John said, it was disturbing, and yet it made sense. Cathy found both of us, and she stuck with both of us no matter where we went. She did that so she can get close to us, so that she can struck us down when we let our guards down.
'So what..?' Lisa looked angry. 'In the end she didn't kill us. In the end, she helped us. In the end… She was just another little girl that needed someone to be there for her, to protect her…' Tears drop from Lisa's eyes. Her murderous glare is aimed at John. 'After her mom died, that someone was supposed to be you…'
I'm angry. At the fact that John killed Cathy in cold blood. But I'm more angry at the fact that John managed to confused me, to made me feel that Cathy deserved to die. To right his twisted action, John threw the blames at Cathy.
Lisa's right, Cathy stuck with us regardless of what happened. She didn't hurt us despite the fact that there are so many chances already.
John looked like he's thinking, 'Her mother… Didn't she die in a boating accident..?' John smiles. 'Accident, funny word. To describe what happened to her mother, I don't think accident is the right word.'
I look at him with horror, understanding what he meant by that. 'Did you..?'
John smiles happily, like he's proud of what he did, 'That's right, we killed her.'
Lisa looks at him with disbelief, 'You monster…'
John shrugs, 'Well, I killed her. I summon the waves that engulf that girl's mother. The others didn't agree with me, but finally I managed to convince William that it was necessary to our cause. Since he said yes, the others didn't have much choice but to listen.' John smiles proudly.
'It wasn't really hard, you know? Tricking that girl into believing that she was a daughter of Poseidon. The hardest part was to play as the kind loving brother who didn't want to put his sister through so much hardship.' John grins, 'I can't tell you how many times I wanted to kill her when she talked to me. It made me sick that she believed a lowly girl like her was an equal to us.' John spits on the ground.
Never in many years have I seen a man as twisted as the man that is standing right in front of me. Not even the gods can be as cruel as him. How can a man as evil as this be Percy's half-brother?
Lisa regains her breath; she slowly stands up and readies her weapon again. I draw my dagger; this man needs to be stopped.
John widens his eyes, he smiles. 'We can do that and you get trapped here...' John snaps his fingers, and then between the two tall white towers, appears a portal. 'Or… You can proceed to the next stage and get one step closer to your boyfriend.'
Stones begin to rise up at the other half end of the hole.
John turns around and walks on it, he turns his head around, 'Your choice.' He says.
John keeps walking and disappears from our sight, but I know he's just waiting at the other end of the bridge.
Lisa is about to dash to John, but I stop her.
'Another day.' I grit my teeth.
Lisa looks at me and she's not too happy about it, but she knows that we need to get out here now. John said that we won't get another chance.
Lisa walks ahead with her head looking down; she mutters curses, while few tears drop from my eyes. I wipe it out quickly, with one thought in my head.
John is going to pay for what he did, maybe not today, but it's going to be soon.
With that thought and silent in the air, Lisa and I walk through the portal.
I keep in my heart, a small hope that this will take me back to Percy.