Just as his fist came down to finish me something clouded my view, it was a red cloud. I didn't know what it was but I couldn't see I couldn't feel anything around me. Just the colour red. I yelled out but it just echoed around my ears uselessly.
I don't know where I am. I don't like it. I am scared. This was new to me; I have never been truly scared after I came to camp, not even when the Romans attacked, I wasn't scared, not really. I began to try and move my legs, but they seemed to stiff to move. I was stuck.
I tried to listen as if I could hear something, and it took a while until I heard my name being called. I knew that voice, it was Piper's. Piper's voice was calling out to me. Again and again, until it rocketed through my brain like wildfire, I covered my ears, my teeth clenched as her voice was like bombs blowing up inside of me. I tried to yell out to her, but my vocal chords seemed to not work, it seemed like everything useful was gone, and I was stuck in a red deserted place.
But that was when something began to drag me forward against my will, but I didn't fight back, why would I, I didn't like this place so I let myself be dragged out. When the real world came back, bodies were lying on the ground, dripping of blood, I looked down to show my hand covered in blood and I paled opening my mouth to say something but I collapsed onto the ground unconscious with the other demigods rushing towards me.
I jolted awake; my eyes wide as my mouth formed a scream but died as soon as it hit my lips. I gazed at my hand but it was clean, unlike the day before where it was covered in blood. I clenched my teeth holding my stomach. What happened? I don't remember anything, just red. Red, as thick and dark as blood, maybe I was covered in blood. Maybe my vision was clouded by it.
"Will…." I heard a voice trail off and I looked up to see Hazel standing at the doorway looking a bit awkward, I'm guessing she's not liking the topic of the conversation we're about to have.
"That is my name, unless everyone has voted on a change of name that I was not aware of?" I rolled my eyes at her but she didn't smile, like they usually do when I make those sort of comments, they are far to use to it.
"Their using Ella against you" She said abruptly and I blinked, my face going slack like always when she is mentioned in a conversation, Hazel sighed and sat on a chair "I haven't told anyone though they pestered me about it, its only right that you tell them who she is, even I don't know how she died, but I know how significant she is in your life and it is only right that you say who she is."
I looked at her after this, and then swung my legs over the side of the bed but she pushed me back down onto the bed with a stern look and I scowled back at her and she shook her head at me and then her expression turned to apologetic.
"I'm sorry but for now…you're in bed arrest, after yesterday the others want to make sure you're completely alright…you took some pretty bad hits and what happened afterwards…" She trailed off unsure of how to continue and I frowned.
"What did happen?" I ask her, and she frowned at me, her eyes widening slightly and her mouth was slightly parted, her gold eyes studied my face then she closed her mouth and it formed into a hardline.
"You don't remember?"
"No, all I remember is red."
"You attacked them with inhuman speed, even for a demigod, you killed them all Will…every single one of them" She said with a hushed voice and I took this in then turned away from her my posture rigid.
"Well then you should be happy I'm on this quest," I simply said leaning back onto the wall, making it clear that this conversation was over, Hazel stood there though for God knows how long not making a sound before I asked her, "I can't be left alone, can I?"
"No…I'm sorry, but I volunteered for…giving you company first." She answered and I picked up on how she avoided saying 'guard' and I scowled at her, but then I stopped and it dawned on me. I didn't see it in my moment of distress but as I looked at her I took in her posture and tone. She talked to me like she did with her best friends, had she come to liking me?
I thought about saying something, but my heart was just not into it right now, so we slipped into silence but finally Hazel tipped her head back and began to snore silently and I watched her silently before sitting up yawning slightly. My hand rubbed the back of my neck and I stood. I went over to the window and silently slid it open and leapt out, after a second of free falling, my feet landed on the green grass silently and gracefully, like a cat on the hunt.
I waited a second, my heart beating loudly, so loudly it echoed in my ears but I pushed past it and ran through the streets, not really thinking of going anywhere just away from that house. I didn't want to go back. Not if I could lose control like I did yesterday. For seven years I tried to keep everyone alive. But now I have the subconscious power to kill them all.
