Hey guys Elda back with chapter 2 of The Collector, and as usual I do not own PJO, that would be good ol' Rick. Constructive criticism is encouraged, but I can't stop you guys from letting out some rage, just know that it will be ignored. This is gonna be weird but Percy doesn't have his powers right now, we'll see about those later so please don't be discouraged. Anyways let's get into the action! Ladies and gentlemen, I present chapter 2 of The Collector.
The Collector(Ch.2)
by: Eldavaryblodh
The water felt great against my skin. It was rejuvenating, cooling, and certainly helped me come to my senses. When I decided that air seemed like a better idea than the water, I swam to the top, grabbed the wall and hauled myself over. What I was met with was certainly a surprise. It was a woman, well from the waste up anyway, where her legs should be, was a snakes tail, and she was huge, at least eight feet high and she seemed pissed. I soon realized that she was holding a long makeshift spear, keyword being "was" because that spear was hurtled at my very surprised face. As the spear was coming at me, I fell back and spear went sailing over my head, scaring me to death. Luckily enough, she was disarmed and I was between her and her spear. She (it?) realized just about when I did and she was coming at me, teeth bared, a hiss coming from the back of her throat, and claws outstretched, going for the kill. I ran away from her and ran to the spear, and was surprised with the weight. To her this was probably light, bu to me it was like trying to fight with a small tree, it just wasn't going to work. So I rolled the spear into the lake a dashed into the side, both of us now weaponless. That was when something weird started, I felt my mind focus in on her, and time seemed to slow down. I looked at the situation, with her claws outstretched, and the way she was coming at me, she wouldn't expect me to go towards her, so that's exactly what I did. I crouched down, and leaped at her with surprising speed, stuck out my hands, which I would later realize had claws, and latched onto her arms, pinning them to her side then, my momentum carrying me, opened my jaws, and bit down on her neck with all my might. The gray liquid exploded out of her neck, and she let out a scream of agony, falling into the pond next to us. Her lifeless corpse turning into the gray liquid, mixing with the water, and churning around me as I seemed to absorb it, just like the monster from earlier.
After getting out of the pool, and calming down from the attack, I went through my situation and learned a few things. One being that I need to be more careful, I've been attacked twice in a very small amount of time. Two being that the gray liquid seemed to energize me, it healed what wounds I had, and made me more focused. The last being that I attacked exactly like the monster earlier. I have sharp claws, where my fingernails were, sharper teeth, and more canines, which I used to bite into the woman/snakes neck. I've somehow collected their attributes, and used them for myself. Being the teenager I am, the only thing I could think about was how bad ass that sounded. I soon decided that I needed to explore the nearby area, and maybe find others like myself. Or other monsters.
As I walked outside the cave, the sun was getting closer and closer the horizon, I was gonna have to be quick. I followed the trail around the cave entrance, and stuck to the wall, looking up I seemed to be inside a canyon, filled with dense foliage, and probably plenty of deadly creatures. With that positive thought, I pushed farther and deeper into the surrounding forest. Now in hindsight, that's probably not a good idea, but I'm not the smartest man, so I continue on only to realize i'm lost. Great. Deciding that i'll just find my way back the next morning I lay down under a tree, and try to get as much rest as I can.
Thunk. I awoke to a sharp pain in my left hand, a scream being torn from my lips as something went through my hand and into the floor beneath me. Shocked by the sudden pain, and the sounds of more coming, I pull, what seemed to be a spike made out of a weird material, out of my hand, and ran into the forest, the sound of wing beats behind me. Running faster and faster, recognizing that I now have the dog like creatures speed from yesterday, I ran through the forest as fast as I could. Searching for any sort of cover, all I could see were trees, just tree after tree. Faster and faster I still hear the wing beats behind me getting closer and closer, honing in on it's prey. Harder and harder I ran, inhaling in big gulps trying to get oxygen to my burning legs. I couldn't keep this pace up for much longer, I needed to do something fast, anything! That's when I saw it, a cave in the side of the canyon wall, calling out to me, offering me sanctuary from the flying demon above me. I dove into the cave, hearing the thunk of the spikes hitting the ground where I once was. Exhausted and out of breath I lay there, trying to regain my thoughts, and rapid heart. When I hear a voice from deeper in the cave calling out in desperation, sounding relieved, and concerned.
"Annabeth?! Is that you?"
And that's a wrap everyone, how did I do? Let me know in the form of a review, follow or favorite. Sorry for the cliffy but I felt that was a good ending. Little bit of mystery, can anyone guess who the voice is? Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed, Elda out.