Bonus Chapter III

=Rachel=

The wagon swayed side to side as it tumbled over the rocky road. I pulled the shall I had been given as a blanket closer to me and dared not look up to the man across from me. Why did it come to this? I'm the Oracle of Delphi, not some slave to be traded from one man to the next. I should be helping Greek hero's, reciting prophecies safe from mortal and monster hands.

I don't even remember how I got into this predicament. I had been traveling with a son of Hermes, he was taking me to a sort of safe house, where I would be out of reach of monsters. What was his name? Luke? What happened to him? A chill went down my spine and I tried not to move, the only reason the man across from me hasn't pulled anything is because he thinks I'm asleep.

The wagon shook and creaked as we ran over a larger rock, knocking me out of my seat and onto the man. The man chuckled darkly as he pulled me closer. "Awake now are we?" He mused lifting my chin, I glared at him and he gave me a crooked smile. I could see his rotting teeth and his breath smelled of dead food and smoke. He gripped my face tightly so I couldn't look away. "Oh don't give me that look." He laughed. "Those other traders would've just locked you in a cellar, you're getting your own room and if you behave nicely three meals a day." He told me before forcing me into a kiss. I struggled, punching him until he restrained my arms. "Don't be like that." He pulled away giving a laugh. His grip on my arms tightened. "You are mine after all." I spat at him, hitting him square in the face.

"You little bitch!" He smacked me and threw me onto the ground. I hissed in pain and tried to sit up, he restrained me with a foot and whipped off his face. "I heard story's about you. You glow green and snakes protect you. Well listen here little wench I aint afraid of no snakes." He kicked me then forced me back up to his bench. His lips pressed against mine again and he tore my dress off me, leaving me bare in front of him. I punched him again and he grabbed my arm, slamming it down against the side of the bench and breaking it. I screamed in pain. "Don't you dare fight against me," he growled as he roughly groped my breast. He started kissing down my neck, biting and breaking the skin. His other hand split apart my legs.

"S-Stop!" I choked out. The wagon seemed to freeze the moment I said it, The man looked up annoyed.

"Why are we stopping!" He demanded of the driver. He didn't get a response and growled in annoyance. Moving to open the curtain to look outside. "I said why-"

"You have three seconds to move away from the girl, before I slice your head off." A female responded.

"What will you do if I don't?" He hissed then screamed in pain, falling away from me and holding his face. "Fucking Bitch!" He yelled at her, the door to the carriage opened and he was dragged out before a boy stepped in. He only glanced at me before dropping the jacket he had on and slipping out of his shirt.

"You'll need this." He told me, walking over and helping me into it. He was careful with my broken arm and then helped me stand when I was covered. Outside swearing could be heard and loud smacks. "Clarisse," the boy called. "I need your ribbon." He said and a girl appeared in the doorway.

"Put some cloths on." She told him before taking down her hair and tossing him the cloth that was binding it up. He caught it.

"This will hurt." He told me, carefully wrapping the cloth around my arm and creating a sort of sling for it. When he was done he helped me stand and led me over to the door, carefully setting me down on the ground before picking up his jacket and putting it back on. The girl, Clarisse was beating the man and on the ground a few feet away was the driver, unconscious and in a pool of blood. "Get him back in." He told his companion as he bent down and picked something up. I looked over and saw that it was a snake, he inspected it. "A Rattle Snake." He mused as it hissed at him. It's tail was shaking violently but he held it so it couldn't harm him. He looked at me. "Might not want to watch this." He said as Clarisse picked the large man up and tossed him back into what had been my prison. I turned away as he carefully let the snake follow and closed the door. A choirs of pain could be heard from inside.

"Should I get the horses?" Clarisse asked.

"Please, they're whining." The boy responded rubbing his head. "Gods did that man starve them?" Clarisse snickered.

"The talking to horses thing, and whining like a girl. Not something a brave heroic and fierce pirate does." She said before rounding to the horses and releasing them of their bindings. "Aren't you supposed to scare everyone that comes in your way?"

"You're the one that convinced me to be a pirate." He responded looking at the two Stallions. "If only they were pegasi." He frowned then winced. "Sorry, sorry." He mumbled and Clarisse laughed at him.

"We should get going, Thalia will be worried." Clarisse said before looking at me. "She riding with you or me?" She wondered.

"Mmm, you. I assume she'd be more comfortable with you. She was just molested." The boy said. Clarisse nodded.

"Common Miss Oracle." She held out a hand and I cautiously took it, she lifted me onto the horse before following the suit. "Hold on, tight." She told me before pushing the horse into action, going in the same direction we had been going before. Behind us, the boy followed. It seemed like the ride lasted hours, but eventually a port came into view, as it did the horse slowed to a stop. Whining in protest when Clarisse tried to get it to move again.

"They won't go any further." The boy said trotting up next to us and looking down at the village. "Not without food at least." Clarisse rolled her eyes and dropped to the ground. She helped me down.

"So what? We leave them and walk to the ship?" She asked. The horse we had been riding snorted and pounded it's hoof on the ground. The boy just looked at it.

"Yes," he shrugged dropping to the ground. "Though, I wont be joining you. Earlier I heard roomers of a witch being caught. Thought I'd check it out. Might be a demigod like us."

"You and your collectables." Clarisse laughed, "alright then, see you when you get back." She took my good arm and started leading me to the port. The boy, waved and watched us leave.

"C-Can I know where we're going?" I asked cautiously. She glanced at me, then looked forwards again.

"To our ship, The Huntress. Then after that to The Hydra, somewhere safe for you, at least until your arm heals." She answered.

"The Huntress? As in the pirate ship?" I asked confused. Well, they did say that they were pirates earlier... right?

"Yep."

"What's the Hydra?" I wondered.

"A port, with a large collection of demigods, the largest on this side of the world." She answered. "Sort of like a safe house."

"I... I think I've heard of it." I said she laughed.

"I hope so, Castellan said that he had lost the Oracle of Delphi near this area." She said. "He had been bringing you there when you two where ambushed." I didn't respond. "I was all for finding you," she told me. "Getting to rub it into Luke's face that we were the ones to save you. Ha! He needs it, his ego's too high."

"But he seemed so nice." I commented.

"He can be nice." She agreed. "But he's also big headed, thinking he can do everything better than everyone else, even the gods. In fact he turned against the gods. He has good reasoning but wanting to bring them down. Please, he's over his head." We entered the port and started towards the port.

"What about the boy we left?" I asked her.

"Percy?" She smirked. "You can trust him. He's a good kid. Don't kill me for this."

"Wha-" she quickly scooped me up and started running down the streets, quickly making her way down to the port and onto a large dark brown ship. Within seconds of entering the ship another girl was in front of is and glaring at the girl holding me.

"Is the room ready?" Clarisse asked, not setting me down.

"Where in Hades have you been?" She hissed. "Where's Percy?!"

"Long story, is the room ready?" Clarisse asked again.

"Yes but-" Clarisse was already taking me down the stairs. The other girl followed cursing under her breath until we were in a small room. Clarisse set me down.

"This is your room," she told me ignoring the other girl's glares. "Thalia she has a broken arm, can you look at it." The second girl stopped her glare attack for a moment to look at me.

"Where are her cloths?" She wondered.

"It was a close call." Clarisse responded. "I'll get her cloths, you look at her arm." She negotiated. Thalia blew some of her black bangs out of her face.

"Fine, but I want an explanation when you get back." Thalia said to Clarisse. Clarisse gave her a smile.

"If I don't get caught by the guards, you'll get one." She responded before disappearing down the hall. Thalia sighed and looked at me.

"Sit, and don't kill me while I fix you up." She told me. I took a seat on the bed and she moved to look at my arm.

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"I'm sorry we didn't get to you sooner." Percy said to me as I sat across from him, a desk between us. "We could've prevented all of that from happening if we had just been quicker."

"I don't blame you." I said softly. "It's not like I could've known that you were looking for me..." my voice drifted.

"He violated you," he hissed. "That man had no right, no one has the right to touch you without your consent." I could feel his anger boiling. "And gods, no one knows what will happen to you if-" he cut himself off. "I'm sorry," he mumbled. There was a long moment of silence. "I never got your name."

"Rachel," I responded. "Rachel Elizabeth Dare." He gave me a small smile.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Rachel Elizabeth Dare, I'm Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon." He introduced himself. "My friends call me Percy."

"So, you're the captain of the Huntress?" I asked, he nodded. "I heard cruel rumors about you." He laughed a bit.

"Enlighten me,"

"Well, at a town inland from the port we had been. The villagers were saying that you capture innocent women, forcing them to pleasure and work for you." He made a face.

"That is a cruel rumor." He noted. "I neither capture innocent women nor force them to work for me. And I defiantly don't want them to pleasure me." He shivered at the thought. "No, I'm much more interested in my own gender."

"You're gay?" I questioned, he smiled a bit.

"I'm quite content, yes." He agreed, taking the question in a different way. "But yes, I prefer romantic relationships with men over women. I laughed.

"I never thought, I'd meet a gay pirate." I said smiling, he returned the smile.

"There are quite a lot of us," he told me. "Both gay or interested in both men and women." His eyes fixed on my arm. "I know a child of Apollo that will be able to fix that up. I'd offer you Ambrosia but I fear it may kill you." He told me, standing and walking around the desk.

"Percy?" I asked as he helped me stand. "Why are there only girls in your crew?" I wondered.

"I get along with them better." He responded, "Clarisse, the girl that brought you here, I had saved her life and she feels like she owes me a debt. Until such debt is paid she refuses to leave me. She is a daughter of Ares." He informed me. "Thalia, the other girl I'm sure you've met by now, had been in an abusive home. Her mother mistreated her, more so after her younger brother Jason went off to join the military. I offered her a place on my ship and she accepted. Thalia is a child of Zeus while Jason, also a demigod, is a child of Jupiter." I knitted my eyebrows at that.

"Two demigods of different personalities?" I questioned. He nodded.

"The fact that there are only girls a bored with me is because the few on ship with us I happened to like, I befriended them and they joined me." He looked at me. "Will you join me? Rachel?" He wondered. "It is your choice,"

"I have a debt to pay." I responded and he smiled again.

"Wonderful, now I want you to meet someone, I found her last night after rescuing you." He guided me over to the door. "She joined us a few minutes ago." He informed me before opening the door.

I hope you enjoyed Part One of The Huntress!