A/N: I heard positive feedback for the last chapter so I am plowing through to the next one! Fair warning: there will be a tad bit of more adult stuff in this chapter. Not a lot, but a bit. And another warning, it will mostly be jezebelle and Flin's POV, so don't expect a lot of characters to be featured.
Chapter 12
POV Jezebelle (Head Girl of Camp Half-Blood, Daughter of Hera)
I walk towards where Heracles is standing, his white smile glinting in the sunlight. I do hope that Flin and Juliette get here soon. "You do have a powerful aura. What is your heritage?" He rumbles, taking in my figure.
I have to think for a moment before I reply fluidly. "My mother is Persephone and my father is a mortal," I say with a smile. I know that Persephone is kind of beautiful and he definitely does not want to hear I am a child of Hera.
"That's why you look so gorgeous," Heracles says with a grin. I gulp as I take in the height and weight difference. He is at least a foot taller than I am, and I am pretty tall. He is at least twice my size in bulk, and I'm pretty sure it isn't fat.
"Why thank you," I say giggling like a Persephone girl would. I am totally hating what I am doing right now but it is necessary I do so. I wonder where he stashed whatever he stole from my mother.
"I'll go get changed," Heracles says, not asking why I am here. I almost pass out, and I see a figure running across the sand dunes toward me. A girl. At first I think it's Juliette but when she comes into view I realize it's Amber.
"Amber!" I shout and she is almost to me now.
"What's happening? Where's Heracles?" She asks, her head whipping around looking for him and then narrows her eyes at the shack a little ways down.
"He went to…change," I gulp and she looks at me.
"My god Jezebelle! What are you doing?" She asks!
"I'm sorry okay! I got pressured and this was my best plan besides the one with Flin coming to help! And he's falling for It heavily," I snap back.
"Just…don't get hurt okay, Jezebelle?" Amber sighs heavily.
"Oh don't worry, it will definitely not be going that far or he will be dead within a matter of seconds," I say with a tone to my voice.
"I can believe it. Flin's on his way," Amber says, her eyes fixing on mine.
"Go! Hide!" I say when I see someone coming out of the shack. Amber jumps behind a pillar and stands behind it like it is a good hiding place.
I flinch when I see he is wearing a shirt that barely covers any of his chest and it doesn't have any sleeves. God, this is going to be awful. I can't wait until Flin gets here. "I didn't catch your name." Heracles says as he takes my hand in his huge one. My hand looks fragile in comparison. He could probably break my hand.
"Hana. Hana Rochester," I say making up a name on the fly. Hana is a good name right?
"Well, Hana, after you," Heracles says, motioning me towards the shack.
"Won't Hebe be upset?" I ask making my eyes go wide in innocence. Hebe is the goddess of youth. She could possibly turn me into a baby forever.
"She doesn't have to know," Heracles says, his voice hot against my neck. I shiver as I take in my surroundings. The lion pelt hangs on the wall on one side, and there are a variety of different weight lifting things on the other. There are also statues of himself. Narcissist.
"I have a boyfriend," I say, my last feeble attempt to delay him.
"He doesn't have to know. What is he a child of?" Heracles says, his firm hand around my waist. I gasp and try to look him in the eye.
"Poseidon," I say, speaking of Flin. Maybe he would somehow know that this was my decision and would play the act. Doubt it though.
"Ah. I can see why you're worried. But, I am the god of strength," Heracles says, pushing me up against the bed.
"Stop," I whisper, willing him to go away.
"Jezebelle!" I hear a shout, and Amber is running into the room. Just as Heracles' warm lips touch my cheek his eyes narrow in suspicion.
"Jezebelle?" He says, getting up. I can see his muscles flex as he faces the poor Apollo girl. She shifts her bow upwards and it is almost pointing directly in his face. My silver coin drops out of the pocket in my dress and rolls across the floor.
The blue glowing peacock faces straight upwards and Heracles' expression turns from suspicion to anger. "You're Hera's child. You lied," He says, facing me now.
POV Flin (Head Boy of camp Half-Blood, Son of Poseidon)
"Come on! We could be late!" I say, jumping off the wave onto the Ancient Land. Juliette's arms go up and we run towards the pillars. Heracles isn't there. Neither is Jezebelle. Or Amber.
Juliette spots a shack a couple hundred yards away and we bust open the door. Jezebelle's silver coin is laying on the ground, Amber is against the wall right next to us and Heracles is looming over Jezebelle while she looks back with an expression of fear. "Jezebelle!" I shout.
"Flin," She says, her eyes filling with relief.
"This your Poseidon boyfriend then?" Heracles says, turning towards me and I look at Jezebelle in confusion before realizing this was probably part of her alibi.
"Yes," I reply looking him straight in the face before a cloud of earth rises between Jezebelle and Heracles, and Jezebelle squeezes through toward us. I watch in horror as Heracles reaches through it and grabs her throat.
"Jezebelle!" Amber shouts, aiming an arrow at Heracles' back. She fires and Heracles just turns and looks at Amber in amusement as he takes out the arrow. A small bit of gold leaks out of the wound, but otherwise he looks fine. Jezebelle looks like she is losing consciousness as Juliette makes another cloud of earth rise up and hit him in the face. I back it with a cloud of water.
"Get her out of here!" I shout when I see Jezebelle has managed to get away from Heracles' grasp. Amber rushes forward and drags Jezebelle away from the chaos. Juliette manages to create a huge cloud of earth that blocks Heracles and we decide it is safe to run. We have little time. "Run!" Juliette shouts and we both run through the door.
"Go!" Juliette shouts when I see Amber struggling to get Jezebelle up the hill.
I tell Amber to go with Juliette and I scoop Jezebelle in my arms as we continue to rn up the hill. "The scepter!" Jezebelle shouts, pointing toward a glint in the water.
"Let's go," I say, and we run toward the water, away from Juliette and Amber.
A/N: I almost forgot about the thing they needed to find. Silly me. XD But oh well, we found It anyways! Flin and Jezebelle are ready to get the scepter back to Hera. Soon they will go to Olympus to confront the gods! C:
Quest-ions! :)
1: What do they think of what actually happened between Heracles and Jezebelle?
2: Do you think that heracles will break out fast enough to find them?
3: Has Juliette proved herself? Or does she need to do more?
Thanks! Once again, sorry for not including many of the others!
