Chapter 35.
"I don't get it. Rachel said six siblings go East to find the second crew. And the seven named their ship the Argo two, after the orginial Argo. They must have been the second crew. And it said six siblings, and six of us left," Thalia says.
"But there weren't six of us in total. There were twelve of us before we ended up here."
"Damn, twelve half bloods and no armies of monsters?" Jessica whistles.
"It's because we were waiting for you to comes to us." I feel my skin crawl and turn around.
The man standing in the corner is my father.
"Dad?" I whisper. I feel a lump in my throat and my legs shake. I pick at my hand.
"This is your father?" Thalia whispers. I nod.
"Oh, and you did save the famous seven. I've heard about them. So I decided to ask an old friend of mine to send out a, shall we call it a distress call." He paces the room. "Whereas I have no idea where they are. But by coming here you stopped themselves from having the same fate."
"Are you sick?" Nico spits.
"Not sick, my friend. I'm ambitious." He smiles. I feel metal against my thigh and is know that Backbiter has appeared. "I've heard stories. If you can replicate and then perish these seven heroes, then one can become a god themselves."
"Where did you hear that?" Thalia cackles.
"That's not even possible, only a god could make someone a god." Lexi argues. "Anyways, I've had enough of these, I'm going to rip your throat out." She charges towards my father and before I can hold my breath she is thrown back.
Thalia walks up and places her hand where Lexi had been stopped. She quickly pulls it away like she was electrocuted.
"What is this?"
"I noticed that Camp Half Blood's boarders only allows magical beings. So, after I shared plan with many monsters, we made one that allows only mortals and monsters to pass. No magical weapons or magical beings can pass." He snarls.
"And you want to kill three of your children because?" Grace asks,
"Well, you Grace were the only option. And the other two. Well that was just unlucky for them isn't it? Anyways, I placed a certain bomb in Grace's bag that she left at Camp Half Blood. And if you don't do as I say, it's going off."
"What?" Nico screams. "I am going to bloody kill you if you hurt anyone at camp!" He growls.
"Then you better get into your rooms." Dad orders.
"This is bull. How do we know you won't kill us and then let the bomb go?" Jessica says
"Well, if you don't go then you can live knowing that the blood of hundreds of innocent Demi gods is on your hands." He cocks his head.
"I can't believe this." Lexi spits. She turns on her heel and heads towards the room. She opens the door with a spear and shield painted on it and slams it behind her.
"I'll see you at my house," Nico glares at him and does what Lexi did.
"Before we die, there's one thing I need to get off my chest," I say.
"What is it Katy?" Liam ruffles my hair
"I wish I was an only sibling." I say before going to the room with the Athena mark. I hear Liam say "fair." Before I close the door.
Inside, I see a camera facing the door and another above the door. I make a gesture toward the one facing the door before facing the other camera and repeating.
Apart from this, the room is empty.
Dad had said that only mortal weapons could pass the barrier. I take put my knife and Backbiter and lay them on the floor. I rest my foot on the end and with my knife, I carve out the celestial bronze.
My knife doesn't damage the steel one bit, but I remove all the celestial bronze. I don't know what the hilt is made of, but my knife doesn't do anything to it so I assume it's mortal.
As soon as I'm finished, I grab my knife in one hand and open my door. I see Liam and Thalia talking to my dad who doesn't notice me. I don't close my door. I hide my blade behind my back and march up to dad.
"Have you come to say goodbye?" He smirks.
"Something like that." I swing the blade at him and let it glide towards him. It slices through his thigh and he screams. The wound smokes black.
"You little." He screams
"I'm a little what, dad?" I say, "go on, say it." I taunt.
He pulls out something from his back pocket. The barrel of a gun is pointed at me. His hand is shaking though and he drops his arms, gasping.
"That was a big mistake. So called wisdom girl. Now your camp will be smoking in minutes."
"You're bluffing." I glare at him. "I don't remember Grace carrying any bag with her."
"That's because she must have put it in her cabin before she met up with you." He gasps,
"Grace was claimed after she met up with us." Thalia says.
"That, and she wouldn't have had time to be given a tour to cabin three," Liam says.
"So, you're bluffing." I smirk. "I'll go tell the others."
"Oh no you won't." My dad growls before he hits the wall three times. I hear doors lock and a hiss.
"What's that?" I say. Pale yellow slime rains down from the ceiling.
"Drakon venom." My dad grins.
"Whatever you do, don't touch it." Thalia warns. "It's venomous."