Chapter 45.
"Yay! I have a sister." Thalia cheers
"And I actually like you!" I reply
"Hey, what about me?" Grace calls
"She's winding us up Grace," Liam says, pushing his way through the other campers who are already starting to leave.
"Party's over everyone. Katrina, I'm sure that Teresa and Jane will help you get settled." Some guy in a leopard print tracksuit announces.
"How the hell do you get Katy wrong? And who are you?"
"Don't try me, Kaitlyn . It's been a long day," he walks off, drinking a can of diet coke.
"Dionysius." Liam rolls his eyes. "Sent to serve here as punishment but we're the ones suffering." I kick at the grass beneath my feet for a few seconds.
"I'm bored. Liam, Katy. Come in here, I want to play that game again. You too, Jason." Thalia says as she opens the door our cabin. "You didn't buy it did you?" I grimace once the door locks.
"Not a word." Thalia replies.
"And now apparently I can fly." I pick at my neck.
"Jason can teach you that. Because no way in Tartarus am I getting more than two feet off the ground."
"So, what happens now?" Liam runs his hands through his hair.
"Well, we go along with it." Thalia shrugs "it doesn't really matter who your parent is anyways."
"Says the daughter of Zeus." Liam scoffs but Thalia just rolls her eyes.
"Oh," Jason starts. "I just remembered, I heard what you said at breakfast today, and I found this." He pulls out a silver locket with a small pink stone.
"It's identical to mine." I say, digging mine out of my pocket. I put it next to his. "Where did you find it?"
"I was talking to Percy in his cabin after breakfast, and I found this on the floor." He looks at us.
"It's not Percy's." Liam slams his fist against the wall.
"I'll go." I take both the lockets and leave before anyone says a word. I march towards the next cabin with sea shells. I see two shadows running up behind me. Then Jason and Liam when I turn around. They're both a head taller than me, Jason an inch or two taller, and I feel short. "Let me talk to Percy," Jason says after I knock. A guy taller than all of us opens the door. He wears a bright orange shirt that is too small on him and his jeans graze his ankles. Oh, and he has one eye. "Brother Percy isn't in" he says.
"We're not here for Percy." I tilt my chin.
"Little sister Grace?" He guesses. I nod. He moves out of the way of us and I storm towards Grace, who was leaning against the back wall. I hold her against the wall by her shoulders. "What the Hell?" I scream. Her eyes immediately begin to water and her chin trembles.
"Katy, you're hurting her." Liam says and picks my up at my waist, so I'm half a foot off the ground. I grab his arm to try and get free, then I feel his arm jerk and he cries out as I realise I gave him a static electric shock. The boy with one eye has put himself between me and Grace. "Tyson, we need to talk to Grace." Jason soothes. He takes Tyson out of the cabin. "We're not going to hurt her, were just going to talk to her." He assures. As soon as the door closes behind him I've got Grace pinned against the wall again.
"What are you doing?" She struggles, but I don't loosen my grip. She cries as I press her harder. "I found that necklace." I spit. "Well, Jason did. How could you?" I say, slamming her again into the wall. She lets put a sob but I don't care. She always cries when she's being beaten yet doesn't care about what she does to others. "Katy, let go." Liam pulls me away. I let go and Grace tries to run but I grab her arm before she reaches the door. I drag her to the floor. "I haven't done anything." She chokes. "And I don't know where that necklace is."
I kick her chest so that she falls onto the floor and dangle the chains above her. "Then what was this doing in here?"
"Katy, calm down." Liam steps between us, still rubbing his arm. "Let me talk. You go and throw a brick at a wall, or whatever."
"I'll throw a brick at her if she doesn't give answers." I seethe.
"No, you won't. I'll talk to Grace. There has to be an explanation. And we won't get that out of throwing her around like a rag doll."
"Fine. We'll try your method first. Then, when she keeps up the lies, we'll try mine. You hear that Grace?" I squat down so that we're eye level. "We're giving you a third chance. I'll be outside." I stand up tall and slam the door on the way out.
"How did it go?" Jason looks at me. Tyson isn't anywhere.
"Don't know yet. Liam wants to do it the less effective way." I pout.
"You don't even know it was her." He says. "Maybe it's just the natural rivalry talking, it can be pretty powerful."
We sit in silence for a minute. The sun is in my eyes but squinting is for the weak so I don't.
"You're eyes are green." He states.
"Ok..." I say "what's your point?"
"Thalia and I both have blue eyes, to match the sky and lightning. Yours are greeny grey. Somebody's going to ask questions."
"Well, I grew up in England so my grey eyes match that sky. And the sky is greenish at sunrise, so that's what I'll say."
"Fair enough. And here comes Grace and Liam now."