(A/N: Here we are! The Last Olympian! Now I just wanted to say, I didn't plan on this being more or less a "chapter partly based on someone else's request", but squirrelmonkey123 had an idea that they commented about in Chapter XXV that I am going to run with in this a bit. Either way, this will be just more KAYTON themed moments. Probably will be pretty long as well, so please enjoy. Plus references to other fandoms in this as well. Plus shoutouts to -JASONSGRACE and Imaginebooks as well.)
Alternate Chapter Title: The Interlude That's Made Up Of One-shots
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August 19th, 2007
When he leaves camp for the third time in his whole existence there, he was not expecting that her father would send a fucking limo up to get both of them. Like no, seriously.
An actual limo.
Needless to say, it threw him for a loop. Kayla could only giggle in amusement as her boyfriend quite literally acted like a kid stunned at seeing something he had never seen before. It didn't stop him from making out with her in the open space of the passenger part of the limo though.
By this point, they couldn't even go an hour with each other without feeling the need to kiss. It was so bad that Clarisse had to shout, "DO YOU TWO REALLY NEED TO SHOW YOUR AFFECTION FOR EACH OTHER TO THE REST OF US EVERY FIVE FUCKING MINUTES?!" to the two of them at one point in time since they hooked up.
With the two of them alone in the passenger area of the limo, it isn't long before they stop making out with each other, and Colton's anxiety about having to meet one of her parents shows itself. He's sweating, really sweating.. because even for a son of Ares, he can't help but be a bit intimidated that he might not measure up to whatever standards Darren Knowles had in mind for his daughter's boyfriend.
But she calms his concerns, telling him that he's going to be fine, and that he'll be okay. The fact that her words, plus her taking his hand in hers, calms him down speaks a lot to how close the two of them are.
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Later..
He feels weird having to wear formal, fashionable clothes for the first time in his life. He isn't used to them, and so they feel awkward to wear. But he knows he has to, given the occasion that Darren has decided to hold as soon as the two of them had arrived at his residence in Toronto.
The trip there was really uneventful, the two of them having been guarded from monsters most of the way there through the assistance of the Hunters Of Artemis, who had just so happened to be trekking northwards along part of the route that the limo took. So some of the hunters, including Artemis, Thalia Grace, Phoebe, and Hunter, catch a ride on their way up to Toronto.
Needless to say, while a lot of the hunters looked on in annoyance that a girl that could have been a hunter due to be very good with a bow had fallen in love with a boy, in contrast Thalia, Phoebe, and Hunter couldn't help but express congratulations to both him and Kayla on their relationship upgrade. Artemis herself even joined in, if only kind of reluctantly.
As for what event Darren had decided to host on that day, it was really simple actually. A good old fashioned party of celebrities, with plenty of protection offered by the gods - at Apollo's insistence.
Colton doesn't know what to really think when he comes out of the second bathroom in the incredibly spacious master bedroom, one of two in Darren's mansion, that Kayla's father let him and Kayla be in.. only to find his girlfriend's bodyguard, Asterios, standing on the other side of the door.
He was an upgraded version of the Minotaur that had ran away from its inventor Daedalus and out of the labyrinth, encountered Apollo and Darren while they were out on a stroll through NYC a few months prior to Kayla's birth, and since they met, the bald, tall, intimidating human version of this monster had become a servant of Apollo, and a very important employee on Darren's payroll, which just so happens to be staffed almost exclusively with a mixture of monsters loyal to the Olympians and clear sighted mortals.
In a way, Kayla's father's servant was like a second (or third in this case) father to her, since Apollo was mostly stuck on Olympus or siring more demigod children. Thus, it's only natural that moment occurring between him and Colton is even happening at all, much to the anxiety and nervousness of the demigod standing in front of him. (A/N: The Minotaur's Greek name is also called Asterios, so for this, I'm changing it to Asterius to prevent confusion. More on Asterios at the end of the chapter.)
"So.." Asterios states, eyeing Colton up and down to get a good look at the boyfriend of his employers' daughter. "..this is the Colton Reynolds I've heard Kayla speak so much of.. I must admit, for someone she spoke a lot of, I expected you to be a little bit.. older. The name's Alexander Hartwell, kid.. but my true name is Asterios. I'm a monster in the employment of both Kayla's biological father and her godly parent."
Colton hesitantly shakes his hand, not sure what to make of Asterios. "Relax.. kid.." Alexander says calmly. "I'm not here to hurt you.. but just so you know, you break her heart.. I will not hesitate to hunt you down. Understand?"
Colton gulps and nods, shaking quite a bit. Even for a son of Ares, right now, he's about as scared as he was when Lee, Matthias, Aruna, Victoria, and Michael gave him the talk the day after Colton came back from Ogygia.
Alexander leaves, figuring that the boy understands loud and clear which is correct, leaving Colton there to stabilize himself. He's a bit shaken, but his love for Kayla is what keeps him from breaking down right then and there. Even so, he's still a little wary of Asterios every time he sees the bodyguard of his girlfriend after that.
Kayla comes into the room a few moments later, and the instant Colton sees her, his heart is practically shooting out of his chest at the sight of her beauty.
She had received a bit of a makeover by some of the people her father had on his payroll to do her hair, makeup, and so forth whenever she was at events with him, and right now, the fashion / archery queen was looking especially glamorous right now, even more so since per her godly father's powers, she was glowing a bit too. Her hair looked very shiny, voluminous, deep conditioned and totally glamorous - even the patches where her hair was dyed green - as her hair swayed graciously from side to side as she walked towards him. That black dress was totally form fitting - comfortably fitting to the outline of her curves and somehow placing emphasis on them at the same time - and the manner in which she licked her lips, really wanting him right now.. he was definitely thankful that his father Ares or his siblings - hell, even the rest of camp - were not around to see him feel like he wanted to act like a simp for the girl.
Words once again failed him.
It took him a few moments before he found what he wanted to actually say.
"Kayla.. I..uh.. you.. look.. fabulous.." he stuttered again, causing Kayla to giggle. She hugs him, and even in the stylish dress clothes he's wearing, he still feels like he's wearing his camp uniform when he gets hugged by her.
She looks up at him and smiles. "Hearing you call me beautiful is the best thing that I love to hear from you, darling.." she says playfully, giggling more as Colton's blush gets more crimson with every word out of her mouth.
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The first thing Colton sees the minute he steps out of the front door to where the party is, holding Kayla's hand in his, is a fist that smacks right into his face.
Kayla shouts in pure shock and concern as Colton goes down to the floor, somehow not hitting the back of his head in the process, but whoever punched him in the face - he didn't see the attacker's face - doesn't get much further because the next thing Colton sees is Asterios walking past him, and lifting the blonde haired dude, dressed in more sleazy clothes, up by the shirt collar.
"What.. is.. the.. big.. idea, pal?" the tall, bald bodyguard snarls in the face of the offender, who glares angrily at Colton as Kayla walks over and kneels down by him concerned.
"Hey, Kayla! Don't stand over there by that loser! Tell your guard dog to unhand me!" the blonde screams, and Kayla stops, turns around, and glares at the blonde with fury on her face.
"Byron.." Kayla says angrily. "I told you before.. and I will tell you again.. I'm not your girlfriend, fiancée, whatever you want to call me. I'm with Colton, and that's that."
"Shut up! You're with me Kayla.. that's.." Byron shouts, before he gets interrupted.
"Alexander, mind explaining what is going on here?" asks a voice behind Colton and Kayla. Colton turns, and starts sweating. Standing right behind him is a tall man with red hair in very fashionable party clothes, and he's definitely recognizable. It's Kayla's father, Darren Knowles. "And why is this.. despicable boy back on my property?"
Alexander covers Byron's mouth with his hand, much to the teen's frustration, and turns his head to the side. "I don't know why he's back on the premises, sir.." Alexander says. "But from the looks of it.. he was waiting for the two of them to come out.. and then he punched Colton in the face in the hopes of getting Kayla away from him."
Byron tore his mouth away from Alexander's hand. "It's his fault!" he screams. "Kayla's mine! He stole my girl away from me!"
Everyone at the party by now has stopped what they were doing on the front lawn of Darren's mansion and just watched the scene with a mixture of emotions and reactions, some of them filming videos of the whole thing.
Colton gets up on his feet, and he growls at Byron. He's mad.. very, very mad. Kayla hugs him to calm him down, and out of concern for her own safety and his, and he hugs her back.. while Kayla's father turns to a nearby maid just inside the mansion.
"Mrs. Dale.." Darren says calmly. "I would like you to please get to a phone and dial the police.. I wish to press charges against Kyle Sanders' son."
The brown haired maid with glasses nods and goes to a phone, and the look on Byron's face turns to one of pure horror, and Colton can't help but smile at the sight of it.
"No! NO!" Byron screams. "Don't call the cops on me please!"
"Alexander.. please escort this.. filthy sleaze-ball down the driveway to the street and wait for the cops to arrive.. if you would so kindly please.." Darren says, still being calm about the whole situation. Alexander obliges, turning to the left and dragging Byron off towards the bottom of the driveway and the long hill leading up to the mansion, with Byron flailing, kicking, and screaming as Alexander did so.
Darren turns towards his daughter and her boyfriend. "My dear Colton.. I greatly apologize for all of that.. Byron has proven to be a very difficult person to deal with.. tonight was the last straw of my patience with him.." he says before chuckling to himself. "I must say.. you look every bit the man that my daughter has described."
Colton can't help but just nod in reply, words failing him yet again right now. Eventually, as always, it returns. "Thanks.. Mr. Knowles.." Colton says nervously.
"Call me Darren, buddy.." Kayla's father says back to Colton. "And honestly, I do approve of you dating my daughter. You have nothing to fear."
Darren then leaves as the cops are showing up to arrest Byron, but Kayla and Colton just stand there.. Colton more so in shock than Kayla.
"D..Did..I.. just..?" he stammers, before Kayla wraps her arms around the back of his own neck. She's got a seductive look on her face that makes him blush a deep crimson.
"I think my dad definitely likes you.." she says back before she kisses him right in front of all the party guests. He doesn't hesitate to make out with her right there for a little bit, meaning that for the next couple of weeks, the two of them are in the spotlight of every social media app and news outlet in both Canada and the U.S., with some other news outlets in various countries reporting on the video of the whole incident.
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October 5th, 2007
She's up at a fashion show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on this day. Even as she's "rocking it out" - in Colton's words - the series of sexy hot dresses she wears on the runway, she can't help but smile and blow a kiss at him every time she sees him in the crowd. She is very surprised when she runs into Aphrodite prior to the show starting however, having not expected to run into the goddess here.
The two exchange some words and do their thing, and can't help but be shocked afterwards when Colton gets into a brawl with multiple other teenaged boys his age that are jealous over him, a nobody that came out of nowhere in their own words, being Kayla's boyfriend.
She can't help but hug him in the outfit she's currently wearing, tears in her eyes and both tears and mascara running down her cheeks, in relief that he's okay as he leans there, propped up against the wall after the brawl. His shirt has been torn in two parts with most of the left side missing, and his pants have multiple rips and tears in them. He's bruised a bit, with a black eye, but he hugs her back, telling her that he's okay. Even though Darren gives him some ambrosia to heal while in the car after the fight, which occurred after the shoot, to heal.. Colton can smirk in glory and feel like Ares is proud of him. He did win the fight after all.
Kayla on the other hand is actually not really amused. "That was stupid.. you moron.." she tells him, as he sits laying in their bed back in the hotel they are staying at, Kayla laying on top of him gently. "So?" Colton responds. "They were telling me that I must have bought your love, which pissed me off a lot. So.. tempers flared, and next thing I knew, it's on."
"You do realize that a lot of those kids' parents are not going to be amused at you for beating their kids up that bad?" she asks him, concern visible in her eyes as she nuzzles into his neck.
He smirks. "I already told Darren what had happened before he got you.. so news channels, thanks to his presser he's holding in the lobby as we speak, should be running with his words.." he says back, making Kayla giggle in joy.
Colton's right. It's not long before all the attention and attempts from snobbish celebrities, rich brats, crazed fans, and so on to win Kayla's heart from him cease. In fact, it basically stops two days after the fight in Vegas.
From Camp Half Blood, Clarisse can't help but smile at the news when it reaches them via Iris Message. The fact that Colton won the fight while only using his bare hands.. makes it even more impressive in her opinion.
That night, though.. the two of them cuddle and snuggle under the bedsheets, watching episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a crime TV show that takes place in Vegas. Much to their surprise, one part of the latest episode released on this day shows CSI Greg Sanders reacting in shock to a video clip of the fight between Colton and the other guys - unrelated to the case he's working on.
Both laugh.
"No way.. no way.." Colton says to her in shock.
"It's real, alright.." she replies back, enjoying being able to rest her head on his chest. She loves it totally.
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October 23rd, 2007
Being home-schooled, he knows far more than the other kids at her school, in her grade for that matter. He doesn't use it to make the other kids hate them though. If anything, he simply uses it to change things up at her school since long story short, he's stuck attending there. Not that he minds.
Being in a public school is something new for him, so being the loving girlfriend she is, Kayla is more than happy to show him the ropes. The fact that he has the exact same schedule as hers means that he's never without her.
He loves and enjoys that greatly.
She is very jealous when the queen bee of her grade, Violet, tries to get really close to her boyfriend. Despite her best efforts, Violet is unable to take Colton away from Kayla, since despite drama and such, he's unshakeable.
When he finds out that Violet only tried to break them apart so that the quarterback of their school's freshman football team, Dawson, can hook up with Kayla, he agrees to help her get revenge on the jock by exposing that he was cheating on his girlfriend with the head freshman cheerleader - and some other dark secrets.
Needless to say, Dawson ends up getting expelled and despite their past issues, Violet ends up becoming good friends with Colton and Kayla.
Even so, when their school's freshman football team loses five football games in a row after Dawson's expulsion and loses their chance to compete in post-season games that semester, some of the freshmen tell Colton to his face that he should have just let Violet tear him and Kayla apart and none of their losses would ever have happened.
Colton responds by typing up a lengthy letter that's sent to the superintendent of the school district that eventually means those freshmen end up like Dawson, much to the joy of the entire school and Kayla.
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November 13th, 2007
Plunk.
Plunk.
Plunk.
He lifts his head up from the history book about the Battle Of Spotsylvania Courthouse, sitting in the chair he's on outside the indoor archery range in Darren's mansion, in the basement level.. staring up at the clock and sighs. Kayla's been in the archery range for two hours straight.
Eventually however, she comes out of the room, wearing just an exercise bra and shorts. She stares at her boyfriend, sweat dripping off her forehead. "Surprised you waited out here the whole time this time around.." she says to him, huffing. He puts the book down, and gets up from the chair before he places his hands on her shoulders, and places a gentle kiss right on her sweating forehead.
She blushes.
"I mean.. it's better than having to wait for you back up in our room.." he replies sweetly. She smiles and hugs him, wrapping her arms around his back. After a while, her hand gently touches his cheek.
"You are the sweetest thing I could have ever asked for in my whole life.." she replies sweetly in return. "..plus a fantastic dance partner, even if that was your first time."
He blushes.
After Byron punched him in the face back in August, Colton had ended up dancing with Kayla on the dance floor on her father's front lawn during the party back then, and safe to say, he was a natural at it despite having never danced in his life before.
She kisses his cheek, and just smiles as he wraps his arms around her behind her back. Gods, he thinks to himself. She's all mine.
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November 22nd, 2007
It was Thanksgiving, and eating with her family went better than he thought it would, much to his relief. Generally, her relatives thought very kindly of him.
Her cousins were a bit of a handful, but generally very friendly and very supportive of the relationship between him and Kayla, which was nice compared to the psychotic crazy ones that were her siblings in the Apollo Cabin. It was extremely nice, to say the least.
"I think my cousins like you a lot.." Kayla said to him as the two sat on the staircase leading up to the second floor, watching her family talk and interact with each other.
"Yeah.. I can tell. Definitely better than your siblings back in the Apollo Cabin.." he replied.
Kayla looked concerned at that comment, before frowning. "They gave you the talk, didn't they?" she asked him.
He nodded, and she huffed in frustration.
"Pulled me over to the armory and gave it to me there.." Colton went on. "Now I know how Austin felt about it."
"Austin? You mean that former head counselor of your cabin?" she asked, surprised.
"Yep.. your siblings gave him one when he started dating Caeli.." he replied, holding her hand in his own. "..and he pissed his pants from it."
"Ew!" she told him. "Did not need to hear that."
"Apologies.." he replied, gently sliding her over to him and into his lap, causing her to blush a deep crimson. Before they could go any further, one of her cousins called out, "Awwweee.. they are so cute together!"
Long story short.. after some talking and movement later, she was once again in his lap, but this time while they were sitting in the rocking chair in the bedroom that the two slept in.
She traced her finger along one of his visible scars from that time in Hephaestus' forge, and he flinched slightly.
She noticed.
"Still hurts a little, darling?" she asked softly. He nodded in reply.
"Good to know.. I won't touch you there.." she said, as he gently kissed her forehead. A few tears started flowing from her eyes.
"Miss the others..?" he asked, as she hugged him tightly. The whimper she gave told him all he needed to know.
"Yeah.. I do too.." he told her.
Before long, the two of them were snuggling in the large king size bed. "I love you so much.." she told him.
"I love you too.." he replied back, and she sighed in happiness as they fell asleep in each other's arms that night.
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December 16th, 2007
Their next trip takes them to the small community of Oakridge, Oregon where Colton takes a good interest in watching long, heavy Union Pacific manifest trains start their climb to the top of the grade once they enter what railroaders call the Cascade Subdivision. Part of the line between Eugene, Oregon and Roseville, California which has the famous Shasta Route as a part of the line, Kayla can't help but notice how interested her boyfriend is in watching big GE locomotives dig in as they climb a 1.8% grade for 40 railroad miles to Cascade Summit. (A/N: This is actually a real railroad line in the USA, and I do include this in here due to actually being a railfan in real life myself.)
"You enjoying yourself?" she asks, as she takes a break from taking photographs with the photographer and lets the other fashion models take their turn. "Indeed, I am.. my love.. honestly these big trains fascinate me.." he says.
He had seen a few trains in Toronto, but never really had the chance to be able to watch a train line for a day.. until now. The photo shoot may have been for fashionable winter clothes, but it definitely was worth coming along with Kayla - because for one, he outright loves Kayla deeply and two, this rail line is definitely outright interesting to watch.
The rumblings of another train, slowly getting louder, alerts the two to the approaching southbound heading their way. Kayla is called back for more photos, but he stays at his spot near the tracks, watching as UP 5307, a brand new GEVO, comes around the curve and out of the cover of the trees with another manifest bound for Roseville. This southbound is especially long, considering that in addition to the six locomotives on the head end, three more engines are required as DPUs in the middle of what he counts as an one hundred twenty nine car manifest train, with two GEs tacked on the rear as end DPUs to shove this monster heavy train up the hill.
He is filming this train, which he later finds out was an abnormality - since unusual circumstances had led to this train being sent over the hill, and the fact that this heavy southbound makes it over the hill despite being too long for any siding is amazing.
"Long sucker.." Kayla remarks when she gets back over to him just after he finishes filming, the rear engines of the southbound howling in the distance as it claws upgrade.
"Yep.." he replies, and the two kiss, even as snowflakes begin to fall around them.
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December 24th, 2007
They kiss under the mistletoe despite their reluctance in front of her entire family, including even her siblings in the Apollo Cabin (+ his siblings in the Ares Cabin who happen to join them) who are watching via an Iris Message.
Everyone goes berserk.
"This is so adorably cute.." Belle says, hopping into the pile watching the Iris Message.
Everyone watching this from camp has to honestly agree, as does Kayla's family not in camp. Aruna and Aurora both give thumbs-up to this scene.
Even as snow falls around outside the mansion that night, Kayla sleeps with a smile on her face, comfortably snug in Colton's arms with her head resting on his chest.
She's been through a lot, but she sleeps on this Christmas happier than even before, and she's okay with it. She can't wait for tomorrow to even come.
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December 25th, 2007
The minute she wakes up, she's not in Colton's grasp anymore. She doesn't notice at first, because she can hear a lot of grunting out in the hallway for some reason which distracts her, then she realizes her head is on a pillow and not his chest and that's when she realizes her boyfriend isn't in bed with her. She's sleeping by herself in the bed, and she notices that the door to the room is wide open.
That's when Colton walks back in.. dragging a sled full of all of the Christmas presents for both him and Kayla. Kayla has the bulk of the presents, but he is okay with that.
Kayla puts her hands on her face, shocked at what her boyfriend has done. Out in the hallway, her parents stare in shock too. "What?" he says. "Why not bring the presents up to your girlfriend?"
Kayla blushes, then jumps out of bed in the nightgown she has on, and with tears of joy, runs to Colton and hugs him, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the floor, which only knocks the wind out of him temporarily. Kayla has a beaming smile on her face and glows brightly, happy as could be with her boyfriend.
"Colton.." she starts. "..you didn't really have to do this."
He gently cups her cheek. "For you.." he says back. "..that's the best reason to even do it at all."
And to the chagrin of her parents who are ready to video them opening gifts, they have to wait another twenty minutes because their daughter makes out with her boyfriend then and there.
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January 15th, 2008
Colton's birthday was today.
Kayla was ecstatic about her fourteen year old boyfriend turning fifteen today. It might not have been her birthday, but she definitely felt like she was the birthday queen today.
Darren decided to celebrate the occasion by throwing another party. Even with Byron in jail though, that didn't stop from Colton and Kayla from having the shock of the year when they spotted none other than Luke Castellan in the crowd. How the host of Kronos even found the time to ditch the Titan Army, let alone know that Colton and Kayla would be here, was beyond them.
"What is he even doing here?" Kayla hissed at him once they had retreated back upstairs. Colton was really pissed off right now, and it showed, for his fists were clenched tightly.
"I don't fucking know.." Colton says back to her confused. He's not sure whether he should go down there and clobber Luke, or stay here and keep Kayla completely safe. He's leaning more towards the latter option than the former.
But, they both know one thing. Luke, aka Kronos, knows where they currently are. Toronto is no longer safe now.
The minute Darren hears about this, he notifies Chiron immediately. By the next morning, Kayla and Colton are on their way back to Camp Half Blood, returning back to home.
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January 16th, 2008
Clarisse, understandably, is furious when she finds out that the traitor Luke was at Colton's birthday party. She has to be restrained by Lee and several kids from her own cabin, including Sherman and Austin, before she goes and hurts someone without meaning to do so intentionally. Her freak-out is that bad, seriously. It's that bad.
In the months that have passed since the Battle Of The Labyrinth, not much has changed at camp. You'd think.
In actuality, with all the trauma and suffering that happened, a lot has changed at camp. You can tell immediately.
Colton can see it in the way that Lee, much like Colton himself did a couple summers ago, now does a border patrol on his own now, even with the Golden Fleece and the dragon by the tree guarding camp now. He can see it in the way that Sherman can't go an entire day now without feeling the need for himself to make sure Miranda is okay and safe. He can see it in the way that Beckendorf has worked his ass off overtime, much to Silena's dismay, making a shit ton of ammo for Colton's Whitworth, the MG42, plus various types of arrows for the Apollo kids, as well as other types of weapons for what may come.
He can read the trauma, the pain, the suffering, the misery, the frustration, all the emotions they are feeling from just one look at their eyes. He doesn't when he became so good at reading emotions, and at this point, he really doesn't give much of a shit to care when this had even happened at this fucking point now.
By this point, his moniker of being "The Beast Of Camp Half Blood" has really sunk in among everyone, all except the kids that arrive younger and younger every week. Colton doesn't mind the nickname, he just finds it annoying that everyone other than Clarisse, Lee, Sherman, Kayla, Michael, Austin, Caeli, Annabeth, Travis, Katie, Connor, Beckendorf, Castor, Pollux, Silena and Miranda gives him a wide berth every time he appears. Fortunately, Kayla feels the same way as him and snaps.
"What is your problem with my boyfriend?" she tells her own brother Will, who outright refuses to even touch Colton when he walks into the infirmary after taking a slash in the arm by a hellhound saving the life of a scared 6 year old running like hell into camp that was later claimed by the Hephaestus Cabin.
"I don't wanna to touch him.. he scares me.." Will says, and Kayla slaps her brother in the face, much to Colton's own disbelief and shock as well as that of Michael who was in the room with them.
"Grow the fuck up, Will!" she shouts at him. "He's a demigod like you and me! I don't give a shit if he comes from the moon or not! He's our family!"
After that outburst of his girlfriend, the campers slowly open up again to Colton, which makes him fall in love with his girlfriend even more.
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August 1st, 2008
He knows it.
He knows that the final clash is coming.
He received a letter from Kelli on the Fourth Of July that he had kept hidden from everyone else, including Kayla.. for one simple reason. He knows now that Porphyrion and Periboia are back, and that they are after his awarded title.
What Porphyrion wants with his title of Monster King, Colton has no idea. He's no where closer to figuring out how to tap into the power that it might have than when he started. But, he keeps the letter hidden from everyone for a couple of other reasons.
Kelli's on the run. Luke, aka Kronos, found out about the letter and as she was completing it as the letter states, she had been attacked and forced to flee the Princess Andromeda. Colton didn't know if Kelli was alive or dead, and that worried him. But the final reason he kept the letter secret was what Kelli wrote at the bottom.
Typhon has escaped.
Kronos is bringing his forces to New York soon.
Colton, be careful. The final battle is here.