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Chapter 9: I Gotten Myself in a Sticky Situation

Okay, so the first thing that came to my head was not something like, 'Sam! You're on fire!' Or 'Such devastation…' (If anyone understands THIS reference, you will be an honorary friend for life); instead, my first reaction was literally, "HOLY CRAP! SAM, YOU LEARNED ULTRA INSTINCT!"

Ugh, I got to take a break from anime, Sam as well. Anyways, Mitch got back on his feet and asked, "The hell is Ultra Instinct?"

Before I could answer, Daniel replied, "It's a technique in Dragon Ball that even gods struggle to master! It's one of the most powerful techniques that Goku was able to master after Dragon Ball Super!"

"Hold up!" I yelled. "You watch Dragon Ball?"

Daniel looks at me with confusion, as if it's common sense.

"Who doesn't know Dragon Ball?"

"Can you guys shut up about cartoons and deal with this first?!" Mitch yelled.

At that moment, a murder was about to be committed.

"How am I friends with you?" Daniel replied.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind was blown at us from Sam's position.

"I don't care how strong she is, I beat her before, I can do it again!"

Mitch charges at her, but she dodges all of his attacks. The way she moves though was smooth and effortlessly; as if she's just water itself. I've seen enough martial arts movies to tell… kind of.

"Why won't you stay still?!"

Daniel answered, "If it's like Ultra Instinct… okay, not a lot of time to explain but basically she's just really good at-"

"DODGE!" I yelled as that strong tingling sense intensified.

Before Mitch could attack, he heard what I said and ducked down, a gust of wind flew past him and hit a tree, cutting it in half. Mitch saw the tree and shuddered at the immense power she demonstrated.

"Okay, nerds… let's, uh, say I believe you now. Where do we go from here?"

Don't quote Cell. Don't quote TeamFourStar. Don't quote TeamFourStar Cell.

"We just need to hold out long enough until she wears out. Though, I don't know how long that'll be," Daniel explained. He's not wrong, whatever Sam is going through, eventually she'll have to get tired. Right? I mean that usually works in anime so I presume it should work in real life, right?

"ESTELLE!"

I look behind me and see Percy, Annabeth and Chiron heading toward us. I guess Jessie told the three about my note. Eh, it's fine. I knew it was bound to happen, I just hoped that I would've finished the game before I got caught. Though right now, we have bigger problems.

"Hey Percy," I said. "I know you're mad, but we have bigger problems right now. Sam is going berserk for some reason, and she has an immense aura surrounding her."

Percy ran forward and picked up a shield that was on the ground. He uncapped his pen and it transformed into a sword. Sam reacted as Percy charged and sent another powerful gust of wind toward him. He blocked it with the shield, but he was pushed back a bit but still standing.

"Damn! What power!" Percy yelled.

Chiron was shocked and said, "It can't be…"

"Estelle, get back! Mitch, Daniel, You're with me. We'll try to wear her down and knock her out."

"Percy! Wait!" I yelled but the three already charged at Sam. I bet you're thinking, 'three boys against one girl? That's cruel. Well, it would be if it weren't for the fact that Sam has gotten an OVERPOWERED ABILITY AND IS DODGING LIKE A BOSS.

Piccolo would be proud.

"Estelle!" Annabeth ran toward me and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Annabeth. But, what's wrong with Sam? She's… different."

"That… is Aura," Chiron replied.

"Aura?" I asked. "What's that?"

"… Aura is-"

[PAUSE]

You're probably thinking, 'Isn't this supposed to be about Estelle Blofis becoming a hero? Basically, a Marvel Story?'

Well, yes but you see… Sam awoke something that was deemed to be considered impossible to achieve and it's a really complex thing to talk about. Most likey, it'd take a while to explain what this Aura is. So for now, we'll put a pin to that and focus more on the fight. But trust me when I say this, Samantha Stacy has become a Shonen Anime Main Character, no joke. After this fight, I'll explain what Aura is, I promise. For now we'll talk about the basics.

[FAST FORWARD]

"-a strong energy source that dwells within all living creatures, especially the gods. What Samantha Stacy is doing is unlocking the full potential of Aura, which only gods themselves can do."

"Woah… so she's something special herself, isn't she?" I commented.

Annabeth nodded, "Indeed, but it was only a theory. We never were able to confirm the existence of it. But seeing it now… It's astonishing."

"Okay, but… you know what, we'll talk about it later. For now, we need to stop Sam from hurting anyone," I said.

The three boys tried to knock out Sam, but she was too fast and kept dodging every attack. She hasn't even moved out of her spot, like Percy and the others weren't much of a challenge. Suddenly, a strong wave of energy burst out of Sam and pushed everyone back.

"Such power!" I yelled. "Just where is she getting all this power?!"

Percy was down on one knee but Mitch and Daniel are down. Percy kept on the offensive, but Sam was just too fast for him. As Percy tried to make her trip, she did a backflip and jumped on top of a branch of a tree nearby.

Percy cursed quietly as the rest of the campers arrived at the scene. Chiron informs everyone to stay back as Percy tries to calm down Sam. I got up and ran toward Sam.

"Estelle! Get back!" Percy yelled but I ignored him. If fighting won't calm her down, maybe I can. At least, I hope so.

"Sam! It's me, Estelle! Can you hear me?" I said.

Sam jumps down on the ground and faces me. The aura that surrounds her is immense but it's starting to cool down a bit.

"That's right, Sam. It's me, no one is going to hurt you. I promise."

I kept talking as I walked closer to her. Percy was trying to tell me to stay back but I looked at him with an expression that says I can handle it. Annabeth does it all the time and he listens. I may be over my head, but Sam is my best friend, and now technically my sister, so I gotta do whatever it takes to help her.

"Come on, Sam. You don't have to be scared. I'll always be there to help you out, remember? We're sisters… well, technically we are now since you're a daughter of Athena and Annabeth is one as well so- I'm getting off track. Look, just listen to my voice and be calm. I got you."

Talking to her is working. The aura is dimming and she's starting to wobble a bit. As I got closer, I heard Mitch and Daniel slowly getting up. Percy tells them to stay away from us as I try to calm Estelle down. Unfortunately, Daniel accidentally hit a small twig and it snapped, making a noise that startled Sam. She reacted quickly and was just about to fire another gust of powerful wind towards him.

"SAM! NO!" I yelled as I tried to reach her hand. Then, something crazy happened. There was this green magic circle that appeared on my sleeve. As I try to reach Sam's arm to avoid Daniel getting hurt…

THWIP

I suddenly shot out a ball of web fluid toward her hand, which made her miss and shoot upwards. Of all the things that happened in just a week, that was the most bizarre thing to ever occur. Monsters attacking us in a museum? Classic start of an adventure. Learning about the existence of monsters and gods? Seen enough Supernatural so I'm used to it. My family being demigods themselves (excluding my parents)? It explains everything about them.

But the fact that I just shot out a small threadball of web out of nowhere was the strangest thing to ever happen. And to add to that, that tingling sensation keeps happening whenever I'm in combat or about to get attacked. That can't be just a coincidence, right?

Sam's energy skyrocketed and burned off the web in her hand and faced me.

"Sam! Calm down! It's me! Listen to my voice!"

But she wasn't listening as she now aimed her hand at me. The tingling grew and then I ducked and tried to make her trip by instinct. But Sam jumped, but it's what I want her to do. As she jumps, I grab her by the legs and she falls down. We landed near a puddle that was nearby so we got a bit wet, but the energy around her just vaporized it completely.

Oh man, I feel bad for the dude (or girl) that'll break her heart.

"SAM! STOP!" I yelled.

Suddenly, I heard her mutter something.

"What? Talk to me, Sam!"

"...Dad… don't… go…"

At that moment, I understood what was happening. Sam is still unconscious and is having a nightmare. Another burst of energy emerged and pushed me off of her. Sam got back up and charged at me. Percy was about to intervene, but I told him to stop. As Sam was about to punch, I dodged thanks to that tingling sensation. I kept dodging all of her attacks as I noticed that as time passes, her attacks are getting weaker. I can tell because of the heat, it was cooling down. If I can just get her to wake up, she'll go back to normal. As I kept dodging, I tried to wake her up by talking. Seems like she's still having nightmares about what happened to her father. I wouldn't blame her, watching the only blood family you have die in front of you can be traumatizing. But I won't abandon her.

I noticed that those magic circles that appeared on sleeves are still there. I don't know how I did it, but I tried to use them again at Sam's feet.

THWIP

It worked, though I figured that since it was just web fluid I thought, 'What if it's like Spiderman and I gotta do a certain hand signal?' So I did the Spiderman web shot gesture and it worked. It made Sam imobile and unable to escape. Though normally, she'd just burn off the web fluid but she's losing more and more of her immense strength.

I just gotta hold out a little longer. Sam was starting to yell out of nowhere, it seems like her nightmare is getting worse.

"Sam! Wake up! It's only a nightmare!" I yelled.

"Don't… Leave me! Dad!" Sam yelled.

The Aura grew hotter and stronger. Out of pure instinct (not the tingling one, but mine), I rushed toward her and hugged her.

"Sam… it's okay. I'm here for you," I said. "Remember what you told me, back in kindergarten? You said that you want to be as strong as me. Well you are, but you need to wake up and control that power. It's yours and yours alone. You dream of having an adventure ever since you read those books. And remember Final Fantasy? Sword Art Online? Danmachi? You dreamed of having adventures like that, right? Well guess what; your dream will become a reality. And you'll make more friends along the way."

Sam's eyes were starting to close and the aura that surrounded is fading. Next thing I knew, she collapsed in my arms.

"I got you, Sam. I got you."

She groans as she opens her eyes.

"Stella? Wha-," Sam jolted up. "What happened?! Did we lose? I blacked out for a moment and…" Sam notices the crowd that surrounds them. "Did something happen?"

I chuckled, "Yeah, I'll explain later. Let's get you up."

I got up and gave Sam a hand.

"Estelle!" Percy yelled.

"It's fine, bro. She's okay, no one got hurt… mostly."

Percy just stood there with a shocking expression. In fact, everyone was.

"What?" I asked. I heard people muttering and whispering about something. "Don't worry, Sam's awake now. She won't cause any troubles as soon as we figure out what the heck her powers are and-"

"Estelle Blofis," Chiron interrupted. "It's not Samantha that concerns us right now."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Stella?"

I looked back at Sam and saw her with the same reaction as everyone else, except she was looking above me.

"What is it Sam?"

She gestured for me to look up and I did. I saw a big symbol floating above me but I couldn't tell what it was. Plus, how could I be claimed in the first place? I'm 100% mortal.

"Sam? What god or goddess is it claiming me for?"

"None…"

"Then what's the symbol?" I asked.

She replied.

"...A Spider…"

Oh…

Suddenly, everything that was happening around me was making sense now. The Spider that bit me and disappeared; the tingling sensation on my body; the magic circles and web shooting and the crazy dream I have been having lately. And my first reaction?

"Ah… Crapbasket. Percy, do we have an Uncle Ben?! Cause I'd be very concerned about his safety right now."

Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter. I couldn't think of a good way to prolong the fight and I don't want to start the next scene until the next chapter. But I hope you enjoyed it. I also would like to make an announcement, coming soon in a future chapter in Wattpad and Archive of Our Own, I will also include a commissioned art piece of Estelle Blofis made by the same person who made the cover art for this story. I wish I could post it here as well, but it seems the website does not allow it. You can find it once I publish it (I publish each chapter in all three websites simultaneously) in AO3 or Wattpad. Same title and my author name too. I will announce it once it's finished.

Again, I hope you enjoyed it. Next chapter will also be posted soon this month.