Emily was with the other hunters as they went after the Manticore, she had enjoyed the last many years that she had in the hunt. It had been sixty eight years since she had joined the hunt, at times it seem hard to believe that she had been in the hunt for that long. Finally the hunters had reached of where the Manticore was and there was five demigods and what Emily could figure as a satyr. Two of them were boys and three was a girl, one of the demigods was fifteen, two of the demigods were thirteen, one was twelve and one was ten. Three of the demigods Elizabeth knows who they are or heard of them, for she had meet two of them while one she only heard about. The two she meet was the two oldest girls, one was Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, of who Emily had meet when she was seven.
The other girl was Thalia, a daughter of Zeus, of who was 12 when Emily had meet her and Thalia had spent about six or seven years as a tree. Emily couldn't keep straight of how long Thalia has been a tree, but she knows that Thalia hadn't aged six years but about three years instead. However the only other one she knows was the oldest male, Percy, a son of Poesidon, she only knows of him because of the stories that Emily had heard about. True, Emily stands males the most out of the hunters but she couldn't help but roll her eyes at the stories, mainly because it sounds like a mix of the old Greek stories. It was just that she heard of the stories before, sure the quests were dangerous it was just that Emily had thought there would be some new things that would happen. But she was there when World War II happen and she did things that were different from the quests that had been sent since than or most of them at least.
However she didn't know who the satyr was and the youngest two demigods, but the two youngest demigods look like if they could be brother and sister. It was than that Zoë had told them to load their bows, when they did that she had told them to shoot at the manticore. What happen next had happen rather quickly, first the manticore told Artemis off for even coming here but she told him off. Than Zoë had ask permission to shot but Annabeth had jumped onto the back of the manticore and both of them had fell over the cliff. Emily had lowered her bow, she knew that something happened but she wasn't sure of what had happen. She didn't hear a splash that one would expect when someone falls off a cliff and to an ocean below. Emily had loosen her grip on her bow and the bow had disappeared, as Emily went to the cliff and look down that she heard the others talking to the two siblings.
Emily had walked away rom the cliff as Artemis walked with Bianca away from the others. She notice that the satyr was walking away with the youngest boy and Thalia had stormed away from Percy. Percy had went over to the fire that was started by Rachel in the middle of the tents that were set up. Hannah had blow a silver dog whistle, white wolves and a silver wolf had left the forest and started circling around the camp like guards. All of the wolves expect of which was Alexandria, instead she had walked over to Emily. Emily had pulled out a treat from her pocket and gave it to Alexandria like the other hunters. The falcons were in the trees watching the camp, Emily patted Alexandria's head and stood up more properly. Emily, Hannah and Rachel had went into the school and got the backpacks of the campers and return back to camp. Emily had Percy's backpack and she had tossed it to him, the youngest boy and the satyr had come back when Emily had tossed Percy his backpack. Emily was about ready to turn around and join the other hunters when the youngest boy had spoke up.
"You are Lieutenant America." Emily looked at the youngest in utter surprise, over the sixty eight years that she had been in the hunt and with the people she had meet that not once had anyone had called her by her given name of Elizabeth or even the name that she used during the war, Lieutenant America. The satyr and Percy had looked over the youngest boy in confusion when the boy had said that.
"Who are you?"
"Nico di Angelo. How is that you alive?" However the satyr had spoke.
"Come on, Nico. She is not Lieutenant America." The satyr had looked over at Emily. "Tell me that you are not Lieutenant America."
"But Grover, she is Lieutenant America. She had disappeared a month after the war and no one had been able to find her, if gods are real than it is possible that she could be immortal."
"But it had been seventy years since the war. And there is a better chance that Lieutenant America is died than Lieutenant America being a hunter"
"Come on, tell Grover that is who you are."
"Why do you think I am Lieutenant America?" Emily had looked over at Grover. "What makes you think that she won't be a hunter?" It was Grover who spoke first.
"Well it is well known at Lieutenant America was a demigod and there are stories of her and what she had done."
"I am aware of this, but you haven't made your point."
"My point is that she worked with mostly men in the war, the howling commandos were mostly men expect for Lieutenant America and Lauren Huntington, a daughter of Zeus. Hunters have a hatred of males and I know Lieutenant America doesn't have that hatred of men." Once Grover had said that Nico had spoke.
"I have pictures of Lieutenant America as well as Captain America as well as having comics about their adventures in World War II. You look just like her."
"She is not Lieutenant America, Lieutenant America is died."
"Grover, shut it." Grover just looked at her when Emily had said that and Emily had look at Nico, Nico looked at Emily hopefully.
"Nico, at this moment in time, I am not going to answer your question."
"So you are not Lieutenant America than?"
"I never said that." Nico was about ready to say something but Emily had best him to I. "But I am not going to deny it either. The only thing I can tell you is that I do have a connection to Lieutenant America, but I am not going to tell you what that connection is. I have my reasons for not telling you are personal."
"When can you tell me?"
"When the time is right, Nico." Nico had merely nodded and sat down next to Percy and started asking Percy a bunch of questions. Emily had walked over to one of the tents with a small smile on her face.
The next morning, everyone had got ready for Apollo to bring up the sun. In the last few hours, Bianca had joined the hunt of which Emily was glad of in a way but yet a bit sad. She was glad to have a new sister, but she was sad for Nico was alone in the world now and he didn't have the option of joining the hunt. If Emily had been in Bianca's place, Emily would have not joined the hunt for Emily would have went to camp with Nico to watch out for her brother. Yes, she had half siblings when she had joined the hunt but she wasn't too close to them due to the war. But that was part of Emily's nature to protect and watch out for her family, she had gained a family when she joined the hunt. Emily could tell that Nico had lost hope when Bianca had told him of what she had done. She hoped that Nico won't do anything that he may Apollo had come up with his sun chariot and he took the hunters and the others to the camp. Emily was in the back with the hunters, Apollo had decided to let Thalia drive the chariot of which was a mistake.
Emily had to hold on for dear life as Thalia drive for Thalia drove like a manic, honestly Emily was sure that Thalia didn't enjoy driving or something. Emily wasn't sure of what was bothering Thalia but something was clearly bother Thalia as she drove. When she landed in the lake that Emily was grateful that she was back on land, everyone else was as well even Apollo. Once everyone was out of the van that Apollo had left to go about his duty while Emily and the others had climbed out of the lake. The only one was not wet was Percy of which was annoying, at a time like this that she would prefer to be a daughter of Poseidon. When everyone had got out of the lake that all of the hunters, but Zoë, had went to the Artemis cabin. Emily was among the first hunters to enter the cabin, she had went over to the bunk that she had picked since she entered the camp the first time after joining the hunt. Emily had remained behind when the other hunters had just put their things in the cabin and left. Emily had knelt down and pulled out a box from under the bunk that she uses in the Artemis cabin.
When the box was out from under her bunk that she had took out a key and unlock the box before she had opened the box. Instead the box was a collection, not just any collection, it was the collection of the things she used in World War II and some things after that, that were related to being Lieutenant America or her uncle. Inside there was old comic books that told of her, as well as her uncle's, adventures in the war as well as some a couple of toys and shirts. Under all that was the Lieutenant army uniform she had wore as well as the Lieutenant America costume that she wore when she had been fighting. There was also the daggers and firearms that she used were still in there, when Emily was last here that she put this things in here. Honestly she bought she would never open the box again, but the conversation with Nico and Grover last night had brought back a lot of memories for her. Most of which she kept in the back of her mind and wish she could forget, Emily had closed her eyes remembering one of her most painful memories in her life.
