Frank's POV
A cannon goes off in the distance. I grab my bow and hold it out in front of me. I scan my surroundings, making sure no one is near us. It's empty.
"Relax, Zhang. The cannon isn't going to come out and attack you," Will jokes.
I scowl at him. It's not my fault I'm so stressed, anyone with any sense would be. We could die any second now.
Out of nowhere, an arrow zips through the air and hits Nico in the shoulder. He falls to the ground, blood sputtering from his injury. I nock an arrow and point it in the direction where the silver arrow came from.
A girl emerges from the shadows. She has dark black hair that is in a braid. Her silver bow is pointed at my chest.
"Surrender and I shall have mercy on thee."
I don't lower my bow. She doesn't either.
Nico makes a noise. Will kneels down next to him, attending his injury.
"Thy friend is wounded. I shall not hesitate to end his life right now."
I make no move to surrender.
"Zoë! Where did you go? What are you-"
A girl with long dark hair runs next to Zoë and takes in the scene. Zoë aiming at me, me aiming at her, Will kneeling on the ground, Nico with an arrow in his shoulder. She makes a little gasping sound when she sees that.
"Zoë, who are these people?"
"Almost dead men. Would you wish to kill the one on the ground?"
"No, Zoë. There just boys, no older than us."
"Did thee forget what thy games are? We must kill others to emerge as the victor."
"We don't have to kill everyone..." The girl trails off.
In response, Zoë releases an arrow, but not at me. She aims at Will and shoots. I shoot a second after at where her arrow and mine should intercept. My arrow shatters hers into tiny splinters.
Zoë scowls at me, but before she can nock another arrow, the other girl grabs her arm.
"Let's just go back to Thalia and Hazel-"
"Hazel?" Nico manages to say.
I didn't even know that Nico was still alive. The second girl looks at him worriedly.
"Hazel's my...my sister," Nico groans.
"She is safe with us, male. You three can find a place somewhere else," Zoë says in a firm tone.
"No. Nico isn't leaving his sister with a bunch of strangers who kidnapped her!" Will says, defending Nico.
Zoë makes a noise in the back of her throat. "We didn't kidnap her? Thy girl was dying from poisonous water! We merely tries to save her! And she's healthy now."
"Zoë, let's just let them see their sister. It's wrong if we don't."
"Alright, Bianca, but only because I trust you. Not any of them, but you."
Bianca helps Will carry Nico to wherever their camp is. Zoë walks next to me as far away as she can be. She scowls distastefully in my direction.
We finally arrive in...the middle of a bunch of trees.
"Where-" I begin.
Zoë points upward and I see a tarp high up, camouflaged in the greenery.
"Thee must climb to reach our camp."
"Or they could just climb down. Nico is in no condition to be climbing trees,"
Will says.
Before Zoë can interfere, Bianca calls up to them.
"Thalia! Hazel! Get down here!"
A girl with short black hair climbs down first, now slung over her shoulder. Next is a girl with curly hair and dark skin.
"What's the matter? Couldn't kill these guys yourself?" The first girl retorts.
Hazel makes a gasping sound and runs over to Nico's side.
"Wha...what happened to him?"
Will points at Zoë with a glare. Zoë merely shrugs her shoulders.
"We have to help him!" Hazel insists.
"I know, I know. Get me some oak leaves to wrap the wound in, those should be thick enough. And lots of water," Will says, shooing everyone away from him and Nico.
I find a few leaves and bring them back over. Will puts them in a pile and leans down to Nico.
"This is going to hurt," he whispers. Nico just grunts in reply.
Will eases the arrow out of his shoulder. Nico makes a faint noise.
When it's out, Will puts the oak leaves on his shoulder and ties them with a vine.
"Let's just let him rest now," Will says.
I nod my head and go off to hunt. Bianca stays with Nico, holding his hand. I don't know why she's so friendly to him. Maybe she just does that to everyone.
But why does Hazel look so...familiar to me?
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A Game of Promises
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