Alyssa
I propped myself on one foot stopping me from falling down into the pit of darkness. As I looked around, I couldn't find anyone else since there's nothing much except from the gloom gathering around me.
"Who appeared at the camp?" A cold harsh voice bellowed and echoed along the darkness below me, making me flinch from shock.
Turning to face a lady with curly black hair with a bright green flowing dress (which looked like a stream flowing peacefully but it was forested green, not sea green) and a boy, I quickly shifted to find somewhere to hide.
The boy wearing a biker jacket with his blonde hair sticking out in every direction said to the lady with a voice which sounded very, very convincing. Well, he looked attractive already even in the darkness and with his voice; he seemed almost like an angel. But he wasn't.
"Twins of Hades," his answer was short to the point without further elaboration.
"Twins? Not only a child but twins? I think Hades is blessed with twins for his children," the mysterious lady chuckled without any humor present in her tone which made me shiver from fear. It seemed as if she was radiating fear from herself.
Furthermore, I got the feeling they were talking about me and Alex.
What else could they be talking about? Are there one more set of Hades' children? If so, I really respect your dad, you know. For having three sets of twins.
I rolled my eyes at my own thoughts of my inner self.
"Yes." Again, an answer short to the point. That guy must be really cold-hearted.
You know what would be nice? If he is a hot god with laid back personality and easy-going but from what I judged from his reaction to the lady whom might be his superior with a harsh manner as if he wanted no one to cross the boundaries.
Maybe he was like that. Maybe I could have a love story after my life have changed.
Hold! This isn't a time for my teenage girl hormones to get in the way. I need to focus on the big change in my life. First thing first, I need to concentrate on what was going on.
"...the conditions?" that lady asked the boy who was now wiping his black colored sword with the hum of his blue shirt. Don't ask me how I saw the shirt color in a pitch dark whatever-the-place-is, I had no idea.
Perhaps children of Hades have night vision because they have to adapt to the darkness in the Underworld. No surprise there.
"He gets to rule the half of the world," the hot guy replied, looking bored which made him look way cooler. I know hot and cool doesn't apply to each other but you get the idea.
The peaceful-looking lady groaned with such exasperation. "Only because I'm in no condition to take care of those little retards who blasted me with their low tactic... Leo Valdez, I can't stay relaxed until I kill you with my very own hands."
I studied her dress and my eyes reached her eyes which were looking into my direction and suddenly they glowed green, very green.
That is when I woke up in cold sweat, gasping for air. I looked at surrounding and it was totally different from what I saw in my dream, pitch black. The morning sun pours out of the window across the Hades' cabin where I was once in my beauty sleep, more like a nightmare sleep.
My bed was designed like a coffin and painted black and red. Last night, Nico grumbled to himself something like, "Why is everyone thinking we are some vampires? We are children of Hades for God's sake!"
I had to retain myself from laughing too hard at his complaint. I'm totally okay with the decorations but I don't think both Nico and Alex weren't. I love vampires to begin with but it was obvious that the rest of the Hades' children aren't.
The door swung open causing more amount of sunlight to pour into the room. I covered my eyes immediately and groaned in distaste like a vampire who was burned up with the sunlight. "What the hell?"
"You are a total creep," Annabeth said looking at me with her stormy gray eyes which had bags under them, suggesting that she didn't had enough sleep last night.
I opened a switched in my head mentally and looked into her eyes which gave me vivid visions of her wondering through Tatarus with Percy on her side, I could hear screams and shouts and some muffled sounds from Percy and Annabeth.
I brought myself back to reality and smiled at her. Now I know her weakness, Tatarus. Since I found out my power yesterday, I kept practicing how to control it to myself.
Now I knew that there is a switch and what I could see was people's worst fear ever and sometimes who they wanted to protect with their lives.
"I had a dream about Gaia," I said carefully studying her reaction. She shifted uncomfortably and I smirked to myself knowing that it was an uneasy subject for her to bring up in a conversation.
"What is that dirt face plotting this time again? It was just last year the battle happened," she let out an exasperated sigh.
This is a time to act funny, Alyssa. The voice in my head said.
I let out a few chuckles. "Dirt face? Honestly? You call the Earth mother dirt face? Oh well, technically she is the dirt face as she is the earth."
Annabeth relaxed her muscles and chuckled along with me. "Now now, Chiron wishes to see you. Get dressed and come to the Big House."
"No breakfast?" I pouted making my best puppy eyes which Alex fall for every time.
"Urgh," Annabeth rolled her eyes at me. "Fine, after you have your breakfast."
I mentally smirked at my victory. "Yay! Thank you!"
Getting on my two feet, I rushed to the bathroom and brushed my teeth before heading out to have some delicious food for breakfast.
I walked away from Hades' cabin after shutting off the switch in my head saying 'hello's and 'good morning's to some people along the way, partly searching for Alex.
Buzz.
Stopping myself in my tracks, I replayed the sound in my head as if to figure out where it came from and I sensed it was nearby. Very nearby. The thought of having to find a dead person made me shiver.
And this buzz was different from others I have heard. This was so clear and it felt as if this person who died was somewhat related to me. But it also felt very strange like this person has died only partly even the buzz was audible.
Instead of walking to the Mass Hall for breakfast, I changed my direction and headed for the Woods where I sensed death.
What can it be?
Curiosity crept from the back of my mind and took over my head. Now, I wanted to know who can it be dead and why that person had to die.
As I walked into the trees, dodging some branches and leaves not to hit me in the face, I approached death more and more with my steps. Unlike other people would act when they knew somebody had died, I was calm and excited instead of freaking out.
A sudden thud made me wary and put up my guards. I turned around my head to find out what it was and found myself face to face with the boy in my dreams.
Guess what I did.
I screamed like hell and the boy tried to calm me down but to no avail. In fact, he was making it worse. His touch shot electroshocks through my vein. His soul was different from others that it caused invisible sparkles when he touched me.
I kicked and punched him but that didn't seem to do anything on him other than annoy him. At last, I guess he couldn't take my irritating attacks anymore. He tripped my down on my back and he himself lied down on my. Our faces were only inches away and his body was on me.
I struggled more to be freed from his grip but he held me tighter as I tried more to be released.
"Who the hell are you?!" Furious, I spat at him with anger and annoyance.
"I'm Dylan, son of Ares." His voice was cold sending shivers down my spine. Dylan, huh? I thought he was a god but anyway, what is he doing here?
"Get off me!" I commanded rather harshly. I sensed death very near but due to the human weight on me, I couldn't check the surroundings.
Dylan smirked as if he had all the victory in the world, as if he had something I didn't have, as if he had a secret weapon which I would be terrified by. Not in a millennia, dude.
He stood up and offered me his hand. I didn't take it but I pushed myself up from the ground and faced Dylan who was studying me.
I closed my eyes and mentally turned on the switch in my head and I opened my eyes once again and went through Dylan's soul thoroughly.
I saw him falling, just falling without an end, into pitch darkness. Figuring out he was falling into Tatarus, I shifted uncomfortably. So this boy has also visited the pit.
The scene changed to him walking in what seemed like a maze, more like a complex labyrinth and the walls kept shifting and changing their positions like stairs in Harry Potter changing their places depending on the people walking on it.
"Kampě, let's talk into-" Dylan is interrupted by the woman with wings snakes as her hair and body of some slimy serpent.
"Talk into what?!" Kampě bellowed shaking the walls and solid around them.
And all of sudden, Dylan was slashed into half by that monster before him.
After moments later, I got really dizzy and stumbled backwards. Dylan caught me before I hit the ground.
"Am I that handsome that you nearly fainted?" he still had that egoistical smirk on his face.
I turned off the switch in my head not wanting to experience other people's fears for some time, and I stood up straight. "So you have been slashed into two by some monster with snake hair."
Dylan turned pale, his skin turned paper white that I thought all his blood had been drained out. I checked his reaction carefully; his breathing rate increased, his hands were balled into fists at his sides. So that was a touchy subject for him.
"H-how... how did y-you know about it?" Dylan stuttered.
"I have my own ways. Now now, if you-"
I was interrupted by Dylan suddenly gripping my shoulders, his fingers nailing into my skin.
"Alyssa Roselit, don't you ever dare talk about that, that thing in front of me ever again or talk others if you don't want your sister to die," Dylan gritted his teeth.
"Roselit?" I asked Dylan and later came to realization of what he said afterwards. "My sister? Alex? Where is she?!" I remembered the buzz I heard. No, no way... Alex, please...
Dylan took out a box from his right pocket of his black biker jacket. I could sense a soul trapped in it, asking for help desperately. Alex. I lunged for it suddenly but Dylan's quick reflexes put it out of my reach.
"Dylan! What in the fucking hell do you want?!" I yelled at him after several failed attempts to snatch the mahogany box from his hand.
"Your father gifted me this little box where I can suck a soul from a body and trap it inside without killing the person. It's funny how Hades somehow helped me jail his own daughter in this," Dylan explained with some sarcastic chuckles.
I looked around and saw a leg from behind the tree at 2 o'clock. I rushed to it and a tear slipped through my eyes and streamed down my cheek when I saw who it was.
Alex lied there looking serene and peaceful. I slowly stepped towards her and knelt down next to where she lied. More tears streamed down my face as I let out little gasps.
"Alex..." That rather came out as a plea to her to stay alive rather than call out her name to wake her up from her sleep.
Her body was still living; the heart is still pumping the blood; the substances are being carried along the blood vessels; she was still breathing. But she was soulless, I could sense it.
Alex's soul was trapped helplessly inside the box in Dylan's hand.
Dylan let out a counterfeit cough to get my attention to him. "I have got orders to kidnap you both so I'm sorry if I-"
"Orders?" I spat at him wiping my tears. "From that lady with green dress who wishes to get revenge on the demigods who killed her? But she isn't death, is she?"
"How did you-"
"I told you I have my own ways. So her orders were to kidnap the sisters of Hades? Why? Because she thinks that we can help her avenge her death?"
"Alyssa, you know too much."
"Oh, of course I know too much. Your soul told me every little secret that you have kept it to yourself."
"What?"
The switch was being opened without me willing to. Damn, I was angry. Very angry. Now I could get full information on Dylan's life from his soul. How his mother ditched him; how he was taken as hostage because of his father, Ares; how he was forced to betray his friends and whatnot.
"You know, betraying your friends who trusted you as much as their lives is a very evil act," I said knowing that it was kept in the deep part of him.
Dylan's eyes widened and he took time to calm his nerves.
Who is this girl? How did she know all that? Gaia told me to kill them but she has this frightening power... Maybe Gaia would want it.
Now I'm getting his thoughts. His soul was him and because I could read souls, I was reading his thoughts.
"So Gaia told you to kill us, huh?" I asked glaring at Dylan.
"How - never mind... since you already knew everything, you might as well know this too," he looked calm but I knew he was freaking out because his soul told me so.
"You are going to give me two days to consider whether or not come to your side," I figured out after reading his thoughts.
Dylan simply nodded. "But by the time the consideration period for you is over, I will come back for you with this box where your sister's soul is captured. If your answer is no, your sister will die but if you agree to come with me, Alex's life will be spared."
By that, he turned some watch and green light appeared then disappeared along with him, leaving me behind with Alex's soulless body.
"Goddamnit."
*****
Percy: Alyssa is scary sometimes.
Alyssa: *munching on chips* Wa dad ya sad?
Leo: *stuffing his mouth with cake* ha sad dat ya ae skury.
Alyssa: Ohhh.
Alex: Is that a new language?
Annabeth: That's called talking-while-eating-which-is-so-disgusting language.
Rachel: Everyone knows they both are idiots.
Alyssa: Wat ae ya pipil syin is outrilgeus.
Percy: *looks at Annabeth*
Annabeth: I have no idea.
Alex: That's just gross.
AlyssaChase123: So people-!
Percy and Rachel: ARHHH!!
AlyssaChase123: ARHHHH!!!
Percy and Rachel: ARHHHHHHH!!!!!
AlyssaChase123: What the heck?!
Percy: You scared me!
Rachel: Don't pop out of nowhere with vampire makeup!
AlyssaChase123: Oh, sorry. Our school had costume party today and I forgot to erase my makeup before coming here.
Annabeth: You look like you have sucked some blood.
Nico: Looks cool.
Percy: ARH_!
Nico: Stop! Don't shout.
Percy: ah...
AlyssaChase123: So guys, let's go have some pizza after I talk the readers, k?
Everyone: Sure!
AlyssaChase123: Hello!! I know it has been too long since I last updated and I'm so sorry for it. So to pay for it, I made this chapter interesting. I revealed Alyssa's powers where she can somewhat read people's souls. Creepy, isn't it? What Dylan meant was that, he will exchange Alex's soul with Alyssa's services. What do you think Alyssa's choice will be?
Alyssa: I chose to-
Annabeth: Alyssa! Shussh! Don't spoil.
Alyssa: Sorry...
AlyssaChase123: Now! Of to pizza! Oh, and ignore weird typos!