°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ ENDGAME} act iii. . .
. . .true love, that doesn't exist
CHAPTER SIX°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
— 'unexpected visit'
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･Rayn°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
I was getting ready to train. When an angry Poseidon kid came stomping towards me with a flyer in his hand.
"Are you okay?" I asked him.
"Not really," he said with one hand behind his back. "Have you seen any, I don't know, flyers recently!"
Before I could answer he pulled out a flyer that said: A wise choice for your future! It had pictures of the Hunters chasing monsters and shooting bows. There was captions like: Health benefits: immortality and what it means for you! And a boy-free tomorrow!
"Is that a—"
"It's a flyer to join the Hunters!"
"Well I kind of guessed that." I said as I strapped my armour on.
"You know where it was?" He had an angry look in his face. "In your bag!"
"Wait why were you going through my bag?" I asked, confused on what was going on.
"Long story short, Grover was, go ask him," he looked down at the flyer sadly and his voice cracked. "Are you... are you going to join them?"
"I'm not sure yet," I said. "I've wanted to for a while."
I thought about what I would have to sacrifice to join the Hunters. Whenever I thought about what I would have to leave behind, my mind went to Percy.
"You cant leave everything behind!" He sounded hurt. "What about camp, Nico, Grover, me!?"
He kept telling me about what I couldn't leave behind.
"Percy, just stop!" I said louder than intended. "It's my choice, and I'll join the Hunters if I want to."
I stormed off, but I couldn't stop thinking about Percy's face after I had left.
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It was time for capture the flag. I knew the Hunters would probably win, like every other time they came.
On our team we had, Beckendorf and two other Hephaestus campers, some Ares campers, the Stoll brothers and Nico, and a few Aphrodite campers.
"I'll show them, love it worthless," Silena Beauregard grumbled as she strapped on her armour. "I'll pulverise them!"
I could hear Percy and Thalia fighting about offense and defends but I wasn't bothered in trying to break it up.
I walked over to Nico. "Are you nervous?"
"Not really, this is awesome!" He gasped as he looked around at everyone in armour. He could barely lift his sword.
"Did anyone teach you how to use a sword yet?" I asked.
"Nope."
"Do you know if you're offense or defense?"
"Nope."
"You can come with me if you like, I'm defense."
"Hell yeah! I get to watch you kick the Hunters butts!" He was practically jumping up and down with joy.
I saw Percy and Thalia giving orders, then disagreeing, then Thalia zapped Percy.
Nico and I were set behind the flag.
"Can we kill the Hunters?" Nico asked.
"Uh, no."
"Awhh."
Nico started talking about how cool my sword was when I heard a crackle behind us.
"Shh."
Two Hunters with ready bows were behind us.
"Nico behind me!"
"Get them Rayn!" He shouted. "I believe in you!"
The first two arrows were easy to deflect. I even managed to tie their feet to the floor with vines.
The next two were a bit harder but I managed to snap them in the air.
The Hunter on the left shot an arrow at me that almost hit Nico but I smacked it away.
Behind the Hunters, a grey shimmering image was there. "Chase?"
The figure looked like my old quest-partner.
I felt a sharp pain in my hand and I couldn't help but scream.
"Rayn!" Nico ran over to me. I looked down at my hand that now had an arrow straight through it.
"I-I didn't mean to!" The Hunter yelped, she ran over. The vines had broken with my loss of focus.
"Let's bring her to the main area." The second Hunter said.
When we made it to the clearing, Percy and Thalia were screaming at each other.
"Rayn, if your hand falls off, I'll always remember how you protected me." Nico said.
"Wow, thanks Nico," I smiled at him.
"I WAS AT THEIR BASE!" Thalia yelled. "But the flag was gone. If you hadn't butted in, we would've won."
"I guess you won," I whispered to the Hunters.
"I'm so so so sorry," the Hunter that shit me said.
I smiled at her panicked face.
"Argh!" Thalia pushed Percy, he flew back ten feet into the water. Loads of campers gasped. A couple Hunters stifled laughs, even I slipped out a laugh.
"Sorry!" Thalia said turning pale. "I didn't mean to—"
A wave erupted from the creek, blasting into Thalia's face, dousing her head to toe.
He stood up. "Yeah," he growled. "I didn't mean to either."
Thalia was breathing heavy.
"Enough!" Chiron ordered.
But Thalia held out her spear. "You want some, Seaweed Brain?"
"Bring it on, Pinecone Face!"
They both raised their weapons, but Thalia blasted lightning into his chest. Percy's clothes started simmering.
"Thalia!" Chiron said. "That is enough!"
Percy got to his feet and a funnel of water swarmed around Thalia and him.
"Percy!" Chiron pleaded.
"Chiron!" Nico yelled. "Guess what just happened!"
He ran over excitedly and the Hunters and I followed.
"Well, Rayn was protecting me and—"
"I'm so so so so sorry!" The Hunter said, holding onto my shoulder like she might faint. "I really didn't mean to I swear!"
"What is it?" Percy walked over.
"Well, I- uhm- She was distracted but she dodged the other arrows!" The Hunter stammered over her words. "I'd never try to hurt a maiden!"
"It's really not that bad," I said calmly. "They're just over exaggerating."
"Just look at it, it's awesome!" Nico grabbed my wrist and showed them my hand.
I have to admit, it did look pretty bad. The arrow went straight through my hand and there was blood everywhere.
"Rayn, are you okay?" Percy asked staring at my hand.
He looked up at the Hunter angrily.
"You did this?" He said in an angry tone.
"Percy she didn't mean to, I just..." I thought about what I had seen. "Saw something and got distracted."
"Bring her to first aid immediately," Chiron looked over at some Apollo campers.
They stared at my hand for a minute before coming over to me.
They were about to bring me to the Big House when something caught my eye.
Everyone gasped as a murky green mist approached.
"This is impossible," Chiron said. "She's never left the attic. Never."
The withered mummy that held the Oracle shuffled forward until she stood in the centre of the group.
Most curled around our feet, turning the snow a sickly shade of green.
Nobody dared to move. Then her voice hissed inside my head. Apparently everyone could hear it, because several clutched their hands over their ears.
I am the spirit of Delphi, the voice said. Speaker of the prophecy of Phoebus Apollo, slayer of the mighty Python.
The oracle turned unmistakably toward Zoë Nightshade. Approach, Seeker, and ask.
Zoë swallowed. "What must I do to help my goddess?"
The Oracle's mouth opened and green mist poured out.
I saw the vague image of a mountain, and a girl standing at the barren peak. It was Artemis, but she was wrapped in chains, fettered to the rocks. She was kneeling, her hands raised as if to fend off an attacker, and it looked like she was in pain. The Oracle spoke:
Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan's curse must two withstand, And one shall perish by a parent's hand.
Then, as we were watching, the mist retreated into the mummy's mouth. The Oracle sat down on a rock and became as still as she'd been in the attic, as if she might sit by this creek for a hundred years.
"Rayn," the Apollo kid whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Would you rather wait for this arrow to be removed or take it out right now?" He asked.
"Wait, how would you do it right now?" I was sort of confused. They didn't have much supplies, just some bandages and wet wipes.
"Like this," he looked over at the other camper. The second boy held my hand tightly in place.
"Wait what are you—"
The first boy yanked the arrow out of my hand and I screamed louder than before.
This chapter is kind of short so Percy didn't get a point of view
Persassy return
The arrow through the hand low-key reminds me of Tara in scream 5
TYSM FOR READING<3
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