Chapter 10
Percy's POV
I saw Luke cut down Bill like how a farmer cuts weeds. I felt a tug as I looked towards Atem. His tears fell from his eyes as he looked where Bill body previously was. He looked up to Luke and I could have sworn I saw his eyes turn red. Like a tint.
I heard Atem say something under his breath, but that is when all Hell broke lose. The winds picked up as it began to rain. Luke and his men looked up as the storm had came from nowhere.
The winds kept getting stronger and stronger.
"Gah!" Luke shouted. "Where did this storm come from-" He was cut short as a lighting bolt nearly zapped him but he barley managed to dodged.
'Atem... Is he a son of Zeus!?' I thought as Atem's Tears mixed with the rain. He looked up and with so much raged that his voice sounded like thunder. "BURN!" A sudden flame ignited and mixed with the storm...
The now fire storm raced across the deck burning monsters and Demigods alike. Luke made his move by trying to slice through Atem, but a arrow came out of nowhere and shot Luke in the shoulder. And when things couldn't get more chaotic, Centaurs busted out of the deck and grabbed us.
I look at the face of who grabbed me and saw Chiron!? We did not have enough time to talk as the storm began to get worse. The Centaurs started to leave the ship with us. Just after we got off the ship, a tornado of flames appeared on the ship and began to get bigger and bigger.
'Atem...'
Streets and buildings began to blur as the centaurs picked up speed. It felt as if space were compacting, as if each centaur step took us miles and miles. In no time, we'd left the city behind. We raced through marshy fields of high grass and ponds and stunted trees.
Finally, we found ourselves in a trailer park at the edge of a lake. The trailers were all horse trailers, tricked out with televisions and mini-refrigerators and mosquito netting. We were in a centaur camp.
Atem POV
I felt my whole world crashing down on top of me. It felt as if my mind was spilt into thousands of little pieces. My heart felt like it was stabbed with a knife. My vision blurred. I felt true despair.
I wanted to cry but my body refused. I wanted to lay down and die but my body refused. I wanted it all to end... but it never did...
What did he do to deserve a fate like this... It should have been me. I'M the demigod not bill. Why did he pick Bill and not me.
Bill didn't deserve this fate.
Why. WHY. WHY .WHY WHY WHY WHY! My life past before my eyes. When I first met Bill. To when we first became friends to when Kampe came for me. Then when he died. He was a protector, he didn't deserve this.
'What did he do to deserve this fate... why...Luke...LUKE!!! YOU TORE HIM AWAY FROM HIS LIFE, I WILL KILL YOU LUKE!' I screamed in my mind because my body wouldn't let me grief.
This pain was worse than anything I had experienced before. I felt as if I was being eaten by million of tiny bugs.
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I stared at Thaila, daughter of Zeus. The fleece healed her and brought her back to life. I felt.... complicated at that moment. She was saved. The barrier was intact and we were safe. But I felt different.
After Bill had died, I entered a constant mood of emptiness. I had no motivation to move, eat, or the basic human needs. I felt as if I was a zombie living among the human world once more but with no purpose.
I couldn't count the plenty of times during the night where I just laid awoke. Left me in my thoughts to suffer some more. It was hard without Bill... He was my best friend since I arrived at the school, 8 years old. He was there helping me in subjects I struggled with. He helped me read books that I couldn't read due to my dyslexia.
I wanted it all to end. But a little voice in my back of my head kept screaming at me for revenge. The little voice grew and grew until it was screaming for the blood of Luke. And day by day, I slowly accepted it.
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I walked out of the camp grounds, not looking back. I wanted strength badly. I wanted to see the blood of Luke so bad that I did something I never have done before. I gave in to the thoughts of wrath.
I was going to Texas. Far away from camp. I was going to return with strength that I will use to make Luke bleed...
I had no intentions of hiding from the monsters, no I wanted them to come for me. I wanted to slay the monsters. I simply saw them as stepping stones for power. But I had to learn how to use the ones I know of now.
I got onto the Greyhound. I had stolen some money from the camp store. I was on the window seat and a old man sat on the seat next to me. I brought out a note book and a pen and began to write down some theories about my powers and how to use them.
Air control and Fire control. Very good powers if I can learn how to use them correctly. I can push and pull objects with air control. With fire control I can make flame arrows, bombs, and balls of fire.
This is my arsenal that I will use to cut Luke down...
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