Ghosts Of Revenge | ongoing

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
PERSUASION MAGIC

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KEEPING SECRETS FROM your only allies in this madness was probably the worst thing to do. And I got that, I really did. But my pride and I weren't really in the same place. It just felt awful having to start a conversation where I would have to tell them that I was too weak and Hades has entered my mind not once but twice now.

Especially since the people I was working with were some of the strongest demigods alive; Tempest with her fast mind and awesome sword fighting skills and Cosmo with his speed and amazing knife throwing technics. I just had a gun, it didn't take a genius to figure out how to use that and then there were my powers but they don't count, I barely know how to use them.

That thought had me second-guessing everything in my life.

I never liked asking people for help; when you have a father who built an empire from nothing but the ten bucks his parents had left him before they threw him and me out, you knew better than doing it. It wasn't that he encouraged me working me on my own, he loved it when I asked for his advice. But I couldn't help and feel incompetent if I did so.

Watching him be such a successful person, I was very proud and thankful for everything he did for me. I just couldn't help but think about what would my life be if my mom was a mortal and I was ordinary. If she still lived with us or not, if she helped raise me or not, if grandpa and grandma hadn't written us out of their lives. Would I be different in any of those scenarios? Or would I still be myself; prideful and afraid of failure, someone that hates group projects and thrives in solitaire? Would I even have friends in that alternate reality or would people leave me when they realised that I wasn't that fun to be around? Would Cosmo and Tempest still be my friends after this quest is over? If we even survive it...

I hadn't realised how deep in thought I was until Tempest shook my shoulder. I sat up in a flash, blinking rapidly to take away the darkness from my eyesight and refocus my vision. Seconds later I was meeting Tempest's worried gaze as Cosmo drove to the airport. Finally.

"You okay? I have been calling your name for a while now," she passed me her water bottle and I hastily took it, gulping half of it in one go to calm my nerves. She raised her eyebrows.

Cosmo said nothing as he drove but I could see his eyes flick towards me every now and then as if he was checking on me. I suppressed a smile and passed her the bottle back before answering with a simple, "I'm fine,"

Tempest looked doubtful but she didn't ask again. Instead, she turned her attention back to the whole ghost scene that happened earlier. "Okay then... Wanna talk about what happened back there?"

I sighed as my mind wandered back to my previous thoughts. A few seconds ago the thought of ever admitting weakness had me nauseous but now as I stared into her reassuring face I felt like in a way she knew and she was trying everything she could to make me feel better.

So I exhaled loudly and leaned back into the seats, my gaze leaving hers and turning towards the road ahead, "You said that everything happened so fast right? Like you blinked and suddenly the gone was gone,"

"Yes," she nodded.

"Well, that wasn't the case for me. One moment I was watching you raise your sword, the next someone was talking inside my head and when I focused on that voice, I found myself in the underworld with Hades,"

The car swerved to the side as Cosmo turned to look at me. Tempest and I cried out for him to watch out and he cursed, slowing down and parking in the emergency lane immediately.