What if... Kronos won the war?

four

Phoenix's Pov

We lost three. Our cabin was a mess. Selina tried to comfort us all, but I don't think anyone could have helped us. Max couldn't stop crying on his bunk. He kept whispering Lincoln's name, just wanting him. "That's it I'm getting Lincoln, I can't listen to Max anymore, nor can I watch them dance in circles." I said loudly. I got up and started to make my way to the door. "No! Don't get him, please." Max spoke up, "I'm getting him whether you like him or not Max." I said and walked out the door, I heard a groan before walking out though.

It wasn't a long walk to cabin eleven, it was only diagonal to cabin ten, my cabin. I knocked on the door and waited. "Yeah?" Oh gods no, it was the ONE person I didn't want to see. "Hey Travis, Max needs Lincoln. Everything hit him pretty hard." I replied, an exhausted looking Travis nodded his head. "I think everyone got hit hard here, they're all a mess." Travis said, trying to look tougher than everyone, but knowing him (and how to read emotions, I'm good at that), I saw through him, he was hurting too. "I'll get Lincoln now and send him over, see you later." Travis said before closing the door.

I made my way back to cabin ten when Lincoln caught up, "Max needs me?" He asked, "Yeaah, he's not doing too well, I think he wants you there." I replied. "Okay..." "He likes you Lincoln, I know that you know that. Don't ever doubt that he likes you, and get with him already. Or else I have to deal with his constant rambling, and oh my gods, it is getting very very annoying." I said quickly. "Okay, okay. I get it, I'll ask him out soon, it's just, when?" Lincoln asked. "I guess you would need help on timing cause you seem to have the worst timing ever." I replied.

"I know, no need to remind me Phee, just when do I ask him?" Lincoln asked, again. "Honestly, now I think now would be good, he needs to get his mind off of things and you asking could be the solution." I said. We walked up the steps and into Cabin 10. "Max?" Lincoln asked. Max got up from his bed and ran into Lincoln's arms. The sight was adorable, honestly. I wanted to leave them alone (but that was just me, everyone else stayed), so I left the cabin and went for a walk.

As soon as I walked out the door, and I can't make this up, all of cabin three was running to the infirmary, with Charlie carrying Nico. I decided to stay out of it. I already had enough on my plate. I walked to the strawberry fields to hide and not get involved in more drama. I know, it's crazy, a daughter of Aphrodite not wanting drama? Insane! I honestly just needed a break from everything, I needed time to cope. Selina has been staying with Beckendorf a lot recently (finally) so I've been in charge.

I got to my favorite spot and sat down and listened to the birds. Isn't that the most Aphrodite kid thing you've ever heard? It is true though, and after a while I layed down. I could have fallen asleep if I hadn't heard crying. It sounded like a boy crying, so I decided to see who it was, just cause y'know why not.

Unluckily for me, the person who was crying was Travis, ok maybe I was lucky, I do like him, but he doesn't know that so shhh. "Hey, you ok?" I asked before sitting down by him. He looked startled and started to wipe away his tears, to act like he was okay. I grabbed his arm, "Don't. I already know that you're not ok. No one is." I said softly, trying to help him. In response, he just hugged me. A person who I thought hated me, hugged me.

I can't lie and say I didn't like it, I did, but I can say it hurt. "It's ok, it's ok. It's going to be ok Trav..." I whispered softly into his hair. "I miss him so much. I know I shouldn't, but he's still my brother." Travis whispered.  He was talking about Luke. "I know it's hard to let go-" I started to say, "No, no you don't. You Aphrodite kids don't know anything about losing someone. You just play with feelings." Travis said calmly, maybe a little too calmly. "You think we don't know how it feels to lose someone? WE JUST LOST HALF OF OUR DAMN CABIN!" I yelled at him, my eyes tearing up. "I tried to help you Travis. I always try to help. Always." I said before walking off. I didn't want to go back to the cabin, so that left me with nowhere to go. No where other than Cabin 7.

I knocked on the door three times. Only a few knew what it meant. Nico opened the door, "What's wrong?" He asked quickly and quietly, closing the door behind him and walking to cabin six so we could get everyone else. "I'll tell you after we get everyone. Let's split up, I get Cabins 8-12 and you get 1-7." I whispered back heading to Cabin 11. I knocked three times and Sabrin answered, "Get everyone and meet me at Cabin 3." I whispered and went to Cabin 12 and did the same thing. I knocked three times. Bea opened the door and started to walk with me to Cabin 3.

Everyone was there. Bella, Adleigh, Sabrin, Ellie, Evangaline, Salem, Nico, Mari, Maya, Cora,  Cal, Achilles, Bea, Charlie, Bee, Phobe, Lincoln, Max, and Amilia. "I know that Cabin 3 was in the infirmary so what was going on there?" I asked, just so the silence would break. "Nico-" Maya started "Nothing." Charlie said, glaring at Maya. "Okay then." Salem said, "Why are we here Phee?" Sabrin asked. "I think we all need to vent. Who wants to start?" Every. Single. Hand. Went. Up. "Oh wow... Uhh Nikola?" I said.

"Ok first off, why'd I have to go up to, uhh burn the shrouds? Why couldn't someone else be chosen? I'm not good in stressful environments, everyone knows that!" Nikola ranted, "I mean, I get someone had to do it, but did it have to be me? And gods I miss them all so much. I don't know how to cope with this. Honestly I feel like crying all the time but I can't. I have to stay strong for everyone. I have to be there for them. I need to be there for them." They continued, "Ok.. I think I'm done. That felt great wow." "Ok so who's next?" Maya asked,

"Me! I call it!" Bea shouted first. "It sucks with-out Castor, but knowing that he's ok and taking care of Mason with Lee is great. I mean, I know he doesn't want us to be upset over him, and that he wants us to beat Luke for him. In all honesty, I think it's going to be ok for me and Pollux, I think we're going to do just fine. I mean, less parties but that's for us. We need it. Damn you're right Audrey, this feels amazing." Bea rambled.

"My turn?" Sabrin asked, "Yeah go." I said. It was great to hear everyone just letting everything out. "It sucks not knowing who my mom is, and being stuck in Hermes cabin. It stinks there. I know my mom is a minor god, but there are hundreds of them and I'm not sure who. I also really miss my dad, and my little brother. I can't see them because of  being a half-blood. I don't even know if he remembers me.  He probably doesn't. My dad probably already moved on. I think he started a new family too. I also miss Luke, the old Luke. He was funny. The new Luck sucks, and I really want to kick him where the sun doesn't shine. That would be funny." Sabin said, very quickly. "Alright, I'm done. Who's next?" Sabrin asked.

"Me." Charlie said. I could tell something had happened after they all went to infirmary and I wanted to know what. "First off, and don't get mad at me please, I'm working for Luke, as a spy, for us." Charlie whispered. "What?!" We all screamed. "Just hear me out! If I can make Luke think I'm on his side, I can help us win. But I guess that's not a surprise for all of you..." Charlie looked at everyone from Cabin three, other than Percy, like they'd yelled at her. "Why? Why did you guys do that? I made him promise not to tell and you guys made him. I trusted Percy, I trusted him not to tell and he did." Charlie said.

"I get that you guys care about me, but you don't need to know everything." Charlie again glared at the Cabin Three members, something serious had happened. "I know what I'm doing is dangerous, I get that. I need to do this though. I have too. I know you guys want to know what happened on the ship, but I... I can't say anything about it." Charlie almost whispered. "I need to go, he'll get suspicious. Kronos already is... and if he finds out, I will be killed, that I can guarantee." Charlie said and then disappeared.

Everyone was quiet for a moment after. "One more and we're done?" Adleigh suggested. "Yeah, I'll go, I really need this." I said. "Ok first of all, how does Charlie do that? She just disappears." I asked, "Mist travel, it's like shadow travel or how Katie travels through the plants and stuff." Cora said. "Oh, makes sense. Anyways, after I left my cabin earlier and went to the strawberry fields, I caught Travis crying. I tried to help him, and I was pretty close to helping him too, but he just shouted at me. Saying stuff like us not knowing what it's like to lose someone. Or us messing with people's feelings. Are we really like that? I can't tell if he was being serious or not, but oh my gods I can't deal with him anymore." I ranted.

"I miss the old days, before Luke went bad. Everyone was just picking on each other. No one had to fight for their lives. Everyone was here. No one was in trouble. We were all kids, and we still are. We shouldn't be fighting like this. No one should." I said. Looks like this is going to be a somber war.

Look at that another chapter after how long? idk but i did it yay