The Lost Sword of Olympus

Chapter 10: Going after them

Jason was pacing back and forth in an empty hall on the second floor of the school. He, along with his friends, were worried about Emma.
"She should've been back by now. It's been a week!" Jason said worriedly
"Will too." said a male voice behind them. It was Noah, alongside Larry and Gabriel.
"They've been gone for way too long, and we're starting to get worried about him." Gabriel sighed.
"Emma too." Noah added
"Maybe we should team up, and find out if they are okay." Clara suggested, looking at Noah slyly and blushing. But they all hesitated.
"Look, we need to put our differences aside and help each other get back the people we care about." Noah insisted
"Fine!" they agreed reluctantly
"But first," Jason added, "what on earth is going on with you too? Don't think I haven't noticed." he said motioning to Clara and Noah.
"Well, you see um," Noah laughed nervously
"Yes, well we are, we have been..." Clara stuttered and cleared her throat. "We're dating!" they said at the same time.
"WHAT?" Everyone shouted at once
"Shh!"
"Look, it's been going on for almost six months and we want to keep it a secret, okay?" Noah said in a hushed tone.
"So, don't tell anyone. And yes I'm looking at you Mitala, you and your loose lips." said Clara, sternly
"Okay, can we get back to figuring out where they are?" asked Larry
"Yeah, maybe we should talk to Agnes. She could know something" Jason suggested.
She better know something! He mentally cursed. The seven teenagers went to their headmistress' office. Jason knocked on the door. And heard a "Come in!" from Agnes. He slowly opened the door, and they went inside.
"What can I do for you this fine morning?" asked Agnes.
"We are worried about Will and Emma. They should've been back a week ago." said Noah
"We want to know where they went." Jason said more rudley then he intended "I'm sorry but that information is confidential."
"Are they okay at least?"
"To be honest I haven't received any word from them since they left."
"Well then we need to go after them make sure they are okay"
"Make sure they are alive" Agnes sighed and said
"Okay fine! You are all a stubborn bunch. I sent them to see a friend of mine that has all the intel of the crimes that include the magical world. I tried calling him but it keeps going to voicemail. Here is his address, he lives on the corner of Abbey Road. wait for me I'll go with you, but first I have a staff meeting. " She dismissed them.
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Jason, Clara, Mitala, Noah, Larry,Gabriel, and Ben all went to Abbey Road without the Headmistress. They couldn't afford to wait any longer. All seven of them were now spread through the street looking out for Vycemyr. They saw a man exit Vycemyr's apartment and knew it was him. Jason looked around to make sure no one was watching, then carefully knocked him out.
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They took Vycemyr to an abandoned warehouse not far from where they
abducted the man. They tied him to a Vycemyr to a chair using duct tape and also put a piece to his mouth. Jason ripped it off with fury.
"Arghh!" He woke up yelling at the pain near his mouth, "Where am I?" he asked disoriented
"None of your business." Noah roared in his face. Jason grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him up very closely to his face,
"Where did you send them?" he asked dangerously
"Send who?" he asked, afraid
"My sister." he growled
"And my brother." Noah added. But Jason gave him a "not helping" look. And "Sorry." Noah muttered
"Look I don't know who you all are, but I see multiple people everyday, I don't know who you are talking about. So just let me go." Vycemyr begged.
"Not until you tell us where you sent them. So tell us and you can go." Mitala ordered
"Wait, are you talking about Emma Darhk and William Gray?" he asked
"Yes!" Jason shouted impatiently, "Where. Is. My. Sister?" This guy is starting to get on my nerves.
"I can't tell you." Vycemyr said
I'm going to kill him. Jason let go of his collar, pulled out a knife and pointed at his throat. The old man whimpered and started sweating more than he already was.
"This is how it will work out: you will tell us where you send them and you will walk free unharmed. If you don't I will happily slit your throat. Hm?"
"Okay, I sent them to Dreyvina because I didn't know anything." Vycemyr said panicked
"What do you mean you didn't know anything? Aren't you supposed to know everything that goes on?" Larry asked, but he didn't answer, he looked even more frightened. So Jason put the knife a little tighter to his throat.
"Okay! Okay! I'm not the real Vycemyr Burton." he blurted out, almost relieved. "What?!" They all shouted.
"I'm just one of Zeus' servants."
"Then where is the real Vycemyr Burton?"
"We don't know, when I came here to take his place he was already gone. No one knows where he went." he said grimly
"Why are you pretending to be Vycemyr then?" Ben asked. He didn't answer.
"Answer the question!" Jason roared. He was getting really angry and worried about his little sister.
"To send them on a fool-s-errand and get them killed." He cried out. "To Dreyvina."
"You sent them to Dreyina?" he asked
"Yes, so Emma can talk to her princess aunt Alynafae, she's in on it too. She's dating Zeus and a total nutjob too.'' Hearing this Jason used the hilt of the knife and hit Vycemyr over the head with it, knocking him out.
"I guess we're going to Dreyvina." Mitala said
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They arrive at Dreyvina soaking wet and follow the 2 sets of footprints they guessed were Emma and Will's. The seven walk into the woods and find a campsite. It had a tent built of tree branches and a campfire in front of it. Jason goes into the tent and finds a rucksack. He opened it and found Emma's stuff in it
"It's Emma's, they've definitely been here." he said
"Hey guys, check this out!" Noah called out to them a little further away from the tent. Jason went up to him and saw what he was looking at.
"There are three sets of footprints, not two." Jason said to himself. "Let's follow it, see where it leads." said Noah.
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The seven followed the footprints all the way to the castle. They snuck in and
walked around trying to find a trace of either Emma or Will. but they found none, until they heard screaming and yelling. They ducked around a corner and saw Will trying to break free from a guard's grip and a few guards carrying an unconscious Emma. seeing her like that made Jason want to go breaking through walls, but Ben placed his hand on his shoulder which calmed him down. Jason saw a group of guards with their backs to the group.
"Come on." Jason said, motioning them to follow his lead.
They knocked out the guards, and put their clothes on pretending to be them.
"Ugh, I look like a blue nutcracker." Noah chimed, "Let's go down to the cellars and get them out of there."
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They ran down to the cellars pretending to be guards. No one looked too closely at what Jason was thankful for. Jason got the keys to the cells that were hanging on the door. They reached Emma and Will's cell , only to catch them making out.
"Well finally!" Jason and Noah exclaimed laughing, while Jason unlocked the door. They broke apart startled.
"Jason!" Emma exclaimed, hugging him
"Noah!" Will also exclaimed, hugging his own brother. ""It's Zeus, he's behind all of this." Jason told them, "Yeah we know." Emma and Will said at the same time,
"How?" Asked Noah,
"Long story" Will answered
"Why were you two kissing?" Ben asked
"Also a long story, which we will tell you after we get the hell out of here." Emma replied.