Daughter Of Light- Book 1: PJO

Chapter 25: Oh Gods are crazy!

Lilly led me down the hall and out the door only to go down another hall. The wild wailing had stopped. The manic laughter was still a thing. There was neighing and bleating muttering in a few different languages and some I'm sure weren't any language at all. It was just a wild chaos of things. Nymphs of all colours floated down the halls, carrying trays of food or supplies, papers and escorting different individuals. Some in wheelchairs, a few in walkers. One Nymth had her slender arm linked in an old Lady so bent it was like she was trying to find something on the floor. There were a few blond men with tans and bright white smiles in scrubs walking around they looked as well.

"Nymphs and children of Apollo work here." Lily said as if she could read my mind.

"Oh. Are they all immortal?"

"Most are yes. But the few who have lived past camp years need some place to work...some choose the mortal world if they can keep monsters away or don't really attack them; ones with little to no smell. Some choose to come and find work in the Greek world."

She had just scanned her pass card when there was a long sharp blast of a whistle behind us. I flinched at the loud noise. Lilly groaned. I turned around and saw an old woman, her silver grey hair pulled back into a ponytail. She wore black pants and a black and white striped pollo shirt. She had a yellow and red flag sticking out of her pocket, a shiny silver whistle around a red cord around her neck.

She blew her whistle again, and has a yellow card held high in the air.

"You! Too many men on the field! That's a penalty Also. You!" She pointed at me and threw a yellow flag at me. "Illegal Procedure. False start. That's a 5 yard penalty! Repeat first down!"

"Excuse me? You're yellow flagging me?"

She blew her whistle again. "Unsportsmanlike conduct!" She screamed, "that's a 10 yard penalty!"

"I wanna challenge that call Miss Referee." I said crossing my arms.

"Where's your flag?" She challenged.

"In your pocket. Throw the red flag for me."

She hesitated.

"I'm allowed to challenge the call, if I disagree."

"No! Only the coach can!"

I looked at Lilly and raised an eyebrow. "well COACH?" I asked. "We challenging this call?"

The lady looked shocked. Lilly suppressed a giggle. She straightened her face and nodded solumly.

"Absolutely. We're challenging the call, Themis!"

I grinned. And turned back to the old crazy referee goddess. "Toss the red challenge flag, my team thinks we have enough to video proof. I want this going all the way to command centre."

"What...what....you ...you can't challenge me! I- I'm the goddess of law and order!"

"Well...rules book state I can challenge."

"Wait...rule book?"

"You're telling me...as the HEAD ref, you don't know the rule book?" I asked shocked. I placed a hand over my heart. I actually had no idea, the only book I had on me was the one Annabeth lent me, the one I tried giving back the morning of our quest. I mean I guess I could pretend that was the rule book...

"Yes! Yes...yes of course I know the rule book!" She cried, I could see the panic in her milky blind eyes.

"I dunno. I think you might have to reread the rule book. I can't believe you don't know the rules of the halls. I want video replay! I want the slow motion replay, the break down of the play with the top annalists! I want rules and order, dam it!" I cried throwing my hands around.