Demi-God: The Lost

Chapter Twelve

"Flynn you idiot." Riley mutters while watching her friend throw up in a bucket. Blake paces back and forth in the room. He's muttering a bunch of stuff to himself.

Flynn looks up with a very green face.

"How was I supposed to know it was Ambrosia?" He whines. Aeo and Blake have been making him throw it all up for the past half hour. Ambrosia is the food Gods eat, it's insanely poisonous to mortals but heals Gods instantly.

"Maybe just don't go eating everything you see?" Boe suggests. Flynn glares at the bucket in his hands.

"I don't feel sick though.." He mutters to himself.

Boe stands up and looks at the sun in the window, "I gotta go help out in the square." He smiles, "I'll be back later tonight to see you train, okay?!" He waves as he leaves in a rush.

"What's he doing at the square?" Riley asks Aeo. The older twin rests lazily in a comfy armchair.

"I don't know. He likes helping people. Does it everyday." Flynn sets the bucket down and looks out the window.

The sun is close to setting, "But it's getting dark out in a few hours." Riley grabs Flynns arm and drags him towards the door.

"Who cares. I got training to do and a new trainer to meet." She drags him out the door, leaving Aeo and Blake behind.

"What's up with Riley?" Blake mutters, "She can't seriously be that upset about the stone." Aeo storms out of the room after giving Blake a mean glare. He scoffs at the childish act, "Wow, everyone's on a shit list today."

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Riley throws the rock at the ground angrily for the fourth time. This is her twentieth attempt and not even a crack will form, "You can do it Riley!" Flynn encourages while plucking grass from the ground.

"This is bloody awful!" She growls angrily. Flynn smiles and watches her attempt again at cracking the stone.

He grabs a pile of grass he plucked and skillfully climbs a tree nearby. He pulls small branches off the tree and at the top starts making a small nest. He smiles at his beautiful creation, moments later a bird lands in it claiming the nest as its home.

"Boe still hasn't shown up, can we go check on him?" Flynn jumps down from the tree. The small white bird flying down and landing on his shoulder. Riley sighs deeply but drops the stone and starts walking towards the town square.

The walk there is quiet, neither of the two speaking to one another. Just as they enter the main area Flynn opens his mouth to talk, "So..um..I wanted to tell you something." He stares at the ground, "I think there's something off about me..I didn't get sick with the ambrosia and I've been really connecting with Olympus a lot-" Before he can finish Riley cuts him off.

"Your grandpa was interested in Olympus wasn't he?" Flynn nods his head slowly, "Maybe it's just him being fascinated with mythology then. And the ambrosia was out of your system fast enough." Flynn stops walking and is silent for a while.

That is until the sound of shouting ahead snaps him out of it.

The two rush forward towards a crowd, pushing their way through, they find Boe and Aeo fighting off a much bigger centaur. Boe is on the ground, a steady stream of blood coming from his body. Aeo isn't looking much better with blood all over his arm and neck.

Flynn is the first one to stand between the two, "STOP!" He shouts angrily, "Why are you fighting!?" A burning anger forms in his eyes as he holds his arms out to keep Aeo back.