The New Faces (A Percy Jackson Story)

The Voice

Jasmine's POV:

I wake up in the hospital and think about what has just happened. The fight the ride with Chiron, the voice practical was killing me! I can't even try to understand what is going on. I know I am in a hospital that looks to be in camp but who knows. Chiron comes in and says, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Is Abby alright?"

This kinda weirds out Chiron I think but I do want to know if she is OK, I mean sure I hate her but I don't want to be responsible for her death! I look at him and he says, "Um, to my knowledge she is fine, but I am not positive if she will be able to go on the quest or not."

I think about how she really didn't want to go that day, but how worried she had been about her sister. I know that she wants to save her and that there is a possibility that she could be that exact girl in California. I look as Chiron stands awkwardly at the end of my bed I know he doesn't want to be here heck I wouldn't want to be in the same room as me right now. I can't believe I actually almost killed someone. Monsters are one thing but a human, well half-blood, that's another. I was about to do what the voice said and just kill her but then my own voice said, "NO! Don't she doesn't deserve to die," Then the two voices started fighting and. I look up realizing that I just said all that out loud. Chiron looks at me thoughtfully and then says, "Who is the voice in your head?"

"I don't- I don't know, sir."

"Hum, well we should have Dionysus look around your head and fish out that stupid voice so that it doesn't tell you to kill anymore half-bloods."

I nod and then Chiron prances out of the room. I sit not daring to fall asleep just in case the voice comes to haunt my dreams and keep me in them.

I sit for maybe a few minutes before my eyes start to droop. I blink rapidly to keep them open but it takes more and more effort every time till I can't open them again. I sit with my eyes closed and say to myself, I will just sit here with my eyes closed not asleep just resting my eyes. Unfortunately I still feel asleep.

I open my eyes and I am in a dark room, with one light on. I look up at the light and see that there are shadows clinging to it. I don't know why but they scare me. I look around and see a man in the corner. I walk over to him and say, "Hello?"

"Hello, Jasmine! How nice to have you visit me." It was the voice the evil voice. I want to run for the hills but I stand my ground instead. "What do you want?"

"To help my child," he says in a calm soothing voice.

"I don't need your kind of help. I don't want you here! Get out of my head!"

The man stands, must be at least seven feet tall, his black trench coat is trailing the ground and his pitch suit is freshly pressed. He looks down at me and says, "Now child you want my help for when it's your time. Trust me I know these things and you do NOT want me as an enemy."

I gulp and back away but the man just steps closer to me. I back another step away and then the room is flooded with light. Bright white light and a man in a leopard print shirt, cargo pants and is holding a glass of diet coke appears. He takes one look of the situation and says, "Go away evil spirit. Get out of my daughter's head! And if you ever come back I will kill you!"

The man doesn't even flinch he takes a look at me and says, "See you soon, Jasmine."