Fortitude

Angry Birds Ate Chocolate

I can't believe my eyes. She was really right there. The crowd was silent yet the mood is awkward. Words can't get out my mouth so Chiron decided to talk first.

"I saw you fell from that hole five days ago." He said. "And I made a quest for three demigods to rescue you but..."

I knew that he was going to say, where the hell are they but I didn't know that we've been underground for five days.

"Oh, you mean them?" Kathleen said while pointing at the back which showed us Andrea, Ces and Marty.

All tide up and well. I was wondering how these things happened. It really makes my head hurt. The three demigods were smirking at me. Well, atleast I got here first than they did.

"What? When? How?" I asked. I was voiceless and shocked and confused.

"Apparently, we found Kathleen and completed our lofty quest." Andrea said raising her eyebrow. "And what about you?"

"I was..." I think about what to say. Hestia forbids me to tell anybody that she helped me. "I asked for help." I finally answered.

"What?! There's nobody but monsters are in there!" Ces said. "Oh, I mean under."

"Well, uhhh..." My palms began to sweat. "I made friends with zombies?"

"The truth, Pat." Marty said seriously while looking straight into my eyes.

"Okay, fine!" I shouted. "I found a hole, an exit, while I was searching for you."

"How? You don't even have night vision." Ces asked.

"Enough already!" Chiron shouted. "Kathleen. Big House. Now."

As they left, the other campers followed leaving me with these three demigods. They scanned the area with their eyes making sure no one else is here, after they were done, they looked at me.

"There's something you should know." Andrea began to say. "We didn't exactly found Kathleen, we were captured and we'd been put in the same prison."

"It was a dark room but the light of the moon from the window beside our prison was a big help." Marty said.

"But you know what's weird?" Ces whispered. "After she was tortured, they put her back and she started acting a little bit..."

"Different." Marty added. "It seems like they've injected something in her. The sound of syringe clattering on a tray was terrifying."

"Did you see the guards?" I asked.

"Yes, they were actually demigods." Andrea answered. "Probably hypnotized or black mailed, I guess."

"Then how the hell did you escaped?" I asked.

"We have Ces here, who cannot be contained, and unlocked the lock" Marty explained. "And then we fought our way out."

While they were busy explaining to me about what happened. I felt a sudden urge to kill. I realized that I still have Kathleen's sword on my right arm.  I held it firmly and glared at Marty, since he was standing in front of me.

Then the next thing happened was a blur. My vision disappeared and I can't move my body. I fought but it's no use. I really can't control my body but I can still feel it. I felt hands gripping on my arm, trying to hold me back. I felt someone kicked me on my stomach and a smack on my head made me collapsed.

I woke up with eyes looking at me. I flinched and scanned my body with my hands. No, they didn't steal anything from me nor took my clothes off. My stomach and head still hurt but with the help of ambrosia that Andrea gave, kinda reduced it.