Legends of Olympus: Awakening

Chapter 10 (Elliott)

Chapter 10

Once Elliott and pearl left Thalia's tent, they visited the medical tent to get checked over. When they arrived the others were coming out, their scrapes and bruises tended to. Archie came stumbling out rubbing his cheek which was tinged red.

"What happened?" Pearl nodded at Archie

He smiled cheekily "I asked one of those hunter girls for her phone number, she's got a strong right hook ill give her that"

Pearl laughed "that's what you get hitting on girls who are sworn against dating and hate boys"

Archie shrugged "can't blame a guy for trying"

They all laughed and Pearl ruffled his hair jokingly.

After Elliott and Pearl had been fixed up, Thalia gave them all a place to sleep. Elliott was grateful that they gave him a private tent to himself, he needed some alone time to think. He pulled off his purple tattered T-shirt and examined it, at some point there would have been some sort of logo or something, but it was too damaged and dirty to make it out. He lay down on the soft, warm bed, sinking into the puffy pillows. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed. What a day, he thought. Elliott began going over the events,, even though he had no memory of Pearl and the others, when the large wolf attacked, the urge to protect them was overwhelming. Also he felt warm and welcome like they all belonged together.

Elliott didn't feel tired at first, but suddenly his eyes grew heavy and the night took him, falling into a dream.

Elliott's dream confused him. It was complete emptiness, nothing just a black, silent abyss. Then all of a sudden he awoke, the distant sound of birds chirping, piercing his ears and the warm, yellow blades of sunlight creeping through the cracks in the tent, shining onto his body. Elliott sat up sleepily, rubbing his eyes. He sighed, running his hand through his hair. She has taken it all. His life, his memories, his LOVE! And now his dreams, Hestia had stolen his dreams, leaving him cold and empty.

"For my own good" he laughed "Yeah right"

Elliott was just getting out of bed when Thalia burst in, stopping in her traces when she saw him. He was still wearing his jeans but he hadn't yet pulled on his T-shirt, giving Thalia a perfect view of his toned body. She was staring straight at his chest, was she checking him out he thought.

Elliott grinned "can I help you?"

Thalia's cheeks went bright red; she opened her mouth as if to say something, but then thought better of it, closing her mouth immediately. She turned her head in a flash, coughing awkwardly then holding up an orange T-shirt to him.

"I.. I noticed you needed a new T-shirt" she blurted quickly

Elliott grinned again "Thanks"

He reached out, gently taking the T-shirt from her hands. She flinched as their hands touched; her body tense. Then Elliott backed away, Thalia's body relaxing.

Elliott examined the orange top; the front read 'Camp half blood'

"No peeking" he teased as he pulled it on

Thalia seamed to go redder, making him smile even more

Once his chest was covered Thalia let out a small sigh, she then glared at him

"We leave in ten" she muttered then stormed out the tent

Elliott laughed slightly then followed her out.

When he exited the tent he saw that the majority of the Camp site was already packed away. He spotted Pearl and the others and began strolling over to them. When Pearl saw the top he was wearing a huge grin appeared on her face.

"Hey nice top, it suits you" she said happily

"Thanks" Elliott smiled "but what's Camp half blood? Does it mean something?"

"It's my home" she answered "The top is like our symbol, mainly half bloods wear it but personally I find them comfortable and give me the sense of warmth and protection when I'm far from home, it's been a while since I've worn mine"

Elliott nodded and was about to ask another question when Archie joined them

"HEY MAN" he yelled, tackling Elliott into a side hug

"Umm hey" he gasped as Archie crushed him

Archie let go and continued "So bro, now you're this bad ass with a sword, you think you can teach me to be like Ezio Auditore?"

"Who'' Elliott replied

"You know, The Assassin" Archie said "come on bro, Assassins creed?"

"HUH?.. sorry what?" Elliott said

"arr come on, the weird Pyromaniac Goddess took that too"

Pearl and the other two girls smiled slightly at this, suddenly the sound of Coach Hedge's loud voice bellowed from behind them

"it's been twelve hours since I last hit something, are we going to leave or what?" he grumbled

Thalia's voice was the one to reply

"we're leaving now, I hope your all well rested because we have quite a journey ahead of us" she said

Elliott glanced at her. She seemed to have recovered from their interaction earlier, her cheeks no longer red and her face stern. He caught her eye briefly, but she looked away in an instant then mumbled "come on, lets go".

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