Son Of Zeus: Lightning Storm

X. Help From Speedy

     When Beth and I reached the town, we were exhausted. Luckily, we were greeted by two people at the entrance of the town.

     "Hello there, welcome to our-" one of the men said.

     Beth and I immediately fell down from exhaustion.

     When I woke up, I found myself laying in a bed. I sat up and looked around. I seemed to be in a house. Next to my bed lay Beth still sleeping. I shook her.

     "Hey, wake up." I said.

     She slowly woke up and looked at me as if I was crazy. Then she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

     "Hey!" I yelled as I shook her again.

     "Just let me sleep. Please?"she mumbled.

     I ignored her and kept on shaking. When she gave up, she sat up as if she was a zombie.

     "Do you know where we are?" she asked.

     "No idea." I replied.

     We both got out of bed and exited the house, We were met by the same guy we had seen at the entrance of the town.

     "Looks like you two are up," he said, "I was told by a kind lady that you would be arriving and you were in great need for food and water for your trip."

     I could tell Beth and I were thinking the same thing.

     Athena.

     "Follow me. We have everything ready." he said.

     He began walking toward a big red painted house and we followed.

     He opened the door and we stepped in. Inside was a big empty space except for a blue bus in the middle of the room.

     As the man returned outside, he said, "This as far as I'm allowed. Good luck, demigods."

     How did he know we were demigods. Well, if he was Athena's messenger, then I wasn't worried.

Beth and I slowly walked to the bus and looked inside. We both jumped once we saw the drive. It was skeleton with a bus driver's uniform.

     "Hop in and lets go." said the skeleton with a slithery voice.

     This must be our transportation, I thought.

     I mustered my courage and and opened the door and went inside. Instead of seeing more skeletons along with dead people, it was actually pretty nice. It had a giant canvas duffel bag which I'm guessing had our food in it. The bag was laid at the back of the bus and in the middle were two laid out blankets. The rest of the space was empty and there was no windows except the the big glass where the driver looked through. I had no idea what that was called.

     When Beth entered, she closed the bus door and went right onto the blanket. I looked at her if she had lost her mind because she would rest easy during a time like this. I guess she tired from all the running.

     I sighed and took my place next to her and tried to go to sleep. Unfortunately, I wasn't even able to close my eyes for five seconds. Literally. I kept reopening my eyes as if the cyclopes were already here.

     I finally gave up and got up. I walked over to the duffel bag and unzipped just a little. Inside was filled with food. I saw milk and orange juice cartons, chips, bread, and more.

     Just then, my stomach grumbled from hunger. I couldn't hold myself back anymore. I fully unzipped the bag and got out a loaf of bread. Before I could stuff it in my mouth, I was interrupted.