Enlightened

Chapter 14: I'll Do It POV: Kassidy

   I am running through the forest, running away from it. I hear it sprinting in pursuit and because of my nervousness, I trip over a branch. "Good job Kassidy!" I scold myself. I do not have time to get up however, because just as I am about to the figure jumps out of the bushes and lands on top of me.  I scream as I feel metal being stabbed into my body, but my real horror occurs when I see it's face and realize its a face that I know well. It is the face of my best friend.

  I wake up screaming, soaked in sweat. I am breathing heavily, and when someone puts a hand on my shoulder I practically jump five feet in the air.mI turn around and feel a bit relieved when I realize who it is. "Grover, thank gods its only you." I say. For the past couple of days, Grover has been keeping an eye in me, a job Percy would usually do, but because I had requested to not see him,  Grover was doing it for him.
"Still getting nightmares?" Grover asks sympathetically. "Yes." I admit with a sigh. "Do you want to talk about it?" He questions. "No." I shake my head. "Kass, I know what you went through was tough, traumatic even, but sooner or late, you will have to talk about it." He says very seriously. I raise an eyebrow in response, and he starts to answer my unspoken question. "Listen Kass, we've got word from someone watching over Charlie that she plans to kill the gods in two days time." "IMPOSSIBLE!" I shout, jumping up and immediately regretting it once I feel pain in my lower abdomen. "Careful, you are still not fully healed." He cautions. "And killing the gods is not as impossible as we think, at least not for Charlie that is. Apparently all you need to kill the gods is to have a magical dagger and be a special demigod hybrid." "Even if she could kill the gods, and plans on doing so, how does this involve me?" I ask, already knowing the answer. "Kassidy, we need you to convince her not to go through with it, to stop her before she's gone too far." He practically pleads. "She's already too far gone." I trail off. "Besides, why would I even want to help her after what she did to me?" Venom practically laces my words. "Kassidy, you have the biggest influence on her, you are the only one who can save her." Grover calmly replies. "And who says there's anything left in her worth saving?" I ask, tears threatening to spill. I compose myself before adding, "She tried to kill me Grover. She tried to kill me! My own best friend...no, I fear that I no longer hold any influence nor significance to her." "Are you sure she tried to kill you Kassidy?" Grover's question surprises me. "Well considering that she stabbed me three times, then left me out in the wilderness by myself, I think it's safe to say she was trying to kill me." I snap back. "Really? Because from my understanding, she could have easily killed you off right then and there, stabbed you until you bled out, or just ended your life quickly with a knife to the heart. No, I think there is a little bit left of Charlie worth saving, the part that decided not to kill you." Grover explains, and though I do not want to admit it, he is right. Charlie could have easily ended my life right there and then, or made sure that I died, but instead she injured me and fled. Realizing that there was still a little bit of my best friend left in my assassin gave me hope, hope that the Charlie that I know and love still had a chance. And if there was even the slightest chance that my old best friend was in there, then I would fight like hades to get it back, knowing that is exactly what the old Charlie would have done. "I'll do it." I say and I notice Grover is surprised by my response , yet relieved. I'll do this for the girl who lent me courage when I ran out of my own. I want to say. I'll do this for the girl who, in all my years of knowing her, has never given up on me. I'll do this for my best friend. I'll do this for Charlie.