"Mercury?" Alex asked, "like the planet?"
"I think she means Hermes." said Trevor, "Mercury is Hermes' Roman equivalent."
Alex gave me a blank gaze. "And how would you know this?"
"Roman mythology. Seriously. Haven't you learned these stuff at school?"
"Well, most of us haven't got the chance to go to a proper school even if we wanted to." replied Alex.
As Alex and Trevor went on with their conversation, Kristy yawned and began checking the contents of the paper bag that contained our Chinese noodles. She took out one of the noodles and some chopsticks, then began eating.
"BLEH!" Kristy tossed the bag of Chinese fried-noodles to the ground.
Trevor shifted his eyes to Kristy and said, "What the Hades?! That is our dinner!"
"Well, your dinner is terrible." said Kristy, "You should be thanking me. I'd probably just saved you from possible food poisoning."
Alex and Trevor were stunned. Too stunned to talk back. Kristy was very intimidating, yet she looked the same age as they were.
"B-but..." reacted Alex.
The girl lifted her gold spear and pointed its spearhead right below Alex's chin. "Save your breath, demigods." Said Kristy.
"Wait a second" said Alex, "how did you know that we're demigods?"
Trevor hadn't had the chance to give that subject a thought. It all happened too quickly. He began to question himself now. Were they being followed? Spied on? Was this some kind of ambush? A set-up? What should they do from now?
Trevor thought of drawing out his blade, so he did. The black metal of the Stygian iron gleamed ghastly in the presence of the dark night. "What do you want?"
Kristy shrugged, as if she was mocking Trevor's show of bravery. "There's no need for that." she said, looking at the sword, "To answer your question, I've seen your death match earlier with those Lastrygonian giants. It was quite a display of heroics. As for what I want, I want you to take me to whoever is babysitting you two graeci."
Graeci? Neither Trevor or Alex had any idea what they've just been called. It sounded like one of those words you'd be able to see on a world history textbook. A Latin word, maybe. "Babysitting? Graeci?" asked Trevor.
"Latin for 'greek'. But yes, who is babysitting the two of you?" replied the girl.
Alex stared blankly at Kristy, he obviously has no idea too.
"Bonum Martis! Who is in charge of you? Who's your superior? Your centurion? Your leader?" spat Kristy.
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Quest for Cerberus
FanfictionTrevor Addams lost both his parents. Now he's told that he's a half-blood. After reaching a place called Camp Half-blood, he was claimed by his real father: a Greek god. Soon he finds himself on a quest to bring back the Cerberus to the Underworld...
