A Demigod Tale

Chapter 12: Very Not Good

Jordan stared at the figure before him. Jake and Jade could tell he recognized the god somehow. Before anyone could speak, a flash of red light blinded the trio. They found themselves back at the library, the scroll on the floor. Jordan stood up and ran out of the room as fast as he could.

"This isn't happening. This isn't happening. He's not real. He's not an Olympian. I'm just dreaming. Or going insane. Either one would be better than this," Jordan muttered to himself as he ran past bookshelf after bookshelf. He burst outside of the library. As he caught his breath he could hear Jade and Jake's footsteps not far behind. Soon they popped up next to him like gophers.

"Are you okay? What's wrong? Why did it seem like you knew that...Jimmy guy?" Jake questioned. Jordan took a deep breath.

"Jimmy Casket is a roleplay character of mine. He's a complete psychopath. In the roleplays he's known as the world's most renowned murderer! He shouldn't be real. He especially shouldn't be an Olympian!"

"It'll be okay. Maybe it was just the Banished Olympian messing with you. You have his knife, after all," Jade said, trying to calm Jordan down.

"I don't know. It looked just like him! It even sounded like him! Although he sounds like me, but not like me, and looks like me, but not like me, and you guys saw him too! Don't deny it! I just don't understand. I-" he said, then cut himself off. He gripped his head as his knife began to glow red.

Jade tried to get closer, but Jake held her back. Something was definitely wrong with Jordan. They watched as he he shivered and shook, like he was extremely cold. Finally the knife stopped glowing and he straightened up. Only it wasn't Jordan they saw. It was the man from the vision. The Banished Olympian. Jimmy Casket.

He grinned at them with that insane and outrageously creepy grin. Jade and Jade felt a wave of fear like they had never felt before wash over them. They wanted to run away as fast as they could but their feet refused to move. All they could do was watch as Jimmy came closer to them.

"H-how? Y-you're an Olyp-olympian, this should-shouldn't be possi-ible," Jade managed to stutter. Jimmy just laughed, sending a shivered up both Jake and Jade's already shivering spines. Jimmy seemed to be radiating terror, the same way a boy radiates body odor after gym class.

"Oh, that's a secret, Jade," Jimmy said. "Are you saying you wanna know my secret? Huh? Do ya?!" he shouted, then let out a laugh that could scare even the most fearless monster.

"I can tell you this, though. I never had a set name. I always picked a new name, depending on the century! None of that Greek weirdness for me, I progress with the times! You will call me Jimmy Casket, and you'll let everyone know that the original god of fear and secrets is back. If you don't, well, Knifey might have something get rid of besides monsters," he said, gesturing to his knife. "Oh, and one more thing. Your friend Jordan? Tell him you prepare for the worst time of his life!"

With that, Jimmy gave up control. His hair turned back to Carmel brown, his skin regained some color, his teeth turned normal, and his eyes were once more dark-chocolate brown. Jake and Jade were able to move again, the extreme fear gone. Jordan groaned and put one hand up to his head.

"What happened?" he asked in a groggy voice. Jake and Jade told him everything Jimmy had said. Jordan growled when they finished, but his anger quickly dissolved into worry.

"What am I gonna do? I don't want him to take control and kill anyone! Now I know why the knife seeked me out. It wasn't because I was some light it was trying to snuff out, it was because of Jimmy!"

"We can tell Chiron when we get back to camp. He might be able to help!" Jake suggested. Jordan shook his head.

"No, we can't! If the camp finds out I'm......no, we have to keep this a secret," Jordan replied, then covered his mouth. The word secret had come out in Jimmy's voice.

"Well, how're we supposed to get home? We haven't got enough money for three more plane tickets," Jake pointed out, changing the subject. Jade smiled.

"The same way I did last time. With the homepage!"