A Demigod Tale

Chapter 16: Worst. Game. Ever.

As soon as Jimmy announced the name of his "game" all the campers fled. Some, like the Ares cabin, were tempted to fight. However, the fear coming off of Jimmy made them run for the hills. Only Chiron, the Seven, and Nico stayed. But even they were terrified. Which made sense, seeing as they were facing the god of fear. Jimmy frowned at them. "Why aren't you running? I love it when they run! It only makes it better for me!"

"We aren't going to let you hurt anyone," Percy claimed, his voice shaking ever so slightly. Being so near Jimmy was bringing up some of his most terrifying memories. Annabeth nodded in agreement with him. Her hand was shaking slightly. 

"Aw, that's cute! You think you can stop me. Look, I know you've saved the world before and all, but," Jimmy said, then did a shoulder shimmy, "You can't touch this."

Had they not been so scared, everyone would have been snickering. Chiron stepped forward. He raised his bow, loaded an arrow, fired right at Jimmy's heart..................

And Jimmy just deflected the arrow with his knife. Chiron gasped. 

"That knife! How did you get that? Where's Jordan?"

Jimmy looked at his knife. "Oh you mean Knifey? He's mine. I lost him when I was banished, but he always comes back! As for the dude who was holding him, he wandered a little to deep into that forest. I just hope the monsters won't get to him before you do. Now, I believe we were playing a game?" At the word game, he threw his knife right at Chiron. The blade pierced the centaur's horse half, just above his left hind leg. The knife then disappeared and reappeared back in Jimmy's hand. "Better start running!"

Nobody needed to be told twice. Even though they wanted to stay and help Chiron, their fight or flight response kicked in to overdrive on the flight option. So the Seven and Nico, some of the bravest demigods in history, ran. They ran as far as the could. The ended up deep in the forest surrounding the camp. When they finally stopped for breath it seemed like Jimmy was a million miles behind them. They relaxed for a moment. Mistake on their parts.

Jimmy dropped down from a tree and right next to Hazel. She screamed. He laughed. They ran. He chased. This kind of thing seemed to go on for hours. Whenever they thought they were safe and stopped being scared, boom! There he was. They wondered how the other campers were doing.

They weren't doing much better. Most of the campers had left the boundaries of camp in their panic. Of course, the smell of that many demigods in one area attracted every monster from Maine to North Carolina. Two campers in specific were more scared than most.

Jade and Jake had fled to the Big House as soon as Jimmy had shown up. They were hiding in the basement, quivering. They were even more scared for what this meant for Jordan than for themselves. What had happened that caused Jimmy to take over? Did the other Olympians  know about Jordan and Jimmy? Were they going to kill him? Imprison him? Send his to Tarturus? What had happened after they ran away? 

Jake was clutching Jade's hand like his life depended on it. He was more scared than she was. At least, he seemed so on the outside. Jade was just as scared, but tried to put on a brave face. She was an older sister, and had trained herself not to freak out in situations like this. She gave Jake's hand a squeeze, trying to let him know it was going to be fine.

Back with the Seven, Jimmy had finally stopped chasing them. In fact, it seemed like he had just vanished. Not before scaring the crap out of them one last time, though.

He had gripped his head in pain as he spoke. "W-well, looks like I-I'll have to finish our little g-game later. Just know th-this. I'll be back, and I'll b-be strong-ger. Oh, a-and your missing friend is near h-here. Guess I'll h-ave to settle for messing with h-him," he had stuttered. Then he was just gone. 

A moment later Jordan stumbled out of the trees. His arm was bleeding and his clothes looked all tattered. He seemed pretty out of it. He was muttering to himself a bit. When he saw the Seven and Nico he froze. Then he said one thing.

"I really hate secrets."