A Demigod Tale

Chapter 17: Getting Back

Jordan started to fall over. Jason used the wind to push him upright, which seemed to surprise Jordan. "Whoa! Ah, my head hurts. And my arm. And everything else. Do any of you guys know how to get back to camp?" he asked.

"Nope. Are you okay? That Jimmy said he was going to mess with you because you had his knife. Why do you have his knife?" Leo said quite quickly.

"I'm not really okay, look at my arm. And the knife part is kind of a long story," Jordan answered, then started to fall over again. He caught himself and sat down. "I feel all dizzy. Any chance one of you has a hover chair or something?"

"Why would we have a hover chair?" Piper said. 

"I don't know. It would be cool though. I just need some help staying upright," Jordan said. Annabeth snapped her fingers. She looked around the ground until she found a stick big enough for Jordan to lean on. Leo summoned a small knife used for whittling and Annabeth cut off any smaller sticks that suck out of it. The result was a makeshift walking stick.

"Thanks!" Jordan said as Annabeth handed it to him.

"No problem. I had to do the same thing for Percy once," she said. Percy looked slightly embarrassed at the memory. They got moving.

"So, how did you end up with an Olympian's weapon?" Frank asked. Jordan told them the story about how the knife was cursed so that it searched for people who brought light and got rid of them. He left out the fact that the real reason he had it was that he was........he wasn't Jimmy, right? Jimmy was just in his head. Yeah. 

"That's awful!" Hazel exclaimed when he finished. Everyone else nodded. Jordan felt a little bad about lying, but what would they do if he told the truth? He hated having to keep this secr- no, no thinking that word. Jimmy might get excited and give him an even bigger headache. He hated having to keep the whole thing hidden. 

They kept trudging onward. As they walked everyone told stories. Percy talked about his favorite moments with Annabeth back when they went to camp. Jason and Piper talked about how awkward it was every time they had a romantic moment because Aphrodite would pop up to gush over how her proud she was of her daughter for being part of a cute couple. Pretty much all of the Seven had stories about their relationships. Jordan had tried getting Nico to talk, but the son of Hades refused. 

At one point everyone ran out of stories. They walked in silence. Jordan's head hurt more and more as the quiet dragged on. His arm was still bleeding, and badly. The wound had disappeared when Jimmy took control, but had reappeared as soon as Jordan came back. The sight and smell of the red liquid made his head fuzzy, but Jimmy seemed to have had his fill of fun. Though, Jordan still felt weird. He could barely make it out, but he felt a faint amount of.....fear. Not his fear. Just fear. He remembered feeling the same thing just before Jimmy took control. He very much hoped that it didn't mean Jimmy was going to wait until everyone's guard was down, then strike.

"Well, this is boring. What about your family, Jordan?" Leo said, finally breaking the silence.

"My family? Okay.... We're weird, we sit a lot, we play video games all of the time, and I miss them."

"Aw! That's sweet," Hazel said.

"And vague. Come on, details!" Leo demanded. 

"Okay, fine! I have a brother and two sisters. I'm the oldest. My brother Issac is a troll and somehow is a master at Rubix Cubes. I don't how, those things are hard! My sister Bethany is the only ginger in the family. She's obsessed with crowbars and Kingdom Hearts and is really good at art stuff. My other sister Ceirra is good at art stuff too, and used to eat Play-dough."

"Do you guys have jobs?"

"We're YouTubers."

Annabeth looked at him closely. "Did you know that demigods aren't supposed to use technology? It attracts monsters more than usual. How have you managed to stay hidden from the monsters and our satyrs?" she asked. Percy looked suspicious too. Jordan surprised himself when he answered.

"I don't know," he claimed. The lie came out so easily and was so convincing that Percy and Annabeth seemed to believe it. He did know, of course. Jimmy had kept him hidden somehow. The reason why was a mystery, but Jordan had a feeling that he didn't want to solve it.