UnStoppable [Book 2]

My Friend Is Flanked

I just really want to write this chapter so that’s why you’re getting it early :)

Chapter Quote:

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

~Og Mandino

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Chapter 8: My Friend Is Flanked

Derek

The guards escorting the trio to the city were three girls: Havana Bourke (she said to call her Ana), Vanessa Grace, and Prerana Ateya.  Vanessa Grace was the daughter of Piper and Jason Grace, but apparently she’d taken on more of her mother’s powers rather than her fathers.  She had the Charmspeak ability and could create enough lightning from her fingertips to catch things on fire or knock someone out.  She was seventeen, had blonde hair, and her eyes changed color a lot.  It was cool to watch but Derek avoided doing so for long.  He didn’t want Silena getting the wrong idea.  He was already keeping something from her that made him feel guilty.  Ana was fifteen, and she had a medium brown hair and brown eyes.  She was a daughter of Mercury (or Hermes in Greek), and the mischievous glint in her eyes supported her heritage.  Lastly was Prerana.  Like Ana she was fifteen as well, but she had raven black hair and dark brown eyes with gold flecks in them.  She was daughter of Apollo and granddaughter of Venus (Aphrodite in Greek).

When they reached the entrance to a city, a statue suddenly popped up next to him.  He had no arms, but for some reason, Derek felt like the guy was searching him anyway. “GIVE ME ALL YOUR WEAPONS!” The statue screeched.  Silena, Derek, and Rachel jumped back.  Prerana, Vanessa, and Ana seemed unfazed.

“Here you go Terminus,” Ana said, handing her spear and shield over.  Prerana and Vanessa did the same thing. “You guys don’t have any weapons on you so you’re fine.”

“SO HELP ME IF YOU GREEKS CAUSE TROUBLE!  I BLAST YOU INTO TARTARUS!” Terminus yelled before disappearing.  Derek raised an eyebrow and said, “Has he always been that spastic?”

“Yeah, but it’s been worse ever since the war.  Come on,” Vanessa said.

“So how long did it take you to rebuild New Rome after the Giants attacked?” Silena inquired.

“Only a few days to build, but it took weeks to decide the design of the city and its structures, who would build what, what structures would go where, and all those shindigs.  That took a couple weeks from what I heard,” Prerana said.

“Interesting.  So you can actually live here?”

“Yep.  Hold a job, live in a house.  We’re actually a lot bigger than we used to be.  We had a lot of demigods move here after the war.  My parents were some of them.”

“My parents decided to live outside of here.   My dad turned more Greek during the war, so he decided to live near the Greek camp.  I wanted to come here though,” Vanessa explained.

“Are there any Greeks here?” Derek asked.

“No, not that I know of.  The Romans and Greeks are starting to argue again.  Since the Greeks were minorities here, they decided to up and leave.  I think our generation is a little more open to the Greeks, but one of our Praetors isn’t.  He’s annoying as hell.  His name is Antony.  Thinks he is right about everything.  You’ll meet him later.  He’s the one that commanded your trial so don’t think it’ll be a fair one,” Ana warned.

“Thanks for the warning.  So who are Bradley and Brady?  Who is their parent?”

“No one knows, but it’s pretty obvious they’re Ares.  I’ve never seen anyone fight like they do.  They’re phenomenal at sword fighting.  So who are your parents?”