Supernatural Demigods-Book 2

Chapter X-Jason

"What do you want?" Jason growled.

The woman, Meg, smirked. "Now, why would you use that tone of voice? I'm not here to harm you."

"Oh yeah?" Jason subconsciously got into his fighting stance, just to be prepared in case this woman, and he used that term loosely, did something sketchy. "How about the fact that you're the same thing that killed my cousin? So, sorry that I can't trust your kind."

Meg raised her eyebrows at his hard tone. "I'll take it you miss your cousin, right?"

Jason rolled his eyes. "No, I'm absolutely glad he's gone." Wow, Percy was such a bad influence on him. You spend a few months on a boat with someone, and soon enough they rub off on you.

Go figure.

Meg placed her hands on her hips. "You always act this way when someone you love disappears?"

Only when they leave to search for clues about how they're suddenly alive when they should be dead and don't tell their friends where they're going, Jason glumly thought to himself.

"Because I heard that the all-powerful Jason Grace is calm, cool, and collected," Meg continued. "No matter what happens."

Jason clenched his jaw. He didn't need this crap, especially not by a demon. He knew she was just trying to get into his head, but at the same time, he couldn't help but want to walk up to her and punch her throat in.

"Yeah, well, things change," Jason said through gritted teeth. He closed his eyes and willed himself to wake up, yet he was still standing in the warehouse, still accompanied by the demon.

He couldn't think his luck could be any worse. And yet it was.

Meg's voice penetrated through Jason's thoughts. "You've been having dreams about your cousin for the past couple of nights, right?"

Jason snapped his eyes open and studied the woman in front of him. "How do you know so much about me?" He answered her question with one of his own.

Meg rolled her eyes. "It's a demon thing," she replied. "But from the way you've deflected my question, I'm going to go with yes, you have been seeing him every night?"

Jason didn't answer, because if he did...well, he didn't know what would happen, per say.

Meg took his silence as her cue to keep talking. "I'm guessing that every night, you see your cousin getting hurt either by you or someone else that he cares about. And he's also getting injuries, not just the one that you and your friends found him with, but with new ones as well.

"And he's getting them," Meg continued. "Every. Single. Day." She paused, looking for a reaction, Jason guessed. "Isn't that right, Jason?"

Jason kept his gaze steady on the ground. He couldn't speak around the lump in his throat. All the guilt and anger that he held at bay was eating at him.

It was true, what Meg said. He's been having dreams of Percy for the past couple of days, about Percy getting hurt by one of his friends. This time, though, was the first time Jason had seen himself beating Percy. And that scared him. He hadn't even told the rest of the Seven yet. He didn't know why; maybe he was afraid that they'll blame him or, worse, they'll blame each other. Especially Frank, since he was the one that kept attacking Percy.

Jason couldn't do that to his friends. Yet, at the same time, they needed to know what he's been seeing for the last few weeks.

"You must be blaming yourself, yes?" Meg stated. Jason rolled his surprisingly teary eyes and scoffed, but didn't reply. "And you're probably wondering why, right?"

Meg's expression softened a little. "Why did it have to be your friend? Why are you experiencing the torture that he went through? Or, is going through, I should say."

Jason narrowed his eyes at that. "What do you mean, is going through?"

Meg shrugged. "Did you really think that your friend has gotten over them by now?"

Jason stared at her. She couldn't possibly know that Percy was still having nightmares.

"Oh, but I do," Meg replied, as if she read Jason's thoughts. "And, yes, I knew what you were thinking."

"So, what?" Jason shook his head. "You're a stalker or something?"

"Or something," Meg nodded.

Jason ran a hand through his hair, trying to think. "Do you know where Percy is?"

"Yes," Meg replied.

Jason's hope went up. "Really? Where is he?"

"Somewhere in the US," Meg vaguely stated, looking at her nails.

Jason ignored the need to strangle the demon before him. "I meant," Jason harshly rephrased. "Where in the US is he?"

Meg looked taken aback. "No need to be so rude."

"Well, you don't need to be so vague," Jason all but shouted. He was getting frustrated with her.

"I said I knew where he is," Meg calmly said. "I didn't say I knew exactly where he is."

Jason balled his fists. "Unbelievable."

"But I can tell you," Meg piped up. "Is that he is somewhere in the middle of the US." She paused, tilting her head to the said, listening to a voice instead her head. "It's time for you to wake up."

Jason threw his hands up in the air. "Finally. Thank the gods."

"But there is something I need to tell you," Meg said. Jason bit back a groan. "The reason why your friend is alive, and why he disappeared, it's all part of a plan. Not my plan, of course, but a plan."

Jason stared at her in disbelief. "And you're just now telling me this?"

"You need to warn your friends," Meg warned. "This is something that is out of my control."

Jason nodded uncertainly, then remembered something. "I should tell you something. A few weeks ago, my friends got tangled up with a demon."

"And how is that my problem?" Meg asked.

Jason shrugged. "Leo said that her name was...Ruby? And she said that she was the one who got somebody named Sam Winchester to free Lucifer or something like that." Jason paused. "Do you think she's back somehow?"

Meg's expression darkened. "No. That little bitch died after Sam set Lucifer free. It must be someone else trying to free him." She locked eyes with Jason. "Whatever you do, don't let her into your camp again."

"Whoa, wait a minute," Jason protested. "How'd you-"

"When you wake up," Meg interrupted. "There will be a design on a piece of paper beside your bed. That design will protect you from demonic possession. Get your friends to put it on as well. Trust me."

And with that, she disappeared.

Jason was deeply confused on what had transpired between them. Then he sighed. "I can't believe this is my life right now." Then he woke up.