I am Broken - #IAMSEQUEL

CHAPTER 6: Fervid

# CHAPTER 6

Chloe's POV

It's getting cold here above the tree so I wore my jacket. I have a visible bruised line on my arm but it was nothing compare to Beca's bruise on her waist and arms when a woman jumped on her top for her not to move. She was still that she made a right move tho.

It's already night and we decided to go for a walk here at the northern part where we could see a beautiful view of skyline, stars and moon above the tallest tree. We're sitting in one of the branches. I'm in front of her while hugging her. Listening to her heartbeat.

After a while of silence, she put out her phone and put it on a camera mode. I looked at it and I saw her and myself. She clicked the video capture in landscape mode.

"Hey Chloe, how did you decode the hint in your stickers?" Beca asked that made me buried my head on her chest before giggling. "Come on, answer me. This is a mini interview with mini Beca." She chuckled at her own joke. I decided to look at the camera while I wrapped my arms on her waist.

"Well, it's very simple. The first hint was Golden Apple and we can associate that with Aphrodite. Remember the myth about the judgment of Paris? That's my basis. I saw the sticker above the tree."

"Oh. You climbed a tree huh? I like that. You really have a strength and intellect. I didn't know you're into Greek Myths."

"I love Greek Myths when I was a child though." I smug that made her giggle.

"Okay Beale so what's the next one?"

"Hmm, the next hint I've got is a mathematical formula. Which was very easy to me coz that's my favorite subject. I can still remember it. It goes like a² - b² - (a+b)×2 a is an even number, b is an odd number while (a+b)×2 is an even number, where the sum of (a+b) is the same number it was when "a" has a longer tail and b is rotated 180° clockwise. Base on the given clue, the a written in italicized letter and extend, its tail looks like a number 9. Same with letter b, if rotated, it looks like 9. At first I thought I would use the Pythagorean theorem but I didn't. I divided 9 into 2 because there's 2, 9 from rotated a and b. That's the numbers in which one is even and the other is odd. 9 divided by 2 is equals to 4.5 which also a sum of 9, obviously. So, I come up with 4 and 5. If we square 4, we will get 16. And 5² is 25. (a+b)×2 is (4+5)×2 and we will get 18. So the numbers will be 16-25-18. If we substitute it with the alphabet, 16 is P." I said that made Beca count using her hand.

"Now I got it. 16 is P, then 25 is Y and 18 is R, so you've got the word PYR, which is the Greek word for fire. And since Hephaestus, a god of fire belongs to 12 Olympians, you think you've got the right deduction." She exclaimed in front of the camera. I just nodded in enthusiasm.