The Undead Heroes (The first part of The Reiteration of Olympus)

CHAPTER 12, Silena and Beckendorf are Greek zombies

DESIRÉE

"WHAT!?"

Saying that I was shocked was an understatement. Silena and Beckendorf didn't look dead at all. They look just as alive as I did, probably even more because I just woke up.

Jake looked just as shocked as me.

"So you're zombies? Or like the Greek mythology version of zombies."

"We're not zombies," Charlie said. "I think?" He looked at Silena. She gave him a look.

"No, we aren't."

"Oh, good," Jake said uncertainly.

Silena took a deep breath and started explaining how she and Beckendorf had died in a war a few years prior. There had been some time titan, Kronos, who wanted to overthrow the gods. I had read about him in history class, the father of the gods who had been killed by Zeus, I think. Apparently, he had managed to recruit a bunch of monsters and demigods and there had been a big war between the gods and the Titans in Manhattan. I remembered my dad talking about how Manhattan had had some sort of shut down and how there had been a word about some big storm.

Before the actual battle, Beckendorf and Percy had tried to take down one of Kronos' ships. And that's where Beckendorf had apparently died. The ship had exploded and so had he.

When Silena got to the part where Beckendorf died she broke down crying. Beckendorf comforted her and Percy continued the story.

After Beckendorf had died Silena had broken down. There had been rumour of a traitor at the camp and they learned on Silena's deathbed that she was the traitor. She had a crush on the guy who was Kronos' follower, Luke, and he convinced her that if she helped him she would save a lot of people. My insides burned when Percy got to that part. It's not right to use someone's feelings for your own self-gain.

After a while Silena decided that she didn't want to be Kronos' source of intel anymore which caused Luke to blackmail her, saying that if she didn't continue to give them intel he would hurt Beckendorf.

After Beckendorf died she mostly stopped being the intel and she died battling a Drakon.

Both of them reunited in the afterlife where they 'lived' for a year until they got revived by the earth goddess Gaea. They woke up on a beach in Greece and they had travelled all the way from Greece to New York.

When Percy finished I couldn't do anything but gape at him. Jake looked just as shocked as I did but Dylan just had a look of understanding on her face.

"Okay, well, that explains why you could be 'the once selected by death'," Jake said quietly.

"Why do you believe any of us are part of this prophecy?" Dylan asked. It seemed insensitive to just dismiss their story.

"It can't merely be a coincidence that you three arrived with Silena and Beckendorf," Annabeth said. "It's simply impossible."

"It's not," Dylan said. "It's possible that it's just coincidence." Annabeth looked annoyed that Dylan opposed her but she held her tongue.

"Six half-bloods are needed for whatever task the prophecy foretold, and the five of you arrived last night. Also, the one who fled could refer to you Dylan," Annabeth said.

"Oh?" Dylan raised an eyebrow. "And what gave you that idea?"

"When you got here, you walked away as soon as you were safe. Or in other words, you fled." Annabeth seemed content with her reasoning but Dylan wasn't having any of it.

"So what? Just because I walked away, it means that I fled?" She rolled her eyes and walked away from the table.

"Sorry, Annabeth, but that's a bit too farfetched. I'm not part of this weird prophecy."

After she had said that she walked out of the room and I could hear the front door close with a bang.

We all stood there in silence until Jake spoke up.

"Hey, as much as I'd love to be part of some weird prophecy, I think Dylan is right. There's no proof that it's actually about us." Jake gave us all an apologetic smile and walked out of the room. Annabeth sighed and Rachel put a hand on her shoulder. I felt really uncomfortable just staying there. It seemed like Percy noticed.

"Hey, Des, right?" I nodded. "You haven't gotten the tour of the camp yet, have you?" I shook my head. Percy smiled slightly.

"Well then! You know where the cabins are right? Look for the one full of flowers and plants, that's the Demeter cabin. Ask for Miranda Gardiner, she'll help you out." I thanked him and walked out of the big house. I walked over to the cabins and easily spotted the cabin Percy had been talking about. The roof was covered in grass and the entire cabin was surrounded by plants. Something about the cabin felt like a breath of fresh air. I walked in through the door and I was surrounded by the smell of fresh dirt and flowers. It was like a massive greenhouse. A girl with dirty blonde hair walked by me holding a few cookbooks. She noticed me standing by the door and smiled at me.

"Hey, aren't you the girl who got claimed this morning at breakfast? Welcome to the Demeter cabin! I'm Miranda Gardiner." I introduced myself and Miranda gave me a walkthrough of the cabin. I didn't have any older siblings at home, just two stepbrothers who were way younger than me, and it felt pretty cool to have a demigod older sister.