Mask Of Sorrows

Chapter Eleven

A/N Hey guys! Hope you had a good Halloween! If you don't celebrate it, hope you had a good night in general! So my parents are divorced right? And custody switches week by week, and holidays alternate, so last year I was this my mom, and this year I was with my dad. So my step brother and I took my little sister trick or treating and we went trick or treating at my moms place. But instead of the normal 'Trick or treat' and knocking at the door, (We both went up to see our mom. I mean, C'mon, our mom's awesome.) Anyway, instead of knocking at the door we opened it and ran in, scaring the crap out of our mom. It was hilarious. (Sorry mom) Anyway, that's not the important part. The important part is that while I was in the house I grabbed my laptop charger! Whoopee! Now I can update for LadyNightlight, who tortured me for leaving on a cliffhanger. SHE MADE ME WATCH ALL THE MOVIES WITHOUT POINTING OUT ANY MISTAKES! My dad brought that up last night because he saw a meme that said 'We may be the same, but you're the Percy Jackson Movie and I'm the book' and I rambled on about the differences and mistakes in all the movies... Yeah, if I see the director I'm throwing my backpack of Percy Jackson books at his face... 

Shadow's POV

     I woke up to muffled shouts and blurry vision. It was like I was underwater, everything muffled a slurred. Everything looked white, though my vision was still blurring everything together. Every so often I could make out a few words. "He... Possibly... a... you... look!" I tried to turn my head, only to let out a strangled moan on pain. I could hear muffled footsteps.

     "Thank Chaos!" I heard someone gasp. Well, my hearing was better. I continued to blink until things slowly came into focus. I was in the infirmary, not the camp one, the one in the Chaos cabin.

       My team was hovering over me with worried faces. I didn't see Alpha. I felt tears start to well in my eyes as I remembered what happened, then my chest felt a throb of extreme pain. I gasped, holding my hand to the center of the pain. "Shadow! Are you okay?" I heard Gold asked. Instead of answering I positioned a hand behind me and propped myself up, ignoring Gold's commands not to. Once a son of Apollo always a son of Apollo I guess.

      I tried to take off my shirt but was to weak. They got the memo and Night and Gama helped me take off my shirt. Once it was off they were all silent, staring at my chest as I panted for air, trying to sooth the pain. "What's that?" Angel whispered, wide eyed.

      "The Fatal Flaw curse." Gold whispered. "He was loyal to them, they weren't. His heart's poisoned."

      Alpha ran into the room, but as soon as he saw me he stopped in his tracks. Another wave of pain throbbed through my chest and I gritted my teeth. "You're making it worse!" Night hissed. Instead of listening to her he ran over and kissed me. The throbbing in my chest dulled into a light, barely noticeable pain. "Never mind." Night corrected.

      He pulled away and I looked down at my chest. The spiral of green and yellow veins emitting from my heart were barely visible now. "What was that?" Gama whispered. I sighed. There was no getting out of it now.

     "My... My fatal flaw. Because I was loyal to them, and they broke my loyalty, I have what's called the Fatal Flaw curse. In order for me to heal, I need to have someone I know will remain loyal to me near, someone I'm really close with. You guys are my best friends, we're like siblings, but Alpha is somehow closer." I explained slowly.

      "So me being angry at you made you pass out." Alpha muttered bitterly. I grabbed his hand, lacing out fingers together.

      "Don't blame yourself Alpha. I should have told you, it's my fault." I told him.

     "Stop blaming yourself for everything! Every single time one of us have gotten hurt, you've found a way to blame yourself. It's not good for your mind Shadow. Let us take the blame. We should have taken the time to realize you were in pain!" Night argued. I looked up at their faces. We all had our masks off, and I was able to read their emotions. One thing I knew right away is that they weren't backing down.