The Great Huntress

Chapter 11- One on One with an Old Friend

I stared at Alex, wondering how he knew who the Titan was. Annabeth didn’t look like she knew; and she knows way more about ancient Greece more than any of us. Alex caught my gaze and I suddenly looked away.

“How did you know that?” Annabeth asked.

Alex stayed focus on the battlefield. He narrowed his eyes as he gazed at Krios. “It’s a long story.” He sighed.

I wanted to know how he knew, but we didn’t have time for story-telling. “Krios… I remember him now.” Annabeth said. “He’s the Titan lord of Constellations.”

“Okay… but I’ve never heard about him in stories.” I said.

“Yes, that’s true. He’s not very important in the stories. I think he’s only mentioned once, during the war.”

“So I’m guessing HE was on Kronos’s side, unlike Prometheus who was on Zeus’ side?”

“Exactly.” Annabeth said.

“Okay… This is crazy! What do we have against a Titan?” I said. They all sighed. I guess the answer is…nothing.

“I don’t think it’s going to be an easy battle if he decides to join in.” Alex said.

“I agree.” Neona murmured.

“Okay, let’s get away from this place first. We need to get ready; and we need a hiding spot.” Annabeth said. We looked around, searching. I saw a huge rock, just east from where were. It was a few feet from the crater hole, far enough that they won’t see us, and we could easily hide behind it.

“Behind that huge rock; it’s far enough, Annabeth.” I said.

Annabeth nodded, “Okay, let’s move.”

We crawled towards the rock. As soon as we were far from the hole, we were able to stand. My necklace glowed, but I willed the bow and arrows not to show just yet.

“We’ll start the attack in maybe 10 minutes. Do what you gotta do.” Annabeth said. She was eyeing Alex as she turned. Neona was sitting down, her eyes closed; probably praying to the gods or trying to contact Thalia. Percy was swinging his sword from left to right, practicing his swings and turns. I looked at my belt, which held the silver blade Artemis gave me. I have a feeling I’ll be using it tonight.

“Kaye—”I turned and saw Alex. “Can we talk?”

I didn’t know what to say, so I just followed him. As we walked, I thought about what we fought about. Right now, it seemed really stupid that we fought about something so small. I didn’t feel mad at him anymore; but I wasn’t sure of what to feel or what do right at this moment.

As we stopped, Alex stared at me for a long time. It’s like he wanted to tell me something but his tongue is all tied up. “What?” I finally asked.

“I hate this, Kaye. I can’t take it anymore.”He said. “I am so sorry I yelled at you. I didn’t mean to. It came out louder than I thought it should… and I really feel bad about it. “I could tell from his eyes that he was serious. His warm brown eyes almost looked black. His expression was sad. And I could feel that he wanted to make-up already. I wanted to make-up too; I just didn’t know how.

He stepped closer. “I didn’t know what’s got in to me. I’m really sorry.”

“We wouldn’t be in this situation if you would have understood—”

“I did. It’s not the reason why I yelled… ” He said. He switched from foot to foot.

“Then what is it?” I asked.