A/n~ sorry this chapter jumps around a bit but all will be revealed... hopefully.
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It came from no where, the sudden panic but it was definitely there. Rhyan felt it strong. It had been there for days, in the pit of her stomach, in the bile at the back of her throat, deep in her gut. But today it was stronger than ever. Today it was wearing her down. She hadn't been able to sleep for days because of it but today she had reached her limit. She needed to leave.
Quickly, she packed a bag. Food, water and the little change she had.
"BOYS! Wake up!" She shouted at the two sleeping children curled up fast asleep.
"Why?" One of the boys roze groggily wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"Olli, you know why we have to keep moving." Oliver nodded.
"We knew this was going to happen sooner or later," he pulled out two small, tatty, old bags and slipped them over his shoulders. "If you want, I can carry the stuff and you can carry Noah? So he can get some proper sleep."
Rhyan nodded. Slowly, she pried the sleeping blonde away from his make shift bed and slid him onto her hip. Noah instantly curled closer to her while Oliver packed up the mess of unfolded boxes and rag that made up their bed.
Mere moments later the three children were walking out of the alleyway, blending in with the shadows of the night.
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Chiron woke in a cold sweat. He'd just had the nightmare again. A large cyclops, dark alleyways and a blurry voice muttering words. Somehow someone was sending Chiron a plee for help via his dreams, although once he woke Chiron's memory of the dream was usually fuzzy and unclear.
Not this time however. This time he remembered the street name and dread filled his being. It wasn't to far from centreal New York where olympus was now situated, but that sadly ment that monsters would now be attracted to the spot.
Chiron got up and made his way down to rally up a small group of campers to help the demigods from his dream.
The team consisted of Harold Olsen, an athena camper; Ellis Myers, from aphrodite and May Giles from ares.
Each team member had their own independable quality, not to mention teamwork. So with that in mind they set off to find chiron's demigod and set his mind at rest.
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Rhyan dropped Noah. She didn't mean to but it was getting quite difficult to fight a cyclops and carry a sleeping child.
Some how Noah was still asleep. Through 2 hours of walking and the sounds of a fight between a cyclops and his family and somehow he still hadn't stirred. That was probably for the best considering what peticular cyclops this was.
The cyclops lunged for Noah but Rhyan intercepted, pushing the cyclops's off corse. This gave Oliver bearly enough time to drag the now waking blonde out of the way before the cyclops flung Rhyan away and went after the battered boys again.
Fear filled both Noah and Oliver's eyes but for two completelydifferent reasons. Oliver was petrified because... well... it's a cyclops and it was petrifying and it had just thrown the person who'd been protecting him for the past two years away like she was... nothing.
Then there was Noah he was petrified because he knew that cyclops. He may have only been three nearly four when he'd last seen it but he was sure it was the same one. Same thick and calloused skin, same yellowing teeth, same bulging eye that followed you anywhere you went. Yes- yes it was. It was the same cyclops that killed his mum, crushed his leg beyond repair and forced him and Rhyan onto the streets.
And it was reaching right for Oliver and Noah. Only this time there was no one in its way. No mum protecting him, no Rhyan pulling out a blade and turning the creature to dust. Just two cowering children huddled in a corner of a backstreet alley awaiting cirtain doom.
The creature was about to grab them it's hand centimeters from them when a silver arrow plowed it's way into the cyclops's hand.
Rhyan got up groggily from where she was thrown only to see the arrow wedged into its prey.
Rhyan looked up to see a group of 5 girls ranging from the ages of 10 to 14 all simmalarly dressed and bearing bows and arrows standing on the alley walls. One it the centre of the walls bow had no arrow. Rhyan guessed she was the one whom had fired the first shot.
"Ladies. ATTACK!" Shouted the girl and they did so all firing one wave of arrows at the beast before coming down to attack from the ground.
The girls fought relentlessly. Three going straight for the cyclops and the other two going to help the boys.
Rhyan watched in awe at the pack of girls. They fought brilliantly. Like a team each knowing there role. Rhyan wanted to be like that one day. That was when it went wrong.
Noah called out to her. "RHYAN! Are you OK back there?" 4 of the 5 girls turned to stair at her. The cyclops used this distraction to throw 2 of the girls off him and into the 2 helping the boys sending them spiralling away from where they were needed by there leader.
The cyclops had grabbed the one girl whom was left and was holding her hostage. The other 4 seemed reluctant to attack while their leaders throat was in threat of being crushed.
The girls brains were busy calculating the many different ways this could go. All ended the same - casualties.
The girls dark eyes bulged as the cyclops cut off her airway and her vision turned blurry. This is it she was going to die and like that she accepted her fate.
Thwack.
The monster dissolved into dust. The girl took in a deep breath and allowed her deprived lungs the privalage of oxygen once again.
Where the one eyed beast had once been stood Rhyan with a piece of wood ant three nails sticking out of it.
"Looks like not even a monster that big and bad can withstand a good old wack round the head."
"Rhyan!" Noah and Oliver ran up to Rhyan, wrapping their arms round her waist and giving her a much needed hug.
The 5 girls walked up to the trio. 4 of them hung back a little while their leader walked right up to Rhyan and the boys.
"I belive some thanks are in order." The one with a now bruised neck stepped faward and stuck out her hand.
"I'm Zoë. Zoë Nightshade."
Rhyan took her hand.
"Rhyan. Rhyan Theft."
"I appologise if this sounds weird,but we know who you are... and because of that, we want you to join us."
"What do you mean... us?"
"We mean that we want you to join us. The hunters of Artemis."
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