Darcy was not prepared to die. She had a full demigod life ahead of her planned out. One that included James and Leo and Leigh and maybe even Amelia. No Cyclops was going to take that away from her.
She raised her bow and aimed and arrow at Reaper Hands. "NO." She said firmly. The arrow flew straight at Reaper Hands. Darcy was sure it would take him down, but instead, the arrow bounced uselessly of Reaper Hands's skin.
Reaper Hands laughed cruelly. "That's too bad." The arrow rolled away from him. "Looks like I will be harder to kill than you thought, hmm?"
This time, James charged him, his sword raised above his head. With one powerful slash, James opened a gash across the Cyclops's right shin. With a bellow of rage, Reaper Hands swatted him aside like a rag doll. James sailed through the air before colliding with a tree and falling to the ground with a thump, passed out cold.
Darcy swallowed a scream. How could he? Oh yeah. Reaper Hands was and evily son of a bi-
She had an idea. "Leo!" Darcy called. Leo snapped to attention. "Wire!"
"Yes Ma'am!" Leo gave her a quick salute before unraveling the wire, cutting and and handing it to Darcy.
Darcy quickly wrapped it around another arrow and held the loose end of the wire between her fingers. She aimed the arrow at the gash in Reaper Hands's shin.
The arrow flew.
Reaper Hands bellowed in pain and rage as the arrow sunk into his already bloodied skin.
He started to advance towards Darcy, his eyes filled with acid like hatred.
Darcy pinched her end of the wire between her finger and thumb and lifted her other hand towards the sky, pointing with her middle and pointer finger.
Dark clouds started to form and churn above Camp Half-Blood. Thunder clouds. Reaper Hands stopped his advance to look up and see what was happening. They got bigger and angrier with each passing second as Darcy pushed all of her horrible memories and hatred into them.
Her father never being there for her.
Leo, bartered and bloodied, sprawled across the floor.
Kronos killing all the innocent demigods.
Being captured by Gaea.
James being cut up.
Brother Toe, disintegrating in front of her.
Her family and friends, hurt and afraid.
Darcy summoned all the strength she had. The air pickled with electricity.
And with one final scream of rage, Darcy summoned a bolt of pure lightning from the heavens. The power coursed through her body and with all her willpower, she redirected the energy through her fingertips, through the wire and into Reaper Hands.
Darcy was blasted off her feet from the sheer power of the lightning. Her hair stood up on end as there was a deafening BOOM! and then-
Monster dust drifted down peacefully from the sky, blanketing Camp Half-Blood in a grim, yet beautiful, shower of sparkling yellow dust.
Darcy lay on her back, staring at the sky. She heard demigods cheering. Leo and Leigh's faces were blurred as they looked down at her worriedly.
Then everything went black.
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The blazing storm
FanfictionDarcy wakes up in a dark forest, dazed and disoriented. As she stumbles through the forest trying to find her way, she remembers only one person from her past life... a boy named Leo Valdez, also her best friend since the crib. As it turns out, D...
