percy jackson fanfic-long lost daughter of hades

chapter 15

Okay, these dudes are hard core. We followed them to what looked like an abandoned motel. We peeked through a window, and saw about a hundred children huddled in a room. We didn't know if they were talking or not, but if they were they were extremely quiet. They sat on the floor, some in groups some alone.

I noticed guns. Guns on the tables that were near the walls, on top of the mini fridges near the doors, guns in the children's hands. That's something I didn't say as well, they were all kids. Their ages ranged from seven all the way to eighteen. The room contained kids that wore all shades of colors, anything, everything.

Then, we saw the spark. The spark of activity. A boy, who looked about fourteen, walked up. He held a gun in his right hand, wore black leather pants, and a green shirt with its sleeves ripped of showing off his tanned arms. He held his gun above his head and addressed the children now in front of him. "We, are the future. We, must stand for the world. We, must stop the now coming war. There was a world war, didn't anyone ever think there would be a sequel?" He was now pacing, "Didn't someone calculate that this invasion against Poland will become more? How did Germany not calculate this horrible flaw, after all they are the ones trying to invade. Now there are soldiers everywhere, half of the countries polluted with fear, with violence, with lies. But me, Mathew J. Mohammad, have calculated something. Germany is trying to provoke a war. Germany wants justice, knowledge. They want to see who will win. They want to test something, I have sent a few troops to sneak across the border, successful. They sneaked their way through and found out fatal information. Something we never knew. They, have a nuclear experiment. They plan on provoking the rest of us and pulling the nuclear weapons on the United Kingdom! We must not let this happen, we must stand up for the world. We can not let war consume us, we must stand for humanity!"

The crowd of children roared with approval, I did a mental face palm. Why would anyone want to start a war? This is so stupid! I was tempted to yell out at them, scream at them even, saying that they were idiots, and no one would ever do that. But what proof did I have? The important question is, what proof did they have. They need something, anything, to show that their so called ''spies'' are telling the truth.

I talked, barely above a whisper, to my group. "They need proof, scout around, find a way in. A silent and hidden way in. We can not be noticed, I can not risk any of us getting hurt, or me and my sister going to tartarus. We need to find their proof, if not any proof, then the spies they sent. We need as much information about this as possible. Something tells me we will need it. Understood?"

I stayed at the window, summoning the shadows to hide me. My head was slightly tilted in, I could have been easily seen if I was nobody, but I wasn't. I am Shadow, goddess of echos, I am the total opposite of nobody.

I quickly cleared my mind, then focused on the room in front of me. They just sat there, either eating something or day dreaming. No one seemed to be focused, they all looked like... like they were in some kind of trance.

I  squinted my eyes and payed closer attention to some of the children. They looked tired, dark bags under their eyes. Like they hadn't slept in days. What ever this man was saying to them, obviously scared them. Very little of them had tears making their way slowly down kids' faces, some were trembling slightly. They were terrified.

I had to stop this. People can't treat children like this, they can't live like this. Then I spotted the group, Harry holding both of them by their shoulders. They walked into the room, Harry in the middle. They walked to the front of the room, then turned to address the crowd. "I think there is something that all of us must know." Harry said, then he turned, staring directly at the window I was peeking through. I silently prayed to Hades that he didn't see me. "There are spies among us. We have caught a small girl, she says that her sister is..." He points at me, "There."

I felt my stomach go to my mouth, my face become paler than usual. Everyone turned towards me, some loading their guns or holding up knifes and guns. I sensed the shadows around me leaving, I urged them to stay but I couldn't. I was scared.

I didn't know gods or goddess' could be scared, but I guess I made it possible. They weren't scared anymore, they were angry. Their eyebrows were furrowed and some I could hear were growling. "Please." I said in a weak voice. I can't go to tartarus, not now. I need to complete this quest, for my father, for my uncles. For the Olympians.

"Why are you here?" Jack asked me, I looked her in the eye and whimpered. Her eyes were cold, evil, dark. Then something Harry had said stuck to my mind, they had Penelope. "You have my sister?" I said in a low voice, the people nearest to my window lowered their weapons and exchanged glances. They just realized they made a big mistake.

I grabbed my bow and notched an arrow. "No one touches my sister!" I screamed, "You idiots, I was only here to help! We were here to stop the on coming war! We had a freaking solution you bloody idiots!" I decided, maybe this war did have something to do with our quest. If he was lying, then no harm done. Only harm done to him, to Mathew, his followers will know he is a liar.

"And how might you do that, kid." I frowned at him, according to the camp I was like, thirty. So I decided to use that against him. "Hey, don't you dare call me that, Harry! I am thirty two, and the solution to your damn war problem! To be honest, I could not care less. This war would not affect me, but I care about people! I do not want people to get hurt!" I didn't lower my voice, I hopped through the window. People scrambled to clear a path for me towards Harry and the two girls. "H-how did you know my name?" He said in a small voice, he was confused, I saw his dark skin go lighter on his face. "Trust me, I know a lot. I was sent by god. Here to get you. I swear, if any of you guys ever tell anybody, I will know. I will come, and I will kill you with my bare hands."

Harry paled, but I ran forward, before he could run, I grabbed his arm. "Tell me where they are keeping my sister, or I will have every last one of you beheaded." He stared at me, wide eyed. The girls beside him I could hear were whimpering, and from what I could tell, it took a lot to scare Jack. Harry gulped, then nodded. Right this way, miss goddess." I smiled at him, amused. "Actually, that is perfectly accurate. I am a goddess, goddess of echos, daughter of Hades." He paled even more. I let my smile grow wider, showing no teeth. It was a smile showing no warmth, only showing how deadly I really was. "Bring me to her, now." He nodded and made his way to the door.

Before he could even push the door opened, a tremor went through the building. I fell, Harry on top of me. He gasped and desperately got off of me. I looked around, actually scared. "I can not go to tartarus." I kept whispering under my breath, but to be honest, I really might be going to tartarus tonight.