Love's Hero

Rescuer

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"You no good, ugly rotten, wretch of a girl. No one will ever love you so stop trying." As Jazmine's father beats her several times, on her head, with the buckle of his belt, he shouts these harsh words at her. With every lash, Jazmine's sight gets blurrier, she's losing sight of her world, losing the meaning to try to survive through this next discipline.

His alcohol-pungent breath burns her nose as she begs for mercy. "Papa! Please! I'm sorry," She pleas for compassion of her petty mistake. "Papa!! Stop! It hurts!!Please." Warm tears stream down her crimson-covered face, as she wipes her tears in surprise. Jazmine cowers on the ground, looking up at her Papa stopping all of the sudden in mid swing.

Thalia POV
I'm on the trail of a loose griffin in San Francisco when I hear a cry of pain. "Stop! It hurts. Please." A young girl screams again. At the sound of a hurt damsel, under law of Artemis, I broke through the nearest window to rescue her. As I silently sneak over to the bedroom, I hear the girl plea for pity again.

By this time, I'm just peeved at whoever is beating her. I walk into the room to see a drunk man beating his blood-stained daughter with a belt. This angers me to seeing only red as I draw a stun arrow. I pull the arrow as far as it will go before letting it go and hitting the abusive father square in the back.

The scarlet-faced daughter on the ground, stops crying in surprise of the sudden stop of beatings. The father was frozen with his arm back in mid lash. She stands up to come see who was behind him but falls down, faint of loss of blood.

"What's your name?" I ask her as I silently whistle for Blackjack, Percy's Pegasus to come get the wounded young lady.
"Jazmine, Jazmine Fillipe." As she speaks those two small sentences, she passes out from too much blood loss.

"She needs to get to Camp, Blackjack. Without me. I-I-I'm scared of heights." The horse brays in protest and I curse that Percy wasn't here to translate. Blackjack was probably saying, 'For donuts', so I guess I'll have to ride so Jazmine doesn't fall off the black steed's back.

I try to focus on waking up Jazmine as we fly so I don't get too nervous and fall off Blackjack myself. I clean off her bloody face with a cloth, wetted from my waterbottle, to make her feel better. When we land, I shakily get off the Pegasus, holding onto it's neck for support.

Annabeth sees me get off Blackjack and runs up to me. "Why were you on Blackjack?" She asks, knowing about my fear of heights. As I go to answer Jazmine groans in a painful sleep behind me,still on the black pegasus.
"Duty to my queen is to rescue any woman in distress and this is the closest place I could get to." Annabeth nods as she understands and lifts up Jazmine.

"Help me carry her to the infirmary," Annabeth asks, lifting up Jazmine from the black horses back and into her arms. "How did this girl, What's her name again, get so bloody."

"Her name is Jazmine. I was tracking a rabid griffin when I hear her crying so I break into her house to help and see her father beating the life out of her." I reply, hoping that Annabeth will know what to do with Jazmine. "We know she's demigod though. She easily flew through the border."

By now campers were surrounding us, wondering why the counselors of Cabin 10 and 6 were carrying a bloody, knocked-out person. "Watch out. everyone. We need to get her to the infirmary." I yell as I move through the crowd, to the front of the infirmary.

As we arrive to the doors of the infirmary, Chiron walks out the doors. He silently beckons us inside where children of Apollo takes Jazmine from mine and Annabeth's hands to heal her.

"What happened to her?" Chiron gently questions as we head back out of the infirmary.

"Well..." I started.