WARNING: badly written but a rewrite is up on my page
REDAMANCY | Lorna and her friends are the demigods of the great prophecy. Together, they will sail to Rome, with a camp of demigods trying to kill them, to save a son of Hades, and follow the Mar...
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12. Promise
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When Piper was done explaining, the others looked at her uncomfortably. Up on deck, Hedge sang something that sounded like "In the Navy" while Blackjack and Porkpie stomped their hooves, whinnying in protest.
Finally Lorna exhaled. "That is really, really, creepy."
"Piper is right." Hazel said.
"How can you be sure?" Annabeth asked.
"I've met eidolons," Hazel said. "In the Underworld, when I was...you know."
Dead. Lorna had forgotten that Hazel was a second-timer. In her own way, Hazel too was a ghost reborn.
"So..." Frank rubbed his hand across his buzz-cut hair as if some ghosts might have invaded his scalp. "You think these things are lurking on the ship, or—"
"Possibly lurking inside some of us," Piper said. "We don't know."
Jason clenched his fist. "If that's true—"
"We have to take steps," Piper said. "I think I can do this."
"Do what?" Percy asked.
"Just listen, okay?" Piper took a deep breath. "Everybody listen."
Piper met their eyes, one person at a time.
"The tension, gods. I can feel it." Lorna couldn't help but say. Annabeth slapped her shoulder.
"Eidolons," Piper said, using her charmspeak, "raise your hands."
There was tense silence. Leo laughed nervously. "Did you really think that was going to—?"
His voice died. His face went slack. He raised his hand. Jason and Percy did the same. Their eyes had turned glassy and gold. Hazel caught her breath. Next to Leo, Frank scrambled out of his chair and put his back against the wall. Lorna's eyes widened.
"Oh, gods." Annabeth looked at Piper imploringly. "Can you cure them?"
Piper looked like she wanted to crawl under the table and escape.
"Piper, please." Lorna pleaded.
"Are there more of you on this ship?" Piper asked.
"No," Leo said in a hollow voice. "The Earth Mother sent three. The strongest, the best. We will live again."
"Not here, you won't," Piper growled. "All three of you, listen carefully."
Jason and Percy turned toward her. "You will leave those bodies," Piper commanded.
