CheckMate (A Luke Castellan fan fic. OC CHARACTER)

Grim Reaper

Raphaels POV

  That day I didn't remember my nightmares that I had. But I woke up to Percy shaking my shoulders. I had been screaming and shouting.
I was sweating my ass off and tears stained my shirt and cheeks. Luke ran in and pushed Percy out of the way. He held me close to his chest and held me quietly.
     "Cry it all out Raphael. I don't know what happened, but I'm here." I let out a loud sob and continued to cry. Percy exused himself from the cabin and left us alone. "I-I love you Castellan." He rubbed my head. "I love you too Miranda. May I ask what your crying over? I'm going to a assume a nightmare?" I nodded my head. "I-I can't even remember. The last thing I remember is you walking off embarrassed. It's-it's all a blur." I mumbled.
      I brought my head off his shoulder and looked at him. He had unshed tears in his eyes, for me. FOR ME. Why would he be crying for me!!! He really did love me didn't he?! "Luke why do you love me so much? I'm nothing but a thorn in your hands. An outcasted thorn that is looked down upon my the roses and the rest of the thorns." More tears flowed relentlessly done my cheeks. He wiped them away with his thumbs but they continued to flow relentlessly.

           "I love you for who you are Raphael. Don't ever let anyone bring down your self esteem just because you hate yourself. Cause let me let you in on a little secret, I love you. With all the fibers in my body. Your the most humane person in the world. You fight for what's right and will kill someone if it needs to happen. Your loyal to the ones you love and defiant against the ones you don't. So riddle me this Raphael? Why do you hate yourself so much?"
      I couldn't help but gigggle at what he said. "Your to nice. I don't deserve shit Luke." Percy knocked on the door and walked in. My lip was still quivering from my mental and physical breakdown. "You okay Rap?" I gently nodded my head. Luke bent down and grabbed the box. He handed it to me as I loosened the grip I had on his waist. I scooted back so now my legs were laying on top of his lap. I carefully untied the bow and lifted the box.
"There's not going to be a snake in there is there?" Luke laughed and rolled his eyes. "No Love. I'm not that mean. Only Cheryl did that to Hermione." My eyes got wide and I hugged him. "I'm so proud you made a good Riverdale reference!!" Percy hit his head on his bunk and I threw a shoe at him.
He gently laid it on the bed and I lifted the lid all the way off. I tried my hardest not to let any excited yells out. It was a dark blue leather jacket with dark gold lettering on the back. It also held holes in the back to let my wings out. A tear fell down my cheek at the quote.

"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who tells your story."

    I set the jacket down VERY VERY carefully and tackled Luke. "I loveeeeeeee you sooo muchhhhhh!!!" I yelled excitedly. He giggled. I kissed his face several times. He scooted me off his chest and I stood up off the bed excitedly. I put the jacket on and carefully unleashed my wings. It didn't rip. I did a happy dance and swung in circles around Luke.
    
     I stopped and placed my hands over his neck. I put my head on his chest. He put his head on mine. Yes I'm short don't bully me.
My chest was rising and falling heavily as we stood there in each other's arms, or wings whatever works.
       The dinner bell rang. It startled me out of my little heaven so my hair turned black. Luke ran his hand through it. "Okay Lovebirds lets get to dinner. Chiron will have our asses if we're late again." Percy stated walking out.
    I giggled and tucked my wings back in. I dragged my shoes on and pulled Luke out of the cabin. I sat down at the Hades table and he scooted off to his table. Nico looked at me weirdly. I did just go from a happy teenager in love to a dark depressed child of Hades again.

     I ate at a decent pace. Wasn't feeling the whole "I'm hungry" thing today. I was honestly the exact opposite. I was feeling fat. Like hugely fat. Like I should run to the bathroom and make myself barf fat.
"Eat. I know what your thinking. Eat or I'm calling Will over." I shoved a piece of chicken in my mouth and ate it while looking at Nico. I pushed the plate away and walked over to Luke's table. His siblings glared at me. I rolled my eyes and put my head on his. "Your not supposed to be over here." One camper said. "Last time I checked I didn't care." I replied. I felt the eye roll emanating off of Luke.
         I kissed his head. "I'll see you later. I'm going to avoid the dangerous flares I'm receiving and go for a fly." I let go of his hand and walked down towards the woods. I ran into that Leo figure again. "Oh... hey... Leo." I said. He looked up at me and smirked. "Hey birdie. Where ya goin?" I rolled my eyes. "On a fly. No your not invited." I said crossing my arms. "You suck. Whatever, I have to fix this anyways."
   
    He walked off. I walked into the cabin and grabbed my phone and sniffed the flowers. I let my wings out. I flapped them before slipping them back in and taking off my new jacket. I put an old hoodie on. I climbed out the back window and instantly regretted it. Nope, no flying today. It's cold outside. Like negative four.
I sat back down on my bunk. I took several deep breathes and finally calmed down. I reaaaally wanted to cut right now. But I didn't want to just rummage through Percy's stuff and then try and cut. Me having my luck I'd get caught and then yelled at by Nico.

    The cabin door opened. I tried to turn my head to see who it was but I got nauseous very quickly. Like the room became spotty and it started to spin. Like someone made me get nauseous, weird right?! I put my head on the pillow. Someone came around the other way and tied my hands. I was gagged and blindfolded. I tried to move but couldn't. "Now. stay silent. Or I'll be forced to punish you." It was a male's voice. One I couldn't recognize.
Something dig into my neck and I let out a loud grunt. He pulled the gag back closer to my mouth so I was barely breathing. I felt a liquid run down my neck but didn't think anything of it. The only thing on my mind at the moment was Luke. He would think that I'd run away.
That I tried to end it all, or even like I lied to him. I promised to never lie to him again. Simple as that. His gorgeous blonde hair and light blue electric eyes. The long sexy scar that runs down his left side of his face. How his muscles peeled out through his shirt, no doubt making girls go crazy. How that man has chosen to love me. Instead of having one of those gorgeous Aphrodite kids. But no, he's chosen me. Why who knows. I'm nothing.

     I was pushed down farther onto the bed. His knee in my side forcing my hip to go left and snap. I let out several cries. He pulled my hair back so I faced him. There was a dark hood hiding his face. "I said." He pulled a blade out and cut my cheek. "Be quiet. Right now." He wrapped a hand around my throat and began to squeeze.
He dragged me to the bathroom and closed the door. My knees buckled. He held my hands back and the dagger to my throat. His eyes on the door. "Raphael you in here?" It was Nico. I took an opportunity, his eyes were glued to the door. Since my hands were tied in front of me, I rubbed my fingers together and wisps flowed under the door. I tried using the mental connection Nico tried to get me to use. My energy was draining fast. "Nico. Bathroom. Hurry. Knife. Person. Bleeding. Help. Be quiet." I thought. Something pushed at my mind. I let it through. "On three. Duck."

He counted to three and I bent down pretending to be in pain. The door flew open and the man holding me flew backwards into the shower. I started to shake. I was beyond terrified. Hazel ran in the bathroom and kicked the guy in the chest. Nico took the handcuffs off and the gag and checked me out.
      
    He lowered his hand to my waist and I yelped.
What I didn't know however is that the guy who kidnapped me wasn't done torturing me. He pushed passed Hazel and shot something in my back. I lurched forward in pain. Nico caught me and Hazel held a sword to the guy's dick. Nico went back to try and pull it out. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. Pull it out before it's done. She's dead." The pain entering my body was beyond anything that's ever happened to me. I felt like I was being run over by a bicycle. That weighed eight hundred pounds!
The pain in my back started to decrease. The shadows started to run around my body quickly. Making the pain re-emerge. My back arched and the thing that was in it fell out onto the tile with a loud thunk. Nico picked me up. Wary of my injuries and such. I started to cry. He rubbed my upper back. "W-where's Luke." I stumbled. He set me down leaning against the front door. "He's outside. I told him to wait while I got you. Will wanted to watch a movie." He said laughing. I rolled my eyes and brought my hand up to my cheek. Blood was dripping down my cheek and neck.
  
Nico took some toilet paper and wiped it up. He pressed it against my neck while dabbing at my cheek with some hydrogen peroxide. I hissed. It hurt. Someone knocked on the door. Nico scooted me over and opened the door. He pulled whoever it was in. Luke. It was like I had just reunited with him after eight months. He bent down. "What happened?" He asked. He wasn't talking to me but Nico. I bet he saw how tired I was and lifted off my shirt and pressed against a couple of cuts and cleaned them.
I started to get really out of it all of a sudden. Like one second I was grateful and happy Luke was here, and the next I was pissed off that he wasn't there to protect me. Thankfully the regular me one the battle. My head started to spin. "Stay with us Love. It'll be okay. Just keep your eyes open." I tried to do as he said. Nico and Hazel were now both in the bathroom with the grim reaper. I'm going to make that my new job. To give people nicknames.
Luke brought our foreheads together. I bent down and kissed the tip of his nose. He smiled and kissed me on the lips. I nibbled his bottoms lip causing him to groan a bit. Giving me entrance to roam his mouth. His tongue won for dominance. He pressed his left hand back in my head pulling my closer. I smiled a big smile. Once of the biggest Ive probably ever made. "I-I love you Luke." I managed to say. Our foreheads were still pressed together. He pouted his lips and kissed me. "I love you too Raph." He climbed behind me and sat against the wall. "Get rest. I'll be here when you wake up. Don't you worry." I used the last of my energy to summon a blanket from my bunk and wrapped it around us.