Reach for the Stars (Percy Jackson AU)

Chapter Three

"Come on Zoë!" Percy complained, " Just wear the shirt."

" Honestly though." Zoë said, taking the shirt, "What kind of name is TAMED."

"Zoë you know just as well as us that it stands for Teens Against M-" Luke started, before Zoë cut him off,

"Exactly. First of all I'm the only teenager, I'm fourteen. The rest of you are twelve." Zoë scoffed. Gesturing to her eight other friends.

"Gods Zoë, just because you're in eighth grade, one ahead, and that you're birthday is at the beginning of the year doesn't mean-" Bianca said, kicking her feet up.

"Okay, Okay. I'll wear the shirt, but what are we to do against them, Minotaur almost killed Sally." Zoë said, as Percy winced upon giving her the shirt. Beckendorf shook his head.

"I don't know, but we can't do nothing can we!"

...

" Come on!" Silena begged, "We have to do something, I found their hideout, we need to do something! They have Ethan!" Tears were running down Silena's face, and her brown eyes were red. Beckendorf was patting her on the back.

" I know, I know." Zoë said, leaning against Silena's bed post with her arms crossed over her Orange shirt. " But we've already done so much, we took out half their numbers. They're bound to regonize us sooner or later."

"Zoë, their gonna kill him. He took out Antaeus, they can't let that slip by." Calypso said, leaning against Percy's shoulder.

"I know Cal, that's why we have to rescue him. Leo-" Zoë turned around. Leo was sitting crisscross Apple sauce on Silena's bed, trying to fix Silena's hot pink hairdryer.

"Yeah, I can whip something uuuuuuUUUUUUUPPPP!" Leo accidently flipped the switch, turning on the blow dryer and filling his mouth with hot air. Zoë cracked a smile.

"What are we waiting for then?" Luke asked, holding up Zoë's quiver.

...

Zoë was running. Her black sneakers pounded on the floor, she was breathing hard, and her heart was going a mile a minute. She was wearing her archery club sweatshirt- as she was doing it over the summer between middle school and HighSchool. Pnly now, it was brand new. She had her bow and quiver strapped to her back, as well as a hunting knife. She also had several smoke bombs tucked in the large pocket, thanks to Leo.

One may ask why she had a bow and quiver instead of a gun, but Olympus was an old fashion town. Sure it had tech, but weapon wise they stuck with swords and daggers.

Zoë had made it inside the base, using half of her smoke bombs to do so. But she had a monster on her trail.

Ladon.

Zoë had to fulfill her part of the plan and get him away from the center of the base so that Percy and Leo could get Ethan.

Zoë heard him following so she picked up her pace.

"What's taking them so long." Zoë thought, "It's been over an hour." However, just then she heard a hunting horn off in the distance, Zoë smiled. They had him.

Zoë was on the second floor, so her only escape was through the window, she opened it up and was about to jump,

Her scream pierced the air as Ladon tossed his poisoned dagger at her side, and it dug into her skin. The knife clattered to the floor, and Zoë fell-

Zoë sat up, drenched in sweat, as the sun poked through her curtains. Her breath was ragged and her heart racing. Her hand flew to her side, and pulled up her drenched shirt.

The scar was a white line that stretched across her side, it throbbed with pain as if it had happened only yesterday.

Zoë's gaze went to the picture on her bedside table. It was her, Luke, Percy, Silena, Beckendorf, Leo, Calypso, Bianca, and Ethan. All decked out in Orange TAMED shirts. She smiled faintly, the photo was taken before they had taken Ethan, she didn't have the scar, neither did Luke, and Ethan still had both eyes.

Her heart aches as she remembered the news from last night.

Percy was gone.

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