Chapter ϝ A gigantic structure and a mystery person  

   Sept 28th 1939

Looking at the group of people walking. "I see Daisy, Henry, but who are the other four?" asked Claire.

"I could find out for you," said Bastet.

"You go and do that. I will wait here," said Claire.

Bastet left to see what was going on.

"Hey, Henry, look at what is around that machine," said George.

"Is that a cyclops? Hey Kyle, do you know what this is about?" I asked.

"No, I don't know what this is about. I can figure it out," said Kyle. Kyle left to talk to the Cyclops.

"Let us see what is going on," said Daisy as she crept closer to the machine.

"Looks to me that there are some cyclops, but what are

"Looks like… huh! I don't know," said Jace.

"Jace, are you sure you know what other creatures are there?" said Daisy.

"Sorry, no. I do not know what other monsters are there," said Jace.

"You don't know what other creatures are there?" I asked.

"No, I don't know the others! I just said that," said Jace, looking at the creatures.

"I see. What do we have?" said Daisy. Daisy started to look around.

"I see minotaurs, cyclops, harpies, and something else. "said Daisy.  "That is a Sphinx," said Bastet, looking across the clearing.

"Who was that?" I asked, as he raised a spear.

"Look down at the ground," said Bastet. Everyone looked down at the ground.

"Aak. A talking cat. What is going on?" asked Sara.

"I am Bastet, an Egyptian goddess," said the Cat.

"What is an Egyptian goddess doing here in the land of the Greek gods?" I asked.

"That is a good question. Normally we would not meet. Well, that is not necessarily true, but since time and space are being warped you get this," said Bastet.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Kyle.

"Well, you will see. I am not going to tell you," said Bastet.

"Great, that is just great. I am not surprised," I said.

"True, I am not surprised that she said that," said Daisy.

"What are we going to do?" asked George.

"Jace, when you scouted around did you see anything? "I asked.

"There was a way that had us go through the back," said Jace.

"Then lead the way," said Daisy.

Jace showed them where he saw the entrance to the machine.

"That's funny that we can just walk right into the entrance without any problem at all," said Sara confidently.

"Just then Daisy said, "Who is there?"

"Everyone! Hide and wait to see who that is," I said as he whispered.

All of them - Sara, Henry, Daisy, Claire, Jace, Kyle, and George - found a hiding place.

"Boss, there must be nothing," said one of the cyclops.

"Keep an eye out for something that seems off," said the boss. "Roger that. If I see anything odd, I will tell you," said the Cyclops.

Daisy and Jace Leave the Building.

"That was well nerve-racking," said Jace.

"Agreed. So now that we are here, what is the plan?" asked Sara.

"Let's look around and see what's in this machine," said Daisy. "Where should we start?" I asked.

"Hmm. There are six of us, so let us split up into groups of two," said Daisy.

"How about Henry and Sara as one group, and Kyle and me as another? Finally, Jace and Daisy in another," said George.

" Okay! "Let's go and see what there is," said Daisy.

"Let's decide on which direction we'll go and where to meet back up again," I said.

"How about each group of two picking a direction? As to where to meet back up. How about at or near Chiron's place?" said Kyle.

That makes sense. Let's do that," said Jace.

The group split up into pairs and started looking around the area.

Narrator: Claire looked from behind a tree to see what the group of Henry, Daisy, Sara, Kyle, Jace and George were doing.

"What are they doing here?" asked Claire talking to Bastet.

" Who are you looking at?" asked Bastet.

"Aak! You scared me!" yelled Claire.

"Quiet. The guards will hear you," said Bastet.

Looking over a wall of a fort. "What was that noise?" asked one of the minotaurs.

"Oh, crap! They're coming! That's why I need to hide–right now!" exclaimed Claire as she ran to find a hiding spot.

"That's a good idea," said Bastet.

Coming over to Claire and Bastet. "What's going on out there?" asked Sara.

"I can't tell what is going on out back. Whatever it is, it cannot be good. "I said.

"What do you want to do?" asked Sara.

"Let's not bother with that at the moment," I said.

"Okay," said Sara.

"Hey, Kyle! Do you know what?" exclaimed George.

"Oh, not much just this," said Kyle. As he brought out a small knife and lashed at George, but missed.

"Now I run," said George. "You're a traitor!"

"Chris told me that I could go easy, but I do not want to," said Kyle.

Daisy and Jace see George running away.

"Yes, I wonder why George is running," said Jace.

"Let's go and find out why," said Daisy.

"Agreed. Let us follow him, and wherever he is going," said Jace. They went to see why George ran towards Chiron's place.

"Should we tell your brother, Henry?" asked Jace.

"Nope, I trust that he got it," said Daisy.

"Let's go find George," said Jace.

"Agreed. Let's catch up to George," said Daisy. Both Jace and Daisy ran towards Chiron's Shack.

At the Same Time

"It is Kyle who tried to attack me," said George.

"That means that Kyle and Chris are working together. That also means that they know this place," said Chiron. "That seems to be the case, so we need to leave this place right now," said Daisy.

"That makes sense. Where will we go?" I asked.

"I think that I might be able to help with that," said Claire. After hearing her voice, everyone turned around.

"Claire, why are you here now? I asked. "I thought I might help you out. Also, my brother and are not talking right now," said Claire.

"That is odd. You two were very close earlier," I said, looking at Claire with a confused look on my face..

"I think spending time down in the underworld might have changed him for the worse," said Claire.

"What do you mean by that?" asked. Jace.

"He just shut me out," said Claire.

"Why is that worrying you?" said Jace.

"It worries me that he is like this. I think he is out to get you two,"said Claire, looking at Henry and Daisy.

"Why are you looking at us?" asked Daisy.

"One of you will die if his plan gets in motion," said Claire.

"That is dark. That said, why is that? Will we die?" asked George.

"From what I could get from him he just hates you two," said Claire.

"Then, for example, if I say that I hate one of you, I probably would not tell you my plan," said Jace.

"Why are we still here talking?" I asked.

"Go now and see you soon," said Chiron.

Everyone nodded and left the shack.

"Huh? What is that noise?" asked Chiron.

Crash!

A tree fell. Owls flew out of the tree into other trees.

"I am worried about Chiron just staying there. I am wondering if there is a way to see what is going on in the hut." I said.

"To my knowledge Athena's familiar is owls, so you should be able to do the same," said Claire as she looked at Henry.

"Henry, she is right. Let us see if either one of us can see through the owl's eyes," said Daisy.

"That makes sense to me." I said as I closed my eyes. Right as I closed my eyes, my perspective changed to above the Hut.

"I see Chiron and the person that was at the building." I said.

"Can you hear what they are saying?" asked Jace.

"Yes, I can hear them. Wait everyone be quiet." I said.

Back at Chiron's Hut

the mysterious person asked "Where are they?".

"Who are you? I don't know what you're talking about?" said Chiron.

"It doesn't matter who I am. I just want to know where that other group is," said the mysterious person.

"I don't know where they are; they left a bit ago," said Chiron.

"Tell me now or I will TRASH this place!" yelled the mysterious person.

"This is going nowhere. I'm going to pick you up so that you don't trash this place," said Chiron, lifting the mysterious person off the ground.

"Let me down! Right now!" yelled the mysterious person.

"Why should I let you down?" asked Chiron.

"Because I said so," said the mysterious person.

"That is not a valid reason to put you on the ground." said Chiron

as he shook his head back and forth.

"Put me down right NOW or you will get hurt," said the mysterious person.

Laughing, Chiron said, "You still have not given me a good reason."

"Fine, if you let me down I will talk with you," said the mysterious person with their hand behind their back index and middle finger.

"Now that is done. What did you want to talk about to me?" asked Chiron.

"Oh, not much, suddenly, as I just want to know where the people that were here are?" asked the mysterious person with an evil smirk on their face. All of a sudden, the atmosphere changed.

"Hmm, let us see if we trap him. Does the group that was with him come and rescue him?" said the mysterious person. As the mysterious person said, one of the cyclopes handed some ropes to the mysterious person.

"What are you doing?" asked Chiron. As ropes went over his body.

"Oh, not much just setting a trap that is all," said the mysterious person.

"You will not get away with this you know!" Yelled Chiron.

In the woods, around Chiron's Hut.

 "Ok, so it looks like Chiron is in danger. What was that?" asked Jace.

"Unsure but whatever it is we are not ready to face it. At least not yet," said Daisy.

"Agreed. Yes, we are stronger and we have one more person. That said, it is not safe to head where that voice was," I said.

"Why is that the case?" asked Claire.

"Well, it is the case that you are here. It is just that we do not know what you can do," said George.

"Why does that sound like a diss?" said Claire.

"Well, um it is not supposed to be one," said George.

"Then that is okay I guess," said Claire.

"What was that all about? It was like a minor argument," said Daisy.

"Well, um I guess that is what that is," said Claire.

"That was weird," said George.

"What is weird George?" asked Daisy.

"Oh, just what Claire was saying," said George.

"I see. Are you worried about it?" asked Daisy.

"Well, it is weird, right?" asked George.

"You know that you are just repeating yourself right," said Jace. "What? No, I am not repeating myself," said George.

"Oh sorry, my bad. I was just.," said Jace

"Oh, just stop it, Jace. Are you teasing George?' asked Sara.

"I will stop for now," said Jace.

"I have a question. Where are we going to go now?" I asked.

"That is a good question, let me think," said Daisy.

"Will she think I saw a river bank close by?" said Jace. The group went to the river to cool off, not knowing that they were being watched.

"We should also set up a camp for the night. It is getting late," said Sara.

"Then, before we relax, we should set up the camp," said Daisy.

"Let us do that," said Jace. Everyone split up to get things for the camp.

"Do we have a list to get things ready?" asked Jace.

"I do believe we do not have a list of stuff," said Sara. "Then let us get wood from a fire then," said Jace.

"Agreed. I wonder what the others are up to help with the camp," said Sara.

"We will see when we are back at camp. Till then, let us get some firewood," said Jace.

 Meanwhile, at the campsite

"Hey, Henry, I know that what we did to you and Daisy was wrong. Is there any way to make it better?" asked Claire.

"Let me think and I will get back to you on that. Till then, just keep helping out the others," I said.

"I understand. Just let me know," said Claire. Henry nodded.

"What were you and Claire talking about?" asked Daisy.

"Oh. Just how can she repay us for what happened at camp?" I said.

"It is good to hear that she wants to help though," said Daisy.

"We will see if that is true or not," I said. As they started to set up the tents. Crash. Bang.

"What was that?" asked Daisy.

"What was what?" asked Claire.

"That noise," said Daisy. Everyone was back at that time. "I heard that too. That was a weird noise," said Jace.

"What noise are you hearing?" I asked.

"It sounded like swords and spears," said Daisy.

"Do we have the fire started yet?' asked Claire.

"Oh not yet," I said.

"Well, let us hide and see what happens," said Daisy.

"Heard that," I said.

"Affirmative. I mean roger that," said Claire. Looking around.

"Looks like no one is here," said a Harpe.

 "Then let us go back and report it to the boss," said Another Harpe. "Good. They went back. Let us continue setting up the camp at night. Tomorrow we move," said Daisy.

"Agreed. It is not safe here to stay longer than one night," I said. 

"What did you hear?" asked Claire.

"They are looking for us," said Daisy.

"What are we going to do about them?' asked Claire. "Nothing at the moment, so we will wait for the others to come back," said Daisy.

"So, will we wait now?" asked Claire.

"Yes, I would like to know that as well," I said.

"You will see," said Daisy. "Sometimes I do not know what you are thinking," I said.

"What was that? "asked Daisy. Staring at him.

"Sorry," I said.

"You two are weird," said Claire.

 "True, but up until a few months ago, we did not even know that we had a sibling," said Daisy.

"What is that about?" asked Claire.

"We do not know that," I said.

"Though that was the same with me and my brother. We did not know of each other till the camp as well," said Claire.

"True. looks like the rest of the group is back from what they were getting," I said.

"Looks to me that you set up the camp. That said, what else happened?" asked George.

"Oh not much," I said.

"Just some monsters that were looking for us," said Daisy.

"Wait, why are they looking for us here? Should we move?" asked Sara.

"We will move tomorrow. It is getting late," said Claire.

"It looks like you set up the camp as well. I hunted for some food for us to eat," said Jace.

"Why did you do that? I hope Artemis is not mad at us," said Sara.  

"What do you mean by that?" asked Jace.

"Why is she the Greek goddess of the hunt?" I said.

"You are saying that I might be screwed," said Jace.

"Yes, that seems to be the case," said someone. Everyone turned around to see a hunter looking at the group.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" asked Daisy. "The first question I will not answer. As for the second question, I am here for him," said the Hunter. Pointing at Jace.

"What did you do now?" asked Claire.

"To my knowledge, nothing comes to mind. That said, you do look familiar," said Jace.

"Of course I look familiar to you. I am your biological sister," said the person.

"Why are you here? I thought you would be hunting with the other hunters of Artemis," said Jace.

"Just come with me and you can bring your friends if you want to," said the Hunter.

"I guess we'll follow you," said Jace, moving his arm in a becoming manner.

"She's your sister?" asked Sara.

"Yes, she is my sister. Her name is Blaire, although I haven't seen her for like ten years," said Jace.

"Yes, that's because the hunters can't be around their bio family for too long," said the Hunter.

"Well, what does the Goddess of the Hunt want with us?" asked Daisy.

"We are here, Goddess," said Blaire.

"Welcome back, head hunter. I see you brought them as I wanted," said Artemis.

"Can I ask why we were called here?" asked Daisy. "Do you need our help with something or someone?"

"Yes, Blaire. Can you show them to the hunting ground outside?" said Artemis.

"Yes, I can show them," said Blaire, walking towards the grounds. "That said, it's not scary ground for you though?"

"True, but if this is not dealt with now who knows what will happen?" said Artemis. Blaire led the group to the grounds.

"It looks like they're dying," said Claire.

"Yes, and then the animals that die turned to undead animals," said Blaire.

"Seems like something my brother would be up to. I am not surprised at all," said Claire.

"I'm going to disregard what you just said for now. I want to protect this better somehow," said Blaire.

"How can we help?" asked Daisy.

"Find a way to turn this back to what it was before," said Blaire.

"Let's look around and see what we can do," said Sara. The group started to see what was around the forest.

"I understand what you mean by that now?" asked Jace.

Narrator: We looked for something that would help, but we found nothing that would help.