Chapter 40: A terrible winter
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The man walked with a slow pace through Manhattan. He was dressed as normal as possible trying to blend in. In his hand he had a suitcase. He walked to the Grand Central Terminal. He carefully dropped his suitcase on a dark took out the gravity spray and drew a triangle on the wall with a scythe in the middle.
He saw a few security guards coming closer and he began to walk away while trying not to stand out from the crowd. He received his money. He got the job done. Just like the other 4 man he chose the target carefully.
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Three man were sitting in a van. The bus looked like a ordinary white van from Earther buildings. All three man were sweating nervously.
Two of them held a machine gun while the other had a gravity spray in his hand. "Remember the plan" a man spoke. The man in the back was loading his machine gun. "It's simple as pie, shoot at the mayor office while Mark paints the scythe.
Mark however was sweating and the others noticed.
"If you are scared you should get out." the man said not looking at him. The man at the driver seat held a bag in his hand. As instructed he got three pairs of the bag. All painted exactly the same. He wondered if it was real blood. "Tonight the city is ours" he said.
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Rachel was in New York on Time Square when it happened.
Her father had send her a video and had attached the message, "Go home now."
She opened the video.
A man was facing the camera. He had a bag over his head. Two eyes holes with black paint around it. A hole for the mouth with a red stripe across it. "Ladies and Gentleman…let me introduce myself before the media does that.
A lot of you small minded people will probably ask themself, who is that on my screen? After tonight a lot of you small minded people will call me a terrorist, a lunatic but I am so much more. I am fear.
And I have a promise for New York, We are going to burn it down to the ground. Why? Because I want your fear."
Rachel blinked, "What the fuck?" She mumbled.
"I know it sounds stupid but trust me, you people are gonna love it. So here's my promise New York. Tonight you shall learn what fear is but remember, All we have to fear is fear itself, hihi."
Rachel was about to put away her phone when she heard a loud bang, she turned around and saw smoke coming from the distance and she heard people scream.
She located the source of the smoke and saw a skyscraping was on fire, but the fire was not orange but green. It was eating away at the skeleton of the building and within a minute the building collapsed in on itself and she heard more explosions in the distance.
"Oh my God." was all Rachel managed to say.
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"This was a triumph." Nero stated.
"Yes, it sure is but we need to keep on schedule." Caligula said.
"This winter we take out the hunters and the boy, they need to travel through all our territories, they won't stand a chance." Commodus said proud.
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Loki looked up at the roof of his cave, not that he could look at anything else. He tried to wiggle in his chains but they wouldn't budge, they soon would.
To kill the time he tried to find out the identity of the mysterious Greek but he couldn't. Not chained up and it frustrated him.
A drop of acid fell on his face and pain raced through his nerves. When he finally caught his breath again he noticed something different.
Loki smiled.
On the roof of his cave was written in blood, "His name is Percy Jackson."
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"Look Sadie!" Carter said pointing at the nightsky.
"I don't see it, really."
"That's the point." Carter joked.
"But how can an entire constellation disappear from the sky?" Sadie asked.
Carter shrugged.
"That's the question."
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She looked at her sword and she smiled like she hadn't done in a long time. The Fates had told her that this winter a child of the big tree would die.
"I'm coming for you, brother." she said.
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