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xEthan Knox ~ Hestia ~ #8B4513

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xHeath Taylor ~ Athena ~ #808000

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xxIliana Remington-Taylor ~ Demeter
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xxxxPenelope Givens ~ Hermes ~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Theo showing up was a pleasant surprise. Nelly had nearly forgotten the guy she met briefly the other night. He'd been hunting? It also seemed his mother was Artemis. Did that mean he was Rae's brother? Nelly wondered if the two knew they were related. She remembered their interaction and it didn't look like they knew. However, Nelly forgot about Theo again as the next trial commenced, which just happened to be Mason.

Heath watched that trial with a keen eye. It couldn't be easy being an offspring of Hades. The god caused issues last year at camp. Heath almost wished he had been there, but last year he was too busy trying to help his sister.

After Mason, it was Trinity's turn. Her trial was very fitting seeing how violent it was. Ethan felt himself flinch at the sight of all the bodies and the slaughter that was taking place. His heart went out for Trinity when Theo and Wesley showed up in it. He stole a glance at Iliana, who was crying again. To Ethan though, it seemed there was a possible love triangle going on, but it ended in tragedy.

Iliana didn't know how much she could take of this. She was falling apart inside. She wanted to comfort each of the campers, even Sylas. This was not right. However all thoughts exit her mind when Poseidon spoke again after Trinity sat down.

"Iliana Remington-Taylor."

Her blood ran cold and she could feel herself shaking. Heath turned to his sister, fear evident in his eyes. Both of them had a pretty good idea what was in store for Iliana and they weren't ready for it. Iliana was too scared to move at first, but Poseidon said her name again, much sterner this time. Shaking wildly, Iliana managed to stand up. Slowly she walked into the arena. Her eyes sought Apollo's as tears coursed down her face. She looked at the god, hoping he could stop her from doing this. Apollo looked at her sadly and shook his head. The god knew what Iliana had gone through and now everyone else would see it. Reality was scarier then any fear. Still crying and shaking, Iliana passed through the barrier.

It was dark and quiet. It always took awhile for Iliana to go to sleep because the darkness was unsettling. It’s why her daddy gave her a nightlight. He always made her feel at ease. She had been sleeping soundly when a noise woke her up. It was a noise she didn’t recognize at all. Maybe it was Daddy. Iliana thought to go back to sleep, but then she heard voices. One of them sounded like her daddy. Wanting to make sure he was okay, the little girl crawled out of her bed. The floor was made out of carpet so her feet never got cold, but she felt a chill up her spine though as fear entered her heart. Her father sounded distressed. Getting a flashlight shaped like a flower, she turned it on and managed to open the door to her room. Her room was on the first floor near her father’s room. Mommy couldn’t live with them due to her job. That’s what her parents said at least.

Walking down the hallway she heard the voices get louder and clearer. The anger and fear she was feeling from those people started making her shake, but she kept on walking. Soon she made it to the family room in time to see someone in black hit her father, who was trying to prevent him from getting into the hallway. The light was on in the room.

”Daddy!” Iliana cried out, gaining the attention of the stranger and her father.

“Lia, sweetie, run, get back!” Carter Remington pleaded as he staggered to his feet, desperate to protect his little girl.

The stranger suddenly sprinted forward and grabbed Iliana by the waist. Iliana felt something cold being held against her head as she tried squirming to get away from this man. What she didn’t realize was he was holding a gun to her head.

“Seems like I found your weak spot old man. Now you’re going to give me all of your material possessions or this little brat gets it.”

”Daddy . . .” Iliana started to cry.

“It’s okay baby, everything is going to be all right,” her father assured her as he started putting things in the bag the robber had brought.

Iliana kept trying to get loose but the man had a strong hold on her. She started getting angry and felt energy within her. Her mother told her she was special. Suddenly the man doubled over in pain as his stomach felt like it got stabbed. What he didn’t realize was that Iliana used her Induce Hunger ability on him for the first time. The man dropped the girl. Carter, in his desire to protect his daughter, lunged at the man to get the gun away from him. Sadly, the man was stronger and recovered from his pain. Time seemed to slow down as the robber managed to push Carter off of him, aimed his gun, and shot Carter right in the chest. Iliana didn’t know what she was seeing as she saw red liquid spread through her daddy’s t-shirt.

“Ili . . . an . . . a. . .” he stammered before dropping to the ground, never to wake up again.

Iliana screamed as the wind picked up around her, tossing the man off his feet. Suddenly, roots from a tree ripped through the house from the windows.

“What the devil?!” The man cried in terror as the roots wrapped around him, suffocating him. Cracking noises could be heard as the man died.

It was at that moment as Iliana tried to get her dad up that Demeter showed up. Everything went dark again.

Iliana was sleeping again, this time she was much older. Again, something woke her up, but instead of a sound, it was a light hitting her face directly. Something was very wrong. Opening her eyes, she saw she on a table of sorts that was bent at an angle. Her wrists and ankles were cuffed to the table, making it impossible to move. What happened to her? Last thing she recalled, she gone to bed. Wait, something happened. Someone had grabbed her, woke her up, and she recalled a sharp sensation in her neck before everything went black. It was then she realized she wasn’t in her flannel pjs either, but what looked like scrubs patients wore in a hospital. Also her head hurt too.

Iliana looked around the room and saw it was a big and looked to be a massive laboratory. Feeling scared, Iliana tried breaking free of her bonds but to no avail.

“I see you’ve finally waken up.”

Turning her head sharply, Iliana saw a middle age man in a lab coat.

”Who are you and where am I?” Iliana asked.

“My underground lab where no strangers can bother us. I am Dr. Fritz. I believe you know my son, you’re both in the same Geology Class.”

Iliana could see the resemblance. It still didn’t explain why she was here. Immediately she wish she had the ability to contact her loved ones, especially her mother. Her mother would be here soon. She always knew when Iliana was in trouble.

”Why am I here? Don’t you know it’s wrong to kidnap?!”

“Kidnap? Why my dear Iliana, I just merely need your help. Once I have it, I’ll let you go back.”

Iliana doubted that for some reason.

“Now that we’ve gotten pleasantries done, let’s get down to business. My son saw you do something and you were floating. Looked like magic, but that’s impossible, or should be by practical means. I plan to find out if it’s true or not. Will you assist me? It could be important to humanity.”

Any color on Iliana’s face vanished. She always tried to find a hidden and safe place to practice her powers. It was imperative she always keep calm when it came to them for her moods affected her abilities. Somehow someone saw her using it. And not just anyone could use her powers too. What the man was asking was impossible. Fear coursed through her, a feeling she hadn’t felt since her father died.

”I can’t help you . . .” she answered honestly.

“Or won’t. Listen Miss Iliana. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. I hate to be responsible for what happens next should you refuse.”

He meant it. Iliana might not know when someone was lying, but his energy was calm, with a sinister feel to it. Feeling tears well up in her eyes she shook her head.

“Have it your way.”

The man walked through a glass door not far from them. It was then Iliana realized she was surrounded by glass walls. As soon as the door closed, Dr. Fritz walked over to a machine and pressed a button. A current turned on as Iliana screamed out in intense pain. An electrical current ran through her. It was only for a split second, but it felt like ages for the pain wasn't anything like Iliana ever felt. It also triggered her wind ability for a second. Seeing this, the scientist turn off the switch and waited a few seconds before going into the containment room. Iliana was trying to catch her breath as she continued to cry. She had finally been able to get some hold of her powers, but in a manner of moments, that had changed. Her muscles twitched and the pain was slow to reside.

“Seems like pain triggers something Miss Iliana. I’d rather not use that as a means to get what I desire, but I am curious if you have any other special . . . ‘abilities’. Why don’t we do this the easy way. I don’t want to cause you any brain damage during your stay here. Of course I have other means of persuading you.”

Anger welling up in her, Iliana yelled, ”You have no right to do this to me! You’ll regret this!”

Her power flared as she ended up using her induce hunger on the scientist, who screamed out in pain as he doubled over. Suddenly, other people in lab coats appeared and one of them took a syringe and injected something into Iliana’s neck, which caused pain to flare up into her own head. She screamed as pain overrode her anger. It took a few minutes before Dr. Fritz regained himself.

“Looks like I’ll have to be careful around you Miss Iliana. Maybe keeping you distracted enough will prevent something like this from happening. Looks like you need more coaxing to see my side of things.”

Time seemed to slow down as the scientists tried different means of getting Iliana to talk about her abilities. The shock treatment was frequent, but other means were used like those pain injections and near suffocation methods.

Meanwhile outside of Iliana’s trial, which was being condensed to go fast for the viewers, Heath was using all of his willpower to stay in his seat for he remembered the warnings Poseidon gave. It was still torture for him to see the pain his sister was going through and he did something he never did before, he cried. He never felt such anger before either. He wanted to rush down there and save her, but he knew this had already happened, plus it was an illusion. He couldn’t stop himself from cursing once though.

Within the illusion, Iliana could feel herself fading away. Where was her mother? She should have been here by now. Iliana wanted the pain to end, but she refused to give the scientists what they wanted. They were clearly mad, but now Iliana could feel her own sanity slipping as the constant pain consumed her. They had managed to find out she could make it rain and plants grow.

“Fascinating Miss Iliana. Truly incredible! I hate to see you in pain, so I’ll ask you again, how do you harness these abilities? If possible I want other humans to attain them. It could revolutionize so many things.”

”Im. . . .possible . . . you’re . . . . human.” Iliana said, cracking a bit.

Realizing what she said, her eyes open wide in fear. What had she done?!

“Oh? You’re not human then Miss Iliana. Now I am curious. What are you then?”

Turning her head to the side, Iliana refuse to say anything. Seeing she wasn’t going to budge, Dr. Fritz continued to try to ‘persuade’ her and it was agonizing. Iliana’s sanity finally snapped. In her desperation to stop talking and to prevent the scientists from finding out about her divine nature, she used her power on herself. Wind picked out as it headed inside of her throat, destroying her own vocal chords. The screaming stopped but it caused her to cough up blood as she knocked herself out. Suddenly Dr. Fritz stopped what he was doing and he and the other doctors examine her and injected something into her to wake her up.

“Unbelievable, you destroyed your own voice. Well, looks like I’ll have to find other means to getting what I want.”

Suddenly the room shook and there was a blast as Demeter burst onto the scene. She was raving mad, it was plain to see. She had been sent on a mission by Zeus and it was during this mission she felt her daughter’s pain. However she couldn't get to her until she completed her job. Not wasting any time, she used her abilities to take out most of the scientists, but Dr. Fritz was quick to secure Iliana. He had a blade next to her neck. Iliana, having seen her mother, cried.

“Well, well, what do we have here? Her mother I assumed. I wouldn’t be so quick if I were you.”

However before he could do anything, someone burst into the scene as Hermes took the man out before he could hurt Iliana more.

”Get her out of here, Athena. Hermes and I will take care of the rest.” Demeter said to the goddess as she appeared.

Athena nodded and freeing Iliana, took her away. Everything went black again and the next time Iliana regained consciousness, she felt different. She was so tired but she heard the voices of Apollo and her mother. He told her mother that he managed to heal her vocal chords, but she still may never be able to talk again and then mentioned that he removed a chip that been in her head. It seemed to be a tracking chip. The idea she could have been found was just too much, and Iliana shut down.

Trial done, Iliana dropped to her knees. She remembered everything. She killed . . . and tried to kill again. The shock of it all left her broken on the inside. The images kept replaying in her head over and over, she would never forget them again. Suddenly without warning, she let out a piercing scream from the depths of her soul. Nelly had to cover her ears it was so loud. Ethan, who had started crying too, just shook his head. He had no idea Iliana had been through so much. And Heath was a wreck too. He wanted to run down there and scoop his sister up, but Iliana had to be the one to come back. After screaming, Iliana went silent as she numbly got up and walked back to the seats, without even realizing it. Heath tried comforting her, but she rejected his touch. She felt like a monster and didn’t feel she deserve such kindness. Her face showed no emotion and she ignored everything else. Feeling helpless, Heath let her be.