Andromeda Bolton's Story

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Andy had a feeling she was probably late as the cab pulled up to the entrance. She grabbed her backpack from beside her on the seat as she slipped out the door, before giving the driver money. Once he drove off, Andy looked over at Serena who traveled the whole way here with her to make sure she got to the camp in one piece. "I don't see why you insisted so much on coming with me... It's not like you can do anything if I were in real danger anyways."

Serena's chuckle echoed and rang softly like it was spoken in a tunnel,"I could make a haze or something for a minute while you run away?" Her grin was very unconvincing.

Andy couldn't help but smile, even though she wasn't very happy to leave her home to come here, her friends could always cheer her up. "As far as I've noticed no one besides children of Hecate or Hades can see ghosts... so good luck with that." Andy sighed as she looked towards the entrance of camp. "I'm pretty sure the magical borders around camp wouldn't let you pass even if you wanted to... Plus I'm sure you probably should get back to the underworld." Serena waved her transparent hand, and waved good-bye before disappearing into thin air. Just as Serena vanished, Andy heard the announcement for all campers to go to the main hall. With a sigh, she heaved her backpack over her right shoulder and headed towards the entrance.

By the time she got to the large opening in the center of the camp, most of the campers must have already been in the main hall aside from the 2 she saw flying around, the others with them on the ground and the pair nearest to her which just finished an argument. She assumed they were siblings because they looked a lot a like and she didn't know others to fight like that other than siblings. She hesitated, and once the argument ended and the girl walked away, Andy slowly walked over towards the one she over heard called Ajax? Or something like that. Either way, she thought he looked like he knew his way around here and she was so utterly new... and lost.

Andy cleared her throat as she neared Ajax, "Excuse me," Once she got his attention she sheepishly moved in his line of sight. "I don't mean to interrupt at a bad time or anything..." She brushed back her auburn hair with her right hand, slightly embarrassed to have to ask for help, "You just look like you know your way around here. And, well, I'm so lost... All I know is there is some meeting or something in the main hall?" She shook her head at her own confusion."Do you mind showing me where in the hell that is? Andy couldn't help but laugh at herself.

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█Alex was pushing her brother just a little bit far today, but she knew where to draw the line. She wasn't doing it to annoy him, it was merely just to enjoy a life of freedom without so many rules. Back at their home their mother was quite strict over her daughter, but it was for her own safety. Ajax would educate her about the types of people there was in the world, and also; that, not everything was as beautiful as the butterflies that she loved to chase. When she was younger, there was a time that she'd wander off course just to follow a butterfly that was fluttering softly across the meadow's flower petals. You couldn't turn your back on her for one second. Alex watched the new girl approach her brother before turning her attention to the lake, and diving in perfectly. She wasn't going to go to the stupid meeting, because she already knew what she wanted. The only thing that she had wished at that moment, was that Daniel and the others hadn't of seen her in such a rage. While swimming around in the fresh water, she daydreamed about Daniel Vadas. His dark hair, his piercing gorgeous eyes, his attractive personality. To top all of his Godliness off!? - he had heart wrenching, extraordinary, kissable looking lips. Good job her big brother didn't have the ability to read minds, because she'd always be in trouble.
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Ajax looked away from his sister and Daniel, then turned his attention towards the female who had approached him. He could tell straight away that she was new. "I'll walk with you. I'm heading back that way myself." he smiled to her gently before he motioned his head in the direction that he began to lead her in. "Are you okay with your luggage or.. would you like me to help you carry some?" It was rare that Ajax would be helpful while feeling annoyed or angry, because in other circumstances he would of ignored the new girl and wandered off in the other direction, but he couldn't really avoid it as he needed to go to the hall. Once he got there, he looked around at the others before taking a seat.

The Camps staff members wandered into the room next, and stood at the very front to talk about what activities would be taking place on camp, and that the Demigods could attend any of them at any time. They also went on about the dorms, where they were located and where to also go if there's ever an emergency or threat among the camp, which was out in the middle of the lake in boats. Ajax sucked in his bottom lip, biting on it slightly as he glanced around for his sister. Clearly she didn't want to come, so he'd have to fill her in on the details. Just as the staff had finished talking, there was a low rumbling sound outside. "What was that?" Ajax called out over the silence as he stood up from where he was sat. All that could be heard after Ajax spoke, was the ground shaking!? it definitely wasn't a good sign, because even the staff were on edge. They looked like they were about to fight. "Alex!" he remembered in a panic. She was still out there. Alone.
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God of course this mystery whatever it is would find a way to interrupt any chances she had at finding some sort of concrete information about this place or her life. Maybe if she knew one person, this place wouldn't be so foreign to her. But alas she would not get that answer due to the more than obvious plate tectonics that was happening under the camp. The male seemed as if he was going to stop her just before she exited the hall. She didn't really understand why, but he did. Wielding only her little dagger, Andy weaved her way through people until she was closer to the front. She had a bad habit of being too curious, and didn't really seem to care too much if it got her hurt.

As her eyes began to scan the area she felt someone's hand grasp her wrist momentarily. The touch had a weird sensation, almost as if they had sent something coursing through her body... she felt stronger. But how? She glanced in the direction of the grasp to see a blonde making her way up through the crowd. Andy had almost forgotten that the girl had been sitting at the table that she rudely intruded in on for answers. She supposed she should make a mental note to apologize and introduce herself but right now was not the time. As Andy continued to look around, her eyes set upon the young man she had questioned from before. He wasn't too far behind her and he was already looking at her. Did he seem... worried?

Between the blonde feeling the need to spread some strength or whatever and the guy looking a little nervous about her as well... Andy couldn't help but get a little frustrated at how these people see the new girl to be so weak. Sure they didn't know much about her, but she wasn't weak. She grew up on military bases for heaven's sake. But she wasn't going to draw attention or anything, it wasn't her scene. She simply grasped the hilt of her dagger with both hands, tugging slightly it separated into 2 identical daggers, light weight and aerodynamic. It was a simple weapon, enchanted to always be able to separate into more knives. Now with 2 small knives, she lightly tossed them in the air and grabbed them at the blade not the handles. Throwing knives has always been her favorite hobby, but she never thought that she'd ever need to use it or even this dagger. But at this camp? Who knows.

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█Alex had just climbed out of the water after swimming a couple of laps to an imaginary line, and then back again. No one in Camp was wandering around, so obviously they were still at that meeting, or whatever you want to call it. Either way, Alex thought it would be a waste of time because they always were at school. While dripping wet, she headed in the direction of her cabin with needing a towel to dry herself off with. She had her clothes with her hanging over her arm with not being able to put them back on yet, and just began to stroll through the camps forest where her cabin was located. Alex hadn't even gotten to the base of the cabins tree until she was knocked down to the ground, her face almost coming into close contact with the dirt. "What the hell!" she angrily called out, curling her fingers into the soil slightly, and turning her head sharply to see her random attacker. "Jennova?" a puzzled look was on her face, but at the sight of some portal appearing, Alex wasn't sure how to react until she was told to run. She didn't fancy getting sucked into where ever that thing was going. It swirled around like crazy as it began to slowly suck the air in around it, and she could even feel it beginning to pull herself with it. "No no no." Alex cried out, and quickly scrabbled to her feet to run like she was told. Just as she got near to one of the trees, she tripped, and began to claw at the earth frantically with trying to grab hold of something. Anything. She couldn't see much though with her long dark hair getting in the way.
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Ajax paid no attention to the others right now, he just wanted to find his little sister. He rushed outside once pushing his way through everyone else who were ready to battle what was on it's way towards the camp, and ran towards the lake where he last saw Alex. When he got there, he came to an abrupt stop, and frantically looked around for her. "Alex!" He yelled out, and again, just encase she hadn't heard him the first time. Towards the woods he heard a scream, and he recognized it straight away. Without hesitation, and without thinking; Ajax ran in the direction where the screaming was coming from. It was definitely his sister. "Hold on, Al, I'm coming!" he felt sick in the pit of his stomach, and his heart was racing ten to a dozen. You shouldn't of left her you idiot.

Seeing Alex trying to hold on from being sucked into a portal, Ajax quickly ran towards her as she slipped off the branch she was holding onto, and dived for her, knocking her out of the way. He had been sucked into that thing himself for saving Alex, but at least the thing now closed after him. Alex couldn't believe it, not only had her brother disappeared to God knows where, a Minotaur was charging straight towards the Demi-God camp. "I hope you'll be okay, brother." Alex got up off of the ground quickly again, and ran towards the threat of the camp. Maybe she could slow it down with her lightning bolts. "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!" she warned the others as her hands began to glow, and spark. She was charging up as much electricity as she could to hit that thing. Hopefully it would work, and not piss it off even more.

Once everyone was safely out of the way, Alex shot her charged bolts at it, causing a loud crackling sound as the electricity shot across the camp, and hitting the Minotaur in the side, causing it to slide against the ground from the impact Alex had hit it with. She flew towards it next after kicking off from the ground, hands charging up again as it tried to pull itself to its feet. It's eyes were glowing red, and smoke was bellowing out of it's nostrils like a raged bull. Alex had accidentally pissed it off. With one swipe of it's large bull size head as Alex flew closer to it at lightning speed, it's horns smacked into her rib cage, sending her flying into the closest tree, and making its way towards the others again as Alex tried to get the air back into her lungs that was knocked out of her. She was coughing and spluttering, trying to get back up.
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Andy couldn't believe her eyes... A minotaur! This of myth... of legend and it was right before her, before all the campers. She didn't really know anyone here besides her strange connect to the brunette male standing behind her, but she still felt the urge to try and protect everyone. She never had a knack for mindless killing or fighting. Andy wanted to do something, but she wasn't quite sure at first... How do you fight a large wild animal? How do you kill it? Then it hit her like a strike of lighting, you tame it!

And with that she darted down the small hill towards the minotaur, tucking her daggers into the back of her jeans so her hands were free. As she closed a majority of distance so she was maybe 20 ft away from the beast. Thankfully the minotaur was temporarily distracted by the blonde girl with the bow and the boy with the wings that seemed to come to her aid immediately. With only a few seconds to spare before the monster either attacked them or turned towards her, Andy crouched down before jumping up in the air, grabbing onto a branch of the nearest tree. Hoisting herself up, she moved to her feet, balancing precariously on the outstretched branch. Bringing her nimble fingers to her lips she whistled to get the minotaur's attention.

Alright, it worked!... Oh shit it worked! Pivoting so quickly it nearly caught Andy by surprise. With a deep breath she withdrew her knives that were tucked in the back of her pants, "You got this... you got this." She said to herself, trying to reassure herself that she wasn't insane. When the minotaur closed the distance, he slammed his horns into the trunk of the tree. She wasn't expecting that, and it was apparent because the jolt sent her tumbling off the branch. The only thing she could think to do to keep herself from falling to the ground and getting trampled to death, was take her knives and plunge them into the back of the beast. Her grip nearly slipping after the blades pierced the skin, but she was able to hook her foot onto the hip of the minotaur, so she could tighter her grip on the knife handles.

With a stronger grip, Andy pulled herself up onto the back of the now bucking minotaur. She hooked her legs around it's torso, but didn't realize as her hands tugged down on the knives it was like handlebars, the downward tugs made the beast move backwards. She hadn't noticed her control over him until it backed itself and her into the truck of the tree she was in only moments ago. "Ahhh!" The collision took her breath away, and her grip weaken exponentially. So not knowing how much longer, she did the only thing she could think of. Thrusting forward on the knives, she directed the furious beast straight towards the lake.

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Andy kept trying to get a better balance on the massive creature as she lead it towards the lake, but kept loosing footing every time an arrow or spear slammed into the beast. A couple of the incoming weapons nicked her skin, nothing too horrible until one spear took a good size chunk out of her left shoulder, which made her nearly loose her grasp completely. She tried to look up over her shoulder at the campers to tell them to watch their aim, but as she turned back the first thing that caught her attention was a spear that was flying right at her. She was preparing to fall to the ground at the last moment but she saw the spear shifted midair and miss her, thankfully. She wanted to know who did that, but the crowd had too many people doing way too much for her to pin point the one who helped her.

She wouldn't deny that she was more than happy to hear the blonde girl the grabbed her wrist earlier shout for everyone to hold their fire. Andy was already having a hard enough time staying on the damned thing with it bucking and writhing, let alone an onslaught of fire from the friendlies. Now she was able to carefully light herself up onto the back of the minotaur, standing on its shoulders in a crouching position which gave her more control and balance. She was getting close to the lake when she heard someone tell her to steer it back towards the crowd. She looked over her shoulder towards him, "Are you crazy!?" she shouted back at the male.

Andy's original plan was to run the monster into the lake, just hoping that it would scare it away or something. I mean the thing smelled like it hasn't had a bath in centuries so she assumed it didn't like water, especially with lord knows what matted into it's mane. If it didn't do it, she assumed there was a spawn of Poseidon in that crowd somewhere... they could have drowned it or something. Sure she didn't take into account what would happen to her but that was honestly in the back of her mind.

She didn't have much time to make a choice, she was only 30 feet from the lake. As she continued to close the distance to the lake, she cursed under her breath, leaning to the left while pulling on the knives to turn the monster around, and back towards the crowd. Her eyes locked on the male that had told her to turn it back, "I REALLY hope you know what you're doing!"

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She must of been knocked out for a little while after the coughing, but she soon come around as she wasn't out for the count that long. The impact of the Minotaur's horns had been tough on the human side of her, but luckily her Demigod side was tougher to hurt, or kill. She tried to get up, but her legs were the main part of her that were in pain. She guessed that she might of landed a little less graceful than she had hoped. She was dreading to show her face in-front of everyone, because she had a reputation of being the strongest Demigod on Camp, but one bullheaded beast had gotten the upper hand with her not training. That would soon change in the morning.

Alex rolled onto her back. She couldn't believe that she had made things worse, what the hell would her brother of said to her for being so reckless? All she wanted to do was stun the beast, or slow it down, but with everyone now attacking the poor thing; in the most brutal ways, she actually felt sorry for it. There had to be a different way to stop it, and that's when Andy came in. It actually made Alex chuckle, but she stopped as it hurt her ribs that felt a little bruised. Hopefully one of them weren't broken because that would suck with the Camps activities starting in the morning. She moved the foliage from her face, and let out a heavy sigh while laying on her back. She felt a little dizzy, but at least the air was back in her lungs. "Damn it." she said to herself quietly before her ears picked up footsteps heading in her direction, followed by one voice that could of made her smile if her face didn't hurt so much. Thank God someone cared enough to come and check if she was okay, even with who she was.


"You okay?" All Alex could do for now was nod once she leaned on her knees. She could of sworn she was going to be sick, so she wasn't as okay as she thought she was. The impact against the trees trunk that she had hit, had knocked her for six, causing the dizziness to make her feel like she could spew at any second. She held a finger up to him, and curled over a little. Hopefully she'd be alright in a second. "Just.. give me a moment." Luckily her brother wasn't here, because his first reaction would be to protect his sister from not just the Minotaur, but the arrows that were flying all over the place to hit the beast. One had almost hit Alex straight in her ankle, but luckily she had managed to move her foot unknowingly seconds before it struck the ground. "We gotta stop them, Daniel. They're going to hurt that girl on the back of that thing." She could see Trinity working along the side of David, the son of Hades. He had totally ignored her. I hope that Minotaur knocks you on y o u r ass. she thought to herself, then tore her eyes from him as she watched Andy struggling to control the beast, before looking to the others, and quickly going over in her head of a plan to stop them, to make them cease fire. She got up while using Daniel and the tree beside her for support, and hobbled a little before getting her balance. She shot out her hand, sending lighting bolts across the Camp once more, but this time hitting the others weapons out of their hands. "Stop! you're going to hurt that girl on the back of that thing. Daniel, go help her."

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He had no damn clue where he was, not until he heard the distant screams of souls, and the warmth of fire. So this was the underworld? he stood up from where the portal had dropped him, his gaze now looking to the careless Jennova. At least that's what he thought at first, that she had been careless.. but it was an accident. "I'm so sorry. I was walking away from everyone so I could start the portal, but another shake from the earth came, and I fell into your sister. The eyeballs fell out of my hand and it triggered the portal to open." at least she had the decency to be honest about it. Ajax was good with picking up on liars, Sometimes.. Most liars were after all good actors. "if Alex gets hurt? I'm blaming you. I have to be there to protect her! not down here in this hell hole! Which stinks by the way.. literally."

How the hell was he going to get back to the Camp if he wasn't even suppose to be here in the first place? "Bringing the son of Zeus here is forbidden. Once we get to the portal that sends you back, I need you to hide if Hades comes to speak to me. Anything you hear, we can talk about later." He was about to reply to that, but the second he saw a Cerberus bowing down in-front of them, his attention remained on it's three head, worried that it might try and eat him. When she offered her hand to him, he wasn't sure if he wanted to go, or stay. He didn't want to even be here, he had just wanted to rescue Alex. What if she was hurt by that thing that was attacking Camp? what if no-one was looking out for her? "Don't worry about Alex, if she's anything like you. She will be fine, as will everyone else at camp." He looked at her hand for a second, then blinked his gaze back to her own. "I hope you're right. But umm, you expect to ride this thing through.. what ever those are." He pointed out to the souls that were wailing in pain. "How do I even know I can trust you? how do I know you'll get me back to the portal without handing me over to your father?" maybe he'd just have to take the risk this time.
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The Gods had been watching their children since their arrival at the Camp, and the second a Minotaur wandered in, Athena was the first to address the others. Despite the situation, and the actions that the Demigods took, the Gods remained calm, especially Athena who was the Goddess of Wisdom. "Their Strategies will prevail." of course Athena was confident, she got that trait from her father. "I don't think it is necessary for us to step in at this moment." of course she was right, because there was no real danger as of yet. Some of the children were working together, some were a little out of hand, but their hearts were in the right place, and Zeus's daughter had merely acted upon impulse. It was definitely the type of move that Zeus would make, but he would not be so reckless. Still.. Alex was young, and she had much to learn before the war. All of them did. "Just watch, and see. That beast will be tamed." The other Gods didn't like how sure of things she was all the time, she never doubted anything.


"I hope you're right, Athena, because if we stick around and my daughter gets hurts? then you shall be the one I blame for your mistake." Poseidon promised her. His daughter was the only one who was important to him. Time and time again he'd go to the Camps lake without her noticing him, just so he could watch her be the little girl he once held in his arms; except this time.. she was much bigger. She reminded him so much of her mother, the human he had fallen to love at that very moment. The second his eyes got to see his daughter, he fell in love with her instantly before he had to say goodbye, just like the other Gods with their offspring's.

By the look on Zeus's ace, he wasn't sure what he wanted to do. He trusted Athena's wisdom, because that was her specialty, including strategy of war. "We will wait.." Zeus confirmed. "If the Children cannot handle one simple Minotaur as a group, then the war is going to impossible for them to win. They need to do this alone, even if they get hurt.." Poseidon didn't want to stand around just like the others didn't, but Zeus was their King, and his words were final. The Children were alone on this one.

Hecate hated how Zeus ruled sometimes, and she was probably the only one who could see right through him. He would put on the tough act in-front of every God that stood on the top of Mount Olympus, ruling the skies. But Hecate knew he was afraid just like the rest of them. He was afraid of something happening to all of the children, but mainly afraid for his own. "And what of Ajax? should he trust that daughter of our enemy? you know that Hades has wanted to rule for many decades. One of us should prepare to save him." But who was willing to leave their post to rescue the son of Zeus?

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Andy still mounted upon the minotaur, lead it towards the crowd. She didn't really have a clue what was going on until she saw the blonde begin to charge in her direction. It wasn't until the girl slid on her knees towards the beast while holding a stick that she realized to the full intent of what was going on. All she could mutter was, "Shit..." under her breath. She had mere moments to brace herself. She made sure to loosen her knives to avoid farther harming the animal. She did so just in time because not a second later the force of the monster falling forward sent her flying off the top of it.

She hit the ground with a thud and began to roll away from the minotaur. When she felt herself slow down she shifted her frame to a crouching position out of a roll and quickly pushed off the ground. Leaving her knives in the grass she ran back to the animal. It was being to regain it's senses, trying to push up off the ground with it's hands. When Andy reached the minotaur, she jumped up, grabbing hold of it's horns, using her full weight to bring it back to the ground. Pushing her feet against the minotaur's shoulders, she pulled as much as she could downward on the horns to keep the beast down.

"That's a good beasty." She whispered to the minotaur. It looked her straight in the eyes, showing all the fear that it felt within. Andy couldn't help but to begin to worry for the creatures safety. With that she released one of her hands from a horn, while still using the other to hold it down, she took her free hand hesitantly but gently rub the creatures snout. With that, she looked towards the male that had told her to head back towards him in the first place, "Please... don't kill him."

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Wes pulled up to the outskirts of the camp in an overly luxurious limo. Although the driver had been stopped for a few moments, he still sat in the back on the phone with his mother, "So why couldn't I bring my Porsche?... I still think I'm too old for a camp... But-... Why can't I just go stay with you?... I get that but-... Yeah, yeah ok... Yeah, bye." With a sigh he hung up the phone, before grabbing his duffle bag and climbing out of the car. Staring up at the entrance to camp, he gave a heavy sigh while adjusting his duffle over his shoulder, "Why do I feel like my self worth just decreased?"

Once making his way up the hill to the camp, he began to hear the shoutings of the battle that was already under way. He obviously was curious and made his way to the large crowd of campers that stood are watching the fight with weapons in hand but not firing. Although Wes was tall, he still couldn't really see what was going on until he weaved his way through the others until he was at the front of the group. Oh, so this is what all the commotion is for? Should have brought some popcorn!" Wes obviously had no desire to get involved but thought of it as mere entertainment. He wanted no part of anything that could possibly maim his perfect visage.

Wes had to try and stifle a laugh when he saw the brunette get thrown from the top of the monster, tumbling and rolling in his direction. She came to a halt, then got back up and ran back at the monster just before colliding into Wes. "I give that landing a solid 7." He looked towards the people that stood on either side of him, "No?...No?... Pssh Lighten up, it's just a minotaur!" He then looked down at his feet, seeing the brunette's knives. Without a second thought he leaned down picking them up and studied them, "High quality tooth picks, huh?"

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Adrian felt useless as he watched everything that played out in front of him. He didn't have any special powers, or abilities to tame monsters, or even that well of fighting instincts. All Adrian knew how to do was play guitar and fly. As he watched the daughter of Zeus get up and scream about a girl on the back of the beast he looked, he hadn't even realized that there was a girl riding on the beast. Adrian sighed, maybe, just maybe if he played his cards right he could sneak up and grab the girl from ontop of the beast. He flew up in the air as Clara ran to try to help. He studied the beast, he could see this girl was strapped on by a rope, He looked on the ground for some kind of blade, he saw a guy(Wesley) that looked as if he just joined the party, he had just picked up two.

Adrian didn't have to think twice as he flew by the kid and took one of the blades out of his hands and flew around the beast, when the others had the beasts eyes straight on them he flew down, cutting the girl free and wrapping his arm around her waist. He quickly flew away, but not in time as a horn came at him, going straight through his right wing, he cried out in pain and threw the girl as far away as he could. Adrian could have planned this out better, but he just wanted to help. He was now trying to push the horn out of his wing, after the beast shook it's head Adrian fell off. He rolled around in pain dodging the hoofs of this thing before someone wrapped him by his shirt and dragged him out from under the thing. He thanked whoever it was and didn't even look at them as he moved out of the way so the other godly children could get back to taming this thing.

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Jennova retracked her hand, after it was looked at like it was trash and denied. She rubbed her hands on her thighs as she bit her lip nervously, the longer they stayed in here the longer she had to be reminded of the person she was supposed to be, the person that everyone thought of her as. "Those are souls, if you try to step in it, you will die. Cerebus is my pet, he won't hurt you unless I tell him too. If you want to swim in the souls of the dead be my guest, but don't say I never tried to help." She rolled her eyes at his next statement and sighed, calming herself down. "How can you trust me? Seriously? Well first of all, you have no choice. And second, I'm not the fucking bad guy here. I'm so sorry my father is evil, we can't pick our godly parents. If I could I would have chose someone who isn't looked at as the bad guy." She waved her hand at him and started to climb onto Cerebus's back, where she slid down his neck and sat there. "I'm not going to do anything close to turning you over to my father. All he'd do is throw you into the river of souls anyways. So stop being a pussy and let's go." Jennova told him as she was losing her patience. Some fucking hero this guy is, afraid of Cerebus? Wow. Afraid of the underworld? Afraid period. Jennova thought to herself before she muttered something in Russian under her breath followed by starring at the son of Zeus.

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Andy held the minotaur's horns firmly in her grasp as David made his way towards them, crouching beside her. She hadn't realized how much energy it took to hold them in place, but one slip of her grip could end David or her own life. Her life, eh she'd get over it, but Andy would probably blame herself for the rest of eternity if something happened to him while she was supposed to be helping him. She watched as his hand replaced hers on top of the creatures head, emitting a soft glow before he told them it was okay. With an exasperated sigh, Andy allowed her form to lay back in the grass. She hadn't realized how exhausted she really was... and beaten. She was definitely going to have a fair amount of bruises in the morning, not to mention a couple deep cuts from daggers and arrows. Getting thrown from the minotaur and backed into a tree didn't help anything either.

Andy lightly petted the minotaur's head before standing up off the ground. She couldn't help but chuckle at the blonde's comment, "Not the most synchronized team work, but team work none the less." She dusted off her jeans even though it didn't do much because she was covered in dirt and the occasional blood. Making her way over to David, she ran her hand back through her knotted brunette hair, "Thanks for not killing him." She nodded her head in the direction of the now, calm, minotaur, before looking back towards him with a smile. Extending her right hand towards him, "I'm Andromeda, by the way, but you can call me Andy."

Andy figured that if she could end this, very strange, of a day with at least making one somewhat friend then it might be successful. She hated that she didn't know anyone here, and she probably just made it worse by being the "the new girl that jumped on the back of a minotaur". She had no idea what kinda vibes that was going to send her way but she definitely was not a fan of being the center of attention, and she had a feeling that David was the same way.

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Wes had the daggers that belonged to the brunette yanked from his hands, before he really had the chance to look them over, by the guy with the wings. Wings, huh? What was he doing? Wes would admit he was confused by the following events, but kinda huffed to himself when he saw the one guy go up to the creature and do some kind of Iron Man hand glow stuff to the minotaur which apparently changed everything because now everyone just kind of left the beast to do it's own thing. "So now we just have a pet Minotaur that's gonna roam Camp... Cool?" Wes didn't like the idea of that but as long as it stayed cleared of him, he didn't really care.

Wes was surprised when he heard the guy beside him ask who he was. He hadn't really noticed if anyone was paying any mind to him, he had a habit of just speaking whatever he wanted out loud, if there were others around or not. Wes grinned, pivoting so that he was facing the guy, while taking Daniel's hand in his own, he then pulled him closer to use his other hand to pat his back as if greeting an old friend. He probably crossed like 50 personal boundaries but he didn't care. "The name's Wesley, Wes for short. Son of Aphro-" He stopped mind sentence when he heard a female voice ask the male he was talking to what's up.

Wes turned so that he could face the both of them, when his eyes set on the fiery blonde that helped wrangle the minotaur with the silent dude and the chick that stuck the landing. He couldn't deny that watching her help take down the monster was very hot, plus he had a thing for blondes. But being a child of Aphrodite he tended to have a thing for just about any female that was attractive, and man was she attractive in his book. When she made a comment about a training program towards the other guy, Wes shifted his whole demeanor, placing his right arm on the guy's left shoulder while smirking, "Sign me up for whatever kind of training you had in mind..." He eyed her over, "I'd wrestle with you any day." With that his grin grew slightly while he sent the girl a wink. "And what do they call a pretty little thing like you?" Wes couldn't help but think he was so slick, he probably wasn't and looked like a complete tool but he didn't care.

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Alex had just finished cleaning herself up for the night, then headed towards her cabin. She had stopped mid way as she felt the weather change almost suddenly, and looked up to the clouds above her. At first, she thought it was her father, but it wasn't. It was some kind of storm. She had to tell everyone else to take cover, because it looked like it was going to get really bad. They'd have to take shelter in the main hall for the time being.

Whilst running through the camp, Alex shouted out as loud as she could to the other Demigods. "Take cover!" she yelled over the wind that was picking up violently, and bending trees like they were made of cardboard almost. You could say that it looked like a tornado was on it's way. The Minotaur had left camp already, so no-one would need to worry about that, but they did need to worry about getting caught in the storm. It wouldn't effect Alex so much, but she still couldn't take chances, not while she still had a lot of training to attend to. With both hands on the halls door, and one foot on the wall behind it, she pulled the door open with as much strength she could muster against the strong winds, then began directing people inside. "This way!" she carried on to shout to them.

She squinted passed the rain that had now began to race down from the heavens, and saw a large flash in the distance that wasn't too far away, accompanied by an explosion type of sound. In no time the rain and the storm had vanished, but there was someone heading towards the hall. It was her brother! - without a second to lose, Alex raced towards him, and embraced him tightly. Thank the Gods that he was okay, and thank the Gods he was back where he belonged. With his sister.

"I love you, big brother." She finally said to him as she pulled back from their hug gently, then lightly screwed up her face as she began to cry tears of joy. Ajax cupped her face. "I love you too." He leaned forward, and placed a kiss to her forehead, and held his arm around her as he lead himself, and Alex, back to the camp. He couldn't believe that Jennova had saved him, then pushed him through the portal. He wasn't sure what was going to happen to her now, but hopefully she was going to be okay.

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"What did I miss?" He asked, stumbling a little as they headed to the hall. "Just a Minotaur. Hades's son was able to tame it while the Daughter of Hecate had pinned it down." Ajax wished he had seen the action. "You didn't get hurt did you?" Alex was going to tell him the truth, but she thought it best that she'd keep it from him for now. "No." Hopefully he wouldn't pick up on the lie. "Good." All of a sudden, Ajax felt like his entire world was spinning on him, and he collapsed to the ground. "AJ!!!" she screamed, dropping down to her knees and pulling one of his arms around him with her own as she looked at him. "Can you hear me? Aj? come on, big brother, don't die on me or anything, okay?" She looked towards the hall in a panic. "Someone help!! HELP!!!" She shouted louder, hoping someone would hear her, and come to help him. She didn't know what was wrong with him until she noticed some wound on him. Had something stabbed him that was tipped with Poison? He couldn't speak, or even move. "I'm here.. don't be afraid." She cradled him a little once she had managed to lift his dead weight before he blacked out.
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Wes nearly tipped over when Daniel slipped away from them, but he held his composure as he reclaimed his balance, still trying to remain slick and flirtatious as he talked to the blonde. "Trinity?... I like it." She then brought his right hand up to run through is spiky brown hair, I'm Wesley, most people call me Wes... but you can call me tonight?" The corner of his mouth curled up in a flirty smile as he held the gaze of the blonde.

The wind began to pick up, but Wes hadn't noticed because he was just watching Trinity. She was so beautiful with the wind blowing through her blonde hair, being a bad ass made her that much hotter in his opinion. He was taken by surprise when the large gust of wind sent her stumbling right into him, his hands instinctively catching her by her shoulders. At that moment his flirting wore off, "You ok?" He looked down at her with a raised brow, making sure she was ok. But before she answered she raced off towards the hall.

Wes glanced around the grounds at the escalating storm, and as he made his way to the hall, he saw the minotaur riding brunette stop in the doorway and run back into the storm. What did she see? Curious, he turned to watch her and saw her run towards another brunette with a guy that seemed to be unconscious. He didn't remember the guy from earlier. Wes was going to shrug it off and walk back inside but since he figured the brunette saw him, he didn't want to seem like a total dick on the first day there. So with a heavy sigh he ran towards the girls and the unconscious male.

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After shaking David's hand, she nodded her head in agreement while brushing her hair back from her face, "Good thing I don't judge a book by a cover.". The corner of her lips tugs at a slight smile as she adds, "It's all in the eyes... The real windows to the soul. Your's... remind me of his." She motioned in the direction of where ever the minotaur disappeared to, then back to David. Andy hadn't really noticed the picking up of wind speed around them too much until a branch snapped above them. With only a millisecond to think, she grabbed David by his shoulders pulling him forward just as the large branch landed where he would have been standing. She just as quickly released his arms, figuring he wasn't much for contact with people, "Don't worry... I don't expect a thank you." She didn't say this to seem cocky, she only said it because she sensed his discomfort when she thanked him, thanks didn't seem to be a word he favored. With that she nodded her head in the direction of the hall, then turned to run inside.

Unfortunately for Andy she didn't make it inside before the sky opened a down pour of rain onto her, drenching her within a second. Just as she reached the doorway she heard someone screaming, it was feint but she could hear it amongst the rain and wind. She pivoted to look out and saw Ajax collapsed on the ground in the arms of his sister, she was the one screaming. Andy didn't hesitate to run towards them in the rain, nearly slipping falling from the slick mud as she closed the distance to them. She noticed almost instantly the stab wound, kneeling down next to them she reached down to lift Ajax's shirt... Poisoned. "Hey!" She placed her hand on Alex's shoulder, "I won't let him die. But I need you go get another child of Hecate for me."

Andy knew barely anything about Ajax, but he was kind to her and that was enough for her to want to help him. She remembers reading up on poisons and poisonous plants, an intrigue she now associates with her parentage, Hecate, who among many things had a knowledge of poisonous plants. Andy sighed with relief when the new guy showed up, "I wasn't going to come help but-" Before the guy had a chance to finish his statement, Andy interrupted him. "Look I don't care, just help me carry him!" Thank god he took orders well, picking up Ajax and they both darted for the hall.

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"Lay him on the table." Andy quickly tied back her hair while Wes laid him on the table. Andy lifted Ajax's shirt to look at the wound, wiping her index finger along a residue of poison, she brought it to her lips to taste it then quickly spit it out. "Aconitum... Wolfsbane." Andy knew what she needed to do. "Alcohol... I need alcohol!"

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Dialogue: #39b54a

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Wes was surprised at how quickly everyone gathered around them the second he set the unconscious Ajax on the table. He couldn't deny that he was interested in what was going on, and especially curious about what was going to happen to the poisoned and unconscious guy. He thought about helping, but it was a fleeting thought that quickly fled from his mind. He didn't know 2 things about anything medical, let alone poison. But obviously the little brunette knew what she was doing as she took charge, the dark haired guy quickly following her lead.

Wesley tried to inch his way in to get a good look around the sister of the conscious, who was definitely freaking out. Not that he blames her. But then the son of Hecate piped up, "Everyone else should back up. All under control. Haven't you been poisoned before? Come on, back up." With an eye roll and a sigh, Wes backed up with the rest of the campers. Most of them finally filing out when they were frustrated they couldn't watch. He fought back and forth in his mind, and finally decided to take a seat on a picnic table that was 3 or 4 over, just wanting to be there to see the outcome.

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Dialogue: #f5a60e

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Andy let out a soft sigh of relief when the guy she had tried to talk with on many occasions pushed his way through the crowd with alcohol, and many of the other supplies she needed. She didn't realize until just then that he was the other child of Hecate... So that's why he seemed so familiar. As much as she'd love to talk to him about now being siblings? She had more pressing matters. Like Ajax unconscious before her. Letting Daniel control the crowd, Andy began to unbutton her shirt, removing it so she was just wearing her tank top, then placed her shirt under Ajax's head. She was worried the long sleeves could get in the way, and a pillow wouldn't hurt.

Grabbing the bottle of alcohol, Andy she first poured a little over the wound to cleanse whatever poison remained on the surface. Then she brought the bottle to her lips, taking a swig but instead of drinking it, she swirled it around in her mouth then spit it out, attempting to rid her mouth of as many germs as possible. "I'm going to need you to hold him down if he writhes while unconscious," She said to Daniel while rinsing her hands with the alcohol as well. It was bad enough that he was poisoned, he didn't need to get an infection too.

Andy shook her hands while taking a deep breath and rolling her neck. She was more nervous than she wanted to let on. Having someone's life rest in her hands terrified her, and everyone here was relying on her to save him. Andy was a hero though, she was no one... someone that easily went over looked on a regular basis. She took one more deep breath, before placing her hands on either side of the wound, "If he starts drooling or foaming at the mouth at all... I'm going to need you to induce vomiting." She stared right into Daniel's eyes, nodding her head in his direction.

This time she inhaled sharply through her nose as she leaned down over Ajax, pressing her lips in a circle around the wound. Once her mouth was locked around the cut she began suck out the poison. Andy then broke the connection to spit out the Wolfsbane into a bowl before leaning back down to the wound and sucking again. After a couple more extractions, she took a break to breathe, wiping her mouth with a cloth. Andy coughed a couple times, she felt it making her mouth tingle a little but as long as she didn't swallow it she'd be ok. She let her gaze linger to Daniel and then to Alex for a moment, before she once again leaned down to suck out more poison.

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When Alex saw everyone crowding around her brother, she felt appreciated that they cared in some way, but no doubt they were just being nosy, especially the ones who didn't even know him. To some, he was just the son of Zeus. She was about to move to give Daniel and Andy some room to work in, but she felt Wes leering past her to get a look at her brother. Turning her gaze to Wes from over her shoulder, Alex looked down to his shoes, and back up again to his face, before turning to face him completely. She pushed him back a little with her hand. "Concerned, or not, you need to back up and give him some air space. If anything happens to him? I will blame every single one of you in this room if you don't do as we ask. So please.. move." Once he backed up, Alex peeled her eyes off of him, and turned her attention back to the table.

She followed Daniels orders to supporting her brothers head, and watched as Andy used her mouth around her brothers wound to extract the poison out of him. It looked disgusting, and she worried a little just encase none of this was going to work, but it had to. She leaned down to Ajax, and pressed her lips softly to his forehead while closing her eyes. She was silently praying for the Gods to save him, even if they weren't capable of doing anything. Not in a situation like this, or so she thought at least. "Fight it, and come back to us. You hear me, big brother? you can do this. I know you can. You're strong." she whispered towards Ajax's ear.

She straightened up, but kept a hold of Ajax's head in her hands, but looked up to Daniel with furrowed brows. She went to speak, but instead, she looked down for a second and kept silent. She didn't want to interrupt the both of them by just saying thank you. It could wait. Her hazel green eyes lay back upon him, and she didn't even realize that she was staring at him. It almost looked like she was in a trance. Alex liked Daniel a lot since day one. He was handsome, smart, entertaining, fun, had an amazing personality, and sense of humor. Would he be able to tolerate a daughter of Zeus? what with her short temper and all.

She'd wait until tonight, then she could possible sneak over to his cabin and invite him to join her outside somewhere, just the two of them.

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Dialogue: #39b54a

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Wes felt like he was being herded like cattle as Alex motioned for him to back up. It wasn't like he just carried the dude inside or anything. As he sat at a table he saw a peppy blonde take a seat across from him, "I hope he's ok." She said. Wes didn't know if she was talking to him or just speaking in general to anyone who would listen. Either way, he felt the need to reply, "Yeah... But since I'm not part of the hero crowd I'm just going to take my exit."

With that Wes stood up as the girl's dog ran past him to go see her, as it passed he allowed his hand to brush it's fur before he made his way to the entrance of the hall. Hesitating in the doorway, her mumbled under his breath, "Hopefully the Gods will save him." Then he slipped outside into the storm. The rain wouldn't have bothered him if it didn't ruin his hair that he thought was pretty on point for the day. Then with a sigh, he trudged his way towards the cabins.

It took him more than a long while to find his cabin considering there wasn't really anyone roaming around the grounds that he could ask for directions. But when he finally got there, he made his way up to his bed, plopping down on it. He then leaned over grabbing his remote for the radio, turning it on, blasting some Metallica.

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Dialogue: #f5a60e

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Andy worked quickly as she quickly continued to extract more of the poison. Thankfully the poison didn't seem to be effecting her quite like it was for Ajax. It made her a little foggy, and her mouth tingled but maybe Hecate children had a slight immunity? She didn't know, and didn't have much time to dwell on it. She made a mental note to research it. She placed her palms on the table, letting her head hand for a moment as she took another breather. The sensation of the poison wasn't so bad, but it was the taste. It took everything within her note to toss the lunch bucket all over the hall. The taste of blood and Wolfsbane isn't something she'd suggest for people to try.

As she brushed back the loose hairs that dangled in her face, she couldn't help but notice Ajax's sister having a slightly prolonged glance in Daniel's direction. Did she like him? Of course she did... it's obvious. Before either one of them noticed that she was eavesdropping on a somewhat private gaze, Andy took another deep breath before lowering herself down to suckle once again.

She was surprised at how much had entered such a small wound, no wonder he was unconscious. Andy didn't know how much more she could handle. The poison was making her dizzy and the taste was making her nauseous beyond belief. She said a silent prayer to the Gods that it be over soon, and as if nearly on cue the next extraction she pulled passed her lips, she didn't taste anything beyond the irony taste of blood. Her eyes lighting up slightly, she quickly expelled it from her mouth before taking one more draw just to be sure she wasn't imagining it. Winner winner chicken dinner! Blood taste yet again! Andy never thought she'd ever be grateful to taste blood, but she was proven wrong in that moment.

Taking the bottle of alcohol, she rinsed her mouth several times to rid the horrid taste and any poison residue from her mouth before pouring some of the liquid over the wound to sterilize it. As she began to bandage the wound, Andy looked up occasionally as she addressed Daniel and Alex, "Ajax is going to be fine." Once finished addressing the wound, she sighed softly glancing between the two of them, "Name's Andy." She motioned to herself figuring it might be relevant at some point for her to know the names of her now brother? And Ajax's sister. "Ajax won't wake for a good handful of hours, and we can't risk moving him tonight."

Andy took a seat at the table that Ajax laid upon, wiping sweat from her brow. "I'm going to stay here for the night... In case I need to extract more Wolfsbane or stabilize him for any reason. She now looked towards Alex as she spoke, "You got pretty tossed around by the minotaur. I'll keep a good eye on him if you wanna go relax and get some air. It'll just make you worry more if you sit here and wait for him to wake up." Andy was right, she saw it time and time again with the soldiers that were injured while she traveled around with her father. Plus, she had this gut feeling that maybe Alex wanted some time alone with Daniel, and time alone seemed to be a rare thing around here and that would give her an opportunity while Andy was left to take care of Ajax. "I can come get you when he wakes." She smiled towards the brunette as she took her hand in her own, "I'll take good care of him."

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Maybe Alex was a bit harsh on Wes, because he did help in his own way by carrying Ajax into the hall. She just naturally didn't trust new people, even if they weren't a threat. It didn't help that her brother was unconscious still, so all of the emotions inside of her were merely making her act irrationally from fear. She was taking it out on others for no reason. Her mother had brought her up to respect those who were helpful, and kind, so she'd make it her mission to apologize to him as soon as she could. Soon as Daniel asked if she was poisoned anywhere, Alex looked to him, and smirked herself with a smile that was trying so hard not to break into a big grin. "How about you swing by my cabin later, and find out." she played back, looking into his eyes with a cheeky little grin this time. It was inappropriate, but for that very moment with him, it wouldn't hurt anyone to just lightly joke around to lighten the mood. Their flirting little moment was broken though as Andy spoke up, causing the both of them to look at her. She felt her cheeks flushing softly.

Alex was so grateful that she was in debt to Daniel, and his sister. They had both luckily been able to get Ajax through the worst of it, but now her brother needed to make it through the rest of the night before claiming he was safe. Tonight of all nights was going to be difficult with the constant worry for her brothers life. When Andy offered to babysit, and that Alex should get some fresh air, she was in two minds of if she should follow through with any of it. What if he woke up and noticed that she wasn't there by his side? - She wouldn't mind watching over him. "Are you sure? because you look pretty exhausted. But thank you so much to the both of you. I wouldn't know what I would of done if you guys hadn't been around."

When Daniel left, Alex glanced over her shoulder at him and watched him exit into the storm. She felt like following him, but maybe he just needed to be alone for a moment. She'd find him later. With a little silent sigh wishing that he had stayed just a little longer, Alex turned back to Andy. She had given her nothing more than a weak smile, then glanced down to her brother, stroking the palm of her hand back against the top of his forehead, pushing his hair back gently along the way. "Come get me the second he opens his eyes, and thanks again." Alex walked over to her, and gave her a hug before drawing back a little to give a smile before leaving the hall. First, she headed to Wes's Cabin to apologize, then she would find Daniel. What she needed to do for him was essential in her own eyes.

She wandered towards where Wes's Cabin area was, passing Trinity along the way. "I feel sorry for the punch bag." she commented towards Trinity, smiling to her warmly as she carried on to walk, but eventually got a little lost for a second. Once reaching a cabin that she believed belonged to Wes, Alex knocked on the door waiting for him to answer. Hopefully she wouldn't be too long with this, because she needed to see Daniel.

This entire time, Ajax was still unconscious. He was barely moving, but at least he was breathing a lot better now. His fingers twitched a little as his body slowly began to wake up. His body was recovering.

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The first Metallica song wasn't even halfway over before he kicked his boots off and reached his hands back over his shoulders to grab at the material of his shirt, tugging it over his head. He wasn't expecting camp to be so hot all the time, and probably dancing around while jamming to the music didn't help cool him down either. He moved around his cabin, sliding down the banister to the first flooring, playing the air guitar as he made his way to the mini fridge. If it wasn't for a change in songs, he probably wouldn't have heard the knock on the door at all. He raised a brow in curiosity as he wondered who in the world would be knocking on his door? It's not like he particularly knew anyone here yet, at least not by name other than Trinity. With a sigh, he opened the fridge, leaning on the door with his right arm as he reached in grabbing 2 coca cola's. Spinning to face the door, he closed the door with his foot, making his way to the door.

Using his right hand, he opened the door, leaning his shoulder against the door frame, while holding out one of the cokes towards his guest. He hadn't looked up yet to see who it was while he popped the tab on his drink, then bringing it to his lips to draw in a drink. Once he saw it was Alex he nearly choked on the soda, almost spitting it everywhere if his hand didn't come up to cover his mouth. He quickly shifted in the doorway feeling slightly uncomfortable standing there in just his jeans before the girl. Obviously he had no esteem issues when it came to his body, and it was more than apparent that he was in good shape. But for some reason he just had this feeling she was almost the Miss Camp Athens here, and it felt some what wrong to be so... vulnerable in front of her.

Wes brought his right hand up to rub the back of his neck, "Oh hey. I wasn't expecting you." He tried to manage a slight chuckle, "Well honestly, I didn't expect anyone... because no one knows me." He shrugged his muscular shoulders. He raised his brows when he heard a pounding noise in the distance, looking over to see Trinity a few hundred yards away near her cabin beating the crap out of a punching bag. He smirked slightly before looking back at Alex, "I would put have more clothes on or something." He glanced down at his bare chest then back up at her, "Something I can help you with?"

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Andy pretended not to hear Daniel's comment to Alex as she went to a sink to wash her hands, bringing her dap hands up to run across her sweat glistening face, then back through her hair. When she thought she was in the clear, she shook the excess water off her hands, wiping them on her jeans and walking back over to the table. "I'm Daniel, Andy" He said upon her return. She couldn't help but smile towards him. Of course she didn't know anything about him yet, but something about having a brother comforted her. Andy didn't have any family besides her father growing up, and most everyone thought she was crazy. So having someone that she could maybe have a decent bond with made her happy, and in the same breath scared the crap out of her because regardless of how close or not close they grew, he was now a weakness that could be used against her.

"Are you sure? because you look pretty exhausted. But thank you so much to the both of you. I wouldn't know what I would of done if you guys hadn't been around." Alex said toward's Andy before Daniel began to head out of the hall. Andy smiled towards the girl in a reassuring manner, while managing a light hearted chuckle, "Pssh I'm still running on adrenaline from the Minotaur, so that won't sink in until after I rest." She smiled genuinely, glancing down slightly as her flushed a bit. She wasn't used to being thanked for her actions, generally she was invisible to most. But somehow she seemed to get her face on the radar of about every camper today which was something she definitely wasn't used to. "You're welcome." She figured Alex would do the same thing if she was in her position. "Well I mean I don't really know anyone here, but Ajax was nice to me when I was completely a fish out of water. He seems like too good of a guy. So I figured the least I could do was try." Andy glanced over at Ajax as he slept for a moment before looking back to his sister.

Andy looked away when Alex looked towards Daniel as he left. She wasn't in a place to tell Alex to just go after him, even though it was more than apparent that they both were into each other. When the girl spoke to her, she turned to gaze back towards her, "Come get me the second he opens his eyes, and thanks again." She smiled as the girl embraced her, trying not to wince from the soreness that was slowly creeping in from the bull riding adventures earlier. "You got it." She then nodded her head in the direction of Daniel as a silent Go ahead, I got this.

Once the hall was empty, Andy got a wash cloth, dampening it in clean water before bringing it to dab at Ajax's forehead to keep his body temperature low. As she did that she realized it was the first time she really took in the male's appearance. He wasn't too handsome like the Aphrodite son, but an average type of attractive which is what appealed to Andy. She wasn't one for overly pretty boys, and Ajax definitely had the looks of a guy she'd easily find appealing. She tried to shake the thoughts from her mind as she went to check his wound, lifting the bandage. After all, she didn't know much about him other than he was the go to guy at the camp and she was just an easily over seen daughter of Hecate. When she saw that the wound was still alright, she sat down at the bench seat of the picnic table Ajax laid on. Crossing her arms on the wooden surface, she rested her forehead on her arms. It was going to be a long night, but someone had to stay with him and Andy knew Alex would worry herself sick sitting her waiting for him to wake.

She hadn't realized how tired she had became until she felt her self begin to doze off. Before she completely fell asleep, she moved her right hand to rest on top of Ajax's left. She wasn't trying to make a move on him or anything. Simply resting her hand upon his allowed her to feel any writhing, rise of body temperature or movement of Ajax. And with that she allowed herself to fall into a light slumber, one where she could easily be woken by a simple twitch of the finger or noise outside the hall.

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Alex had never met anyone as kind as Andy before when it came to people she didn't know, and she knew for a fact that she could be trusted already, which wasn't in Alex's nature to trust people so quickly. It took some time. Andy had proven herself this far. "Pssh I'm still running on adrenaline from the Minotaur, so that won't sink in until after I rest." Alex smiled with her pearly white teeth on show a little as she chuckled. That Minotaur was definitely going to be hot topic at the camp for a while. Everyone did their own bit to protect each other, so Alex was glad to be apart of all of this. It was so worth leaving home for. "Honestly!? I'm just glad all of that is over, and that no-one got hurt too much." Alex's ribs still ached from where she collided with the thick wooden trunk, but she knew she'd be okay once they heal.

"Well I mean I don't really know anyone here, but Ajax was nice to me when I was completely a fish out of water. He seems like too good of a guy. So I figured the least I could do was try." Ajax was always the one to mainly put others before himself, he got that trait from their mother. "Yeah, he's a good guy and will help when ever he can." This was all before Alex had left to find Wes.

Once Wes had finally opened the door after the loud music had stopped, she was taken back by shock a little. He was half naked. Who the heck was he expecting to show up? Either way, it didn't matter. "Oh hey. I wasn't expecting you. Well honestly, I didn't expect anyone... because no one knows me." Alex lightly folded her arms, her eyes on his face. "Yeah, sorry for interrupting anything.. but Umm, it was kind of a last minute decision kind of thing." The music she had heard before had been her own kind of music, so that was one thing she had in common with the son of Aphrodite, making it somewhat easier to tolerate him. She reminded herself It wasn't his fault he had the traits he was birthed with, so Alex remained nice, just like her mother taught her. "I would have put more clothes on or something." Alex watched him as he glanced down at his bare chest, then back up at her. "It's fine. I've seen a guys naked body before." She said to reassure him that it was fine. "Something I can help you with?" She nodded to him, shifting her weight a little to prepare herself for a small little speech. "I came to apologize about earlier. I shouldn't of spoken to you like that, especially since you were the one that helped too. I was; am.. still worried about him. I took it out on you, and I shouldn't of. I'm sorry. What I would like to say instead!? is thank you.." her voice was gentle the entire time. "So, I gotta go." She pointed her thumb back over her shoulder. "Have a good night, Wes. And don't worry.. people will know you soon enough." with that, she left him to his business, wandering off back towards camp in search for Daniel, and to check in on Andy with her brother before heading up to her cabin for at least a nap. Maybe.

So the search for Daniel was on. Part of her thought that she was coming on a bit too strong with the way she was crushing on him, because she felt as though she was scaring him off a little, but she couldn't help the way she felt. Ajax would never allow her to date the guys she wanted, because he knew their games, knew the reason they wanted to be with his sister, and that wasn't happening.. not on his watch, not while he's still breathing. Her thoughts were on her brother as she decided to just steadily stroll back to the camp. The fresh air could help clear her mind a little. She decided that she wasn't going to go home tonight, because she wouldn't be able to sleep up there knowing that her brother could wake up at any moment. Hopefully.

With being so occupied with her own thoughts, she hadn't even noticed the other Demigods had gone about their own business, and that two of them were missing, along with the one she already knew was missing. Son of Apollo, Son of Hades, and the Daughter of Hades. Alex was in her own little world now as she decided to just take a seat on the bank of the lake that overlooked the two large mountains covered in trees. Camp Athens was the most beautiful place she had ever set her eyes on.

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"Lord if your brother heard that one." Alex laughed, and bumped her hip into his. "He'd probably kill me." She chuckled. "It was during school, and I happened to stumble into the boys shower room at the wrong time." she didn't really have to justify herself, but at least he'd know that she wasn't a pervert or anything. She had been looking for a couple of her friends who were of the opposite sex. She had seen them wander into the shower room, and she was contemplating if she should go in or not, but.. with her being the dare devil that she is!? she went for it, took her chances. She was now standing in a foggy room full of naked men. Some had a towel around their waist, and some were butt naked. One had even passed her, causing her to step back a little with shock. Her virgin eyes had been violated.

"Hey, don't worry about it. I probably would have been the same way if I was in your situation. I tend to have a short temper... kinda like yourself." He was right, she did have a short temper, even Ajax did too. "The perk of being Zeus's child." she shrugged softly before making her exit. "Eh... I wasn't too worried about it. Not everyone can be immune to my charm like you are." He had smiled towards her with that comment, causing her to jokingly rolls her eyes with a smile of her own. She definitely had an immunity to it, because the other girls were practically falling at his feet, or drooling silently in the distance, but not Alex. I bet that was a shock for him though, especially with him being so used to every girl wanting him for his pretty boy looks. "Definitely the son of Aphrodite." she called back to him, waving him off once after he gave her a 2 finger salute as he spoke again. "G'night." she heard him say behind her as she headed down his path. "Night" she drawled, then chuckled whilst shaking her head.

She shuffled back to the closest tree at the lake, the thoughts of her brother haunting her mind as she tilted her head back against the bark. She was close to tears, and luckily no-one could witness her slight break down. She had been holding herself together in-front of everyone else for ages as she remained strong for her brother, and everyone else, but with the possibilities of him not even making it through the night!? that made her weak. Her brother was her biggest weakness.

Now there was Daniel who was secretly up there with him in her list of weaknesses. She never allowed this to happen before, she never let people sneak up on her, or get too close, but.. she couldn't help it this time. Daniel wasn't like anyone else she had met, he was different, and stuck out of the crowd so boldly with so much confidence. That is what Alex loved the most. She loves a man who can handle himself, has a good sense of humor, a bad-ass, caring, and intelligent. His looks were a bonus. Damn it. She shook her head a little as if trying to shake her thoughts. What was this guy doing to her?

ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤHe was making her feel vulnerable.
ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤNo-one had ever accomplished that with her.
ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤShe's always been strong, and resilient.
ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤDamn you, Daniel.

The sky was soon being covered with a black velvet sheet full of diamonds, and a large round rock that glowed proudly, illuminating the things it hit, and casting shadows. Alex hadn't realized how late it was, and she hadn't even bumped into Daniel just yet. She got up from where she was sat, and began dusting off her slightly numb bottom before heading back to the hall to check on Ajax, but the second she saw Daniel up in the distance!? she took a detour for a second. Andy was with her brother, so nothing was going to happen to him.

ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤ"Daniel!" she called out to him as she jogged over in his direction. "Do you have a moment? - I need to talk to you." She wasn't going to lie, but with him her confidence wavered. She was nervous.

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ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤ"Alex! What can I do for you?" She wasn't entirely sure what she wanted him do, she wasn't even sure what she wanted to do herself now she was over here, walking with him. She felt nervous again, and the palms of her hands were sweating along with her heart picking up in pace. "I.. Umm.." She was stuttering a little with her nerves being all over the place, but she made it look like she just couldn't put words to together to match her thoughts. In-fact, that was the truth. There were no words to even describe what she was going through right now. "I was wondering.. " she couldn't think of anything to make up, so, she dared herself to do the next part. She quickly stopped him in his tracks, cupped his face in both of her hands, and kissed him gently just once before pulling back to look at him. Hopefully he wasn't going to avoid her for this out of feeling awkward or anything. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't of done that. I had no right to even do that. Thank you for helping Ajax." she wanted to die in a hole. "Maybe I should leave."

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His fingers began to twitch even more as he remained on his back with his eyes closed, but he was definitely waking up because he could hear people wandering around outside on camp. While feeling someone's limb on him, he slowly opened his eyes with a slight groan, and a wince. He felt a little bruised, but that was about it. "My head hurts, and my throat is dry." he coughed, feeling a scratched type sensation in the back near his tonsils.

He then froze when he saw the girl he had helped before sleeping in a chair with her hand on him. Had she been there for a while? he had no idea, and where was Alex? was she okay? who was even watching over her? so many questions filled his head. He felt a bit dizzy.

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Wes leaned his right shoulder in the door frame to the blonde's cabin. He watched her as she began to try and explain everything... Literally. Apparently she felt the need to explain everything that was going on. Maybe she was doing it to avoid awkward silence? Or maybe because she's nervous? Either way, Wes wasn't stupid. He knew how to imply what was going considering Jason wasn't actually real so something funky had to be going on. Hecate child sounded like a reasonable excuse. When she finally finished her ordeal he sighed, shifting in the doorway before heading towards her.

"Well first of all... We both know that I'm no hero. I'm a son of Aphrodite. You'd have a better chance at surviving in a fight than I would. Plus my cabin isn't right next to yours... it does take time to get here." Regardless if she wanted help or not, Wes could tell she was in pain. He wasn't trying to get fresh with her or anything, just help. So after slowly making his way towards her, nearing her almost like closing the distance to a wild animal he said, "I come in peace," in a soft whisper. Then he leaned over, his right hand around her lower back, hand hooking on her side while his left arm swept the back of her knees, dropping her full weight into his arms. He held her with ease, he may not be a warrior but he was still in shape."Second, you need rest because you've obviously been beat to hell and back."

Wes carried her through the cabin until he found her room, then gently set her on the bed. He stood there, hooking his thumbs in his pockets, "Third. Contrary to me seeming like an arrogant asshole, when I hear strange sounds... Like, oh I don't know, a window breaking, come from a woman's home or cabin in this case, I am at least decent enough of a person to go make sure she's ok." Wes saw through her less than genuine smile. He wondered if maybe he should stop trying to be nice. No, he wasn't nice all the time... He never claimed to be, but he doesn't really have a desire to after the reactions he's gotten today.

After a prolonged moment of silence while he stared at his bare feet, he turned to head out of the cabin. "If you want help cleaning up the glass or something, I'll be in my cabin." Just as he was about to step out of her bed room, he caught a glimpse of a couple of the band posters on her walls, "Good taste in music." He motioned towards the posters before exiting her cabin and walking back to his own.

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The twitching of Ajax's fingers woke her up from her light slumber. Sitting up slowly, she quickly removed her hand from his, hoping he hadn't noticed before he became fully alert. She rubbed her eyes and began to stretch her arms only to have the breath quickly taken from her. Her soreness from the minotaur tussle definitely sunken in now. Ajax groaned before saying, "My head hurts, and my throat is dry." She had just assumed he was saying it to her, so she stood up from the picnic table with a grunt and made her way to the sink. As she began to fill a glass with water, her eyes set on her reflection, the sight so foreign to her she nearly gasped. She looked like death, cuts plagued her body from the spears and arrows of the campers, one gash considerably larger than the others in her right bicep. She'd definitely have to address that at some point. Not knowing if Ajax was watching her or not, Andy grabbed the hem of her shirt and raised it high enough to see her ribs that were more purple and blue than her normal pale skin.

With a sigh Andy released the hem of her shirt, turning off the sink and came back over to Ajax. Trying to be ginger, she slipped her left hand under his head, lifting it slightly while holding the glass to his lips for him to take a drink. When he was done, she set the glass down and grabbed a cool wash cloth before sitting next to him. She began to dab his forehead hoping it help his head pain, finally breaking the silence, "Your sister is fine..." She rested the rag across his forehead, glancing down at him with her bright green eyes. "I told her I'd watch after you. She'd worry herself sick sitting around waiting for you to wake up." She shifted in her seat so that she could slowly lift the hem of his shirt, then remove the bandage to look at his wound, "Her and Daniel left out once I finished removing the poison." The cut had already scabbed up, which was great because that meant she got all of the Wolfsbane out on the first attempt. She didn't know if she could handle another round of that. Andy put the bandage back upon the cut before readjusting her shirt that laid under Ajax's head like a make-shift pillow. She had noticed that he didn't quite seem to know who she was. She didn't know if he was just still waking up or if he just had to much on his mind earlier to remember. Either way, he should remember her know.

Leaning back in her chair, she watched him slightly before glancing down at her hands. After another long moment of silence, she crossed her legs and asked softly, "Would you like me to tell you what happened with the minotaur... and you? Or should I just go get Alex?"

Adrian had decided next time, he'd let someone else be the hero, and he would not save a girl that was on top of a Minotaur ever again. He sat by the entrance to the Main Hall, His injured wing, amazingly didn't hurt as bad as he thought, however it wouldn't fold up the way it was supposed too. Which he didn't understand, he had never really got his wing ripped apart before. As he sat there he thought about exactly what he'd do for the rest of the day, training? No he did that throughout the whole time that nobody was here. Adrian, like very few of the people at the camp stayed here year round.

Soon, as Adrian was digging in his pocket for his pack of cigarettes he spotted a blonde duo headed in his way. He smiled, two unlikely friends he thought he'd never see again. "Veronica. Elsa" He said with a smile as the two came closer. Veronica being her natural go getter and make everyone feel better started putting some weird green stuff on his wing. At first Adrian was unsure of it and it did sting for the first few seconds, but like her warning, it did go numb eventually. He thanked her and pointed inside the mainhall, where he heard Ajax was. "There's a guy in there that might really need some of that."

Adrian got to his feet, putting his cigarettes away as he put his hand on Veronica's lower back and led her into the main hall, he found Ajax and Andy. Ajax looked awake. "Hello." He said as he entered. "This is Veronica, she has a herb mix that can help your wounds." He smiled at Veronica.
After getting back to camp, Jennova's eyes frittered open, her stomach ached from the stab wound and suddenly she felt out of her skin. Elsa, an old friend she would see every now and then, came up to her to say hello, but then told her brother that he was attractive. "Eww. Jennova muttered under her breath, as she held onto Toby's arm, she wiggled her feet out of his arms until they were on the ground. Jennova stopped herself in her tracks as she looked at Toby and smiled. "Thank you." She told him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

Jennova looked towards the Main hall, and then towards the direction that Elsa was going. "Elsa wait!" Jennova called and started to hobble in the direction towards her, leaving Toby where he stood. Once she caught up to Elsa, she grabbed Elsa's hand and dragged her to Jennova's cabin. "I'm thinking maybe some shots, loud music and I'll cook you dinner." Jennova told her friend, as she had one arm over the girls shoulder. Jennova smiled as the two walked to her cabin, it was almost in view.

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He had actually thought Alex was in the room, until he realized it was Andy. He watched her as she headed to the sink to get him a drink of water for his throat, then looked around the room so he knew where exactly they both were. It wasn't home, but it would do for now. Andy soon came back to him with the drink in her hand. She had lifted his head a little so he wouldn't choke, and he placed his hands gently over hers to steady the glass to take a much needed drink before she set it down after he was done. With a slight sigh and a lick of his lips, he rested his head back, and swallowed a little as he glanced down to his body, trying to see where his injury was under his shirt, but when he felt the coolness of cloth against him forehead, he closed his eyes for a second before reopening them onto the girl who helped him to fight through most of the night.

He remained silent for a moment as he watched her dabbing at him to keep his head cool, hoping it would sooth the head pain, then parted his lips to say, "Thank you." he said. "For staying with me to look after me. Was there anyone else? or are you going to take the credit for yourself?" he smirked.

She must of guessed from the look on his face before that he was worried where Alex was. "Your sister is fine..." She began to say, keeping the rag across his forehead, and glancing down at him with her bright green eyes. "I told her I'd watch after you. She'd worry herself sick sitting around waiting for you to wake up." She was right, She would of. "I'm surprised that you got her to leave. She's stubborn. How did you do it?" as she checked his wound, Ajax watched, ready to wince in pain if it hurt as she mentioned Daniel. So that was the answer to how she got Alex to leave his side. It wasn't that she'd choose Daniel over him, but because she knew that her brother was in good hands already. Alex had always been a good judge of character.

As she helped him get comfy again, he couldn't help but notice that she wasn't in good shape herself. "Would you like me to tell you what happened with the minotaur... and you? Or should I just go get Alex?" Ajax leaned up on his elbow this time. "I'll find Alex, but first tell me about the Minotaur, and what happened to me.." he paused a second or two. "And you.."He sat up, and gently pulled her up to her feet, lifted up the hem of her shirt, and scanned his eyes over the cuts, and bruises before looking up to her. "The Minotaur did this?"

When he heard some other voice enter the hall, Ajax placed Andy's top down, and turned his attention to Adrian before looking to the blonde he had brought with him. "Nice to meet you," he said to Veronica, then wandered towards Adrian with a limp in his walk a little. He needed to get the blood flowing back into his legs. "Thanks, man, but I'm good. Have you seen my sister?"

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Andy was slightly taken by surprise when Ajax spoke up as she tried to ease his head pains, "Thank you. For staying with me to look after me. Was there anyone else? or are you going to take the credit for yourself?" finishing it off with a smile. She hadn't seen him smile before, or actually many of the campers for that matter, but it was sweet and suited what she could sense of his personality. She couldn't help but chuckle softly at the comment, brushing back loose strands of his hair, "You're welcome," She replied, "I never claimed to take credit," she smiled, "But I was the only one who stayed with you."

When Andy mentioned his sister, he replied, "I'm surprised that you got her to leave. She's stubborn. How did you do it?" She saw the slight discomfort in his face when she said Daniel's name, "In all honesty... I don't think your sister would have left you in my hands if she didn't trust me." She shrugged her shoulders while allowing her gaze to fall to her hands, "I tend to put others before myself, and... You were nice to me earlier when I showed up at a horrible moment." She laughed softly, then added, "I promised her I'd take good care of you." She said as she slowly looked back up to meet his gaze.

Andy was almost positive that he would have wanted his sister, but he surprised her yet again by wanting her to tell him about it. "I'll find Alex, but first tell me about the Minotaur, and what happened to me.." She was happy to have a one on one conversation with someone. She felt like such an outsider but so far Alex had already seemed to like her, and she enjoyed Ajax's company, she felt she could be herself around him. After a moment he added, "And you.." He then sat up, and she began to put out her hands to stop him or steady him if he was lightheaded but he then pulled her to her feet before him. Then his hand slowly reached forward to grab the hem of her shirt and lift it. The gesture made her face flush, her heart rate rising slightly as he looked over her bruised and between torso. "The Minotaur did this?" Ajax looked up at her as he asked, her view was locked on his.

Andy was about to tell him about the Minotaur, how she extracted the poison... everything he missed but then the guy with the wings and a blonde entered the hall. When she broke eye sight with Ajax as he released the hem of her shirt, she realized that this probably looked a lot worse than it was. Guy and girl alone... guy lifting up her shirt, you get the idea. She tired not to let her face show that she was slightly disappointed the conversation was interrupted. When Ajax went to stand up and walk, Andy instinctively moved to his side to help brace him, "You should take things slow there Cowboy." Making sure she wasn't crossing personal boundaries she asked the question if she could help but just with her expression, then slowly wrapped one arm around his waist, taking his other arm and laying it over her shoulders. "You'll still be lightheaded for a bit... You don't need to pass out, fall over and get a concussion." She teased slightly, "I can take you to find her if you'd like..." She didn't want to hover or anything, she just promised to take care of him and if Alex found him passed out somewhere on camp, that wouldn't end well for her. But if he wanted to do it himself, Andy would back off without another word. She just wanted to help.

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ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤShe smiled at his chuckle. She wasn't leaving because she didn't know what else to do, or that it was awkward, it was just that she thought she did the wrong thing by kissing him too soon. Wasn't it suppose to be the guy who makes the first move? she wasn't entirely sure, but she knew she wanted to. She liked him.

"You're right, you had no right doing that. I could have a girlfriend." Alex blinked softly for a second, and raised one of her brows at him. "I doubt that. Since I got here you've been eyeing me, and flirting. If it was true that you did!? then you'd be one of those losers." She winked to him with a smirk. Alex hated when guys did that though, because if they didn't truly love her? why couldn't they just tell her the truth so she didn't have to waste her life on him, then find a guy who actually deserves her before she's too old. "If that was true? then I would of lost all respect for you." She held his hand for a second, furrowing her brows. She knew that he wasn't that type of person, for those actions were of a childish boy. Daniel was a man. She slowly let go of his hand, and began to walk off towards the hall, but kept her gaze on Daniel for a second from over her shoulder as she carried on to walk away from him. Her heart was racing just from feeling his skin against her own. It almost seemed as if he was making her tingle all over, or was she actually tingling?

ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤThe way Daniel was sometimes though, she wasn't even sure if he liked her,
ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤunless he was just playing hard to get. A Possibility.
ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤShe didn't want to leave him, but she just figured that he'd want to be alone for now.

Alex had finally reached the hall, but froze on the spot once in the room. Adrian was there, Veronica, Andy.. and her brother. He was actually awake. "AJ..!!" she clipped the blonde on the shoulder as she passed as an accident for rushing, and flung her arms around her brothers neck with hyperactive excitement. She couldn't believe it. While still hugging his tall height, she was on her tip-toes as her gaze turned to Andy with a look of gratitude as she smiled to her, then nodded her head once as a little bow for a thank you.

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Everything that Andy replied to him had made him smile. She really was such a sweet girl, and no doubt that Alex would be her slave for the next couple of days out of gratitude for saving her brother. Ajax found it odd how he was so relaxed around her, it almost caused him to open up entirely, but he had never done that, he had never shared his feelings with anyone, and in honesty!? it scared him a little.

"You should take things slow there Cowboy. You'll still be lightheaded for a bit... You don't need to pass out, fall over and get a concussion." She had teased slightly. Ajax was looking at her as she said that, and he grew a grin before looking to the halls main door, spotting his sister. "I can take you to find her if you'd like..." "No need.. she's here." he laughed as she made her way towards him so quickly, then caught her with his arms around her, and hugging her so close to him as he closed his eyes. Thank God that she was safe, and that he was recovering. "I've missed you." He heard Alex say, even if it was slightly muffled into his shoulder. "I've missed you too." Alex pulled back now, because she didn't want to hurt him.

Ajax could tell something was wrong with her though, even passed her excitement of his recovery. She was masking some of her pain. "You wanna talk about it?" He whispered to her closely so no-one else could hear, but the look she gave him said it all. She didn't want to, and not here of all places. No offense to the others. Maybe she could just speak to her brother later with it now getting late. He put his arm around her to pull her gently into his side as he turned his attention back to the other three in the room. "Okay, I think we should all call it a night, it's been a long one." He looked to Andy, and Alex slipped out of her brothers hold a second as he leaned in towards his savior that was on the other side of him, and kissed her on the cheek softly. He pulled back, and whilst looking down to her from his height, he smiled, before he walked out with Alex.

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As Wes stepped down off the porch of Trinity's cabin, hearing the woman call out to him as he left, “Wes! Thank you!” He glanced back towards the cabin, giving a salute although he knew she couldn't see him, "Welcome." He was about to head back towards his cabin, when his stomach growled. He hadn't realized how hungry he was, and he knew he had nothing in his cabin other that Coke and Beer... He totally snuck some in while everyone else was busy playing tame the monster. With a sigh, he turned his direction towards the main hall, hooking his thumbs in his belt loops as he slowly walked up the grassy hill towards the building.

Wes entered the main hall just as Ajax kissed Andy on the cheek. Obviously the dude he carried was alive and kicking, so the minotaur rider must have done something right by sucking the poison out of him. Wes shivered slightly at just the thought of tasting a blood/poison mixture. Disgusting. Wes couldn't help but take the moment to tease, "Only seems fair that now he gets to put his lips on you." He motioned towards Ajax then Andy, referring to how the girl had had her mouth all over him when she extracted the poison.

He wormed his way passed everyone to begin searching cabinets for food, grabbing more than enough to make himself a sandwich. While he found the ingredients he needed, Ajax, Alex left, followed by Andy shortly after. As he began preparing some of the food, he glanced over his shoulder slightly seeing another blonde that must have arrived at camp while he was in his cabin. He grinned towards the beauty as he finished up his meal, leaning against the counter as he took a bite, "Well are you easy on the eyes," He winked towards Veronica as he took another large bite. After finishing the sandwich, Wes walked past the blonde, sending her a flirty smile before he exited the main hall and headed back to his cabin.

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Andy looked towards the door when Ajax said, "No need.. she's here." Seeing Alex just about sprint towards her brother, Andy quickly slipped her arm from around his waist, dodging the girl just before she met her brother in a hug. As they hugged, Alex glanced towards her with a happy smile. She returned the smile with a nod in a silent "you're welcome." Ajax spoke up, "Okay, I think we should all call it a night, it's been a long one."Andy was about to head out, seeing as how she was no longer needed now that Alex was there, when she felt Ajax's lips against her cheek. It took her by surprise, causing her to blush slightly as she looked to see him smiling down towards her. Not paying attention to the entrance, she didn't hear Wes enter. Her gaze quickly adverted when she heard Wes say, "Only seems fair that now he gets to put his lips on you."

If Andy was blushing before, her face was bright red now. She brought her hand up to scratch her head, making her way towards the door, she figured Alex would catch her brother up with everything he missed. She glanced over her shoulder towards them both, "You should catch him up... Just don't make me seem like some amazing hero." She chuckled then added, "I'll find you in the morning to check on your wound," She pointed towards his abdomen, before slipping out of the main hall.

Heading out to find her cabin, Andy began to head in the general direction where she saw some of the other campers must have been going. She figured that maybe they were going to the cabins, but she stopped when she saw Daniel. She had been trying to talk to him several times since she'd been there, and seeing as how he was alone she jogged over to him, hoping they'd get a chance to talk. "Hey! Daniel!" She called out to him before closing the distance. Once she was before him, she realized she didn't really know what to say, "Ummm... Know where the Hecate cabins are?" She said with a chuckle, raising a brow towards him.

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ᆤᆤᆤᆤᆤBoth Alex, and Ajax smiled at Wes's comment before they were completely outside, but Alex slowed down a moment to catch what Andy was saying to her, and chuckled. "Not promising anything." she joked with a wink, and Ajax nodded to Andy about seeing him in the morning about his wound. As they both headed to their camp, Alex began to fill him in on everything that he had missed since he had been stuck in the underworld for a bit, and then accidentally poisoned. "I tried to just slow it down, but.. it only made things worse." Alex had a tendency to blame herself for a lot of things, especially when others could of been killed. She was being too hard on herself though, she knew that. Everyone was still in training, so no-one could blame her for her bravery. At least she was the first one to try to defuse the situation a little. No-one had thanked her for at least giving it a shot, but oh well. Everyone was still breathing, so that was good.

She kicked a small stone out of her path whilst heading through the dark woods with her brother, and soon arrived at their Cabin which was high in the treetops. They both smiled at each other, and tried to kick off the ground faster than the other one before taking flight, and landing right on the wooden porch where it was glowing a soft orange red from the little lamps that hung by the front door. "Do you ever wonder what it would be like to get the chance to actually visit Dad like Hades's offspring's can to the Underworld?" "No, and I don't think I'd even want to. Let's get inside though, okay? it's getting cold." he went to go inside, but she stopped him, causing him to take one small step back with his eyes on her. Alex knew it wasn't the cold that he wanted to avoid, it was the conversation about their father.

"Wait.. why do you hate him so much? he explained everything to us."
"Al, not tonight, okay? I'm getting tired, and I need to rest with what happened." he knew why she was bringing their father up though, because she was missing him. The storm that lingered around camp had reminded her of him. "You're right, I'm sorry. I just.. I need him. I need to see him." He cupped the back of her neck with his right hand, causing her to close her eyes as he kissed her forehead. "We'll talk more in the morning. I promise. Don't think too much on it." He went inside then, leaving Alex by herself leaning against a wooden post. She was lost in her own thoughts. Tomorrow was going to be better, she was going to make damn sure of that.

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Once he got inside, he headed to the closet in his room, and pulled out one of the thick fleece blankets off of the shelf. He knew his sister too well, so he knew that she wasn't going to be able to sleep until she had sorted out her head, and put herself at peace for the night. So with the blanket, he headed back out, and placed the blanket it around her, causing her to look at him with a smile. He always looked after her. "I don't want you catching a cold." Alex took one corner of it in her hand as he wrapped it around her gently, making sure that she was properly covered up. Ajax knew she could of just started a fire in the fire pit that close by, but he thought a blanket would just be more comforting with how she was feeling.

"Don't stay up too late okay? we got another long day tomorrow. I'm going to be training you myself for a bit, and maybe someone can help if they can." Alex was excited about tomorrow for sure, even in this mood she was in for the time being. Least it gave her something to look forward to. It was good to be here at camp in general, but now that Ajax was alright again, it was even better. She felt much safer with having her big brother by her side. With her now holding the blanket around herself, and wrapping it tightly around her frame with her arms underneath it also, she looked back slightly over her shoulder as her brother headed back inside.

"...Thanks for the blanket." Ajax heard her say as he paused in the door way, and smiled to her. "Remember, not too late." Alex nodded, then Ajax vanished inside to get himself to bed. Alex loved it out here. The camp was dark, but you could see everyone's light at their cabins, and even at the lake where Poseidon's daughter was. Whilst leaning her head on the post with her shoulder, Alex drifted through her thoughts in silence as her eyes took in breathtaking sights of the night. She was a fool for coming on so strongly with Daniel before, but she wasn't going to apologize for it. Not this time. Good thing about it, was he did actually get to kiss her back.

Now Ajax was in bed, he lay with just his boxers on with one arm up and behind his head with his muscles tensing slightly as he moved to get a bit more comfortable on his back. He let out a sigh, closed his eyes, and just lay there waiting for sleep to take him.

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Wes rubbed his abdomen as he made his way back towards his cabin. He saw the bull rider now with the dude that is her brother? He thinks at least. Wes is still trying to figure out names and whatever else. It'd be awhile before he got down relationships too. Either way they were somewhat walking in the same direction he was but he wasn't in the mood to harass other people. If anything he was exhausted, trying to help people wore him out. It wasn't something that he did very often, and then the sandwich on top of that just made the thought of sleep that much more appealing. He assumed that training would begin tomorrow, something he wasn't looking forward too but it was a necessary evil at this place.

Making his way up the spiral staircase to his cabin, Wes opened the door and then closed it before stretching. As then made his way up the staircase that lead to his bedroom, he began to unbutton and unzip his pants. As he entered the closet, he kicked his pants off, sending them flying across his room until they caught an armrest of a chair, leaving him standing there in only his boxers. With a yawn he trudged towards his bed, flopping down on his stomach upon the soft mattress. And within moments he was sound asleep.

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When Andy first saw her brother turn around, his expression made it seem like he was less than thrilled to see her, but it quickly faded before he said, "Andy! Hi!" She smiled towards him as she closed the distance towards him, and began to walk in the same direction he did as he answered her question, "Wherever you want, sis, the perk of being Hecate's kid. But my one is...well, I'll show you" She chuckled slightly before hooking her arm in his, walking with him like those weird kids you'd see in High School. "I always forget that I can do that. I haven't really gotten the chance to use my abilities that much... Only thing I ever used regularly was talking to ghosts." She looked over at him, wondering if they even looked at all related. They were only half siblings after all, but she guessed they might in the tiniest bit, Thanks. I have absolutely no idea where anything is around here, definitely out of my element."

"So, heck of a first day, huh? Jumping on a minotaur and not looking back. Then treating a poisoned Zeus kid." He said with a laugh. Andy chuckled as well before replying, "It's all in a day's work. I mean, I don't know about you but my day is never truly fulfilled until I've wrangled a Minotaur," She leaned in to whisper as if almost a secret, "It's a hobby of mine." She couldn't keep up the charade long before laughing. Then the laugh quickly faded as her brows furrowed, "Wait!" She looked over at him, "Who did I threaten!?" She assumed he was pulling her leg, Hecate kids had a knack for teasing others. Or maybe she did, she couldn't remember. She quickly realized he must have been joking, shoving him with her shoulder, "You jerk!"

Andy could tell that it was going to be fun and a pain in the ass having a brother. But she was thankful non the less. She couldn't predict how their relationship would be, but she assumed it'd be more teasing and goofing off rather than anything. Definitely a lot different that Ajax and Alex's relationship. After all Andy and Daniel didn't grow up together, and just found out their siblings not long ago but she did feel connected to him. Which also meant, that she'd worry about him as well. He was now a weakness... Although she always put others before her, this was different.

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Andy couldn't help but laugh at their conversation about the minotaur when Daniel said, "Oh, is that what it was? I mistook it for being beaten by a minotaur, Though, I'm sure you're both going to sleep sore tonight." Grabbing the hem of her shirt, she lifted it enough to show her brother her purple and blue abdomen, and scratches, "Oh you have no idea... I'll be lucky if I sleep at all." She let out a weak smile before releasing the edge of her shirt, letting it to fall to her waist. Andy got a chance to sleep a little as she was watching over Ajax, but it definitely wasn't peaceful or restful. She definitely had a feeling that if she slept at all, it'd be a restless night for her. She ran a hand through her hair, "I should stop being a hero, I'm better at being invisible." She laughed.

Andy was taken by surprise when Daniel asked, "Isn't it kind of sad that you use the ability to talk to ghosts regularly?" She never really though about it, maybe it was. She scratched the back of her head, glancing down at her feet, Well... I was kinda the odd one out when I was growing up. Being an army brat, there was only a few other kids like me who traveled around with the Marines. See my father was the Marine Lieutenant so we were constantly traveling and what not. But when I was about 10 or so that's when I started realizing I was different, and the other kids were scared of me. I had these 3 imaginary friends though, Jonathan, Serena and Mandella, or at least I thought they were. I just assumed I was going crazy because I could see people others couldn't see and I could do weird things with my mind. I didn't know until Hecate... er Mom, visited me for the first time about a month ago that they were actually ghosts. I mean they aren't much different than talking to a person who's alive, and they actually are good friends of mine." She didn't realize until after she said it, how weird that all probably sounded. "They can't materialize on Camp though, too many protection enchantments and what not." Andy shocked herself at how easily she opened up to Daniel, she couldn't put a finger on it as to why she did. She guessed it was because he was her brother, and she was just able to trust him very easily. She had never told anyone those things about herself but she figured if anyone could understand or relate it'd be him.

When Andy's eyes set upon Daniel's cabin, she nearly choked on air, "Subtle." As they neared it, he said "You can shoot up stairs and see if you can spot yours. Usually Ajax does the newbie touring, otherwise you can take a spare bedroom or couch and we can find yours tomorrow." She smiled towards him, "Thanks. But I'd like to think that I am capable of spotting a cabin." She chuckled as she watched him search for his keys before stating, "Apparently not all demi-gods have a sense of humor." He finally opened the door, and stepped aside to allow her to enter his cabin. She slowly stepped in looking around until she found a staircase that lead upstairs, looking around until she found a balcony and stepped outside onto it. She assumed her brother had followed, glancing over her shoulder towards him, "Nice view," Looking out she searched until she saw her cabin, it was pretty far away, which shocked her, "Just a hop and a skip away."

She wasn't good at this whole illusion/witchcraft aspect of being a spawn of Hecate but she knew enough to move and conjure up a better cabin, she thinks. At first she just wiggled her fingers like an overly dramatic witch in a crappy movie, before laughing and trying to be serious. Her brows furrowed while she held her hands out, closing her eyes as she tried to focus. She probably looked retarded to her brother who's probably perfected this part of his skill. But thankfully her cabin disappeared, then reappeared about a quarter of a mile away from Daniel's in thicket of the forest, also created a trail that leads to the main area of camp and another leading to his cabin. Originally the cabin was grand, not as big as Daniel's but when it shift her cabin was now a small simple cabin which suites her perfectly. "Not as luxurious as yours Broski, but I like it." She grinned towards him. She knew it was getting late, and as much as she'd love standing her and catching up with him all night they both need some sleep, especially her.

Andy stepped towards him, wrapping her arms around him in a gentle hug, "I'm glad I have a brother." She stepped back, letting her hands rest on his shoulders, "Maybe tomorrow you could show me some of your magic stuff and I could show you... Something that I know how to do and you don't." She laughed not knowing what that was yet, but she was sure there was something. "Good night Danny." She smirked at the nickname before exiting his cabin and heading to her own.

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Upon entering her cabin, Andy kicked off her shoes and undressed down to a sports bra and spanx. With a sigh, she walked over to the mirror taking in a full view of her beaten body, "Gods I look like the wrong end of a Smurf." She turned away from the mirror, making her way to her bed, slowly and carefully laying back on the bed. Wincing and tensing at every movement. Once she was finally in a somewhat comfortable laying position, she attempted to catch some Z's. But spent most of the night staring out the windows at the woods.

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Andy couldn't sleep a wink. She didn't know if it was because of the ever growing soreness from her beaten and bruised abdomen or just from the overwhelming day she had her first night being on campus. It definitely was a lot to take in, but she'd be lying if she said she wasn't exhausted, so she assumed it was her aching body. Once she saw a glimmer of dawn's sunlight peak through the tree tops around her cabin, she sprung out of bed. She took a quick shower, although she knew she'd need another one when she got back to her cabin later but she felt disgusting after yesterday's activities.

After exiting the shower, Andy quickly got dressed, putting on yoga pants, a sports bra and some sneakers. Making her way over to the mirror, she tied her hair back out of her face before sighing at the sight of her stomach. Upon exiting her cabin, she grabbed a hoodie and tied it around her waist, deciding she might to put it on later to hide her nasty bruises. It was still rather dark out, couldn't be any later that 5:30am but she didn't mind it as she made her way to the open grassy fields in the main area of camp. When she arrived to a flatter area of grass, Andy began to stretch and begin to do a little yoga. She'd be lying if she said it didn't hurt, many of the poses or stretches bringing a tear or 2 trickling down her cheek. But she held the poses and stretches, determined to push past the pain and loosen her body so that she could handle training later.

She must have done that for at least an hour because by the time she finished there was enough light outside to navigate through the woods. Taking advantage of the light, Andy decided she would take a jog throughout the forest and around all the cabins. She figured it would help get her bearings of this new place, plus she might stumble upon Ajax so she could follow up on his wound. She thought about telling him he shouldn't train today, but the thought just made her laugh because he seemed about as stubborn as she is... Plus that'd be hypocritical telling someone to rest when she herself was up working out before most.

As Andy began her jog throughout the forest, she must have only been running for about 10 minutes when she rounded a corner near a cabin just as Wes exited right in front of her. Taken by surprise, Andy slammed into him, knocking them both over onto the gravel path. Of course she landed on top of him, catching herself from completely body slamming into him on the ground by holding her weight with her hands on either side of his head stopping. "Well that escalated quickly." He winked up at her while placing his hands on her hips. She snorted with distaste while she pushed off the ground, standing up and dusting her pants off. Wes followed after her, also moving to his feet, "That doesn't look good." He pointed to her abdomen like a dumbfounded idiot.

"Even a son of Aphrodite would look like shit after playing Minotaur tamer." Andy placed her hands on her hips while she tried to catch her breath, her skinned glistening with sweat from her jog. "What do you want?" She said with slight aggravation that he interrupted her run. She knew he didn't come out of his cabin at that moment just by chance. He was looking right at her when they collided.

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The sunlight pouring in through his windows woke him from his deep slumber more abruptly than it usually would. He wasn't used to being somewhere where sunlight actually had the possibility of waking him up. He rolled over to look at the clock groaning with aggravation when it read 7:03am. "Nooo! Body why!?" He said over dramatically to himself. He knew that no matter how much he tried to go back to sleep, he wouldn't be able to now. With a whine, he moved his lethargic up off his bed, and shuffled into the shower. He probably stood under the waterfall of steaming water for at least 30 minutes, allowing it fully wake him up. Something about showers was therapeutic for him.After getting out of the shower, he went over to his closet to get dressed. He wanted to wear jeans and whatever else he usually wore, but he knew that this stupid camp would probably have him doing some training BS. So with a sigh, he pulled on basketball shorts, a wife beater and sneakers.

Stepping outside, he saw the fiery brunette that wrangles the Minotaur running on the path, circling past his cabin. With a smirk, he bounced down his staircase, inadvertently causing her to slam into him and send them both to the ground. He chuckled as he looked up at her make a snide comment, "Well that escalated quickly." As he stood up he couldn't help but notice the bruises and cuts that covered her stomach, "That doesn't look good." "Even a son of Aphrodite would look like shit after playing Minotaur tamer." He laughed at her sarcasm, he liked it. She then added, "What do you want?"

With that, Wes reached behind his back, grabbing her dagger that he had since the other night. She was too wrapped up the prior night to think about or remember to get it after the tussle with the Minotaur. But he assumed it was probably something she didn't want to loose. Andy took a step towards him with a smile, reaching out to taking the dagger, then tucked it into the back of her pants. "Thanks, uhh...?" She snapped her finger while pointing at him, trying to remember if she knew his name. "Wes... name's Wes." He interrupted, trying to stop her from straining herself too much. She nodded her head towards him with a slight smile as she began to back towards the path, "Well Wes, I gotta run." She laughed weakly at her own pun, before motioning towards the other cabins, "Gotta find Ajax."

She began to run off down the path, turning to face him while jogging backwards, "It's Andy by the way." She then spun around and disappeared into the forest. Wes sighed, rocking on his heels before clapping his hands together, "Guess... I should go train, er something." He grunted to himself before making his way in the opposite direction that Andy went, heading towards the main part of camp.

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Alex was still impressed by Daniel's romantic/cute little gesture. No guy had ever done this type of stuff for her, so she liked him even more for taking up his own time to perform like that for her. She felt like the luckiest Demigod on camp. She didn't notice Andy going to her Cabin's door, her mind was set on Hecate's son who was grinning at her. His nervousness didn't go unnoticed next to her confidence, so she gently touched his arm a little in hopes to reassure him that it was okay. He didn't need to be hugely charming or anything, she wanted him to be himself around her. His question made her grin again. Of course she'd go to breakfast with him, the two of them could then spend a little more time together, get to know each other a bit better over some scrambled eggs maybe? Her stomach was now growling. Hopefully he didn't hear it, but it was pretty loud as she placed the palm of her hand to her stomach. "Absolutely."

"Come on" with the smile he gave, and that head gesture of his!? She could of melted there and then. Why was she acting like a hormonal teen? - anyway, she sprung into a walk with him excitedly, keeping beside him as they headed towards the main hall with a little skip to her steps a couple of paces, but relaxed as she began to walk like a normal person. She wasn't embarrassed though, she just found her behavior odd.. even for her.

Training was soon, and Alex could not wait to get started. She wanted Daniel to help her if he had time, but for now!? they'd focus on getting something to eat, and worry about training later on. "Thank you," she said to him, holding her fingers in her hand that was wrapped around them. It was a little chilly this morning. "It was really sweet of you to do that for me, Daniel." She kissed his cheek once before walking beside him with a smile.

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He had sorted out everything with Ajax before he walked out of the door that had been knocked on, causing Ajax's friend to pause out the door. "Oh, hey.. Jax, you got a lady out here who wants to see you I think." Jason smiled to her before heading off back to camp.

Ajax now came to the door, leaning against the frame with his shoulder, and folding both of his arms as he smiled at his visitor. He remembered that she was going to come check on him, but he was feeling fine. "Hey, you want something to drink?" he thought he'd ask. It was only polite seeing as she had made her way to this Cabin, which seemed to be quite a trek from her own. He was still grateful from her saving her life, so what-ever she needed him for today? he'd gladly accept, but he needed to train his sister a little first. "Or maybe some breakfast?" while he waited for Andy to answer him, he looked to where he thought his sister was with Daniel, but the both of them had left. Hopefully they were at camp grabbing something to eat, and nothing else. No, Alex wasn't like that, she wasn't easy like other girls that Ajax had met. He hated women who threw themselves at any, or every man. He turned his attention back to Andy within seconds of glancing over there.
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Wes made his way to the main hall just as the dude with wings walked past him and headed towards the lake. He would have said hi or something but the guy seemed preoccupied. As he made his way inside, his face light up with excitement as he saw all the food that had been prepared. Not being shy, he made his way over to the pancakes, rubbing his hands together while licking his lips. "Come to Daddy." He whispered to himself as he prepared himself a heaping plate of pancakes and bacon, and then smothered everything in syrup. He was going to go take a seat where gloomy and gloomier sat but they seemed kinda focused on something important, and he wasn't in the mood to deal with that. So instead he made his way over to an empty table, setting his plate down.

As he was about to take a seat he saw Trinity enter and begin to make herself a bowl of cereal. Finally, someone I know. He thought to himself. "Hey blondie!" He called out towards her once she had finished preparing her food, motioning for her to come sit with him as he smiled towards her. Wes hated eating alone and he figured maybe she'd come at least join him compared to the darkness twins at the other table. He then took a seat, assuming she'd come over and began to chow down on his mountain of food.

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Andy glanced over her shoulder in the direction of the lovers as they headed towards the main hall. She couldn't help but smile. Smile at how cute they are and at how much hell she's going to give her brother later. When she looked back towards the door, she was taken by surprise when a guy she hadn't seen before opened the door, causing her to falter back a step or 2. "Am I... at the wrong cabin?" She raised a brow curiously, feeling her cheeks flush slightly. That'd be her luck to end up at the wrong cabin and embarrass the crap out of herself. But the guy shouted back into the cabin, "Oh, hey.. Jax, you got a lady out here who wants to see you I think." She sighed a breath of relief when she heard the guy say that, smiling back towards him before he headed down the porch and left. She would have tried to introduce herself or something but she felt this whole situation took an awkward twist so instead she just let him walk off.

Andy glanced back towards the door to see Ajax propped in the door way. She couldn't help but smile back up towards him when she saw his smile. He then asked her, "Hey, you want something to drink? Or maybe some breakfast?" She was glad he asked, because she did forget a bottle when she went for a job, "Do you mind if I have a quick glass of water? I've been up working out and jogging for almost 2 hours and forgot to grab one." She laughed softly, "Then we can grab some breakfast... That's if you're hungry. Or you can go with your sister and Daniel." She motioned over her shoulder with her thumb. She was rambling, she wanted to tell herself to shut up. So she just finished it off with an innocent smile while glancing him over slightly. He looked pretty good for just about dying from poison and a stab wound. Andy was jealous, half wishing she was stabbed instead of thrown off a Minotaur. Then maybe she could have slept through the night and not be sore with every movement she made.

"Do you mind if I have a quick glass of water? I've been up working out and jogging for almost 2 hours and forgot to grab one." She laughed softly, "Then we can grab some breakfast... That's if you're hungry. Or you can go with your sister and Daniel." He smiled still, but looked off slightly as he parted his lips to answer her, as if he was pondering on what he wanted to actually do. "No, definitely not allowed to have water.. and I think I'll go with them.." he pointed his finger in the direction of Daniel, and his sister, pretending to just about walk off from Andy, but laughed a little as he bumped his shoulder lightly into hers. "Of course you can." He motioned his head for her to go inside before him. He was a gentleman like that when he truly wanted to be. "Definitely can go for breakfast. I'm starving." and he really was because his stomach was forming its own earthquake.

Even though he had been at this camp for some time before the others, it still somehow felt like he had only gotten here just yesterday. Everyone that he had met so far, had been fairly nice people. Especially Andy. Of course there was going to be the odd one or two that people didn't like, and Ajax wouldn't hate of them behind their backs. He'd tell them to their face if there was an issue with someone else, but there wasn't because everyone kept themselves to themselves for the most part, and helped each other when needed.

The Minotaur that Andy had ridden, and that Ajax had missed, was going to be the talk of the camp for a while until they all find something to move onto. Tonight was going to be different for everyone, because they weren't going to go to bed {if they didn't want to }, the camp was going to have a large campfire that they could sit around with beers, or what ever they wanted to drink, food, and plenty of music for this type of party. They could tell each other stories, or ghost stories. Some might think it's lame, but Ajax was going to attend it anyway. He wanted to hear some stories that others would be conjuring up with some luck.
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Wes smiled towards her while he's cheeks made him look like a chipmunk as she took a seat across from him. He didn't know if she'd sit with him or not but he was glad she did. Who likes eating alone? He chuckled at her, "Hey cupid." But when she asked the next question, he froze mid action, holding a fork full of pancakes, dripping with syrup only a few inches from his face, "Ummm... Last night after I saw Jason with you." He made an overly cheesy grin before shoving the food in his face. He was probably the most un-gentleman like person right now but he was hungry. He was hungry a lot. Wes credited to the fact that he's over 6 feet tall and pretty muscular, so his body needed the extra fuel. The whole thought made him wonder if Aphrodite kids could even get fat. It's not like he's met any other Aphrodite kids to know, but he assumed they probably all looked like models or something. The thought made him tilt his head in curiosity but he shook it off, taking another bite.

When he was finished eating, Trinity asked him another question, "So seeing as I know virtually nothing about Aphrodite or her offsprings powers, what's it like?" Wes wiped the syrup from his mouth onto a napkin as he thought of a response. "Well we can control like love emotions or whatever you call it... So if I wanted you Mrs. Gloomy over there to kiss," He motioned his thumb over his shoulder towards Jennova, "I could get you guys to have strong feelings for each other or whatever." He chugged down a glass of water before adding, "Or I could just make you guys so horny for each other you can't control it." He smirked raising his brows. But then he waved it off with his hand, "As much as it can be fun, I honestly try not to use it very often. The only time I ever use it is when.... Uh let me think of an example here," He rubbed his temples for a moment as he thought, "Like when I see 2 people who obviously like each other but neither one has the courage to do anything about it... I'll give it a nudge." He made a little shoving motion with his shoulder as he said nudge.

After a long pause, he rested his crossed arms on the table adding one final statement, "Even being the son of Aphrodite... I think love shouldn't be forced. It should be natural with all it's flaws."

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Andy's jaw dropped slightly when she heard Ajax say, "No, definitely not allowed to have water.. and I think I'll go with them.." Although she was surprised at the response, she wasn't going to stop him or anything. Probably just stand there for 5 more minutes flabbergasted. But when he went to pass her and bumped her shoulder with his own, she glanced over and saw his smile. Her surprise immediately faded when she saw he was teasing. She couldn't help chuckle, then playfully poke his chest with her right index finger, "You jerk!" She laughed softly. He motioned for her to enter his cabin while saying, "Of course you can. Definitely can go for breakfast. I'm starving." "Thanks." She responded, following him inside his cabin.

Andy followed him through his cabin, looking around at the giant place. Was she the only person who elected to have a tiny cabin? She guessed so. Andy was such a simple and plain person that she wouldn't know what to do with all of this. But, she glanced back down towards Ajax before her, it suited him. It suited a lot of people here actually. When they reached the kitchen, she gently reached out to grab his upped right arm, turning him to face her. "I still need to check that." She pointed down to where the stab wound was. With that being said, she squatted down before him. Using her left hand, she grabbed the edge of his shirt and raised it high enough for her to see the wound. Her brows furrowed as she took in the site of the cut. It barely looked like he had been stabbed, just a deep cut and it was already scabbed over. She raised her right hand to gently brush her fingertips along the wound, "Amazing," She whispered.

Andy glanced up at him before slowly releasing his shirt and standing back up before him. "Now I wish that I had been stabbed instead playing Let's tame the Minotaur." She shook her head, laughing slightly. She rested her left hand on the counter in the kitchen, "Maybe then I would have actually slept." She gave Ajax a weak smile, while subconsciously bringing a hand up to rub her sore ribs.

She had been so caught up in the moment with Daniel, that she didn't see Adrian until the last minute. "Good morning you two, I hope your night was better than your day." she accidentally crashed into him, and blinked to see who she was focusing on with her eyes. "Oh hey, Adrian.. sorry I didn't notice you, or hear you." She chuckled, stepping back a little to give him some space, and remaining with Daniel who { for now } seemed a little quiet. "Daniel and I are just heading to get some breakfast.." she motioned her head lightly towards the main hall.

Today was going to be fun, because Alex really was looking forward to training with her brother. The both of them were a fair match, because they couldn't be effected by their bolts of charged lightening. "We're probably then going to do some training later. You teaming up with anyone?" Alex had to make sure, because she didn't like leaving anyone out, she didn't like leaving someone on their own unless she didn't like them. Like David for instance.

The Son of Hades was hers, and Ajax's rival, and she didn't trust him one bit, even if that idiot was handsome as hell. Daniel was better though.. much better. Fair enough, David tamed the Minotaur, give him a golden star.. but his father, and him, probably wanted her own Father dead. Alex wasn't going to let that happen. For many decades Zeus had been the King of the Gods, and everyone in mount Olympus was loyal to him, and would be until the very end, so even if Hades did manage to take the golden throne!? no-one would follow him unless it was out of fear. Hecate lived in the underworld, but she was the only one that could visit Mount Olympus. Zeus trusted her, and her only from that place.

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"You Jerk!" They both laughed, and headed inside together after she said thank you for allowing her to get the water that she needed. He wished he had gone for his own Jog, but he'd do it tonight instead so it could help him sleep. This place was a little big, but what would anyone expect from Zeus's children? - he smiled as he watched Andy take in his cabin. He could tell by the look on her face that she wasn't used to seeing so much space, but no doubt her own was adorable and suited her well.

Ajax led the way into the kitchen, headed to the tall black and chromed fridge, and grabbed a bottle of water out of it for her. He always kept them in there to keep them cool. Cold water was always refreshing after anything. He was just about to hand the bottle to her, but she addressed his injury. "I still need to check that." she told him, causing him to look down to where she was pointing. He had almost forgotten about it.

Andy now crouched down, and began to lift up his flannel shirt to take a look at the now scabbed over deep cut. It didn't hurt anymore. "Amazing." Was her comment, and he chuckled. "Me, or the healing process?" he teased lightly.

She let go of his shirt, and stood back up before resting her hand on the counter. Ajax just adjusted his flannel a little more with his free hand as he listened to her, licking at his dry lips. "Now I wish that I had been stabbed instead playing Let's tame the Minotaur. Maybe then I would have actually slept." Ajax was now wishing he had been around to protect her. He knew his sister was trying to help at the time, but Ajax would of dealt with it a different way. He handed the bottle to her. "I think I have an ice pack.. could take any possible swelling down, and also numb the pain for you while you're healing." he suggested with wanting to help her. He knew exactly how she felt because he had been through something similar, but it wasn't a Minotaur.
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Andy rolled her eyes when Ajax replied to her comment with, "Me, or the healing process?" Best I don't answer that question, she thought to herself. When he held out the ice cold bottle of water, she didn't hesitate to reach out and take it in her hand. Opening it, she brought it to her lips, taking a long couple of chugs as he spoke, "I think I have an ice pack.. could take any possible swelling down, and also numb the pain for you while you're healing." She retracted the bottle from her lips, twisting the cap back on top. She smiled towards him, appreciating the offer. She knew he was just trying to help her out, and she appreciated it.

Andy held the bottle out towards him, offering him a drink while also simultaneously asking him to hold it for her. "Actually," she stated once she was free of the bottle, "I didn't really notice until I was doing yoga earlier..." She caught his gaze and put her hands up in a surrendering manner, "It loosens the muscles, ok?" She laughed, then started to unzip her hoodie. "I think I have a dislocated rib." Once her jacket was unzipped, she pulled it off and set it on the counter. She stepped closer towards him so that her right side was facing him. Raising her right arm over her head with a slight wince, she then pointed towards the rib. "Right there... Could you pop it back into place?" Andy was being serious. Honestly most of her pain was coming from that little sucker. Sure bruises are sore, but that's no big deal... She can handle bruises. But a dislocated rib has the potential to be dangerous.

Andy was stubborn, and with or without this rib in its appropriate place, she was going to practice today. Plus she figured out of everyone on camp, he'd probably be the one that wouldn't be a wuss about popping her rib in place. She's had a few dislocated shoulders before and also helped pop shoulders back in place as well. It's a loud noise and a weird sensation feeling that under your hands. So she could understand why it bothers most people. Plus she didn't want to worry anyone. And the only person she could think of asking was Daniel... And even though she hadn't known him very long, she could only assume it'd be followed by some lecture about how she should rest for the day. Andy looked up at Ajax dead in the eyes, nodding her head while speaking softly, "Just do it Jax..." She wasn't saying it to be bossy, but to reassure him that she would be ok. She reached up with her left hand, holding her right arm over her held while bracing her feet on the ground so she didn't fall over from the force against her ribs.

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Wes had to fight the urge to bust out in laughter when he saw Trinity's whole demeanor change when he mentioned that he could make her and Jennova want to be all over each other. He wouldn't do it... But he could. Still, the sight of seeing her become extremely uncomfortable before him and nearly choke on his cereal was definitely an interesting sight to see. He couldn't help but smile and wink at her before he cracked up. She seemed to slowly begin to calm down when he explained when he truly uses it. If he wanted to watch 2 chicks go at each other he'd watch porn, he wouldn't make innocent people do that. He wasn't that much of a dick. He couldn't help but chuckle at her comment though, "Blast, So I guess you need a new nickname then."

Wes grinned, "I guess you do. Or you could call me Wes," He raised his brows slightly, "But nicknames are so much more fun." He noticed that Trinity tensed up when Daniel entered the hall. He had nearly forgotten the whole Jason thing that happened the night before. She mentioned something about a Hecate kind... Was that him? "Oh!" The loud bang from her fist on the table startled the shit out of him, "What the f-" She asked, "Could you make enemies fall in love? But have it one sided, so when they get close, they're at utter disadvantage and easy kills?" Then sat there waiting his answer a little too eagerly. Now he felt uncomfortable as he shifted in his seat and twiddled his fingers, "Uh... I don't see why not. But I don't how many people I can effect at once." He used his hands to speak, "If we're talking a battle or something."

The eye roll of hers didn't go unnoticed, so he just smirked softly. He took the bottle back from her, and held it in his hand for a second before placing it down on the counter. He definitely didn't agree with her doing yoga in her condition, and when she showed him her rib, Ajax looked at it and placed his hands in that general area carefully while examining it for a moment. It was definitely dislocated. This type of stuff never made him squeamish, but if Alex was asked to do it? she might a little, even if she was as brave as her big brother.

"Alright, on the count of three. One.. two.." He hadn't even reached three when he popped that pesky little thing back into place, because he didn't want her anticipating the pain too much. Once he heard it pop and shift back in, he caught her quickly so she wouldn't fall, and looked her over for a brief moment. "Better?" He asked her gently. Hopefully she was going to heal a lot better now. He slowly placed her top down for her as he didn't like looking at the color of her injured skin. Minotaur's are grumpy, unpredictable beasts. He had a run in with one many years back when he first got to the camp with the others who had been here before.

"We had a Minotaur on camp once before as they just tend to wander in by accident, but one Demigod wasn't so lucky." He swallowed, thinking back to what they were like as a person. "She was a nice girl, Daughter of Athena. She tried to help like you guys, but the Minotaur managed to hit her with so much force!? that it's broke her neck, and.. spine." He didn't have to tell her about it, but he found it a bit comfortable to open up to her. "I was dating her at the time." and that was one of the reasons why he was so protective of Alex. He was scared of losing her. He knew that he got over protective sometimes, but he just wanted to make sure that his little sister didn't wander off too far out of his protection. If he lost her!? then he'd be lost too. "Someone really should put up some spell where they can't cross the invincible barrier."

He hugged her back, and regretted talking about it; because all he wanted to do now!? was avoid anymore memories slipping back in where they weren't wanted. Steering his attention away from his dead ex-girlfriend, Ajax smiled to her a little. "We should head to camp and get some food. We'll figure something out with the barrier." He didn't doubt that. Andy was probably right, Hecate's offspring's were probably the only ones capable of tampering with the barrier, but they had to be careful not to make the wrong spell. It would wipe out the entire barrier, allowing anything, and everything to just stroll on in. Even Mortals. "I don't know about you, but I can't concentrate when I'm hungry." he chuckled. He motioned his head to the door. "Race you to the main hall?" he challenged.

Now he could cheat by either flying, or moving at lightening speed, but he couldn't do that to her. Maybe he would a little, but not too far just to tease her. He remembered racing with Alex when she was younger, causing her to have an accident that Ajax blamed himself for. "Don't be silly, AJ, accidents happen. She tripped, that's all." his mother would reassure him as she placed a band-aid on his little sister's wound. He was definitely protective of her then, and protective of her now.

He assumed that Andy was behind him when he headed out, and was soon running off to hide somewhere. She'd think that he had left her, but he was no more than a few feet ahead of her, waiting for her to make her way towards him.

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Alex was still talking to Adrian, but she excused herself from him. Sorry, I.. gotta go." She pointed her thumb back over her shoulder towards the main hall. "I'm really hungry.. bye for now." she gave him one hug, and then headed off to the hall where she saw the others going about their morning, and Daniel sitting on his own for the time being. She grabbed a bowl of cereal, poured in the milk, grabbed a spoon, then sat with him while happily filling her stomach that was aching with how hungry she was. She had fallen sick too, but it would pass once she's full. "Sorry about that, Daniel.." She said softly after swallowing. "any plans for today?" luckily she had come to the hall, because no doubt her brother would be here shortly, and he'd be worrying about if Daniel had lost her which would be stupid, because why would Daniel lose her?

As she consumed the rest of her cereal, she glanced around the hall. Wes and Trinity were happily flirting with each other, David and Jennova were discussing something that she couldn't hear, and neither did she want to because it was probably something to do with their father. Alex hated him because Hades had always tried his best to gain Zeus's throne, and he wasn't going to rest until he accomplishes his mission. Over my dead body.

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Thoughts: #FF0000
Speech: #CC0000
Location:
Cabin-->Training Area-->Cabin-->Kitchen

Melissa had gotten onto campus in the middle of the previous night, some time after everyone had gone to sleep. After spending the night unpacking the few things she hadn't left at her cabin the previous year and getting Shadow, Demon, and Rage settled in Melissa had left long before dawn. Being an insomniac Melissa didn't get much sleep and so, while the sun began to rise she was in the training room beating the crap out of various dummies and punching bags. A few hours later, just before the majority of campers awoke, Melissa quickly walked the path back to her cabin to shower. Where as most Ares children resided near the training area Melissa had chosen a cabin in a wooded area of camp. Though she was the only one who lived in the cabin it could easily fit five people in it comfortably, even with Rage, Shadow, and Demon running around, the only reason it had been unoccupied being that it was so secluded and at least a 15 minute walk to the center of camp. Tripping over her three dogs, Melissa went and took a quick shower before getting changed into a pair of skinny jeans and a black crop top. Leaving the cabin Melissa headed down the path that led to the center of camp. Noticing that a few campers had already started to leave their cabins Melissa added her 'resting bitch face' to her outfit.

Making her way to the main hall Melissa slipped into the kitchen shortly after Adrian left, double checking that no one saw her as she did so. She didn't know why she kept her baking, and occasional cooking, a secret. Often she told herself it was because it would ruin her 'bad-ass, Don't mess with me' reputation but truly she felt there was something else keeping her from others knowing. As she looked around the kitchen Melissa ducked to get past the window that made part of the kitchen visible to the dining room. Once passed it she rose and, seeing Adrian's dishes in the sink, Melissa smiled. Shaking her head Melissa walked over and, quickly washing the dishes, including a few items she needed to bake, she set the others aside to dry. Cleaning off a counter out of view of the dining room Melissa decided to make a large batch of chocolate chip cookies. Though usually she wouldn't do something so big in the middle of the day, afraid of getting caught, her oven back home in New York had broken two months ago and she had missed baking. 'I can't believe I've gone three (or was it four now?) years here and not once has anyone caught me baking... I wonder if anyone has figured out it was me...' Shaking her head she focused on what she was doing, grabbing canisters of flour and sugar for the cookies and walking back to the pantry not wanting to forget any of the ingredients. A few minutes later, all the things she needed on the counter she had cleared, Melissa set about measuring the ingredients.

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Location:
California-->Camp Athens-->Main Hall

*As the car drove them closer and closer to the airport Narissa left out an annoyed sigh and shot a pointed glare at Lachlan. After her father had found her in Paris three days ago he had brought her back home and she had locked herself in her room. That night she had tried to sneak out her window only to be caught by her older brother Lachlan. Poseidon and Lachlan had decided to send her to Camp Athens as a 'last resort'. Narissa couldn't decide if she was excited or pissed, on one hand she had wanted to go to Camp Athens for years but on the other hand she was being forced to go whether she wanted to or not. She hadn't talked to Lachlan or their father since the two had told her and it seemed to be really getting on Lachlan's nerves, especially since Narissa was rarely so quiet. "Nari come on. What did you expect us to do? You just disappeared with no explanation and honestly your behavior hasn't been exemplary as of late. Did you really expect neither of us to be worried?" Narissa gave him a look of cool indifference and then looked away and he gave her a glare colder than her own had been. "Fine, be that way. I hope your stay at Camp Athens fixes your attitude." Moments later they pulled up to the airport and Narissa grabbed her carry-on bag, a black backpack, and got out. "There's nothing to fix."*

Narissa let out annoyed sigh as she stood at the entrance to Camp Athens. The scene with her brother had stopped there as she had refused to talk to him afterwards, not even to say goodbye. She had seen the hurt look on his face as she left him to board the plane without looking back but she had forced herself to ignore it. The plane ride afterwards had been uneventful, boring even since she had spent the majority listening to music and staring out the window blankly or sleeping. Afterwards one of Lachlan's friends, whom he had met going to Camp Athens and who lived in Greece, had been there to drive her to camp.
With another sigh Narissa entered the camp, dragging her luggage with her, which consisted of a large rolling suitcase, a sightly smaller suitcase she held in her left hand, a huge duffel bag and a backpack. To say the least it was all extremely heavy. Stopping and looking around Narissa saw a few people around but most were in conversations with others and Narissa didn't want to bug anyone. Seeing a decent size building ahead Narissa decided to head towards it, hoping to find someone who could tell her where the hell she was supposed to go. and what she was supposed to do. Despite her horrid mood she plastered a smile onto her face, hoping to look more approachable, and started towards the building.

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Andy could quickly tell that the topic bothered him. Maybe she shouldn't have hugged him or... She didn't know. She brought a hand up to rub the back of her neck, nodding her head at his comment, "We should head to camp and get some food. We'll figure something out with the barrier." She quickly tried to put what he told her behind her. She appreciated that he shared something so personal with her. It meant a lot. But she could tell it was difficult to talk about and she didn't want to dwell on it. She didn't like seeing him sad. "I don't know about you, but I can't concentrate when I'm hungry." She laughed softly, shrugging her shoulders. "You men are like garbage disposals... Always hungry." She teased. She couldn't tell if she was hungry herself, but she knew she needed to eat. She wasn't going to say no to some bacon either.

Andy gasped when Ajax said, "Race you to the main hall?" Then ran off out of the kitchen, disappearing into his cabin, presumably darting towards the main hall. She laughed before shouting after him, "CHEATER!" She pushed off the counter as she began to run after him. Grasping the doorway to the kitchen, she whipped herself into the hallway and sprinted for the door. Damn he's fast! And here she thought she was a pretty good sprinter. Reaching the front door she ran through it out onto the porch. Instead of taking the steps up to the door, she jumped clear over them and landed in the dirt a few feet away.

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Wes winked towards trinity as she said, "See you around, Wes." He nodded his head towards her as he took her bowl, stacking it on top of his plate, "Yeah... Catch you later blondie." He liked the fiery Ares daughter. Not like he was going to try to sleep with her or anything. But he enjoyed the banter they had. He could see them becoming those friends that like to piss each other off. He watched her leave, bugging Alex and Daniel on her way out. Which reminded him. He made his way over to the duos table, setting the dishes down as he sat down for a second. "How's the brother doing?" He directed his question towards Alex. Wes didn't know the guy but he figured it was polite conversation to ask about Ajax since he carried him to the hall and what not.

Then Wes glanced over towards Daniel. "I had a little... tussle with your sister on the trails this morning." He grinned mischievously. "She's a hottie." He winked at the Hecate boy before standing back up and grabbing the dirty dishes he was carrying. He headed towards the kitchen, stopping as he almost reached the door to turn and look at Daniel, adding one final comment, "Might have to stop by and see her later... If you know what I mean." He raised his brows suggestively before ducking into the kitchen.

He was laughing to himself as he entered, almost missing the blonde that was baking away. He quietly made his way over to the sink, setting the dishes in it. Then he quietly moved up a few feet behind the girl, leaning his elbow on a near by counter. Smirking, he cleared his throat to alert her of his presence before he spoke, "Whatcha making there?" He looked towards the food then back at her. "I mean I just ate," He rubbed his stomach, "But I could make some room." He teased seeing as how whatever she was making smelled and looked amazing.

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Just as Andy gained her bearings, standing up right and readying herself to race off, Ajax bursted out in front of her. "Boo!" So surprised, she literally screamed out, quickly following it with a laugh. She playfully pushed his shoulder as he ran off, shouting back at her, "The race is still on!" She didn't hesitate to barrel after him. He was pretty fast. She couldn't tell if he was trying his hardest or trying to make the race even. Whenever there were turns in the trails, she'd reach out a hand to grab a tree and whirl herself around the bends so she didn't have to slow down. Whipping herself giving herself a little boost. Even though it was a friendly race, she was focused.

Andy was a very competitive person and she was determined to catch up and win. They were nearly to the main hall when she caught up to him, "Keep up old man!" She winked towards him before pushing forth with the last bit of effort she had to step through the door just before him. The second her shoes hit the slippery tile floor, her feet slipped out from under her. She fell over, landing on the ground cracking up laughing. That's what I get for having to win. After a moment of catching her breath, she stood up. She glanced around the room with flushed cheeks, slightly embarrassed about her less than graceful entrance.

She dusted her clothes off as she walked over to the buffet with him. She just grabbed herself an apple juice and yogurt. Walking around Ajax she bumped him with her shoulder playfully. When she got his attention, she slow clapped towards him, "I think you... didn't give it your all." She stuck her tongue out at him before nodding her head towards an empty table. "... Unless you wanna bug the love birds." She said under her breath in a teasing manner, referring to their siblings at a table together. Andy made her way towards an empty table, taking a seat so she conveniently had a view of Daniel. When his eyes met hers she raised her playfully while smirking. She crossed her legs as she shook her yogurt, then opened it and began eating. She probably should be eating more but the events of the last 24 hours has had her stomach in knots. She worried that if she ate too much training and her already less than stellar health would make her get sick. And she refused to be cooped up in her cabin all day.

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Location: Kitchen
Interacting With: Adrian Warhol and Wes Preston

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Having spaced out, letting her mind wander as she mixed the cookie dough, Melissa didn't even notice the laughing blonde male until he cleared his throat right beside her. Her focus snapping back to the present Melissa quickly turned her gaze on him with a frown as he spoke. "Whatcha making there? I mean I just ate," As he glanced at the bowl she silently cursed herself for her earlier mental comments. 'Whichever God or Goddess that's in charge of karma is currently on my hit list' Focusing back on the guy beside her Melissa watched him rub his stomach. "But I could make some more room." At his teasing tone Melissa frowned and she narrowed her eyes a bit, staring at him coldly. She wasn't the type to make quick friends and she didn't like when strangers were overly familiar with her. Just as she was about to tell him off Melissa watched Adrian walk into the kitchen and visibly flinched. After Adrian walked over to his office door and grabbed his keys he turned and addressed the guy beside her."Wesley, is it? I don't mean to be an asshole or anything, but staff only is allowed back here." Gratitude for the comment instantly filled her until she allowed herself to remember that she wasn't staff either. When he moved his attention to the bowl in her hands Melissa watched as he laughed and shook his head before going into his office. For a moment she just stood there, staring at the door but since he hadn't said a word to her Melissa just turned back to the bowl and went back to stirring the ingredients in the large bowl. Without looking up she addressed the guy beside her. "You heard him. Leave. Now." She made her tone icy and threatening, making sure he knew she was serious.

Finished stirring Melissa picked up the large, quite heavy bowl and walked over to a different larger counter, no longer caring if the people in the dining room saw her. Setting the bowl down Melissa went over to a cabinet and opened it to pull out a few cookie sheets and then walked over to the ovens and set them up to preheat. As she walked over to a drawer, passing the blonde guy she glanced over at him and raised a brow but didn't say anything. Without pause she grabbed a spoon and went back to the counter, starting to drop cookie dough onto the trays in a quick and precise manner.

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Wes wasn't in the kitchen for more than a minute when winged victory came in and was complaining about his presence. "Wesley, is it? I don't mean to be an asshole or anything, but staff only is allowed back here." He sighed, throwing his hands up in an innocent surrendering manner, "Awesome." He watched as wings walked out of the kitchen and once he was gone Wes turned around to face the tattooed blonde. He was waiting and trying to make eye contact with him so he could talk to her again but she merely stared down at the bowl as she spoke. "You heard him. Leave. Now." He did a double take, pushing off the counter. He was about to head out of the kitchen when he pointed to the stove, "You shouldn't stand so close to the stove... Might melt your ice cold heart."

Wes was going to just head out of the hall and go towards the training area even though he had no idea what to train for, with or whatever. But he stopped the second Andy came flying in the door, quickly followed by her slipping on the ground straight onto her ass. "Smooth." He watched the brunette stand up and walk over to the buffet. As she walked over there Wes blatantly looked at her ass as she walked. After he did, he looked towards Daniel from the corner of his eye. He liked pissing Daniel off or anyone for that matter. He also didn't know when to stop.

Once Andy took a seat, before Ajax joined her Wes moved to slip onto the bench beside the brunette. "Hey there Gorgeous." Andy's smirked that she shared with her brother quickly faded the second he sat beside her. "I told your brother about our little tumble in the woods earlier." He smiled towards her, while steeling a drink from her apple juice. "What are you talking about?" She scoffed. All he did was smirk as he moved to his feet. But before he left he leaned over, flicking his index finger around a loose lock of her hair. Then whispered in her ear as he looked at Daniel, "Oh you know." And before she could do anything else, he leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.

If Andy could steam out of her ears she would. She didn't know if this son of Aphrodite was doing this to frustrate her or if this was his crude way of flirting but she didn't like it. But what made her ever more angry was when he leaned in and pressed his lips to her cheek. Before he had a chance to pull away, she clenched her fist and thrusted her elbow backwards into his groin. The impact made Wes squeal like a girl and fall back on the ground clutching his crotch as Andy took another bite of her yogurt with a smile.

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Thoughts: #00AAFF
Speech: #0000FF
Location: Camp Entrance-->Outside Main Hall
Interacting with: David Hughson

The trek up the hill towards the building had seemed to take an eternity with the heavy bags she carried but in truth, it had probably taken about five minutes. Just as she reached the building, stopping and contemplating going in, a guy walked out a few feet away from her. Taking one look at her he began to laugh and her smile immediately dropped but she forced it back on quickly. "Welcome home new girl." Narissa looked away from the laughing guy who had spoken to her and forced her smile to be a little more cheerful before she looked back. Narissa had never been one to show her true feelings to others and was usually pretty good at hiding them but she knew that her smile looked forced. "Hi. Um, I don't suppose you could help me figure out where I'm supposed to go?" As she spoke, her voice sugar sweet, Narissa let her gaze roam over the male from head to toe and her smile became a bit more genuine as a wicked gleam entered her blue eyes. 'If the other guys here look half as good as he does maybe this won't be so bad...' Quickly Narissa stood the large rolling suitcase up, set down the suitcase in her left hand, and slid the duffel bag off her left shoulder before dropping it to the ground. All three were quite heavy , weighing what she assumed to be at least 100 pounds all together,and Narissa let out a sigh of relief before looking back at the male in front of her and raising an eyebrow in wait for an answer, the wicked gleam still in her eyes and a similarly wicked smirk turning up the corners of her mouth.

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Thoughts: #FF0000|Speech: #CC0000
Location: Kitchen-->Dining Hall-->Dining Hall Entrance
Interacting With: Andy Bolton and Wes Preston

As the cocky male did a double take Melissa smirked, trying her best not to laugh. "You shouldn't stand so close to the stove... Might melt your ice cold heart." Melissa froze. As the male strode out of the kitchen Melissa slowly, carefully set down the small ice cream scoop in her hand down followed by the bowl. Anger radiating off of her she went and washed her hands and then walked to the doorway leading to the hall. Stopping in the doorway Melissa let her icy glare sweep the room once before her eyes landed on the guy named Wesley just as he kissed a girl she thought was a daughter of Hecate on the cheek. Melissa watched, waiting as the girl quickly elbowed Wesley in the groin. As he fell to the ground Melissa walked over, anger almost a tangible thing, and spoke briefly to the girl. "Sorry, I thought I had already taken out the trash. Let me get that for you." Picking up the male by the back of the neck with one hand Melissa stood him up and shoved him all the way to the door of the dining hall before turning him to face her and punching him in the face, hard. “The next time you talk to me like that things will be much worse for you. And I never want to see you making a move on an unwilling girl again. Am I Understood?!" The venom in Melissa's voice was a living thing and an aura of anger, savage and lethal, radiated around her as she spoke to Wesley. Her glare colder than Arctic ice Melissa waited for a response. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw a blonde girl and a male, who had been talking a few feet away, turn to watch the scene, the female staring with wide eyes, but Melissa ignored them as well as the people still in the dining hall that were watching her.

Ajax wasn't the one for fights among themselves unless there was a hard explained reason for it. Usually though, he'd sit in the background silently unless Alex was involved. He had just witnessed a girl covered in ink, and Andy hit Wes for coming onto them. Wes deserved it in some way, but then again.. he was the son of Aphrodite after all, so what did they expect? but a punch to the face was a bit over the line. "That's enough!" he ordered as he climbed off of his bench, bellowing in a deep voice like his father Zeus, whilst leaving his food on the table half finished.

"This hall is for everyone to have breakfast, to relax before training. If you got an issue!? then take it outside. Now!" Ajax was looking to both Wes, and Melissa as he pointed his finger towards the exit. He wasn't going to tell them again. He knew people weren't going to be happy with him breaking up some fight, but if they wanted to watch a tussle!? then they could join them outside too. He wanted to eat in peace. "We don't have time to fight over petty little things, we got a war coming. Just tell him you're not interested, and leave it at that. If he doesn't leave you alone? then you can hit him again." he smiled to her now, and looked to Wes. "Really isn't your day.." Ajax then wandered back to his food.

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While everyone else was too busy arguing, or just watching the drama in the hall, Alex heard the messenger of the Gods flutter in after Daniel had explained what he was going to be doing. "Alexandria Valis?" He called out, holding a letter in his hand. Alex put her hand up into the air, causing him to fly over to her in his winged boots, then handed the letter to her before taking off out of the hall. It was a letter from her father. She slowly sat back down onto her bench, and opened up the envelope before taking out the letter carefully, then unfolded it before her before reading it out loud in her head.

Zeus couldn't really write much, because it had to remain a secret, and that is what was written down after he told them to go see him. She looked up after finishing the letter, and found her brother looking in her direction with a questionable look on his face. So, she motioned her head towards the door, causing Ajax to get up after finishing his food, and followed his sister outside, then to the side of the building out of sight. She gave him the letter so he could read over it for himself.

"I think dad's onto something important, big brother, which would make sense if you think about it, because the offspring of Hades have been pretty-damn-edgy since they got back from the underworld. I don't trust either of them, even if the female did save you." Sure her brother would understand, because their Fathers were natural rivals. Zeus was the most powerful, and Hades was the most Jealous. "Then we go see dad and see what he has to say. But if anything happens between now, and then? you go alone, or with someone you trust. Okay?" He tilted his chin down towards his chest as he looked to his sister. "Okay." he felt a but. "No but's, Al. You're my responsibility." Alex nodded before folding up the letter after taking out the key from the envelope, and stuffing it into her bra. No-one would dare look for it there.

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Wes was starting to stand up, chuckling at the nut shot Andy gave him. It didn't particularly hurt too bad, he was just laying it on thick to play the victim. Then the tattooed blonde from the kitchen made her way through the tables to grab him by the back of his neck. "What the-" He said just before the blonde spoke towards Andy, "Sorry, I thought I had already taken out the trash. Let me get that for you." He had half a mind to pull himself free from her grip but since he was taken by surprise he allowed her to yank him outside the main hall. The second they were outside, he barely had a chance to gain his balance from being dragged outside before the feisty blonde through a punch right into his jaw. The blunt force of it partnered with his off kilter balance sent him stumbling backwards. His hand quickly raising to cup his face as he glared daggers at the woman. Who the hell does she think she is!?

“The next time you talk to me like that things will be much worse for you. And I never want to see you making a move on an unwilling girl again. Am I Understood?!" She concluded after the punch. Wes hadn't noticed Daniel was outside as well until he said, "Oooo! Shit" His brows furrowed as she regained his balance, "All this because of a stupid comment. You need to lighten up Goldilocks." He wiped his hand across his mouth before spitting the blood at her feet, "You are lucky I don't believe in hitting a woman..." He was practically growling at this point. He knew he liked to ruffle feathers but this was ridiculous. He could understand why Andy did what she did... He crossed a personal boundary but this chick was irate.

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Andy obviously wasn't a fan of Wes planting one on her. But she wasn't mad enough to have some random blonde she's never met to drag him outside. He was her friend for lack of a better term, and she was putting him in his place. She didn't even hit him that hard and she was 99% sure that Wes was overreacting to tease her. But when Andy saw the blonde come and grab him, claiming something about forgetting to take the trash out. The second the girl began to drag him out of the hall, Andy shot up from her seat, nearly tripping over it as she hurried to follow after them. She reached the door just after her brother, only hearing the BAM of the punch. It wasn't until she snaked her way around Daniel that she saw Wes holding his jaw, spitting blood out from his mouth.

She didn't know what she was thinking, but Andy ran in the middle of the 2 of them. "Woah woah woahhhh!" Her back was to Wes as she held her hands out towards the tattooed blonde. "I am pretty sure there is nothing that Wes could say that warrants him getting slugged in the face!... Unless he said he was going to sacrifice your first born child to Hades or something." She glanced over her shoulder towards him before looking back at the blonde. "And I don't need you fighting my battles for me. The only person I could possibly understand getting pissy about what he did, besides me, would be him." She motioned towards her brother. "But believe it or not I can take care of myself!" Andy wasn't a fan of mindless rage regardless of who it was aimed at. "How is it fair going berserk on a guy that wouldn't hurt a fly? You can't pick a fight with a guy who obviously would never hurt a woman.... He's harmless."

Ajax came outside and was definitely not happy with the current events, "This hall is for everyone to have breakfast, to relax before training. If you got an issue!? then take it outside. Now!... We don't have time to fight over petty little things, we got a war coming. Just tell him you're not interested, and leave it at that. If he doesn't leave you alone? then you can hit him again." She watched him turn to Wes stating something about it not being his day, then he returned inside. She stood there quiet for a long moment, before saying one final thing to the girl, "If you're going to pick a fight... At least have the decency to do it with someone who can and will fight back."

Andy looked towards Wes, nodding her head towards the main hall. "Come on lets get you some ice." She headed inside and walked over into the kitchen. She grabbed a clean cloth, and filled it with ice from the freezer. Wes walked in behind her, cupping his jaw with his hand. Andy turned to face him, and held out the ice for him. "I'm sorry... I wasn't expecting all of that," She waved her hand in the direction of the door, "To happen. I was just messing with you." Wes reached out to take the ice from her and placed it against his jaw. "Don't worry about it cupcake... You didn't hurt me. I was just trying to get a rise out of Daniel." He smirked before adding half heartedly, "Girl's got her panties in a twist." "A girl like that... Doesn't wear panties." She added sarcastically before patting his shoulder and heading back out into the main eating area. She made her way back to wear her yogurt and juice sat, taking a seat. But she didn't continue eating, she just stared at the food and stirred the yogurt with a spoon.

Alex hadn't been gone long with her brother, but soon as she stepped back into the hall, she saw Andy helping Wes who looked beaten. What the..? she wandered over to them with a frown. When she saw Wes had been slugged by someone, she placed her hand on his arm and looked at him with concern. "Are you alright? who did this to you?" she looked to Andy to see if she also had the answers. Why were others so hostile? she turned her attention back to Wes a second. "Looks like it's going to bruise up for a while." she patted his shoulder gently with furrowed brows.

How the hell were they going to survive in a war if they couldn't even keep themselves together. Whoever had hit him, was way out of line, and Alex would happily shock them with a couple of bolts. Luckily she wasn't that evil, or cruel.

Everything was turning to shit today, so it seemed, and Alex had felt bad for not helping out in this current situation, but with her Father sending the letter that was still hidden away with a key inside of her bra, she had basically been within her own little world. Being the Daughter of Zeus, she was naturally protective of others. Anyway, she was here now, and that was all that mattered. "Is there anything I can do to help?" she asked gently. Wes was a good guy, she could tell.

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After his sister had wandered off after showing him the letter, he remained where he was for the time being. He was conflicted with himself like always. Half of him wanted to desperately see his father again, to try and reconnect, to also give Zeus a chance to change, and make things right.. but the other half of him had given up, and couldn't give a damn if he never saw his father again.

Part of him kind of understood why Zeus couldn't stick around with his mortal lover, but why didn't he just take his family to Mount Olympus? of course, there was a barrier stopping mortals from passing into the realm of the Gods, but there was much more to it than that. He came to the conclusion though that he would just go anyway, because Alex needed the support, and Ajax desperately needed answers to what felt like a thousand questions that raced around inside of his head.

He placed himself down on the bench in-front of the hall, his knees shoulder width apart as he leaned his elbows on his thighs hunched over slightly, clasping his hands together with his eyes on the ground.

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Thoughts: #FF0000|Speech: #CC0000
Location: Dining Hall Entrance-->Kitchen
Interacting With: Andy Bolton, Ajax Valis and Wes Preston

"Oooo! Shit" Melissa glanced up startled at the proclamation and during that moment Wes got to his feet, glaring. Melissa forced herself to look back at Wes, watching as he stood and spat blood out at her feet. "All this because of a stupid comment. You need to lighten up Goldilocks. You are lucky I don't believe in hitting a woman..."
"Woah woah woahhhh!" Melissa's gaze slid to Andy and her face lost all emotion as she calmed herself, watching the brunette who stepped in front of her. "I am pretty sure there is nothing that Wes could say that warrants him getting slugged in the face!... Unless he said he was going to sacrifice your first born child to Hades or something. And I don't need you fighting my battles for me. The only person I could possibly understand getting pissy about what he did, besides me, would be him." The brunette motioned towards another male. "But believe it or not I can take care of myself! How is it fair going berserk on a guy that wouldn't hurt a fly? You can't pick a fight with a guy who obviously would never hurt a woman.... He's harmless." As the other girl finished Melissa heard another person exit the hall and looked over to see Ajax. "This hall is for everyone to have breakfast, to relax before training. If you got an issue!? then take it outside. Now! We don't have time to fight over petty little things, we got a war coming. Just tell him you're not interested, and leave it at that. If he doesn't leave you alone? then you can hit him again." When at the end of his rant Ajax smiled at her Melissa almost gasped in surprise but managed to keep her face blank. "Really isn't your day.." Ajax said before turning and going back into the hall.
"If you're going to pick a fight... At least have the decency to do it with someone who can and will fight back." A pang of regret hit Mel as she turned away and walked into the kitchen, followed by the brunette who got ice and left without another word. Grabbing a bottle of pain relievers she kept in the kitchen for when she worked out too hard before coming to secretly cook Melissa went back out to the dining hall and walked over to Wes and the two girls with him to hear the end of their conversation. "Girl's got her panties in a twist." "A girl like that... Doesn't wear panties." The girl said before patting Wes' shoulder and then walked away. Clearing her throat to grab Wes and the other girl's attention Mel set he bottle down on the table Wes was sitting at. Not looking at him she spoke normally, trying to seem indifferent though she was a bit worried. "Take three at a time every four hours, that's how many I take after sparring." She turned to leave but then stopped and sighed. "If you want it I have a jar of healing balm from one of the Apollo kids I'm friends with in my cabin. After I throw the cookies in the oven I'm heading back there."

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As Wes stood there, holding the ice pack to his jaw he heard someone approach but didn't look up at first. "Are you alright? Who did this to you?" When he realized who's voice it was, he glanced up to see Alex standing there in the room with him and Andy. Before he could speak Andy answered for him, "The tattooed blonde punched him. But I don't know if it was from what I did or...?" She looked towards him with a questioning glance, "What did you say to her?" Wes removed the ice from his jaw, stretching his face while making a strange pained expression before speaking. "I just asked her what she was making. Then when feathers told me I wasn't allowed in the kitchen, she... very rudely told me to leave. All I said was You shouldn't stand so close to the stove... Might melt your ice cold heart." He shrugged his shoulders before reapplying the ice. Andy couldn't help but chuckle, "Sounds like something Daniel or I would say."

After Andy had left the room, Wes was slightly surprised that Alex had stayed around. "Is there anything I can do to help?" Just as he was about to respond, he saw the punch thrower enter the room. He tensed up, looking away from her while trying to bite his tongue. He glanced from the corner of his eyes as she set a medicine bottle on the table. "Take three at a time every four hours, that's how many I take after sparring. If you want it I have a jar of healing balm from one of the Apollo kids I'm friends with in my cabin. After I throw the cookies in the oven I'm heading back there." He grabbed the bottle, stepping in front of her before she left, holding it out towards her. "Thanks Doc. But I have my own pain killers." If that was her idea of a shitty apology, well he wasn't buying it. He moved away from her and went back over to Alex. In a gentlemanly way, he placed his hand on her upper back and led her out into the main eating area.

"Thanks Al. I think I'm alright." He managed a slight smile. He appreciated that she at least cared enough to wonder if he was ok and try to help him. It was no surprise to him that many of the people at camp didn't like him. But Alex didn't seem like everyone else and he was grateful for that. "I think you're the only person here that somewhat likes me." He laughed softly.

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Andy felt like she had been sitting there stirring her yogurt for a good 5 minutes. With a sigh she finally stood up and threw out the remnants of her food, realizing she had lost her appetite. As she headed towards the exit of the main hall, she walked past Wes and Alex. She flashed them both a quick smile, raising her hand to pat him on the shoulder. "Hang in there Romeo." Andy then moved her gaze towards Alex, moving her hand to gently squeeze the girl's arm in a friendly manner before she exited the hall. Once she stepped outside she inhaled a deep breath of the fresh air, while slipping her hands into the pockets of her hoodie. She began to start walking towards the training area, but when she was a few feet away from the hall she looked back at the hall and saw Ajax sitting on a bench.

Normally Andy probably would have walked on because she never thought she was the best at comforting but he looked like something was bothering him. She slowly spun around, trudging over to him. She came to a stop, standing before him. "Hey..." She spoke quietly before moving to take a seat beside him, "Everything ok?" She looked over at him, the wind softly blowing the hairs that fell loose from her ponytail across her face. She waited a long moment before adding, "You know," Her tone was a little more playful this time, "You're cuter when you smile." She then giggled softly and smiled towards him. It was none of her business what was bothering him. And he didn't have to tell her. She just wanted him to have someone to talk to if he felt the need. And if not... Well she was always good at making people smile or laugh.

Wes looked up to her, and Alex smiled softly as she waited for him to say what had happened, but she looked to Andy who explained for him. "The tattooed blonde punched him. But I don't know if it was from what I did or...?" That annoyed Alex, because who gave that tattooed blonde the right to lay one on Wes? she kept silent for now, waiting for Wes's side of the story. "What did you say to her?" Alex returned her gaze to the poor guy, silently still waiting for him to tell her as she gently moved her hand from his arm. "I just asked her what she was making. Then when feathers told me I wasn't allowed in the kitchen, she... very rudely told me to leave. All I said was You shouldn't stand so close to the stove... Might melt your ice cold heart." Andy chuckled, and Alex did too as a grin grew on her face while playfully nudging him. "I'm sorry this happened to you, Wes. I don't agree with men hitting women, and I don't agree with women hitting men. Your comment was just playful."

After Andy had left the room, Wes was about to say something, but that same damn blonde had appeared, causing Alex to glare over at her. If she was going to say one wrong thing to Wes, then Alex would happily give her a piece of her mind. Alex watched as she placed some kind of medicine on the table for him. This was no apology, it was more like trying to suck up to him, to kiss his ass. Alex didn't like her voice at this moment in time, let alone her presence entirely. Alex let Wes handle this, but she'd be ready to step in. Wes had practically told her to get lost, which caused Alex to smile again before he had his hand on her lower back, leading them both back into the hall away from that blonde. "Thanks Al. I think I'm alright." she was glad that he was. "You're welcome." she gently told him with her hand rubbing his back a little for a second before she pulled up a seat for him to take. "I think you're the only person here that somewhat likes me." Alex laughed too. "You're a good guy, Wes. I do like you, and I think Andy likes you too.. she did stand up for you after all, right?" Alex had heard Andy talking to that blonde, but she didn't know exactly what was said with being preoccupied with her Fathers letter. "I promise, that on my watch!? no one will hurt you again." she softly told him, rubbing the top of his arm before taking a seat in-front of him. She gently cupped his face now with both of her hands, looking at the bruising that was beginning to surface. "That Girl is a monster. On a scale of one to Ten.. how much does it hurt?"

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Ajax had been in his own world, but the second he heard "Hey..." he knew who it was, and looked up to her. "Hey.." It was nice of her to check on him, so he wasn't about to turn her away. "Everything ok? - You know," she had added before he could think of an answer. "You're cuter when you smile." Ajax couldn't help but smile now, and chuckled during her cute little giggles. He wanted to tell her, she was after all probably the second person to trust here after his little sister.. but their father didn't want anyone to know about the letter, or the key. Why it was a secret, he had no idea.. But he was going to find out everything soon. "Better? he asked because he was now smiling. He nudged her gently with his arm, and slid up the bench closer to her before draping his arm around her shoulders. "Everything's fine.. I'm just at some crossroads in my life. I can't say what dad sent us in a letter.. but he wants me to visit him, with Alex. I'm not sure I want to see him." Ajax didn't hate him; hate him, but he didn't exactly like him either. He still had resentment towards Zeus for abandoning him, and Alex. "He doesn't deserve a son after everything he's done. He left us."

He couldn't remember one single moment in his life where his Father was even there for them, it had been his mother, and her boyfriend who took care of them. His step father had his own son too, which Ajax treated like a little brother. He knew his mother had a good eye for nice, decent people. They were amazing, so Ajax didn't mind that they were joining the family.

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"You're a good guy, Wes. I do like you, and I think Andy likes you too.. she did stand up for you after all, right?" Wes chuckled softly, his lips curving into a slight smile. "I don't know if that girl's got an evil bone in her body... She seems pretty selfless." It was true what Alex said though, Andy did go stand up for him which he appreciated. "I swear though... I thought there was going to be a straight up brawl." He let out another light hearted chuckle, while leaning in to whisper to Alex. "I would have put my money on Andy." He moved to take a seat, removing the ice momentarily to move his jaw around. "I promise, that on my watch!? no one will hurt you again." Wes smiled slightly as he played with the ice pack. "Thanks Bolts but I don't think your brother is too fond of me. Don't wanna stir the nest." He appreciated that she wanted to stick up for him though. Alex was probably the closest thing to a friend he had because she actually didn't mind being in his presence. It was nice though, he felt more comfortable around her and she was probably the only girl at camp that he wouldn't make a move on... Just to keep this friendship or whatever you'd call it.

Wes smiled up towards her when she rubbed his arm. Then watched her as she took a seat in front of him. His eyes widened in surprise when she cupped his face in her hands almost as if assessing a child's injuries. "That Girl is a monster. On a scale of one to Ten.. how much does it hurt?" He wasn't much of a serious person, so at first he decided to tease her a bit. "Oh I don't know," He rolled his eyes dramatically. [color=#39b54a]"I think I'm dying... There's a light! Should I go towards it!?" He couldn't hold that charade for long before he broke out in laughter. "It's like... a 2. I just won't be able to make out for awhile. So I guess my flirting will be kept a minimum for the time being." He reached for the ice, and reapplied it once Alex dropped her hands. "Plus, it's not like anyone is going to find this attractive." He pointed to his purple jaw. "Makes me look tough though." He grinned at Alex.

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It didn't take long after Andy sat down with Ajax for a smile to grace his face. "Better?" He asked while bumping her with his arm before he slid over towards her. Once he sat side to side with her, he draped his arm over her shoulders. "There it is!" She grinned, "Look... Dimples." As she said it, she playfully raised her hand to poke one of his dimples with her index finger. She was glad that she could get a smile out of him, Andy didn't like seeing him anything but happy. After a moment, Ajax began to partially explain what was bothering him. "Everything's fine.. I'm just at some crossroads in my life. I can't say what dad sent us in a letter.. but he wants me to visit him, with Alex. I'm not sure I want to see him." Every time she was with she, Andy felt him slowly open up more and more to her. It made her feel special because he didn't seem like the type of person that would wear his heart on his sleeve but he did around her. "He doesn't deserve a son after everything he's done. He left us."

Andy sighed softly, reaching her hand up to gently grasp his hand that laid on her shoulder. "I get it..." She shifted in her seat slightly, raising her free hand up to brush her loose hair behind her ears. "You know... I didn't even know my mother was alive until about a week ago." She looked over into his eyes, "She let me grow up thinking she was dead or abandoned me and my father. He'd never tell me about her other than she wasn't here. I spent my whole life thinking I was going crazy. I was doing things with my mind I couldn't explain and seeing people that weren't there... talking to them. They were ghosts, apparently that's a Hecate thing... Talking to ghosts I mean." She took a moment to let everything she just said sink in. That wasn't something she'd generally just open up and tell anyone. But she felt so comfortable around him and she knew that he wouldn't judge her or call her crazy like people in her past.

"I envy those demigods that have a good relationship with their parent. I think it's selfish of the Gods to abandon us, only to reconnect when they need us to fight their battles." Andy laughed weakly. Hopefully the wrath of the Gods didn't come down upon her for talking negatively about them. She remembered reading about Greek Gods that would curse people for centuries because they talked poorly about them. Like Arachne... She was turned into a spider because she thought she was better than one of the Gods. She sat there quietly for a moment, before squeezing his hand and smiling towards him. "On a positive note... If you go, I'm sure Olympus is a lot nicer than where my mom lives." She laughed softly. "I have no desire to go to the Underworld."

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"He's not around" Hayden stated so blandly to his sister. He was watching from the tree line waiting to have a genuine one on one conversation.
In all the things he had accomplished in the academy when it existed, in the name of Ares, he still didn't receive acknowledgement. "I mean he's alive but he doesn't give two shits about us. What ever you gotta do, you do for you." Hayden was generally perceived as unapproachable with his nasty temper and cold attitude. And probably the brutal truth that people called "narcissism" or "pessimism" instead. He had many enemies. But he never wished someone to hold on to false hope or work for the wrong reasons. Especially a fellow sibling. And robbed of a spar partner no less.
"Ares probably isn't even watching us." He scoffed. "Too busy planning war to bat an eye." Hayden was a rage filled individual himself but from time-to-time all he needed was Ares. Hell, he was more than capable of coordinating an attack himself and the two could probably be partners that clashed over certain approaches then competed on who was the better killer. Either way, Hayden had completed his training and was completely worthy of joining Ares side and annihilating enemies yet he was stuck on Earth.

"Good training but we were made to fight. So why don't you start right here?" He stepped before her and held out his arms. Least he could do while he was stuck here was help. His blonde sister probably hadn't encountered an equal enduring opponent in a long time. If not ever.