Wide Awake (Greeks)
POSTED ON Feb 4, 2014 23:42:39 GMT -8
Post by Kevin Aunor on Feb 4, 2014 23:42:39 GMT -8
Kevin was rarely ever in danger. It wasn’t often that he had to fight a monster – and he wasn’t useless in a fighter either. Even the Ares kids hadn’t picked on him when he first came to camp. He was fairly certain that there wasn’t anybody at camp who hated him or even disliked him. From what he had experienced, people either liked him or felt neutral toward him. It helped that he never did anything to get on someone’s bad side.
He didn’t talk much to people or make many friends, but the few he did were good ones. Travis kept the Hermes cabin from pranking him, and he was sure that Clarisse scared anyone off who attempted to poke fun at the shy, usually quiet bookworm. But he was also someone who didn’t stick out. He could easily have sat at some other cabin’s table and not even Chiron or Mr. D would have noticed. But if he were to hold up in his cabin for the entire day, someone – usually Travis – would notice.
Perhaps that’s what made him a target. Rachel had given out a prophecy that people were trying to make sense of. Even he wasn’t sure if he understood it all. He’d been thinking it over during dinner and while everyone sat around the bonfire. He’d been so lost in thought that he had barely noticed any affection from Travis – which usually happened when he was thinking or really into a book.
The sky had darkened and curfew was soon passing. He stepped up to his cabin door and opened it. A chill shot up his spine as he got the sensation of someone suddenly standing behind him. He quickly turned out, his hand instinctively moving to grasp one of his throwing knives. He relaxed and moved his hand away from his knives that were holstered to his belt when he noticed that it was either Travis or Connor. He was getting slightly better at telling the difference, but he still wasn’t perfect.
“Y-You startled me,” he stuttered out, putting on a nervous smile. His heart continued to pound in his chest and his words came out shaky. His body felt like it was still trying to choose between flight and fight. But why? He wasn’t in any danger.
The twin smiled at him and that was when he decided that he wasn’t looking at Travis. There was an evil glint to his eyes that Travis never had – especially when looking at him – and he realized that Connor never had it either. He took a step back, trying to figure out who had the power to shape-shift. “Wh-who are you?”
“A messenger from the Norse,” the shifter said, in a voice that sounded almost identical to Travis and Connor’s. Kevin shuddered. He didn’t know of anyone who was Norse except for comic book characters. He moved quickly, taking out his throwing knives and darted, trying to get away from his cabin. But he wasn’t fast enough. The shifter changed into an adult male with dark hair and pale blue eyes. He moved with the speed of a god, snatching the demigod by the front of his throat and hurtling him into his cabin.
Spots danced across Kevin’s vision as his head hit the floor of his cabin hard, no doubt giving him a concussion. He’d dropped his knives, but they magically returned to their sheathes. “Travi–!” he tried to scream, but the shifter was suddenly there, bending over and tightly grasping his throat. He gasped, eyes widening with terror.
“You shouldn’t always call on others to fight your battles,” the shifter hissed, using his actual voice. “And check your camp’s barrier. Greek’s have always been weak with magic.” He lifted the demigod up by his throat, grinning as the teenager clawed at his hand and gasped for air. And his grin only widened when he saw the pure terror in the boy’s eyes. He dragged the boy to the other side of the bed where he could leave him and know that he couldn’t be seen from the doorway. There he dropped him before kneeling down over him.
“Tell your friends that Camp Midgard says hello,” he purred, placing a hand over the boy’s heart. His magic flowed into his hand as it heated up, burning through the boy’s shirt and onto his skin. He didn’t stop the demigod from screaming in agony, knowing that it would certainly get someone’s attention. He didn’t want the boy to die before he could pass his message along. He removed his hand and studied his work. Burnt onto the boy’s skin – he was absolutely certain that it would scar even if healed by a kid of Apollo – was a rune commonly found at Camp Midgard.
Kevin whimpered and the shifter took on a mock expression of sympathy, cooing like a worried parent when he noticed that the boy was crying from the pain and fear. “Shh. Now, now, no need to cry, little son of Death,” he said gently, dragging a finger down the boy’s cheek. Kevin gasped and his body tensed, his muscles chilling over as the shifter’s magic made him feel as if he’d been exposed in snow for hours, his body nearing hypothermia. “It’ll all be over soon.” He grinned before getting up, smoothing out his jacket and vanishing.
WORDS:; 903
OUTFIT:;I’ll add later
TAGGED:; Camp Half-Blood
NOTES:; F*** you, Loki! F*** you! Dx –craddles Kevin–