There Will Always Be Demigods
The Greek Fire Arrow
Theo
I can’t say I wasn’t scared of the Minotaur that was chasing us, because I was. It was huge and looked like it was in the mood to kill a few demigods.
We ran at full speed through the forest trying to lose the monster but it was no use. It had seen us and wasn’t going to stop until all three of us were dead. It didn’t matter how many times we changed direction, we were going to have to fight it.
I turned to look at Emma who was running a little behind me, hoping she had a plan. I knew she would come up with a plan, she was the smartest girl at camp, I just hoped that she wouldn’t take too long. The Minotaur was catching up fast.
We continued running for another minute or so before Emma screamed "I know what to do!"
"What?" I yelled back at her.
"I don’t suppose you have any Greek fire arrows available, do you?" she asked me.
I almost wanted to laugh; of course I had Greek fire arrows available, I had every type of arrow available. I reached into my quiver, a gift from my father, and pulled out a celestial bronze tipped arrow. Everyone knew of Leo Valdez’s tool bet, well my quiver worked in the same way. It looked like a normal arrow but it wasn’t. Inside the tip of the arrow was the dangerous green liquid of Greek fire, when a monster was hit with an arrow like that they had no chance.
When Emma saw the arrow she told us her plan. It was a simple one but if I messed up then we were all dead. The plan was that Emma and Bailey would keep the Minotaur distracted whilst I shot it with my arrow. Emma said I need to aim for the neck it was the monster’s weakest point.
We set the plan in motion straight away. I veered off to the left whilst Emma and Bailey discussed how they were going to distract the Minotaur. I hid behind a tree and watched as the two of them stopped running when they entered a clearing, and turned to face the direction they had just come.
I could hear the Minotaur as it got closer, it wasn’t running anymore, it was walking, stalking its prey.
I mounted my bow and arrow whilst I waited for then monster to enter the clearing. I didn’t have to wait long, although the Minotaur was walking its steps were huge, I reached Emma and Bailey in less than a minute.
From my hiding place I saw Emma draw her dagger from its holder. Bailey drew his sword also, the small skinny boy looked very strange with the weapon in his hands, I was certain the sword weighed more than he did.
As soon as the Minotaur entered the clearing Emma and Bailey ran at it slashing at its legs. They weren’t doing much damage, they were only really annoying the monster. It swung it arms around trying to knock the two of them over but the both kept dodging.
Knowing that the monster would now not pay me any attention I crept up behind it and levelled my arrow so it was aimed at its neck. I was about to shoot when I heard Emma scream. The Minotaur had knocked Emma down, I could see her slumped against a tree barely conscious. Bailey obviously didn’t know whether to go to Emma or continue attacking the beast. He took too long to decide and in his momentary distraction the Minotaur grabbed him round the waist and lifted him of the ground.
This isn’t good, I thought to myself. I couldn’t shoot my arrow at the Minotaur now because it would probably kill Bailey as well. I had to think quickly, I could see that Bailey was getting crushed by the large hand that was wrapped around him. He had dropped his sword so all he could do was try not to throw up as the Minotaur shook him about.
I racked my brain for an idea but I had no clue what to do. I looked over to Emma who was now propped up against the trunk of the tree. She had a trickle of blood running down the side of her face but she look conscious enough. She looked at me then pointed to her hand.
Suddenly, I had my light bulb moment and I knew what to do.
I swapped my Greek fire arrow for just a regular celestial bronze arrow and tried to aim it at the Minotaur’s hand. But I couldn’t because it kept moving. This was a nightmare, Bailey was about to get crushed to death and then Emma and I would follow.
I kept trying to aim my arrow but it wasn’t working. I was just about to take a random shot and hope for the best when the Minotaur suddenly stopped, it just froze and was looking at Bailey, its head tilted to the side.
I didn’t understand what was happening but I didn’t wait to see what would happen next. I took my shot and the arrow flew straight into the large hand that was crushing Bailey. The Minotaur roared and released Bailey who fell to the ground landing on his sword.
Not wasting any time, I quickly mounted my Greek fire arrow again and shot at the monsters neck. Emma was worried the Minotaur might move. I wasn’t. The arrows were made by the Hephaestus campers meaning not only did they contain the most deadly fire know to demigod, they also flew at breakneck speed.
It was over so quickly the Minotaur didn’t even have time to turn his head, as soon as the arrow hit it exploded in and eruption of green flames. In less than a second there was nothing left but a pile of gold dust that was sinking slowly into the ground.
I can’t say I wasn’t scared of the Minotaur that was chasing us, because I was. It was huge and looked like it was in the mood to kill a few demigods.
We ran at full speed through the forest trying to lose the monster but it was no use. It had seen us and wasn’t going to stop until all three of us were dead. It didn’t matter how many times we changed direction, we were going to have to fight it.
I turned to look at Emma who was running a little behind me, hoping she had a plan. I knew she would come up with a plan, she was the smartest girl at camp, I just hoped that she wouldn’t take too long. The Minotaur was catching up fast.
We continued running for another minute or so before Emma screamed "I know what to do!"
"What?" I yelled back at her.
"I don’t suppose you have any Greek fire arrows available, do you?" she asked me.
I almost wanted to laugh; of course I had Greek fire arrows available, I had every type of arrow available. I reached into my quiver, a gift from my father, and pulled out a celestial bronze tipped arrow. Everyone knew of Leo Valdez’s tool bet, well my quiver worked in the same way. It looked like a normal arrow but it wasn’t. Inside the tip of the arrow was the dangerous green liquid of Greek fire, when a monster was hit with an arrow like that they had no chance.
When Emma saw the arrow she told us her plan. It was a simple one but if I messed up then we were all dead. The plan was that Emma and Bailey would keep the Minotaur distracted whilst I shot it with my arrow. Emma said I need to aim for the neck it was the monster’s weakest point.
We set the plan in motion straight away. I veered off to the left whilst Emma and Bailey discussed how they were going to distract the Minotaur. I hid behind a tree and watched as the two of them stopped running when they entered a clearing, and turned to face the direction they had just come.
I could hear the Minotaur as it got closer, it wasn’t running anymore, it was walking, stalking its prey.
I mounted my bow and arrow whilst I waited for then monster to enter the clearing. I didn’t have to wait long, although the Minotaur was walking its steps were huge, I reached Emma and Bailey in less than a minute.
From my hiding place I saw Emma draw her dagger from its holder. Bailey drew his sword also, the small skinny boy looked very strange with the weapon in his hands, I was certain the sword weighed more than he did.
As soon as the Minotaur entered the clearing Emma and Bailey ran at it slashing at its legs. They weren’t doing much damage, they were only really annoying the monster. It swung it arms around trying to knock the two of them over but the both kept dodging.
Knowing that the monster would now not pay me any attention I crept up behind it and levelled my arrow so it was aimed at its neck. I was about to shoot when I heard Emma scream. The Minotaur had knocked Emma down, I could see her slumped against a tree barely conscious. Bailey obviously didn’t know whether to go to Emma or continue attacking the beast. He took too long to decide and in his momentary distraction the Minotaur grabbed him round the waist and lifted him of the ground.
This isn’t good, I thought to myself. I couldn’t shoot my arrow at the Minotaur now because it would probably kill Bailey as well. I had to think quickly, I could see that Bailey was getting crushed by the large hand that was wrapped around him. He had dropped his sword so all he could do was try not to throw up as the Minotaur shook him about.
I racked my brain for an idea but I had no clue what to do. I looked over to Emma who was now propped up against the trunk of the tree. She had a trickle of blood running down the side of her face but she look conscious enough. She looked at me then pointed to her hand.
Suddenly, I had my light bulb moment and I knew what to do.
I swapped my Greek fire arrow for just a regular celestial bronze arrow and tried to aim it at the Minotaur’s hand. But I couldn’t because it kept moving. This was a nightmare, Bailey was about to get crushed to death and then Emma and I would follow.
I kept trying to aim my arrow but it wasn’t working. I was just about to take a random shot and hope for the best when the Minotaur suddenly stopped, it just froze and was looking at Bailey, its head tilted to the side.
I didn’t understand what was happening but I didn’t wait to see what would happen next. I took my shot and the arrow flew straight into the large hand that was crushing Bailey. The Minotaur roared and released Bailey who fell to the ground landing on his sword.
Not wasting any time, I quickly mounted my Greek fire arrow again and shot at the monsters neck. Emma was worried the Minotaur might move. I wasn’t. The arrows were made by the Hephaestus campers meaning not only did they contain the most deadly fire know to demigod, they also flew at breakneck speed.
It was over so quickly the Minotaur didn’t even have time to turn his head, as soon as the arrow hit it exploded in and eruption of green flames. In less than a second there was nothing left but a pile of gold dust that was sinking slowly into the ground.
When will you update this?!
10/25/14