The Uprising

POV ELIZA


I miss the Greeks that came, they were sweet and so nice, but after they left, New Rome went to normal again. Jason returned to his building the shrines for all the gods and goddess like he promised and some had to be rebuilt because of the mysterious creatures that we’ve all collectively, along with the Greeks, we call them the Shadow creatures.


I hate those things, with a few other things, but I watched as several of them killed The First Cohort leaders and heard their screams until the Shadow Creatures backed off and left stiff corpses with mouths wide open and eye wide with fear. It’s freaky and I am glad it’s over and I pray to Mars that we don’t have to fight them ever again. But Frank and Reyna are still somewhat uneasy about the whole thing, and are looking into it when they are not assisting with the repairs of Rome, and aiding Camp Half-Blood whenever it’s possible. Recently both the twins Apollo and Artemis have gone dark or missing, Apollo because of the Civil War between the Greeks and Romans for blessing the jerk Octativan, which I’m sorry but I’m glad he’s gone.


My friend Gaius and I with our cohort, were threatened, the night before great battle with Gaea, to go and fight against them but Gaius refused to hurt any demigods no matter if they were Greek or not and we were banished for a time. A couple of months later Frank had found us wandering around the states and brought us back and reinstated us into the Legion. It wasn’t a month later when the Shadow Creatures attacks began and Frank, Hazel, Jason, and Reyna were kidnapped and everything fell apart.


Then we learned that Artemis was kidnapped and Pluto, er Hades, was apart of it. I may not be a child of Mars, but it feels like, all this, is bigger but Frank and Reyna assures us that we’ll make it. I do my normal routine and volunteer to help out with the repairs as I can, a Daughter of Mercury can only do so much.


I shower up afterwards and hang with my cohort, mostly with Gaius, eat a good dinner and go to bed. But my nightmares come back, I’ve always had a nightmare or two a week since I was claimed but this was a whole new ball park; My chest hurts as fire and brimstone scorch my lungs, and smoke stings my eyes. I want to scream so badly but my vocal chords are already gone and I can’t speak, I manage to let out an animal groan. I look up and see the demon of my dreams as he towers as a massive red giant demon above me. I know exactly who this guy is and I am weak and I know I can’t fight back. I am on my hands and knees trying to get air into my damaged lungs.


“YOU ARE GOING TO PERISH!” He tells me. I cannot answer but I wasn’t going to give up, I slam my fist on the ground and take in a ragged breath, and groan out a few words,


“I. Will. Live!”


The Demon laughs and I struggle to my feet and look up to him still struggling for breath as the fire around increases around me and intensifies and makes my head fuzzy. But I will live, I am too stubborn to let go.
“PERISH NOW CHILD!”


He says as his fist quickly came down on me and I felt the crushing blow as my body twisted and all my bones were ground into dust.

***

"Eliza, "


I jolt awake as a hand touches my shoulder and gasp as my heart beats a million times a second. I threw my fist to my assailant and is caught by Giaus' hand, for someone that just had been attacked he is calm,

"Another nightmare?" He asks.


I had to stop sleeping with a weapon for this fact that I come out of my nightmares ready to fight. I let myself relax wiped the sweat off my forehead and run my fingers through my hair. I lean on my arms on my side and nod for my answer.

"You should really seek your Dad's advice if your nightmares started when he claimed you."

I swallow and slowly start to sit up and I try to calm myself down, "Believe me I've tried; No answer." I sit up and try to stretch my shoulders out and then I roll my head,
"What did you wake me for?" I ask.


"We have a visitor." He says.


"That's not a surprise." I reply, "Camp Half-Blood initiates are always coming in-"


"Its Nico Di Angelo."

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