In the Underground (Kurda and I)

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There were very few people on the subway, on the thursday afternnon. Very few people in the train carriage. Apparant from herself Tara could see one other boy, she recognised from 'camp' and a couple of girls who were sat talking to each other in the corner. Tara, was sat on one of the many available seats, looking out the window as the train passed the station. She glanced briefly over at the girls before turning her attention to a magazine cover someone had left on the floor. Tara silently read the words a small smile upon her face.

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Darren walked through the aisle when he saw someone familiar. He remembered seeing her at camp.
"Hi, you're Tara right?" He asked the girl as he sat next to her "I remember seeing you at camp".

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Tara turned her gaze away from the magazine. She focused on the boy beside her. Nodding her head slowly. Her lips curved in a small smile. "Yeah, that's me, straight from camp." The young girl let a sigh escape her lips, she could see the girls gigging behind Darren and rolled her eyes slightly.

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"What are they laughing at?" whispered Darren wondering if he did something stupid as he took out his phone and flicked through the games and tapped on one. "What are you doing here anyway?" he asked glancing at the girls behind him.

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Tara shrugged slightly "dunno, just going home for a visit I guess." The young girl sighs, shaking her head slightly, pursing her lips in thought. She looked down the carriage, nothing,there were still few people onboard this section, they seemed to be avoiding it. Tara looked up at Darren "what about you?....what are you doing here?"

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"Im going to watch a football... "soccer" match" replied Darren as he glanced again at the girls who were staring at him. Darren turned away and set his attention back to his phone. "so... you used to live round here? he asked "I was only here for a few weeks and my uncle and two friends were killed by empousa"

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Tara nodded slightly "I'm sorry for your loss." She says the girls behind Darren had burst into small bouts of laughter. Tara shook her head "do you mind!" she says, frowning at the girls, who turn to face her, sticking out her tongue. She sighed getting slowly to her feet stretching slightly "I think I have to go to the toilet." She nods heading for the door, the red haired girl also getting to her feet, the girl following Tara out to the toilet.

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Darren glanced behind seeing the girl following Tara. Her leg hit something and made a metallic noise. Even though Darren had only stayed in camp for a few weeks he knows what she was an empousa. "Tara!" he shouted, as he got up and took out his dagger. Damn! why didn't i bring my sword?

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The door slid closed behind them. Tara's ears twitched slightly she heard the boy call out to her. She turned around to face the girl, taking a couple of steps back from her. When Darren tried the door he would find it stuck, unable to move it open. Tara blinked leaning past the girl to see the boy darren "huh....wonder what he wants."

The second girl, a brown haired, green eyed girl looked over to darren. Her lips were curved in a pleasent smile, her spell had worked, he demigods had been seperated. She said nothing, made no indication of her true intent, after all boys were easier to get under her power tha girls. Her voice was sweet, calm and had an alluring charm to it, she twirled her hair between two fingers "oh my, is there smething wrong handsome?" She looked like an ordinary girl, there was no indication that she was anything other than human.

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Darren raised his dagger reluctantly and took a few steps towards her.

"What do you want from us?" He asked looking past her to check on Tara who was trapped behind the other empousa. He then slid his free hand into his pocket wrapping his fingers around the handle of a celestial bronze throwing knife.

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Tara cupped her hands togethor, she looked behind the girl, seemingly ignoring her. She looked at the pair in the cabin beyond, she chuckled slightly turning to face the girl, unaware of what she was. "Looks like your friends flirting with Darren" she says, a small smile upon her face.

The girl giggled musicly "what do I want I just want to talk cutie" she says, her eyes narrowing slightly as she studied Darren. She flicked her hair over her shoulder, getting slowly to her feet. Letting a small sigh escape her lips, her pink lips opening slightly "now why don't you put that thing down my dear and come and give me a kiss" she says cupping her hands togethor and batting her eyelids.

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Darren frowned at her request, almost certain its a trap but he lowered his dagger. "What did you want to talk about?" he asked curtly, again glancing at the empousa which was now almost upon Tara. "And tell your blood sucking friend to get away from her!"

She studied the girl smiling warmly. "Come here sweetheart you look awful" she said spreading her arms as if she was going to hug her. "I can help you..." she added walking ever closer.

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Tara blinked slightly, moving to take a step away or towards the girl. Her lips curved into a slight smile. She examined the girl before her, her pink lips pursed in thought "I don't know we've only just met and although your quite pretty I feel quite fine." She says, pursing her lips in thought "besides why would a pretty girl like you want to help me?"

"I'm Mel dear." She begins as though she hadn't noticed the boy's comment, she cast a glance at the pair in the next cabin "but she's no blood sucker silly, she's just a girl like me and I think she's comfoting your frend....she seems to be quite jealous." The girl says letting a soft giggle escape her lips, batting her eyelids innocently "as for me, if you think I'm a blood sucker....your wrong....all I want is a kiss."

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Darren walked closer to her, now at almost touching distance. He took another step and slashed his dagger at her. But he had misjudged it, his dagger harmlessly scraped upon her bronze leg and Darren was off balance. "Tara! She is an empousa!" Darren shouted trying to get back and attack the empousa.

She frowned "oh, don't listen to him, he doesn't want me to help you" the empousa reassured shaking her head "I can make you more beautiful, more than your mother ever was. Just come to me." she said slowly reaching towards the young girl.

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"M...More beutifull than Aphrodite?" She asks incredulous, having already drowned out Darren. She blushed slightly, looking down at her hands slightly, biting her bottom lip. She looked at the reflection of her in the window.She kicked her trainers off. She was convinced, she knew what she had to do, her mind was clogged slightly with visions of beuty. Tara mmed slightly "I'd like that, I'd like that alot." She moved forward towards, the girl. Her pink lips puckered up, she moved in close, moved in for a kiss her eyes closed.

Mel didn't waste a moment, her timing was almost perfect. While the boy was on the floor she lept forward towards him. She aimed to jump upon his lower body, aimed to pin the boys dagger wielding hand "you should have gone for the kiss boy." Mel laughed slightly "still that little thing you carry is not going to kill me, your under prepared and now your going to pay for it." She says as she tries to pin Darren down perfectly "do you want to know a secret?....an Empousa's kiss has a numbing effect, it numbs the mind and it numbs the body, once we kiss you will be all mine."

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Darren struggled under the weight, using all his strength to try to push her off him but he couldn't. "Tara! Run!" he shouted desparately. Darren dug his nails through the empousa trying to get free, and to his luck, the empousa's hand loosened. Enough for him to get away and run towards Tara.

"Yes, more beautiful than your mother but first we have to stop him" She pointed at Darren "You have to kill him first, or else i wont help you" she added smiling, hoping to have some fun before killing her.

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Mel narrowed her eyes slightly, jumping eagerly to her feet. She watched the boy run and took a sprint after him, baring her teeth.

A finger planted upon her lip, she opened her eyes the girl was a little surprised. Tara heard the girls words, "that seems....wrong" she muters under her breathe. She was confused, she reached behind her slipping her staff out from it's hiding place. Her mind was clouded, she was confused, hearing the words seemed to make things so much more clearer. She got into a fighting stance "I understand....I have to stop him......have to stop" tara says, her voice almost devoid of emotion.

Mel snapped her fingers the door slid open and Darren run through it, she looked over to the other Empousa "our stop is almost here."

Tara wasn't thinking straight, she was vain and that was a bad thing, especially right now. The boy was running towards her, she swng her staff around as hard as she could as though it were a bat. The staff connected with Darren, smshing straight into his fac, there was an awfull crunching sound, the staff cracked. Darren would fall and slam his head against the floor below.

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Darren crashed to the floor, stunned and bleeding. He slowly tried to stand up expecting to see an empusa, but it was Tara holding a staff. He was surrounded on all sides, he stood up and took out his last two throwing knives, this time using them as daggers. He knew it was hopeless, he stood there waiting for one of them to attack. What is she doing? he wondered, did she plan this all along?

She walked slowly towards Tara, smiling warmly. "Yes... now finish him off and you will get your reward" she lied. "You can be more beautiful than Aphrodite..." she repeated.

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Mel stood behind the boy blocking his escape route. She hummed softly giggling behind the boy, he wasn't paying attention to her. Mel snapped her fingers, the door behind her sliding shut. "aw poor boy, perhaps you should give up now and accept your place." Mel teased the boy, baring her teeth her mouth curved in a devious smile. "It seems your friends being very obediant, I wonder what she did to poor Tara....maybe they shared a kiss or perhaps she's using magic, guess you'll never know!" She rushed at the boy, merely a diversion.

[Tara nodded slowly, spinning the staff, bringing it around slightly, she knew she didn't have to do much more. A good blow and the boy would be unconsious, then she would get her reward. Tara spun the staff, lunging forward with the hilt, aiming at the boy square in his forehead, trying to hit him, perhaps she knew what she was doing after all. tara's lips curved into a smile sifting the staff at the last moment and instead aiming to smack Darren around the side of the head.

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Darren dropped to the floor, which was now covered with his blood. He felt dizzy and exhausted. He stabbed one of his dagger to the wall to hep him stand up, then quickly he threw both his knives straight at the empousa. His aim was true, both of them one landed in Mel's eye and the other on the red haired empousa's neck. Then he aimed a punch at Tara, but it was weak, he should have ran when he had the chance.

The empousa howled in pain and anger, thrashing in the floor. She pulled out the knife and tried to throw it at Darren but failed and disintegrated.

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Mel screamed out, pulling the dagger from her eye she threw it to the floor, pointing at Darren. "You Will pay for that boy!" She says, lunging at the boy Darren bringing her hand around to try and slam her fist on the back of the boy's head.

Tara groaned slightly, the punch connecting with her cheek, she groaned slightly falling back into the pile of dust. Tara slid across the train floor slightly, hitting her head against a table. She groaned slightly shaking her head.

Mel hissed, beating her hand against Darren you think it will be that easy, you think she won't come back!" she hissed, baring her teeth aiming to bite the boy's shoulder. Then she flew back slightly from the impact of Tara's staff. Mel shook her head slightly "Insolent Wretch!" she mutters worst under her breathe a spellor prayer of some kind, moments before she burst into dust.

Tara groaned slightly, a handfull of the dust in her closed hand ""hey Darren...Darren are you ok." She says pushing herself to her feet she moved towards the boy slowly. Tara groaned slightly, leting the dust fall free from her hand, ignoring it, ignoring what the dust was doing as she came to inspect Darren..

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"Do I look like I'm ok?" he snapped, then he sighed remembering that she was mesmerised by the empousa. He took out some ambrosia and offered it to Tara before eating one. "Let's get back to camp, we should tell Chiron about this" he said "he might know why they were attacking us".

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"It could be because you were on your phone." Tara says, sticking the ambrosia piece in her mouth a small smile upon her face. She hummed softly, stretching "but I think your right about heading back, though it could be we were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time."

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"They were here before I used my phone, and anyway I only played some games on it" Darren said smiling "let's go, were not that far away from camp". He walked out of compartment and headed towards camp.

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"It doesn't matter, you still used your phone, we'll probably get attacked again on our way back. Tara says, picking up her staff as she followed behind Darren, humming softly to herself. She shook her head slightly "we probably should be more careful, especially walking around manhatten when those two reform, there probably not gonna be two happy with you."

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