The Quest for Violet Jones [PRIVATE]

I grinned devileshly.Dealing with drunken idjits wasnt exactly a good time but sober idjits had aim so drunken idjits were the preffered." And exactly who is gonna make us leave?" I said smirking.I twirled my dager inbetween my fingers, waiting for a response.

I had watched silently as things got from bad to worse. I chuckled darkly at Violets question."Well..." ,I said raising my gun"..depend on my mood right now."Violet seemed like the kind of person I would just naturally hate. But since Sis wanted her alive and safe I guess it wasnt much of an option.

Little by little my ticked of meter had risen from 3-things could be better to a full blown friggin 9- I.will.kill.someone.know. I growled when one of the thugs grabbed me." Aw hell no." I stomped don my foot on the guys foot and the second he loosened his grip(more out of shock then pain) I elbowed him in the chest and took of after Violet.My eyes had changed color to a fiery red. I.Was.Pissed.

Violet wasn't going to give in so easily. Catching the rock with her bare hand, she retailiated by throwing it back at Zin. "I'm better off here," she said with exasperation.

"Violet, we can take you to camp." Anna tried to sound as reassuring as possible, but her words came out as a few grunts while she tried to escape the clutches of one of the gang members. "You'd be safe there. You could meet our half-siblings and help me run the cabin-" She didn't continue her speech, seeing as it annoyed Violet -- her eyes giving off a death glare.

"In other words, let's go before we pulverise you." Melina pulled out the lance she had just recieved the night before, and lunged it at the daughter of Hecate. Violet quickly dodged it by rolling over to the side, pulling out a pistol, her knife still in the other hand.

~ Now this is when the actual battle begins, so go crazy.

I smirked seeing Violet pull out a gun. Yet again Id stayed in the shadows silent and watching. Eh, it worked so it wasnt like anybody could say shiz. I pulled out my gun and grinned. I pulled the trigger and the bullet missed her head by inches. I could hit her if I wanted too. Of coarse I didnt want to. She was still somewhat related to me."Still gonna act like a whiny kid who dosent wanna eat there vegie?" I said, venom dripping through every sylable.

As Melina ran over to help Zin with the rest of the thugs, the battle raged on bewtween Violet and the three other questers: Anna, Mini, and Travis.

While Mini slashed with her knife, Violet used the palm of her hand to swipe away the girl's arm. Following that attack, Mini kicked, but Violet held on to her foot and brought it up to the point where Mini would lose balance and fall on her bum.

Hearing Travis' battle cry, Violet had to think fast before the black, gooey water could collapse on her. Magic. Magic. "Aspida!" With the command of Violet's word in ancient Greek, she held her arms above her head, forming a shield of black energy above her; the water falling to the ground in a cicle around her.

She had to admit, though; this wasn't going to be easy. She knew what she was up against: a group of half-bloods trained at a training facility all the way in Rhode Island. Violet had to find someway to beat them, or escape.

Anna had sent a lazer-like blast at Violet, but immediately regretted it. Not only did it penetrate the shield she used to defend herself, but tazed her, and put her on her knees.

After that, the only thing Anna could she was her cousin. The whole scenery was black, and the teenager's knees cringed. No . . . This wasn't supposed to happen! She could only help to think about all the great times she and her cousin had before in the past, and now all of that being thrown away by a battle that was supposed to be served as a good purpose--to bring Violet home peacefully. Now, those chances were one to nothing.

When she snapped back to reality, she was Zin charging toward her injured cousin, her sword raised, and her facial expression clearly showing anger. "Zin, no! Don't do it!" She was too late to stop her, as Zin's sword had already pierced the abdomen of Violet.

Anna ran over to her cousin, the blood forming a pool around them, and staining the cabin leader's black combat boots. "You can't die on me, Violet," she said soothingly as Violet breathed heavily. She placed a hand on the injury, and focused all of her power, a white form of light igniting in Anna's hand. After a few moments, the wound was healed, but the cut remained. There was only so much magic could do.

From the amount of energy drained from the battle, Anna felt a little dizzy after healing her cousin. Her eyes closed involuntarily and she fell back, unconscious.

"Come on, Violet! Let's go play!" The voice of a 3-year-old Anna echoed through the Jones' household. 5-year-old Violet could only stare, stone-faced; then a grin forming. "Okay," she said calmly, and not as enthusiastically as Anna.

The scene shifted to the backyard of the house. Training dummies crafted by the two were placed in the ground, some half torn, and others surviving with only small rips in the fabric.

"Yay, yay! Violet, let's practice our my-gac!" Violet gave a small laugh at her cousin's mispronounciation, covering her lips with her hand. "It's magic, Anna."

"Play, play!" And so the two were off, casting any spell they wished on the dummies.

The scence changed again, this time showing 3-year-old Anna down on the grass crying.

"Anna . . ." Violet murmured, loud enough for Zin, Travis, Mini, and Melina to hear. "Are you okay?"

The toddler's imaged changed to an older Anna, 13-years-old. The background around her became the alley the battle had been fought in, before the two were injured. She still cried, and Violet understood.

The teenager put all of her will power into breaking out of unconciousness. Anna's hurt, she thought. I have to help her!

Violet's eyes slowly opened, her blue eyes scanning the half-bloods that looked down on her. She felt something on her hand, which was odd considering her whole body was numb. It was another's hand--Travis, was it? She tried for a small smile, and closed her eyes again, but remained awake.

Anna's safe.

I kneeled next to Anna, glad that she was ok. I sighed and shoock my hair out which was now wet because Id been outside of Violets circle that protected her from the water."So..um...what now?" I asked.

Before Violet's subconcious outbursts, Melina had quickly taken action; feeling the pulses of the two teenagers in their necks and wrists.

"They still have a pulse," she announced, "but it would probably be best if we brought them back to camp. We need to get them to the infirmary, stat."

Melina couldn't help but think about the relationship of Anna and Violet. Would it be absolutely destroyed once this quest was over? Will Violet realize how much her cousin cares for her? It wasn't her place to interfere with family matters, but she refused to let them hate each other. After all they've been put through; after all the suffering, constant quarrling between the Joneses would be completely unhealthy. Melina would understand.

~ When they get back, would you like to continue in the infirmary?

~Oh suuuure. :]

Sometimes life just couldn’t stop bringing you down,
and you just can’t help but get dragged…

Being the daughter of Athena, Melina was supposed to know how to get out of these situations. This time, however, her mind went blank. They could always travel by the sea with Travis, but there was also her own safety to take into account. Unfortunately, Poseidon and Athena didn't get along too well, so if Melina ever got near the water, then she was probably the first--or only--target.

"I am not getting on another plane. I respect Zeus and everything, but I am not having another repeat of last time. Violet's gang is still out there, and they might even be trying to get her back."

After experiencing the dangers quests had to offer and just regular city life, Melina knew not to ever let her guard down. There had to be some way they could get back safely. Anna could shadow travel a little bit, but she was unconcious. Zin could, but she obviously isn't in the condition to do so. The group still wasn't sure what Violet was capable of, and she was still out cold. All hope seemed to be lost.

"Don't look at me for all the answers. I have no idea how to get back to camp safely without being ambushed. Who knows, they could be back any second."