So this is actually the story I’ve really been dreading to write… because you’re all going to- never mind.  I’m not going to go into that.  Anywho, since all of you were so diligent in reviewing, which I seriously, really thank you for, y’all get the first chapter of “UnStoppable.” So here goes!

Chapter Quote:

“There is no force equal to that of a determined woman.”

~Unknown

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Chapter 1: My Friend Goes Crazy

Bryn 

“Let’s go for a walk,” Luke suggested randomly in the middle of the show he and Bryn were watching.  It was called “Ancient Aliens.”  The two demigods had become addicted to it over the course of their summer, watching it whenever they could at camp.  Currently, they were in the Jacksons’ cabin on Montauk Beach for a vacation for a week; it was their last night at the cabin.  Silena and Luke had begged their parents to let Bryn and Derek come along; their parents readily conceded, liking the two companions. 

He and Bryn were the only ones awake.

“Luke, it’s twelve at night and we have to get up at five in the morning to get back to camp,” she chastised lightly before, “Let’s do it.”

They tiptoed to the door; Bryn grabbed a jacket before heading out.  Luke quietly shut the door.  The two jumped from the steps onto the cool sand.  They walked hand in hand down the beach, not saying anything.  A breeze hit her back, sending shivers up her spine.  Getting an uneasy feeling, she turned around to find-

Nothing.

No monsters were trailing them.

“Bryn, stop being paranoid,” Luke teased.

“Paranoia has kept me alive.  I intend to keep being so,” Bryn retorted.  Luke gave her a playful nudge which she returned.  The shoves progressively became more violent; within a few minutes, the shoves resulted in the demigods getting pushed to the ground.

“Let’s go in the ocean,” Luke said, looking longingly at the black water.  Bryn hesitated but seeing the look upon her best friend’s face, she couldn’t say anything but yes.  He took her hand and they waded in.  His powers prevented them from getting hypothermia from the frigid water, even if it was mid-June.  Bryn couldn’t see anything in the dark water, but Luke seemed to know where he was going.  He’d created an air bubble so she could breathe.  Bryn stayed as close to him as possible.  If anything were to go wrong, she’d be completely useless.  Something brushed up against her leg.  Bryn yelped at a fifteen foot Great White Shark and pushed herself up against Luke.  He smiled, apparently conversing mentally with the shark.  The shark bared its teeth back almost as if it was… smiling?

“Uh, what is he saying?” Bryn prodded, tucking her legs in closer to her body when the shark brushed up against her a second time.

“She is saying hi,” Luke corrected.

“I’m sorry I’m got the gender wrong.  I’m a little preoccupied with the fact that a fifteen foot Great White shark is circling us,” Bryn snapped in fright.

“Don’t worry, she won’t hurt us; I promise,” he said, giving Bryn a sincere smile that she could hardly see in the dark water.

“Let’s get back up to shore.  This is freaking me out too much,” she admitted. “I don’t like being in the water like this.”

“I need to take you out to Long Island Sound where camp is located.  The bottom there is surprisingly beautiful,” he remarked, swimming with Bryn back to the beach although neither had resurfaced.  Luke had incredible bearings when it came to being in water.  When he was in the water, he was his own GPS.  The two surfaced to find themselves surrounded by more Laistrygonians the Bryn cared to count.  She and Luke elongated their swords, anticipating a fight.

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Silena 

Silena woke up to Derek breathing heavily.  She turned over on her top bunk bed and looked down at her boyfriend who occupied the bottom bunk.  He was fidgeting, his head turning from side to side.  He kept muttering names; it took Silena about ten minutes before she could actually decipher them due to Derek’s mumbling of the names and the sudden, howling wind storm that arose in the past five minutes.  One gust sounded like a woman screaming in agony, startling, and rather frightening, Silena.

“Bryn… Luke… move…” Derek muttered.  Just as she was about to wake him up, in fear that he’d wake up everyone else in the cabin, he shot up, eyes wide open; he was gasping for breath.  His bare chest glistened with sweat.  He looked petrified.

“Derek, what’s wrong?” Silena demanded quietly.  His head snapped up to look at her.

“Th-they’re in trouble.  Luke…  Bryn,” he explained in between breaths.  Derek scrambled out of his bed, running to the front door.  Percy and Annabeth, upon hearing the commotion, came padding out of their room, asking what was going on.  Derek’s eyes were crazed and the parents immediately knew something serious was going on.

Not even bothering to explain, Derek threw open the door, only to be crashed into by a figure with blonde hair.  They collapsed to the floor in a heap.

“Bryn!” Silena exclaimed.  Her friend’s leg looked deformed; blood matter Bryn’s hair, was smeared on her face, and soaked parts of her shirt.  She was trembling violently, barely able to get a coherent sentence out.

“L-Luke… tell me he’s here,” she pleaded; Silena had never seen Bryn so close to tears.

“No, he’s not.  What happened?” Percy asked, kneeling down.

“Laistrygonians.  Th-thirty or more.  They took him!  They took Luke and it’s all my fault!” Bryn cried in horror.  Percy and Annabeth’s faces drained to a pale color.  Derek kept attempting to keep the daughter of Zeus still, but she was grief-stricken.  She couldn’t think rationally.  She stood up and started pacing.  Silena wondered with awe how her friend could walk with such a severely broken leg.

“We need to get to camp.  I need to get a quest so I can go save him.  I have to go save him.  This is it.  This is-”

While Bryn continued to ramble aimlessly about going to rescue Luke, Percy ordered everyone else, “Get your stuff together.  Annabeth, come with me.  I want to make sure that…”

He didn’t finish; he didn’t need to.  Annabeth understood.  She grabbed his hand and they ran onto the beach, searching for their son in futility.  Derek and Silena packed their things along with Bryn and Luke’s.  Ten minutes later, Percy and Annabeth returned, announcing grimly that Bryn was right.

Luke was gone.

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Uh oh, what’s going to happen to Luke?  Will Bryn save him?  Review if you want to find out!  Remember, three reviews minimum for the next chapter to be published.  Think y’all can answer that challenge? :P