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Chapter Quote:

“It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.”

~David Levithan, Every Day

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Chapter 3: I Amuse the Alpha

Luke 

“Come back here!  I’m trying to save you dummy!” Luke hollered at the Winchester twin.  He’d never met the guy, but apparently Silena and Derek had when they were on their way to rescue him.   Maybe calling him a ‘dummy’ wasn’t the smartest idea to get the twin to listen, but Luke was saying whatever came out of his mouth without really filtering it through his brain first.  A bad idea to be honest.

“Bradley!” The mystery girl skidded next to him, matching his pace.  The second twin appeared next to her.

“Oh come on!” Luke shouted. “I can’t take all three of you on by myself!  Would you stop running?!” He started to gain on the trio when he had an epiphany: what in Poseidon’s name was he going to do when he actually caught them?  Tie them up in the rope he didn’t have?

The woods gave way to a clearing and had Luke been able to see ahead of the Winchesters and their recruiter, he could’ve stopped himself in time from falling over the edge of a cliff that had a three hundred foot drop.  The three demigods (if that mysterious girl even was one) simply jumped off like they weren’t afraid to die.  But if the twins had the same powers as their sister, they could just fly off, safe and sound, leaving their pursuer to splatter into the earth below.

Luke would’ve liked to admit that he had some deep revelation about his life as he began to fall, but truthfully, the only thing in his mind was a word that was not appropriate to say.  It started with ‘F.’

He closed his eyes, wondering when he was going to become one with the ground, but instead he was yanked up and back before being dropped unceremoniously onto the ground.  Opening one eye, Luke saw Lupa standing over him.

“Thank you, ma’am… She Wolf… Lupa… what exactly should I call you?” he asked.  Despite the fact he knew she could rip him to shreds, it was an honest question he had.

You’re just like your father.  Call me Lupa.  If you weren’t such a good fighter, and admittedly, amusing, you would be dead already Luke Jackson. Lupa said.

“Remind me to make a fool of myself repeatedly in front of you then.  Where are Silena and Derek?”

Good question.

“May I have help looking for them?”

No.  You must find them on your own.  But we shall follow you.

Luke grumbled about having to find his sister and best friend without any help.  He wasn’t a wolf; it wasn’t like he could sniff their scent out.  Walking into the forest, he retraced his steps back to the main house.  From there, Luke went in the general direction Silena had been heading in.  He called out her name.

She didn’t respond, but a familiar voice did.

“Luke?!” the voice yelled from deep inside the woods.

“Derek!  I’m coming!” Luke jogged towards the location where the son of Apollo’s voice had come from.  Derek quite literally slid into view.  Besides appearing pale, he was unharmed.

“You okay?” Luke asked.

“Where’s Silena?  Are you okay?”

“I’m alive thanks to Lupa.  Nearly became a stain in the ground.  Don’t ask.  No, I’m trying to find her.” The two boys set off at a rapid pace, splitting up, but always close enough that they could still see each other.  For a few agonizing minutes, neither boy found a trace of Silena; Luke started to worry what the mystery girl had done to his sister.

“Luke!  Over here!” Derek called out.  Bolting over there, he found his friend cupping Silena’s face.  Dropping down to his knees, he placed his ear next to her heart to make sure it was beating.  Relief flooded through him when he heard the steady thump.

“Silena, hey, come on, wake up,” Luke said, shaking her gently.  His sister groaned as her eyes fluttered open.

“What happened?” she murmured.

“We lost the twins and the girl.  But who cares about that?  What happened to you?” Luke said.

Silena sat up, brushing off Derek’s attempt to help her. “The girl’s name is Penn.  She knocked me out but in a weird way.  Like it didn’t hurt.  It just… knocked me out.”

“Penn must have hit one of your pressure points,” Derek suggested. “Who was she?”

“Didn’t say.  She just said we had to stop following her because it would be catastrophic if we caught her.”

“Do you believe her?” Luke prodded.

“Actually, I do,” Silena admitted. “I didn’t see her face, but I saw her eyes, and she was petrified.  Angry, but petrified too.  Like she thought I’d recognize her or something.  Penn knew who I was, too.  I don’t know how.  But she said she did, and with the way she spoke to me, it felt like I knew her too.”

“Maybe it was Bryn, just disguised,” Luke said.

“That’s not possible, and you know that,” she consoled. “Bryn was killed.  She’s not coming back, no matter how much I wish she was.”

“It is possible,” he countered. “You know she was good at fooling people.”

“Luke…” Derek began, sounding strained. “I want to believe she’s alive just as much as you do, but don’t you think that if she was alive, that she would’ve contacted us by now?  That she would’ve let us know she’s alive?”

“So what did that dream I have mean?  It led us here, and someone was trying to get the Winchester twins on their side.  How do you not know that wasn’t Bryn with brown hair?”

“She enjoyed being blonde too much,” Derek joked. “But in all seriousness, you know Bryn would’ve contacted us by now.  If she is alive, it’s not the Bryn we know.”

Luke hated to admit it, but the son of Apollo was right.  Bryn would’ve contacted them by now.  They’d been the only family she had, and to her, they’d been the most important people in her life.  So why the dream?  That had been her in his dream, and she had been talking to Hannah and the guy Ryan.  If Luke couldn’t convince Derek and Silena that their friend was alive, then he’d have to find some sort of way to prove it to them.

“So now what?” Luke asked.

“I guess we should head back to Chiron, report what happened, and report to Cora too,” Silena said.

Cora is closer.  Why do you not go first to her? Lupa queried.

Derek snorted. “Last time we met Cora, we uh, sort of made their Senate House collapse… partially.”

You did what?

“Antony was trying to imprison our friend Bryn because he thought she was too dangerous and she was dangerous, but he was making the situation worse because he stopping her from getting to my brother which we were on a quest to rescue him at the time.  To help us escape, Bryn made a pillar hit the seating area for the praetors and flew us out of there.  Cora still believes we’re okay, but Antony has it out for us.  He wants us dead.”

Lupa snarled. No good runt.  Even I hate him, but he is a praetor, and I must respect him.  Even I must respect a leader of New Rome.

“You’re welcome to turn him into puppy chow,” Luke said. “Hey, what if we went to New Rome with Lupa?”

The wolf growled. I do not leave my territory unless I find it absolutely necessary.  I want you three to live, but it is not a necessary battle for me.  You must fend for yourselves this time.

“You don’t want to leave your territory, I understand that.  It’s probably extremely dangerous for you, even if you are a wolf the size of a tank and could rip anyone and anything in two or more pieces,” he told her.  Silena slapped him on the arm but he ignored it. “But according to my sister and Derek, Antony will have us imprisoned or killed if we go to New Rome.  He’s not going to believe what we saw unless we have someone to back us up, someone who is close to you.  Considering we just met you, this is a lot to ask, but could you spare one of your wolves to go with us?  We’ll bring them right back once we’re done talking to Cora and Antony, and then we’ll leave.  We won’t contact you again until the big battle, when we will ask if you would like to fight with us.”

Lupa circled the three demigods, eyeing them carefully, sizing them up.  Luke gripped his sword, preparing himself just in case she attacked.

I believe I can send some emissaries with you. The She-Wolf turned her head to three wolves.  One was solid black, the biggest of the three.  The second was a red wolf, the smallest of all present, but it seemed the most… feral.  The third wolf was pure white.  It had gray eyes, ones that reminded Luke of his mother’s. I present to you Adolpha, Sandulf, and Ralph.

“Ralph?” Luke repeated.  Of all names, the wolf’s name was ‘Ralph.’  Compared to his previous companions, it did not seem the least bit threatening.

You laugh at his name?

“No ma’am.  It just… doesn’t sound like the others.  I mean, Adolpha, Sandulf… Ralph is just very different.  But I’m not laughing.  No laughing from me.”

His name means ‘wise wolf.’  He is who I go to for strategizing.  Do not underestimate him simply because his name does not sound as intimidating as the others.  Adolpha’s name means ‘noble wolf’; she is my second in command.  And lastly but far from the least, Sandulf means ‘true wolf.’  She may be small, but her fighting is unparalleled.  They are all known by Cora and Antony.  They will give validation of your story.

“Thank you Lupa,” Luke replied sincerely, not believing his plan actually worked. “You have our word that we will not contact you until the big battle, when we will ask for your help in fighting against Hannah and her forces.

You need not ask for my help in the battle, young demigod.  You already have it.

“Thank y- wait, what?” Luke stared in confusion at Lupa.

You need not ask.  You already have my word I will help you.

“But we’re the only Greeks to have talked to you about this, and I doubt the Romans have thanks to Ant.”

I have already discussed it with another person.

“Who all have you been in touch with before us?”

The Winchester twins, you three, and Penn.

“It must’ve been Bradley and Brady,” Derek rationalized.

The twins discussed it with me, but it was not they who convinced me to join you.

“So are you saying we did?” Luke answered.

No.

“Then who?”

Derek stood up and demanded, “Are you saying Penn convinced you to fight alongside us?”

Lupa lowered her head so her eyes were level with Derek’s. Yes.

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