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Chapter 18: We're Back!

At last they reached the camp. What they saw was chaos. Not the guy Chaos, but the opposite of order. Tents had been set up everywhere, all of them filled with injured demigods. Campers who were the least hurt rushed around tending to the campers with serious wounds. Chiron, his flank all bandaged up, walked up to them. "You're back! I was getting worried."

"What happened here?!" Jordan exclaimed. I really hope Jimmy didn't do all of this, he thought. He had to look up at the sky so he didn't see the bleeding demigods. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Annabeth look at him suspiciously. He didn't blame her. 

"After the self-proclaimed god of fear showed up, everyone ran as far away as they could. They stayed in a group and found themselves outside the camp borders. As you can imagine, that many demigods in one place attracted a large number of monsters," Chiron said. Jordan winced at the thought. That couldn't have been pretty.

"How could he have been the god of fear? Their already is one, a son of Aphrodite and Ares. I've met him, kind of," Piper said. 

"I do not know."

"Well, Mr. D seemed to know who he was. Maybe we could ask him?" Jason suggested. Jordan half hoped Chiron would say no, but he was also curious about Jimmy's whole story.

"I am afraid Mr. D is still.....unavailable. Whatever Jimmy did to him has not worn off," Chiron said. He shifted uncomfortably. "I think I may need to contact the Olympians. From the way Mr. D reacted, this is a very serious situation."

Other campers who were nearby overheard and began murmuring worriedly. "Is it that bad?" "Will Mr. D ever snap out of it?" Who was that Jimmy guy?"

Jordan itched to get away. He felt like a bomb that could go off at any minute. Plus, he felt guilty about Mr. D. He knew that it was Jimmy's fault, but he could have resisted more. All of it, the injured campers, Mr. D, Chiron, he felt like it was his fault. Now he was the one to shift uncomfortably. Chiron noticed this, and how Annabeth was looking at Jordan.

"Is something wrong?" he asked Jordan. The son of Apollo couldn't meet the centaur's eyes. "I said, is something wrong?"

"Yeah, I guess. These guys told me that Jimmy mentioned me and said he would settle for tormenting me for awhile," Jordan fibbed. That wasn't it, of course, but he needed to say something. Chiron didn't look convinced but didn't question further. Instead, he asked the Seven and Nico to join him in the Big House and told Jordan to join the other Apollo children in helping the wounded campers.

Inside of the Big House, Chiron gathered everyone around the meeting/pool table. "Something is not right with Jordan."

"He's been acting kind of...off since his quest. More secretive and guarded," Percy said. "I saw him on the beach one day and he seemed really upset about something. I had thought he was just annoyed with everyone asking him questions, but now I think it might be something else."

"I think it has something to do with Jimmy an that knife," Hazel claimed. "Something about that knife is really odd. It doesn't feel like the other weapons, magic or material wise."

"I agree. Not only that, but he looked like he felt guilty for what happened at camp. He couldn't bring himself to look at anything," Annabeth said. "I think he might be in league Jimmy."

"I don't know. He seems like a good guy," Frank said. 

"I didn't say he is willingly. Jimmy might be forcing him to help in some way."

Chiron was deep in thought for a long time before he spoke. "I believe Annabeth is right. If Jimmy mentioned that he was going to target Jordan specifically, added to the fact that Jordan has Jimmy's knife, then we have reason to tell this theory to the Olympians when I contact them. They will know what to do."

"I hope so. If we're right, Jordan is going to need all the help he can get," Percy said. Everyone nodded in agreement. 

Leo was thinking something else though. He wasn't really seen as smart in non-mechanical related issues by his friends, but he had a theory of his own. Jimmy and Jordan had similar facial features, and their voices had a few similarities. Not to mention build and height. Percy had told him a story once, something about Egyptian magicians being able to host gods and how he had even hosted one. If that was true, was it possible that Jimmy and Jordan were the same person? He made a mental note to mention his idea to the others when he had more evidence.

"Until we know anything for certain, I say we keep this under wraps. We don't want to cause unnecessary panic," Chiron said. "I had hoped that the days of betrayal and revenge-seeking gods were behind us. Now I fear we are about to face a threat of the likes we have not seen since the Second Giant war."

Outside of the Big House, Jordan had gone to his cabin instead of helping with the wounded. It would have been too much for him, Jimmy certainly would have taken control. He was exhausted and climbed into his bunk. As soon as he closed his eyes he was sucked into the memories of what Jimmy had done. He relived it all in a manner of minutes. When he woke up he still felt trapped in a nightmare.





Okay, little authors note. I'm sorry for not updating since last year. I had mild writers block for this story and am currently working on a different, non-fanfiction story outside of Wattpad. Anyways, sorry if this chapter isn't all that great. See you, Fanfares! 

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