Elisson Eyes || PJO spinoff

chapter 5

~Who are you?~

"HOLY SHI-" I'm screaming my lungs out at this point. I still have my drum sticks from my class, so I have a bright idea to stab the lion, but how? My music is still going, playing "Misery" by Green Day.

It started when she ran away
Thumbs out on the interstate
She hitched a ride to misery

The lion apparently grabbed my shirt collar with its mouth instead of its claw, but why didn't it just eat me right there and then? Something is wrong.

It starts heading deeper into the woods. I need to act fast. As the lion runs faster, my body starts swinging side to side, like a doll. My head starts spinning and I can't get a hold on what's happening.

I try grabbing its neck, but I can't get a good grip on it. Finally, on my third try, I firmly hold onto its neck and pull out one of my drumsticks from my pocket. I adjust my grip on the drumstick so I can stab its face with enough force. Weirdly, its fur didn't change a bit. It's the exact same. I even stab it with the choppy end of the stick. The lion's skin is like its netherite armor (Minecraft kids know).

I try once again, right in the eye. Guilt floods my mind, how could I do that to an animal? They're still a living thing. But thankfully that's enough for the lion to drop me, on the cold, rough ground. I inhale sharply as I land, arms first, on the ground. It hurts so bad and I don't even have supplies. But I can't think about that right now, a whole lion is after me.

The fire burns from better days

I roll behind a tree, so I'm not right in front of the lion. I try to stand up, but it takes me a few tries. There's dirt all over my forearms and a couple of deep cuts. How am I going to survive if just a bunch of minor scratches and cuts are basically killing me? Why is the world doing this to me?

And she screams, "Why, oh why?"

I hear the lion roar, so my first instinct says to run, once again. Except this time, the lion doesn't exactly catch me. The lion scratches me right near my neck, but still on my back. The gnarly pain on my back stings so bad. I wanna scream but I feel like I've already lost my voice.

Well, hellhounds on your trail now once again, boy

I need to get rid of this lion, and I also need to figure out how. So I obviously can't stab the lion to death, it's skin is crazy strong and my drumsticks are crazy dull. I need to find a weak spot. Its eyes are kind of weak, but not enough. Maybe if...oh my gods if this works, I will literally jump for joy even if I'm in extreme pain.

I creep down a bit and start walking behind the lion, making sure I'm not crunching any leaves or snapping twigs. I swiftly make my way around the lion, near its head, but a safe distance away so it won't attack me. The lion roars again, and that's when I strike. While it's mouth is still open, I threw both of my drumsticks at an angle. I know my sticks are pretty skinny, but if this lion is actually gonna choke on it...

It's groping on your leg until it sleeps

A few moments later, the lion disintegrates like Peter Parker in Avenger's Endgame. How does that work? Am I in a freaking Percy Jackson book right now? This is definitely going to haunt me until I die.

I hobble away, trying not to trigger any pain on my body. What the hell was that though? Also where did the lion come from? It must've been in a zoo somewhere else because I do not know any places that lions can live in New Jersey.

***

Hours later, I find myself walking up a hill. "Brain Stew" is playing on my phone, I'm genuinely surprised it hasn't lost its battery yet. It's probably almost 2 am or something. I am absolutely starving. "Famished," I say in a fancy British accent. I start chuckling at myself. I am totally going insane as well. I haven't got any sleep because I'm scared of a lion or a wild animal coming at me again. This is not what I wanted when I was thinking of running away.