Disaster | Drew

[Viv Jennings]

After that disaster that happened last night, Viv and Drew went back to their proper hotel room for the night. They had fun, like they always did, but their good times had to come to an end, unfortunately. They packed up that morning and checked out of the hotel. It was time to go to back to camp before anyone got really concerned about where they were. Not that Viv had anyone who would miss her or so she thought. So once they were checked out of the hotel, she looked over at Drew as she held Zeke under her arm as she smirked. "Are you ready to do this thing or what?" she asked as she braced herself for the weakness she was going to feel once everything was said and done.

[Drew Desher]

It was easy to forget why Drew and Viv had left camp to begin with. The Vegas trip had gone as well as could be expected, Drew would even admit that he had a lot of fun with Viv which was something that he wasn’t used to doing, but fun hadn’t been the original purpose for them getting away even if it had served as a very effective distraction from the impending sense of doom that had been growing in Drew ever since he had woken up today and started preparing to head back.

The attack. It would have happened by now. Drew was sure of it and that meant one of two things. Either the camp was destroyed, the usurpers had won and he was walking them back into a trap or the camp survived, probably thought they were dead and was about to get a surprise. Either way it meant one thing for Drew. This bill of goods that he had been selling Viv on, while true in a sense, was about to come crumbling down and for the son of Thanatos he hoped that they both wouldn’t get caught in the destruction.

The time was on them though. Drew didn’t think he could buy himself anymore time as much as he wanted to now. No, he had dug this grave and he was going to have to lie in whether he got buried or not. Sighing as he watched Viv gather her things he shouldered his own old dufflebag and walked over to her. “You sure I can’t convince you to forget about camp. It’s not like there is anything there worth going back for anyways.” It was a desperate attempt. He knew it probably wouldn’t work but he had to try it anyways. This could all be so much easier if they left camp behind but he wasn’t that lucky.

Reaching over he wrapped one arm around Viv’s waist and pulled her close. It would make the shadow travel easier but it also had the added benefit of getting to have her body pressed against his one more time. “We could travel around and see the world. No reason to stay in one place or do one thing. Are you sure you want to go back to some boring summer camp?”

[Viv Jennings]

It was true that Viv really didn't care to go back to camp, but at the same time, she didn't have all of her stuff with her. Plus, there was the whole thing of making sure that Chiron and her siblings knew that she wasn't dead. However, they did agree to stay only a little while in Vegas before they returned to camp. So it caught Viv completely off guard when Drew was right there trying to convince her to travel some more. She raised her eyebrows a bit as he pulled her in closer to him.

"What's with the change of heart?" she said as she eyed him a bit. "I don't have everything with. If we wanted to travel some more, at least let me change out my clothes." She smirked a bit before she added, "But where would you want to go? New York? L.A.? Mexico?" She chuckled a bit before she shook her head. "Anyway, we should at least make one more stop at camp before we run away or whatever."

[Drew Desher]

Drew had to play it very carefully now. If there was any hope of keeping this from getting bad it centered around him not letting Viv know that he had been involved with the attack on camp in any shape or form. He had of course done plenty in his time and if he hadn’t met her he probably would have done more but then the crazy side of the Usurpers reared its ugly head and he had taken steps to keep her safe. It had all been for her and surely she couldn’t be mad at him for that but then again she didn’t need to ever find out so long as he didn't accidentally mess up and let the secret slip now.

“No change of heart.” He said with dismissive huff trying to play it off before she caught on. “I’ve just never felt a tie to that place anyways. You’re right though…We should head back if for nothing else than to pick stuff up. We can talk about it later alright?” He wasn’t so sure they would be talking later but there was nothing for it now. They were doing this one way or the other and damn the consequences. Tightening his grip on her just in case she wore herself out shadow traveling them again Drew finally gave her a resigned nod. “Alright. I’m ready.”

[Viv Jennings]

Viv was a bit skeptical that Drew wanted to not go back to camp and run off somewhere else with her. She couldn't shake the feeling that he was keeping something from her. What that was exactly, she didn't know. At least she convinced him enough to go back to camp to at least grab the rest of her stuff before they decided to go to gods knew where. But he was ready to go back to camp and she nodded her head before she closed her eyes.

Shadow travelling was always an odd sensation for Viv since she did it rarely, but travelling halfway across the country always wore her out it seemed. Once they arrived just outside Halfblood Hill, she felt her legs want to give out on her. She was very grateful at that moment that she had Drew holding her close otherwise she would be on the ground at that moment.

[Drew Desher]

Shadow traveling was weird. Drew guessed he was more used to it than some because his father was Thanatos but still, the fact that they could travel so far so fast was just a bit unsettling. Fortunately it didn’t affect him like it affected Viv who, after the shadows finally dissipated and they were back on familiar ground, started to go limp in his arms. “Guess it was a good thing I thought to hold on to you this time.” He said in a slightly distracted voice.

Unfortunately he was not in much of a mood to be coy. No, Drew was much more interested in glancing around his surroundings to see if he could get a read on the place before Viv came to her senses. He wasn’t sure what he had expected, the forest burned down or maybe a Camp Halfblood sized crater, but he saw neither of those things. If he got to the top of the hill maybe he would be able to see more but right now things were a bit limited. “Looks like we made it in one piece at least. Do you need to sit and rest for a second?”

[Viv Jennings]

Viv never shadow traveled, but when she did, it was halfway across the country. Her body was handling it better than really most people would. And it was nice that Drew was right there to keep her upright as she slowly regained the stability in her legs. She didn't notice that Drew sounded slightly distracted as he held her close. But after a couple of moments, she felt like she was strong enough to make it to camp.

"Nah," she said as she pulled away from him slightly. "I should be good. Let's get going. Where would you like to go next? Mexico? Hawaii?" She made her way up Half-Blood Hill, but when she reached the top of the hill, she stopped dead in her tracks. "Oh my gods..." she whispered as she looked at the destruction that was laid out before them. "What happened?"

[Drew Desher]

Drew had been hoped Viv would sit for a minute so that he could get a quick look at camp but she seemed to recover and then she was moving. Drew watched her for a moment before following behind her reluctantly. He wasn't too interested in her question but responded anyways in a noncomittal fashion. "We'll talk about it later." He said but in the back of his mind he wasn't too sure as there was no telling what they should expect.

It was Viv who reached the top of the hill first and as such she was the first to react. Her gasp drew his attention and he glanced up immediately interested in what she had seen. "What? What is it?" He asked but in his mind he thought he already knew. However as he stepped up beside her and looked down into the valley where Camp Half - blood was supposed to be it wasn't what he expected. It was still there. There was damage yes but it was all still there. The usurpers had failed. "I don't know...an attack maybe. It looks bad..."

[Viv Jennings]

Viv's eyes scanned Camp Half Blood. Yes, it was still standing, but it had taken heavy damage from whatever it happened. Her eyes immediately checked on the Hades cabin, which she was relieved to find it still standing. Even if she found her sibling super annoying, she didn't wish harm on them. But as she was surveying the damage, Drew's voice pulled her out of her thoughts as she looked over at him. "An attack?" she said as she looked back towards the damage. "But... who would do such a thing?" It didn't take her very long to make up her mind as she started going down the hill towards the camp. "We need to go," she said over her shoulder. "I need to make sure everyone's okay."

[Drew Desher]

An attack. He knew it was stupid to have suggested it as soon as Viv looked back at him. Gods it was like she was staring straight into his soul when she looked at him and all he could do when she asked who could have done it was give a simple noncommittal shrug in response. He wasn’t sure about much right now but he was fairly certain that the less he said to incriminate himself the better. If he was lucky maybe she would think he was in shock or something.

At least it looked like the Usurpers had pretty much been cleared out and repair efforts were already underway. If they would have come back and things would have been complete ruined with dead campers laying everywhere he didn’t know how he would be able to keep the truth from Viv. She was asking him a question though and it was best for him to pay attention right now so he could play along. “Yeah, sure. Come on let’s go.” He said in response and started down towards to ruined camp with Viv hoping to Zeus he could keep this going.

[Viv Jennings]

Viv didn't know why Drew would have the answers of what went down while they were gone, but she had a nagging feeling at the back of her mind that he knew more than what he was letting on. But it also looked like the poor boy was in shock as well just as she was. Maybe it wasn't anything, but she couldn't shake that feeling at all. Why would they be attacked?

But she nodded her head. They needed to check out the damage and make sure nobody they knew was hurt. But as they made their way closer to camp, the damage seemed to be much worse up close than when they were on the hill. “My gods,” Viv whispered as she reached out to touch the side of a damaged building. “Who would do such a thing?”

[Drew Desher]

Drew followed Viv down to the camp keeping fairly quiet and trying to look as shocked as he could. Things were certainly bad. There had been a lot of damage from the attack. All things considered though he supposed it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. If the Usurpers had their way Camp Half-Blood would have been wiped off the map entirely with that kraken attack and instead of seeing all this wreckage they would have most likely been walking into a camp sized crater.

“I don’t know. Something big…” Drew said as Viv repeated her question. “There were…a lot of deaths but whatever happened it looks like we won.” There it was. That word ‘we’. Was that what he was now, one of the faithful campers? It certainly didn’t feel like it but what more could he do besides go along with the current narrative they were seeing unfold before their eyes? Reaching out he placed his hand on top of hers and continued. “Hey, come on, whatever happened is done. You need to find your siblings and we need to find out what happened. That’s what’s important right now.”