Only Scar Deep ((PART THREE))

((Continued thread, here is the previous.))

Alex had been in the Hermes Cabin. He needed help moving out. Alex was really strong. But even he couldn't carry out all the stuff he had by himself. He hadn't brought many things really. But the things he had gotten at camp. Like clothes and weapons and accesories. He decided to take the things one by one. But a certain boy named Sep had helped him. It was like love at first sight. Except they were both guys and that they had become instantly best friends instead of lovers. Sep had helped him move into the cabin. At first Alex wondered if it had been the fact that Sep wanted to check out his sisters. But Alex didn't care. He would be in a different cabin and he'd be the Cabin Leader. How cool was that?

As Alex moved into his bunk that was an only bed. He heard the girls talk on and on about how they liked certain boys and how they heard Clove one of Alex's new found friends was a evil dark child."Hey you. Yeah Ms. Wearstoomuchmake up. You don't know anything about her. All you hear is a mere speculation." Alex said. He didn't know much about Clove. Actually.. He did with his skills of deduction and the fact that he had a rivalry against one of her gang members.

Alex decided to leave and go take a shower. As he came back.. Shirtless. Again. His hair wet and smelled like Suave Mens Shampoo. He saw Clove with a knife and a menacing look on her face. Alex tapped her shoulder as she said "Where is Alex? He'd better come out right now if he wants nobody to get hurt." Alex walked in front of her and was a few feet away from her. "What did I do now?" Alex said keeping his hand close to his braclet incase she was gonna attack him. And he waited.. Alex might need use of his skills to catch things between his fingers.

((oi! ever heard of powerplaying?))

((It's not power playing.. Clove posted that in Part Two when she ended it.))

((sorry man. *TRIPLE WORD SCORE!*))

Septimus had some pretty odd ideas when Clove grabbed his shirt. Was she going to cut him up and kill him for lying to her? Was it easy to tell he had lied? Was he going to torture him? What was she going to do? Apparently, pull him by the shirt all the way to... well, nearly halfway to the Aphrodite cabin. Then she... took his hand? It was kind of warm.. and soft... and... not how he expected it. Well, he didn't expect it to be stone cold, and sweaty, but... wait. Why was he noticing this stuff, anyway?

Alex wasn't going to be happy that Sep had put him under the bus, that was for sure. Sep was going to try and see him before Clove, but he seriously doubted it. If he did, he would try and signal him to run, and run fast. Though that may just make it worse. Clove would just hunt him down, and would by then be sure he had it. He didn't and that was the problem. "You know, I told him to hide it..." Sep started, but it was too late. They were arriving at the Aphrodite cabin, which... had a bunch on snickering and whispering kids in it. Sep wrinkled his nose at the cabin, it was so... pink. It was so bright, and... love-y. Sep hated it, right off the bat.

Clove let go of his hand, whispering. He understood, the Aphrodite kids could get big gossip points for this... Septimus and Clove holding hands, throwing knives into cabins... that couldn't be going down well. "Then you have to save me from it, too." he murmured, and walked into the cabin after her. She started threatening them, as expected. Septimus started searching all over the cabin for Alex, but to no avail. He seemed to be nowhere!

Eventually, he showed up. A little after Clove started the threats, and Sep shook his head at him, and kind of bugged his eyes out, silently telling him that he didn't want to be here. Gods, the other Aphrodite kids should run for their lives, because this was not going to be pretty. Sep was kind of scared for Alex's life, and thought he should warn him. This in consideration, Sep mouthed, "Cover for me? Explain later, tell her you hid the knife!" Gods, he hoped Alex would cover for him...

Clove was glad Septimus was there with her. She didn't like facing the Aphrodite cabin without some sort of moral support. She didn't smile but she did whisper back after his comment. "I'll keep you safe. Just make sure I can actually do that." She said before returning her attention to the cabin again, looking for Alex. She was very happy when he finally came into view, although her evil smile didn't quite agree with that.

The first thing Clove did when she saw Alex was throw a knife toward his head, missing on purpose, for now. The next thing she wanted to do, but didn't, was roll her eyes that he was, yet again, without a shirt. What was it with that guy and not wearing shirts? It made her wonder what Septimus looked like without a shirt on. No, bad thought. Clove shook it away and glared at Alex, as if everything she was thinking was his fault. He had caused that thought after all, by his not wearing a shirt.

When Clove noticed that something behind her was moving she figued it could only be one person, Septimus. He was seriously making her nervous by all that movement and she wasn't in such a good mood. She quickly gave him an elbow in what she hoped were his ribs. She didn't take her murderous eyes of Alex though. If he couldn't give it to her, he would bleed for that crime. She wasn't happy at all and the Aphrodite cabin did nothing to improve her mood or nerves. Things were looking more negative by the minute.

Clove stood up a little straighter after throwing the knife. She looked at Alex with nothing but pure murder in her eyes. "Where is my knife, huh?" She said, walking closer to the boy and grabbing the front of his shirt. "I had it with me and now it's gone. Tell me where my knife is!" She said, with a murderous calm. "Tell me where my knife is! Admit it and I might not punch you in the head right now! YOU TOOK MY KNIFE!" She shouted and pushed him up against the wall, her other knife pressing against his throat. Not a very good position to be in.

((Wasn't Alex shirtless? So how could Clove hold his shirt?))

Alex looked at an angry Clove Aww... Crap. Alex thought. If Clove attacked him it was against Alex's principals to fight back. As Alex was pinned against the wall. Alex wasn't that scared as he had been in the same position before. Alex tried to make any deductions and saw the fact that she had a different weapon. Claimed... Dang. Alex thought to himself. "Where is my knife, huh?" Clove had said. "Your what? Don't you have one in your hand?" Alex said. Alex made a grossed out face as he touched the pink walls of the Aphrodite cabin. He wished never to touch those but it was too late.

"I had it with me and now it's gone. Tell me where my knife is!" Clove had said. "What in your damn mind makes you think I took it?" Alex said with some anger in his voice. He didn't like being accused of things he didn't do. "Tell me where my knife is! Admit it and I might not punch you in the head right now! YOU TOOK MY KNIFE!" Clove had yelled had yelled at Alex. Alex had the feeling to yell back and brush her off. "I.. Don't... Have... YOUR.. KNIFE!" Alex said. Wishing he could know what made her think that. Then came Seps look "Cover for me? Explain later, tell her you hid the knife!" Alex looked at Sep. Alex had half a mind to take his sword and imaple Septimus through the neck. Alex decided not to say anything more as it was too late.

Aaaaand, FAIL! Septimus had been too late in telling him. Now he would have to think up something else... but this was his plan. This was his... gah. Why did people have to ruin such things?! Sure, Alex would be in big trouble for this, but... still. If Clove tried to kill him, as she threatened, Sep would intervene... Well, at least she wasn't killing him as of now... but Sep thought the Aphrodite kids should leave. Yet, how was he supposed to get all of these campers out, while the gossip for this would be amazing? There was only one way... which Sep put into action. He turned around to the Aphrodite kids, and said, "Hey. Connor and Travis are giving out free make-up and clothes at the camp store." Gods, when they wanted to, they ran quick!

Ow. Did Clove have to elbow Sep that hard? On to the next subject... to think up something Clove would believe... that Alex had no idea about, but he could tell them later.Hm... ideas, ideas... that there were none of.Well, he could say... yes, that would work... "Yeah... you don't have it because you hid it, like I told you, right Alex...?" Septimus hoped Alex got the point, otherwise he would be in big trouble... both of them would. Clove wouldn't hesitate to kill them for her knife.

Septimus had no idea what the link was to Clove and this knife, but... well, first things first. Clove was going to kill Alex soon, so Sep had to get her off. He walked up to her, and gently pried Clove away from him. He didn't really want to hurt her, but he kept his hands on her lower arms, as to make sure she didn't break away, and try to kill Alex. This also made sure if she tried to aim a knife at him, her aim would be off, due to Sep moving her arms. He couldn't actually eel the skin under her jacket, but she felt warm... and smelled nice... but he couldn't concentrate on that now. He had to hold Clove firm, so she didn't turn into a crazy murderer.

((yeah, I need to pay closer attention in the morning. Sorry about that xD))

Clove simply glared at Alex for a little while. "Where is it?" She asked Alex yet again, having a feeling that it might just be true he didn't know. That didn't mean she released any pressure on his throat, or the knife pressing against it. She was trying to find out if he was lying to her but that didn't seem to work too well. The only thing she thought to see was confusion. Not what she wanted, she wanted her knife.

Septimus managed to clear the entire Aphrodite cabin in one go. Very impressive, not to mention useful as Clove wasn't sure if the cabin would stay pink all that long. If blood was going to be spilled, it would be red soon enough. At Septimus' next remark Clove almost let Alex go, but remembered he was the enemy for now and so, not to be released or trusted. She looked at Alex. "Where is my knife, last chance before receiving a broken nose." She said and she wasn't joking. She would really punch him a broken nose if she had to.

At that moment she felt that somebody was coming closer behind her, it had to be Septimus, all the other kids were gone. She had no idea what he would do but she didn't think too much of it, at first. When Septimus gently pulled her away from Alex it was just like old times, when her friends had pulled her from her victimes because she was going too far or they were about to get finished. Or just to keep her from going completely insane and start decapitating people. She took a deep breath and relaxed, feeling Septimus' hands on her lower arms. At first she had been tense but it took her only a second to relax. Just like with her friends except she felt safer around Septimus for some really messed up reason.

Relaxed Clove was a lot easier to deal with than freaked out almost killer Clove. She was stable again, mentally speaking but she was still on the verge of freaking out. She needed her knife back in order to be completely sane again. "Just give me the knife back. I promise that I won't mutilate or kill either of you if I get my knife back. I won't give any promisses if you keep it from me. It's that simple." She said, feeling slightly tired of this mess and hoping they would listen to reason. She really wouldn't kill or harm them if only she got her knife back. It was one of the things that kept her sane, well, partially.

Alex's fists clenched. "Yeah... you don't have it because you hid it, like I told you, right Alex...?" Sep said. Alex's ears became hot. "Yeah... I hid it you litte mother-" Alex said. I wish I had hidden it in your esophagus. Alex thought to himself. He was never like this. He had always been calm. But a so called friend getting him into a predicament. That was just out of the line. "Where is my knife, last chance before receiving a broken nose." Clove had said. Alex didn't really pay much attention to her because he didn't really care what she wanted to do. His focus was on Sep and ways to kill him by making it look like an accident.


"Just give me the knife back. I promise that I won't mutilate or kill either of you if I get my knife back. I won't give any promisses if you keep it from me. It's that simple." Clove had said. [i]Shut up about your knife already! I DON'T FREAKIN HAVE IT! And with Alex getting so angry in his thoughts he turned and through a punch at the wall leaving a hole in it. He could either try to use his decudcion powers to see where Sep might've put the knife. He could lie but it would only end upon Alex's certain death. Or try and break Seps kneck. Ding ding! "I don't know! I DON'T HAVE THE KNIFE!" Alex said. He looked at Sep. Wanting to do to his face what Alex did to the wall.

This was going badly. Very, very, badly. For some unknown reason, Clove's muscles weren't tense any more. They felt... nice. Kind of... Sep didn't know, toned? Well, she had been on the streets since, what was it, nine? Ten? Not that it mattered, she wasn't fighting back. Why wasn't she fighting back? Did she trust him? Why did Sep care? Did he actually care? Of course he cared, why else would he be thinking all these random questions? Aha, trick question! He wouldn't.

The person he should be worrying about was Alex. If looks could kill, Sep would be dead. He was shooting daggers out of his eyes, trying to murder him in his mind. Great. He seemed to be making enemies left and right. For a moment, Sep considered telling Clove where the knife actually was, but quickly denied it. Maybe the smell of her was messing with his head. No. Sep had to think straight right now, had to try to think of a way for bot Alex aand himself to get out of that cabin alive. This was proving to be... a challenge.

Well, if he told Alex to tell Clove that he hid it somewhere, then when it wasn't there, say someone stole it? Still, Clove might be too smart for that... Well, she was, Sep knew it. So what could he possibly do? Well, Sep could always end up like the Aphrodite cabin's wall. Murdered. He bit his lower lip, then mouthed, "Sorry!"


((Shortness and general suckiness))

Clove was pretty sure that somebody was lying to her but at that moment she was just calm and very much presuming that Alex was telling the truth, which made Septimus the liar. Alex punched a hole in the wall. Yes, very rational, just like Clove was. Clove shot him a final glare before turning around to face Septimus. He was very close to her and Clove, in all her anger, hadn't realised that properly. Her heart skipped a beat as she realised exactly how close she was to him. She could smell him and feel his body heat. She felt the touch of his hands on her arms and knew they were the things calming her down. Well, that was something different. She retrieved her angry expression and poked him in the chest. "Where did you put it?" She asked and realised he wasn't going to tell her. "You're not going to tell me." She accused and she stepped back from him, pulling herself free from his grasp and was starting to get rather upset.

"I'm sorry Alex. I was mislead. I'll leave you to your business again." Clove said and bumped into Septimus on her way out of the Aphrodite cabin. When she was outside she had to hold back tears. her favorite knife, lost. Her best memory was gone and who knew if she'd ever get it back. Clove pulled herself back together and let out a deep sigh to regain control. She had just been claimed and so she had proper reason to move into the Ares cabin. She went to the Hermes cabin and gathered the few things she had with her and walked back out, going to the Ares cabin. She went inside and noticed it was empty. Right, swordfighting lessons were going on so they were all out. She shrugged and grabbed an empty bunk, dumping her stuff in the chest and writing her name on the piece of paper that was plastered on it. She looked at the wall and noticed she could hang about sixty knives near her bunk. She could start a large collection. Yet it didn't make her happy, it only made her sad.

Clove sat on her bed, hugging her knees and staring out the window. She just sat there, looking outside when she noticed her cheeks were getting wet. Was it raining? She looked up and remembered where she was. Her hand went to her cheek and she realised she'd been crying. She looked at the sparkling droplets on her fingertips in facination as the light broke in them. Another set of tears rolled down her face and fell down on her other arm. Clove started plucking on her pillow as she rocked back and forth. She didn't like this one bit. She'd lost the thing she cared about most of all and she couldn't even fight to get it back. She felt lost and missed her friends. She burried her head between her arms and started sobbing, no longer paying attention to the world around her. She was nothing more than a little and very much lost girl.

Alex looked at Sep. The minute Clove walked out... Sep would be in for a WORLD of pain. No.. Not a world of pain.. That was to small. A Galaxy of Pain. Still too small. A Universe of Spain. To small for the pain Alex was going to give Sep. A DIMENSION OF PAIN! That was talking. Alex would maybe even give him more than that. Alex looked at Clove. Alex could feel the that Clove was very sad about it.

Alex nodded at clove as she apologized to him. Then when she left he looked at Sep. "You! YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU DID?! And then bringing me in this? I thought we were friends. I gues not." Alex said. A knife slipped down his sleeve. He put it to Seps neck. Fire burned in his eyes. "I want you to return her knife. Dont you get that it's very important to her? IF I find out you didnt.. My new sheath is your neck."

For some reason, Sep felt like apiece of him was missing when Clove left the cabin. When she bumped him, it didn't really hurt, because he just felt a bit numb. She hadn't tried to kill him... she hadn't done... anything, really. Just walked out of the cabin. Wow, the knife must really mean something to her. He wondered who it could be from, but it just made him feel worse about himself. It didn't help that Alex terminated their friendship. It reminded him of the day Alex died... and... he had told Clove about that, earlier today. How had she gotten it out of him? Oh well, the past was the past. Sep didn't even flinch when the knife went to his neck-- he deserved it. The world seemed gray, even though all of the Aphrodite was pink. "Fine. I'll go return it now," Sep mumbled, walking away. Aphrodite kids were streaming into the cabin again, whispering among themselves. Septimus didn't know what they were saying, nor did he care. All he did was walk to the big house, and retrieve the knife, still shoved in the chair.

Septimus wasn't sure if Clove would be at the Hermes cabin, or Ares cabin, so he tried Hermes first. He didn't see her there, and figured that she had moved to the Ares cabin already. As he neared, he could hear... sobbing. Septimus had never seen Clove cry, and was kind of scared by it. She seemed so tough, like nothing could break her. It turned out she was breakable, and he had broke her. Well, he was going to fix her. Sep stopped at the steps to the cabin, and took a deep breath. He may as well have been preparing for his death.

He walked in, and saw Clove on a bunk. He walked over to her, and placed the knife on the bed next to her. Then he gingerly touched her shoulder, but said nothing. Not yet, at least. He felt like she needed a moment of silence, a moment to be alone with her and her knife. Sep knew what it felt like, having the favorite thing in life taken away from you. Still, he had done the thing he did. Was this knife to Clove, like Sep's glasses or Alex to Sep?

Clove didn't know how long she'd sat there, crying when she heard footstep. She instantly cut her sobs out, turning it into silence. She had learned to stop crying in a matter of seconds out of the streets, it was needed to survive. So she sat there, silently as she waited for whatever sibling was there to move on and away. She didn't really expect any introductions, she hadn't heard anything nice about them so far and doubted she'd be friends with any of them. She was just waiting for the person to move out when something touched her shoulder. In a reflex Clove drew her knife and slashed at her opponent with it. She looked up after that and saw...

Septimus. No, he couldn't be here! After what he'd done he needed to be cut to pieces. In one practised automatic motion, Clove grabbed the knife from the bed and was about to attack him with it when she noticed just which knife she had. Her eyes travelled down to find the knife Meatcleaver had given her. Her favorite knife with the dragons, rubies, moonstone and saphire. She stared at the knife in pure wonder. It was back, she had it back. She held the knife as if it would disappear on her any moment. Carefully she lifted the knife and pressed the flat of the blad agaist her cheek. She rejoiced at the touch of cold metal and almost started dancing of pure joy. Yet she didn't, she kept her cool and looked at Septimus again.

"Thank you." She whispered. She looked at the knife, the tears on her face starting to dry. "Welcome back Chaos." She whispered at it fondly. She looked up at Septimus with a smile of pure joy. She wasn't sure if she should thank him or stick a knife in him but she had already thanked him and he had returned her knife so she figured he could live, for now. She hung the knife in an honour spot on the wall, looked at it for a moment and put it back in the sheet on her belt. She wanted to keep it close. She turned her attentiion back to Septimus and this time she spoke clearly. "Thank you."