Pegasus and the Origins of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn

Author:Kate O'Hearn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781444910957
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books
Published: 2012-10-04T07:00:00+00:00

21

Three days passed and Joel remained in a coma. When Emily awoke she had found Joel unconscious beside her. Pegasus had tried to wake him, but without success.

‘Riza, what happened?’ Emily had called. But there was no answer. If Riza was still with her, she would not speak or let her presence be known.

Paelen hadn’t left Joel’s side since Emily used her powers to carry Joel and Pegasus out of the temple. Brue was behind him, whining softly, and Stella would sit with them, watching Joel closely. Fear never left her eyes.

Emily made every attempt to use her healing powers to reach him. But nothing worked. He wouldn’t wake up.

In her fear for Joel, Emily had been careless and left the door to Arious open. It hadn’t taken long for Agent B and his men to find it. But when one of the CRU agents tried to acquire the knowledge, his mind had been shattered by the computer and he died shortly after.

The agent’s death terrified Emily. Was the same thing going to happen to Joel? He too had received the knowledge of the ancients.

The Olympians continued to age and die around them. Emily no longer attended the pyre ceremonies. She felt too helpless. Since acquiring the knowledge of the Xan, she had learned that Riza was correct. For all their great powers, there was nothing the Xan could have done to halt the ageing process in the Olympians.

They were all doomed.

But Emily had gained something. The knowledge of how to control her powers. Those few moments within Arious had imparted to her a sudden understanding of how powerful she now was. But Emily would gladly have traded all her powers to save Joel and the Olympians.

Each day that passed saw Pegasus grow weaker. Chrysaor was now too old to walk more than a few metres. He settled at Joel’s feet and had no intention of moving again.

By the start of the second week, Emily was dozing beside Joel when Mike jumped to his feet and barked excitedly. He leaped up on to Joel’s chest and started to lick his face.

Startled awake, Emily shooed the dog away. It was then she noticed Joel’s breathing had changed. As she watched his eyelids started to flutter.

‘Joel!’ Emily’s cries reached her father and the CRU agents. ‘He’s waking up! Dad, Paelen, look, Joel is waking!’

Agent B knelt down beside him.

‘Get away from him!’ Emily snapped.

‘Like it or not, Emily, I have medical training. We need every able-bodied human here if we are all to survive this. If I can help Joel, you won’t stop me.’

‘Let him check Joel over,’ her father said, pulling Emily back.

Emily’s heart pounded as Joel struggled back to consciousness.

‘That’s it,’ Agent B said. ‘Nice and easy, Joel, don’t try too much at once.’

Joel’s eyes fluttered open. ‘Emily,’ was his first, mumbled word.

‘I’m here!’ Emily cried. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. ‘Right here!’

He frowned and looked around. ‘What – what happened? My head is killing me …’

Emily didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

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