Off To Alcatraz We Go (CLOSED)

Without hesitation I had followed Luke close behind, the only thing that was running through my mind was Casper. The satyr had saved my sorry ass on more than one occasion, even at camp. If he was brainwashed by Charlie I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. If I couldn't save him one time, how could I ever repay him for all of the times he'd taken the blame for my immature actions, or saved me from other campers like Gary I had pissed off? I tried to jump over Luke when he fell, but I only slammed face first into a wall, I felt like a video game character that had glitched. Now I understood how Dean had felt.
"Fuck. A little warning next time, Luke?" I said, rubbing my face.
"Sure, bro. The next time I see an invisible wall in front of me, I'll tell you when I'm about to run into it," Luke said sarcastically, picking himself off and brushing off dirt from his clothes. He helped me up and we both turned to Mr. D, who was standing there with an amused expression on his face. His arms were crossed. Lily, Liam, Dean, Roxy and Finn were standing behind him.
"As much as you demigods annoy me, you can also be very amusing," he said. I wanted to wipe that smirk off of his face. How could he do this to the nymphs and the satyrs? A great deal of them were my friends. Before Luke, Roxy, Finn and Dean I had preferred to hang around with the creatures of the forest. I loved their free spirits, and I loved their music and jokes. If they were brainwashed, all of the things that made them who they are would be stripped from them. All I could see was a dirty, psychotic looking Casper, imagining what he would say to me if he was brainwashed only made the metaphorical knife in my heart sink deeper. I hadn't understood fully before when we were in the jail what Luke, Roxy and Finn must have been feeling hearing these things from their beloved friends, but now just the thought of Casper, the first real friend I'd ever had, turning on me to say everything I had ever feared he'd say, it made me want to break down right there. I knew I wasn't strong enough to deal with that. Not as strong as Luke or Roxy or Finn.
"Mr. D, you can't seriously believe that this is a good idea!" I exclaimed desperately.
"I do, actually," Mr. D replied with a roll of his eyes.
"There are other things you can do to stop this, but this is just making it worse," I argued. I could feel myself trembling with anger and worry. I guess Luke noticed too, Roxy and Finn moved from behind Dionysus to move beside me. I guess they realized that I had never acted like this before. Luke put a hand on my shoulder, although he was probably just as angry as I was.
"Is there?" Mr. D asked.
"He's right," Finn said. "There is an easier way to do this, and a less dangerous one."
"Please enlighten me," Mr. D said in a bored tone. I knew he didn't really care.
"We could let them stay in the training arena, or somewhere where you can keep an eye on them. They are your satyrs and nymphs," Lily spoke up.
"Nymphs need their tree's," Mr. D pointed out. "and how will all of you sad demigods do your training if the arena is filled with brainwashed Nymphs and Satyrs?"
"They wouldn't be brainwashed if you kept them out of the forest!" I said angrily. I was almost yelling now. My hands were balled up into tight fists.
"and what about the one's that already are?" Mr D said.
"Put them in a different spot, somewhere where they're safe at least!" Luke said.
"If they're brainwashed then none of you campers are 'safe' normally I wouldn't care about you little brats, if there are less demigods, that means less of you to disrupt me with your problems, but Chiron wants to make sure you're all safe first," Mr D said with an annoyed sigh and another roll of his eyes.
"I'm not going to sit here and let you risk the state of mind of Casper, or any of the other Satyrs and Nymphs for that matter," I said, narrowing my eyes.
"Oh, that who you're worried about? Casper?" Mr D said with a fake sympathetic look.
"I'm worried about all of them!" I retorted.
"Casper's not even here, boy. Don't worry. Your little boyfriend was sent to retrieve a demigod in Brooklyn the day after you left," Mr D said. "Now will you shut up?" A feeling of deep relief washed over me to know that Casper was out of harms way. I ignored the boyfriend comment. But I was both jealous and happy that he was out being a seeker for another demigod. Even then, I was still worried about the Nymphs and Satyrs. I thought about Luke and Leo, and how worried Luke must be about his own keeper.
"That doesn't make what you're doing to the others any better," I growled.
"What are you going to do about it?" Mr D said, giving all a challenging stare. "This conversation is over." Mr D walked away, back to his game table and diet coke. I slumped down and sat on the ground with my head between my legs and my fingers running stress-fully through my hair.
Finn, Roxy and Luke sat beside me, Lilly, Liam and Dean walked up, crouching and kneeling in front of the four of us.
"Hey, at least Casper is out of harms way," said Luke comfortingly.
"But what about the others? What about Leo?" I asked. I was scared for Leo, I didn't know him very well, but I was scared for him. I was scared for all of the Nymphs and Satyrs that were stuck there. I looked at Luke, and the familiar look of worry clouded his green eyes for the hundredth time since I had met him. Okay, maybe that was an over exaggeration, but still, I had seen that look in those eyes since knowing him way more than I wanted. He looked like he was at a loss for ideas. How could one go against a god who was so set on keeping the Satyrs and Nymphs there?
"We have to do something," Finn said.
"But what?" Roxy asked from beside her. I looked around at the six of them around me, Dean looked so lost in all of this. I felt bad for him. He didn't know how important the Satyrs and Nymphs were to camp. He didn't know what Casper and Leo meant to Luke and I, and I was sure he didn't understand the worry we were reflecting over this whole thing. Liam was quiet, as usual. He seemed so calm, like none of this was affecting him, but I had gotten used to this calm behavior of his, and I knew he was just as worried as the rest of us were. Lily had a look of pure concentration on her face. She looked like a million things were going on in her mind and she was trying to fit them all into a working plan. Finn looked the same way, searching her clever mind for something that could possibly work out. Roxy's expression was a mix of emotions. Worry, disbelief, annoyance and she also looked like she was coming up for a plan. I looked at Luke, who still had a hand on my shoulder. We both seemed to be at a loss of ideas. I definitely couldn't think straight enough to concoct a plan that probably wouldn't work anyway. If Chiron wanted to keep the camp safe from brainwashed Nymphs and Satyrs, who might get violent towards demigods, what could he do? What could we possibly ask him to do? Make him choose who was more important? Of course he would say us. Was he even in on this? I assumed so seeing as there was a barrier built up to keep everything in, and out. But did he know that Mr. D was just planning on keeping them all there? Surely Chiron wouldn't risk the stable mind sets of Nymphs and Satyrs that aren't brainwashed. They could help us. All I wanted was this nightmare to be over. I was bummed beyond belief, all of this was just harshing my vibe, and I didn't know how to do a thing about it.