Frank Zhang

Imagine being glorified, having everyone you know love you and be proud of you. Imagine saving the world and how great it must feel. In The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan Frank Zhang saved the world and was glorified when he returned from his quest. Although he was a hero, he didn’t start out that way.

Frank had always been the outcast of the camp. His parents hadn’t claimed them yet and nobody respected him. Frank didn’t even see himself fit for the camp. He always felt uncomfortable and clumsy with all of the tasks and exercises.   

When frank wasn’t claimed by a god after a couple years almost everybody lost faith in him. They all thought he was the weakest of the group, the clumsiest of the group, the dumbest of the group. Whenever people were sent on heroic missions to fight monsters and save people he had to stay back and mop up floors. When Frank was chosen to go on a mission for the first time it was the happiest day of his life. Although he wasn’t sure of himself he finally had a chance to prove himself. When Frank was on the mission his godly father claimed him. Then he discovered his true ability. He could change his form to whatever he wanted to. He then killed a giant and nearly sacrificed his own life to free the grim reaper.

The quest changed franks life forever. He went from a zero to a hero. Frank no longer cleaned up camp, but he now protected it. He also found his true power and was claimed by his father. Now that he completed his task everybody was proud and honored to know frank.

Surviving the Living Dead

“Clink” another shell dropped to the ground as I took out another walker. There were three of them but they were no match for my military grade mp5k suppressed. By  the time the walkers noticed that there buddy had just been shot it was too late for the other two. It was just another day in this world.

It felt like it was so long ago since the outbreak of the virus but I know it had only been about 4 months. Who would have thought that the world could come crashing down in just 4 months. I remember the day I had my first encounter with a walker.

It was in the middle of summer; I was petting my dog and a walker came out of nowhere and charged my front door. A thousand shards of glass clattered to the ground. I looked to see what it was and the walker charged me. When I saw the walker animal instincts and adrenaline kicked in. I no longer became myself, instead I was a lethal assassin. I rushed into my kitchen and summoned a knife out of my drawer. Then I quickly turned around and stuck the walker right in the head.

After my first encounter with the walker, my family and I watched the news. The news was saying that if you were bit then you would turn into a walker. So my family and I went to my grandparents house in eagle river. We all had a gun because my great uncle jimmy gave us all one for protection. After about a month, we got overran. About a hundred zombies came, so my family ran to our boat. I was a little behind because I ran into a zombie and had to kill it.

By the time I got to the docks my family had already left. So I turned around and I gunned most of the zombies down. Eventually I ran out of ammo and had to go to work with my knife. I eventually got away and ran into my uncles house. I grabbed a backpack of ammo, a combat knife, water bottles, food, a german WWII mauser with a scope, and matches. I then borrowed my grandpa’s car and took off. I guess I will just have to survive the living dead.

Fight

I was in the frozen wasteland, sighting in on my target when a zombie hit me. I quickly jumped backwards and pulled out my .357 magnum. When I turned There were two zombies. One of the two hit me multiple times but luckily I had “adrenaline” on so I was stronger and could be hit more times without dying. I shot the first one in the chest 6 times until it finally died. Sadly I was out of ammo so I knifed the second one to death.  

When my cousin saw what I did he exclaimed “That was awesome”

 My cousin and I were gaming a ton on a play station 2, killing zombies for the past ten hours had really taken a toll on us. When we got to round 38 in Nazi zombies my cousins mom came in and kicked us out of the house. We decided to go down to a park for a couple hours then we would head right back up and game some more. When we got to the park there were a couple other kids there about our age. I asked my cousin who they were and he explained to me that they were the school bullies. So we decided to mind our own business on the swings. Then it hit me.

The two bullies had thrown a mountain dew can right at my chest. I got pretty mad and went to go ask the bullies why they threw the can at me. One of the bullies started cursing at me then the other one pitched in. My cousin tried to get them to back down but they wouldn’t. One of the bullies had a shaved head, was about my height and was wearing all black. He punched my right in the chest. The same spot the mountain dew can had struck me. Unfazed I punched him in the face. The blow knocked him back a step but he still came after me.

Soon enough we got into a fight. He was punching me and I was punching him. After about three jabs to my face I took a step back recovered and repeatedly struck him. I was throwing jabs hooks and uppercuts. He tried desperately punching me in my gut but it was pointless because my adrenaline was pumping so much that I didn’t even feel it. I kept pounding at his skull. After 5 or 6 more jabs he fell down grabbing his head in pain. He was on the ground sobbing. I knew I had won. I felt like a champion, a hero, a conqueror. I had just beaten a bully.

A few seconds after I saw the bully sobbing I turned to my cousin. He told me “ That was Awesome”.

I replied “ let’s leave”. So we left the park quickly and got back to his house for another round of Nazi zombies. To this day neither of us had told any of our parents.  

Retelling Piece

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan is a great book for people that like action and Greek and Roman mythology. Percy Jackson is a boy who can’t remember his past and is being hunted by monsters. Percy finds a camp with roman demigods and is having trouble fitting in. Soon he is sent on a quest to free death. In order to accomplish this task he needs to fight a giant that cant die in his homeland and his undead army. Percy accomplishes his task with help from his friends by dragging the giant out of his homeland and killing him. He then heads back and frees death.