Magicians, Demigods, and a Baboon

Chapter 1: The Monkey Eating Doritos

Percy's POV

We were running around the streets of Manhattan, weapons drawn (we had manipulated the Mist, so it looked normal to the mortals). Chiron had sent us to check out a certain situation. He wouldn't tell us much about it, other than that there was a lot of monster activity he wanted us to find out about. It was dangerous, and he wouldn't normally send us out like that, but he said these were, "special circumstances". So, Grover, Annabeth, Thalia, Nico, Clarisse, and me were out on our quest. We had split up into two groups, Annabeth, Grover and me in one group, and the others in the second group.

We were hurrying along, when suddenly Annabeth stopped. "I have the strangest feeling," she whispered. "That we're being followed." We waited a few seconds, then she shrugged, and we kept going. Annabeth stopped again. "Did you hear that? Something's wrong, you guys. We'd better stop."

"Hear what? I didn't hear anything." I told her.

She groaned, rolling her eyes. Then, she pulled us into a dark alley. "I'm telling you, something's up."

"I smell monsters." Grover murmured. "Annabeth's right."

We heard a screeching noise, and a monkey ran in front of us. He was carrying a bag of chips.

"Was that…a monkey? Eating Doritos?"

That's when we heard voices in the alley. All three of us ducked behind a trash can. Two kids, one boy, and a girl. The boy had dark skin and hair. He was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. The girl had blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She had purple streaks in her hair, and was wearing a black and white striped shirt, paint-splattered jeans, and combat boots. "Come on, Carter!"She was grumbling. "We promised Uncle Amos we'd be back soon."

"Sadie, would you relax? Jeez, just like, chill for a second."

Then, I had to sneeze. I tried to stop, but I couldn't. "AH-CHOO!"

"What was that?" The girl, who I guessed was Sadie, asked.

"I dunno," the boy, Carter said. "Stand back." He drew a long, curved sword. I quickly decided these kids were not normal mortals. Could they be demigods?

At that, Annabeth jumped out at them, pointing her knife at the two. Grover and I followed. They stood there, looking scared. "We're not your enemies! I'm Carter Kane, and this is my sister, Sadie. I'm fourteen, she's twelve."

We lowered our weapons. "I'm Percy Jackson, and this is my girlfriend, Annabeth Chase. And this is Grover Underwood, my best friend." I told them. "So, why do you have a sword?"

"Why do you have a knife and a sword?" Sadie retorted.

"Uh, you guys?" Grover bleated nervously. He pointed up behind us. We turned around to see five Empousa smirking at us. Three were up on a fire escape, and the others were coming out from behind garbage cans. Sadie screamed, as Carter stepped in front of her.

"Sadie, Carter, can you guys see those?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, duh! How can we not? I'm not blind, mind you."

The empousa charged at us. Annabeth slashed at one, as I killed two. Sadie was standing there, holding a stick, muttering. Carter took his sword and stabbed another. The last one snuck up on him from behind. I don't really know what happened, but Carter ended up getting flung against the brick wall. His lip was bleeding, his leg was bent at weird angle, and he was knocked out cold. "Carter!" Sadie was screaming. She knelt down next to him. I started to go over to help, but Sadie stopped me. "Stay away from my brother! He's hurt." She cried. Just as she said that, it started pouring rain.

"Oh, for the love of Zeus!" Annabeth shouted, as if talking to the sky. Thunder sounded, as lightning struck near the Empire State building. "Oh, sorry. Nevermind." She said quietly, realizing she made Zeus angry.

"All of you are going to help me get Carter home, and explain this!" Sadie demanded angrily.