HK: YEAH! NEW STORY!

A bunch of college party animals: WHOOO-

TT: get out. No one invited you.

College party animals: awwww...

HK: get over it and read.

Disclaimer: OH MY FREAKING GODS STOP HAUNTING US! FOR THE LAST TIME WE DON'T OWN PJO!

Tia's POV

"NO! LEMME GOOOOO!" I screamed, kicking and thrashing my arms everywhere.

"STOP! THIS WON'T SOLVE ANYTHING!"

"BUT I'M HUNGRY!"

"KILLING ZACK FOR FOOD WON'T MAKE YOUR LIFE ANY SIMPLER!"

I finally gave up and dropped the hammer. Percy let go. Zack shrieked and hid behind a trash can in are filthy little ally we call Home.

"Why did this happen to us?" I complained and plopped myself on the pull-out couch we found and now sleep on. "What did we do?"

"We tried saving the world, and it backfired." Shawn said gloomily. "Life sucks."

And he was right. Three years was enough. I couldn't live in this hell-hole any longer.

Wait, you don't know how we got here, do you? Well, let's just say it started with a crash.

As we hit the ground, I felt numb. Afraid to open my eyes, afraid to see whether I survived the fall or not.

Dead silence.

Finally I built up my courage and opened my eyes. All I saw was red and brown. Red because of the fall, and brown because... I don't know why. I tried to sit up, but it was too painful. I nudged Dylan. He didn't move. I nudged him again.

He coughed. "Wha- Tia?" he poked me. "Am I dead?"

"No, and neither am I," I said to him. "Look around."

He did, and saw the same thing I did. I felt the brown stuff... and to my surprise... it was hair.

Hair.

HAIR.

Why am I laying in hair?

Dylan had the same expression as me. I woke the rest of the group, and fortunately, they were all alive. Except for one.

"Nico?" we all shook him. "Nico! Come on, wake up!"

"Um..." Shawn started. "I don't think he's sleeping." He laid his head on Nico's chest, listening for a heartbeat.

"No...no. No no no NO!" Percy yelled and shook him harder. "NICO! WAKE UP NOW! NOW!"

"Dude," Zack looked at him, almost mentally saying he's gone.

Percy started to cry. I started tearing up, but I thought this was no time to cry. "Percy, look at yourself. Then look at the HAIR WE ARE LAYING IN!"

That stopped him, and he saw what I meant. We all looked over the end of the hair, and I realized we were moving.

"Guys..." Zack started. "We're on the head of a Laistrygonian."

My jaw dropped and I stared at him, and then looked at the face again.

"So you're saying we landed on the head of a cannibal giant?"

"At least he broke our fall."

"Not for Nico." Percy said gloomily.

"Shut it, Almighty Son of the Sea God."

"Anyway," Zack started, "HOW DO WE GET DOWN FROM HERE?"

Suddenly the giant stopped walking. Oh gods, he heard him.

"Nice going, big mouth!" I yelled-whispered.

The Laistrygonian's meaty hand reached up and grabbed us all off the top of his head. His ugly face stared at us as he licked his lips.

"Mortals!" he bellowed. "Lunch!"

"OH NOT THIS TIME!" I screamed and unsheathed my dagger. Without reluctance, I stabbed his huge hand.

"Ouch!" he shook his hand and we went flying towards the ground. Before I realized where we were, we all ran as fast as our little broken legs could carry us.

(TT: me and Caitlin cracked up laughing at that last line xD)

The Laistrygonian was stunned at first, and then he ran after us. His feet crushed the ground as he ran. We skidded around a large rock that was in our way. The giant kept his eye on us, and without realizing, tripped over the rock. To that advantage, we saw a light in the distance. Running faster, we reached the light, and it was a winding doorway. We ran up it, and reached the surface.

The Door of Orpheus.

When we fell to our almost certain deaths, we landed in Hades. Man, what luck that was.

Of course, when we reached Central Park, everything was destroyed. Titans ruled. It wasn't the fun, happy New York I once remembered. That was all gone.

And we were the only ones left.

Titans spotted us.

"It's them!" one shrieked. "It's them!"

"OH, COME ON!" Percy threw his hands up in frustration. I grabbed his arm and we all ran. About four Titans came after us, still tripping over the debris from the Empire State Building. It was agility and speed vs. strength. As if on cue, we hid behind a large building, inside an alleyway. The Four Big Morons ran past us.

Stupid. So very stupid.

Our sighs rang through the nasty, smelly alley. I grunted and punched the brick wall. I regretted it just as I did it.

"OUCH!" I yelled. Another broken bone.

We all slumped against the wall.

"This sucks," Zack said.

"Yeah," I agreed. "They'd kill us if they knew we were still alive. "

"So, what?" Shawn said. "We just sit here, try to survive? I don't like that idea."

"What are we supposed to do?" Percy sighed. "We have no choice now. No saving the world. Just, this."

I began to cry. We had absolutely nothing to lose. It'll be a struggle for food, water, shelter... being alive...

And we've been there ever since.

Three years.

Anyway, back to the present.

"I would say 'look at the bright side'," Zack said to Shawn. "But there is none."

"I miss camp," I cried. "I miss Tori, Rylee, Caitlin, Shelby..." I faltered.

Dylan held me. "It's gonna be okay," he kissed me, right on the lips.

Zack's POV

And my hatred for Dylan grows stronger. Maybe we should use HIM for food, not me.

This sucks. I live in a New York alleyway, I'm getting hunted right this very second, the world is taken over by Titans, the girl I love doesn't love me back, and I'm only fifteen! What the Hades?

I'll come up with a plan. A plan to get us out of here. A plan that'll save Tia and win her back. A plan that will save the world.

And the gods.

TT: Oh, Zack's just SO heroic... *grumbles*

HK: why'd you kill Nico? That was like, really random.

TT: :3

HK: it wasn't tragic enough.

TT: -_-