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Marina was running again. She ran so much that it was practically the story of her life. This time was different though, this time she was running with this guy, who claimed to be her protector and said he was taking her to somewhere safe. She never ran with anyone else usually, well that's because she was usually running away from people.

If this guy is my protector where has he been all my life? she thought, Where was he when I got sent to all the foster families? Where was I was left by family?

"Come on!" my "protector" shouted, "We're almost there!"

"Almost where?" I asked him, "And why are we going to this place?"

"It's somewhere safe I need you to trust me on this!"

"I've got to tell you that I'm not very trusting," I yelled back, "What are we running from anyway?"

"Monsters," he yelled back.

"Monsters like the monster under my bed kind of monster?"

"NO much worse monsters!"

I looked behind me; it just looked like we were being chased by some random guys, though they were a lot taller. Suddenly it seemed like they changed, it looked like they had one eye. I couldn't believe it, I looked back they had two eyes again but it looked unnatural for them it was like they were supposed to have one eye. I totally freaked out I began to run faster and almost ran into Mike, my "protector". For a short guy he is really fast by the way, it's really weird how fast he is.

"Want to explain to me why it just looked like they had one eye?" I asked him.

"Yes, trust me I really do want to explain that but now's not really the time."

"Trust is not one of my strong suits, just to let you know."

"Yes, I know. It's kind of hard I imagine after being bounced around foster home for a while and running away from almost all of them. People never really looked out for you did they?"

"Yea constantly running, no one to look out for me, well yea. Well that's my life. I'm always moving."

Even though I ran away a lot I did have someone with me. Me and this other kid would stick together when we were on the streets. Sometimes we were in the same foster house and ran away together, but mostly we would bump into each other on the streets and stick together. He was like a younger brother, I would take care of him when we were on the streets. The last time though we got caught and he was sent away, to where I don't know.

"How much further?"

"Not much just over this hill. The reinforcements should be coming soon."

"What reinforcements?"
"You'll see."

I hated Mike's answers. He never really answered any of my questions; his answers were always so cryptic. I didn't really know why I was with him I should have left him a long time ago. I met him on my latest escape from the orphanage. He helped me out and insisted on staying with me. After hiding for a while he said that he knew a place where we would be safe and no one would ever bother us. I agreed to go with him I mean how could I not a chance at not being followed, not running for a while. I hadn't felt safe in a very long time; people were always looking for me whether it is the foster care people, the orphanage people or just random people trying to get me. Once we start traveling to this so called "safe place" more random people were trying to talk to me and get me to go with them. All of them seemed really odd to me, I don't know why I but they didn't seem normal. They always seemed out of place and they tried to blend but just couldn't just like the guys who were following us right now. They seemed normal but they were so tall and their faces were really weird looking.

"Finally! The reinforcements are here!" Mike exclaimed.

Looked at the reinforcements that Mike was talking about, they were kids all dressed in Ancient Greek armor that I had seen in books. They all had swords and shields and were charging toward the men chasing us.

"There are three Cyclopes chasing us," Mike shouted to them.

"Just get past the hill and her to camp," one of them shouted.

"What camp?" I asked Mike.

"Camp Half-Blood," Mike answered, "I'll explain everything once we're there."

As we past the hill I saw a huge statue towering over of a woman dressed in armor, with a shield at her side. There were cabins and a mess house. There was one actual house and there was a strawberry patch, an arena, and tons of other stuff I can't begin to explain.

"Where are we?" I asked Mike in awe of the place.

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