Two dark, shadowy figures loomed above the door to the museum. I slid back against the side of Golden Drachma Cafe and uncapped Riptide. From where I stood I couldn't tell what creatures they were until I got in a bit closer. Telekhines, also known as sea demons. I didn't know where Annabeth was. She said she was going in for a closer look with her Yankees cap. I was just trying to figure out what she was doing when WHAM! One of the telekhines stumbled backwards and slowly turned to dust. The other telekhine didn't even seem to notice it and kept staring ahead, blocking the doorway. I knew Annabeth must have knocked out the first one and I was determined to get through that door. Before Annabeth could knock down the other telekhine I ran forward and made a clean cut down the monster's stomach. The sea demon made a sound like Rarrarrr as he started to evaporate into nothingness. Just before it totally melted it lashed out with its large hand and tried to grab my head. I leaped backward just in time before he could wack my face off and took another slash with Riptide.
"Percy, they'll be reinforcements inside! It'll be well guarded!" Annabeth yelled. We both went in the doorway and skidded to a stop right in front of a pack of dracaena. They each held a position guarding a large two door golden entryway. I brought up Riptide even though I knew that we were well outnumbered but I could feel Annabeth grab my arm. She took of the Yankees cap and shoved it in my hand. "Your the bigger threat, they'll go for you."
"But what are you going to do?" I asked. "You can't take them on all by yourself."
She shrugged," But I can distract them. You just need to see what's behind that door." The first row of dracaena took a step forward holding glistening silver shields. "Hurry!" Annabeth yelled and shoved the Yankees cap on my head. I took a weary step backward and tried to find a spot where I could go to the door unnoticed but the dracaena blocked all of the gaps.
"HEY GUYS!" Annabeth shouted. "OVER HERE YOU FILTHY MONSTERS!" The first row of dracaena took another step forward. Annabeth could only distract them for so long before they went for the attack. I needed to think of something. The dracaena leveled their shields and went straight for Annabeth. "GO PERCY!" I heard her say and all I could do was push through the crowd of monsters and sprint for the door. At first, all the dracaena were concerned with was Annabeth but when they felt me pushing past I could tell they were running after me. When I reached the door, I hesitated, deciding if I should go back for Annabeth and I heard her knife clinking against their silver shields. She was fighting them back. I glanced back one last time before the dracaena surrounded me and I flung open the golden door, sprinting into the cold darkness beyond.