Prologue
Destruction. Everywhere. Two places in NYC destroyed and only a couple of survivors. And the most important lost, gone up in flames.
Brooklyn House
"Go! Run! Run!" Sadie yelled.
She pushed Halle, Darren, Shelby, Felix, and Walt out of the house. BOOM! Another explosion. This time, right in front of Sadie's face. The fire and ashes consumed the house, as the four watched, nearly in tears. But, Halle wiped them away. She knew she had to keep them up now. She turned to her torn friends.
"This is why we did to stand," She said. "This is why we have to keep moving!"
All the other nodded in agreement.
"We need to find a new base camp," She said. "Follow me!"
And they all ran from the fiery house.
Camp Half-Blood
WHOOSH! Even water couldn't stop the flames. Percy tried harder and harder, but the fire was too much and the smoke was choking him. That's when Annabeth pulled him into the clear and they both watched in awe how the Big House erupted in flames, with Chiron still inside.
Annabeth turned to Percy. "Come on! We need to get everyone out of here!"
Percy nodded, keeping his tears to himself. They went through every cabin looking for survivors. They found two in the Hermes Cabin, new recruits, Dinah and Daniel. Next, they found Nico Di Angelo in the Hades Cabin. But, the worst was in the Apollo Cabin.
A girl screamed for help, she was young, and Annabeth raced to help her. The fire caused Percy to be pushed out. He waited and then saw a figure coming out of the fire. But, it wasn't Annabeth. It wasn't the girl either. It was a monster. They all ran to the hill and watched as there camp burned to ashes. Percy was at his knees. He watched his girlfriend die and Chiron. He couldn't do anything now. Nico put his hand on Percy's shoulder.
"We're out of the barrier," Nico said, calmly. "We need to keep moving or the monsters will get us."
Percy nodded in agreement and they began running, but they didn't know where.