Chapter 2: Our Lives Are Way More Messed Up Then We Thought
After we found Tris, who was oddly happy that we trashed the lab, we snuck out of the Science museum. No doubt Andy and the others would say we were crazy and tried to kill them (which I guess we kinda did...) we took out a map and tried to figure out where we were. We saw plenty of people, but no one questioned us. I guess seeing a bunch of school kids looking lost was normal in New York.
"Okay, this is hopeless. We're stuck in New York, we have no money, we don't have a clue where we are and monsters could attack at any moment!"
Tris voiced our concerns.
"I'm more worried about the monsters. We don't know what they're like. Monsters in America could be completely different from the ones we've fought in Ireland."
I hated it, but Mark was right. I tried to think of a way to fix things.
"Okay, first things first, we need money. We have some drachmas, but we need mortal money. After we get some, we go to the nearest McDonalds and eat. Then we try map reading again and see if we can find somewhere to stay."
Tris frowned.
"What about school? If we don't fly back home with them, then we're stuck here."
I bit my lip.
"I don't know, we'll think about that later. What are we gonna do for money? The only things we have on us are our phones, which are too dangerous to use, our textbooks and an iPod."
Tris sighed.
"I know. None of them can help us. At best, we can sing along to songs and hope they distract us."
Mark got a cheeky grin on his face and looked back and forth between us. We narrowed our eyes.
"What are you thinking?"
He was still grinning.
"You download the backing tracks to the songs on your iPod right?"
"Yes..."
"I have an idea."
"Mark , you are so dead."
Tris and I were standing against a building wall. Mark had the iPod in his hand and we had laid his coat on the floor infront of us. His idea was for me and Tris to sing for change. And since we couldn't think of anything better, we had to. At least we used his coat. Ha ha, now it's gonna be filthy...
"You guys ready?"
Tris nodded.
"Yeah,"
"What song are you gonna sing?"
We shrugged.
"You chose."
Big Mistake. He pressed play and started laughing at our expressions. The music for Best Damn Thing came on. People had gathered so we had to start.
Bold- Tris Italic- Bernadette Both- All
Let me hear you say hey hey
Hey hey hey
Alright, now let me hear you say hey hey ho
Hey hey ho
I hate it when a guy doesn't get the door
Even though I told him yesterday and the day before
I hate it when a guy doesn't get the tab
And I have to pull my money out and that looks bad
Where are the hopes? Where are the dreams?
My Cinderella story scene?
When do you think they'll finally see?
That you're not, not, not gonna get any better
You won't, won't, won't, you won't get rid of me, never
Like it or not even though she's a lot like me
We're not the same
And yeah, yeah, yeah I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
Alright, alright
Yeah
I hate it when a guy doesn't understand
Why a certain time of month I don't want to hold his hand
I hate it when they go out and we stay in
And they come home smelling like their ex-girlfriends
I found my hopes, I found my dreams
My Cinderella story scene
Now everybody's gonna see
That you're not, not, not gonna get any better
You won't, won't, won't, you won't get rid of me, never
Like it or not, even though she's a lot like me
We're not the same
And yeah, yeah, yeah I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
Give me an A! Always give me what I want
Give me a V! Be very very good to me
R! Are you gonna treat me right?
I! I can put up a fight
Give me an L! Let me hear you scream loud
Let me hear you scream loud
One, two, three, four!
Where are the hopes? Where are the dreams?
My Cinderella story scene?
When do you think they'll finally see?
That you're not, not, not gonna get any better
You won't, won't, won't, you won't get rid of me, never
Like it or not, even though she's a lot like me
We're not the same
And yeah, yeah, yeah I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
Let me hear you say hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Alright, now let me hear you say hey hey ho
Hey hey ho
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
The crowd that had gathered clapped and cheered. I couldn't help smiling. I loved performing; it made me feel so alive. I love hearing the people cheer at the end. They started to go away and Mark came over.
"Ye were unreal. How much money did we get?"
I bent down and started counting.
"Enough for us to get some food."
We put the money in our pockets and were about to leave when a girl with black spiky hair came over. She looked about fifteen.
"Hey, you guys were awesome. What's your name?"
I was kinda suspicious. What if she was someone form the lab? Or worse, a monster?
"I'm Mark , this is Tris and Bernadette."
Stupid!
"Oh. I'm Thaila. I better get going nice to meet you."
As soon as she was out of site, I slapped Mark across the back of the head.
"Ow! What was that for?!"
"For telling our names to a complete stranger! She could be a monster or something!"
His face got red as he realised I was right (duh!)Tris sighed.
"Come on, I'm hungry. Let's go eat."
We nodded and went to the nearest McDonalds.
After we ordered we discussed what to do next.
"Okay, we have to go back to the lab. We say that the machines went weird and there was an explosion. We were scared and ran. Easy."
Mark frowned.
"Wait, Andy,"
he clenched his teeth and said the name with hatred,
" and the others will have told them by now."
I rolled my eyes.
"Andy's gotten in detention a ton of times. I have a perfect record, I'm a good student and I never lie to teachers."
They looked at me funny about the last one.
"Fine, the teachers don't know I lie to them."
Tris' face lit up.
"Food's here!"
We gladly tucked in and finished it in no time. We were joking around when I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. That girl, Thaila, was setting at a table not too far from us. A guy with jet black hair and green eyes and a girl with blonde hair and grey eyes were with her. They were whispering and would glance at us every now and then.
"Guys, don't look, but that girl's here with two other people at 4 o clock."
Of course, they looked. Thankfully, they didn't notice.
"What'd we do?"
Tris sounded worried. I didn't blame. We were in a packed restaurant and had no one to help us. If they were monsters, we were in serious
trouble.
"If they keep looking at us, we'll leave. Just ignore them."
Mark's idea actually made sense so we obeyed it. I glanced at the table again and gasped. They were looking at us. They're eyes widened when they realised we knew they were there. They got out of their seats and started coming towards us.
"Guys, we leave. Now."
They could hear the panic in my voice and rose without question we went out and walked down the street. Mark looked back and cursed in Greek.
"They're following us."
We quickened our pace. After another block, Tris glanced back. She cursed in Greek and English.
"They're still there."
We started running. I looked back and saw they had too. Now we were freaked out. We kept running and turned down an alley. We came to a dead end
"Di immortals! We're trapped."
We turned around. They were coming down the alley way.
"Oh my Gods, Berna, what will we do?"
I looked at Tris.
"I don't know. If they're monsters, then there's no way we can beat all of them."
Mark snorted.
"I think it's pretty safe to say they're monsters Bernadette. What else could they be?"
He was trying to hide it, but I know Mark was freaking out too. He called me Bernadette, which he never does unless he's super angry at me or terrified.
"Hey!"
A guy's voice broke through my train of thought. The trio where standing a few feet away from reached down to her ankle and pulled out her knife from the inside of her boots. Mark pulled his sword out from up his sleeve. I lifted up the side of my school skirt and got my dagger which was strapped to the inside. We raised our weapons.
"Its okay, we're not going to hurt you."
The blonde spoke. I snorted.
"Yeah right. You just decided to follow us on random. Do we look that stupid to you?"
I might have been screaming on the inside, but my voice came out calm. Thaila rolled her eyes.
"You're not gonna do much damage with that,"
she said, gesturing towards my dagger. I narrowed my eyes. I flipped my dagger in the air. It doubled up to a dagger so when I flipped it, it became a normal size sword. It grew in size till it was the same length as Marks. Thaila looked pissed off. The black haired guy spoke.
"Cool. But like we said, we're not going to hurt you. We want to help you. We're like you."
We exchanged glances. Like us? He stepped forward. We immediately went back. Tris and Mark went to my side. We backed up against the wall.
"Percy! Stop your scaring them!"
The blonde scolded him. Thaila rolled her eyes.
"This is getting us nowhere! They obviously don't believe us!"
The blonde came forward. Tris and Mark stiffened. She came over to me. Mark moved infront of me but I told him it was okay. I trusted her.
"My name's Annabeth Chase. These are Percy Jackson and Thaila Grace."
They looked at us. The guy came forward and held out his hand.
"I'm Percy Jackson."
Why were they acting like we should know that name?
"So?"
I asked. Confusion spread across his face. Annabeth looked at our uniforms. Tris had grey pants with royal blue strips. She had a blue blouse and grey jumper on. Our school crest was on it. Mark was dressed the same except he had just grey pants. I had the jumper, black tights and grey school skirt.
"Where are you from?"
Mark looked at me, asking with his eyes if it was okay. I nodded. If they wanted to kill us, they would have by now.
"We're form Ireland. We go to 's College. We're here on a school trip. We were at a Science museum but he had a little, ah trouble."
We both smirked. Stupid as it had been, the look on Andy's face was pretty funny.
"So you're not form America?" said Percy.
Gods, he was dumber than Mark . Tris rolled her eyes.
"Yes, we're not from America. Now, who are ye and what do ye want?"
I nodded.
"You said you were like us. You can see... Stuff?"
They nodded. I lowered my sword. Mark and Tris did the same.
"We came from a camp. It's for people like us. You'll be trained, and stay there."
I was curious. A camp, where there were more people like us?
"Where is it?"
"In Mantthan."
We stared at him blankly. Annabeth sighed.
"Percy, they've never been to America before. They don't have a clue where that is,"
Before he could reply, Mark spoke.
"Can you take us there?"
We looked at them hopefully. We couldn't go back to the school; we didn't have a clue where they were. I didn't want to spend the night on the streets.
"Sure-"
Annabeth interrupted him.
"Won't your teachers miss you?"
I bit my lip.
"Well, you see, we mighta, sorta, um;"
Caoimhe took over.
"Those two trashed the lab and nearly blew up her crush."
I my face go red.
"Ex,"
I murremed,
"What?"
"We nearly blew up my ex-crush,"
Percy started laughing.
"Don't worry. Come on, we'll take you to camp."
We grinned and followed them. They got in a van with a guy with eyes all over his body driving. On the way, they explained to us about the
Greek Gods. Yes, I was right! I always thought it had something to do with them. As we pulled up on front of a hill, I wondered who my godly parent would be. I suddenly realised something. Tris! They didn't know she was a mortal!
"Wait! We forgot to tell you something!"
They stopped walking and turned towards us.
"What?"
I looked at Tris, who nodded.
"Tris isn't a demigod. She's a mortal who can see through the mist."
They raised their eyebrows.
"I'm gonna go get Chiron,"
said Thaila and she ran off. Annabeth and Percy said we would wait here till she came back. I lied down on the grass next to Mark and Tris.
"Guys?"
Tris and I looked at Mark.
"Yeah?"
He grinned.
"Our lives are way more messed up then we thought."