Chapter 2: Houdini
I blankly gazed up at the smirking boy and the blonde-haired maiden who stood next to him.
"Is this them"? The girl asked.
"I think so..hold on a sec," the boy rummaged through his pockets and yanked out a folded piece of parchment. He passed it to the girl who unfolded it.
"Yup, I do believe it is," she said and gave the paper back to the boy who gave it a glance.
"Defiantly," he agreed. "Your coming with us," the boy commanded.
"Now Percy, no need to be rude they deserve an explanation," the girl said sweetly.
"I guess your right, Annabeth," Percy sighed.
"What are your names, children"? Annabeth questioned.
"My name is Achilles," I boldly stated, "and thats Mia," gesturing towards her.
"Well, it's nice to meet you I am Annabeth and this is my friend Percy," Annabeth said.
"Thats all sweet and dandy, but we should get going," Percy snorted.
"Whats the rush"? questioned Annabeth. After Annabeth finished her question there was an angry roar from the class we left the cyclops in.
"Thats why."
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Mia's POV
We rushed down the hallway with Annabeth in the lead and burst through the front doors. Percy looked around confused.
"Which way now"? Percy asked looking towards Annabeth.
"This way," she said sprinting towards the parking lot. Achilles and I continued to follow these strangers. We ran through the rows of parked cars, stopping near a black Escalade to breath. I was breathing heavily now. I glanced towards Achilles, who was breathing normally. Thats what was weird about Achilles he never ran out of breath.
"How long do we have"? asked Annabeth.
"Not very long," Percy replied.
"How long is that"?
"A couple minutes, I guess."
"Well we better get moving." Annabeth abruptly stood up and began to run, but quickly stopped.
"Whaa...OH SHIT!!!" Percy yelled as something came hurdling out of the sky. Achilles stared at it for a millisecond, and dove upon me to protect me from the enormous explosion that the mysterious projectile created upon impact with the ground. We hit the hard asphalt as pieces of parking lot and cars whizzed by our heads.
As the dust settled I saw Achilles leaning over me like a shield of flesh. His arms were wrapped around my head, his eyes closed.
"Achilles," I grunted. He opened his eyes and blushed. He quickly untangled himself from me and got to his feet, lending me a hand. I took it and he pulled me to my feet.
"What was that"? I questioned.
"A Storm-Hound," yelled Percy who was hiding behind a Hummer with Annabeth. "Take cover.". Out of the giant crater leaped a dark form. The creature was a dog, but 6-feet tall with snarling teeth. It's body was one dark, swirling mass like storm clouds and it had eyes created from lightning. The beast began to growl and hunch back on its stormy legs ready to charge.
"Get to cover"! screamed Annabeth still crouched low next to the yellow Hummer. I quickly bolted beneath a white mini-van, but Achilles still stood out in the open. He had locked eyes with the monster.
"Achilles move"! I commanded, but it it was to late the creature bared its teeth and rushed forward to attack Achilles. The hound jumped swiped at Achilles, but as soon as its paw was about to make contact Achilles disappeared.