Chapter 2:

Annabeth Pov:

Annabeth was tired. She couldn't seem make sense of anything anymore, and the only word she could think of was Percy. If that wasn't weird enough monsters were chasing her. She would kill them, but it seemed that every time she did they just reformed again, it was really frustrating.

She had been taking her brake by the bay of San Francisco. When she was by the water it made her feel braver, and more importantly it made her think of Percy. She couldn't help but try to rack her brain for who he was.

She looked at herself it the blade of her dagger. Her hair was blond and curly, and her eyes were gray. It was weird not remembering her own reflection. She looked up at the buildings, she couldn't help but admire the tall sky scrapers, it was just something that her old self liked, she had guessed.

She fingered the necklace that she had found on her. It had strange clay beads and a ring on it, it the very center was a red pendant. She particularly favored the red one, it just seemed genuinely nice. She was considering finding a hotel to sneak into just to take a short rest. She rested her head on her backpack instead, which contained a bag full of a strange plant, a laptop, and of course her dagger. Slowly she closed her eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

"Hey you down there!" a voice yelled. She startled awake "Hello?" Her voice came out croaky and hoarse; she realized how long it must have been since she'd uttered a work to anyone. "Jason come here!" A boy with a buzz cut was flying on a Pegasus, hovering above her. Another boy flew down, with purely the wind holding him up. He landed down and looked disappointed.

"What? I thought this was the answer, they told me that this was… it must be a mistake!" The blonde haired one yelled, he threw a rock into the harbor, out of anger. "No looks at her, the red pendant, see it? It's not a mistake" buzz cut protested. Annabeth was confused, she looked up at the two boys, and wondered what they wanted with her.

"Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Frank, and uh… That's Jason" Frank said warmly "I'm Annabeth, I would totally love to hang out with you guys, but I need to run" She took off sprinting downhill, it was creepy enough having two boys stalk you, but when they can fly? Just crazy.

Her plan was to jump into the harbor and try to swim away, but in mid-air it was like the wind was grabbing on to her, and it pulled her right back into the hill. "Look, I've fought enough monsters, give me a break!" She yelled in frustration. "Hey we come in peace" Frank stated "I'm sorry I just, ugh!" This was the first time she had cried the whole time she had been, well gone. She sat in the dirt and she cried.

During her breakdown, Frank had hoisted her up onto the Pegasus, reassuring her that they were taking her to a safe place. It wasn't very smart to trust complete stranger, but her common sense was gone like the wind, and she had no energy to protest.

She heard Jason and Frank's conversation while she struggled to pull herself together. It went something like this:

"I just thought we would find her!"

"I know Jason, We all miss her"

"But it's like when she's gone I can't do anything but look for her, Frank what if we never find her?"

"No, we are going to find her, and that's that"

She guessed that Jason's girlfriend, or sister, or best friend, or somebody, was gone, and now they were looking for her. She wondered if anyone out there was looking for her.

They landed with the clomping of hooves. She climbed off the Pegasus, stumbling as she got down. Frank and Jason led her to beautiful collection of buildings. Her head was on a full swivel taking in all the place could offer. Once they stopped, Annabeth was met with a cold, unforgiving stare.

AN: da Da DAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Okay on that happy note, review away! Love~The-Girl-With-The-Blue-Waffles