CHAPTER II
CARTER
I didn't know about Sadie, but that green haired girl was feisty. Not as feisty as Zia sometimes is, (Don't tell her that Sadie!) but still pretty feisty.
I saw the look on the guy's face when he saw Freak. He was probably thinking that getting on it was a bad idea.
"I don't like the look of that thing.", he said. "It's like a cross between a cat and a hummingbird."
I shrugged, "Don't worry, you'll be riding in the boat." I pointed at the Egyptian boat harnessed to Freak. That didn't seem to make him feel better.
He reluctantly got in, followed by the girl. I also got in with them, and Sadie followed.
"Camp Half-Blood, Freak.", the Griffin just yelled 'FREEEEEEK!' in response.
"Wait, his name is Freak?", the guy asked.
"Yup."
Another explosion came from the pool, and I knew that the trainees had blown something up, again.
Magnus looked beneath him, as if he could see through wooden boats. For all I knew, he could. "Um, what was that explosion?"
I waved him off, "Nothing dangerous. Just the trainees playing with shabti."
"Shab-what?"
"You should be more concerned about flying through the Duat."
He looked at me sceptically, "Is that a sports car?"
I laughed, "Go, Freak!"
'FREEEEEEEEEK!'
And he flapped his hummingbird wings and soared through the sky. Which soon turned into the Duat, and then Camp Half-Blood. It was rather quick, to be honest. But my two new companions looked like they were opened to radioactive activity.
Magnus gulped, "Like Heimdall's rainbow but-"
"More mistier, and less brighter.", Alex finished.
The assembled crowd below us were waving, and I saw Percy among them. He had arranged a nice landing pad, complete with frozen turkeys.
Freak must have seen the turkeys, because he dropped from 20 feet above the ground. Then he rushed toward the turkeys and munched on them.
I got out of the boat, my legs a little sore from the landing. Then I helped Sadie up and walked over to Percy.
"Hey, man."
I waved my hands at the two people still in the boat.
"Well? I did pretty good, right? Now let's plan our trip to the land of no gods…which is, where?"
Percy pointed to a world map, "The Philippines."
I scratched my chin, "Don't they believe in one God?"
Percy shrugged, "That's what the gods tell us."
My eyebrow went up, "The gods?"
Percy nodded, "Thoth, Athena, and some other dudes are in the Planning Tent."
I nodded, "I'll take a look."
Then I walked over to the gods.
