AN: Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who reviewed/followed/favorited! I wonder why "favorited" isn't a word... Omigosh, I think I'm addicted to the song Doomsday by Murray Gold. It is so good! I mean, sure, it is about a tragic episode of Doctor Who, but it's still beautiful and sounds amazing! I am currently listening to it on my iPod. I need a life. Lol. Anyways, hope you enjoy this chapter!
"So... where are we going?" Amy questioned the Doctor.
He turned around to look at her. "Five billion places—" Amy raised an eyebrow "—I have been to and you expect me to have a plan? Remember when we went to the Eighth Moon of Grastiati? With a plan?" Amy nodded. "And then I apparently insulted the Royal Guard's fur? How was I supposed to know it was a disgrace to compliment their fur? I thought we went to the Seventh Moon of Grastiati!" (AN: This was used in a different fanfic and I loved it, so I used it. Sorry!)
Amy stared at him. "We are in the U.S. which is on the planet Earth, I'm pretty sure you should know your way around."
The Doctor's shoulders slumped and he shook his head. "Nope, I do not have a plan. But, hey, that's what happens every time, right?"
Amy laughed and looked straight ahead to see where they were going. Suddenly, a girl's voice was heard. "A-ha! Found you, Doctor!"
Annabeth saw the Doctor first. They decided to start looking for him immediately. Percy had to go to the bathroom though, so Annabeth went ahead and left him. He should be able to find his way around better than her. So when Annabeth found the Doctor and his ginger companion, she knew they were lost. They were walking towards the lower parts if Manhattan where most of the Greek monsters hung out (talk about stupid) and Annabeth knew that that wouldn't turn out good.
"A-ha!" Annabeth shouted. "Found you, Doctor!"
The Doctor and Amy turned around to see the blonde girl running towards them. Before they knew what was going on, the girl had the Doctor on the ground with her foot planted on his chest and Amy's arm in a death-grip.
The girl's hand reached for her pants' leg, and the Doctor put his hands up. "No! No guns, please, thank you. Don't like guns very much. Guns are not cool."
She looked at him strangely. "Why would I have a gun?"
The Doctor gulped and did a weird half-shrug due to his position on the ground. Amy struggled against the blonde's grip, but all the movement just made the girl tighten it. "Okay!" Amy yelled, her Scottish accent breaking through. "If you release us, we'll tell you—"
"Amy," the Doctor scowled, "don't, instead... Tell me the whole plan!"
The blonde glared at him. "One day that'll work, I'm sure of it," the Doctor chuckled nervously under her steely (pardon the pun) gaze.
"I have no plan," she stated, "unless trying to find you—which I did—counts. Now, you need to leave this area, it's dangerous for people like you. By that, I mean mortals. And by that, I mean, leave! Oh, and here's a map of the Upper East Side, enjoy your stay!" The girl handed Amy a map and released the Doctor. "Percy will be here soon. I'll tell him what happened...," she trailed off as she stared into the distance.
The Doctor turned around but only saw an old lady in a leather jacket. "What...? It's just an old lady."
"Yeah," she replied, "just an old lady. Well, you get on your way! Bye." She shoved them down the road towards a busy corner. The Doctor turned around a saw the old woman still following them. The girl noticed too and turned around. "Okay, I'll be going."
She ran at the woman and dragged her back towards the way the came. About a minute later, they heard a screech and yelling. "Oh, Amy," the Doctor said, "we shouldn't have underestimated the normality of Manhattan."
Percy walked along, looking for Annabeth. He heard a scream and immediately recognized it as her own. "Percy!" she cried. "It's Alecto! Percy? Where are you!?"
He began to run towards the dark alley Annabeth was in. There was a crash and saw the fury cornering Annabeth as she stabbed at Alecto's chest. He brought out Riptide, his magical sword-pen thing (long story), and snuck up behind the fury. He was surprised that it didn't turn around, normally they'd scent a demigod before they could get within a three-foot radius. Annabeth had spotted him but made no movement indicating he was there. Holding a finger to his lips, he took another step forward. With a mighty thrust, he got the fury in the back. Alecto screeched and flapped her leathery wings before he took another breath and slashed across her ankle. The fury turned to dust. Annabeth looked like she wanted to kill Percy.
"I could have taken her on my own," she scowled.
"Yes. That is exactly why you were screaming for me to help you," he snickered.
Annabeth's scowl deepened as she put her dagger back up into her pants' leg. "Right," she said, standing up, "I found the Doctor. He was heading this way. Kept asking about Alecto. She started following us. We should go in case there's more." Percy nodded and took Annabeth's hand.
"So I was thinking we could find some sort of full-blown New York place to eat and...," Amy trailed off as she stared at the Doctor. For he was looking behind them, his eyes were sort of unfocused and his lips were parted slightly (not that she meant to look at them for so long). "Doctor?"
The Doctor snapped back into reality and looked. "Yes, what were you saying?"
"Maybe we could go to a total New York place. Like maybe for cheesecake or—Doctor, you're doing it again."
"Oh, am I?" he moved his position to face her. "Sorry about that. I just... I just feel like someone's following us." The Doctor turned around once again to catch a splash of blonde hair against a black background. "Those two teenagers. They're heading towards us."
Amy shrugged. "Coincidence. Now, c'mon! You took me here and so you're the tour-guide!"
The Doctor grinned at her. "That is a very high expectation, Pond."
"I'm just that kind of girl."
"Just give me the map."
Percy and Annabeth continued to walk, though more than once they saw the floppy brown hair and bright ginger. They were an odd combination. The man had a tweed jacket (not that either of them minded, Chiron wore them too), but a bow tie and suspenders? That's too much. He was a young man. Probably around twenty-six (AN: TEEHEE I had to say that) and, as much as Annabeth hates to admit since she is absolutely head-over-heels for Percy, he was very good-looking.
After defeating Alecto, Annabeth had explained everything. Percy would nod and say "yep" before looking straight ahead. At one point, Annabeth smacked his arm (quite painfully, Percy whines) for not listening to her. The couple watched the Doctor and his companion for a bit. They wanted to make sure they wouldn't have anymore run-ins. Little did they know that the other two were watching them just as carefully.
AN: There you have it folks! Every chapter has over a thousand words too! I was talking about Karen Gillan the other day and accidentally said "Karen Smith". It came out smooth though, as if it was meant to be said. I seriously think Matt Smith and Karen Gillan are secretly married XD Okay, I am sorry for the crummy little fight scene. I suck at those :P Hope you liked it anyways!
~TheLostDaughter
