When I wake, I'm up before anyone else. I tense, because something catches the corner of my eye. Oh, it's just a gift. A gift! We have sponsors! I decide to wake up Nico.
"Get up!" I say, poking him.
"Why are you poking me?"
"Revenge for last morning!" I say. "Look, we got a gift." I run over and grab it. A large metal pot, an 4 bowls are inside.
"This will help with cooking." I say.
"Why do you want to cook?" He asks me.
"I'm bored."
I pour a bit of water into the pot, and add some fruit, squeezing it so that the juices are released. I start a fire, adding the deer meat. Pretty soon, Percy and Annabeth wake up.
"Why is Thalia cooking, and what smells good?"Percy ruffles his hair and yawns.
"Where'd you get the pot?" Annabeth wonders.
"A gift." I fill the bowls with my soup-ish thing.
"Eat up, it's yummy, I think." I say, handing out the bowls.
"Not bad" Nico remarks. I give a smirk, and finish up breakfast.
"So," Annabeth asks, " Anything important to do today?"
"Stay alive." I add. Percy swallows and says,
"Good point."
"What else?" Nico asks. But before someone can say anything, we hear yelling.
"Those little- I can't believe they stole our stuff!" Uh-oh. The Careers figured out it was us. I stand up, grabbing my bow, and sliding a dagger into my belt loop. The others grab their weapons, and the voices grow closer.
"Ugh, I can't stand that Thalia girl." Someone says.
I motion to the others, and we climb up to the sturdiest branches, but they hide us enough. The Careers find the tree grove, and just as one bursts through the willow leaves, I fire an arrow. He drops to the ground, holding his arm. I fire off more, until almost every Career has an arrow somewhere. They come charging when they figure out where we were, and Annabeth jumps from the tree, swinging her dagger. It hits a boy's chest, but just scrapes it. He hits her, and then everyone else is fighting. The time is a blur of skin, daggers, and adrenaline. It's all six, so we have our hands full. I lunch an arrow, and one goes down. I hear Nico yell my name, warning me off the Career poising a dagger towards my back. As if on some unspoken queue, we all stop what we're doing and stand still. A prickle of unease runs down my spine, and I turn slowly. A mutt is standing there. It looks like the Minotaur, standing maybe 7 feet tall, horns, and wicked claws. It charges at us, and I barely have time to jump out of the way of its brown fur. Carefully aiming an arrow, I release the shaft, watching it plunge into the creatures back. It roars in anger, but Percy swings Riptide, making a nice gash into its chest.
"Nico!" I yell, for he has the perfect opportunity to finish the mutt. He takes his dagger, and slices wildly. The mutt goes down, swinging its clawed hands as he falls. I try to move, but a sharp pain in my stomach tells me I didn't. I look down and see blood welling from 3 rips in my shirt.
"Ow." I say, and sink to my knees. I think the Careers leave, with a threatening,
"Until next time," then things go fuzzy. I think I see a silver parachute fall to the ground before passing out.
"Guys, I think she's waking up." I blinked a couple times, and realized Percy, Annabeth, and Nico standing above me.
"What-" I ask.
"After you passed out, we got bandages. " Percy explains. I feel my stomach, and confirm that, yes, there are bandages.
"Oh. But what about the Careers?" Nico answers my question.
"We don't know. They'll probably be preparing to kill us though." Then, the Seal shines through the air, and the girl from 4. After picking at some apple slices, I fall asleep.