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Annabeth POV
"Alright let's head on out then," I said.
Cheers erupted from the kids. There was screams of 'yays' and 'lets go's' from everyone. Everyone started to run to the front door while the adults followed behind them but right before they could get to the door I stopped them because I had remember something.
"Wait!" I called out. "No one has any phones on them right? We don't want any monster attacks."
"Monster?" Emmie asked fearfully.
"Yes. Your phones attract monsters and if you bring them, this fun trip won't be so fun anymore." Percy told the kids.
"No Mom, we put them away," Noah called out.
"Yeah, why would we bring phones anyway?" Aria asked.
"I don't know, maybe to try to talk to each other during the oh so boring car ride," Piper said sarcastically with her hands on her hips.
"We promise we didn't bring them," Bruce swore, though I was almost positive he had his fingers crossed behind his back along with the rest of the kids.
"Enough of the chit chat! Let's go, I'm excited!" Percy hollered from inside the car.
"Alright then. Everyone in the car!" I said excitedly brushing the situation off for now.
"Yay!" All the kids shouted in perfect harmony while running out the door.
"Alright, so if you are riding with Percy, Grover, Juniper or me follow Percy inside the blue car. If you are riding with Jason, Piper, Hazel and Frank please get into the red car. If you are going to ride with Leo, Calypso, Ella, Tyson, Coach Hedge and Mellie please make yourselves go into the black Honda. Those of you left over please enter the gray van," Annabeth said shouting out directions at everyone.
The kids all ran in different directions to the car that Annabeth told them to go in. Their parents quickly followed them.
"Alright then, let's go!" I said hopping into the driver's seat of the blue car we were taking. I would be driving because Percy was a lousy driver and not to mention this is my car, no way would I let him drive it! I put the gear in reverse and backed out of the driveway, the other parents following behind me. I then started driving forwards again and we started our trip!
The kids were all super quiet, which worried me a little bit. I expected someone to say they had to go to the bathroom or complain that they were tired of being in the car for a long time, but no one said a thing.
"Why do you think they are so quiet?" I asked whispering really quietly to Percy, Grover, and Juniper. Grover and Juniper were sitting in the row behind Percy and I and then the kids were all sitting in the rows behind them.
"I don't know. This is very unusual, even when they are sleeping they aren't quiet," Juniper told the adults.
Just then I heard the sound of laughter from one of the kids.
"What's going on back there?" I asked.
"Yeah, what's so funny? I want to be in on the joke," Percy complained.
"Nothing really, we are just talking
"I don't hear any talking," Juniper stated while trying to turn around to see what the kids were doing.
"Um, we were using sign language," Alena said stuttering.
"None of you know sign language," I said. "What's really going on? You've been way too quiet."
"Fine you caught us, we were playing hangman," Trey told me.
"Hangman isn't that funny," Grover commented.
"Yes, it can be. It depends on the word," Liam told his dad.
"I don't believe you. I can tell you are lying. You wouldn't try to cover up the fact that you were playing hangman. If you don't tell us what is really going on right this instant I will pull the car over," I scolded them.
"We were…" Alena started but was interrupted by a ding.
"Was that the sound of a text message?" I asked the kids.
"That's it, we are pulling over right now along with the other car because I am sure that if you guys brought phone so did the other kids," Juniper said sternly to the kids.
Percy and I motioned out the window for the other cars to stop as well. They got the hint and I could see them pulling over out of the car window. Once all the cars pulled over, I climbed out of the driver's seats and gathered all the kids together. The other parents in the other car did the same thing until we were all grouped together on the side of the road.
"Hand them over," I told my children and Grover and Juniper did the same with their children.
"Wait what's going on," Leo asked very confused at what Annabeth was talking about.
"We discovered that the kids all brought phones even though they were told not to," Percy explained.
"You brought phones?!" Piper shouted at her Aria, Skylar, and Bolten. "Give them here now."
"Why did you guys bring these?" Jason asked holding up the phones that Piper handed him.
"Do you know how dangerous this is? Phones attract monsters and not the kind you see in Disney movies. The kind of monsters that are big, scary, and vicious. We were trying to get you guys to camp safely," Rachel told Rose, Stella and Benji.
"Mommy, I didn't bring my phone. I don't even have one!" Benji told Rachel.
"That was the right thing to do but you knew that your sisters had their phones and you didn't tell me. So that gets you in trouble too," Sebastian told his son.
"I don't get it," Benjie said frowning. "I didn't do anything."
"Did you know that everyone else was bringing their phones?" Rachel asked Banjie.
"Yes."
"Did you tell any adults?"
"No."
"Well then you are in just as much trouble," Rachel concluded.
"We were lucky a monster hasn't come already with all these demigods in the same place using phones," Percy told all of the kids.
"Seaweed Brain, don't jinx it!" I yelled.
"You guys need to listen better," Hazel said softly. She had always hated yelling at the kids.
"Yeah we say these things for a reason," Frank continued while turning to face all of the kids.
"We are really sorry!" Aria apologized.
"When we go home, all of you will be grounded for two weeks. So that means no phones, television or any other electronics," Piper told her kids.
All the other adults nodded in agreement telling their kids that they too would be getting a grounding for two weeks after we got home.
"So you're not going to make us go home now and skip are trip to camp?" Isabella asked looking down at the ground like she was afraid to ask and even more afraid of the answer.
"No sweetie," Leo told her. "As much as we are upset at you guys right now, we are still going to go to camp."
"Yeah, we already planned everything out, so we are not canceling now," Jason said agreeing with Leo.
"You will be punished when we get home. We already told you guys that we are going to camp and we are not going back on our word," I promised the kids.
Enjoy all the surprises now, but when we get home you will not have this much fun," Clarisse told her kids as well as everyone else's.
"We're really sorry," Emmie cried bursting into tears.
"Hey it's okay. No crying," Percy said soothingly while picking Emmie up in his arms.
"But you are mad at us and now you don't want us anymore," Emmie said continuing to cry into Percy's shoulder.
"That's not true at all," Percy told her.
"Yeah," I said moving over to Emmie and rubbing her back. "We love you guys no matter what happens and we will always want you."
"Promise?" Emmie asked rubbing tears out of her eyes.
"We swear on the river Styx," I told her.
"Yeah, same goes for all of you," Piper told all of the kids. "We love you all. We just want to protect you."
The kids all nodded showing that they understood. Most of the little kids though looked like they were about to cry. They hated being in trouble.
"No crying for anyone," I told them smiling. "Cheer up! We are going to camp after all! It's going to be a fun night!"
That seemed to make the kids happier as smiles appeared on all of their faces as if they were just remembering where they were going and what they were doing tonight.
"Alright everyone back in the car!" Hazel exclaimed.
"Yep we are almost there," Clarisse added while walking to the car, her kids following close behind.
"Shhh, do you hear that?" Percy asked me stopping just before we were about to get into the cars again.
The sound of footsteps came closer each passing second. Something sounded like it was getting closer and closer. The whole ground seemed to vibrate as it took each step, so whatever it was, it was huge.
The rest of the adults stopped and motioned for their children to come back out of the car, all while not taking their eyes off of the direction the noise was coming from. The kids slowly got out of the car looking fearfully at their parents. They might not understand what their parents though was going on but just by looking at their faces I could tell that they understood something bad was coming and they had the right to be afraid. I was afraid myself, but not really for me. I was more afraid for my kids. These past few years were great. There were no monster attacks since I had the kids. We had special protection on our house and were always careful when we went out. But why now? Is it because of their phones or is it because they want our kids? Well whatever the reason was they were not going to hurt my kids or anyone else's.
"Alright everyone be really quiet," Piper whispered.
"Mommy, what's going on," Skylar asked Piper.
"Yeah, I'm sacred," Emmie added turning to Percy and I.
"Me too," Ava said.
"Same," Noah agreed.
"What's happening," Gracie questioned fearfully.
"Okay no need to worry, if anything happens we have your backs," I told them pulling out my dagger. Percy did the same by pulling out Riptide.
"Is it a monster?" Amber asked.
"We think that is what it is but we want you guys to stay calm. The adults will find a way to get rid of it," I told Amber and the others.
"What if it hurts us?" Emmie asked while biting her nails like she always does when something is really scaring her.
"It won't hurt you," I said picking Emmie up.
"You promise?" Ava asked me fearfully.
"We promise sweetie," Hazel told her daughter also while picking her up.
"Everything is going to be okay," Jason said picking up Skylar too who was tugging on his shirt waiting to be picked up too, like her cousins.
"Everything will be fine," Clarisse repeated.
"Are you sure mom?" Jenny asked walking over and grabbing her mom's hand.
"Yeah, we don't even know for sure that it is a monster," Clarisse said.
"It could just be an animal rustling around," Frank told them.
"A very large animal," Percy added.
I hit Percy on the arm.
"Ow!" Percy shouted.
"Shut up Seaweed Brain. You aren't helping the situation," I whispered to him so that they kids wouldn't hear me.
"Oh right. I knew that," Percy whispered back.
"Sure you did Seaweed Brain. Sure you did," I teased him sarcastically.
"There is no way to know exactly what it is until it shows it's face," Chris added when he saw that the children were still not convinced.
As soon as Chris said that, the creature jumped out of the shadows and was now out in the open.
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