I don't own PJO or the character except Cade. He will be In this chapter for sure!

I Battle The Staff

I felt as ridiculous as I looked. Annabeth's master plan was that I would sneak into the supply closet, and change into a lunch ladies uniform. Today's lunch was enchiladas, so Grover was bound to eat that. Annabeth expected me to serve him his food, let him know we're here; tell him which table Annabeth was at, and then I would leave. "Well what do I do if the other ladies interrogate me!?" I complained. "You tell them the principal just hired you, and he wants you to work on the enchilada stand." Answered Annabeth, trying as hard as she could not to laugh at me. "Fine… But only for Grover!" I grumbled, and trudged down the hall. The second I turned the corner, Annabeth began to crack up.

Just as I expected, the workers in the nice little questions interrogated me. "Who hired you?" "The principal." "What's your favorite color?" "Blue." "Where will you work today?" "The enchilada stand." "Do you own a turtle?" " No, why does that matter!?" "I like turtles…" After that hurried over to the enchilada stand. I heard the one who asked me the last question grumble something about turtle haters, but I began work anyways.

It was nearly an hour of watching a bunch of kids my age or younger march bye one by one by one by one, and I got so bored I was about to fall asleep in the enchilada dish. I was just dozing off when a voice woke me up. " 'scuse me ma'am, but I would like an enchilada." "Who are you calling ma'am you…" I stopped mid-sentence. A familiar face looked up at me. A young boy with really hairy arms and long curly red hair covered by a red Rasta cap, and dark brown eyes. I smiled. Grover quit focusing on the enchilada and looked up. His eyes widened. "Percy!!" he yelled. Everybody in the room stopped talking and looked at us. "No, uh…student. This is an enchilada, not jerky!" I stated loudly. "Oh, o.k. then, I'll have an enchilada please." Grover said following along. Everything went back to normal, and I sighed with relief. "Annabeth is waiting for you on the farthest table; I'll join you guys in a second." I whispered to Grover before he left. His eyes lit up with glee for seeing his old friends. And on that awkward note, I tore off my uniform, tossed at one of the lunch ladies, and ran before she saw me.

Walking over to the table gave me my first good opportunity to look at the lunch room. It was small and painted green and blue with a bunch of Optimistic posters and 'got milk?' banners everywhere. I joined my friends on the least crowded table in the back. "It's so good to see you again Grover!" Said Annabeth. "Ya!" I agreed as I sat down. It was good to eat lunch with my best friends, and the enchiladas weren't half bad. "So is there a half-blood here or something?" I asked Grover. He looked across the room, and pointed. "That one." At the other end of the room, a kid with dark, sandy-blond hair and a green T-shirt nibbled at a bread stick all by himself. I squinted to get a better view. He had camo pants, and a half tan. Not to long later he noticed us staring at him. He looked right at us with storm-cloud grey eyes. He ducked away quickly. "His name is Cade." Said Grover, breaking the silence. I snapped back to reality. Then I remembered why we came here in the first place. "Say Grover…did you have any monster trouble while you stayed?" I asked casually. Grover looked down at his hooves. Or at least where his hooves would be if he wasn't in disguise. That wasn't good. "Well…" He began. "The principal here really stinks, so expect he's a monster. But I can't tell because he always wears a trench coat, and a hat with a low brim. Say…there he is."

I looked over at the entrance, just as Grover described the man walked in. As quick as I could, I explained everything that Chiron said about Kronos, and how he planned to make off with the satyrs. Grover looked worried. Then he bleated, and started eating his milk cup, shaking in panic. "Careful… don't let people see you eat your cup!" I scowled " sorry." He said as he swallowed. "But I'm nervous; the principal has my records and everything!" If this didn't scare me enough, Annabeth seemed to make it worse. "Uh-Oh!" Uh-oh was right, the principal was headed straight towards us, analyzing me and Annabeth…Then Grover. We didn't want to make a scene, so we stayed put, and waited to see what he wanted.

"Young Pupil!" He boomed in a deep voice. "Jesse Is Your Name, Correct?" "Co…Corr…Correct s…sir." Whimpered Grover. The principal smiled. "Come with me to my office." Grover looked at me for help. I needed to do something… Grover was forced by some of the supervisors to follow the principal. Annabeth looked at me. "We've gotta' do something!" I new we had to distract him. And there was only one way that we could get everybody to help. "FOOD FIGHT!!" I yelled as I stood on our table. The kids cheered, and immediately, enchiladas and pizza were fly threw the air. Just as I hoped, the supervisors left Grover, and soon after the principal came to. The second Grover saw the opportunities he ran into the crowd. Grover dove over to us as Annabeth chucked a piece of pizza across the room. "We've gotta' get Cade and get out of here!" Panted Grover. I looked around the room, I saw Cade ducking behind the salad bar. He dipped the other half of his bread stick in ranch, and tossed it into the crowd. We all ran over to the salad bar. Cade was about to toss a spoonful of yogurt, but stopped when he saw us. "O.K….Let's get this settled." he said when he noticed us. "Grover you and your friends need to stop stalking me!" I almost burst out laughing. "Cade, that's your name right? Cade, we have so much to explain to you. But it would be so much easier… If it was somewhere else!" We all ducked as an enchilada flew above us. "What do you need to explain?" I sighed. "I'll tell you if we get out of here alive. So follow us!" He shrugged. "On 3 charge to the entrance!" I shouted. "Are we leaving? I don't think…" Cade started, but I cut him off. "Follow my commands!" He got the message, and decided it was best to shut up. "1…2…3!!" We all charged as a group, and used our lunch trays as shields. Right as we were about to charge out the entrance, I heard a growl from behind us. There stood the principal and the 2 supervisors. "Where do you think your going?" Right as he said that though, a half eaten piece of pizza splattered all over his face, and knocked off his hat. That revealed the top half of a single eye. "He only… one …one eye!!" Cade yelled. Annabeth and I looked at each other. "Half blood." We said at the same time. We didn't have much time to discuss the kid, because right when the principal's identity was blown, he started growing. Slow at first, but getting faster by the second. He ripped off his trench coat, and growled "GET THEM!" Now when a Cyclops yells get them. That's a very good time to start running. And we did so. Eventually we were hopelessly lost with a Cyclops on our tail… so we let Cade take the lead. He led us down a few halls, and eventually took us to the entrance. I didn't dare look back through the entire jog… but I did now, and I didn't like what I saw. Instead of 2 supervisors, there were two Furies looking as freaky as ever, flying towards us with a fiery whip. "We have to take them out!" I yelled at the group. "EWW!!" Yelled Grover. "No not like that!" I yelled back at him. He relaxed, and we sprung into battle. Except Cade, who stood with his mouth open watching.

I drew riptide, and slashed it at the Cyclops. It cowered away from the celestial bronze. But then its eyes grew big. It obviously wanted my sword more than Grover he lunged at the sword, but I pulled it away, and he crashed head first into the wall. I felt like a matador. I looked around at every one else. Annabeth was trying to dodge the furies fiery whip, while Grover started throwing cans, and playing a song that made sunshine appear from no where. The furies didn't like the sun… so they stumbled away… right into the Cyclops. The fury was enraged, and decided to take out its anger on me. It chased me in circles, until it finally brought out the whip. I thought this would happen sooner or later so I had a plan. I acted scared and started backing into the Cyclops. I knew the Cyclops would try to grab me, so right when I heard the big lug move his arms, I ducked, and the Furies fiery whip clashed the Cyclopes. Obviously this principal deserved to be fired, but I didn't have this in mind. The Cyclops lit on fire and crashed into every thing. The last thing he did was throw the fury through the wall in rage, and as one two of the 3 monsters burst into yellow dust. We still had one last Fury to deal with, so we did our classic attack, but this time Grover was the distraction. Grover started playing a terrible song, which made the fury fly towards him. Grover juked the fury like football player, and let Annabeth (invisible with her magical Yankees hat) snuck up behind the monster, and stabbed it with her dagger. Soon the fury had joined her friends in the land of yellow dust. Cade still stood, dumb struck by what he saw. " We have a lot to talk about." I said. Cade just nodded, and we walked out of the door together.