Nina stretched and let out a yawn as they got of the ferry, Jade did the same and Nina thought she heard Jade say something.

"Did you say something?" Jade turned her head sharply, she clearly hadn't thought Nina had heard.

" No- not really. Just a- a children's lullaby. That's all." The blush on the older girls face made her grin.

" Sing it. Please." Jade's blue eyes widened as she looked at Nina.

"No-" It was then that Nina realised that she wasn't looking at her but over her. Nina turned and had to fight her first thought. Run.

"What do we do?" Nina glanced at Jade hoping the older girl would know.

"Now- Now we run. Right now." Nina didn't have to be told twice, she grabbed the older girls hand and ran. They shouldn't have far to run, they were already on long island. Nina noticed Jade's bracelet flash again and she welcomed the bow.

She turned and fired an arrow into the rank of monsters, one fell. It was going to take a lot more arrows if they were to make it out of here alive.

"Get in!" A black van pulled up alongside them and Nina didn't question it. She opened the door and jumped into the front seat. Jade stalled and looked over her shoulder.

"Two choices, one fight and risk the chance of running out of arrows and dying, or, two, come with me." Nina cast the teenager a sideways glance. He was probably a couple of years older than Jade, 20 tops. Jade glanced over her shoulder, they were gaining.

The bow in Jade's hand shrunk back into a bracelet as she pulled open the door.

"Go."

"Don't need to tell me twice." The kid hit the accelerator and the van shot forward.

"Can we trust you?" Jade pulled herself forwards and peered between the headrests.

"You ain't got much choice, from the amount of monsters following you at least one of you is an Olympian. The names Dakota by the way."

"Jade." She replied as she blew a strand of hair out of her face.

"Nina. Where are you taking us?" The kid, Dakota glanced at her through his fringe.

"A safe place, you were already going there weren't you though? Camp Half blood?" He glanced at them both and they both stared back at him blankly.

"That's the address on your jeans." Jade had clearly forgotten that she still had the address on her thigh.

"I didn't know what it was, just an address that my dad told me about. Told me it was safe."

"She means step dad."

"Eh. Oh yeah." She'd called him dad so many times Nina was getting fed up of reminding her who her father actually was. Jade shook her head, annoyed with herself for getting it wrong, again.

" We'll be there soon. Get ready to get out." Out of the window Nina could see a hill with a single tree on it, it had a golden something on it.

"Out." Then the van was pushed to the side as it got rammed. Nina heard Jade push open the back doors and jump out, unfortunately Dakota's door was smashed in. Nina leaned over him and tried to push against the door from the inside, she only succeeded in pushing her hands through it and watching them turn to shadow.

The door opened.

"Need a hand," The door swung open slowly as Jade smiled at the pair. Dakota got out and grabbed Nina by the waist and put her down on the floor.

"Up the hill, now." Jade nodded and started up the hill. Nina glanced over her shoulder and, grabbing Dakota's hand, pulled him with them.

"Come on." Nina was glad that she was a fast runner, they caught up with Jade and she grabbed the older girls hand.

Then Nina lost her footing and fell over a tree root.

"Nina!" Jade turned back to face her and then looked over Nina, she could tell that the monsters were gaining on the, Jade's face said it all. She grabbed Nina's hand and a sense of vertigo passed over her. A harsh wind fought with her black hair and then they were out of it, whatever it had been.

Nina turned to face the older girl and she noticed several changes in her, her hair and skin had lost some colour, she now looked ginger instead of auburn, and her breathing was more laboured.

"Jade-?" The older girl shook her head and looked over her shoulder.

"Where's Dakota?" Nina looked around and noticed him a few meters behind them.

"What was that?" He asked as he reached them, he didn't seem afraid of Jade's new ability, more shocked that she had it.

"Grab my hand, we can't run with Nina like that."

"Like what?" He asked but took her hand none the less

"When she fell she sprained her ankle, she can't run up the hill." She took a wheezing breath, whatever it was that Jade had done, it had taken some out of her.

"Can you do it again?" Nina looked up at the older girl.

"I don't know, we'll soon find out though won't we." She walked into a shadow and they all felt a gust of wind and Nina felt as though her skin was being ripped from her face. Then it stopped and they were at the top of the hill.

"Well done Jad-" Jade's hand slipped from hers as she fell to the ground, to exhausted to stand. Her body started to roll down the hill.