AN: i know! Im terrible at updating, and i dont even have an excuse. Well, here is the next chapter.

Percy

I cant believe i tamed a immortal fox, who's destiny is to never be tamed! Thank you Annabeth for these awesome rides! Annabeth explained to me that the dogs we found, were the Tuemessian Fox and Laelaps. She didn't really get into their story though. All i know is the one I'm riding is the fox, and the bloodhound type dog she is riding is Laelaps. They were already pretty tame, and they came with a note from Aphrodite.

It didn't say who it was from, but i know who sent it from a conversation i had with her years ago.

Percy,

I would hate for your love story to end in such a way. This isn't what i meant when i said 'interesting'.

She isn't my first choice for help, but she is nice enough, when in bad situations. The dogs were really fast. They couldn't run like the centaurs do, but they can break like forty at a steady run.

Gods, i lie these dogs! We have already gone like ten miles. At this rate we should be at the Doors in two days, if those huge red things in the distance are the Doors.

Annabeth's ankle healed, and she is a much better mood now.

At least she isn't yelling!

Just then we ran into a legion of dracanae,

Note: it all happened so fast, Annabeth might have a different story.

Our mounts, dove at them, and crushed like forty of them. I jumped off, and was immediately in the middle if them all.

I slashed five or six with one stroke of Riptide, and then caught an arrow in my left shoulder. I really should be more careful. I guess now would be a good time to be smarter than the average bear. I rolled away from two, and watched as they took care of each other, both stabbing the other in the gut. I stood up, spartan kicked another right next to Laelaps, and watched him go to town. Annabeth wasnt doing to bad herself. She was hacking and slashing like she was in Hades, which she pretty much was. She really was beautiful when she fought. I got back into battle mode, just as the last thirty enemies were retreating towards the red mountainous things, Screaming about some kind of ritual. They didnt make it far.

Both canines dove for the group and had a good meal.

I walked over to Annabeth and grabbed her hand.

"I beat you Seaweed Brain."

What? Did she really just say that?!

"No you didnt! I killed like thirty of them!"

"Compared to my sixty three, that is losing."

I cant believe she just went there.

"No, i had more style than you did. Therefore, i did better."

She just smiled, then kissed me. A short but passionate kiss. It was a sort of apology.

Then she noticed my shoulder.

"Okay, I definitely won. Your hurt, pretty bad."

She was right. I could already feel my adrenaline wearing off, and my energy fading.

"It's fine. I have lived through worst."

"Just shut up and lay down Seaweed Brain. I need to clean the wound."

I didn't argue. I sat down, and took my shirt off. Which by the way, was really hard with an arrow in my shoulder.

"Wow Percy, have you been training? You look like an Olympian!"

"Just because i have a six pack, doesn't mean i look like a god, Wise girl."

"Olympic athlete Percy. Not god."

Oh.. Way to make me feel stupid..

"Now you tell me."

"Just shut up and hold still."

Why does she have to be mean to me? I didnt do anything wrong.

"Im fine Annabeth, just a scratch."

She could obviously tell that my shoulder was pretty banged up.

It wasnt that hard to see. There is in arrow in it..

"Shush. This is gonna hurt, i have to pull it out to clean it"

"Okay. Just get it over with."

"Im gonna pull on three. Okay?"

Gods Annabeth just do it!

"One."

.."Two."

..."Three!"

Holy hades! She wasnt kidding, that did hurt. Alot!

"Im so sorry Percy! I had to do it."

"S'okay, im fine.."

And with that, i passed out.

PAGE BREAK!

When i woke up, i was laying in a cave, cradled by my fox.

Annabeth was sitting by a the fire, cooking up some kind of meat. It smelt like deer, but had a odd coloring. It was like blood red, even after being cooked.

This was one of the only times i would be able to use this pick up line, and i was not gonna pass this up!

I sat up, made sure she thought i was still sleeping, then slowly crept over to the fire and whispered in Annabeths ear

"Whats cooking, good looking?"