We were running again but Percy wasn't sure why. Unless they were still in a rush to get to where ever. He was so curious about the rest of the family. He wasn't even going to remember it so who cares what he sees. It was his future to have these wonderful kids and that thought made his heart happy. Maybe after all they will go through still they'll get some sort of happy ending.

Or maybe that was another trick. Something the fates would want him to think so he would let his guard down. Thinking about it was making Percy's head literally hurt.

"Ayla, where are you?" Zoe said to no one he thought.

"She's in the city, come one this way ya dork." Juliette grabbed Zoe's arm and dragged her through a wall. Percy didn't have time to adjust to the weird. He was just rolling with the punches at this point. But he was pretty sure that later it would drive him at least a little insane.

The wall felt like going through water the only thing was: it wasn't wet. Percy would be able to tell if it was water and it wasn't. So sue him. Actually water wasn't wet. Wet is just a description of water but whatever. That was another thought that made Percy's head hurt. So through the wall was a cafe in New Rome that Percy had gotten a hot chocolate from once.

The barista of course didn't see us. In fact he was cleaning a large sword and shoved it into it's scabbard with a deathly look on his face. Oviously he was ready to defend his home.

Percy didn't really mind running now considering he couldn't feel his legs. He couldn't feel anything since he'd gotten here and he was just realizing it.

They had walked through the cafe and through the door. Percy was blinded by the sunlight for a moment. The streets were deserted and then and group of men running in a V shape like birds came. They were wearing silver bullet proof vests. and holding wicked looking guns.

Suddenly and small knife hit the ground in front of the one in the front, Everyone stopped and looked up including Percy and his friends.

"Not another step!" Said a female voice fiercely "You are done here!"

When Percy saw her there wasn't another thought except that if he imagined what Hazel and Franks kid looked like she wasn't it. Percy wasn't sure what he had in mind when he imagined their kid. She had Hazel's cinnamon colored hair is loose-ish wispy curls. Freckles splashed her face and he eyes were dark like Franks. She reminded him a little of franks grandmother, tough but cute. Er not in a weird way though. She was standing on a bridge that went across the street. Percy didn't remember it.

Percy heard Frank and Hazel both gasp and maybe cry too. Percy guessed it was Frank who wiped the corner of his eyes.

"Who the hell are you?" One of the men asked

"I'm Ayla of the seven deadly sins, the feline sin of pride." Ayla took out a couple more knives from the pouch at her waist. The men looked at eachother in disbelief and burst out laughing.

"There is absolutely no way your a demon. You're just a little girl, we've seen real demons and darling you ain't it." One of the men said. Percy assumed he was in charge of the small group.

"You're a bunch of idiots, It was pride that changed angels into demons." Ayla said "The worst monsters often don't look like monsters." A chill went through the air "My monster doesn't live under my bed, it lives inside my head." Ayla's knives went through the air whistling, they were going that fast, they hit each of the men directly in their hearts. They crumbled to the ground in pain before becoming silent.

Ayla climbed down off the bridge on a vine and chugged some drink from a floral water bottle. She seemed to be pondering something. She took a small piece of paper out of her jean pocket.

"Elizabeth!" She suddenly called and turned away running

"Come on," Said Zoe "Let's go find everyone else. I wanna see Gabrielle, Liz, Vic, and everyone else."

She began to walk down the road, and we followed. Many more groups similar to the one followed us. They looked in buildings and homes but could find no one.

"How is this possible?" One of them said "Were standing in the middle of New Rome and we can't find one single civilian!"

Good Percy thought they all got away.

"Where are we going?" Juliette asked

"The library." Zoe answered

"Why are we-Oh." Juliette said "Are you sure we won't hurt them?" She gestured to us.

"If we do we can just erase their memories. I mean we were gonna do it anyway." Silena answered

Gee thanks Percy thought

The New Rome library was huge. Percy had only ever been there to study. And even then he had just stayed by the café. But now it seemed even bigger. It was made of stone and the front steps were decorated with statues of animals and people.

As we walked in it was silent. Not a sound was heard. We didn't need to walk slowly so we casually strolled in. Zoe walked ahead towards the back. We're followed her still unsure what was happening.

Until suddenly a a girls body hit a large bookshelf right in front of is. This caused a domino affect. Bookshelves were suddenly going down everywhere.

The girl was lying on the ground next to the fallen book shelf. Her dark curls hiding her face. Her jeans had splatters of blood on them and spit some blood onto the ground.

And then Percy saw it. A one man with a snake tail. The green scales gleaming with blood like her mouth. Her long blade like nails, and black eyes. She eyes the girl like a prize and sort of like a meal. She whipped her knotted raspy hair around around with a smile.

"Come on, Ram sin you've got to be stronger than that." She snake woman said as her tail flicked from side to side. Percy wasn't sure what he could do since he couldn't touch anything, But the girl got up.

"You can't kill me you damn oversight piece of shit snake." The girl said coughing

Percy wasn't exactly sure what exactly that meant, but the girl stood up a grabbed something out of her back pocket. She was without a doubt Leo's daughter, they looked alike. They had the same impish features. At the same time she looked like Calypso especially around the eyes. The thing she had taken out of her back pocket It looked like a small knife. She balanced it on her index finger for a moment then turned her tentative eyes to the serpent woman.

"You'll never hit me with that, Gabrielle." The serpent woman snarled. Gabrielle said nothing but she did smile for a second.

"Not gonna hit you with it." Gabrielle smiled

"What are you gonna do?"

Gabrielle just shrugged but there was a mischievous glint in her eyes. Percy was sure what she was gonna do but the threw the dagger and it sailed right past the serpent, straight to the fire alarm. Almost immediately water was coming in from the ceiling. Gabrielle took off in a run and dove under a table. She muttered something under her breath, he could only tell because he saw her lips moving.

Just then the serpent woman began to wail in agony, Percy's stomach curdled. The monster was melting. And the books and the bookshelves were just deteriorating. It was all over in about 30 seconds but the putrid smell hung in the air for a while.