Hi! So I finally got time to write this chapter. I hope it is up to your standards! BTW, I'm looking for a co-writer in a new story I want to write! So please PM me if you are interested! That's all for now!
The camp van dropped the three girls at the nearest bus stop. (I have no idea what they are called in USA. But it's called bus stop or terminal in Singapore). After they stopped looking at the camp van drive away, they started to discuss.
"Since we want to go to the underworld, does anyone actually know where it is in the first place?" Annabeth questioned, looking at me and Clarisse.
"Yeah… It is at Los Angeles…" I trailed off hesitantly. No one knew of my supposed parentage and I wanted to keep it that way. But if I wanted to live, we had to get this quest done and fast, so I risked being found out.
"Well, someone knows, so let's get going already! Gods, if we stand here discussing anymore, I'm going to die of boredom." Clarisse put in. Annabeth narrowed her eyes, but nodded. We went to purchase the tickets which would take us to the nearest airport, where we would take a plane to LAX. Chiron had given us $5000 mortal cash so we decided to get there as fast as we could, which was by plane. We waited for the bus and luckily, it arrived soon as both Annabeth and I were nearly dying of Clarisse's complains.
"Why is the god damned bus so slow? It should be here already!"
"I am going to wring the bus driver's neck off if he doesn't arrive in the next few minutes!"
"I'm going to walk to Los Angeles myself if the bus doesn't come!"
Annabeth and I were annoyed. So we gladly boarded the bus when it finally arrived. Because we were bored, the three of us played truth or dare. It was rather fun to learn that Clarisse was scared of rats and that Annabeth was scared of spiders. It was not fun of them to learn that I was terrified of snakes. Soon we got off at the airport.
"Excuse me; can we get three budgets tickets to LAX?" Annabeth had volunteered to buy the tickets while Clarisse and I went to the toilet.
I went inside one of the toilets and did my business quickly. I was grabbing my back pack when I heard hissing. My heart stopped beating a few times as I turned around. In front of me were a few dozen snakes. I let out a blood curdling scream and closed my eyes. The next moment, Clarisse had bashed opened the door and was dragging me out of the toilet.
"What the Hades was that?" She hissed at me.
"Number 1, don't use Hades's name as a swear word in front of me and number two, I don't know!" I hissed right back at her.
"Never mind, let's go find Annabeth and get on the damned plane." Clarisse pulled me by the arm to where Annabeth was waiting, by the Starbucks counter.
"Hey guys! I bought tickets for us on the next flight, which is in 30 min- What happened?" Annabeth exclaimed, checking her watch before coming to stare at our pale faces.
"Nothing…" I shook my head. "Let's get on the plane now, the sooner we get there the better it is, right?" I tried to divert her from the conversation. She just sighed before the three of us went to board the plane. Settling down into my seat by the window, I turned to Annabeth, who was sitting beside me.
"Isn't it peaceful?" I asked her.
"Don't jinx it!" She growled playfully at me.
I just smiled bashfully at her. I then took out a packet of candy and ate one, offering a piece to both Clarisse and Annabeth. I was about to go to sleep when I noticed something wrong. A lady had entered the plane, she looked totally normal, but I saw a forked tongue coming out of her mouth each time she spoke.
"Guys!" I elbowed Annabeth and she looked in the direction I was looking at.
"Shi shit shit!" She cursed under her breath.
The lady slowly approached us. She stopped next to Clarisse and smiled a sickening smile, which revealed her fangs. Then, she suddenly pounced on me. I had no time to swerve because I was not expecting anyone to attack us in front of the mortals. She grabbed my throat and broke the side of the plane, oblivious to the screams of the mortals. Annabeth and Clarisse tried to grab their weapons but to no avail. Chuckling like a mad woman, she threw me out of the plane.
"See you down there, daughter of fate!" That was all I heard before Clarisse stabbed her. But it was too late. I was going to crash out of the plane and die before I reached 16.
