Now to the extremely awaited Chapter 7 well not really since chapter 6 was posted last night but id like to think everyone is as excited as I am for this chapter!
CHAPTER 7
Three monsters, really? Could I be anymore unlucky? No, probably not.
Okay normally taking on three monsters, I'd freak, especially since there is one dracaenae, one empousai, and none other then theMinotaur.
"Percy, take the Minotaur, I've got the other two," I yell, whipping out my iPod in one hand, a knife in the other. Quickly I press play on my iPod and it changes into my sword.
I charge towards the space in between them, but the empousai quickly moves to fill the space. I stab at her with my knife just getting her left arm. She tries to bite me, but I roll to the side, missing getting bitten by inches.
"It is hopeless child of Olympus, you fight a loosing battle," screeches the dracaenae. I take that as my hint to charge her. I catch her off balance, but she is able to block my strike with her spear. We battle spear on sword, I occasionally get a good jab in. She has cuts in at least 10 places but refuses to die. With one lucky shot I chop off her arm that held the spear and she is momentarily distracted.
I take this chance to finish off the empousai coming straight for me, she dodges my first swing, but I catch her unguarded left side and stab my knife into her. I leave my knife and just turn around in time to see the dracaenae stab me high in the left arm. My sword drops, and I'm blinded by the pain.
Even though the dracaenae is weaponless she comes at me. Waiting until the last second, I land a kick square in her stomach. This gives me enough time to yank the spear out of my arm.
I don't look at the wound, instead I use my new weapon to kill the dracaenae. She too dissolves into dust.
I look to Percy, he is winning his fight, he doesn't need my help at this very second. So I take this chance to look at the cut in my left arm.
I don't think cut properly describes it. It looks like a hole in my arm. It appears that just blood is gushing from the wound, so I rip a piece off the bottom of my shirt and tie it around my arm. I pull my sleeve over the make shift bandage and go to help Percy finish off the nasty beast.
Percy can't seem to get under his guard so, since I'm pretty small I rush him. Ducking underneath his blow that was meant for Percy, I stab him in the heart. He disappears.
"Percy, lets get the Hades out of here," I say, urgent to get into my car.
"I'm not arguing," responds Percy.
I stand outside the window, my back to the car, when Percy's expression makes me freeze.
"What," I almost scream at him. What else could there possibly be. He just stares at the window with his eyes closed. Eyes closed…?
Medusa! Really, can't I catch a break?
With hesitating I swing my sword through the open car window. I wait to hear the thud, that signals my swing was on target. I had perfect aim.
I open the door and Medusa's head rolls to my feet.
"Percy, get rid of that, please," I beg him. Its terrible, make my wound look like a paper cut.
Percy wraps the head with his T-shirt, and puts it on the back seat of the car.
"If that thing makes a mess in my new car, you will scrub this thing spotless," I threaten Percy.
"Yes, ma'am." He smirks.
"Get in the car, Jackson, I want to get as far away from here as possible." He gets in the car without further discussion, smart boy.
"Why are you in the driver's seat?" Clearly there is a misunderstanding here.
"I'm driving." He gives me the same look I give him when he's being stupid.
"No, your not I am." I push him into the passenger, and show him my new license.
"Have you ever driven before?"
"Of course not. I turned 16 yesterday." I turn on the ignition.
"Jillian, is this really a good idea?"
"Shut up Runt." And I floor it.
We drive in silence for an hour, just watching the scenery. Then I ask a question I've been avoiding since he told me about her.
"So Percy, what's Annabeth like?" I ask, my voice quiet, hoping he has something to share.
"Well, she has these great grey eyes, which makes her a daughter of Athena. And she's really smart and stubborn." He tells me. I can tell he's straining to remember anything about her.
"Percy, if she's a daughter of Athena those are a given." I say this calmly trying not to set him off. I know his loss of memory drives him crazy.
"I know she is, but that's all I can remember, okay?" He's angry with me now.
"I know Percy, that's fine.' It hits me just then, a memory of Percy's, one he probably hasn't remembered yet. ' Percy, what if I could help you remember a little else, would you be willing to take a little detour?"
"A detour?"
"Yes, a detour, a visit to somewhere along the way, a short pit stop. Any of those works."
"I know what a detour is, and yes. If it well help me remember Annabeth I'll do anything."
"Awwwww. Thats so sweet." He such a hopeless romantic. I just love it. His face flushes a deep red. Oh my big brother, blushing. A sight no one should miss.
"Jillian…'His tone is warning. 'Where are we going?"
"Oh we're headed to Vegas."
I weave threw the streets of Vegas, looking for the place in his memory. Its on a dead end road. So I drive around aimlessly hoping I get lost and find the place. After driving around for at least half an hour we pull up in front of the place I've been looking for.
The Lotus Hotel and Casino! We are going to have some fun.
"Percy, we're here!" I tell him. I'm majorly excited for this!
"The Lotus Hotel and Casino?"
"Yes, does it ring a bell?"
"Not really."
"Come on lets go then!" I grab Percy by the hand and pull him through the doors. The sheer enormity of the place. The lobby was a giant game room. I try to look more but Percy's memories are coming flooding back. They disorient me, and I begin to fall but Percy catches me.
"You okay?'" He asks his face and voice full of concern.
"Yea, fine. You remember?" I stand up, but I'm still wobbly.
"How about we sit down."
"Can we?" Percy leads me to a bench under an enormous water fountain. Just sitting near the water gives me strength. I place one hand in the water, and then I question Percy.
"What do you remember about this place?"
"Everything." The smile on his face is a mile wide. I knew I made the right choice bringing him here.
"Details, Percy details."
"Okay," he says, and starts talking about everything he remembers. How he met a guy, Disco Darrin, who thought it was 1977, and that Grover, his bet friend who's a satyr, thought he was just another human in a reverse hunting video game. And he told me about Annabeth. So very much about Annabeth. How she chose the National Geographic channel out of thousands to watch. And how she found the 3-D Sims game that let her design her own city. And how the only way to bring her back to reality was to talk to her about spiders.
We talk for I don't how long, when a bellman walks up to us and asks us if we received our Lotus Cash Cards yet. We hadn't so he hands them to us, plus a room key. We head upstairs to room 4001. And when we walk threw the doors I almost pass out from the eruption of memories coming from Percy's mind.
"Jillian, this was our room," he whispers, like he's trying not to disturb anything.
"Wow, its amazing."
"I've never felt this close to her before."
"Percy, I have an idea, just don't go crazy when I tell you about it."
"Okay?"
"First you need to tell me exactly what you remembered, well not all the little details, but what quest it was from, how old you were, something like that okay?"
"Yes, it was this quest I remember. Almost all of it now, just the beginning and end are a little fuzzy. The parts when we are at Camp Half-Blood."
"So you remember all the places you visited?"
"Yes, I think."
"Do you want to visit them, get more memories back?"
"No, I want to see Annabeth."
"Well, then give me a couple minutes and I just may be able to grant your wish."
"Okay." He sits patiently on the couch as I walk over to the sink. It has a spray nozzle which should work perfect.
"Percy, be quiet and stay on the couch until I give you your cue."
"My cue?"
"You'll figure it out."
I turn on the faucet, and grab the spray nozzle, wedging it in between to plants so it stays upright. I creates a mist, and the light from the window should create the perfect rainbow.
"Oh goddess, accept our offering," I say and I throw one gold drachma into the mist. It disappears in a shimmer of gold mist.
"Annabeth Chase, Camp Half-Blood," I request. This mist shimmers and she appears.
She is sitting by a lake, on the beach weeping.
"Annabeth," I call. Her head whips around, her knife drawn ready to attack.
"You can't kill me, its just an Iris-message," I say teasingly. I get a stern look from Percy. One that says this is no time for teasing.
"Do I know you?" She asks me, ready to slash the mist at a seconds notice.
"No, but I've heard a lot about you, and I carry an important message."
"Get on with it," she huffs, expecting bad news.
"Don't be such a downer. Oh and I'm Jillian by the way. I'd shake hands with you but it just an illusion."
"I need to know this because?" I hear Percy stifle a laugh in the background. I whip my head around and give him a stern look.
"I think we'll be great friends."
"Thats the reason you Iris-messaged me. To look for a friend."
"Well, I also called to tell you I found something of yours."
"Something of mine?"
"Yes, at the Lotus Hotel and Casino, room 4001 to be exact."
"But thats where Percy and I stayed on our first quest."
"So I heard. Well, since he looks like he is going to kill me now, I'll let you talk to him."
"Talk to him?"
"Percy of course."
"Percy?" Her face was filled with pure elation. It was the picture of true love. Ahhh, young love, I just love it!
Percy walks into view, and Annabeth starts weeping.
"Hey Wise Girl," Percy says smiling. I duck out of the picture but stay within ear shot. If I gave them total privacy I know Aphrodite would kill me. Or maybe I just need an excuse to snoop, I really don't care.
"Seaweed Brain."
'Wise Girl."
"I miss you so much."
"I miss you too."
"Where are you?"
"Where Jillian told you, at the Lotus."
"Jillian?"
"My sister."
"Okay, when will I see you again?"
"Soon, we are on our way to Camp Half Blood."
"Let me meet you half way."
"No," I yell from the background. I run into view. "Two children of the Big Three attract enough monsters, we don't need a third. With my luck you two would be having your reunion scene and we get attacked by monsters at the same time."
"But, I can't wait any longer."
"Annabeth, I promise you. I will get him there as fast as humanly possible."
"What if I send Nico?"
"Nico?"
"Nico DiAngelo. He can shadow travel you here."
"What about my car?"
"Your car?"
"Jillian just got a turquoise Porsche for her 16th birthday," Percy chimes in.
"I think you can shadow travel in a car. Let me just go get Nico." Annabeth runs off and the Iris-message follows her.
She runs to a cabin made of what looks like skulls, and knocks.
"Nico, Nico get up. I need to talk to you right now."
"Okay, gods I'm coming," Nico responds clearly angry that he was woken up this early.
He steps out the front door, takes one look at the scene before him and freezes.
"Annabeth explain," he says simply. So Annabeth tells him everything.
"So will you please go get them, and her car?" Annabeth begs.
"A car?"
"Jillian's turquoise Porsche."
"Do I get to drive?" I cringe, he must be only fourteen.
"If you can get us to Camp Half-Blood in one piece then yes, but I call shot gun." I tell him.
"Then I'm on my way," he says. He winks at Annabeth, and is suddenly standing next to us.
"Hi, I'm Nico," he introduces himself.
"I'm Jillian, now come on before Annabeth and Percy die of in-patience."
"Take my hand."
"Uhhh…"
"Its the only way to shadow travel."
"My car?"
"Right, come on Percy."
"Annabeth, we'll see you in a couple of minutes, okay?" Percy tells her as calm as he can be, but the anticipation is making him crazy.
"I love you," says Annabeth.
"I love you too," Percy responds.
"Save the mushy gushy lovey dovey stuff for when you see each other in like two minutes." I say grabbing Percy by he hand and drag him out of the room.
We all run at top speed through the casino and out the front doors. My car is parked out front, and we all hop in.
Nico gets behind the wheel and starts up the car.
"If you crash this car, death will have a whole new meaning," I tell him.
"Calm down, its a car." Then he floors it straight at tree.
Right before impact we disappear. Then suddenly, we are there, in Camp Half-Blood.
Annabeth rushes over to Percy, and they start hugging and kissing.
I feel uncomfortable so I walk towards the big house at the other end of camp.
I get to the steps, and start to climb them. Once I reach the top I see them. A man in a wheelchair and a man who looks barely sober playing cards. I walk over to them.
"Well, well, well, it seems my favorite niece has finally made it back home," says the man who was barely sober.
The memories come flooding back. Like a tidal wave, bent on drowning me. I try to stand but I fall. When my head hits the floor boards I go unconscious.
This extremely long chapter is over, sadly. I just want to keep on writing but its a school night so I must say goodbye everyone. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please let me know what you thought about it. I know some of you may have wanted some very cool quest for Percy and Jillian, but I really just wanted a Percabeth reunion, which will be the focus of the next chapter, I think. And don't worry there is more action to come, because they still have Jillian and Percy's prophecy! YEAH!
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