Alissa

All demi-gods are scared of monsters. They don't say so out loud, but they are. I'm not too afraid of most monsters, but there is one that completely terrifies me, and that would be the Cyclopes. When I was younger, my mother died because we were attacked by a Cyclopes.

My older sister and the last even remotely motherly figure I had, had been murdered by a Cyclopes and on the day Alexus disappeared, a Cyclopes had attacked me and my friends in the forest.

I had lost so much to those damn monsters which is no surprise why I consider a Cyclopes as a bad omen. Which is no surprise when the Cyclopes showed up at the bus stop in Manhattan, I started to freak out.

"Can my day get any worse?" I whispered to myself.

"Yes," replied the Cyclopes, "It can."

In one little instant my world went upside down. The Cyclopes raised his hand in the air and said, "Come my minions."

A flash of blinding light shot across the sky as wild horses made of storm clouds and lightning shot out of the sky, thundering down an invisible road of air. They were storm spirits, and they were after us.

We immediately took action, pulling out our weapons and taking on three Anemoi at a time. It wasn't enough for just the seven of us to be the only ones fighting. We needed reinforcements and I knew just who to call.

The only problem was that I wasn't sure I could do it. I had only called up an army of dead once in my life and I no idea what I was doing them. Plus, that was only ten corpses, which was barely enough to help us now.

I needed to do this quick, so I started to concentrate really hard. My brain was throbbing as I thought, Dad, please help me call up fifty skeletons. I know you're still mad at me from last year, but I need this now.

I felt a tugging sensation in my gut. It was good and bad at the same time. I feel to my knees and used all my might to make the earth crack. There in front of me was a pit in the earth that went down into empty darkness.

That's when Jamie screamed. Hands shot up from the ground and undead soldiers from every era were pulling themselves out and attacking the storm spirits. I willed them to do whatever it took to kill the Anemoi and Cyclopes so we'd be able to escape.

I quickly told my plan to Anthony who had a cut on the middle of his forehead. He had small cuts on his arms while his hair was a mess. His brown eyes had a fire in them that I only ever saw when he was fighting. God's he looks so cute right now, I thought.

He was almost out of regular arrows in his quiver and I knew that it was only a matter of time until he started using his powers. Once I finished explaining it to him, he grabbed my hand and yelled at everyone.

"Grab Alissa," he ordered. " She's going to shadow travel us out of here!"

"But where to?" I asked him in a small voice. I had never Shadow traveled before, and I had heard it was painful. I didn't want to have us end up all the way in Cuba.

"Go to 1845 Willow Street, Apartment complex 52," Josh butted in trying to be helpful.

"Okay, but I don't know what it looks like, so if we end up in rice fields in China, don't blame me," I told him.

I closed my eyes and concentrated on the name repeating it in my head. 1845 Willow Street, apartment 52, 1845 Willow Street, apartment 52…

The last thing I saw was a very confused looking Kelly Litow, before failing on the ground, completely passed out from exhaustion.

I woke up holding my head as the wave of nausea came over me. I looked around slowly but my vision was blurry so I could barely see anything.

"Where…where am I?" I asked as I realized my head was laying in someone's lap.

"She's awake," yelled Red from the seat next to me.

I was suddenly aware of everything around me as my vision started to clear and I saw Anthony looking at me from above. Oh gods, I realized. I'm laying in his lap! I felt my face go cherry red but nobody seemed to notice it.

Gaby and Josh stopped talking and turned their attention towards me. Luka had a concerned look on her face and I saw Kelly looking at me through the review mirror of her SUV. Jamie was sitting in the way back without a seat belt and was just listening to an iPod, so she hadn't noticed anything.

The smell of ketchup and fries from McDonalds' was suddenly too over whelming. I closed my eyes again trying to block the smell and push down the bile that was starting to come up..

"Wait," I said suddenly coming to my senses again, "How long was I out?"

"Almost 2 days," Jamie replied dismissing it like it was no big deal.

"Whoa," I said as I realized that my mouth and throat were dry. "Is there something to drink?"

"Yeah," answered Anthony. "This Sprite should help out with the nausea."

I looked at Anthony surprised. That boy can read me like an open book except for my feelings for him. That was one thing he was totally clueless about. I nodded and started to sit up with Anthony's help then he handed me the Sprite and I sat back next to him and closed my eyes.