To continue on...
I grabbed my duffel bag and ran to Jake's cabin to wake him up. I got to the machine door and knocked. It had an echo at the end of my knock.
"Oh my gods! Really people?" Jake opened the door and didn't look, "I swear I am gonna grab my hammer an- Oh.. Lyea really? It is 5 in the morning. What is it?"
"Wow... you seem 'ready' for the quest, " I joked.
Jake turned red and grabed some clothes and stuffed it in a bag. "Ok really Lyea? You know I sleep in." He picked up his hammer and put it on his back.
"I know but we gotta leave right now!" I said.
Jake carried his stuff and jogged to the gates. Now for the others.
I went to Percy, Thalia, Annabeth (Who didn't seem so happy to wake up so early) and found Grover chasing satyrs.
"Grover! We have to go now!" I yelled from across the field.
"Oh, that was today? Hmmm... Ok then," Grover sighed.
Grover grabbed his bag from the floor and jogged (Or is it gallop?) To the gate with the others. They all had bags of clothes, drachmas, weapons and food. They were all sleepy from lack of sleep and looked like they were gonna fall asleep.
"Alright, so, we are to go to the destinations for some orbs on our journey," I said, explaining the plan to everyone.
"-Yawn- How are we to find all these orbs?" Percy said sleepily.
"Luckily, Luke had a map showing where all the orbs are at," shows map to everyone.
"We should got to-"
"Las Vegas!" exclaimed Grover.
We all looked at him and thought why would we go to Las Vegas first? I looked at the map and saw Las Vegas as a destination.
"He is right, Las Vegas is one place to go to," Thalia answered.
I nodded, hoping to be able to get everyone there safely. So, Las Vegas it was. I grabbed my lizard and threw him in the air.
"What are you doing?" exclaimed Percy.
"Dude chill," said Jake, "Don't you know that her lizard can transform?"
Percy's face was priceless when I threw my lizard. Apollo soon turned into a 30 foot dark dragon. His talons dark gray and his scales were as black as midnight. His eyes were a light orange so it stood out from his body. He landed next to us and waited for us to board on his back.
"Lets get going, " I said.
We all boarded the S.S. Dragon and flew into the sky at blinding speed. As soon as 5 minutes, we were in Las Vegas. It was like a glistening wonderland. It had tall buildings standing sky high across the whole area. Casinos and resorts and even hotels were that high. It was breath taking to see all the buildings alongside my dragon. Luckily for us, the Mist blocks the humans from seeing Apollo. So they probably see an airplane or something.
We landed next to a casino that was marked on the map.
"So, the map says we are to search inside here," I said.
"Hmm.. It doesn't seem right about this place, " said Percy, his face was filled with worry.
"You ok Percy?" asked Annabeth.
"Yeah, I am fine," Percy shivered.
We walked inside the casino and it was even more amazing then we thought. It was filled with people at lottery machines and yelling from people winning lotteries. We saw a bunch of people rushing by to win. Jake held on to my hand, as if someone was going to take me away. Percy, Annabeth and Grover just stared at us like we were weirdos but I thought of it as a kind thing.
"Would you like a lotus flower?" asked a waitress. Waitresses started to swarm us, asking us to try a lotus flower.
"Uuuhh... Do we try one?" Percy said.
"I guess," I said, grasping a lotus flower.
We all grabbed a lotus flower and tried it. The room started to spin. Everyone started to smile and laugh. I even started to crack up. It was odd since we had no idea what we were laughing at. Lights started to blur out and suddenly, everything went back to vision. Lyea, snap out of it. I was startled to hear a voice inside my head. These lotus flowers keep you inside this casino.
"Wait, who are you?" I said to the voice.
You will find out shortly but you must find the orbs before you and your friends are stuck here forever... The voice faded out and was gone. Great, now on that note, I had to escape a casino that will keep me high and stay in it forever.
Percy and Annabeth were both together playing poker with a bunch of other people we didnt know. I grabbed their shirts and dragged them away and Percy started to yell at me and Annabeth cursed in Greek that I didnt want to translate.
Grover was with a bunch of girls and his hooves were exposed. I walked up to him and slapped him so he was back to normal. He yelled at me but I just walked away and looked for Jake.
Jake was with a bunch of girls too and I was enraged. I started to hiss and Percy, Annabeth and Grover had to hold me back from transforming. I calmed down and walked into the crowd and pushed the girls out of the way and dragged Jake out of the pit of lip gloss and perfume.
"Hey wait! I need their numbers!" he yelled.
I felt like biting his neck but instead grabbed his shirt and kissed him. His eyes turned to normal and the girls walked away, angered at the sight. Jake shook his head and he was blushing.
"Holy Zues! Lyea! Im so sorry!" he exclaimed but I just smiled and walked off...
