Yay! WOW I start with that A LOT. Anyways. This chapter is inspired by Glee, the 1st season. My mom was watching it (SO needs to catch up) and Finn was singing about the baby…I got caught up…anyways. So, yeah. Wouldn't it be awesome if Luke was the father, like Finn and Puck? Yeah, maybe not so much.
Anyways, THANK YOU SO MUCH Olympian1999. She has collaborated with me on this story and reviewed throughout. She has really helped. She ALSO created Cammi Sage.
"Percy…I'm pregnant." Her voice cracks on the last word. "What?" I ask. "I'm…. pregnant. 'This ISIN'T real,' I think, my head spinning. For Gods' sake, I don't even have a job! How are we going to support ourselves? I sit down and put my head in my hands.
"Oh Gods, oh Gods, oh Gods, oh Gods," "Percy I am completely sorry. I understand if you never want to see me again."
I sigh. "Annabeth, it's okay. I'll stick with you through 'till the end." She smiles as small tears stream down her face.
I wake up in a sweat. "What type of dream was THAT?" I silently say to myself. It's still dark out and in the other bed, Lilly rolls over, drooling. Seth kicks his blanket off of him, and falls to the ground, waking up. "What are you talking about?" He sleepily asks. Wow.
Who knew whispering could trigger people. "Nothing. Go back to sleep." Seth closes his eyes-still on the ground. I shift on my pillow, which of COURSE wakes Annabeth. She just snuggles into my arm.
I stroke her hair and eventually go back to sleep. When I wake up, the sun is now shining and Annabeth is brushing her hair in front of a mirror. With only a yellow tank top on. I walk up to her and hiss in her ear: "What if Seth was awake?" She just giggles. "Would that make you jealous, Percy?"
"Yes," I grumble. She just giggles again. But, (Thankfully!) she puts on a pair of jeans. Once I also get dressed, she wakes up Lilly and I wake up Seth. "GET UP YOU LAZY BUM!" I shout, but he doesn't wake up. How come when I whisper he hears it?
I shove him hard into the coffee table and that finally gets him up. Seth complains about his back, but gets dressed. Once everybody has all of their stuff, we head out to the front of the Hotel and hail a cab. Once we're seated, my stomach starts to rumble.
"Dulles International Airport," Annabeth says to the driver. "I've purchased our tickets, so all we need to do is claim them and we're all set." She says. "Can we grab some food first?" I ask. "My stomach is empty. I need food!" Lilly fishes around in her backpack before handing me a 3-granola bars and a small bag of chips.
I eat the granola bars in less than a minute and start stuffing my face with chips when we arrive at the airport. I finish them off and we get out of the cab and walk to security.
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ANNABETH'S POV
After security, and getting our tickets, and boarding the plane, I take out my blueprints and start sketching. The Captain comes on the speaker and announces that we'll be taking off. Percy immediately grips the armrests and screws his eyes shut. I just read the safety manual (3 times) make sure my seat belt is fastened (2 times) and say a quick prayer before we take off.
"Dear Zeus, please don't blast us out of the sky, I like my life so please let me live, and also I'm VERY sorry about the time I called you a ** just because Percy cheated (By the way, why didn't you blast him to pieces? Never mind) AND I'm sorry about the time I called the Gods worthless (I mean C'MON! You could have helped us at least a little bit fighting Kronos!) Thank you."
By the time I finished the plane was moving down the runway. Lilly looked completely terrified. Her eyes were like saucers and she was hyperventilating. I could understand her being afraid-she's only 12 or 13, but Seth was in the FETAL POSITION! AND HE'S 16! I pat him on the knee. "It's okay….buddy."
He glances up, then closes his eyes again. I sigh. It's gonna be a long plane ride.
The nose of the plane touches down 4 hours later. As soon as the wheels grind against the gravel on the ground, Percy's muscles relax and his grip loosens. Seth puts his feet on the ground, but his hands stay on the armrests.
Then, the plane goes into the terminal.
Once everyone is safely off, Seth kisses the ground and says, "Thank you ZEUS!" I smack him. "Shut UP!" I hiss. He stands up and we start to walk through the airport.
As we're walking, Percy stops. "What now?" I ask, annoyed. "Something doesn't feel right. I don't think we're alone." He looks around, but I see nothing. Suddenly, a woman with hot pink glasses on and her hair in a hive up-do bumps into us.
"Ooh, excuse me, dears. Terribly sorry. Are you ok?" She asks in a strangely deep voice. "Oh, I'm fine. I think everyone else is. Are you guys?" I ask, adjusting my backpack.
They nod. She smiles. "That's wonderful! Can I help with anything? Let me buy you some sweets, my dears. How does that sound, huh? Yes, let's go buy some sweets"- I cut her off. "No thanks. We're good. Let's go guys." We keep walking.
Her eyes glow. "NO ONE TURNS DOWN ME!" She screams. Here face contorts into a reptile's face-half lizard half snake. (A/N: IMAGINE THAT!) Her beehive hair turns into two gigantic horns on top of her head. Her body is now a long snake body with arms and legs. "WHAT TYPE OF CREATURE IS THAT?" I ask.
We sprint away. Percy and I are probably thinking the same thing: Sure, we could be brave and face the monster. Or, we could save our skins and run. Plan B it is. Suddenly, Seth screams. "MY GOLD WRISTWATCH! IT'S GONE! IT'S MY WATCH AND I WANT IT!"
I groan. The monster was gaining on us. Her eyes and tongue shot venom. 20 feet away from us, the watch glints, laying on the floor. I sigh, take out my dagger, and charge back. She smiles, opening her mouth wide, getting ready to swallow me whole. I jump right in front of it, grab it's mouth, and stab it. It swings me back and forth.
I stab it again and again. It just claws my shoulder and I fall to the ground. As she stands over me, I have a strange thought. 'What are the mortals' seeing?' But then, I raise my dagger, and as she steps over me, I stab her in the underbelly. It whines, but keeps walking, crushing my forearm. 'How do I kill it?' I ask myself. Then I know.
Standing up, I shout: "HEY UGLY! OVER HERE! YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT!" She turns around, her forked tongue flicking. I run up to her, slice off her tongue, then slice out her eyes. Her body turns to dust on me. I cough, walk over to the watch, pick it up, and hand it back to Seth.
He grins. "DON'T say a word." I wipe the dust off of my face.
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Our group walks for 2 hours in silence, until we get to the shore. Water stretches out miles before us, and cities stretch out miles behind us. "What now?" I ask. "We…wait for something….?" Lilly says skeptically. I sigh. "We CAN'T wait! Calypso could be DEAD for all we know! We have to do something!" I say. She bows her head.
"I….can help!" Someone says behind us. We all turn. There, behind us, is a translucent figure. When we turn she immediately brightens. "Are you a…..ghost?" I ask hesitantly. She smiles. "Yup! So what can I do, buckaroo? My name's Cammi Sage."
She tucks a strand of her blond-ish black (A/N: Can you guys imagine that?)
hair behind her ear. Her eyes have a sparkle to them, tinted slightly violet. 'Wait,' I think. 'How can we see like, her hair color and all that?' But I brush the thought aside.
"Um…." I say. "We're demi-gods, and we have to find Calypso, You know her right? Anyways, We've hit a dead end. Got any ideas?"
She thinks for a second. "Hmm… Not really. But, but BUT! I do know someone you can talk to. I can lead you to him. Only one condition. Can I tag along?" Seth groans.
"NO more people! We have enough! Gods!" I whack him. "Stop being so impolite!" I say under my breath. I glance up. "We'd love to have you." She grins. "Great!" Cammi says and starts walking and we follow.
"So we'll take a left up here." Almost immediately we turn and I crash into Percy. "Whoa!" He says as he loses his balance. "Nice going, Seaweed Brain," I mutter.
After we walk straight for a while, we end up in front of a small shoe shop. It's down a quiet road (You don't find many of those in California) out of the way. The sign reads: HOLLY'S SHOE BARN: WE SELL MORE FOR LESS!
Percy squints at it, trying to decipher it with his ADHD. Luckily, I'm more skilled at this stuff. We walk in, and a bell rings. Standing behind the counter is a short man with glasses and dark brown hair. "Are…You Holly?" Percy asks.
"Oh no, I'm her son, Howard. She ran out for a minute. What can I do for you?" Cammi points her thumb to us. "They're Demi-gods Howard. You know the drill."
Howard leads us to the back office, with cluttered papers sitting on top of a small oak desk. He sits behind the desk and pulls out a very large trunk.
Clicking it open, he rummages through. "So, again, what can I do for you? Need a wand? I've got Oak, 13 inch. with a unicorn hair core-"
"Sir, we're demi-gods. We don't use wands." He smiles. "Right. Need a weapon? Ambrosia? Nectar? Shield?" We shake our heads. "We were wondering if you had any ideas where Calypso is? She's gone missing," Says Lilly.
He sighs. "I don't know what I can do. We don't have trackers. Though I suppose I could give you a ma of Hogwarts…" "SIR, WE ARE NOT HARRY POTTER! WE NEED TO FIND CALYPSO!" Percy shouts.
Howard keeps rummaging. "AHAH! I have something. Now, I can't tell you how I know, but I have my sources. It's telling me that Calypso is somewhere in….the Pacific Ocean!"
"Wait, how do you know? The Gods can't find her!" "Bu-bu-bu! I can NOT reveal my sources!" I sigh and thank him for his time. We all walk out. "At least it was kina helpful!" Lilly says.
"Percy, can you get us a boat, and fast?" I ask, as we stand along the shore. He looks skeptical. "I can try…" He closes his eyes, and 30 seconds later I see a boat coming closer towards us. Another minute later, it's anchor is thrown over the side and it has stopped 10 feet in front pf us.
"Let's board the S.S. ANGELLO!" He says.
YAY! (Gotta stop doing that!)
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