Chapter 9

The Valdezinator 2.0

I wake up to finger lightly brushing against my skin, I realize that they are brushing the hair out of my eye. I slowly open up my eyes to see big brown eyes staring down at me.

"Your awake." I mentally face palm at myself for stating the obvious. Carter didn't seem to mind.

"Yep, I am."

"Carter."

"Hmh?"

"You are one of my nearest and dearest friends, but don't wake me up." I quickly grabbed the pillow from beneath my head and hit him with it, but not very hard.

"OW!" He said pretending to be hurt.

Carter rubbed is head then swiftly pushed me down and tickled me.

"Stop...can't...breath!" I wheezed.

"Not until you say that I am the hottest,awesomest, most swoon worthy guy you have met and will meet." he said with a smirk.

"You...are...the...hottest...awesomest...most...swoon worthy...guy I... have met... and will meet." I said between deep breaths and giggling. He stopped tickling me.

"NO! DON'T EAT ME!" Alice yelled, I fell off the bed, at the last moment I grabbed Carter's are and pulled him along too. We fell in a heap laughing our heads off. Alice peered over the edge of the futon and asked.

"What the heck are you too doing? I know I screamed something but what did I say that made you get into that position?"

We just laughed some more.

We started getting ready, there was a fight for who got the bathroom first. Alice won.

Once we were changed and cleansed we headed down for breakfast, even know it was at like five O'clock in the morning so we didn't miss the sun rise. Once we ate breakfast and left a note for W. Zane we left for the big hill.

*I'm a line breaker, breaking lines. What are you doing? Read the DAM story!*

Once we got to the big hill, we found the sun chariot. It was beautiful, bright and yellow like the sun. It was usually a sports cart of some sort, but with Apollo not here to change it, it looks just like a chariot.

Alice looked as me with her electric blue eyes that seem soft at the moment.

I hugged her, she muttered something in my ear I couldn't hear. We stopped hugging the Carter hugged her.

I was trying to rack my mind of some way for Alice not to drive it. I got nothing. There was no way the prophesy said The daughter of storm and beauty must suffer the cost of the one who is lost. There was no one else who was the granddaughter of Zeus and Aphrodite.

We muttered good byes and stay safes, Alice climbed into the chariot. As soon as I touched her hand so I could squeeze it for reassurance she was warmer that usual. Alice took the reigns and started to drive back across the world. We watched her turn into golden dot in the sky.

I turned to Carter and said, "So, what did you see?" "In your dream." I added as an afterthought.

"Well, it was some Empousa. The leader of the group, I think her name was Kelli, was talking about Apollo never being able to escape from his prison. She said, and I quote, 'if that sea spawn Percy Jackson's daughter gets here I will personally kill her and hang her body on his front door'. Then something about not being able to find them anyway because they were in a volcano that could wipe out millions of acres of land if it was disturbed. That was it. So in all, we have to find a scary volcano and fight a very vengeful Kelly."

"Wow." Was all I could make come out of my mouth.

"Yeah."

"You are fighting Kelli." I said, then Carter smirked. He put his hands on my shoulders and said,

"Gracie, dear, you don't have a choice to say what monster you want to fight. It's not Pokèmon where you can throw a multicolor ball and yell 'I choose you'. You get what you get and don't get upset."

"Even if it's a crazy monster named Kelli who wants to take revenge on my father through me?"

"Even if it's a crazy monster named Kelli who wants to take revenge on your father through you." He confirmed. I looked up at him with big sad eyes and hung my head.

"How?" He asked.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"How do you do that with your eyes. You seem so sad."

"The world may never know." I said with a smirk.

"Oh, and by the way," I playfully slapped the side of his head, "don't call me Gracie." Then I gave him a sweet smile. Carter rubbed the side of his head and muttered something.

"Now what volcano shall we go too?" I asked.

"Well, let's name volcanoes you start." Carter suggested.

"Mount Hellen's."

"Mount Loa."

"Mount Pelèe."

"Mount Tamb-" Carter didn't finish his volcano name because there was an Iris Message.

It was Uncle Leo. He had his arms spread out and a cheesy grin on his face.

"Hello children, it is I your one and only master!"

Then there was a chorus of Dad, Valdez, and Uncle Leo here from the Iris message and here. Then I noticed Aunt Piper and Uncle Jason, my mom and dad, Aunt Calypso, Aunt Hazel, and finally Uncle Frank in the background.

"Fine, fine." He said while looked around. Then his face filled with concern.

"Where's Alice?" He asked.

"Oh, right you guys haven't heard the prophesy yet. It said that the daughter of storm and beauty must suffer the cost of the one who is lost. So that means Alice had to drive the sun chariot. That's what she is doing right now." I said. Aunt Piper was hugging Uncle Jason and she looked she was about to cry. Carter must have noticed it too, because he said,

"Aunt Piper, don't be sad isn't Apollo like the God of healing? You could just go up to him and say, 'Hey Mr. Music Man since we saved you from a cage, in a volcano, could you heal our friend who is burning up from your chariot?' He should do that and return the favor. But you never know, I might have to make a Valdezinator 2.0." He shrugged at the last part. Aunt Hazel was laughing so much she was close to tears and so was Uncle Frank. Aunt Hazel turned to Calypso and said,

"Are you sure this child isn't just a carbon copy of Valdez?"

"Nope, he has my nose but that's it." Then mom made her way to the front and said,

"You need to go to Mount Vesuvius and Uncle Leo, Dad, whatever you call Valdez will send you Festus to take you to Mount V. I will see you later." Then she shut off the connection.