The blood splattered on the sand and I cried out in pain. Then I dropped to the ground, saplings started to spring up from the blood droplets. The sand monster laughed as I died right in front of him hopeless and waiting for death to take me.

"Penelope." I awoke to Pearl shaking me awake. I looked around the bunker. It was still in one piece, I was still in one piece!

"Pearl!" I leapt at her and hugged her tightly.

"Whoa, what happened to you?" She smiled, and hugged me back. Then she released me and dragged me up to the deck. Phoenix and Percy stood over a map. Percy pointed to something, and Phoenix nodded. They continued on and acted as if we hadn't come up.

"Hey Pearl do you want to the library with me, I have to research Yukon…for the map that Asclepius gave me. I think it has the mountain I'm looking for."

"Yukon? Why?"

"Because something just seems to tell me that Yukon's the right city."

"Well alright goat girl, if your sure." She smiled, she walked over to the table where Percy and Phoenix were then with one swift movement she knocked off the maps, the compasses, the protractors, and even a half eaten sandwich.

"What in the name of Hades are you doing!" Percy screamed at her.

"Grabbing my phone." She held a touch screen phone.

"Once again I fail to see your point of doing something! You're an idiot, do you not realize that we could be found in less then a second, with that thing!"

"Shut up, and I won't send my two million sea monsters after you." She held up her hands and her eyes widened dramatically. She dragged me off the boat and we went down the small sunny streets of the quiet part of Miami. Tourists and residents walked up and down the street window shopping. We reached the small library that had a small fan on the librarian's desk. I took in the scent of old musty books. I felt at home in a library and always loved running my hand on the back of the old bindings of the ancient books. Most probably older then I was. We searched around until we found a block of computers. Pearl hopped on the one next to me.

I booted up mine, and watched it load slowly finally I got to the internet. After about thirty minutes, I typed in: Yukon. Then it turned to the screen five minutes later. I glanced at the hits that popped up, Wikepedia, nah too many people changed it, Learn , nope, THE HISTORY OF CANADA! BIG GIANT LETTERS LIKE THIS! Whoa, alrighty then. I clicked on it. It loaded slowly-

"HOLY CRAP! WHAT THE HECK JAMES!" I turned my head at Pearl she sat over the computer and was furiously typing.

"Pearl?"

"IN A MINUTE!" She yelled.

"What's wrong?"

"James is what's wrong!" She snapped.

"Ok who's James?"

"My now formally referred to as X."

"He break up with you?"

"Yeah over facebook too! Gods what a jerk!" I turned back to the screen, Pearl didn't need to be comforted just blow off steam. I turned back to the screen. It had loaded, a beautiful picture of a mountain popped up and under it read in bold letters, "MOUNT LOGAN HOME OF MOST BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE ON THE PLANET." The most beautiful wildlife ever? I scrolled down the webpage and found that it was Yukon, which was originally what I was aiming for. I clicked on the picture of Mount Logan, and the history was stated and I learned enough to know how to get there.

"Pearl let's go."

"Fine." She snapped, and plodded behind me. As we reached the boat, I hopped up on deck.

"Percy set the course to Yukon, Canada!" I said, I smiled, this was gonna fun… I could tell.

In the days that followed it wasn't that pleasant the farther we traveled up north the colder it became. One night I almost froze, I shivered in the cold night air. Percy hung his jacket over my shoulders and smiled at me. I smiled back but my teeth chattered. The next night Pearl had the smart idea of diving into frozen water to get fish. I suggested ice fishing, they bickered over that idea, but it was approved eventually. Finally on the fifth day, we reached Canada. But the air had finally started to warm up, which was very freaky.

We sailed down the Yukon River but the boat got stuck in some ice. We had to leave it, and hike the rest of the way. We reached a lodge on a snow ridged hill, called Beaver Creek Inn. It was lit warmly with a wooden cabin structure and looked cozy. We walked in and were met by a beautiful women, her glossy blond hair was shimmering from the light of the fireplace. She had sparkling blue eyes, and her smile was breathtaking.

"Hello, welcome to Beaver Creek, may I interest you in a room?" She smiled.

"Um, no were here to ask for directions." Pearl said her face hard and her lips pursed.

"Oh," She smiled, "Then where to?" When I glanced at her again a pain gripped my forehead. White spots danced across my vision and I had a hard time keeping my eyes open.

"Mount Logan." I said.

"Well ol' Beaver actually leads to Logan." A face flashed across my vision, a scull with flames.

"One night won't hurt." Phoenix said, he looked at Percy who nodded.

"Alrighty then I'll get you a room key and you'll be all set."

"Thank you." Percy said, he flashed her a grin. Something wasn't right, what was she doing?

The girl got two keys out and slid them in our direction. "It's on the second floor in, rooms 118 and 119." She smiled.

"K, thanks." Pearl grabbed the cards and began to hasten the pace towards the elevator doors. Once we were inside, Pearl slapped Percy in the face. The sound rippled across the room, and the mark she left…well it wasn't pretty. "WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO?" She screamed at him.

"Huh?" He didn't even react, his eyes glazed over.

"What are you doing Pearl?" Phoenix said in a drowsy way.

"I'LL GET TO YOU IN A SECOND!" She yelled.

"Pearl what's wrong?" My head flickered with pain.

"Do you not feel that? That my dear friend, is the sense of monster. Look at them, she did something to them." I glanced at them, Percy stood slumped his mouth slightly open, and Phoenix looked extremely happy in his own world. Phoenix never looked happy. Ever.

"Your right? What is she?"

"Some kind of monster that's for sure."

"Could she be a demon?"

"No she doesn't smell like one…maybe she just hypnotizes them."

"That's also true."

The elevator doors opened and we walked out to our rooms and we dragged the boys into one room, scared of leaving them alone in the other one. I took off my snow soaked coat and put it on the couch despite the warm fireplace crackling, the atmosphere was chilly. I sat down on the couch and then I watched as the flames popped up and down, I watched them like shapes move through the flames. Then I heard the door open. My head turned quickly to the sound. Percy wasn't anywhere in sight, neither was Phoenix. Pearl lay sleeping peacefully on the bed. I got up and made sure my falcata and medallion were all in one place. I clutched my falcata and slowly stole out the door. My heart pounding within my chest. I heard footsteps in the next room. I slid the key in and slowly opened the door not trying not to make a sound. I saw it, and I was tempted to turn back. Quicker then anything. She was laying over him. Her face stuck to his and they rolled together in perfect harmony. I closed my eyes. Percy come on. I breathed, one, two, three, four… I opened my eyes and slunk closer to her soon I was close enough to smell her sickly sweet perfume that made me want to double over in sickness. I felt my head erupt with pain. I closed my eyes and then clutched the bronze sword in my hand. Then I opened my eyes and flung my sword at her.

I ripped the medallion off my neck and it formed into the sword. This time looking dangerous and lethal. The falcata flung into the wall, she whipped her head around her golden hair swept over to reveal her long pretty eyelashes and her dramatic face. She stepped off the bed, and pulled a knife of her own.

"Darling don't make me fight you…I really think you have a much too pretty face to waste."

"Don't come any nearer." I pointed my sword at her, the falcata already joined at my waist.

"Go ahead sweetiepie, I ain't gonna stop you." She smiled at me, "But they might, go ahead boys." Percy leaped off the bed and pulled out a bronze sword that I often saw him use. He called it Riptide; he pointed it at my neck. Phoenix gave a sly smile and his hand lit in fire.

"Percy, Phoenix it's me Penelope. Please listen to me!" I desperately called. They ignored me and pursued me. I closed my eyes and in a fraction of a second they were tangled in my vines. Trying desperately to escape, then Phoenix lit the tangle of vines on fire and he leaped at me. He caught my arm and I screamed in pain.

"Pearl!" I yelped, the door kicked open. She came flying at Phoenix before he could burn me alive. She pulled her sword on him it glinted off from the fire, and she punched him in the face. He fell unconscious to the floor. With a loud bang. Percy stood on top of the bed, his face in a smirk. He pulled his sword on Pearl and slit her scab from the cut she had gotten a week ago. She screamed in pain, but a new determination erupted in her green eyes, water crashed through the window. And swept over Percy, he fell to the ground but he got angry. He jumped at me. Then held a sword to my neck, I kicked him in his "private area" he fell to the ground and clutched it.

"Your gonna pay for that, you dirty goat!" He flung himself at me. I felt his sword slit my stomach lightly. But I whipped my arm in force at him, a vine tangling itself around his neck. Deadly thorns grew on it, with a dripping poison.

"You move you die." I said. He growled at me, I took my sword turned to see Pearl fighting with the girl.

"Batailica you know this has been coming!" Pearl said, then she went to for her abdomen. Batailica ducked and tumbled, she leaped up and then spotted me. I bit my lip in pain and threw my sword at her as she began to jump out of the crushed broken window, it caught her in the back. My sword flung back into my hands a white creamy liquid splattered on its bronze coloring. Barailica fell to her knees then to the ground she coughed up a bit of the liquid then her blue eyes were blank. Her body turned to dust and the night wind picked it up and blew it around.

"Pearl? You ok?" I glanced at her I watched as the blood ran down her tan leg. She nodded and I saw Phoenix was coming to, he opened one eye and glanced at me he hoisted himself up. Then he fell back to the ground he looked a bit dizzy. I grabbed a glass cup from the bathroom and I made a small amount of ginger root juice come from my palms and gave it to him. "Drink." He looked up at me and smiled. A small one. Then took a sip and he already began to look better.

I walked to Percy his eyes sad with sorrow and he looked at me. I moved the vines away and then I met his eyes. It was a moment of silence then he got up and I threw my arms around him.

"I'm sorry." He whispered. Tears pecked at his eyes.

"Don't be, you had no control." I didn't want him to let go, but he did. Our eyes meeting once more before wandering somewhere else.

"Dimwit, your ok!" Pearl flung her arms around him. He was limp for a second but then he wrapped his arms around his sister. It would only be a moment before Pearl would kick him, or say something stupid to ruin the moment. But to my surprise she didn't. She stayed like that. Then…

"Oh and uh…Percy sorry about well…your cheek." She muttered. Percy then felt the numbing pain in his cheek and anger filled his eyes.

"You little…!" He ran at her but she laughed and the brightness flashed into her eyes again.

We slept outside that night. It was the best sleep I had ever had.

When morning came I was ready to go. We set out off on the trails towards the mountain. As we hiked I felt the air getting warmer and warmer until it was to hot to wear out jackets. We passed a few parks. I watched little children playing on the playground equipment. The scene made me think of Jake. I missed him insanely. We continued on until we reached the summit of Mount Logan. We set up camp there. Percy volunteered to take first watch, like always. I couldn't fall asleep. I sat up and gazed into the fire.

"What did I do?" Percy asked. I looked at him.

"What?"

"What did I do to you? Back at the hotel?"

"Percy- …it's- I…" I felt my heart impound and for some reason the apology he gave me back at Miami came back to me. The horrible name he called me at the hotel, the cut that bled from my stomach for so long after it had dried. Everything came out. My tears unleashed themselves and then streamed down my dirty cheeks.

"Penelope?" He scooted closer to me and pulled me near to him. His eyes were full of concern, he looked at me.

"I-I…wish that you would…" I let out a wail unable to contain it.

"Shhh…it's ok." I put my head into the crook of his neck and sobbed his neck was so warm and comfortable I wanted to stay there forever. "Tell me, Penelope what did I say, I'm sorry, I don't remember anything."

"You…you said I was a…" I sighed, "A dirty goat, then you cut me." I lifted up my shirt and showed him. His eyes filled with anger and regret. I thought it was towards me, and I backed away from him.

"Penelope…"He grabbed me and pulled me back to him. His face was so close to mine, if I were to turn an inch our lips would brush. He moved in closer and our lips almost touching. But it was stopped when a tear slipped out of his eye. "I-I…I can't I'm sorry."

"It's her isn't it? It's Annabeth, I understand…" I sniffed and then I got up. My heart ripping and tearing, my heart stopped beating and I died right there. The only boy that I had ever showed emotion for, I had fallen for… untouchable but so irresistible, gods I frekin hate Aphrodite.