Avis's POV
Will and I walked out of the hotel, hand in hand. We were prepared for battle in our armour with our weapons at our side. Well, technically Will's bow was across his back, and my hunting knives were strapped to my legs. They clanked against my armour as we walked towards the Titans hotel. A group of about thirty people followed us down the street, no cars in sight. As usual, I thought. Ever since the war had been going on more then a few months, everyone had moved out of New York. They didn't know what was going on, but they knew it was something strange. So now, when we fight in the middle of a street (or in front of a Macy's department store) we don't have to worry about mortals running around screaming "That girl has a shotgun!" trust me, when you have a few monsters AND the NYPD chasing you, it's not fun. I can speak from personal experience of course. Anyway. I leaned slightly against Will as we walked farther from safety; we had done this a lot in the past few months. Weekly raids, charging unexpectedly into battle, yenno …. Everything a mortal teenager with a boyfriend has to deal with. Yeah, right.
"So we still on for that date tonight?" he asked, I could hear hope in his voice. I smiled.
"Hades yes."
"Good." He murmured, pulling me closer to him. I could hear some of the more immature kids behind us gag, but I ignored them. Im not sure why, but I started humming the words of a song. I don't know how it got in my head, and I haven't even heard the song in forever since us demigods are not allowed to use electronic devices.
"Ill be your guardian angel, your sweet company. And wherever I go, ill make sure you're all I see." Will sang quietly. Perfectly in tune of course. Hello, son of the god of music here.
"You know the song?" I asked, confused. Not many people knew the song, let alone the band.
"Yeah, Abandon All Ships, I used to love them." He said (A/N: I do not own any lyrics or songs that may come in later).
"I pray you'll be watching from, way up high. The shadow I can't see when the suns in the sky." I sang along to the beat in my head.
"You should become a singer." Will decided. I burst out laughing.
"Yeah, right!" I said through my laughter.
"Im serious though!" he said, laughing a little too.
"Well, you know what we should do?" I asked, thinking of a great idea.
"Yeah, what?" he asked, honestly curious.
"We should have a campfire!" I said, happy about the idea.
"We totally should. I can ask Chiron tomorrow, we don't have any raids, and it will definitely raise the spirits of the campers." He said, thinking aloud.
"Works for me." I said smiling. I stopped walking and turned around to face the group.
"Hey guys! What about having a campfire tomorrow night?" I yelled so everyone could hear. The crowd cheered so loud, and from that point I knew that we were going to get what we wanted.
"Ok! So! We all have to bug the Hades out of Chiron tonight so that maybe he'll let us have one!" I shouted once again. The Hermes kids cried out in joy, they were really good at bugging Chiron. And just about everyone around them. I smiled, as we kept walking.
I crept along the outer wall of the five star hotel the Titans had taken over as their headquarters. I motioned for Jake (head of the Hephaestus cabin) to follow me; his backpack full of traps and jars of Greek fire. He was almost reluctant to bring the Greek fire since that was how Beckendorf (Gods bless him) died when he and Percy blew up the princess Andromeda. We stalked around the building for a few minutes, marking the exits on the blue-prints the Athena cabin had found for us. We needed to know all of our escape exits before we got into anything big. I looked at my black watch, it had little silver stars splattered across the face; it had been a gift from the Goddess Asteria for helping her daughter get to camp safely. The time read 11:43 am. Will's group should just be getting inside by now. I worried about him, but I also knew that if he got in trouble, he could get out of it. We had been in many sticky situations before this, and it probably wouldn't be any different.
"Lets go in." I whispered to Jake. He nodded once, and gripped the straps of his backpack so hard his knuckled were white. This was the biggest raid we had ever done. We'd never resorted to blowing up a hotel, but if it was going to give us an edge in the war, then we were going to take it. We crept silently along the outer walls, getting closer to the back door with every step we took. Once we got to the back door (which actually led to the kitchen), I opened it a crack. I didn't hear any voices, or sounds, so I peeked through the door. I didn't see any monsters or demigods so that was good. I gave Jake thumbs up and slipped into the dark kitchen, making sure that as little light from the door splashed across the room. I walked in silently, feeling uncomfortable in the darkness. It wasn't like I couldn't see, but I was just jittery. I could actually see very well in the dark, I guess you could say I have night vision? My sight was tinted with green, like those night vision goggles you can buy. Behind me I grabbed Jake's wrist and pulled him through the dark maze that they called a kitchen. I could see that they hadn't used it in a while. They probably had another one near the other side of the hotel. I led Jake through the doors, until we heard voices coming our way. I looked around frantically as the voices came closer, and then in my night vision I spotted a counter made of metal with the cupboard doors open. I ran towards them, pulling an antsy Jake along and I shoved him into the cupboards. It wasn't a very good fit, but it would work since they were empty. I crawled in beside him, our legs pressed together but I really didn't mind since it was a life or death situation. I slowed my breathing, and put a hand over Jakes mouth. He was trembling a bit, but we couldn't show fear in here at this moment. The voices sounded like they were in front of us right now. I could see light shining through the very tiny crack in the cupboard door. I listened to what they were saying; they were talking in ancient Greek.
"I know I smelt something!" said a rough voice. Probably one of a Cyclops.
"You idiot! There's nobody here! While we're here checking this abandoned kitchen, they are probably getting away!" said a frustrated voice of a teenaged guy. Maybe around fifteen or sixteen. I squinted my eyes, and peeked through the crack. I was right; there was a Cyclops, and a teenage boy with light brown wavy hair. He had the weirdest eyes though. They were more gold then yellow, but id never seen eyes like that before.
"Sorry boss." Muttered the Cyclops, hanging his head.
"Let's just report back to Lord Kronos before he kills them all." His words made me freeze where I was. Them. He couldn't mean like, the other group. Could he? He continued speaking. "That blonde boy will be a fighter, I can tell. That stupid bow of his. Damn son of Apollo. And the blonde girl …. Damn. She's mine." He said, almost hungrily. I knew exactly who he was talking about, which scared the shit out of me. They had captured the other group. And now they had Will and Annabeth. I needed to do something. I heard footsteps echoing down the hall, and figured it was safe to exit the cupboard. We climbed out of the small enclosed space, almost being blinded by the light that had forgotten to turn off. Jake gave me a scared look. I tried to hide the fear on my face, but I think it was sort of obvious.
"Jake, you go and get backup. We might need it. Ill find where they have the other group, and think of something. Now go!" I said, pointing my finger at the door. Jake was out of there in a matter of seconds, running in the direction of the hotel. I sighed, and tapped my watch. It immediately grew into a long javelin, my weapon of choice other then my hunting knives. I frowned and twirled the javelin in the air; its celestial bronze designs glittered in the fluorescent light, but the form changed into a four foot long sword. The designs along the side showed constellations and Greek symbols.
I walked towards the door, and stuck my head out before I fully stepped into the open. I pulled out the blue print, and found where I was. I folded it and put it back in my pocket, then walked down the hall casually like I belonged here. I tried not to show my fear, but I was still scared. I walked towards the nearest door and it read "conference room." I could hear voices coming from inside, but it sounded just like chatter, so I moved on. The next door read "kitchen #2" so I ignored it and kept walking. Door number three was a bit farther down then the rest, so it made me more suspicious. The door read "boiler room" but it was crossed out. So instead, it read "chambers/dungeon" medieval enough? I looked around quickly before sneaking into the boiler room. They had converted it to make cells, and I could hear yelling coming from down the hall, and it sounded a lot like Annabeth's yelling. Trust me; I would know what its like. Will and I had been caught fooling around (and no, not like that you perverted people) while we were supposed to be concentrating in a war council meeting, and other times like that. I smiled and ran down the hallway towards the voices.
