Of course, when I say "Gone", I don't mean GONE gone. Just in the same state as Minhatten was; burned. Annabeth choked back a sob: Camp had been her home since she was seven. I turned and gave her a hug. She hugged back a bit too tight, and let the tears flow. I patted her back.
"Why is life so cruel?" She spoke between tears.
"I can only guess" was my answer. After a while, her tears died down, and she turned back to the shield. I suddenly noticed that Prometheus had disappeared. "Hey, where's Prometheus?" Annabeth looked around.
"Who knows" She shrugged. She willed the shield into the Athena cabin, moving to her bunk. Suddenly, she gasped. I peered over her shoulder, and now it was my turn to widen my eyes.
"Is that...Daedalus's laptop?" She shakilly nodded. Suddenly, she dropped the shield, and turned to me.
"Percy we HAVE to go get it! We need it's information!"
"How will we get there though?"
"Fried chicken anyone!?" We both turned to see Prometheus walking towards us, his arms full of KFC fried chicken buckets.
"Where did you get those?" Annabeth asked.
"Lucky break at the KFC" I smiled, and took a wing. I hadn't tasted something so majestic in...well, forever.
"So what's new?" Prometheus asked.
"We need to get back to camp. To get my computer." Annabeth summed up. Prometheus seemed to ponder this. Then, he waved down Mrs. O'Leary who was gobbling up hot dogs out of a vender cart. Not again!, I thought.
"Take the dog. Shadow travel there and back. Don't take too long, or the chicken will be gone." I tried for a half smile.
"Then we should take a bucket for the road then, shouldn't we?" I reasoned. Again, Prometheus seemed to ponder. He eventually nodded, and surrendered a bucket of chicken.
"I will guard the base until you return." He promised.
"Drugstore" I corrected. Annabeth sighed.
"Seaweed Brain" she muttered under her breath. We said a last see-you-soon to Prometheus and Mrs. O'Leary bounded off.