Chapter 10-Time to Talk

"Hand me some nectar!" I said to Annabeth, she handed me a canteen and I poured some on Lee's wound, it was a lot worse than I thought, his whole arm was covered in blood and scratch marks. After we hauled Lee and Travis in the van, Percy started the motor and headed south.

"Connor, how's Travis holding up?" I asked.

"He's got some bruised ribs, but he'll be fine." Connor replied.

"Forget about me!" Travis said, "Lee is in worse shape than I am, look after him!"

He was right, Lee's arm wasn't the only thing wounded, I looked at his chest, and there were cuts and bruises there too. Annabeth handed me some more nectar and I gave it to Lee. Then I covered his injuries and laid him down in the back of the van.

"He's gonna be fine, but he won't be fighting anything for a while, considering the condition he's in." I told everyone. "Percy, is there any one after us?"

"No, we're good,"

"Okay, at the next out of the way gas station, we're going to switch cars, Percy can you hot wire a car?"

"How did I start the car without the key?"

"Good point." I said.

When we got to a gas station, Annabeth and Connor went to get some snacks and pay for gas. Percy and I looked around for another vehicle. We came across a silver mini-van; it was just the right size for six people. The only problem was that the owner was filling up the tank.

"Percy, here's the plan; you get Travis and Lee, and put Lee in to the trunk of the mini-van while I take care of the owner."

"You're not going to kill him, are you?"

"No, just knock him out and give him the red van."

Percy nodded, but I knew he didn't approve, but what other choice did we have?

I went behind the owner, I was about to strike, when he turned around and grabbed my arm.

"We're you really going to steal my car?" the man said. "After giving you your favorite weapons, this is what I get?"

"Lord Apollo?" I asked.

"Yeah, and you're really that desperate to steal a god's car?"

"Is this the car, the sun chariot?"

"If it was my boy, the gas station would have exploded."

"Oh… so are you going to give me the car or not?" I said impatiently.

"That's what I like about you Jet, straight forward and simple."

"Yeah that's great, now are you just gonna stand there and talk about how great I am or can I take the car?"

"What the hell, take it, I've got more!" Apollo laughed.

Percy went to the back of the car carrying Lee and Apollo's face fell. Percy tried to hide behind the car, but I told him it was all right.

"What has happened to Lee?" Apollo said, he now looked much older now, knowing that one one his sons was injured.

"Lee's fine, just a bit injured," I told Apollo as Percy put him in the back.

Apollo nodded, turned, and walked down the road looking back once to look at Lee. Apollo almost lost him once; I can tell he didn't want that to happen again. Annabeth and Connor came out of the store with some food and beverages and got in the car.

We drove in silence for a while, it started to get dark at around 8:30. Connor, Travis, and Lee were fast asleep.

"Jet," Percy said, "how do you know Thorn?"

"When I was out on my own, he was after me all the time. When I first started training and I would run into him, I would run, but after my third year, I could easily beat him. My record fighting him is 6-0, favor me. Every time he reforms, I'm his #1 target, the best part...I always win." I waited a few minutes before asking my important question.

"So, Percy, when did you bathe in the stics?" I asked. He seemed shocked at first but then told me the story.

"Does anyone know your weak spot?" I asked.

"Only one person," Annabeth said as she smiled at Percy, Percy gave her a wink.

"Jet," Annabeth asked," since you have 3 dads, do you have all the powers?"

"No, not a single one, I'm a powerless demi-god. I'm just one guy whose only job is the hunt and kill, no more, no less."

"Really…" said Annabeth, "Judging by who you are I think you would be invincible."

"No way, in fact my survival rate is just the same as an average demi-god. When I found out that I was a born killer, there were 20 of us, and then all of a sudden…boom, 19 vanished, just like that, off the map. I was the only one left. So when this is all over, I going to find out what happened to them."

"Damn," Percy said, "the just vanished? How did you know?"

"Hermes told me before I was out on my own."

"Guys, look!" Annabeth shouted. There was a sign saying "Niagara Falls, next right,"

We made it.

"First thing we're going to do is check into a motel and get some rest, then, we're gonna kill that dragon."

"Hell yeah!" Percy said, and with that, we turned right.