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One in a Million

Because of Annabeth's feeble condition it took us a little under an hour to make it to the base of Mt. Tam. Clouds were swirling at the summit and the whole place had an eerie glow. I had drastically changed since the last time I was there. Instead of a cave floor it was now made of black marble. The whole place looked like a mansion, but an evil mansion. Even from where I was standing I could see it was huge. It looked like there were many rooms, and

Ahead of me I saw, and heard, Atlas holding up the sky. The funny part was that we could walk right past him and he couldn't do anything about it.

Whoops, we were so wrong. I guess I forgot how loud he could yell, because as soon as he saw us he let out an ear shattering yell of, "Intruders, come get them!" Immediately monsters came from different directions. There were laistrygonians, dracaena, telekhines, and hellhounds.

So you think I stood to fight when I saw the monsters. Wrong again. I ran, with my two friend's right behind me. I don't even know where we were running to, but at least it was away. Thankfully we had the sense not to go back to Ladon. In fact, somehow we ended on the other side of Mt. Tam. No monsters could be visibly seen, and nothing was guarding the two black, sleek, marble doors to the inside of the "mansion." How we got so lucky I'm not sure, but during my years as a demon-god, I learned to be suspicious.

I quickly weighed the possibilities;

1. The monsters that came after us could have been the guards that were supposed to be here.

2. This door was supposed to be unguarded



3. We were just really lucky.

Now I think the most likely answer would be choice one. Knowing Kronos, he wouldn't leave a door unguarded. And with choice three, if you're a demigod, you're never lucky.

"Guys," I said, "I think we should go through the door. Maybe the monsters that came when Atlas called were the guards. If that's true, we don't have much more time to get in undetected."

As if on cue, three dracaena came around the corner. "Get them." One hissed, and they slithered towards us. So you think I ran away like last time right? Wrong. I stood to fight. Next to me Annabeth held her dagger at the ready and Grover had his reed pipe in his hand. I looked at each of them and then ran.

As soon as I charged I uncapped Riptide. Charging the largest of the three, I began to battle. The monsters had long poles, and weighted nets. My fifteen year old body easily dodged the net she experimentally threw at me. I tried to jab him in the thigh but she sidestepped. Then right as she was about to win the fight, an invisible hand stabbed it in the back. The dracaena vaporized in yellow smoke.

Bravado was the only thing that kept Annabeth alive. She had her invisibility hat on and right after she had killed both hers and mine opponent she defeated Grover's as well.

The only thing I could do was stare in awe at her excellent fighting skills. I couldn't count how many times she had saved my life. Maybe I was lucky. I may have a hero's fate, but I also have Annabeth. If it wasn't for her I would have died a long time ago. She was a "one in a million," friend. "Annabeth that was amazing great job!" I said, as Annabeth turned pink.

"Thanks. I guess I could have let you die, but then the quest would be over, and I'm having fun." She replied with a smile.