Hola! I was watching the movie and decided to write. The movie was good, but it was so different from the book it annoys me. Chapter 10 is here. This will be about when Ares buys them all cheeseburgers. Not very romantic or exciting, but I will try my best to make it both. Hope you like Chapter 10, happy reading.
Chapter 10
Another God and Another Cheeseburger
It was now June 14, seven more days until our deadline. I was nervous, especially after the Arch. Percy was now known as a teenage fugitive. We had now somehow made it back to our train without being seen. We were now somewhere in Kansas, the middle of the United States. Still miles from Los Angles, our destination.
"Let's try and contact Chiron. I want to talk to him about the water spirit."
"We can't use phones, right?" Percy asked.
"I'm not talking about phones."
We went off the train and walked around town. I figured there had to be some water somewhere. Finally, we came to an abandoned car wash.
"What exactly are we doing?" Percy asked as Grover grabbed the spray gun.
"It's seventy-five cents, I've only got two quarters left. Annabeth do you have anything?" Grover grumbled.
"Don't look at me," I complained. "The dinning car wiped me out."
Percy dug in his pockets until he found enough.
"Excellent, we could do it with a spray bottle of course, but my arm gets tired of pumping." Grover said.
"What are you talking about?" Percy complained, frustrated that he still didn't understand.
"I-Ming." Grover explained.
"Instant messaging?" Percy asked.
"That is what it stands for." I muttered.
"Iris-messaging." Grover corrected. "The rainbow goddess Iris carries messages for the gods. If you know how to ask, and she's not too busy, she'll do the same for half-bloods."
"You summon a goddess with a spray gun?"
Grover pointed the spray nozzle and squirted.
"Drachma, please." I asked holding out my hand, Percy handed one to me.
"Oh Iris goddess, accept our offering." I said I tossed the drachma in.
"Half-Blood Hill."
For a moment, I thought I had wasted a drachma on nothing. Then though the mist a person with blue eyes and blonde hair appeared. I knew it right away, it was Luke.
Luke talked to Percy alone and told us about afterwards. Finally, after my stomach growled a million times we ended up at a dinner. Ares showed up when we were about to order. He stepped into the dinner, acting as if he owned the place. Actually, I thought, he could. He ordered us all Cokes and cheeseburgers. Ares asked us a favor, to find his shield and Aphrodite's scarf.
"Where did he say the water park was called again?" Grover asked for the millionth time.
"Waterland." Percy reminded him.
After we robbed the abandoned souvenir shop, we found the place where the shield and scarf were supposed to be. The sign read "THRILL RIDE O' LOVE: THIS IS NOT YOUR PARENTS' TUNNEL OF LOVE!"
"Guys, look." Grover said.
At the bottom of the empty pool bowl, was a pink scarf and a bronze metal shield.
"That is too easy; we just walk down there and grab it?" Percy asked.
I ran my finger along one of the cupid statues.
"Grover do you want to stay at the top with the flying shoes?" Percy asked Grover.
"Um… sure."
"Annabeth do you want to come with me?" Percy asked.
I felt my heart speed up. I blushed.
"Are you kidding?"
"What's the problem now?"
"Me, go with you to the … 'THE THRILL OF LOVE' how embarrassing is that? What if somebody saw me?" I said.
"Who's going to see you?" Percy said blushing now too. "Fine, I'll do it myself."
He started walking down the pool bowl. I muttered how boys always messed up and followed. I hoped he wasn't mad at me. I was just embarrassed that he asked me.
We had now reached the boat. The shield was on the seat and next to it was a pink scarf. Percy picked up the scarf, he was about to smell it when I took it away.
"Oh no. No love magic for you." I said grabbing the scarf.
"What?" Percy asked coming out of his daze.
"Just grab the shield Seaweed Brain."
Percy reached out to grab the shield. Then I saw the cobwebs and the trap wire.
"Wait." I said.
"Too late."
"There's another Greek letter Eta on the boat. Like on the statue! This is a trap." I said the puzzle pieces clicking in my head.
Then a screeching like a million gears grinding rang out across the pool.
"Guys!" Grover yelled.
On the top of the pool, the cupid statues were about to fire there bows. They weren't firing at us though. They were firing at each other. The statues created a net.
"We have to get out!" Percy yelled.
"Duh!" I yelled back.
We started to run up the bowl. It was impossible. Then the cupid's heads popped open. Video cameras came out. A live speaker announced were would be broadcasting to Olympus in fifty nine seconds.
"Hephaestus! I'm so stupid! Eta is Greek for H. He made this to catch Aphrodite and Ares! The Olympians are going to see this!" I yelled to Percy.
Then billions of spiders came crawling out. I screamed. I hated spiders.
"Spiders! Sp-sp-ahhh!" I yelled.
Percy guided me to the boat. Percy kicked away any spiders that came in or tried to. He tried to get me to help him, but I was frozen.
"Thirty, twenty-nine seconds." the speaker announced.
Then all the pipes exploded spraying water everywhere, except on us thanks to Percy. Percy grabbed my arms, picked me up, and put me on the seat. He sat next to me and he fastened the seat belt.
"Five, four, three-" the speaker announced.
Percy wrapped his arms around me. I didn't complain, I was screaming. He was too though. We went though the entire ride. The ride wasn't working right. We dropped where we were supposed to.
"Unfasten your seat belt!" Percy yelled.
"Are you crazy?" I yelled back, and then I saw the bottom of the gate. It was closed. We would die, if we didn't jump.
"On my mark!" Percy yelled.
"No! On my mark. Now!"
We jumped, just as the boat went crack behind us. Unfortunately, I got us too much lift. We flew over the pool. Grover grabbed us from behind.
"We need to talk to Ares." Percy said.
I blushed, I realized we still were hugging and holding hands.
Awww cheesy ending! This is the longest chapter yet! Yay! Please review! Then you get Chapter 11!