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I walked along the cracked street kicking rocks as I went. The sun was out, it was hot, and I was alone. I looked down at my clothes which had spots of Hazels blood still on it. I was still in slight disbelief that they had just ran off and left me here to go back and fend for myself. The sun was rising over head and sweat was steadily making its way down my face. I stopped on a bench and looked at my legs. They were bleeding in a couple spots from the thorns. I found some thorns still stuck in my legs and painfully pulled them out. "Ouch," I muttered, rubbing my leg. I looked up at the sky, it looked almost noon, I had been walking for probably a little over an hour so far.

I continued walking down the old cobbled road. Maybe I should just stay in Greece. I could go back to my alley, live my life. I didn't have to go back to the ship, I wasn't necessary. Like the wolf man in my recurring dream said, I was a spare. They didn't really need me on that ship and I barely knew anyone. If I didn't go back no one would probably care. If anything Piper would just be upset that she lost a nice outfit. Plus, I blamed myself for what happened to Hazel. She wouldn't have gotten hurt if I would have just kept her back like I was supposed to. But instead I had run off to try and defeat the giant pile of leaves and left her alone. She got involved and I wasn't even able to save her. I didn't even catch her when she fell. And on top of all that, my idea had failed and we didn't even get the torch. I was an utter failure and if anything hurt them as a team.

I'm way weaker than all of them and I have no super ability. I can't turn into animals or catch on fire or make people do what I say. Hell, I can't even fight without running out of arrows. I'm not supposed to be with them, I don't belong. It would be so easy to just walk away right now. I could hide out until they leave Greece, just live my days out in the streets. Maybe one day I could go back to America and find Camp Half-Blood and meet my dad, or at least find out who he is for sure. I could just leave, I really could... but I didn't really want to. I still wanted to go back with them to Camp Half-Blood when this quest is over. I wanted to meet my dad as soon as possible. I wanted to catch a free ride with them back to the states rather than work and save up money for 10 years. I wanted to go back to them, to the ship, I really did. Just not right now. Maybe I could delay a little. Go back to the ship later on in the day, or even tomorrow. I didn't want to see Hazel in the state she was in. I could never forgive myself for hurting someone who had come to be one of the closest things to a friend I had ever had.

My stomach rumbled interrupting my thoughts of self pity. Maybe I could get something to eat. That would certainly delay my trip back to the ship. I looked around to see that I was near the same area I used to "live" in. I could go to the local market and see my friend, he could give me something to eat. I walked on towards the street where the market was. After about 10 minutes I finally reached it. I walked around the back door and knocked swiftly 4 times to let him know that it was me.

A short, stocky, older looking man with grey hair that had spots of black, opened the door. He had an apron wrapped around his waist and was holding a dead fish. "Sarah!" He shouted happily throwing his hands in the air. "Where have you been? You didn't come around yesterday," he said, worry in his small dark brown eyes.

I smiled up at him, "Hey, Alec. I got caught up yesterday, I wasn't able to come, sorry." I apologized with a small smile.

He looked at me frightfully. "You didn't get caught by the police again did you? You should've called me, I can get you out," He said. Alec had once before gotten me out of the police before by saying he was my new foster dad. If it hadn't been for him I would probably be in jail right now for stealing from a store. I was thankful for him bailing me out that day. I basically owed my life to him for that. Not to mention the fact that he feeds me about half the week. So without him I would probably be dead.

"No, no, it wasn't the police. Just some... friends," I said trying to figure out how I could kind of explain everything without the whole 'my dad is a Greek God and I fight monsters' stuff.

"Friends? What friends?" He asked. I know that it sounds a little rude but he knew that it was just me and I had never really told him about me ever hanging out with anybody.

I raised my hand up to stop him. "It's fine, really. Just some people. I'm okay, I promise." I smiled reassuringly.

He gave me a wary look but nodded. "Okay, well why don't you come inside and eat? I had some food to give you yesterday but you never showed up," he said leading me inside to the back of the market. He put the dead fish down in the freezer. "What do you want to eat? A gyro? I have some Pita Bread that's about to go bad. It needs to be eaten soon," he asked me.

"Anything's fine," I told him politely. My relationship with Alec was a little weird. He had met me when I was about 9 or 10. He asked me where my mommy was and I shook my head explaining that I had no mommy. At that time I had just ran away from an alcoholic foster home and had been living on the streets for a couple of weeks. He quickly brought me inside and fed me some fish, the first real food I had had in a while. Once I finished eating he told me he was going to call the police to take me back to my home. I immediately started crying and tried to run out of the little market. There was no way I was going back t that hell hole of a home. He managed to grab me and get me to calm down and he promised that he wouldn't turn me in. After that I kept coming around for food everyonce in a while and we eventually became closer and closer. He was probably my closest friend even though 'friend' isn't probably the best word to describe us. If anything he was more like the dad that I had lost and desperately needed and in a way I had become the child he never had. For a while him and his wife thought about adopting me but they never had enough money. A couple of years after I met him his wife died and I became the only thing he really had left. To this day he was the only person I ever broke the 'move-away-after-3-weeks' rule for. I had once tried to run away from his store so that he wouldn't get attacked by a monster but fate stepped in and I found myself back at the market getting food from him every other day. Somehow through all those years I managed to keep monsters away from him and keep him from getting attacked. I was never sure how, and to this day I still don't know. He was always a religious man, he believed in the Gods up above and since I am living proof that they are really out there, well, maybe they were looking down on him and protecting him from the monsters that followed me around.

"Here you go," he said putting a plate of greek salad and a bowl of soup down on the table along with some pita bread.

"Thank you," I smiled at him and began eating. As I ate we happily talked. He told me the latest news and gossip that was going around the market. He always enjoyed listening to the gossip that spread. He didn't believe most of it or really know any of the people it was about but it gave him something to talk about. I finished eating and he grabbed the dishes and put them in the sink. I had once offered to work for him to pay him back for all he did for me but he simply waved me off and told me that it was no problem.

I heard the bell on the door go off and looked up to see a small latino with curly hair walk in. You have got to be kidding me. I wanted to be rid of them just for a little, just for a day, was that too much to ask? Alec noticed me staring at the boy distastefully. "Who is that? Do you want me to get rid of him for you?" He asked me wiping his hands on the towel.

I quickly waved him off, "No, it's fine. Maybe I should leave. Don't tell him you saw me here. Actually, just pretend you don't even know me," I told Alec.

He looked at me suspiciously. "Are you sure everything's okay?" he asked me again, worry in his voice.

"Yeah, it's fine," I said getting out of my chair. Leo walked around the market. How did he manage to find me here? I ducked behind the wall where he couldn't see me. I watched as Alec walked up to him.

"How can I help you?" He asked Leo with a smile.

"Hi, I was wondering if you've seen a girl about my height, curly hair, hazel eyes?" Leo said describing me.

"No, sorry, can't say I have," Alec lied. "Can I interest you in some fish?" He asked trying to pull Leo's attention away from the subject of me.

"No, no, I don't want any fish. I'm trying to find my friend," Leo said slightly annoyed. He looked around the market still trying to find me. I tried to step back slowly. I had to try and get over to the door as quickly and quietly as possible. Unfortunately, it didn't work out quite like I had planned. You see, in my head I was super sneaky and tip toed over to the door while Alec distracted Leo and I disappeared out the door and down some alley ways without Leo ever seeing me. What really happened was far from that.

I stepped back and my foot hit a stack of buckets sending them in a clatter to the floor. Leo looked back to where I was and quickly started to make his way through the crowd to get to me. "Hey! You can't go back there!" Alec shouted trying to grab Leo but he was too slow.

I quickly dashed to the door knocking buckets and kitchen supplies everywhere. "Sarah! Wait!" Leo yelled running after me. I opened the door and ran out, Leo not far behind me. I ran down the crowded streets weaving in and out of people expertly. I looked back. Leo seemed to be getting through the crowd as well as me. Curse him and his scrawny body. I continued running down the sidewalk. I ducked into a small alleyway I knew fairly well and slowed my pace to a walk. I walked quietly through keeping my head down, I was pretty sure I had lost him. Boy, was I proven wrong.

I walked down the dark, tiny alleyway stepping in small puddles as I went. I was about to turn into another alley when Leo appeared right in front of me. I yelped and looked at him in shock. I hadn't expected him to find me, especially from that way. Last time I had checked, he had been behind me, not in front of me. "Leo!" I yelled stepping backwards and getting ready to turn.

Leo grabbed my arm preventing me from running. " Oh, no you don't," He said holding on to me with a death grip.

"How- how did you-?" I stuttered, completely shocked that he had managed to find me.

"I did my time running on the streets. You can't just loose me by going through a crowd and ducking into a small alley. I know how to run from people better than anyone," he said looking me in the eyes. He said it matter-of-factly but I heard some sadness creep into his sentences.

"What do you want? What are you doing out here?" I asked him.

"I came out looking for you. Frank left you alone two hours ago! Which by the way I am incredibly mad at him for doing that. Anyways, we figured it shouldn't have taken that long for you to walk back so I came to find you," Leo explained.

"Are you the only one that went out to look?" I asked him thoughtfully.

Leo nodded. "The others wanted to help but I told them it would be easier if I go by myself since I can get around easily and I know how to track people down." He paused for a minute and looked at me before continuing. "Where were you? Why didn't you go back to the ship?"

I sighed and slouched my shoulders in defeat. "I didn't really want to go back. Not yet at least," I admitted.

Leo looked at me confused. "Why?"

"'Cause what happened to Hazel is my fault. I was supposed to hold her back and I failed, I messed up. I'm sure Frank told you all what happened," I spat the last part, rolling my eyes.

Leo frowned. "Yeah, he told us what happened. But you can't blame yourself for what she choose to do. You especially can't beat yourself up over it."

I sighed and leaned against the wall. "Is she at least okay?" I asked desperately. I had been praying to all the Gods up there that she hadn't died on my watch.

"She's doing a little better," Leo said. "We gave her some Ambrosia and she woke up for a little but when I left she was sleeping again."

I sighed in relief. "At least she's alive."

"Now, will you please come with me back to the Argo II?" Leo asked me.

I didn't move from the wall. Leo looked at me expectantly and I simply shook my head. "No," I said quietly. Leo looked at me confused. "No." I said again this time much more stern. "I said it before but you didn't believe me so I'll say it again. I don't belong on that ship. I'm not one of the seven, I wasn't chosen, I have no 'special power', and I just hurt one of the only people on the ship that actually talks to me!" I shouted angrily. Leo looked at me shocked.

"Sarah, c'mon. You don't really believe that do you?" He asked me calmly.

I shot him a look. "Yeah, I do, because it's true. And you're una idiota if you don't see that it's true. I don't belong there, Leo. I serve absolutely no point. The most I can do is walk people around like a tour guide and then I get left in the dust!" I was furious. All my feelings of loneliness and bitterness was rising to the top and spilling out of me like word vomit. I hadn't really talked about my feelings to someone in so long- if ever- that it felt strange to get it out. Once I started talking I couldn't seem to stop. "I'm a spare, Leo. A spare." I spat the words, my vivid dream coming back to me. Everything that dog man said about me in that dream was true. I turned on my heel and tore past Leo, walking quickly down another alley. Leo just let me go. I stormed down the deserted road angrily. I really didn't want to go back.

I finally slowed down to a normal walk and strolled down one alleyway, thinking. I looked back to see Leo walking behind me playing with some tools. I stopped and turned towards him. "What are you doing?" I demanded him. I tried to sound upset but all the anger inside of me seemed to have just disappeared.

"Following you," he said simply never looking up from his hands.

"Why?" I asked.

"I'm waiting for you to go back to the ship with me," he shrugged.

I knotted my eyebrows together. "I already said I'm not going back."

Leo put the machine parts back in his tool belt and walked up to me. His full attention was now on me. He stood in front of me and looked me dead in the eyes. "When are you going to get it into your head that I'm not going back to the ship without you?"

I stepped back in shock. I wasn't really expecting him to say something like that. "Why? Why do you insist on me going back with you?" I asked him suspiciously.

"Because I care about you, Goddamit!" Leo shouted annoyed. I stepped back again in even bigger shock. "You don't think I feel left out too? And for me it's not like I'm just some random person they found off the streets- no offense. I've known some of them for over a year. I was Piper and Jason's best friend and then they got together and now it's like I'm not even there anymore. And then you came around and I don't know, I just kinda felt like you... got me. Like you understand what I've been through and how I feel. With you around the ship's just slightly less lonely," Leo confessed sitting down on the ground against the wall.

I sat down next to him. "Just slightly less?" I asked with a smile.

"Just slightly less," he confirmed with a light laugh.

I leaned my head back against the wall and we were quiet for a minute before I spoke. "Our lives suck don't they?"

"Yep," Leo said also leaning his head back against the wall. We laughed at our poor excuses for lives. We sat in silence for a little longer before Leo spoke up again. "So you'll come back?" He asked me hopefully.

I thought for a minute and sighed before replying. "Yeah, I'll come back," I said slowly.

"Good," Leo said with a smile at me. He shot up from the ground and extended his hand out at me. "Princesa," he said courteously.

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up," I said laughing and taking his hand. He grabbed my hand and lifted me up off the ground.

"Come, I shall lead the way," he said sticking out an elbow for me to take. I slipped my arm through his and he straightened his back up and pretended to be a royal walking me down the carpet. I laughed at his stupidity.