"'Fine, I suppose,' Annabeth said. That's when it happened, a rush of wind and there in front of the whole family stood the…"
The Minotaur. He stood just feet away from them, and huffed and began his circling of the family. Annabeth stood frozen, holding Thalia in one arm and cradling her stomach with the other. She looked toward her husband, and watched as he withdrew Riptide and pulled their sons behind him for safety. Annabeth drew her knife from her hiding place in her boots, and pointed it at the beast. Thalia screamed a little when she saw the knife, but Annabeth quieted her shouts quickly.
In a flash, the Minotaur attacked. Annabeth barely had time to get herself and Thalia out of the way of the beast, let alone injure it. Annabeth silently cursed under her breath, mumbling about a lack of practice. She watched as Percy rushed the beast, causing it to attack even more aggressively.
"Annabeth!" She heard Percy yell, "Get yourself and the kids to safety!"
"I can't leave you!" She yelled back as she shoved the three kids behind a tree, and continued to aid her husband in the fight. She tumbled and thrust the knife into the creatures shoulder, causing nothing but anger to ensue from the monster. Percy jumped onto the creatures back and wrestled to stay on, and once her had been able to hoist himself up, he pulled at the Minotaur's horns. With one swift motion, one of the horns was off the Minotaur and in Percy's hand. The monster disintegrated into a cloud of dust, leaving a yellow powder all over Percy.
"Gross," Percy said as he wiped the resin off of himself and his wife. He looked to where his three children sat, staring in wonder at what their mother and father had done.