A/N HELP ME I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED THE WORST THING EVER…..NONFICTION SUMMER READING! *dies inside* I was feeling sad so here's the next chapter to cheer myself and hopefully other readers up. DISCLAIMER: I don't own PJO, okay? STOP ASKING ME QUESTIONS YOU'RE SCARING ME I DON'T KNOW YOU!

PS: Hey Chris, where's my review? :)

Chapter 11: I become a Doomsday Prophet

The girl began to stagger her way towards me, which shouldn't have been hard- I was the seat across from her and the car was tiny and cramped- but somehow she managed. Alex kept squinting, like he was trying to see her better. His face went slack. "Maia?" he whispered.
She didn't even turn her head towards him. "The Master demands your capture. I am here for you." Her voice sounded mechanical.

I had already activated my sword and stood, holding it in front of me. My other hand unconsciously groped for my pack- I was not losing this thing to a Chaosite.

The girl twisted her wrist, and a black chain mace appeared around her wrist. It was the exact same metal as the swords- she was definitely a girl from the Chasm, which was verified by the black shirt she wore with the silver letters CHAOS in all caps. The mace began swirling with quick sharp movements of her wrist, and I swallowed. More speed and versatility equals dead me.

Her first swing was hard to dodge, and I got away with a graze on my cheek. The girl scowled and began to twirl it even faster. Alex stood. "Maia, stop. This isn't you."

The girl's laugh was hollow. "Maia is gone. Chaos remains. I will shatter you, imitheos. You will not take down the great Master."

Alex snarled and slashed out at her with his bronze knife, which had appeared out of nowhere. She couldn't parry it with her mace, and I saw Hunter whip something out of his pack. Together we advanced on Maia, until finally I managed to get a good hit on the forehead. The blonde fell to the floor, a bump slowly rising by her brow.

"Okay. How long til Oklahoma?"

I shook my head and watched as Hunter cleaned his blade on his shirt and put it away. It looked bronze, but something told me that it wasn't. I blinked a couple of times.

Alex disappeared into the front, and Hunter and I began to pack up our things. I saw the half-eaten granola bar on the gray metal floor and nearly cried. I turned my sword back into a bracelet and slid it onto my wrist, the silver a comforting and cool weight.

Finally the son of Athena returned.

"We'll be there in about five minutes. Do you think we'll be okay?"

I nodded. Hunter shrugged.

"Good. We're staying then."

The rest of the train ride was spent in almost complete silence. When it finally slowed to a stop,

we hurried off like it was nobody's business. The train station was crowded, and for some reason that put me on edge.

"Hunter, what's your weapon again?" I asked. Hunter blinked his off-green eyes. "Celestial bronze knife, and I've got a few silver-tipped throwing stars from the weapon shelf in Tyche Cabin."

"Are you sure it's bronze?"

"Nobody else has nice happy Enchanted silver like you, Penny." This from Alex. "In fact, so far nobody even knows how that sword even works: we just thought there was Stygian iron and Celestial bronze, nothing more."

"So my sword is special?"

Alex laughed. "A bit more than special, yeah."

"Yay me."

We were still trying to find our way out of the train station. The place was crowded and busy, and a cop was giving me the stink-eye from his post, most likely about my Ancient Greek weaponry conversation in a public area.

"Mortal or Monster?" I whispered to Alex.

He looked over at the man, scanning him from head to toe, taking in and analyzing everything. "Mortal through and through. Penny, stop being paranoid."

The dark surrounding made Alex's stormy gray eyes look even more alive than usual; they flickered back and forth, watching everything from a monotone exterior. It was frightening; he looked like a caged animal.

"We need to get out of here." I looked over at Hunter and realized he had the same expression as Alex. "Anything can happen down here, and we'd be trapped."

"For once, he's right." Alex agreed.

I stared at them in mock horror. "Oh my gods, you're actually agreeing on something! The world as we now know it will end if such events continue."

"Thanks, Prophetess of Doom."

"Anything for my liege."

Alex's smile was dry.

We made our way out of the station faster after we found a directory, which helped immensely; once we stepped out into the bright Oklahoma sun I wondered if we had made the right decision in leaving. At least in the train station there was shade.

Alex went to a gas station convenience store and bought three Cokes, bags of generic gas station chips, and a map. While we were crunching away at good old generic chips, we tried to map out our route, which is kind of hard to do when you only have a rough idea of where you're going and no clue at how you'll get there.

"I think we should go…here." I said, jabbing my finger at a point on the map.

Alex frowned. "No, that's more than twenty miles out of the way."

"But the dots are almost touching!"

Alex began hitting his head on the wall behind him, and Hunter explained why.

"Ohhhhh."

"Okay, so if we go here-" Hunter began pointing out what was actually an acceptable route, and I saw something that caught my eye. "Hey guys?"

"Hmm?"

"How long is the ride?" I began to rifle through Alex's bag.

"Really long-Why are you looking through my bag?"

"Because- ALEX CHASE ARE THERE MY PAJAMAS?!"

"Maybe." He and Hunter shared a grin.

"No, but I was looking for this." I pulled out the mortal money we had left.

"Why would we need that? Penny, all of us are underage, they would never let us rent a car." Hunter sounded exasperated.

"Who said anything about cars?" I pointed to the bike rental across the street.

"Let's go."

A/N They're nearly there! Who was Maia on the train? Why is Hunter's weapon suspicious? And most important- why did Alex have Penny's pajamas?! Please read and review!