Planning and Determination

I'm BAAAAAAAAAAACCCKKK! (please dont squish this lil' snail person)

heyo! sorry this took so long but i had a MAJOR case of writers block *shudders* anyways its summer now! so i should be updating a lot more now (hopefully)

(I don't own Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan does, but I do own Vicki, Izzy, and Cody Daniels [who might possibly end up being a nice guy... if I feel like it... which i do])

Main part of story set a year after TLO but TLH and SoN never happened

Vicki's POV

I was in pain.

It was dark and cold and I was in pain.

Everything hurt; my head pounded from several hits from the monster that was keeping me captive and through dehydration (they've only given me one glass of water so far, not nearly enough for a normal person let alone a daughter of Poseidon), I had various cuts and bruises all over my body and I was sure that I had a few cracked ribs and a couple of broken bones. But the worst thing was the horrible ache in my chest as I wondered if anyone was looking for me; irrational I know, Percy was definitely there for me, as were Annabeth and Izzy. I wasn't so sure about Cody though.

Cody Daniels.

Just the name was enough to send my stomach fluttering with butterflies and my heart race like a chariot fleeing a burning building. And if the song he sang at my party was any indication, he felt the same way about me. But did that mean that I love him? I hadn't known him long, (the two years that he teased me didn't count) and from what I did know of him was that he was generally very sweet if a bit of a goofball. Did the stomach fluttering mean that I was in love? I don't think I'm old enough to fall in love with someone so quickly.

I was jolted from my thoughts by the high-pitched creaking of the door as it opened and a women-like monster with twin snake trunks for legs came in and tipped a bucket of water over my head. In instantly felt better as the cuts sealed themselves and my aching and broken bones didn't hurt so much. But I knew what was coming; they were healing me up so they could torture me into submission, and I couldn't let that happen.

As the door creaked open a second time and revealed the snarling face of an aquatic-like creature with the head of a dog, I prayed that my rescue team (if there even was one) would hurry up. I didn't know how much longer I would last.

.oOo.

Cody's POV

After the shock had worn off (I didn't actually expect Percy to have a car) we got it and Percy started the engine, making it purr and growl like a jaguar. Izzy was sat in the backseat (I didn't know this sort of car had a backseat, must be the perks of it being godly made) and giggled as Percy drove the car out of the underground car park and onto the busy streets of New York.

There was an awkward silence as we drove, one which was occasionally broken by Izzy who was looking out of the windows and giggling at passers by. I guess the silence was sort of justified, we didn't really know each other and I did just get Victoria kidnapped. Also I think he somehow knew how I was taking her capture; he knew I blamed myself for what happened (though I had a feeling that the strawberry milkshake had something to do with starting it) and maybe he had decided to just let my own guilt be the punishment rather than do it himself. He would never forgive me I knew that, but maybe he was just willing to accept it and move on so we could focus on getting his sister back.

"So…" I began awkwardly; Percy glanced across at me as we pulled onto the freeway, "What's the plan?" I asked cautiously. He frowned for a moment, clearly thinking.

"We get to the warehouse where she is being kept, defeat all of the monsters and make sure we all get home in one piece," he said simply. I had a feeling that it wouldn't be as easy as that though, we didn't know how many monsters there were or who was behind this whole thing.

"Wait," I suddenly said, "How do you know she's in a warehouse? Did you have the demigod dream?" he grimaced and sent a worried glance into the rear view mirror,

"Not me," he said with another anxious look towards his sister. Realization washed over me like scolding acid,

"Izzy got the dream?" I exclaimed, appalled that the gods would see fit to give a child who had just lost her sister a demigod dream that was most likely in some form of pain. Percy nodded grimly,

"She got it last night, I had to calm her down so she could tell me what happened; Vicki had been tied to a chair in a ware house, no monsters inside but sounds of them coming from under the door. The leader was telling Vicki of her plan to over throw the gods, that she would use her as a weapon to destroy them; Vicki was yelling back at them but then they hit her and the dream ended." Percy frowned at the road,

"Well," I started cautiously, "At least we know what we're up against. Do you know who the leader is?" I hoped that he didn't; if he did it was most likely a monster he had already faced, and any monster that Percy had already faced can't be good. He grimaced;

"Yeah," he sighed, "I do, and I really don't want to think about how she managed to be free of Zeus' leadership, but it can't have been good. Let's just hope that she doesn't have too many reinforcements."

I pondered what he had said as we drove in silence, only stopping for food and bathroom breaks. Eventually the sun began to set and Percy reluctantly pulled over when Izzy began to whine about being tired and I reminded him that his mum had told him not to drive through the night.

We pulled into a cheep motel and Percy got us a room for the night; it was shabby and Spartan with hardly any furniture, but it had a bathroom and a sofa as well as a bed. Percy offered to sleep on the sofa but I insister that I did so he and Izzy could take the bed. I think he understood my logic because he smiled warmly and told me to get some sleep.

That night as I lay there on the ratty sofa, listening to Percy and Izzy's breathing, I prayed that where ever Victoria was, she was ok. Percy knew the monster so hopefully he would know how to beet it, (though I had a feeling if had to de with a bronze tipped arrow) but that didn't stop me from worrying. Was Victoria thinking of me like I was thinking of her? Did she know that help was coming? That we would be coming to save her? I didn't know but I knew that we would do everything in our power to get her back to where she was safe. And with that determined thought my eyes flickered closed and I fell into the realm of Morpheus.

Ok! sorry there wasnt much action in that chapter but yeah lol :)

next chapter will have action in i promice and i have a (vague) idea on whats gonna happen for the rest of the story so i should update a bit more now (hopefully)

HolySnail OUT!