~~~~•~~~~~• Hazel•~~~~~•~~~~
Hazel didn't know if she should trust Allie. She trusted her, just not her father. She obviously liked to steal. Hazel didn't want her to steal one of her jewels.
When her and Leo came back, she immediately put her hand on her pocket. She really did seem like a good person, but she just wanted to be safe.
Allie had changed into a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and loose capris. "Bulgarians dress weird. How close are we to Greece?" She asked Leo.
He asked Festus and he replied with his weird creaking language. "Almost there. We are still passing through Bulgaria."
"I wonder if they put up wanted posters for us." Piper said.
"Woaaaa I can picture my wanted poster! 'WANTED: American girl, English speaking, thief. Reward… 1,000 dollars,'" Allie said.
"They don't use dollars there," Leo pointed out.
"Fine. 1,000 euros." Allie corrected herself.
"You are one of the only people I've ever meat that wants a wanted poster." Hazel said.
"Yeah, I'm weird like that. So-"
She was interrupted by something hitting the boat. A huge bird flew up and tried to pick Allie up in its beak. Frank turned into a huge eagle and they started fighting.
As usual, Hedge charged at it with his bat and yelled, "die!"
Allie drew her sword. "Is that a-" it interrupted her by trying to claw at her. She slashed at it.
"Phoenix!" Hazel concluded.
"Shouldn't the statue's power be repelling them?" Piper yelled over the squawking.
"Yeah!" Jason yelled.
Another one came out of nowhere and tried to eat Nico. He slashed at its beak. "Help me!"
Hazel jabbed at it. "Athena? Can you help us? We won't be able to get you your statue if these birds eat us!"
Suddenly, the ship started to glow. The Phoenix's squawked, but still tried to fight. One knocked Jason over.
Hazel tried to dodge one as it flew toward her, but it was quicker then she thought. She went flying over the side of the ship.
For a second, she could only feel fear. Then, she screamed. "Frank!"
Frank cawed and dove toward her, leaving the Phoenix to the others. He grabbed her by the wrist and flew up to the deck. He turned back to human form. "Oh gods! Are you-" one of the huge birds tried to grab him by the head. Hazel jabbed at it with her sword.
The hairs on the back if Hazel's neck stood up. There was a flash of light, and one of the monsters exploded. Naturally, it started to reform.
One tried to carry Allie away again.
"A little more help, Athena?" Piper yelled.
The ship started to glow brighter. The Phoenixes burst into dust and blew off in the wind.
"How did they even find us?" Allie asked.
"Monsters can smell demigods. They track us down and try to eat us." Nico explained.
"Gaea probably sent them to try to stop us. There will only be more from here." Hazel said.
"The statue will protect us though, right?"
"Somewhat, but I'm pretty sure we will have more attacks. Don't expect smooth sailing." Nico said.
"I'll remember that," Allie grumbled. "Why do they keep coming for me?"
Leo made a thinking face that looked so much like Sammy, it scared Hazel. "Do you have like, a phone or something like that with you?" He said.
"Yeah," she pulled a little box out of her pocket. One side was white with a little picture of an apple with a bite taken out of it. It was black with a white border on the other side.
Hazel stared at it. "What is that?" She asked.
Allie looked at her. "You don't know…? Oh yeah. It's an iPhone."
"Can I see it…?" Hazel asked. She looked amazed. You can call someone with something that small? And why is there an "i" in front of it?
"Sure," Allie handed it to her. "You want to play a game on it?"
You can play games on it too? What else, can it send mail to other people? "I… don't know. How does it work?"
"Well, you turn it on like this," she pushed a button on the top of it. It lit up and on it said /slide to unlock/ with an arrow next to it. She slid it and it went to something else. It had a bunch of little pictures on it in rows with words under them.
Hazel was bewildered. She looked up. Everyone seemed like they where trying not to laugh. "What?"
"Seems like its blowing your mind," Leo said.
"Blowing my… that sounds gross." Hazel looked from the little box back to him. Everyone cracked up. "What? It does!"
Frank patted her shoulder. "It does, doesn't it?"
"I don't know what's going on." She handed the thing back to Allie.
"It's ok, Hazel. But anyway, you should turn off your phone. It attracts monsters which is not very good for us." Jason said.
"Oh, ok." Allie held the button in the top until it said /slide to power off/ on the top with a red arrow this time. She slid it and it was black again.
"Modern stuff is confusing," Hazel muttered, embarrassed.