Hey guys! Thanks so much for all the great reviews! I'm really kind of shocked that I'm able to continue because usually I'm not able to. But moving on I bet you're all pretty mad at me for leaving you hanging in the last chapter so I'll keep going now.
Percy's POV:
I reluctantly got up from my chair and made my way to the bathroom across the hall. I knew I was right; it was one of those times when your gut was just screaming at you and you had to listen. Either way, if it makes Annabeth feel better I guess it would be worth it. I quickly got to the bathroom and locked myself in a stall. While I'd never used a toilet before I sighed to myself and muttered,
"I guess there's a first time for everything." I threw a drachma into the toilet and chanted,
"Oh goddess accept my offering." I saw the drachma disappear and I thought for a second and said, "Poseidon!" I didn't exactly know where my dad was so I hoped just saying his name would work. Thankfully it did. The face of my father appeared in the toilet.
"Percy! How's the quest going? Did you get her identity back?" my father boomed happily,
"No, not yet we need to get to Athens, I had a quick question though. When I was in the underworld, Hades had slipped me two passports. I opened them and they were me and Annabeth's. I was wondering if it was safe to fly to Athens." My dad grinned at me and said,
"You catch on quick kid. Yeah I talked to my brothers and we decided it would be for the better if we helped you and Annabeth on your little quest. But we all had to agree to help Zeus one time in the future and the same with Hades." I let out a sigh of relief now I wouldn't have any second thoughts about being zapped from the sky.
"Alright thanks dad that's all I needed. My plane should start boarding in a few hours so I'm gonna' go back and wait with Annabeth. It was nice talking to you." I said cheerfully.
"Good luck son!" my dad said before he vanished. I quickly flushed the toilet and left the bathroom. I stepped outside into the hall and what I saw opened up a pit of fear in my gut. Not fear for me, but for Annabeth.
Right behind her chair was a massive Hellhound and it was heading straight for her. What's up with all the hellhounds! I thought to myself. It seemed like there was always one waiting for us at every other stop. I quickly shoved these thoughts out of my mind and drew riptide from my pocket. I charged the hellhound and uncapped riptide. The thing must have heard me because it whipped around and faced me snarling. I still kept running towards it with only one thought on my mind; have to save Annabeth.
By this point everyone around me had started screaming and ducking for cover. I probably looked like a maniac running around with a shotgun all thanks to the mist. I didn't care. I quickly closed the space between me and the hell hound and swung riptide in a long arc just nicking the hounds left leg. It let out a howl of pain and charged me. I managed to jump out of its way just in time. It viciously bit the sir I was recently occupying. I stabbed it with riptide in its side and withdrew it quickly making the pain that much worse for the beast. It let out an ear piercing wail as it withered on the ground in pain. I was about to finish it off when it started to fizzle into the dust that would take it back to Tartarus.
Once the entire thing was gone I looked across the space left behind and saw Annabeth smirking and cleaning off her dagger.
"Thanks for the save!" I called across the space as I ran over to make sure she was okay. I got to her and she sheathed her dagger and looked up at me.
"Are you okay?" I asked her quietly taking her in my arms. She looked up and replied,
"I'm fine what about you?"
"Better now that you're safe." I said laughing. I put riptide back in my pocket and we went and sat back down in our seats like nothing was wrong. Security got here about that time and didn't see anything except a trashed rom. It would take them a while to look at the surveillance recordings. I heard over the intercom,
"We will now begin boarding flight GA456 to Athens." I grabbed Annabeth and we walked up to the counter, showed the lady our passports and sat in our seats. We had two seats by the window. Annabeth took the isle seat and I sat next to the window. I turned to her and whispered,
"This is it, we've almost got it back." She looked up at me and I could a glimmer of hope in her eyes. I squeezed her hand gently and got comfortable it was going to be a long plane ride.
Awwwww I think was a very nice, sentimental note to end the chapter on. So yeah again, not sure how many more chapters are left in this thing but I promise not to stop soon. So I would like the standard 5 reviews to post again but I'm being lenient since I'm just now getting back into the groove of things. So until next time,
Peace!!!!!
