Better late then never they say…
Amelia
As soon as the coach had stopped Amelia, Percy and Nico got off, heading up the street at a fast pace. As soon as they hit the corner of a deserted street Percy brought out a golden drachma and said
"Anakoche. Harma epitribeios!"
Amelia somehow knew what some of it meant. All she could decipher was chariot of damnation. Percy threw the drachma onto the road and it melted into the asphalt.
"What did you do?" She asked. Percy turned and looked at her with a grave expression on his face.
"We're being followed so we need to get to camp fast. This is the fastest way I know from here. I warn you, it isn't a comfortable trip at all."
As he said this the asphalt darkened, melting into a parking space sized rectangle that held a dark red tinge. Out of this a smoky grey cab appeared, oozing out of the ground. It looked like any other taxi Amelia had ridden in but it was made from smoke instead of metal and had three old hags in the front instead of the usual one grumpy driver.
"Don't, look directly at them." Percy warned.
"Why? Can they turn me to stone?"
"No, but it can disturb you in too many ways to count."
"Buckle up!" one of the hags cackled. Percy didn't move. Nico looked uneasy.
"Uh, Percy, I've never done this before." He said.
"Annabeth, Tyson and I did it once."
"Who are they?" She was so confused…
"You'll find out soon he said whilst pushing Amelia in ahead of him.
"Hey!" she protested angrily. As soon as she was sat down Percy pulled Nico in involuntarily behind him. As soon as they were all in the taxi set off at a frightening speed. It was all Amelia could do to not be sick…
She gave up trying to control her breathing and instead looked out of the windows to the side and back of her. She could see dark shadows flitting in and out of her vision, following them.
"Percy?" she asked quietly,
"Yea?"
"What exactly is following us?" Nico and Percy both looked at her with wide eyes. "What?"
Percy looked at Nico and shook his head slightly, looking baffled.
"There's nothing following us now Amelia. There was whilst we were on a bus but as soon as this taxi set off we lost them." Now it was Amelia's turn to be confused.
"What?" Before Percy could answer Nico butted in.
"What makes you think that we're being followed?"
"The shadows outside which have been following us…" Percy immediately leant over her and peered through the window. He cursed then pulled back, immediately getting onto a hushed debate with Nico about whatever he'd seen.
"Hello? I am here!" she shouted, annoyed at their quiet discussion. Nico nodded then Percy leant forward.
"Go faster," he said to the women up front. They had been bickering amongst themselves th whole trip and now they all cackled.
"Of course!" they all said together, chilling Amelia to the bone. The taxi jumped and she gained the feeling of weightlessness as they sped over forest and road. Soon enough they stopped and she got out and puked into a bush nearby. Percy came and ran up behind her, rubbing her back gently as Nico paid the women some extra drachmas. Once they were gone she spit the foul taste from her mouth. She could hear a faint screeching in the background as she tried to listen to what Percy was saying to her. He suddenly looked behind her then grabbed her hand, pulling her up the hill as Nico followed up behind. She looked round once to see a various amount of things following them. From hellhounds to bulls to some sort of screeching birds. She looked back up towards the crest and one thing was clear to her. They was no way that they were going to make it before they attacked.
Here it is! Massive thanks to Hugs6 yet again! I really don't know what I'd do without them! Please review so I can know who is reading and if it's good! :)