It's not a black eye. It's a GOLD one.
As promised! I am still tweaking and revising the next one, so it might be up later next week. On top of that, I start COLLEGE next week! YEY! I will keep adding chapters weekly, but if they are a tad late, forgive me! Thanks for all the reviews and story follows. I enjoy reading the reviews so keep them up. Enjoy!
We met at the rendezvous point a little late. Nico, of course, willingly laid the blame at my feet. Brian rolled his eyes over the complaints about my long discussion with Johnny and taking a large chunk of time picking apples. The others seemed ok with waiting, so the point was moot.
We planned to haul a cab over to a cheap bus station Nicole had found. She remembered seeing a bus for Montana was leaving at 7 AM the following morning. On the off chance we would have to camp out, Annabeth had packed a tent and sleeping bags. We were going to sleep outside the station since a big convention had all the hotels booked solid.
The cab would have been just fine. The seats were comfy. The trunk could hold all of our bags and supplies. The problem? It was driven by Medusa.
You would think we would have been suspicious when a lady in sunglasses and a turban offered half fare. Nico still claims he knew the whole time, but I know he's lying. We were too tired to have thought twice and our mortal money was starting to run thin. Brian got the clue first. He noticed her stare a bit too long at Annabeth and Percy. She was grimacing to her back and wringing her hands. He told Julia and she passed the message on to me. I was getting a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach, but I knew if we didn't go with her, she would only do whatever she needed to right then and there in the middle of a busy street with thousands of mortals watching. We didn't need the attention.
She drove for hours until she finally stopped in a shady neighborhood.
"This isn't the bus station!" pointed out Nico, taking the role of Captain Obvious.
"No Duh! Why are we here and what do you want with us?" asked Brian as he drew a celestial bronze dagger.
"I knew you brats were going to try and stop Lord Strife and Lord Prometheus. Not that you can, but Lord Strife would rather dispose of you to completely remove all possible chances of success," she sneered. She started to lower the lenses when something in Percy clicked.
"Look away!" he hollered quickly. My brain followed just in time because I felt a chill shimmy down my spine right after.
I ran as fast as my legs could carry to a nearby dirt patch and dropped a magic seed under my feet. The tree limbs supported my weight as they sprouted up and out. I picked a few apples and transformed one into my sling shot base as I pulled out a stretchy-er rubber band and placed an apple in the hole. I took aim for an eye which was hard to do without looking in her eyes. I prayed to my mother and Apollo for a straight and true shot. I closed my eyes as I felt her turn towards me. I released the apple and heard it make contact.
"ARG! You little-" The half-blind hag exclaimed.
"Someone! Now!" I shouted. This was followed by a sickening slice. I saw Annabeth holding her dagger in one hand and a bruised eyed Medusa head in the other.
With that down, we now had to figure out how to get to the bus station in eight hours when we had no clue where we were.