I do not own PJO
Annabeth Pov
Jason woke me up for my watch a few hours before dawn. I waited in silence for something to happen, my paranoia getting a grip. I heard a twig snap off to my left
and sprang up. I drew my knife and waited. Out of nowhere knife like projectiles came flying at me.
"Guys, wake up, we have company." every one jumped up and drew their weapons. The monster entered the clearing, but I already had a guess as to what it was.
"Hello, my dear it has been a while hasn't it." he said. I glared at him.
"Quit, the small talk, you nearly killed me last time I saw you." I yelled. "Because of you, I still have this." pointing my hair, the grey streak that is.
"Well, that is not my fault, your precious Luke tricked you if I remember correctly, all I did was jump of a cliff and bring you to him." he smiled sadistically. Before I
had time to react I heard a noise behind me and turned around. What I saw was Lamia, a vampiric demon which preyed on children. And behind her was a dragon I
had never seen before. It was twelve feet, with razor sharp claw and had smoke seeping out of its nostrils.
"Yes, we came to play as well, my pet here, Cychreides, and I are here to kill you."
"When you say pet are you referring to the dragon or the manticore." asked Xander. To respond to that the manticore sent a volley of spikes at Xander, who rolled
out of the way. Lamia lifted her 5 foot sword and swung at Jason. He met the swing with his gladius. The dragon took this as an opportunity to go wild. Frank
transformed into an elephant to battle the dragon and Hazel went to his aid. I took a minute to assess the situation trying to find a way out of this way, but I was
drawing a blank. I saw no way to escape the manticore, Lamia, and a dragon. We could fight, but we would be lucky to win. Hazel and Frank are just barely holding of
the dragon. Xander and the manticore were somewhat even. Lamia was out matching Jason, so I ran to his side.
"Any ideas?" he asked.
"Unfortunately, the only one I have is fight and hope for the best." I replied. Together the two of us were able to hold off Lamia, but we were unable to take an
advantage. After a couple minutes all five of us were pushed together and were surrounded. Frank was cut badly, Hazel was burned, Xander was poisoned, me and
Jason were not much better.
"Is this the best you immortal demigods have." Lamia taunted.
"New idea, Jason summon the biggest bolt you can, target the dragon." I said. He nodded and the ground in front of us exploded.
"Guys, run, grab as much as you can and run!" I shouted. We all bolted, we did not stop until we were all collapsed on the ground and hoped that the monsters would
not be able to follow, at least for the moment.
"Okay we need to find a new way to move. If we stay in one place to long we will never escape." I announced in my best strategy voice.
"Does anybody even know where we are." asked Hazel. I looked up to the night sky and located ursa major. I estimated the angle it was from the horizon.
"We are at about 40 degrees latitude." I announced.
"Okay, how does that help?" asked Xander.
"It is better than knowing nothing." I retorted.
"Well I guess we should just head west until we find something." said Jason. "Camp Jupiter is at 37.7750° N, so we need to head west by south west." We trudged
along until we found a city.
"Lets get some food, I starved." said Hazel. We all agreed and found a burger joint. We sat down ordered and had an uneventful meal. I found a map and saw we
were in some small town in Iowa. After we ate we explored town and found a taxi service, we hade enough money to make it to the Colorado-Utah border. We paid
and all got in. This cab was not a sedan, but a mini-van painted yellow with the section between the driver and the passengers closed off except for a small window
which could be rolled up. We sped along the highway and I was wishing for my lotus hotel and casino card, with that we could finance anything. I kinda wish I did not
give it to that taxi driver all of those years ago. Now I know what you are thinking isn't it like four hundred years in the future? How come we don't have like flying
cars? The answer is about three hundred and fifty years ago a huge war engulfed the planet it was called world war III, as you have probably guessed. This war
lasted 150 years, all progress stood still, and nearly drove mankind back to the caves. The war finally ended when the U.S.A. formed an alliance with Britain,
Germany, Canada, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. They worked together to quickly nock out the opposing forces and try to minimize casualties. When the war was finally
over a huge depression struck the planet and progress stood still, just as it did during the war. The depression lasted another 50 years. When it finally ended one
hundred years ago, mankind had actually become an endangered species. The global population fell below ten million. The next fifty years were spent trying to
rebound the population and again all progress stood still. At the end of the fifty years the population reached nearly 600 million and people restarted scientific study.
But it was closely regulated so a war like that would never happen again. That war not only affected the people but also the land. Nearly all of Africa became and still
is a radioactive wasteland. Asia and South America were no better. The eastern half of Europe and the south east coast of the U.S.A remained un radio active but
were riddled with trenches, pits chasms and wreckage. Mexico, and Canada managed to remain fairly untouched and western Europe was livable. The U.S.A (with the
exception of the south east) managed to remain untouched and keep invaders away. So there you have it. That is why in four hundred years very little progress has
occurred. Anyway we were cruising along the highway with little interference. That is until the car flipped over.
AN: well what do you think. Also i have made a list of the giants that are the opposite of each olympian i do not feel like explaining how but i just want to say if the Mark of Athena comes out and my giants dont match Rick riordans i dont want a thousand reviews complaining about it R&R