"Annabeth!"
I looked up with a smile. Piper was here! Finally!
"Hey, Annabeth! Let's start- Wait! Do you hear that? It sounds like a monster!"
She was right. It sounded like a chimera? "Piper, come on! If my instincts are right, it's a chimera!" I screamed, before running off.
I looked back as I was running. I saw that Percy was handcuffed to the chimera, which kept lunging at him ferociously.
Should I help him? I thought as I looked at him. I shook my head. There was no way I was going to save him. It was probably set up so I would feel sorry for him.
It was only when red started to seep through his shirt that I finally decided to run back. "Percy!" I screamed. I pulled out my knife, slammed my hat on so quickly it hurt, and ran at the chimera full speed.
My knife made contact. The chimera screeched in agony and collapsed onto the ground. Black tendrils of vapor swirled around the struggling chimera's body, wrapping her into a cocoon of smoke.
"I'll get you sooner or later, you rat," the chimera hissed as she disappeared into the fog. The chimera was gone, and it's remains were Veronica.
Percy collapsed onto the ground. I sank down on the pavement next to him and brushed the hair off his face.
"Oh, Percy," I sighed. I gestured for Piper to come over and soon she was kneeling beside me.
"His stomach wound looks bad," Piper commented. "Do you have any ambrosia?"
I shook my head sorrowfully. "Used the last of it earlier."
She grimaced.
"Percy, can you hear me?" I waved a hand in front of his face. He didn't respond with anything but a croak and more⦠um, ketchup. I gagged. I grabbed my phone from my pocket and dialed 911.
Soon the ambulance came. I wasn't really sure about letting them take Percy to a human hospital, but I convinced myself that the Mist would work well enough for the humans not to be suspicious. I told them the story of how Veronica attacked Percy, but of course I made it more human. I said I'd knocked her out with a stick, and luckily the Mist must've hidden any sign of Veronica's wounds or that she was a chimera. I quickly slipped my knife back in my boot and grabbed a stick when the authorities came, to be safe.
They brought Percy to the hospital and gave me a ride back to Goode. But I couldn't focus. All I could think about was my Seaweed Brain.
