Chapter 2

I needed a plan. A quick, well-proofed plan to escape from a monster who's obsessed in killing me and bathe in my blood (Her words, not mine. These monsters can be quite dramatic). For once, I was really enjoying my time but no, these nut sacs of monster had to attack now, when I was busy enjoying my day with Rachel. It seemed that my time-travelling messed with their timing too. They weren't supposed to attack until I was 12!

You must be wondering that Why, Percy Jackson whom killed countless of monsters, sacked powerful immortals, fought Giants, Kronos, and Gaia and I won duel against Ares, the god of war, was behaving like a scaredy cat. Simple, I didn't have the strength and my weapon and my powers are mess.

I was having a blast. It's been a week since me and Chaos time- travelled and no monsters attacked since then. It's been so long since I had a monster free day, there would be at least one or two monsters lurking around the corner preparing, stalking to kill me or in some case of dumb ones, they just jump to the bones. I admit even though I had monster free week, I was still cautious. It's hard to change the way of thinking when you've been constantly fighting and always dependent on your instinct for so long, even my mom was getting little suspicious now.

Like the time, after three days since I travelled back, when I was getting out of washroom in nothing but towel wrapped around my waist after I took shower and Chaos out of blue screamed that there was monster behind me and I just left it to my instinct to survive, like I always do.

So, here's a thing, when I go with my instinct, I forget about everything around me, all focus would be directed on my friends and mine survival from danger.

I wouldn't be aware anything around me that is irrelevant during that time; my whole focus would be survival of my friends and me. Note that carefully.

So when Chaos screamed like a banshee in my head all of a sudden, I went into my instinct mode and took my fighting stance facing towards my danger, ready to eradicate the bastards. But then I froze. It wasn't a giant or any creepy looking monster or immortal wanting to kill me standing there.

It was Rachel with a shocked look on her face. Her eyes were wide and mouth forming 'o'. I remembered she was supposed to come then but I was confused as to why was she standing there so shocked. Was she shocked with my divine beauty? I thought smugly. Then, with a jolt, I realized from what possible reason she could be shocked of as I came out of washroom in nothing but towel LOOSELY wrapped around my waist. My heart gave a sudden leap in dread. I was naked. I squeaked loudly like a girl and ran towards my room, picking up my towel and barely covering me with it. Worst part I then realized, she wasn't alone, when I decided to run that's when her mother entered the house.

I decided to not speak with Chaos until she felt extremely sorry for her dreadful prank she played, embarrassing me infront of Rachel and her mother. Even when Rachel assure me her mother saw nothing and not to be embarrassed as it happens to everyone at one point of time (It doesn't) after having full fit of laugh for ten straight minutes. She named this incident 'The Incident'.

Anyway, for a week I was busy preparing the plans and trained. Chaos was busy babbling about her favorite show and movies and making inapt suggestions on how should be carry out some parts of the physical aspect of the plan, to get me to talk. Yes, she wanted to do in James Bond style. I ignored her and continued giving her silent treatment. As if I needed any more of the hassle than I was going to put up with.

That's not all I did. I managed to scare Smelly Gabe from ever abusing me and my mother. I can be very intimidating when I want to be... I am Percy Jackson for god's sake, the slayer of monsters, evil immortal and defeated Ares god of war. Chaos thought I was getting it way too over my head. I dismissed it. She doesn't get it, when you manage to destroy countless of monsters, immortals and giants and defeated Ares in duel, you earn the bragging rights and secondly I was till giving her silent treatment.

I made friends with Rachel, hanged out with her and her group of friends invited her to my house and watched movies and popcorns with her. It was peace and enjoyable moments except Chaos making inappropriate comments about how Dwayne Johnson should have fought Shaw's brother naked in 'Fast and The Furious 7'. If she was present physically, I would have choked her to death .I so wanted to run my head through wall so she could feel the pain but I didn't want to scare Rachel off, thinking I was going mad or something. She already caught me talking to myself twice. Like I said was having the blast. Note the sarcasm.

Then next Tuesday, that is after a week since I travelled back in time, I was having a normal monster-free day in school and even Chaos was somewhat subdued from her gibberish talk. It might be that I was still ignoring her and she's getting quite bore with no one to talk to.

Ha! I snorted.

I was on my way from the canteen to my maths class; Rachel was going to meet me straight at class as she needed to use the restroom when a familiar cheerleader cornered me into abandoned class room.

"Percy, right?" she asked me. Small but somewhat sadistic smile played on her lips, there was a dangerous glint in her eyes and her fangs peeked from her mouth.

"Uh, yes-s." I answered. My hands instantly reached for the inside of my pocket where usually my pen/sword is. I found it empty, I dreadfully realized that it was still with Chiron and he and Grover haven't joined the school yet.

She sauntered towards me like a predator ready to slaughter its prey. I took steps backwards until I softly collided with the wooden uplifted stage, making me fall on my back on stage.

"Why you are so scared Percy?" she asked. Her nails slowly extending becoming hideous looking claw with big nails, her tongue leisurely running up and down now very visible, was glinting in lights, her fangs.

"You need someth-thing?" i asked, my voice hitched at the end. I softly cursed myself

Now, I was here. Stuck with Kelly as she walked menacingly, her eyes were wide innocent like but dangerous glint and sharpness in her eyes made me thought otherwise. Secondly, she is Kelly, the monster, they are never innocent. If it was other, who never fought in a war like me or didn't live paranoid their whole life aka normal people, they would have thought of her look as innocent.

"Yes... you just need to stay still for that." She replied.

She slowly but steadily steeped my way. The way she watched me, made me gulp.

"You know your heritage, don't you?" She asked me sweetly. Every steps she took towards me, I crawled back as much.

Yeah I know I was acting like a damn coward. But I can't help it. My powers are mess, so that is no go. I don't have any kind of monster killing weapon and Chaos... is being Chaos. So, I am intitled to be scared right now.

"And such a powerful one." She added.

They talk too much and that gets them killed nine out of ten times. They just don't know when to stop but I'm not complaining. If that give us advantage, we should let them talk.

I tried to think of way to get out of this situation and Rachel would be wondering where I was. If she does, then she would come looking for me and she finds me very quickly, like she knows where I am, one of the many mysteries in my to-find list. So, I don't want her anywhere near Kelly.

"Chaos?!" I furiously whispered.

She didn't answer. Why she isn't there when I actually needed her. Now, I'm having second thought about this whole saving-all mission.

"You Half-Bloods are sometimes so gullible sometimes..." She said as she made her way towards me fast "And so very tasty."

With that she leapt towards me, showing her true colors. I clumsily scrambled out of her way. I was starting to hate this ten years old body and Chaos was being useless. I scrambled backwards, putting as much distant between me and her as possible. I needed a quick plan to get out of this. But odds were against me. I didn't have my weapon pen/sword nor my powers were useful and since I was in ten years old body, it isn't developed to kick her ass with my hands only but I still needed a Celestial Bronze or Celestial Gold to kill her. How I was going to kill her, you ask. Simple, I myself don't know.

"Tut, Percy... don't make this difficult for me or I'll make this more painful." She said as she again leapt towards me in inhumane speed. I ducked and rolled out of the way as she collided with the wall with a painful thud. But this was a monster, they are much stronger than they perceives sometimes. It was hardly a push to her. I maybe in ten years old body but I still had my reflexes and thank god I had that atleat or I would have been her food.

Taking her slight distraction, I got up and ran out of the auditorium. I could sense her running after me and she must be catching up to me. I had to do something.

But what?

"You can't run from me forever, Percy Jackson!" her taunt came from behind and by the sound of it she wasn't much behind me.

I ran to the left corridor, hoping to find SOMETHING to help me with this. Teachers here can't help nor any other person. Theses monsters could make believe anyone of anything. Damn! Why didn't I think of this! Knowing my heritage would increase my monster smell radius and since another very powerful deity resides in my head, that could increase my radius ten-fold.

How would I kill An Empousa with no powers or weapon.

Which meant I have to pull an annabeth.

Did you just used your ex's name as a verb?

"She may have broken up with me for a fool but she got heck of a brain. That brain got us out of some serious situa- hey where were you. Chaos? CHAOS?!"

Damn it.

Then suddenly an idea popped in my head when I saw the Fire escape alarm. Without wasting anytime, I ran towards it as it was at the end of the corridor to the right wall, broke the glass and pulled the alarm. Alarm blared out in the hallway immediately.

Just like hens jostling out sensing the danger, in this case students sensing the opportunity to get the hell out of the class, they did just that and in matter of a minute, hallway were packed with students. I finally took a breath of relief assuming danger was snuffed for now but had to deal with her later. My heart was beating eratically, adreline pumping through my blood. I glanced around Hallway was getting empty quickly too, I needed to get away from her, fast. Taking a deep breath, I again made my way opposite to the flow of students, I took a quick glance at the back and my heart immediately gave a thud. Kelly was too making her way towards me and boy she was furious. Sensing her anger, students parted out of her way making it much easier for her to catch upto me. But like any classic villain she was just... walking menacingly? With a sharp glare directed my way. Well, if she wants do classic villains walk, who am I to stop her.

I took left, ran fast as I could, then right, glancing here and there for something useful. There were something useful here and there if there was a fight with humans and as she as a monster, they were useless. There at the end to the left was gent's washroom, so I quickly entered it, taking deep breath, hoping that it would give me a minute to catch my breath. I had to do something; there wasn't much time to waste as she could sense the godly scent in me, stupid godly scent!

Think Percy, Think! There is something you can do, you just can't think of it. I motivated myself to think.

I glanced around washroom. What could possibly kill an Empousa? I racked my brain for the solution.

Think, Percy think.

I sat at one of the cubicle on the covered toilet seat, willing myself to think for the way to end her. I always had my weapon with me, now it isn't, so how was I going to end her? That's when it clicked, a small grin made way on my face but for that I have to somewhat rely on my water power. I just hoped it work.

"Poor poor Percy tryin' to hide from me, so adorable..." a sickening sweet voice came just outside the washroom.

"You are a hard catch, Perseus. I enjoyed it while it lasted but alas all good thing must come to end." She said as she entered the washroom.

I heard the screeching of nails as she dragged it on the doors of the stall as she made her way towards mine cubicle. It was all similar to classy horror movies, villain dragging its weapon on the surface creating screeching noise and their creepy taunting to scare of its victim. It seemed like these monster first watch horror movies before hunting for its preys. She stood just outside my cubicle. There was a moment of silence before she kicked the door open where I sat few moments ago.

Yes you heard correct, I SAT. Before she kicked the door open I already crawled to the adjacent cubicle through the space present and then out of that stall.

I took her moment of confusion and concentrated to the pipe on that stall as hard as I could. I silently prayed to Poseidon too, for my plan to work. My face got red as I focused so hard on my water power and then suddenly there came jet of water through the pipe and collided with Kelly so hard that she was thrown backwards, collided with the basin following a loud snap of breaking bone or something and onto the floor face first. I heard the growl coming through her lips. My head spun a little and blackness came before my eyes for a few moments. Now wasn't my time to faint. I shook my head, disintegrating any dizziness that came over me.

Before she could stand up again, I ran towards her and stomped my shoes onto her nail as hard as I could hoping for any of her nail to break it off and boy they were big nails. It worked, one of the bigger nails snapped from her fingers earning howl of pain from the monster at my feet. Before I could reach for the nail, she held me by my leg and tossed me like a ragged doll onto the opposite stall. In this hassle, nail slid far away at the wall to my opposite and beside the entry door.

Kelly growled at me as her bones snapped back into her place. Her eyes were red in rage. Another long nail replaced the broken one. Now, her teeth were sharper than ever, her bat wings showing itself. She stood up rolled her shoulder snapping back one or two bones that were left.

"You are becoming a very much pain in the ass but I am gonna enjoy eating you very much." She leapt at me again. Seriously, leaping at me! Didn't she already guess that leaping at me is fruitless idea? Then I realized they were monsters, they don't have the brain to strategies when it comes to hunting its prey.

I rolled to the left as she collided with the wall I was leaning on. Again taking advantage of her disorientation, I ran towards where nail was. I took the hold of it and turned to face the Empousa. She fully transformed to her true appearance with wings and full fangs. Using her wings, she again leapt at me but this time I was ready for her. I ran towards her and slid under her as she was only a meter or so above me, her fangs extended her hands full of big nails stretched towards me. I stabbed her through her stomach. There was a moment of surprise on her face as she disintegrated into golden dusts.

I took a deep breaths and lie on floor exhausted from my awesome survival skills. I just killed her without any weapons or anything.

Bravo! Chaos shouted all of a sudden giving me fright. You did extremely well, for ten years of old body.

"Yes, it could have been much easier you had HELPED ME!" I nearly screamed at the end.

I never said I'll help you in fight and I did told you that I want to be part of your adventure, helping you would make it much easier hence not much adventure. For the record I did help.

"How?"

You really didn't think that nail just broke because you jumped on it.

"I would like to think I'm quite powerful."

You almost fainted from using your powers.

I snapped my mouth shut. She made sense.

Now that you performed extremely well. She took a deep breath and smoldered Behold my greatest gift. Then she snapped her fingers

There was a brief moment of silence. I felt nothing instead I felt more exhausted and heavier.

"Umm, Chaos, what is your greatest gift to me exactly?" I asked her.

That is a mystery.

"Come on, Chaos... I just fought Kelly, I'm terribly exhausted and I'm gonna in terrible situation when it comes out, I sounded the alarm."

Whining doesn't shoot you. She shook her head in mock disappointment. And why would be you in terrible situation.

"They have CCTV's here... They are gonna know." There was silence for a moment.

You know that this won't matter when we are in Camp Half- Blood, right? She made it sound like it was the dumbest thing I've ever said.

"Well, Genius Chaos, then for that you should know it won't happen for next one and a half year."

Join another school.

"No, I like it here and I was enjoying my time here with Rachel."

What happened To Oh Mighty Perseus Jackson, slayer of monsters etc ... when did you become such a love sick puppy.

"What! I'm not a love sick puppy... What I meant was I made some friends here and I want to enjoy my time however much it is left... In one and a half year, I'll be again on run from something than ever. I just want to enjoy some stability and normal childhood even it is for a year and half." I opened to her.

I could imagine her nodding head in understanding... I was wrong.

Nah... I think you are just being love sick over Rachel... IS someone has a crush on his bestfriend? She teased.

"Am not!"

Are too

"Am not!"

Are too

"Am not!"

Are too

"Shut up. You are hopeless. Just let a man catch his breath." I growled.

Technically you're a boy- okay, I'll shut up.

There was a brief moment of silence.

They would not just expel you for sounding the alarm. They would just pass it up as a prank from a ill-disciplined child. She added.

This damnable woman. Why couldn't she be less annoying?

"You could've just started with that!"

Nah... I just love annoying you.

That happens when you haven't went to school for a long time.

When I gathered enough strength, I stood up and splashed water on my wound, instantly healing it. While I was grooming myself back to normal, erasing any evidence that I just came from a fight, I realized something.

How come Kelly came back as a Cheerleader, when there isn't supposed to be any in Elementary School. I was caught too much in my survival that I didn't think of that.

That's when it clicked me again. It looked like I hit my head too hard for thinking of such question when there is easy explanation for this.

She's a Monster that is the answer. She is an Empousa, so she could easily fool anyone with her appearance, with the Mist. That said, she must be something else to them- a teacher or perhaps a faculty. So, that raises a question, why did she look the same to me as last time I destroyed her?

I shooked my head, I've much important things to think about, so I let it slide for now.

This part was supposed to be bigger but i decided to post the first part of the whole chapter anyways. Next update would come on Saturday or Sunday. This too was supposed to be posted on weekends but just like I said, I couldn't help myself. There might be a chance of getting two chapters update next time. I am not making any promises.

So i hope you enjoyed this update. if you did like, share and review your suggestions for any loopholes if present or if not, then comment.