Oops. A little bit longer wait. Sorry I was getting lazy again. Uhg, -slaps self-

Anyway, thanks to my reviewers for last chapter! Hopefully you are reading this right now.

Disclaimer: I...don't own it. Aw, what a boring disclaimer. Ahhh, oh well.

Chapter 3

"What?" exclaimed Atlanta, furious. "Good luck? What's that supposed to mean?"

"No!" shouted Archie, his voice echoing into the fields and plain ahead of them. "What is this place, where'd you take us!"

He cursed under his breath, turning his back to the others.

"Oh god," said Theresa softly. "This place is huge."

"Why'd he just leave us here?" exclaimed Neil, clearly trying to fit his anger in with everybody else's.

"We have to calm down, and think," Jay said, knowing that he was in for it.

"And what do you want us to think about, Jay," said Herry. "The fact that Cronus just dumped us in the middle of nowhere?!"

"I know. I know what he did, and I know we're in really big trouble," Jay said, and taking a breath. "Everyone, just listen to me. Cronus…he said we have eight hours."

"To do what" said Archie, turning to Jay. "Where are we supposed to go? What do we do?"

I don't know," admitted Jay. "I honestly have no idea what to do, but I say we go straight, right through those fields."

"But, to where?" asked Neil. "All I see is mountains and miles of…nothing."

Jay puta handon Neils shoulder. "I know Neil, but at least if something is going to try and attack us, we'll know that it's coming."

"Though, we still…have no idea where we're going," said Odie pointed out. Jay nodded.

"Only mountains and miles of nothing."

"I sense more than that," said Theresa, her eyes squinted in concentration, and her eyebrows angled. "I have a feeling we're not alone."

Jay sharply glanced around, as though something was about to attack them right then.

"Are you sure?" said Jay. "Do you know what it is?"

Theresa shook her head.

"No, I…I don't know. But, I feel in danger."

Jay panicked slightly. What were they to do if they were attacked, and had no weapons?

"Everyone, stay together…and watch you backs."

"So, when do we actually come across something…"said Neil, dully.

"I'm sorry Jay, but I can't do this anymore," said Odie, panting, and letting himself fall to the ground.

"Come on guys!" said Jay, further ahead of the others.

"Jay," said Atlanta. "We don't even know where we're going! You don't even know. We could keep walking like this forever."

"Anything is better than staying put tho-"

"Wait Jay!" said Theresa worriedly, holding a hand to her head with a pained look on her face. "There's something really close!"

"What is it?" said Jay quickly.

"I…don't know," said Theresa. "Something's coming towards us. We're being hunted."

At that word, everyone immediately glanced at their surroundings, slowly forming a circle, a barrier, with their bodies, trying to be as defensive as they could, despite not having their weapons.

There was silence for a whole minute, then a shrill, ear-piercing squeal broke it. The seven teens simultaneously covered their ears, looking around frantically.

"It's closer!" Theresa shouted over the horrible sound. "It's coming closer!"

"What's that sound!" yelled Herry, his hands clasped over his ears.

Nobody answered him, probably because they couldn't even hear him, over the intolerable noise.

A split second later, the sound stopped.

Cautiously, the teens withdrew their hands from their ears, looking at each other in silent confusion, for nobody dared to talk.

"What the hell was that?" exclaimed Herry, rubbing his head, trying to get the echoing sound from it.

"I have no idea…" said Jay, equally confused. "Theresa can you sense anything right now?"

Theresa closed her eyes for a few second, and opened them, frowning.

"No, there's nothing…That's odd, because it was just right next to us, I could sense something around us. I'm positive."

"Everyone stay prepared…" said Jay, slowly peering over the edge of the hill.

It was at that moment, when they were attacked. Jay was thrown back with so much force he must have surely broken something.

He immediately fell unconscious. The teens immediately went to his aid, but a loud roar tore them from their actions. Their faces, as one, turned to face the creature.

It was big…enormous. It towered over the seven teens easily, and the six that were conscious, were frozen in shock, unable to move.

It's large, tombstone teeth were dripping with saliva. One glob landed in front of Herry, splashing at his feet, and that was all that was needed to break the state of shock.

He roared, charging towards the animal. The others, soon working up the same courage, anger swelling in each of them. Each one of them yelled out, running towards the monster.

Jay, who was not yet unconscious, but quickly slipping away, saw, out of blurry eyes, this vision. Pain eventually overwhelming his body, he closed his eyes, and fell unconscious.

"Atlanta!" yelled Neil, from the other side of the creature.

Atlanta looked up briefly, and ducked just in time, as a spiked tail whipped above her head, whistling in the air.

It was a terrible ugly thing. Deep, deep red, coloured its skin. Its eyes were large, and looked as though they were popping out of their sockets. It's mouth was never shut and drool was constantly snaking down the corners of its mouth, occasionally showering the six teens below, to their disgust.

"How are we supposed to get near it?" yelled Atlanta, once again ducking out of the way just in time. It seemed as though the enemy was centering its attacked on her.

Herry looked at her from the other side of the monster. Atlanta could see, though only a bit, fear written into his expression. She bit her lip, turning to look at Jay, whom Odie was tending to.

I can't believe it she thought. We're this helpless without him?

"ATLANTA!" yelled somebody, and Atlanta turned back around, just as the creatures tail came round and slammed into her face.

She was stunned for a few seconds from the force of the blow, then she fell to the ground.

Archie watched Atlanta fall, in horror, and turned back to the ugly creature. The creature was satisfied it had managed to knock them down a peg, and wasn't expecting it when a boulder, sent flying from Herry, smashed into to it's grotesque face.

The monster staggered for a few seconds, then crashed to the ground, motionless. Neil hopped out of the way just in time, with a small squeal.

Atlanta knew the others were calling her name, and she could feel the vibrations of their footsteps coming nearer, but she couldn't hear a thing. The blow had left her with a strange ringing noise in her ears.

She could feel though, no doubt about it. Her left eye, cheek, and her nose all throbbed in pain. She could faintly see blood from her nose running down onto her shirt sleeve.

She saw somebody approach her, two people actually. She recognized them, Theresa and Archie.

Theresa lifted Atlanta's face from the dirt and winced at the damage. The dirt was soaked in blood, and from what Theresa could tell, her nose, thankfully, wasn't broken.

"Archie, I need your sweater," said Theresa quickly.

Archie quickly took it off, though he knew that its purpose was not going to be pretty. Theresa grasped the sleeve of the sweater and placed it under Atlanta's nose, hoping to stop the blood from gushing everywhere.

"Hold it there," she said firmly, as Archie took her place. Theresa looked at Atlanta's eye and cheek.

"Ouch…"said Archie, wincing.

"No kidding," said Theresa. "I don't think she can see out of this one too good."

Atlanta was sort of in a daze, but the ringing in her ears had stopped. She could make out what the two were saying.

Archie, who was kneeling beside her in his white T-shirt, his sweater held at her nose. He seemed to notice that she was regaining her senses.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, removing the sweater from her nose, seeing as the bleeding had ceased.

Atlanta groaned, bending her knees and placing a hand on her forehead.

"You got hit pretty good," said Theresa. "You're going to have a nice bruise on your face."

"I was kind of thinking you would have ducked or something.." said Archie smiling.

Her face may have taken a good beating, but she had enough strength in her to punch his leg. Hard.

Archie laughed, though it was weakly. If there was one thing she could do while in pain herself, it was bruising peoples legs. He finished mopping the blood off her face, careful not to hurt her cheek, where a purple bruise was forming already.

"Can you stand?" said Theresa, standing up herself.

"Yeah, I'm fine," said Atlanta, standing up. "Thanks guys."

"No problem," said Archie. "We better see how Jay's doing."

They made their way to where the others were, huddled around Jay, who was, to their sadness, still unconscious.

"Is he ok though," said Herry. "I mean he's not-"

"No, no," said Odie hastily. "He's ok, just a concussion. I don't think he'll be waking for a few hours or so though."

"We have eight hours though," said Neil, actually worry shown on his face.

"Well we can't move if he has a concussion," said Archie. "We'll hurt him."

"We're staying here for a while," said Theresa. "We can't risk it."

The others knew it was the only thing they could do.

"Wait," said Atlanta. "What's wrong with his shoulder?"

The others turned to Jays shoulder and grimaced.

"I think it popped out of its socket…" said Odie, examining it, but keeping his distance.

"Well we can't leave him there," said Theresa. "Somebody help me pop it back in."

The others stepped back, horror stricken by the idea.

"Oh come on," she said frustrated. "Neil, help me."

Neil, realizing he had no choice, approached Jay.

"Okay, hold his neck and back steady, and be careful!"

Neil, slowly, as to not hurt him, lifted Jay's head from the rock, and held him steady.

Theresa applied a bit of pressure, and with a jolt, the shoulder fit back into it's socket. Theresa relieved, stepped away, and Neil gently lay him back down.

"How'd you learn all this medical stuff?" said Archie, curiously.

"My mother's a nurse," said Theresa smiling at him, proud of what she'd been able to pick up from her.

"So I guess now we wait," said Herry, lowering himself onto the dirt for rest.

"We wait," said Odie.

Oh no, injuries galore! Aha yeah about the wait…

-Gets mobbed-

Anyway. I'm going to Outward Bound YAY for most of July, so I won't be updating for… at least 20 days. I'm SOOOO OMFG SORRY. But when I DO update it shall be a very good chapter, because I have some VERY interesting stuff planned for these victi- ahem teenagers.

Oh and now I'm fourteen –le gasp- I know I know, big deal but, it feels cool. (B-day was June 29th)

Addition – Yeah, thanks to the very kind reviewer who told me that I made the teens fight with weapons, though Cronus took them. I've gone back and fixed that now p Yeah, I was a bit of an airhead when I was writing this. And it was like… midnight. So, thanks again!

Yours until I... –Insert something to do with birds here-

Naw, that'd be cheating.

Yours until I fluff your feathers (or your Garfield)

The OddBird