Jason P.O.V.:
I can't believe that I had to run from those stupid monsters. I should have just fought Optimums Prime. I was always taught to die fighting for a cause, and never run away.
"Jason?" Piper called from the entrance of the Zeus cabin. "Are you done packing?"
"Yeah, just a second." I said. When I walked out, I saw Piper standing with a bag slung across her shoulder. When I saw her my mood immediately brightened, and I wondered why I could ever be upset when I had such an amazing girlfriend.
"What has you all smiley?" she asked me.
"Just you." I said in my most love struck voice. She punched me in the arm, but laughed as we walked toward the big house.
Clary P.O.V.:
Jason and Piper were the last to arrive outside of the big house. "Is everyone ready?" I asked. A chorus of 'yes', 'yep', and 'yeah' chimed, so I started on the rune for the portal.
When we got back to the institute, we let the demigods pick out their rooms. A small series of fights later, everyone was settled on a room and we were in the library brainstorming the problem at hand.
"Can't we just go hunting?" Asked Jace.
"No," I said. "We need to know more about what we're fighting. There are too many things we can't fight. For example, Optimums Prime." I gave a pointed look at Jason.
"How could I fight a huge chunk of mettle with a small strip of mettle?" Jason said holding up his gold coin.
"I'm not saying it was your fault," I say. "You're just proving my point further. There are some things we just can't fight. We need a plan of action before we charge into anything too dangerous."
"I agree," said Annabeth. "If we're going to fight, we need to be sure that we're going to win."
"Have you noticed that these beasts seem to almost short circuit when there are several people around?" Alec asked. "It seems like every time that they look at a new person they get a new set of fears, and they can't decide whose fears to materialize as."
"Like when Clary and I were fighting the bunny, and when Jason showed up it immediately morphed into Optimums Prime." Simon said from the speaker phone. He couldn't go through the church to get to the library.
"And when he left, it turned into a snake. One of Simon's fears," I say.
"Then I say we go out as a group to fight, and let the beast materialize as all of our fears. Once we decide whose fear will be the easiest to kill, that person will keep eye contact the entire time while the rest of us kill it." Izzy says.
"That sounds like it might take a while," says Nico. "What if there are more than one at a time? What if there are hundreds?"
"It doesn't sound like we have much of a choice, Death Breath." Says Leo. "I think we should go for it. You only die once right? Why not get gutted by your worst fear?"
"I guess it's settled then," Jace says. "We'll hunt in the morning, go get some rest for now."
My computer is an atrocious disgrace to computer kind! It has crashed a total of three times while writing this chapter. I have a new lap top ordered, and it's on its way as I type. Hopefully, the next update will be quicker, but until then, read and review. Thank you all for your continued support.