Drew stepped into her vehicle. She was ready for this. She had build an entire plan, with which she could obtain what she wanted. A girl from the Ares cabin was sitting next to her. A boy from the Athena cabin was sitting in the back. Drew put her mobile phone in the holder. 'Alright. Ilana, Arron, we have a goal.' Her companions nodded, both looking ridiculously serious. Drew opened google maps. 'We are going to drive to Manhattan, to their most infamous makeup store. There, we will find the much coveted limited edition cherry-pearl-cinnamon-dash-shiny red lipstick. We need to get it, and drive back to camp, without Chiron noticing, because he thought it was useless.' Ilana raised her eyebrows.
'It isn't useless. We need it. I mean, Aphrodite herself asked to get it for her, and then we could buy it for ourselves as well.' Drew nodded.
'I know, I know. It is basically a queeste. I am sorry, mother, but it is ridiculous that you won't just get us to the store.' She threw her dark hair to her back. 'Guys, we might face monsters, but we can finish our task!' The three demigods let out a warcry, as they drove out of Camp Half-blood and onto the road to the much coveted limited edition cherry-pearl-cinnamon-dash shiny red lipstick.
'Drew, we are running out of fuel,' Arron remarked. Drew bit her lip, and gave her Phone to Ilana. 'Ilana, will you look up where the closest gas station is?' She asked. Ilana started typing on the Phone like this was a case of life and death (Which it kind of was, because Aphrodite told them to do it). 'There is one just outside New York.' Drew hit the gas pedal.
'We'll go to that first.' The other two gave a quick nod.
'Understood, Milady,' Aaron said. In response, he got a very dirty look from Drew, who did another hair flip.
They reached the gas station just in time. Ilana got out to throw more fuel into the tank, Aaron stepped into the shop to buy a few sandwiches and drinks and Drew stayed behind to check the route on her iPhone. Of course, that didn't take long, and after she was done she decided to apply her eyeshadow. She looked into her hand mirror. When she tried to see if she truly didn't miss a spot, she suddenly saw a woman sitting next to her. She looked next to her, and saw her mother sitting next to her.
'Mom! What are you doing here?' Aphrodite smiled her most charming smile. 'Your lovely little friends got inside, sweetheart. Now, how is the quest going along?' Drew rolled her eyes. She was slightly jealous of her mother's' looks - that is the effect that she had on people who were not attracted to girls, or her own children. 'It's fine. We just need to get gas and food.' Aphrodite nodded her head. 'Good, good.' She winked.
Ilana and Aaron walked out of the store and back to the car, loaded with sandwiches and drinks. When they got close to Drew's' car, they noticed the love goddess sitting next to her. Both demigods immediately blushed as red as a tomato. They got into the back of the car, without saying anything. Aphrodite turned around, and gave the new kids the most charming smile they had ever seen (Aphrodite was going for a 'casual smile'). 'Sweethearts, is everything going alright?' Ilana nodded somewhat. Aaron made eye contact with Drew, who looked at him so furiously that he snapped back to reality. 'Lady Aphrodite, sorry, but we have to continue. Chiron might notice, and if he notices it isn't long until Dionysus notices, and then we will be hauled back to camp.'
Aphrodite nodded. 'Yes, Yes, of course. Don't worry about your campleaders, though. I will make sure they cannot haul you back.' She stepped out of the car, and disappeared right then and there. Everyone in the car was silent for a few seconds. After those few seconds, Drew hit the gas pedal and drove of. 'Alright. Back on the road.' Aaron coughed.
'Drew, I think Aphrodite meant it when she said that she will keep Chiron and Mr. D busy.' Ilana rolled her eyes. 'Arron, we know, but we are talking about a limited edition lipstick here. We have to be early.' Arron shook his head.
'Of course, of course.' Drew stared out of the front window (Like one is supposed to do when you drive). Ilana and Aaron kept babbling about something, while Drew stayed silent. After twenty minutes, she said: 'Guys, do you two see the hydra in the back mirror to?' Aaron and Ilana subtly turned around. 'Yes,' Ilana answered. 'Let's destroy it, once and for all.'
Ilana leaned forward, and tried to reach her sword, which was laying on the floor of the front seat. Drew pushed her back. 'Sit down, Ilana! I'll give it to you once we can't flee anymore!' Ilana growled. 'Sure. Then it will be to late.' Aaron and Drew didn't react to that. Drew hit the gas pedal even harder. Luckily, the road was pretty much empty - the only problem is that they were coming close to New York City, and soon they wouldn't be able to drive as hard as they currently were.
After ten minutes, they were stuck in traffic, and the Hydra was slowly walking closer to them. Drew sighed and threw Ilana's sword to her. They heard someone honk behind them. Drew drove forward. 'Yes, Yes, of course, you stupid...' (The string of swear words that came out of her mouth can't be mentioned here, because you might get cursed and then a magical force will come directly out of your keyboard). Ilana grabbed her sword and turned around. Arron grabbed her wrist. 'Ilana! You can't cut of the heads! Don't you remember the myths?'
Ilana looked like she might cut of his head. 'I know, bookface.' Aaron opened his mouth to say something snippy back, but at that moment Drew violently turned around. 'Shut up! I am stuck in New York traffic and there is a monster chasing us! Banter is the last thing I want to hear right now! Kiss somewhere else, will you two?' She turned around, and flipped her hair over her shoulder. Ilana and Aaron opened their mouths to say something very snippy and not really kind to Drew, but they also couldn't do that, because the Hydra had reached them and was spitting acid at the car.
Immediately, the glass melted away. The demigods didn't wait, but all jumped out the car, directly into the busy traffic. They started running past the cars. 'Um, This is illegal and pretty dangerous, guys,' Arron yelled.
'We know, smartypants! Just keep running or that Hydra will kill us!' Ilana yelled. Her sword was waving around dangerously close to Drew and Aaron's' arms. People honked everywhere beside them, which didn't really help. 'Is there anything we can do about the situation?' Drew yelled. Arron started to dig in his pockets.
'I think I might have a drachma to get the taxi of the Grey Sisters.'
'Well, get it right over here or that drachma is not going to be of much use, ever!'
Arron dug the Drachma out of his pocket. The hydra was coming after them, jumping on cars and spitting venom. 'How do the mortals not notice his?' Drew asked. Ilana and Aaron didn't answer - they didn't have the time. Aaron threw the drachma on the floor, and the taxi appeared out of nowhere. Aaron and Drew quickly got inside. 'Come on, Ilana,' Drew said as she pulled the daughter of Ares into the taxi. 'I will splice through your heart! She roared at the Hydra, before Arron slammed the door shut in her face.
One of the gray sisters (who had the eyeball) turned around. 'So, pretties, where should we take you?' She asked. She smiled wide, which is creepy for someone without teeth. Drew winced, and did her best not to yelp. Arron just stared at her, with his mouth open. Ilana answered: 'The Makeup store on twenty-second.' The grey sisters nodded.
'I assume that you want to evade the Hydra?' She asked. They all nodded. 'Alrighty then!' One of her sisters smacked the gaspedal, and they sped away.
It took five minutes to get to twenty-second; way quicker than Drew could have ever got them there. They sprinted into the make-up store, and looked around. Not for long, mind - there was an entire aisle, just filled with the new cherry-pearl-cinnamon-dash-shiny red lipstick. Drew took a deep breath. Arron stared at the aisle. 'There are a few hundred of them. I know that this is the only store that has them and all, but why didn't Aphrodite just get them herself?' Drew and Ilana shook their heads. 'No idea,' Ilana said. She sounded pretty angry about it - daughter of Ares and all.
After a lot of trouble, they got home with four lipsticks. Aphrodite had promised that no-one would notice, and luckily she had been right. The goddess had stood at the side of the camp, ready to get her lipstick. They had handed it over, and after that they all left to their own cabins with their new lipsticks.
Drew looked into the mirror while applying her new lipstick. She smiled. Yeah, it had really been worth it. She looked great in that shade of lipstick. She turned around, and saw that her sister Piper came into the cabin. 'Hey Drew! Where have you been all day?' She asked. Drew couldn't say anything. Look, she was tired, and annoyed with her mom, and her clothes were pretty messy. She didn't feel so great. 'Pip... Piper? What are you...' She sunk to the ground, and started crying. Piper quickly walked away. She didn't know Drew would be so dramatic about her crocks.