The rest of the school day was normal. Nothing unusual happened, despite it being the day a huge army was supposed to come and destroy them. Well, nothing happened until the last possible second anything could happen. There was one minute of gym left when five bodybuilders burst into the room. Well, the mortals saw bodybuilders. The demigods knew they were Laistrygonian Giants.
Or as Percy calls them, "Canadians!"
Jason gave Percy a sideways glance. "Canadians? If Frank were here he would be very offended."
Annabeth raised her hand. "Sorry, that would be my fault he calls them that. But it isn't my fault he couldn't pronounce Laistrygonian."
"Enough talk! Let's go kick some Lazy Dragon butt!" Percy exclaimed and pulled out Riptide.
Annabeth puts a hand to her temple. "Laistrygoni-. You know what? It doesn't matter. Coach, will you get all of the mortals out of here, please?"
Coach Hedge grunted but agreed.
"Lunch!" one giant bellowed. He pointed to the demigods and looked at his ugly friends as if saying, "Look what I found!" The next thing they knew, all five giants had flaming cannonballs in their hands, ready to throw them.
"Gods, I wish Leo were here," Percy murmured. The rest of the demigods nodded in agreement but sadness filled their eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Jason shouted at the monsters.
"Less talky more die-y! I'm hungry!" one of the giants bellowed in return.
A different giant, who Percy recognized as Joe Bob, flashed an evil look in the first giant's direction. "Don't be rude!" he paused and looked back at the demigods. "We have been sent by Antaeus himself! Where is the girl? GIVE US THE GIRL!" Joe Bob threw one of his cannonballs at Jason, narrowly missing him.
Suddenly, Annabeth started singing. She wasn't singing words, just a beautiful string of notes, but the Laistrygonians dropped their cannonballs as their eyes clouded over. The giants walked out of the gym, Annabeth, Percy, Jason, Piper, Thalia, and Luke trailing behind, leaving the cannonballs on the gym floor. They led them out of the school and onto the football (soccer for us Americans) field.
Annabeth stopped singing long enough to tell the other demigods, "I will make them stand still. Just kill them." Then she resumed singing before the giants could regain their senses. Percy cautiously walked up to the giants, who were standing as frozen as Greek statues. He uncapped Riptide and stabbed the monster in the gut. He burst into dust without a single yelp. Percy smirked and moved onto the next one. In a matter of seconds, all that was left of the five Laistrygonians were little piles of dust.
"Gods, Wise Girl. I didn't know you were that powerful," Percy remarked as he made his way back to the group.
Annabeth looked offended. "I've always been powerful, Seaweed Brain. But now I've got something to use my power for."
Percy smiled and kissed her. "Sorry, I must have had a brain fart." Annabeth wrinkled her nose.
"Eww, Percy. That's a disgusting way to describe that," Piper complained. That was when Cleo, Emma, and Rikki showed up beside them.
"Did we miss the fight?" Rikki questioned.
Thalia turned towards her. "Yeah but Annabeth was the only one who really did anything. All she had to do was bust out those pipes and get the monsters to stop moving."
Piper frowned. "For a second there, I thought you were talking to me."
Thalia burst into laughter. "Where would Annabeth need to bust you out of, Pipes?" Piper laughed.
Emma turned to Annabeth. "What did you have to fight?"
"Laistrygonian Giants," Annabeth said simply.
Percy cut in, "They're Canadians!" Cleo giggled.
Annabeth rolled her eyes. "I only said that because they live up north," she defended. "I don't see how they are all the way down here."
"I fear the war is starting," Luke announced grimly. "That is the only way to get monsters to places they aren't used to."
"Like the Hyperboreans. They usually live in Alaska," Percy said. Luke, Annabeth, and Thalia nodded. No one else knew what they were talking about.
Annabeth noticed the confused look on their faces and simply said, "Titan War." They all nodded.
Annabeth knitted her eyebrows as if just remembering something important. "Do you guys remember what the one Laistrygonian said?"
"Joe Bob?" Percy cut in. Annabeth glanced at him and raised her eyebrows.
"What? His name is Joe Bob! He showed up at my school in seventh grade," Percy defended.
Annabeth turned back to everyone else with wide eyes. "Okay. Joe Bob wanted a girl. He said, 'Give us the girl!' What does that mean?"
Piper pursed her lips. "It sounded as if Antaeus is looking for someone. And he thinks we have her."