If Percy or any other demigod has not had their pants pulled down in the middle of a spar by their partner, I will be VERY disappointed.

But if Percy has had his pants and/or shirt burned off by Leo when they were sparring, THAT is GOLDEN!

Anyways, enough talk about pants.

Enjoy this poorly written chapter.

Chapter 4-Attack on Cyclops (does anyone get my reference?)

Kayla POV

I woke up, bleary-eyed, not knowing where I was, next to a sleeping Nico. I looked around but didn't see Kodak at all. Did he get left behind?

I shook Nico awake. He looked exhausted, worse then I felt. "Yeah?" Di Angelo groaned.

"Where is Kodak? And where are we?" I said worriedly. I hope nothing bad happened.

Nico rubbed his eyes and looked around. "Well, we are on an island near Greece back when the myths were written. And I have no idea where Kodak is."

I frowned thoughtfully. "You brang him along, right?"

Those two usually get along, but sometimes they do not see completely eye to eye. So who knows how bad they argued when I passed out from overuse of powers.

He nodded and stood up. "Kodak's backpack is even gone. Maybe he went for a shopping spree." Nico looked around, gasped, and pointed. "There!"

"Where?!" I screamed, wildly looking around. Then I saw a small cloud of smoke and a-cyclops! I sighed. "Looks like we have encountered our first monster."

Nico drew his sword with a smirk. "Took too long." and sprinted toward the cloud of dust traveling inland.

I sighed. What was with Nico and always wanting to give some monsters a god sized slap across the face and send them back to Ta-to that place?

I shuddered just thinking of the literal hell-hole Di Angelo got sucked into one time.

I picked up my fallen backpack and pulled out my bow and quiver. I slung my quiver across my back and sprinted after Nico.

The cyclops strangely sensed our movement, somehow, and took off sprinting, dragging a half-blind Kodak behind him.

I just raced after Nico, trying my best to keep up with Di Angelo. Surprisingly, although he was skinny and constantly passing out from shadow traveling too far, Nico ran faster than anyone I have ever seen. And I have met Nike's kids at camp.

Nico got closer and closer to the cyclops until he was so close, he could barely avoid stepping right onto Kodak's face. I'm glad the cyclops was not very fast, as I caught up to the running cyclops and the tired Nico.

Nico then swung his sword right at the cyclops's hand, and the cyclops reluctantly dropped Kodak. I noticed the cyclops now only has one hand as he continued to run. Just as I was about to catch up and drag Kodak to safety, two random skeletons that I assumed Di Angelo summoned picked Kodak up and carried him back to where we slept last night.

I sprinted after Kodak and the skeletons and left Nico to fend for himself.

oo0oo

Kodak POV

I woke up and immediately groaned. My back rubbed painfully against the dirt and gravel as I sat up. You think that since I was the half son of Gaea, dirt wouldn't harm me, but apparently not.

I looked around slowly. I could make out two backpacks and another sleeping figure. I wonder where the other quest member went.

I crawled over to the figure and shook them awake. "Hello? Where are we?"

I heard a Kayla-like groan as she rolled over and raised her hand and raised a very unladylike gesture. I chuckled and grabbed her hand to pull her up to her feet.

"Glad you're awake Kodak. How are you? How's your eyes? Are you still acting like a brat? Do you know where Nico is?" Kayla fired at me.

It warmed my heart to see Kayla care about me… wait! No! Why am I still feeling this way? I silently groaned. This odd feeling has been going on for awhile now. I try to act normal every day, but it is hard. I'm getting off track, where was I?

I did a half nod, half shrug. "Eh, I'm fine. Everything hurts. And that comment stung a little, but the answer is… no? Yes? I dunno, maybe. I feel like my emotions are walking on a tightrope, swaying back and forth, waiting to fall. Also, I have no idea where Nico is, I was the one passed out on the ground. Didn't you see him?"

She snorted. "No, of course I didn't. Nico does his own thing. Although he is the leader of this quest, he still loves to go and disappear off to random places no one dares to go to."

She tapped her chin. "On the topic of your emotions, it kinda sounded like you just hit puberty, Ko. Why are you so moody all the time these days? You used to be so chill and nice, acting like everyone was worth it and all that mcshizzle. But recently, you have been soooooooo moody. I want the old Kodak back."

I hung my head. "So you're saying that you hate me. Just because of these weird mixed up feelings I have felt, you now hate me. I can't control these feelings! I can't just go 'Oh Kodak, you are being an idiot, shut up and be nice'. NO! I need help." I was mad at her for making me feel so sad about this trivial argument.

She chuckled a bit. "It sounds like you have a mood disorder, you go from calmly saying something to screaming in my face."

I felt like crying. I this how she felt about me? "So now you are saying I am mentally insane and crazy. On top of that, you probably hate me. For all I know, you can be wishing me dead." My own words stung me on how much I felt them true.

Kayla lifted my chin so I was looking right into her eyes. "I do not hate you. I just want you to be happy again. I want you to feel good again. I want you to be the Kodak I fe-know as my friend."

As I looked right into her eyes, I felt an odd feeling in my chest. In my heart. No. I am not allowed to feel this way. No, I can't let a crush get the best of me again.

Although my brain was screaming at me not to, I grabbed her hand and moved a little closer.

She, too, moved closer. Our breaths mingled as I gazed into her beautiful blue eyes. I moved to the gap in between us, but suddenly I heard a roar. Correction, many roars. Kayla jumped back, blushing, and quickly grabbing her backpack… or was that a rock? Why did she grab a rock? She cleared her throat awkwardly, and looked at me once more before saying, "Come on." and running toward the source of the roar.

A tear dripped from my eye as I tried to control my crazy feelings. I really, REALLY, liked Kayla, but of course she rejected me. Everyone rejects me. She ran off without even talking about the fact we almost…

The last big crush I had was over 6 years ago when I was 9. Silly, I know, to have a crush on a girl when I was so young. When the inevitable happened and she rejected me, it still hurt even though I knew it would've never worked out.

I wiped the tears away and took a deep breath. I had to pull myself together.

I grabbed my rock - I mean backpack - too, and ran after Kayla, face still as red as a cherry.

oo0oo

I stood by Kayla in horror as I saw a figure being dragged away by the very race that had dragged me away.

Due to the inconvenience of being guarded by more cyclops that were grumbling how they could not take us in either, we could not move a muscle.

"Master only wanted the goth! Not the idiots as well!" Another cyclops growled at the grumbling ones guarding us.

I concentrated and a mud hand crawled out of the ground and grabbed a cyclops's ankle, but the cyclops just stomped on it and continued to walk. I tried again, but it is still very difficult to use the power of the earth. I collapsed on the ground.

Kayla tried to break free and get to Nico, but one of the cyclops guarding us hit her on the head and she collapsed next to me.

So, as Kayla and I saw our friend being dragged away, we can only helplessly lay there and watch.

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And… also four more words below it. They read:

Thanks for reading!

-Nat