AN: Hey Everyone! Sorry for not updating in a while, I have been very busy over the last few days. Also, some of you may have noticed I put Bident instead of Trident in the last chapter. It was not a typo, just a different weapon. It is a Trident, but with only 2 points, just though I would clarify that. Enjoy!

Chapter 17- Haunted and Demigods

Percy POV

I look left and right quickly, as I do every 5 minutes, to make sure the gods aren't following Thalia and I. New York was coming closer, and we should reach New York in another 4 hours.

"Percy? What are we going to do when we reach New York?" Thalia asks.

"Camp Half-Blood" I reply quickly, wanting to reach New York as fast as possible, which was the reason for our fast-moving pace.

Thalia doesn't reply, she only stares ahead and continues running. New York was no longer a spot on the horizon, we could see all the buildings, this gave me determination. Determination to reach New York and do something about this war. Finally, expiration comes over me, and I was too lazy to run any further. I honestly didn't know why I hadn't thought of this before.

"Hey Zarcrix? Can you teleport me and Thalia to New York?" I ask.

He flashes in beside me, an eyebrow raised. "You are one lazy hero" he says, eyeing New York, only 10 miles away.

"Fine" he says, rolling his eyes. He snaps his fingers and Thalia and I were suddenly teleported. 10 meters.

I spin around to glare at Zarcrix only to find his vanished. I sigh.

"Looks like we're going to have to run the rest of the way there" I say in annoyance.

Thalia says nothing, but starts running, forcing me to chase after her. We run in silence, heading towards New York.

Time Skip- 1.5 hours

New York loomed above me and Thalia. The lights were glittering in the sky, the sun having just lowered below the horizon. We stop to a walk, and sit down on a bench in the nearest bus stop, breathing heavily. Minutes ticked by, and we still sat on the bench.

Sweat dripped from my forehead, and into my eyes, forcing me to blink rapidly every few seconds.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, I stand.

"We need to find somewhere to stay" I say, glancing at the time on one of the clocks.

8:59

It was too late for hotels, we would most likely have to spend the night as hobos. Unless we found a late -night check in.

"Come on Thalia, we have to find a hotel of some sort" I say.

She groans and gets up. We start walking down the crowded streets, every hotel we came across had no vacancy, even if none of them were late-night check in's.

Suddenly we stumble across a small hotel, dusty and sitting on the corner of a small street. It was a wooden building, covered in dust, and with barely any light. There was a vacancy sign above the door. The green light up sign kept flickering and turning off, only for it to flick back on a couple of minutes later.

"You're not seriously thinking of going in there, are you?" asks Thalia.

"It's either this or a bus stop bench." I say, even if the hotel gave off a creepy vibe. I turn around and observe the streets, and I noticed that all the people walked past the hotel as if they couldn't even see it. My eyes widen. Of course, the mist hid the hotel. But we had to take the risk, with no other place to stay.

"Come on" I say grimly, hoping that the hotel was fine.

I slowly open the door, which creaks painfully loudly. We walk into the dusty lobby, and see a receptionist desk. I ring the bell on the desk and wait. Nothing. Frowning, I ring it again, and I hear feet shuffling.

"What is it?" asks a man, appearing suddenly. His voice was croaky and rough, like he hadn't talked in years.

"We need a room for the night" I say, unsure at what the reply would be.

"Sure, come on down the hall" he says, his voice creaking. I examine his features. He was a hunchback, with black hair. The unnerving thing about him were his eyes. One eye was red, and the other pitch black. The entire eye was black, he had no white, and no pupil, just black.

We follow him down the hall, every second floorboard creaking.

"Here's yere room" he says roughly.

Thalia and I slowly enter and turn around to look at him.

"And one more thing, don't leave yere room, under any circumstances, no matter what you hear, be it scraping, scratching or screaming." He says. Then he slams the door suddenly, locking it so that no one could get in other than him, and we couldn't get out.

As soon as he was gone Thalia looks at me, her eyes wide with fear.

"Percy, I don't think this is a good idea" Thalia says, her voice quivering slightly.

"Me either, but it's the only place we have" I say grimly.

Thalia sits down on one of the beds, and leans back. I do the same on the second bed. Something told me something bad was going to happen. I doubted me or Thalia would get much sleep tonight.

We lay back on the beds, preparing ourselves for what was most likely going to be a rough night.

Not long later, I hear something outside the door, it sounded a lot like a scratch. I sit up straight and stare at the door, my hand subconsciously reaching for riptide. On the other bed, I see Thalia transform the bracelet on her wrist into Aegis, the shield. She also draws her bow, and knocks an arrow. The door knob begins to turn, but the lock holds it.

Suddenly we hear something revving. I turn to Thalia, to see her gripping Aegis and her bow very tightly. Suddenly splinters of wood go flying everywhere, and a chainsaw saws through the wooden door. I uncap riptide and hold it in front of me. I then use force magic to knock the chainsaw back out of the door, but it didn't work. Fear runs through me; my force magic hadn't worked on whatever was on the other side of the door. I grip riptide and prepare for a fight.

Suddenly the door collapses, and a thing wearing a hooded cloak runs through the door. Or more like, floats. He was hovering above the ground, gripping his chainsaw with both hands. I look under the hood and gasp when I see the face of a skeleton. Thalia slips Aegis onto her arm and looses an arrow into the skeleton. But the arrow just soars through it, doing absolutely nothing. I grip riptide and swing it at its head, but it ducks and jabs at me with the chainsaw, forcing me to dodge to the side. Thalia uses the opportunity to smash the skeleton over the back of the head, causing it to momentarily fall to the ground, giving me the opportunity to slash off its cloak and cut through its ribs.

The cloak falls off the skeleton and onto the floor, revealing a hollow skulled skeleton, with no feet, hovering above the ground. Its skull was bashed in slightly, and there was several cracked ribs where riptide impacted. The skeleton struggles to get back up, but then I hear the revving of several more chainsaws from the hallway. I grit my teeth and smash through the old window. I grab Thalia and throw her out the window and onto the grass below. I then follow her out of the window, and we rush off towards the street.

"That was way to close" Thalia says.

I say nothing, but nod in agreement. I grab her by the arm and pull her down the street. We needed to find some sort of shelter to last us the night. Eventually I spot a bus stop with a roof, and lead Thalia towards it. We duck under the roof of the bus stop and curl up on the cold bench, drifting off to sleep.

BOOM!

Thunder roars in my ears and my eyes bolt open after me semi-falling asleep on the bench. I look at Thalia to see her look up, but not say anything.

It would be a fitful night tonight.

The sun rises over the horizon, allowing me to finally stand up and stretch. Thalia blinks and opens her eyes.

We stand up and walk towards Camp half-blood, which was still a good 20 miles away. Suddenly I hear talking, the kind of talking that would happen in a big group.

Thalia and I walk towards the group, who were just around the corner, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Demigods! And the demigods in the lead were Clarisse and Katie. I grin and walk towards them, Thalia following a little more cautiously.

"Guys!" I yell happily.

"Percy! Thalia!" they yell back, the entire group running to meet us, causing one of the biggest group hugs ever.

I grin.

"Now who wants to go kick Craig's arse!" yells Clarisse.

"US!" yells the group, and together we set off.

20 miles later

I see long island ahead, and the demigods start filing up towards it, towards camp.

We march into camp, Chiron now in front. Me, Thalia, Clarisse, and Katie following him, followed by the rest of the demigods.

"Oh look! Its loser Jackson!" yells Craig with a smirk.

I walk up to him and my fist flies into his jaw, knocking him to the ground. I grab him by the collar and throw him at the Zeus cabin, he slams into the wall and falls to the ground, unconscious.

"Oi! We just rebuilt that after you tramps ruined it!" yelled a random Ares kid.

Everyone ignored him.

"Am I really related to that dick head?" Thalia asks.

"Unfortunately," I say.

Suddenly I remember Annabeth and the romans.

"Damn it!" I yell.

"What?" asks Thalia.

"Annabeth is still in Rome" I say.

Then an idea pops into my head. I decide to pray to Dad, since he is the only god who believes me.

Hey Dad,

I was wondering if you could get us a boat that holds like, 3000 people or something? I need it to travel with half the camp to Rome to collect Annabeth, and the Roman's.

Thanks for believing in me.

Then I wait, and hope that dad heard my prayers. Suddenly a massive ship appears in the ocean near camp.

Time for another voyage.

AN: Thanks for reading chapter 17! I hope you enjoyed, and don't forget to leave a review! Cya next chapter!