Percy Jackson and Camp No Blood Book 3
Chapter 3- Attacked
I plummeted to the ground with great speed as the teeth of my attacker sank into my wing. When I hit the grass, I felt a sharp pain in my back and did my best to turn back into a vampire. Once in my usual form I fell to the ground. My arm had bite marks in it and it seemed as though a couple of my right hand fingers were broken. My back ached horribly.
It was not long after I staggered to my feet that I realized what had bit me. It was my pre-algebra teacher Ms. Dodds. One of the furies.
"Where is Morpheus's book?" She shrieked as she lifted me up by my jacket and swung me around with little effort.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" I exclaimed.
"Morpheus, the god of dreams, learned that a demigod was going to try and steal his book containing the spell to put everyone asleep then reawaken them under their control. He knew about your reputation with saving Olympus and knew he could trust you with keeping it safe. he However, he also knew that others would expect you to have it so he sent it to someone close to you. Your friend Lex. It has gone missing for some reason and the last known siting of the book was near your house. Explain yourself now!"
"I really don't know what you're talking about! And you can tell Hades that!" I shouted as the ground beneath me groaned. "I've been wrongly accused before and this time is no different." I said.
The fury was silent for a moment then finally replied. "The gods of Olympus will follow the mortal's innocent until proven guilty rule just this one time. But, we have our eyes on you Percy Jackson. If at any moment we learn of you being in possession of even one half of the spell we will attack you" Thunder Boomed above Percy Jackson's head and the fury flew away. A bottle of the nectar and blood mix was lying at Percy's feet.
Percy drank the solution and rubbed his back as the bite marks vanished and his broken bones rearranged. He turned back into a vampire and flew the last mile to Lex's house.
The windows were closed and the light was off so Percy flew in through the chimney on top of the roof. The usual entry of vampires into someone's house. When he entered he noticed Lex staring out of the window.
Lex spun around with surprise but relaxed when he saw it was Percy. "Thank the gods. I thought it was someone else."
"Why would you be worried about someone coming into your house?" I asked.
"Someone stole a book that I was supposed to keep safe. It's Morpheus's spell book that contains part of a spell that will awaken someone previously put to sleep by the first half and put them under the person's control." Lex said.
"What does the first half do?" I asked.
"It puts them to sleep until the second half is said. The first half of the spell was stolen from Morpheus by another demigod. That is why he got worried and sent the second half to me." Lex told me.
"Well what if the person with the first half is just waiting for the second half to be delivered to them then we have to stop it from happening!" I said.
"You're right." Lex said. "Maybe you should contact Grover with your mind and tell him to get Brendan and Michael to search around for a demigod that's behaving oddly." Lex said.
"I will, but right now you and me need to go and get Annabeth. She can definitely help out." I told him.
We both flew up, out of the chimney, and towards Annabeth's house. If anyone could figure out what to do it would be her. Camp No Blood started in two days after all and we needed to figure this out fast.
We reached Annabeth's house and flew through the chimney again. She was sitting on the sofa watching T.V. and drinking a glass of blood.
"Annabeth we need to talk to you about something." I said as she looked up in surprise.
We told her everything about the two spells and Morpheus and the fury. When we were finished, she began to say what she thought.
"Alright. It's clear we need to stop this meet up from happening. Percy, tonight I want you to fly around New York City looking for any odd behaviors because I think it will happen tonight. Lex the same for you but be on the opposite side of New York City as Percy. I'll be roaming around here in case the culprit decides to give the second spell to the person tonight. I don't know about you Percy but I think Chris has the first spell and that creature you saw at your house has the second spell. I think the creature will be giving Chris the second half tonight."
I knew at once that she was right about the creature having the second spell but something didn't match up.
"Annabeth I think that the person with the first half is a demigod and that the creature might try and make a deal with the demigod to get both half's. I don't think any one person has the full spell yet and I don't think the demigod that has the first half will give it over easily." I told her.
"You're right Percy. Which means that the demigod with the first half of the spell will want more than just a few gold Drachmas, this deal could get ugly."
I'll head to New York City and look for anything that could be connected to the first half of the spell. I'll also tell Grover to stay in Camp Half-Blood tonight to make sure the deal doesn't happen there."
I flew back up the chimney without saying goodbye to them and headed towards the center of New York City. Scanning the streets below me. That's when I saw a hooded figure holding a guitar and I flew towards them.