Chapter 5: Stopping The Song "ANNABETH!" I shouted as I turned into a bat and flew away from the streets as quickly as possible. I had no idea where anyone was or what was going on. I just knew that if I didn't find Annabeth fast we would be in trouble. Vulgnam most likely had both of the songs and in a matter of hours the entire world could be under his control. Suddenly, I stopped and realized that Michael, Grover and Brendan were all at Camp Half Blood and Lex and Annabeth were somewhere else in New York City. I silently wished that I could find out where Vulgnam was and that was when the entire world went black. I could no longer see anything at all but I noticed that my hearing was remarkably better. I could hear ants crawling around on the ground and I could hear birds chirping miles away. Then, I heard the sound of very fast feet running in the distance and I flew toward them. I was now alive. I could see again but could no longer hear like that. I figured it was something to do with the bats sonar capabilities and just kept flying. Eventually, I looked down at the ground and spotted him. Vulgnam was running faster than any normal human being could. His face was covered with black clothing which I assumed was meant to keep out the sunlight. Also, dawn was fast approaching and if I didn't get to him quickly enough, I would be at the risk of burning. With one quick burst of energy I dove forward and bit his ankle. Vulgnam fell onto the floor, snarled and looked up at me with red eyes. "You shouldn't mess with things you do not understand Jackson." Said Vulgnam with a sneer. "This is bigger than you." Quickly, I turned into my human form and flashed my claws at him saying, "You will not control everyone." Vulgnam laughed and said back, "We don't care about that. We have much bigger plans. It started with Chris wanting everyone to be able to eat humans. Then, as his hatred grew he realized that there was much more to everything. Tell me, what purpose did he have in starting a war if all he wanted was a couple of drops of blood? Is that really something to kill thousands over? WHY DO YOU THINK HE TRIED TO KILL YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE!?" I was about to respond when I suddenly realized that I didn't know the answer. I remembered back to how Chris said that he wanted to be able to drink human blood and that it wasn't fair and the more I thought about It the more I became aware of how stupid I had been before. Of course there had to be something more. Why would he try and kill so many just for a little human blood? "So." I said, "There is more to this then being able to drink human blood without interferance with the law." Vulgnam looked up at me and smiled. "Of course there is Jackson." I started wondering what it could be and realized the water had finally arrived. I had been calling it towards us during the whole conversation and now there was this giant ball of water heading straight toward Vulgnam. I wrapped the water around him. Then, I proceeded to yank both of the spellbooks out of his hands with the water. I noticed that when the books flew into my arms they were completely dry. I immediately thought back to how Morpheus said someone might steal the books from him. I knew that If I took them back to Morpheus then they would just fall into Chris's hands and I could NOT let that happen. I quickly decided that the best thing to do would be to hide them myself and started walking away from Vulgnam who was still trapped in the water. Then, I stopped suddenly. What would happen if Vulgnam got free again? Would he go after my mother? Would he take the book back? I turned around and walked slowly back to Vulgnam while opening the first book. I looked up at him and said, "This is for my mother." I looked down at the page in the book. "Di nocte quiesceret adjuvet nigro caelum clamorem meum." (This is Latin. In English it means "Gods of the night, hear my cry to help them rest during the blackened sky.") I looked up to Vulgnam after saying the spell and I got a confused look as he started laughing. I let the water go because he was now looking very weak and didn't look like a threat. "You really don't know what you just did Demigod." With that he fell onto the ground. I looked up and noticed the sun was starting to come up and I quickly dragged his sleeping body into a store that went out of business. I, of course, did not realize the mistake I just made.