Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the 12 Olympians, Rick Riordan does
WARNING: contains spoilers up the fourth book, Battle of the Labyrinth
Chapter 2
Well, I am kind of glad that we don't live in Manhattan anymore, but I still wish me did. It was so close to Camp Half-Blood. It was easy to travel there. But, we lived in a small apartment. It didn't like how enclosed it was. Our new house is sort of in the middle of no where. I like it here.
I walked to the back and grabbed the water house. I turned the head to 'mist' and turned it on. Immediately, a rainbow appeared. I threw a drachma (a Greek coin) into the rainbow. It disappeared. I thought a minute. I then said "Grover Underwood" I crossed my fingers. "Please find him" I whispered to myself. Then, the face of a mix between a goat and a boy appeared in front of me, of course it was through the rainbow.
It was hard, but, I had to explain everything to him. His best advice was to tell Chiron. "No!" I pleaded. I couldn't! I knew I should have, but he would have held me back from leaving. With Kronos and now Atlas both on the loose, I could easily die.
"Where are you, Grover?" I asked. "I am at camp."
"Great"
"What?""Well, Thalia and Rebecca are in Las Vegas, I am in Ohio, you are at Camp, who knows where Nico and Tyson are."
Grover sneezed. He then told me that Tyson (my half-brother who is a Cyclops) was with Poseidon (our Dad).
"Well, at least he is safe…I hope. Is he Grover?" I asked.
Grover gave me a nervous look. Grover looked to his left and then his right. He said "Chiron's here, Gotta run!" His hand went through the Iris message and I was alone in the backyard. "At least it is…" I looked at my watch. It made me think of Tyson. He made this for me, and if I push a button it expands to a shield. It means a lot to me.
"11:30" I said to my self. "I should grab some breakfast"
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After breakfast (which was GREAT by the way) I went to my room. I laid down on my bed. I knew Thalia and Grover both weren't telling me the full story. I then shot up and said "Thalia!" I now realized I still had a lot of coins. I went back outside and did the same thing, only I said "Thalia, Las Vegas" and I saw Thalia, in a cave, eating what looked like meat. "Thalia!" I hissed. She jumped up and said "Hi"
"Spill! You aren't telling me everything! Where is Annabeth!?"
Thalia sighed. "Do you want the truth?""Uhh… DUH!"
She looked down at her feet. She looked back up.
"NOW!" I yelled. I was getting irritated.
"Well, when Atlas walked away from us for awhile, I had to think fast. I got Rebecca and then went to Annabeth, but Annabeth wasn't there. It was like she just vanished. She started to tear up again. "I think Atlas did something."
I was about to question Thalia, but she looked horrible. I then said "Sorry…I was kind of being a jerk." She looked up and said "I know…"Rebecca came up behind Thalia and patted her back. Thalia looked up at me. She held back some tears and said "Percy, Annabeth would have killed me if she found out I told you this. Please don't tell anybody. Promise this to me."
I said "I promise I won't tell other people."Thalia said "Well, when I came back from being that pine tree, we had to catch each other up." I nodded and said "…and"
"Well" she continued "Annabeth admitted that she had some feelings towered Luke…" I had to calm myself down as fast as I could. He tried to kill me a few years ago. He turned all off of his closes friends just to get some pride by serving the Titan lord Kronos. Now, Kronos is inside Luke's body. It's not good.
Then Thalia said "But had extremely strong feelings to you." I smiled to myself. I said as firm as I could "Thalia, I getting Grover and coming to you! Stay in Las Vegas! Annabeth is still alive! I just have a special feeling!"
And with that, I slashed my hand through the message and went up to my room.
My plan is to tell Mom I am leaving, get to Camp without being caught, sneak Grover out, get to Las Vegas, find Thalia and Rebecca, find Annabeth (I know she is still alive, I can just feel it), stop Kronos and Atlas, get home alive and tell Annabeth my true feelings…sounds pretty easy.
I walked inside through the basement. There I was mauled by a bear…just kidding. It is my hellhound (a monster bloodhound) Mrs. O'Leary. It was a gift I guess. Daedalus us (the creature of a magical underground place) gave it her to me before he passed.
I said "down girl" but I was laughing. Mrs. O'Leary took it as a joke and began to lick my face. I got up and went to the main floor. Mrs. O'Leary followed. I walked passed my Mom. I looked at my watch. "12:15" I said to myself. I needed to head out at 3:00. I figured it would take a long time if I walked to camp. Then I would have to walk back to Las Vegas. That's way to long. I was going to tell my Mom I was going to camp so that she wouldn't worry. But, if she drove me, Chiron would see me. I needed to avoid him at all costs. I the realized I was pacing in my room. I went back into the kitchen. "Mom" I said "I think I should go to camp. I need to tell Chiron what's going on. Maybe he can help." My Mom pursed he lip. She said "Okay, but I don't think I could just leave. I hate lying to Paul."
"I have a ride" I told her. But, the truth was, I didn't.
"Alright, but do you think you can stick around until about 1:00? You could eat and pack your bag and we could play a game of blackjack if you want." She told me
In my mind I was thinking 'BLACKJACK!'
A few years ago, I saved a Pegasus names Blackjack. Now, he is my servant. He calls me boss and flies me around everywhere. He is a great horse.
I did what my Mom told me. She made me a PB&J sandwich. I packed like one extra pair of clothes. I packed all of my coins. "28" I said. That was a great amount. I also packed a flashlight and a lighter. I might need that if I had to camp out. I headed back to the kitchen, inhaled my sandwich, and played my Mom in blackjack. After about 5 minutes of playing, I asked "What about Mrs. O'Leary?" "I can take care of her" she assured me. I guess Paul just saw a normal sized bloodhound. Apparently he ate like a normal sized bloodhound, too. I guess that's because we have only been feeding him that way. He seems happy. I ended up loosing against my Mom. Nothing unusual about that. I normally make it a longer game then that, but, my mind was elsewhere. I didn't win once. I kissed my Mom goodbye. She said "keep in touch this summer" then it occurred to me: 'Its like the second week of summer' I was turning 16 soon! That isn't good but at the same time it is. I guess the powers will come in hands. I patted Mrs. O'Leary on the head and I headed out the door. I whistled as loud as I could and in came a black horse with wings; Blackjack.