Next chapter. Please review.

Chapter 3

The Lastrygonian giant bellowed after us as we split up. Thalia and I ran in one direction and we were followed by the giant. The others came from their various hallways and surrounded the giant. It was a good formation. He didn't notice them until Grover kicked a rock. He whirled around and one of his strands of hair, which had toes and pieces of fingers in it, almost hit me in the face. I ducked just in time.

We had him surrounded. He was very confused and couldn't do anything. We all hacked at him from different directions. Finally, blade caught a chink in his armor and he disintegrated into a pile of dust and toe hair.

We ran back to the jail, slicing more Lastrygonians on the way. Everyone else made a protective circle around me while I tried to break the lock. It was an intricate design that probably only Leo could break without the key.

"Hey Leo, would you mind breaking this lock for me?"

He came over while the rest of my friends took out Lastrygonian after Lastrygonian. It took him about five seconds to get it unlocked. I opened the door and rushed inside. Annabeth was curled in the corner with blood trickling from her mouth. I got a little ambrosia and fed it to her. She started to wake up when the largest, fattest Lastrygonian giant you have ever seen waddled over and picked up a club. He swung it at them and they scattered. Unfortunately for me, he decided to pick off the helpless ones.

I drew my sword and Leo lit his hands. I backed up as he went full flame. His body was engulfed in flames as he charged the giant. The giant swung his club but Leo sidestepped. While Leo had him distracted, I got Annabeth on her feet and we snuck around him. Finally, I stabbed him in the back and Leo must have been in mid jump because he almost landed on me, singing my eyebrows.

We got Annabeth to the ship just as the alarm sounded. We climbed the ladder and Leo lifted the ship as the Lastrygonians charged after us. Tempest and Blackjack helped lift up Annabeth onto the ship. I fed her a little more ambrosia and she woke the rest of the way.

Back at camp, Chiron welcomed us and we had a banquet to celebrate. Annabeth and I were as happy as ever and thankfully, they had fixed the problem in the borders. Apparently, there was a hole in the magic border on top. The giant had climbed the magic shield like a jungle gym and jumped inside.