What is up! I'm back with a brand new chapter! Crap, now I'm starting to sound like some sort of news reporter. Well anyway, I left you with a cliffy so I wasn't going to make you wait that long. I'm not that cruel. Thx for all the reviews. Keep 'em coming! Here's Chapter 9! It is chapter 9, right?

Annabeth's POV

"Yes, I did." We were about to have an uninterrupted kiss, when something roared. WHAT NOW?! My nightmare was coming true. There, to my left, was the monster. The monster the gods couldn't defeat. Oh, no. I wondered what Percy would be seeing through the mist. Judging by the look on his face, I think he sees the monster.

"You can see through the mist?" I asked, forgetting there was a ten-foot demon with blood red eyes in front of us.

"Uhh, yeah. But how do you know about the mist?"

"Cause I can see through it." I lifted my dress a little and took my knife out of its sheath. Percy looked at me wide-eyed.

"You carry a knife around?" he asked in disbelief.

"You carry a sword around?" I countered, glancing at his celestial bronze sword. Where'd it come from anyway? I looked at his sides, but no sheath.

"Touche." The monster roared again, making my head swing back toward it. Oh, man. How I wished I had my Yankees cap. Silena said she would hit me if I added anything not girly to my outfit. I guess baseball caps counted. I charged at the monster, while trying to think of when I heard about it in any of the Greek monster books. I was racking my brain. I hate not knowing things. I stabbed it in the leg, after jumping and ducking several times to stay alive, but it was weird because it didn't turn to dust. It roared louder and barely missed me. I had a feeling I just made it more mad. Then I remembered my nightmare. How are we supposed to defeat this if the Gods couldn't? They could at least help us. Percy went around to attack from the back but when he slashed the monster's back, the monster didn't disintegrate. It swung around and its claws cut Percy's arm, making three bright red stripes on his right arm. He held it with his other arm, the blood dripping through his fingers.

Grover's POV

I winced. Something was making my senses go weird. It was like I was in battle. Wait a minute. The empathy link. Where was Percy?Now I was panicking. I frantically looked around the room. Oh no. The demigods at my table, which was pretty much all the male demigods at Goode, saw my face go pale. They knew about the link and knew something bad was happening to Percy.

We headed to the table where all the other demigods were. "Something's wrong. It's Percy." They got wide-eyed. Silena looked at the back door where Percy and Annabeth left only a few minutes ago.

"Well, are you guys going to just stand there shocked or are we actually going to help them before they get hurt?" Thalia looked at us, waiting for an answer. I ran to the door. They all followed behind me, not trying to look suspicious. But I really didn't care. Percy was my best friend and I wasn't going to let anything happen to him.

Annabeth's POV

I stabbed the monster at least fifteen times. Why isn't it turning to dust?!! This monster was starting to get on my nerves. I fought my hardest, knowing it was going to be impossible to kill.

"Where'd you learn to fight like that?" Percy asked, as he ducked from the monster's arm.

"Camp." I wasn't lying, but I don't think it would be considered telling the truth. I thought about him seeing through the mist. "Are you a mortal or demigod?" I asked over the monster's roar. Then a load of people ran through the back door, all armed with weapons. Silena, Thalia, Grover, Clarisse, and more.

"Demigod. Son of Poseidon." Oh my gods. One of the Big Three. I stepped back in shock. Then the monster's arm swung around, hitting me in the stomach with amazing force. It threw me to a nearby tree and I fell to the ground.

Percy's POV

"Annabeth!" Tears welled up in my eyes. It was my fault the Crimson Slayer was here, and it's my fault she got hurt this way. There would be a small chance she survived that blow. But I couldn't let my guard down. I was going to kill it. For Annabeth. My senses kicked into overload. The other demigods charged toward the Slayer. That would've helped a few seconds ago! After a few more minutes of fighting, maiming, and wounds, Clarisse finally turned it to dust with a stab to the neck.

Without hesitation, I ran toward where Annabeth would've been. Would've.Where was she? "Annabeth?!"

"Over here!" she yelled, sitting at the fountain. "What? Did you think that I'd be laying there until I died? What's in that head of yours? Seaweed? Oh, hey." She smiled. "Seaweed Brain." I had a feeling that would be my new nickname. I put my arm around her as I looked at her wounds from the throw. Her dress, stained with crimson red, had slits showing purple bruises and bright red cuts, still pouring blood, with dirt in them. I held her stomach to stop the blood. She drew back and took a short, painful breath in.

"I'm just going to put some pressure on it to stop the blood." She relaxed as the rest of the demigods walked to us, out of breath.

"Was that the Crimson Slayer?" Beckendorf asked. I nodded. "At least, it's gone."

"Wait, Crimson Slayer?" Annabeth asked. I nodded again. "Of course! Why didn't I remember? Vlacas!"

"You're not an idiot." I said.

"Wait, why does she know how to speak Greek?" Katie asked. Annabeth ignored the question.

"You didn't kill the monster." Everyone just looked at her, confused. "That monster is way too powerful to be killed by just a stab."

"But we got it, like, seventy times!" Chris exclaimed. Annabeth continued.

"It's two times more powerful than Typhon. Do you really think it would be killed by just seventy stabs?"

"Just?" Grover asked.

"I read about it once. It has a weak spot, like an Achilles spot. But not like an Achilles spot." I was following along great until that. "The side of its neck is its weak spot. But when you stab it, it doesn't die, like with an Achilles spot. It's just transported to somewhere in the world. But it'll be back." she explained.

"And we'll be ready." Clarisse said, already polishing her sword.

"And the Gods better help us." I laughed.

"Okay, why does she know how to speak Greek and how does she know all this stuff? Wait, demigod?" she asked tentatively.

"Guilty." That's a good answer. Short, plain, simple.

"Oh my Gods. You're a demigod? No way, no way, no way!" she said in a happy voice.

"Way!" I yelled in an imitation of her. I know it must've sounded weird, but I love teasing her like a little sister. She stuck her tongue out at me, playfully. I laughed.

"Then how come we've never seen you at camp?" Everyone agreed, including me. Annabeth just shrugged.

"I don't know. If it helps, I'm in the Athena cabin." she prompted. They all shook their heads. "I'm the only one who fights with a knife?" They shook their heads. "I'm usually reading an architecture book?" They all nodded they're heads in agreement and smiled.

Annabeth's POV

Silena grabbed my arm gently and pulled me to the door. "Come on. I'm going to have to fix that dress of yours."

"It's fine. I don't need it anyway."

"Yes, you do. This is a night you won't want to forget."

"I don't want to remember almost being killed!" I looked at her like she was crazy. She looked back at Percy and the others. They weren't listening.

"Your first kiss, crazy." Yeah, I did want to remember that. She suddenly turned away from the door. "Ha, silly me. I'm not going to let everyone in the school see you like that. Even the mist can't cover that up." I didn't know if that was an insult, or a compliment. I decided to just let it pass. "We're going through the other doors."

After I changed out of my dress, I slipped into my comfortable denim shorts, converse, a blue short-sleeved shirt, and Percy's jacket. The one he gave me last Thursday. Silena folded my dress delicately and put it in the box from the store where we got the dress.

"I'm going to work on this dress all weekend and give it to you on Monday." She said as she put it in the back of Charlie's car. She noticed my confused look and explained. "Charlie bringing me home. Sweet guy. And I made Percy do the same.

"Percy's bringing you home too?"

"No. He's bringing youhome." she smiled. "You have your first boyfriend! Ahh, I love this job." Wow. I never thought about it that way. Percy's girlfriend. I couldn't help but smile. I know I might sound like some jock-loving, boyfriend-desperate, popular guy-loving lunatic. But that is not true. Ask anyone. I just really like Percy.

"Okay, now get going. It's your first night as a taken girl. Love it."

Kay, I know that when they found out Annabeth was a demigod, it wasn't all dramatic. But I think it's pretty good. And it's a little shorter than the other chapters. But oh well. Hope you liked it. 'Til next time. Don't forget to review!