The airbags deployed. A loud scream. *cough* Brielle *cough*. Everyone jerked foreword in their seats. Well, except for Scarlett, who hit the front windshield all the way from the back seat. "Ooowwwwwww," she moaned.
"Mabel, you suck at driving." "You should have worn a seatbelt," Mabel countered, unharmed. "Is everyone okay?" Luke asked from the back. There were mumbled 'yes's. Aphrodite sat perfectly calm, not affected at all by the crash.
"So is that a 'yes' for spin the bottle?" the goddess asked?
"NO!" Aphrodite shrugged and smiled dazzlingly. "Well in case you little half bloods haven't already figured out, I'm Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty!" she expected them all to be amazed. They weren't. Too much.
She looked over to see Percy and Annabeth in the very back seat. She squealed in delight and was about to start gushing about their future love life when Brielle cut her off.
"So how's my love life gonna work out?" she asked thinking on her feet. In all honesty she really didn't care but she had to stop the love goddess from blowing what they had worked so hard to keep hidden.
"Ehh, not too interesting. You eventually fall in love and live happily ever after. How boring." Aphrodite looked like she was about to turn back to Percy and Annabeth when it was Scarlett interrupting this time, moaning loudly and clutching her head. "Ooh how juicy!" the goddess said obviously looking into said girl's future love life. "I don't want to know" Scarlett groaned.
"Look, ma'am. If you're not here for anything important, we really need to get going." it was Thalia that spoke. Aphrodite just scowled but was gone. Not a good sign.
"Can the car still start?" Percy asked and Mabel tried to start it up. No luck. "Sorry guys," she said. "We're gonna have to walk." ('That sucked') Yeah it did.
Everyone filed out of the SUV, grabbing there stuff from the trunk and stood on the side of the road. There were sounds of sirens, not far off. They had to get out of there quick.
When they started to walk, Scarlett kept stumbling around, dizzy.
"That windshield must have hit you hard," Brielle mused. "Are you okay?" added Mabel. "I see stars," replied Scarlett, almost falling over. "Well that's not a good sign."
"Try not to pass out," said Annabeth. "You might, fall into a coma and never wake up." "Cheerful," stated Thalia, flatly. Luke sighed and pulled the dizzy girl onto his back carrying her, like a piggy-back ride. "You better be thankful," was all he said. "Thanks," she whispered back, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Hurry up," Luke called back to the group. "Before the ambulances or police get here." Everyone hurried up.
They had been walking for a while when Percy suddenly said," Lets play a game." "How 'bout the quiet game," said Thalia annoyed. "Well I want to play a game," said Mabel siding with Percy.
"I spy," Annabeth started. "An RV!" Brielle yelled. Annabeth scrunched her face up. "No, that's not it." "No I mean I see an RV! We can hitch a ride!" All seven of the demigods stuck their hands out at the RV. Big mistake.
"This is the song that never ends
Cause it goes on and on my friends
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that-"
Never. Ends.
Two hours. That same song over and over again. Non-stop.
Of course. of course! They just had to get the RV with the annoying happy family that liked to sing road trip songs.
Annabeth was looking out the windows trying to block out the noise. Scarlett was sleeping. Luke was staring off into space, in deep thought. Mabel was tapping her foot, frustrated that the song would be permanently stuck in her head, forever. Thalia and Brielle looked like they wanted to rip their ears off. Percy was singing along, happily. (Muffed complaints) What? It was an awesome song!
"This is the song that never ends
Cause it goes on and on my friends"
The music stopped. Finally.
So kids," the driver/dad started. "Where did you say you were headed again?" "To see our family in Rhode Island," replied Brielle, extremely relieved that the music had stopped. "What were you doing walking on the side of the road by yourselves.?" "Long story. Unimportant."
The man looked suspicious and wanted to keep asking questions, but his wife stopped him, putting her hand on his. They had three kids. Two twin five-year-old girls and a seventeen-year-old son.
They didn't talk at all. It was slightly creepy.
The singing started again.
Thalia couldn't take it. "That park is where we're supposed to meet my uncle," she said pointing to the park that was right down the street in the town they were driving through. "He's going to drive us the rest of they way." Luke sent her a sharp look but she ignored him.
"Thanks for taking us all this way," said Mabel sweetly when the RV pulled up to the large park. The man and his wife smiled and nodded as they un-boarded. When the annoying family finally drove away, they sat at the pick nick table under a small shelter. "Well that's just great," said Luke sarcastically. "Now we've got no ride."
"I think getting off of that RV was the best thing we did all day," stated Brielle more than pleased. "Well I don't see anything that was wrong with it," said a finally awoken and un-dizzy Scarlett. "Says the girl that got to sleep the whole time and not hear that gods awful song." Mabel retorted.
"What song," she asked. "This is the song that never ends, cause it goes on-" Percy started happily. "Shut up!" shouted Thalia and Brielle at the same time.
That's when the monster showed up.
