Chapter 5
So I got the idea for this chapter from a guest who commented on my story.
It had been 3 weeks, the kids were now in school again. This made Annabeth and Percy happy knowing Dylan would be spending less time with Darla
"Did you see the new Star Trek movie?" Dylan asked his friend Trevor, as they walked home from school together.
"Sadly," Trevor replied. "It was horrible compared to the original series!"
"I know! You can't take a classic and make a remake, it just doesn't-"
Dylan paused and stared at what seemed to Trevor like nothing.
"Dude what's wrong?"
"Be quiet." Dylan whispered. "Maybe it won't hear us and wont attack."
"What are you talking about?" Trevor asked. "You're starting to scare me."
"Oh no! Look what you done!"
Dylan started to run, as a huge Chimera chased after him. It ran on all fours, the upper half of the creature was a loin but the lower half was that of a black dragon it even had wings. But on its back was the head of a goat and the head of dragon. The Chimera kept breathing fire trying to get Dylan. But surprisingly Dylan was able to dodge the flames. He was so scared he wasn't thinking clearly, so he just ran home. Which was a pretty bad idea: first of all at home he has a kid brother at home, also there was a bunch of kids on their block as well as elderly. Dylan finally got to his house he ran inside and locked the door. He tried to catch his breathe.
How could this be? Dylan thought. That creature is like the creature's dad told us about? No! This can't be real! This can't happen. This must be a dream. Yes! That what it is a dream. I`ll close my eyes and when I open them this will all be gone.
Dylan closed his eyes.
Suddenly he heard crashing and screaming outside. Dylan looked out the window and the Chimera was still there tormenting the neighbors.
"Dad!" Dylan yelled. "Dad!"
Percy ran down the stairs.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Percy asked concerned.
"Yeah! Some kind of weird monster just chased me home and now it`s terrorizing the neighbors!"
"Oh gods!"
Percy ran back up stairs.
"Where are you going?!" Dylan yelled. "I thought you were some kind of hero?!"
"A hero is nothing without their weapon." Percy told him.
Dylan herd more crashing and screaming from outside. For the first time in his life, Dylan was afraid…..well not even afraid more like terrified. Then Percy came back down with what seemed to be nothing but a pen.
"A pen?! Seriously dad your gana kill this thing with a pen?!"
Percy clicked the pen and it turned into a sword.
"No way!"
Percy ran out of the house. The Chimera tried to of course to kill Percy with its fire breathe, but Percy was able to run out the way. Percy had never had an encounter with a creature like this, he had no idea how to defeat it. He tried slicing one of its heads off but it just grew back. He tried stabbing it, attempting to crush it, he even tried making a tidal wave from the sink water in his home attack the monster…hey maybe the creature doesn't like water. Then he remembered this really old story, about this hero who killed this creature by making it suffocate.
Percy threw Riptide into the creature's mouth and it choked on the sword and turned to dust.
Dylan ran out of the house and hugged Percy.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" He said. "You're the best dad ever."
Wow! I haven't heard that from him in a loooong time. Percy thought. It felt nice to hear him say that again.
"Why was that thing here?" Dylan asked.
"I don't know. But the better question is how could you see it? Only gods, demi gods and other monsters can see through the mist. Well….some mortals have been curse with being able to see through the mist, but you've never seen monsters before."
"Is there something wrong with me?"
"No. Don't worry I`m sure there is a logical reason for this. I`ll ask your mother when she comes home tonight. Okay?"
Dylan nodded. Then hugged Percy again.