The bus drove through Nebraska City, a lot of people seemed sad and gloomy. But most of the people looked scaried. The people watched their backs as if something bad was going to happen. Mr. D parked in front of the house, the house was yellow with white window, and there was flowers in the window sill…sort of they were dead. All the plants outside were dead. She had a whole garden full of dead plants. The boys hopped out of the car and went to the door.
Mr. D drove away. Dylan looked back.
"He isnt going to wait for us?" Dylan asked.
Alex and Scott laughed.
"No. were on our own from here." Scott told him.
Alex knocked on the door, then they waited.
"What are we even going to ask this lady?" Dylan asked.
"I don't know, I'll think of something." Alex replied.
A women answered the door.
"Can I help you?" the women asked. She dressed in a grey Santa Monica Pier sweat shirt and black sweat pants. Her blonde her looked like it hadn't been brushed in years and when she talked her breathe smelt revolting.
"Were….." Alex started. "Were from Camp Half Blood and we were sent here to try and figure out what happened to your son."
The women smiled a huge smile.
"Come in, come in!" she said happily. She moved to the side and allowed us to walk in.
The three boys sat down on the couch, while the women sat across from them on an arm chair.
"Would you like any juice or soda?" she asked.
"No were fine." Alex told her.
"I`d like something to drink and maybe something to eat. "Scott told her. "We did miss breakfast."
"I`ll go make you something. Is grilled cheese and coca cola good?"
"That's perfect!"
The women ran into the kitchen and started cooking.
Dylan and Alex glared at Scott.
"What?" Scott asked.
"You're so stupid!" Alex told him.
"Why? Why am I stupid?"
"We don't want to stand all day here, "Dylan told him. "We want to get in and get out, so we can solve this quicker and save the other half bloods."
"Well I can't work on an empty stomach." Scott claimed.
Suddenly the doorbell rang.
"Can one of you please get that for me!?" The women yelled from the kitchen.
Dylan got up and opened the door. Then there in the doorway he saw Samantha.
"Sam!" Dylan said happily. He hugged her. "I'm glad you decided to help out."
Dylan moved aside to let Samantha in.
"Sam! What are you doing here?! "Alex yelled. "I told you not to come!"
"But I…"
"I told you before you being here is going to endanger us and you. Get out!"
"Sam, Seriously I agree, you gatta get out of here." Scott agreed.
"Why are you guys being so mean? Sam is our friend." Dylan commented.
"A friend who is gana get someone killed!" Alex said.
"I just want to help!" Samantha yelled.
"What are you guys talking about!?" Dylan yelled.
Alex sighed.
"If more than three people go on a quest, either someone in the group goes crazy or goes missing or dies."
"Look if you guys want to succeed with this mission you're going to need me. I can heal you guys if you get hurt, I`m good at talking to people, I'm a great aim and I also have those cool new fire arrows that kid Arron made me. I've herd of heroes who went on quests with more than three people and everyone came back fine."
"Where did you-"Alex started.
The women came back into the room with a tray filled with a bunch of grilled cheeses and 3 cans of coca cola. She smiled and placed the tray on the table in front of the boys. Then she sat in her chair. Scott took a sandwich and started to eat. Samantha took a sandwich too.
"Oh who are you?" she said looking at Samantha.
"I`m with them." she said. "I got into some traffic."
"Oh well welcome. I`m so very glad you kids are here I've been trying to figure out what happened to my son for months maybe between the five of us we can figure it out."
"We`ll try Ms. ...uh…"Samantha faltered.
"Ms. Valentine." The women told her.
"Mam, did your son have an enemies?" Alex asked.
"No! Not my boy! He was well liked by everyone, the nerds, the jocks, the cheerleaders, the burnouts."
"What was he like that day was he mad or anything?" Dylan asked.
"He was acting like his normal self."
It was awkwardly silence after that. The boys couldn't think of more questions.
"Really guys you're pathetic!" Samantha told them. "Where you there when he was attacked."
Ms. Valentine was silent, then she spoke.
"Yes. It's not a day I like to talk about."
"I understand but it will help us figure out what happened."
Ms. Valentine sighed.
"I was just getting home from work, I pulled into the drive way and saw my son, Collin playing basketball with the neighbor kid James. Then all of a sudden his eyes widened and there in front of him stood a bear, he ran into the house. I asked him if that was really a bear because sometimes monsters would come and they would look like something else to me. He said no it was a monster. Then He went into his room and came back with his knife. He ran back outside and started stabbing the bear but wouldn't die and it kept hitting my poor baby and scratching him up. I felt helpless."
Ms. Valentine started to cry.
"He was badly wounded, "Ms. Valentine continued. "There was a huge gash on his arm and on his leg and scars all over his face. But he kept fighting my boy. Then as Collin tried to catch his breath the monster he…he…"
The four kids were on the edge of their seats.
"Yes!?" Scott yelled."
"He sliced his head off." Ms. Valentine said bursting into tears.
"Don't worry we are going to find the person or creature that did this and make them pay." Samantha told her.
"Oh bless you, young lady!" she said still crying.
"Is there anything that you know about his incident that you feel will be helpful to us?" Sam asked.
She thought for a moment then replied.
"That boy James, he said he could see the monster. He isn't a half blood but he said he could see it."
"And where does he live?" Samantha asked.
"Across the street."
"Thank you for your time." Alex told her.
The four walked toward the door. Scott was on his 2nd sandwich and 3rd soda.
"Can I take these to go?" Scott asked.
"Sure." Ms. Valentine replied.
"No!" Alex told Scott. "Scott what if we need to fight!"
"I`ll throw the cans at them! You're so annoying!"
The kids leave the house.
Samantha smiled proudly.
"I did a good job didn't I?" Samantha asked.
"You did okay." Alex replied.
"You had two questions and they got us nothing! My questions got thing that may be useful! See you need me!"
Alex sighed.
"Fine you can stay." Alex said.
"Yes!" Samantha cheered.