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Dat face doe

I don't own Percy Jakcson and the Olympians,

If I did, then I would've spelled Jakcson right

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Annabeth

The local police station wasn't too far away, and so, within ten minutes, I made it there, breathless.

Just as I was about to open the door, it opened really hard, almost smacking me in the face.

It was the same guy.

"Hey," I said, "I'm sorry-I didn't realize I had your phone."

He turned around and I tossed it to him.

He looked angry. "Why would you think I stole it? I'm not a criminal."

"I know-I guess I'm just so used to everything being snatched away from me…Anyway, I'm really sorry."

"Yeah? Well, I'm glad to hear it. It's about time you realized."

I blinked. "Excuse me?"

He sighed. "No, I'm sorry. It's just-I'm in a really bad mood right now. Today, I mean."

"Why? Today's your birthday, right?"

He gave a small smile. "How do you know that?"

"I have my methods."

"Well, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, all my friends have been avoiding me, I broke up with my girlfriend, and now I got arrested."

"Sorry, dude. "

"It's fine. I guess now I have something to brag about." He grinned. "I got arrested."

I rolled my eyes. "There are better things to brag about."

"Like?"

"Like…um…"

He smirked. "I know something better to brag about."

I snorted. "And what is that?"

"Saving a pretty girl's life so she doesn't get run over by a car."

"Wha-?" I wasn't sure which part of his sentence surprised me more.

He yanked my arm up onto the sidewalk, because I had been standing on the street. A car sped by.

He started laughing.

I glared at him.

He kept laughing.

Then I started laughing, too. This was ridiculous.

When he had stopped, he held out his hand. "Percy Jackson."

I shook it. "Annabeth Chase."

"So, what school do you go to, Annabeth Chase?"

"Olympe."

He blinked. "So do I."

"You do?"

"Yeah. I'm new this year."

But everyone who went to Olympe was a demigod…so-

"Are you a demigod?" I eyed him nervously.

"I've never heard that term used before. But if you mean this"- he shot his hand in the air and a nearby fire hydrant exploded into gushing streams of water-"then yeah."

I laughed. "Yeah. I'm guessing…Poseidon?"

"If you say so. Dang, I'm starving."

I was pretty hungry…It was getting dark out…Luke and Thalia were probably sitting in the restaurant, wondering where I was. I could join them, but it would be kind of rude to Percy…

Wait. Since when did I care what was rude to strangers?

"You want to eat somewhere?" Percy asked.

I blinked and failed to stop myself from letting out an intelligent response-"What?"

He grinned. "C'mon."

So I followed him down the street, not quite sure what I was doing.

Ten minutes later, we were sitting at a small table in front of a closed café, because everywhere else was full. We were eating Mexican food.

Percy pointed to a green pepper on his tray. "Does this look blue to you?"

"No…why?"

"No reason." He took another bite of his burrito. Then he looked up. "I've never seen anyone with grey eyes before."

I smiled. "I've never seen anyone with sea-green eyes before."

"Daughter of Hermes?"

I shook my head.

"Demeter?"

I shook my head.

"Apollo?"

I just laughed.

He grinned. "I probably should've said this first-Aphrodite?"

Was he trying to flirt? Because he was really bad at it.

"Athena," I said matter-of-factly.

He nodded, crumpling his empty wrapper. "Not exactly obvious, though, is it?"

I shoved him and he laughed.

Rolling my eyes, I stood up. "You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say your brain was made of seaweed."

"Maybe it is, Wise Girl."

"Seaweed Brain."

We started walking down the street-it was completely dark now. We seemed to be the only people up and about. The tall statues that lined the street seemed to be staring at us.

"So, who were those friends you were walking with when 'The Great Exchange' happened?" Percy was trying to jump from statue to statue.

"Luke Castellan and Thalia Grace. They're pretty nice."

"Right."

"I'm serious! They just hate people who hate me."

"I don't hate you."

"All the better for you, then. Thalia tends to rely on her fists when it comes to 'hating Annabeth'."

Percy made a huge leap from a statue pedestal to a large fountain. He concentrated and got some jets of water to fly up out of it.

Then he held out his arm. Rolling my eyes, I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up.

Arcs of water spiraled around the edge of the fountain. I wasn't a big fan of water, but twirling along the rim of the fountain with water arcing over your head-who wouldn't like that?

It was kind of fun, when something surprised us both.

"ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!"

We whipped our heads around to see…a statue?

The old-fashioned bronze figure was yelling into the night sky.

"ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!"

"What?!" Percy and I yelled at the same time.

The statue turned to us. "Oh, hello there! Having fun, are you?"

"Yes…?"

"Well, it's not going to last much longer! Hephaestus brings warnings that groups of rebels have come to extract demigods! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALER-"

"Wait, what do you mean by 'extract'?" I squinted up at the statue-man's face.

"The Titan Krios has taken action! He is tired of being Lord of the East! He wants power! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!"

"Okay, but why do you need to yell 'ALERT' every single time?" Percy yelled.

"BECAUSE THE REBEL GROUP IS CLOSE, YOU INSOLENT BAFFOON!"

"Oh," Percy said. "Right."

"ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!"

"SHHH!" I glared at the statue. "If the rebel group is close, then what help is making noise going to give us?"

The statue stopped at once and laughed sheepishly. "Sorry. I guess now that you know, I should power off…"

The statue stopped moving.

Then, suddenly, a loud clang came from an alleyway.

"Quick," Percy said, pushing me into a separate alleyway.

Standing in front, he pulled out what looked like a pen.

"Hey, Seaweed Brain, going to sign your death warrant?"

"No, it's a sword."

"I can see the remarkable resemblance."

He sighed.

Footsteps came from the alleyway we had heard noise from before, and they became louder and louder, until, suddenly, they reverberated around the square.

"I smell demigod blood…"

I slowly fixed my hand on the hilt of my dagger, which was kept at a small pocket on my bag.

"Oh, little demigods? Where are you?"

It sounded like hissing.

And it was definitely getting closer.

Thunder boomed in the sky, and small drops were starting to fall.

"Quick!" I whispered, turning behind me and pointing to a row of old pipes leading to the top of a building.

I ran to them and started to climb up, using small ruts as grips and footholds. It was a genius plan. The only problem-it made a lot of noise.

A figure appeared in the alleyway we were hiding in.

Were those…snakes?

I got distracted and slipped. But Percy, who was climbing up after me, grabbed my ankle and pushed me back up. "Hurry!"

"You can't run, little demigods."

I reached the top of the building and hoisted myself up. Then I started running to the other end of the building.

Once Percy had climbed up, he made the pipes explode all over the monster. It added to the heavy fall of rain that was now soaking us.

At the other end, I quickly climbed down. Percy did the same, and, spotting a motorcycle at the end of the square, ran towards it.

"Are you crazy?!" I yelled as he swung one leg over it.

"Probably!" He yelled over another clap of thunder.

I climbed onto the back of the bike, and, lucky for us, the keys were already in the ignition.

Coincidence? Maybe.

Percy started up the engine, just as about five more snake-monsters appeared, blocking every possible alleyway exit.

"What now?" He yelled, making a lap around the center fountain.

I pulled out my dagger and aimed it at one of the creatures. It hit the beast's heart area, making it fall.

Percy drove as fast as possible towards the now open exit, and as we passed, I picked up my dagger.

Then we shot off through the rain.

Lucky for us, the bike broke down just as we got out of that complex.

Coughing, spluttering, and completely soaked, we took shelter underneath a small table with an umbrella.

Then, as if by magic, the rain started to subside, until it was gone completely.

Percy shook his head. "That was crazy."

"Of course it was. Rebels, after demigods? This can't be good."

"And it looks like they can control the rain, too." Percy twisted the umbrella, making water splash everywhere.

"Maybe." I shook my head and shivered.

He looked up. "You cold?"

"Too bad you don't have a jacket."

"Even if I did, I wouldn't give it to you."

"Oh? And why is that?"

"Because. I'm cold."

I smacked him, and he laughed again. I smiled. This was probably the most exciting thing that had happened whole break. And this was the most tired I'd felt…

Slowly, I rested my head on the table.

The last thing I saw before drifting off was a pair of sea-green eyes.

A/B: That was the second chapter! Hope you liked! If you did, please leave a review! Because I love reviews! Bie!