Chapter 11: We might have to take a little detour

(Annabeth POV)

We pulled into a KFC about 15 miles from where Percy barfed. We opened the doors and got out. Soon as we got into the restaurant we all gave a sigh, happy with the conditioning blowing. Yes, even though it was a minute walk from our car to the fast food joint; it was freakin' hot outside! We sat down at a booth (except for Piper, because she was buying our food) and rested our backs against the backrest having our sleep deprivation take a toll on us.

"Thalia, watch Percy. I'll be back." I said getting up planning on IM-ing Will ASAP.

"..Yeah, yeah...whatever..." Thalia replied enjoying the cool air. I rolled my eyes and headed towards the back.

I walked in the bathroom gaging at the smell. 'What, did someone leave a dead rat in here?' thinking to myself. I tried to ignore the stench and got to the sink already having a derama out.

"Oh…Iris, except my...offering, please show Will at Camp Half-Blood." I said with difficulty trying to control my stomach. The rainbow shimmered showing a sweaty Will on the other side. He was sitting down on a bench drinking some water out of a water bottle. I could see a bow and arrow set leaning against the bench indicating he just got done shooting some arrows.

"Will." I said calmly.

He spit the water he was just drinking in front of him, doing a perfect spit-take if I do say so myself.

"Gods, Annabeth! Can't you give a guy a break?" Clearly upset, then realization took over. "Annabeth?!"

"Hey Will…." I replied distracted.

"Why'd you IM me?"

I sighed. "It's Percy again."

"Oh…What's wrong?"

I told him about his fever going up and him puking up blood.

"Oh gods…" He thought for a moment. "Where are you?"

"Uh, I really have no idea, one sec." I said pulling out my IPhone. I turned on my GPS and almost seconds later it pulled up Phoenix, Arizona. I told him our location.

"Alright then. If I contact a Apollo camper from Camp Jupiter then we could get Percy back on his feet, for the time being, and you guy's might be able to be alright until your quest is done…" He said mumbling to himself.

"Wait, so now we have to go to Camp Jupiter?" I said, not so happy with this detour.

"Well you can continue your quest soon, it will only backtrack you a couple days. Plus Percy will be more help."

"Fine, I'll tell the others. Bye Will"

"Bye Annabeth." He replied.

I slashed my hand through the image and walked out of the bathroom. Piper already came back with the food. Thalia and Piper were digging into the Chicken like rabid wolves having not had a meal in three days. On the other hand Percy was leaning back against the back of the booth while his head was resting on the window he was sitting by. I could only see the back of his head until I walked up to him, he looked worse than before. I sat down next to him and looked over at the girls sitting across from us, having not have seen me walk out of the bathroom.

I cleared my throat. They both looked up wide eyed like two little kids getting caught eating candy before dinner.

"So I contacted Will." I stated. Piper recovered from the shock before Thalia did.

"And? What did he say?"

This is what I was dreading. It was about two days' worth of detour, and we simply didn't have that time.

"We got to go to Camp Jupiter." Thalia's face lit up.

"You mean we get to see Jason?" She said excited to see her brother after so long.

"Yeah, but the reason is so Percy can get the proper treatment he needs. We're not actually cut out to play doctor." Looking over at Percy, noticing he was out as a light.

"Yeah, yeah. Of course. So, when are we leaving?" She asked practically jumping up and down in her seat.

"Well once we finish eating I guess."

Both Thalia and Piper nodded clearly excited.

About ten minutes later we were all done with our food, Percy was just finishing his small water determined not to eat anything else when he woke up. We got up and was walking out the door when we noticed something didn't feel right.

"Percy?" I whispered to him.

"I know Annabeth." He whispered back sensing the oddness.

Thalia and Piper were already out the door almost to the car.

I took out my dagger slowly and motioned for Percy to follow quietly. We went back behind the counter and made our way to the back were the fryer stood.

"Ah son of Poseidon and daughter of Athena, it took you long enough." Before I could blink I was thrown backwards with Percy on the opposite side trying to put out some fire on his shoulder.

I looked to my left and there on 4 legs was a very ugly…thing. It had a name-tag on clearly stating it 'worked' here.

"Hello Athena's daughter." It said breathing fire out of its mouth when it talked.

I gave two nods to Percy. Knowing the game plan, we started playing. Percy was supposed to distract the monster while I went invisible, snuck up behind it, yes, kill it.

It took about 5 minutes to kill it. We both walked away with a few burns and bruises, but other than that it was alright. We walked to the car together with Piper and Thalia waiting impatiently.

"What took you guys so long-…oh" Thalia said cutting herself off noticing our burns.

"Yeah 'oh'" I replied, mad that they were relaxing out here when my sick boyfriend and I killed a monster.

"Gods, what happened?" Piper asked.

"Monster." I said calmly. "Can we get going now?" Already getting in the backseat while Percy followed me like a puppy would do.

Piper and Thalia get in the front and Thalia started the car. Percy was already passed out, probably exhausted from the fight with that monster.

"So guys." I started. "Lets go to California!"

Okay guys I know your probably pissed at me right now, but I have a good reason!

So my computer broke for like two months, I went to New York City, my computer broke again, I had end of the year testing, and I already had the chapter finish just my computer is stupid...

So please don't hate me! I really am trying my best.

Alright Now that we got that handled...How'd you like this chapter? I know it's short, but I will get another one up ASAP; but again I am going out of town next week so I don't know when the next chapter will be up...

Also my other story (Hopeless Parenting) I am completely at loss with it, so I'll try to get something up but it might not be so great, I need your guys' idea's with both stories!

That's it, thanks for all the reviews and please keep reviewing:)

Chow!

-Cojay723