AN: Review or I will seriously just stop writing; I want at least 5 (I'd rather have 10 more, but you can't be too picky) more reviews

Alex and I held our breathe as we waited for the conductor to go away. He was checking all of the train cars, searching for any freeloaders, such as us. The conductor didn't stay long in our car, probably because of the smell he would have to deal with.

"Oh my gods, I thought that he was going to look behind the crates for us!" Alex exclaimed.

"Okay, in one day we killed a giant scorpion, emphasis on giant, and a regular giant, and the biggest thing that you're worried about is a conductor, finding us on a train?" I asked laughing.

"I guess you're right," she replied, laughing, "Help me open this door up, so we can actually breathe real air."

She was pointing to the sliding door the conductor had closed when he had finished checking our car. Alex slashed the lock with her sword and then she and I pulled it open. We sat down on the edge of the train letting the wind whip through our hair, sending it everywhere. Alex's brown hair was flying everywhere and her muscled body was relaxed, she seemed to be in her element.

"So whose womb are we shooting an arrow into?" I questioned.

"You don't know?" She seemed taken aback.

"No, that's why I asked."

"Ouranos is coming back with monsters and Titans so he can fulfill the prophecy for his advantage," she explained.

"What's the prophecy?" I asked.

In reply she mumbled something about vows and the River Styx and Cyclops.

"You're not going to tell me?" I was beginning to get annoyed.

"I'm not allowed to, you're supposed to fulfill your destiny without any clue," she replied.

"Ugh that's kind of like a cliffhanger in a book!" I exclaimed.

For the rest of the ride we talked about our lives. Alex told me that she had lived in Los Angels before this with her drug-addicted mother. The minute her father came and told her about the gods she bolted. This had been her first quest because Chiron had not allowed quests since a guy from the Apollo Cabin died.

We were talking when all of the sudden I noticed a man in the back of the car. I shushed Alex and I pointed to the man. We got up and crept slowly towards him.

"I'm not deaf," he said, gruffly.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Nike, goddess of victory, I was sent here to tell you that you need to kill the Basilisci, a serpent that kills by touch, before you can shoot Ouranos' womb because the Basilisci is guarding the aloe that you need to put on the wound," She explained.

"Why wasn't my father sent here to tell us this, he's the messenger of the gods?" Alex questioned.

"They didn't want Artemis or Hermes to get involved with their children for this quest because it may change the outcome of the prophecy," Nike explained and with that she began to glow. Alex pulled me away so that I would not look at her and when we looked back Nike was gone.

"Well, now we need to figure out where the Basilisci is before we go to Miami," I groaned.

"We might as well start here," Alex pointed out.

"Why?"

"Because we've stopped and the conductor is checking the cars again," Alex explained. We hopped off the train and we were walking away when we heard someone shouting at us.

We bolted. We ran away from the conductor, along with a few other men, who was racing after us. We hopped over boxes and we ran onto the loading dock and into the storage facility. Now even more men were chasing after us as we hopped over conveyor belts trying to find the exit.

"It's over there!" Alex shouted, pointing to a slowly lowering metal door.

We raced for it and a man got in the middle of the door to block us. Alex ran full steam at him and decked him. We rolled under the door as hands grabbed at our shirts. Someone had caught on to me, but Alex stomped on his hand and he let go screaming in agony. We ran as fast as we could and we eventually came to a small quaint town.

"Welcome to Madison, Georgia (AN: No one tell me that there is not such place because I don't really care)!" I read, looking at the sign.

As we walked through the town we realized that it was one of those really small towns that everyone knew each other in. We were walking down Main Street and everyone else was moving to the side and giving us weird stares. It was kind of unnerving.

"So what do we do next?" I asked.

"Go to the library," Alex replied, absentmindedly.

"What?! You do know that we are both dyslexic right?" I exclaimed, "And I hate the library."

"Yeah, but the Basilisci would probably leave some type of trail of people dying mysteriously when they were extremely healthy," Alex explained and I understood her.

We asked a policeman on the streets for directions and he pointed us towards the southern end of town. It was an old fashioned looking place that was made of marble with huge marble columns going up to the roof. We ran up the stairs and we tried to open the door, but it was locked. The library was closed.

"Great, I guess we have to sleep here for the night," Alex groaned.

"No! We should keep moving around, it will be harder for monsters to catch up to us, we can easily break in," I argued and she nodded her head.

"You're right, but how are we going to break in?" Alex questioned.

"There are skylights in the library, you can see them from here, we can climb onto the roof and open the skylights and go into the library," I suggested.

"Yeah, that might work and if it doesn't don't be afraid to break some laws to get out of here, the whole flame of the West depends on the timing of our defeat of Ouranos," she explained, seriously.

We split up in town, so she could go get some dark clothing and I went to get rope. The man at the counter looked at me suspiciously when I bought the rope, but I thought nothing of it, until I saw a picture. It had a big red sign that said, Missing, and it had a picture of me and a description. The man took a quick glance at the poster and then at me and a look of comprehension dawned on his face.

"Hey, Pete! It's the kid that has been missing, remember he was on CNN!" The man shouted and I saw another man poke his head out and look at me.

I bolted. They shouted after me and they began to run, telling other people what was happening. It seemed like half of the town was chasing me when I got off of Main Street. I raced off of the road and into the woods that surround the small town. They slowed down, but they were still chasing me.

I finally lost them when we reached a small cliff and I hopped off and covered myself in sticks. They spread out and they started searching throughout the woods, but no one ever came near me. Finally when the sun had gone down and the moon had come up they left and I ran back towards the library.

"Where have you been?" Alex asked, angrily.

"Well, apparently, CNN has been reporting my disappearance and the whole town watches CNN, so they chased me. I lost them like ten minutes ago," I explained, hastily.

"We're definitely not going to be able to stay here and we may have to change your look later on, so this doesn't happen again," Alex pointed out and I agreed, "So you ready to do this thing?"

AN: I have already written chapter 11, but I won't post it if I don't get up 33 in reviews.