How was your first month of 2015? Mine was full of ups and downs, I hope to have a great year.
Percy POV
Okay, I have officially done the craziest thing in my life, walking into the water with a monster army on my heels. Probably not the best time to try something new.
If my dad decided Hmm I shouldn't help my son today, I would have been crushed by the water pressure, not to say Annbaeth was right beside me and she decided to just follow me without questions.
Anyways, we arrived at my dad's palace safe and sound. The water nymphs were getting us some drinks when my dad walked in.
"You gathered them?"
"Yes, we would meet at the Empire State Building two days from now."
"Good. The gods would be pleased."
Annabeth turned over to me confused. "You mean this was planned?"
I looked at her and answered "Yeah, the gods wanted to gather the six of us to have some talk"
"You mean you ran away on purpose?"
"No, I only knew about this after I ran away and met my dad by the sea"
"Oh, well I'm glad we're safe but what about the others?"
My dad looked over "They are children of the big Three, escaping from that army shouldn't be a problem."
I stood up and looked around "Anyways, we can spend the night here and head out tomorrow"
"Okay" Annabeth stood up and brushed her pants.
The water nymphs showed us the way to our rooms. The bed was really comfortable, calm and steady like the sea on good days. I slept in a wink.
The next day, I woke up to Annabeth knocking on the door. "We should go now, it is morning already"
The earlier we set out the better, we needed to scout the area for monsters.
We took our belongings, bid my dad farewell and set out to the sea again. This time we ride a boat all the way to New York.
It was a pretty calm ride and no monster attacks.
"So, how did you feel about all these gods and monster things?"
She hesitated and answered "Truthfully, it came as a surprise to me at first, then it started to make sense to me and I accepted it. What about you?"
"I was just happy that my dad was not actually lost"
She suddenly broke out in fits of laughter, "That's what catches your attention at a time like this."
"What? I was pretty depressed when my dad was lost"
"You're weird. What do you think the gods want from us?"
I shrugged. "Maybe they want to see how well are we doing in our homeworks."
She laughed again and slapped my arm. "That's just totally awkward"
I laughed too. "Well, that's what parents are supposed to do."
The rest of the ride composed of jokes and laughter. The moment we arrived on shore we immediately turned serious again.
We took a walk around the Empire State Building, bought a hot dog and scouted for spots where we can keep watch at the entrance of the building.
The hot dog seller thought we were a couple and we were pretty embarrassed but gave out a nervous laugh.
Thalia POV
Monsters, I want to keep away from them for a while. It took us an entire day to outrun those annoying monsters.
We headed for Jason's apartment because it was closer to the Empire State Building.
We immediately hit the sacks once we passed through his front door. I took his bed while he settled for the sofa.
The next day, we left for the Empire State Building. When we arrived, it was only 2pm so we took a seat at a nearby café and ordered some lunch.
It was pretty good but we couldn't enjoy it as we were thinking about why would Percy want to meet us at the Empire State Building. It was too obvious and if there were enemies they would spot us easily.
Our dad hasn't contacted us at all either, I'm also worried about the others. Were they able to escape from those monsters?
At around 5pm, we saw a pair of black shirt people walking about. We quickly realized that was Nico and Bianca so we chased after them.
"Hey Nico, hey Bianca."
They turned around shocked but quickly recovered and Nico replied "so you guys are safe"
Bianca looked around "All that left is Percy and Annbaeth"
Jason pointed out "I saw them walking into the waters, if it is Poseidon's territory, they should be fine."
Nico suddenly asked 'How did you guys escape?"
"We just ran and ran and ran" I sighed.
Bianca patted her brother's back "This guy teleported us."
My mouth hanged open "Teleported? How?"
Nico quickly answered "I just moved to another place using shadows. My dad helped me though"
Jason piped up "That's amazing though. How did you figure that could work?"
Nico shrugged "I didn't, I just did that on whim."
Bianca suddenly smiled "Here they come"
We saw Percy and Annabeth walking over to us and Percy pointed into the Empire State Building so we walked inside.
Percy started the conversation "Good you guys are safe. Now, we meet the gods."
I was pretty shocked and I can see the others are as well except for Annabeth. Well, Percy should have already told her anyways.
Nico put his hand on Percy's shoulder "Seriously bro, we just had our touching reunion"
We laughed and Jason spoke "Yeah and we just found out that Nico here can teleport."
Nico shook his head "It's not teleportation, it's shadow travel"
"What a cool name you gave it" I laughed.
"Better than someone who ran across town to get away from the monsters."
Annabeth piped in "We should go now, the gods are probably waiting."
We went over to the concierge and Percy leaned over and whispered something. The lady stood up and led us towards the elevator.
We stepped in and she inserted a card and press a red button. We went up alowly with some old music playing in the elevator.
Once we reached the top, there was a satyr there to greet us. He led us into the throne room where the 12 Olympians sit proudly on their thrones.
I was pretty nervous and I'm sure the others are as well. I mean, 12 gods in their godly forms are staring down at us.
Zeus spoke up "Welcome to Olympus, Chosen Ones."
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