Happy LATE Fourth of July!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN PJO OR R.L. STINE'S HAUNTING HOUR. Duh. Also, review if you think I should continue this! It really makes my day. :)
Revenge Plan: Part 2
Annabeth's POV
All of us screamed loudly. Or more accurately, only three of us screamed. I pretty sure you can guess who didn't scream at all. Yep, you guessed right, Thalia. She just watched with a smile on her face as Katie and Piper hugged each other like it was for their dear lives while I hid under a soft blanket, shaking a little. (A/N: This is a little bit of a inside peek at this movie. So skip if you do NOT want to know what happens. Hehe. On with the rest of the story!) It was the part of the movie where, I had lost track of where, Lilly D, the doll, was causing these strange little things to happen. The mom confronted her daughter, Lilly, about these things but she denied them.
Sometime later, the mom wishes Lilly D was her own daughter. I am guessing that is when Lilly and Lilly D started something like a body switch. I squeaked as Lilly climbed into her mother's bedroom trying to get help. In front of me, I heard Thalia snicker at my sound and I sent her a glare.
Since Piper was on my right, I shook her arm and hissed quietly, "I thought you said this wasn't scary!"
"Uh..." she said distractedly, not taking her gaze off the screen. Her chocolate-brown eyes turned to me. "I technically said that this was somewhat scary."
"Well, it's more than 'somewhat'."
"OK, OK, fine. Just wait, it's all good in the end," she assured me.
"Isn't that what pretty much always happens in a movie?"
"Maybe?"
"Piper."
"I guess so."
"OK."
"Glad we got this settled."
"Happy now?"
"Yu-"
"Shhh! You guys act like five year olds," Thalia said to us.
"Am not," Piper denied.
"Are too."
"Am not."
"You just proved my point. Now, shush!" She turned back to the television.
Piper giggled. "Oops. We went a little off track," she whispered loudly to me.
Thalia groaned. "A little? More like a lot! You know I can hear you, right?"
"Yes... wait, what part is this?" I asked confused, looking at the TV. I saw that the doll, Lilly, was in the garbage and Lilly D had ran off with her brother's friend, Josh, right behind her.
"Near the end. It's the best part!" Piper squealed loudly.
Katie slapped a hand over her mouth. "SHHH! Geez, guys, some person over here is trying to watch the movie. Now, Pipes, be quiet until this movie is over and then we'll discuss Thalia's plan for 'revenge'. I'm going to take my hand off and you are not going to talk really loud until the movie is over. Got it?"
"Hhmn hmm," Piper's muffled voice agreed. Katie's hand came off slowly.
Piper started spitting and wiped her mouth. "Yuck," she whispered to Katie. "Never do that again."
"Oh, she won't. Next time, I'll get a muzzle," I smiled as I pretended to think where I could get one.
Piper's eyes widened. "No, no, no. No need for that. I'll be quiet. See?" She pulled an imaginary zipper across her mouth, twisted the lock, and threw the key away. She crossed her arms to tell me she was serious.
Katie, on the other side beside her, rolled her eyes. "Real mature, Piper."
The TV turned off. Katie, Piper, and I moved our gazes to Thalia in confusion. Thalia faced us as she ate popcorn, staring at us with a look of interest.
I looked at her with a raised brow. "What happened to the movie?"
"It ended," she shrugged, putting another piece of popcorn in her mouth. "You guys are much more interesting than the movie."
Piper faked a bow then started searching for something on the floor. She must have finally found what she was looking for she unzipped her mouth with a pretend key and thanked, "Why, thank you, Thals. Unlike someone," Piper shot me a glare, "You don't want to see me get muzzled."
"I would like to," Katie muttered.
I sent her a weird look. "OK..."
Thalia waved her hands and rubbed them together. "Now, let's talk about my revenge plan. There are three phases, phase one is to get him suspicious. Being a Kelp Head, he probably won't suspect a thing until phase two. So if that happens, phase two will knock him off his feet, literally. And last of all, phase three is where Annie-beth, over here, comes in for the final blow."
We nodded. I scratched my head, processing what I just heard. "What's phase one supposed to be?"
"Well, that's what you girls will be figuring out. Any ideas?"
Everyone thought long and hard. A few seconds passed, then minutes. Suddenly, a light bulb blew up in my head like a bomb. See? That's how good I thought my idea was.
"PEANUTS!" I blurted out of nowhere. My friends' heads all swiveled toward me, startled and confused.
"What?" they asked in unison as they shared a look with each other.
"Are you ok? I think the movie is making you a little nutty," Katie chuckled a bit at her joke. "Ha ha. Get it? Pea-nut? Nutty?"
Piper and Thalia just looked at her like she was the one who was nutty.
I slapped my palm against my forehead. "No, I am perfectly fine. I do not have a problem. Also, a peanut is not a nut. It is a legume, meaning it grows underground unlike walnuts and almonds, which grow on trees," I quoted myself. "Basically, my plan was to use peanuts."
"Did Percy give you that idea?" Piper snickered.
"Yes..."
"I figured so. Something must have happened and you didn't tell us anything. Spill," she commanded me.
I looked away, avoiding their questioning eyes as my face turned red at the thought. "You know, I don't think you guys would be interested with it. I know, let's scratch that ridiculous thing I said away and do a new one like-"
Thalia cut me off. "Come on, guys, let's give Annabeth a break. I mean, it's not like she didn't do anything like-"
I stopped her from saying more by placing a hand over her mouth and using my other arm to pin her against the floor as I gave her my best glare. "I'm going to take off my hand now and you are NOT going to finish that sentence. Yes?"
My best friend looked skeptical at first, but after realizing my arms were not going to release her, she nodded. I slowly moved my hand, keeping an eye on her just to make sure. Thalia let out a breath. "So... where'd you get that peanut idea?" She asked slyly, winking.
"THALIA!"
O~o~O~o~O~
"Are you guys done fighting yet? We've been waiting for like five minutes! Eek!" Piper complained, ducking behind the counter as I threw a pillow her way. "Watch that thing! Also, we need to talk about Thalia's plan."
After Thalia had made that comment about my idea, I had lunged for her and it caused a fight between us. We had created a pillow fight, threw popcorn, and tackled each other. As we were in a battle, both Piper and Katie were hidden behind the kitchen counter looking for a notepad.
In the midst of the fight, I glanced up from under Thalia who was pinning me down on the floor. "Fine." Without warning, I shoved her off me.
"WHAT!" Thalia fell off me with an 'oomph' onto her butt. Her head turned me. "Why did you do that for?!"
"Because you weren't going to get off even if I ask you nicely," I simply replied, brushing off the non-existent dust on me.
She huffed. "Well, let's get back to our plan. We can't let anything delay it this time."
"Yep," Katie agreed, placing herself on the floor next to me. "Piper found a notepad and pencil so we can write down all the ideas. So far, we have the peanut idea by Annabeth."
I grimaced. "Do we have to keep that one?" I wished I had never mentioned anything about that.
Piper rolled her eyes. "Yes, and not buts. Thalia, we have phase one and all we need to do is to think of what to do with it."
We all put ourselves in deep thought. I tapped my chin. "Peanuts... Peanuts..."
"I know!" Katie shouted. Piper looked at her, urging her to continue. "I'm a gardener, right?" We nodded. "I can make the peanuts move so they'll attack Percy. We just need to lead him to a garden full of peanuts and I can work my magic on them. How's that sound?"
"Hmm... that's not bad. I like it. I think it will be hilarious to watch him fight moving peanuts. Piper? Thalia?" I stared at the both of them.
Piper shook her head. "Yep. That's good."
"I agree," Thalia said. Piper wrote it down and showed it to us.
THE REVENGE PLAN
Phase 1: Katie controls peanuts to attack Percy.
Phase 2:
Phase 3(Final blow):
"OK, that's good. What is phase two?" Katie asked. That is when Thalia grinned. I felt a pit of worry and fear at her look. Piper simply looked at her.
"Let me explain," Thalia said. We all nodded slowly. "Percy is a bit claustrophobic because the sea is free and flows openly, so when it is trapped, he is scared. Does this make sense? So, my idea is... wait for it, to trap him in a cardboard box."
Silence.
We gaped at her, mouths open. "Did I hit you on the head a little too hard?" I said uncertainly, tapping her head a couple times just to make sure.
Thalia swatted my hand away. "Stop it, I'm not crazy. We would be trapping him in a dry area, so no water. Then we add effects like lightning, shaking, and clowns while I just laugh outside. It's a little more complicated that what it is but this is the basic outline of it so far."
No one said anything. I was in shock; I guess I did not have to help stop Thalia from injuring or harming Percy. That was until I realized we still had phase three, the final blow. If she had already planned it, it would obviously be something dangerous. But for now, I don't feel like anything bad will happen.
Piper laughed and jotted down the idea after a few seconds. "I knew it was coming. For now, we'll work on phase one. Does anyone know where we can use to set the peanut plan in or if anyone owns a peanut farm?"
"I know a girl from camp that has a friend that has another friend whose family owns a peanut farm," Katie said like it wasn't confusing at all. "I can ask her to ask her friend who can ask his or her family to let us borrow the land for a little bit."
Thalia looked confused while Piper scratched her head. Luckily, I understood it all. "Yep, that should be good."
"Got it, I'll go and call them." She got up, taking out her phone* and was about to go to the kitchen until Piper asked.
"Wait, won't they be asleep right now?"
"Don't worry, my friend knows a way. Besides, it's only... eleven-thirty. She will be up." Katie headed to the kitchen. "Hey, Lily! Haven't seen you in a long time, how's it been? Uh, huh..."
I tuned her out Piper looked at me like I was an alien. I stared at her with a weird look. "Something on my face?"
"I'm wonder how you can understand what Katie just said, and I'm pretty she didn't understand what she just said a minute ago!"
I shrugged and replied, "It's easy. She said that she has a friend from camp who has a friend that has a friend, whose family owns a peanut farm. See? Simple."
Thalia looked around as if someone was going to hear, beside me. "Alien ears I tell you," she muttered to Katie.
I rolled my eyes. Katie ran into the room, breathless. "We are so lucky! I called my friend's friend and she called her friend's family and they told me we could use it because they are going to be leaving early in the morning tomorrow since they are going on vacation for a week. So, until they come back, we could borrow it for now."
Piper clapped her hands. "Wow... that was convenient."
"Yup, we're lucky I knew someone."
"Good for you," Thalia praised.
I yawned and headed over to the corner to get my sleeping bag. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm beat. We can plan the rest tomorrow, we have the whole day."
"Okay," they all agreed in unison as they unrolled their sleeping bags.
Katie switched the lights off. "G'night, guys."
"G'night."
And we fell asleep, not worrying until tomorrow to continue Thalia's plan of revenge.
A/N:
Hope you like this. :)
~A.G.I.
*I know, the phones aren't supposed to be used because monsters can track them blah, blah, blah. I just wanted them to have a way to communicate fast during that time and I couldn't think of a way they could without it. Unless they knew what Google hangouts (It's sort of a like texting on a computer except for free) was but by then the family would've already left the house in the morning and it would be too late. So, in conclusion, let's just pretend monsters can't find them by phones for a moment and that some imaginary person created a phone for demigods. K? Good. Until the next chapter, Tschüss!
P.S. I won't update next week. BUT I WILL COME BACK. Don't worry. ;)
P.P.S. My editor likes peach gummies.
