Chapter 2

A/N: Thank you for those kind reviews. Remember, it's going to be a while before we get back to the future. I'm probably going to start the Thalico quest after this story is done. Maybe a little fun before that happens.

Annabeth: I don't like where this is going.

Percy: I don't like how our lives are going, but at least I have someone to travel with.

Annabeth: Aw, thanks Seaweed Brain.

Percy: I was talking about Riptide.

Annabeth: -_-

Me: The carnage will be skipped. Until then, enjoy this update.

Disclaimer: I no own PJO. Maybe I could inherit it. Probably not.

Percy POV:

After we heard Malcolm scream like a little girl, Annabeth and I ran off to the pavilion. Hi, I'm Percy Jackson. I am a 16 year old son of Poseidon, and Hero of Olympus. To you mortals, you may think that I am crazy like Dionysus. Well, what you mortals don't know is that we are the secret protectors of your world and ours. Maybe I've said too much; let's just get back to the story.

When we arrived to the pavilion, it was an Athenian nightmare. Spiders as far as the eye could see. They were coming from everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Cracks in the architecture, under rocks, and from cereal bowls. Malcolm ran by with a huge spider on his head, and two medium sized ones on his back.

"HELP! SPIDERS! HELP!" he screamed as he jumped over a table.

Chiron was busy stomping spiders, but whenever he squashed one spider, three more would grow from its blood. Almost like a hydra, but it was worse. One of Annabeth's new sisters, I think her name is Jenny, was busy using a hammer to squash them. She was brave for a child of Athena, especially when she is facing something like spiders. Of course, no one was freaking out more, than the demigod that met the momma's eyes. That demigod just so happened to be Annabeth.

Upon seeing the spiders, she was freaking out mentally. How do I know this? Well, you could see it in her eyes. Oh her eyes are about as grey and stormy as a hurricane. When she saw the momma spider, well, Hades broke loose.

"Spi-spi-spi-s-sp-sp-sp-sp-SPIDER! HUGE HAIRY SPIDER!" she screamed.

Malcolm stopped running around, and when he saw the momma, the spider on his head was no big deal. "Huge, giant spider! Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!"

You want to know how big that spider is. Remember Harry Potter with Arigog? Well, this spider was double his size, and just as dangerous. Its legs were so hairy, I wonder if Sasquatch is really a spider. Its eyes with hate and evil in them. Its pinchers could rival that giant crab I fought a few months ago. It even foamed in the mouth, which was really disgusting. Annabeth started hyperventilating and backed up slowly.

"Annabeth," I whispered.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"You're still afraid of spiders, are you?"

She didn't even have time to smack me silly. She just nodded, and raised her knife. I smirked, and swung Riptide in a deadly arc.

For those mortals out there, no, I did not grab a wave and swing it in a deadly arc. When I was 12, Chiron gave me a Celestial Bronze sword with the word Anuklosmos written on the , Riptide. The one thing I hate about this sword is that it once belonged to Hercules, my ex-hero. I know what you're thinking. Why would you say he's your ex-hero? Well, I met his ex-girlfriend, who he left behind as he gathered the glory that made him immortal in the stars. Zoe Nightshade once told me that I am worthy to wield this sword.

Anyway, my sword's deadly arc split a spider in half. It screeched as it was sent to the Underworld, or wherever spiders go when they get stepped on. Annabeth was frozen in fear, probably because there is a spider on her back.

"P-P-Percy?"

I turned to her, and that spider was huge! It was about as big as a dinner plate. "G-g-g-get it off, please?"

I was about to swing my sword, but something else knocked it off. It was an arrow. A silver arrow with engraving on it. I couldn't read it, but I know who could shoot at that magnitude. I turned around, and there was Thalia and the Hunters standing at the brazier in ranks. Thalia is the daughter of Zeus, his only child, and lieutenant of the Hunt of Artemis. If you're a male, don't approach Artemis. She hates males, well, except me. I think.

"Phoebe, see if you can take out the mother spider. Girls, set up a perimeter and take out as many of them as possible," she commanded.

Phoebe nodded to her and walked toward us. Phoebe is a black haired, grey-eyed second-in-command of the Hunters. Thalia told me some of the girls and their stories, although I don't think I should've heard them. Phoebe, well, her heart was broken beyond repair. Thalia told me that Phoebe once had a boyfriend about 100 years ago. Apparently, he was the greatest guy for her. He'd buy her flowers, stand up for her when other girls would mock her, and even be there when she thought she saw monsters in the forest.

One day, Phoebe was in school, and she caught her boyfriend with another girl. He tried lying, saying that it was sibling love, but I don't think siblings love each other that much. Phoebe ran away into the forest and found Artemis in an abandoned camp. She told her about her ex-boyfriend, and how he even tried to lie to get off the hook. Artemis gladly let her recruit, and she's been jumping from one rank to another ever since. Thalia even said that if she ever left the Hunt for any reason, she would be the new lieutenant.

Phoebe marched up to the mother spider and nocked an arrow. The momma spider looked at her like she was crazy for marching up to her. "Make thy day, eight-legged demon!" she announced.

I wonder if she was talking to the spider, or the mental image of her ex-boyfriend. The spider swung its legs, and Phoebe was sent across the camp. The girls nocked their arrows, and stared at the face of the mother spider. She snapped her fangs at the Hunters, and pounced.

Thinking quick, I ran toward the spider's extended legs, and slammed right into the bend. The momma spider stumbled, and silver arrows rained down on the momma spider. I quickly got up, and, with a deadly arc, amputated her leg.

It roared in pain, and fixed its eyes on me like I was lunch. Ok, you die first! I heard her say.

I stepped back, and the momma spider lunged at me. I leapt out of the way as it landed. Its stub of a leg made it difficult for it to stand, but its eyes still bore into my soul. I looked around, and there was Annabeth swinging at lunging spiders, still buried in fear.

"Annabeth, a little help here!" I screamed at her. I quickly ducked when a web strand was suddenly fired at me.

She looked too wrapped up in her fear to hear me. Ugh, a rhyme. Anyway, I raised my sword, and the spider slowly retreated. Cursed son of Poseidon!

She slowly approached me. I stepped back, hoping that the gap would stay big. To taunt me, the momma spider snapped its pinchers at me, and I jumped.

I continued backing up until I found something hit my foot. I was sure that it was a baby spider trying to hold me down. I turned behind me, and there was a small rock. I looked up at the spider, and it was standing on its legs, ready to squash me. Oh the irony. Suddenly, I got an idea worthy of Athena. I placed my foot on the rock, and readied my sword.

Prepare to die, son of Poseidon! I heard the momma spider say.

I smiled. "Hey, that's my line!"

Before she could question my comment, I jumped off of the rock and thrusted my sword into the neck of the momma spider. It roared in pain in my ear, and I twisted my sword so she would be sure to return to where she came from.

"Now!" I screamed.

The Hunters nocked their arrows, and fired at the momma spider. About thirty silver arrows pierced the spider's body, and its screech enveloped the entire camp like a blanket of terror.

Chiron was stomping spiders, only for them to multiply. Before his hoof touch one, it turned to ash, and blew away in the wind. He raised an eyebrow, and noticed more spiders turn black and into ash. Annabeth slashed at one, and fell dead at her feet. With her back turned for a second, a large spider lunged at her, and turned to dust with the cold blade of her knife.

Soon, all the spiders in camp turned to dust, and were blown away in the wind. All the spiders from under the tables, inside glasses of milk, and bowls of half-eaten cereal disappeared. All that was left was the momma spider, and her head was hanging on by a thread.

All the campers gathered around the giant spider. It was slowly dissolving, but managed to speak her first warning. This is only the beginning, son of Poseidon. You all will suffer, she said.

Then, the shadows swallowed up the spider, and all that was left was its pincher, which was oozing with green poison. The camp didn't look too good. Some of the cabins were completely wrecked, a few campers were shrieking as they dusted themselves clean. An Aphrodite girl was screaming because she thought a spider messed up her hair, or broke her nail. Whatever.

Chiron whipped his tail, and trotted up toward the pincher. "So, no one is hungry anymore, right?

A/N: Well, what'd you think of it? Let me know in your reviews, and if you have any suggestions, let me know via PM.

Percy: Who says via anymore?

Me: The author of this story, that's who

Annabeth: … … …

Me: I'm guessing she didn't like this chapter. Anyway, review.

P.S., On behalf of Percy, Sally, Annabeth, and everyone in the U.S., we all stand strong after the events of 9/11. 11 years since that horrible event, yet it brought out the true colors of the American Dream. We stood up out of the ashes, and we eventually found the man responsible for that one day of terror. When you go to bed tonight, remember that 11 years ago, the nation became one family, one people, and one heart. Our hearts and prayers go to the family of the victims. Please, have a pleasant day, and God bless.

-Unknown