Group 1: Alcatraz prison
Brief (by Annabeth Chase): Alcatraz was completed in 1912 and was first used as a military prison; later in 1934 it became a federal prison.
Ghost stories: Cell 14D: A "Hole" cell, prisoners were kept in absolute isolation. Many visitors claim to feel an icy chill while inside the cell. One prisoner yelled at the guards telling them that a demon with red eyes was killing him, he was found dead the next morning. Al Capone's showers: Al Capone feared he would be killed if he were allowed in the recreation yard with the other prisoners. He used to practice his banjo n the showers, today guards and visitors often hear banjo music coming from the showers. Unexplained weeping: There have been several accounts of weeping coming from the building late at night.
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"Oh Alcatraz I've been there before." Piper said shortly after she stopped sobbing. "Yeah I used to live in SF." Demetria added
"Okay so how do we get there? I've never been on a quest before." Sam looked at Jared, Piper and Halfdan. "We could borrow the Ares Chariot. If you wimps think you could handle it!" Halfdan smirked "Nothing an Athena kid couldn't handle that's for sure!" Jared raised his hand in anticipation of a high five. "Um you're the only Athena kid here…" Zoe, Hypnos's daughter pointed out. They all stood in awkward silence for a couple seconds before Halfdan shouted "Race, last ones a child of Apollo!" And sprinted for the chariots "How dare you!" Sam screamed and ran after him, the others soon followed. "Okay, tell me we wont have to run like that during our quest, I do not like running." Demetria said as they began to leave the campgrounds "Wimp." Jared laughed. Demetria snapped her fingers and pointed at him "Hey! I do not appreciate your sass." She said with a deadpan voice. That got a chuckle out of everyone including Piper. The group rode for several hours at a lighting speed. "Ohhh! Pizza place! Stop the carriage!" Halfdan shouted and pulled back as hard as he could on the reins. After being jolted violently back the demigods brushed themselves off and tried to reason with him. "It's almost midnight, its probably closed." "We don't have time to stop for pizza." "Chiron packed us food anyways." "No one has money." They argued "Ha! I brought money just for this situation!" Halfdan proudly presented a fifty-dollar bill to the group. Jared shrugged "I guess I could go for some pizza." The girls stared at him. "He does have money, I mean its better to save the food for later anyways." Soon the girls caved and agreed to buy one pizza. Halfdan looked at Sam, "You know since I am paying those could technically be considered a date." He raised his eyebrow suggestively "You and Jared would make a really cute couple." She said while she patted his shoulder. She left him frowning and walked towards 'Serena's pizza and Karaoke'
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"Wow. We are the only ones here." Zoe said as she surveyed the empty restaurant. They sat down at a booth in the corner and looked at the menu. "This is kind of strange, Halfdan are you sure you can afford this?" Demetria looked at the oddly priced and oddly flavored selection "I mean Beef and anchovy pizza priced at two shiny things? Something is defiantly off."
"Hey pizza is pizza." Halfdan shrugged. A lady wearing an unusual amount of feathers approached them. "Hi! I'm Serena. How may I help you kids today?" She smiled displaying a mouth full of slightly yellowed teeth in need of braces. "We will have the 'eagle sized' feta cheese pizza for the table." Halfdan handed her the menus. She returned ten minutes later with a large, slightly undercooked pizza. "Here you are. How would you kiddies like me to sing you some karaoke?"
"Umm no thank you." Demetria said curtly "Demetria!" Sam gasped "First, rude second, never turn down Karaoke. It sounds awesome!" She smiled at the bedraggled woman. She smiled back "Let me just get my sisters." She turned and left through a white door, moments later her two sister followed her out. The three women were a very odd spectacle to observe, They grey hair knotted in every which way, makeup too colorful and smeared to be considered decent and odd feather dresses and necklaces adorned their bodies. "Okay something's not right here, I swear I recognize them from some where." Demetria paused trying to remember where she had seen them. Then it hit her Lake Michigan "You guys they're Si-." She had her earplugs (she carries them everywhere now) in half a second before the music started playing she watched as her friends' faces slowly faded into empty expressions "You guys!" She screamed, "It's not even a good song!" She shook Sam "You HATE Justin Bieber!" The Sirens smiled now in full half-woman half-bird form. Demetria took her iPod out from her pocket and plugged it into Sam's ears. Sam jolted out from her trance and glanced nervously at Demetria who was busy untying her whip from her belt loop. The two girls raised their weapons to the sirens who refused to let up their dreadful moans, until Sam shot one. Demetria stared wide-eyed "I panicked." Sam mouthed Suddenly the other demi-gods rose from the both and approached Sam and Demetria, weapons drawn, faces stuck in a dopey grins. "You get the Sirens." Demetria mouthed to Sam, she nodded and began shouting arrows at the bird abominations. Demetria cracked her whip in the air but her friends did not seem to notice she cracked it again, louder. Then she resorted to knocking the weapons from their hands. She turned around for half a second to see if Sam had killed another, she had, and suddenly felt incredibly tired and collapsed to the ground snoring.
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"What happened?" Demetria said as she woke u to find herself speeding along once again in the Ares chariot. "Zoe put you to sleep Tri!" Sam said excitement wild in her eyes "It was supposedly awesome but no one remembers except Sam." Jared said "Well, I was the only who wasn't enchanted and actually killed something." Sam defended. "Yeah I'm really sorry Tri, can I call you Tri?" Zoe smiled apologetically "Sure. Oh and no problem, I blame the crazy bird ladies. Oh and Halfdan no more pizza stops, from here we go straight to Alcatraz."
Finally I bring you… A longer chapter! This was just group 1 this week, next week it will be group 2 and so on until they find Jason.
Sorry about the blatantly obvious Sirens… Harder to make normal than I expected…
Anyways thanks for reading and I hope you liked it!