Chapter 3

*Shout outs!

Superman – hmm, we'll find out soon, won't we? But you're close, I'll give you that.

Mixandmingle – Thank you and I'm getting to that part! You can't rush perfection, you know! =)

When Hades kid got there, everything went south. First, Mrs. O'Leary started acting crazy. She jumped up and began barking at the bushes. The wind began getting strong and everyone, including Jacob, the new kid, and Rue, took out their weapons. Mrs. O'Leary looked straight up and began growling like crazy. She was snapping at the air.

"Mrs. O'Leary!" Percy yelled. "What's wrong?"

She turned and looked straight above Rue. Mrs. O'Leary's eyes got big. She barked a warning, but it was too late. The Gorgon grabbed Rue by her arms and flew straight up. Rue screamed in frustration because 1) the stupid gorgon was scratching her arm and 2) she didn't see the ugly flying boar chicken lady!

Rue tried to reach for her phone/sword, but it was just out of reach. Percy reached up as if he was going to control the water when Chiron pulled his hand down and gave him the look he gave Grover when Percy had just came: See what she does first.

Rue wrapped her legs around a branch as they passed. The Gorgon pulled as hard as she could, making the cuts in Rue's arm deeper. Rue elbowed the Gorgon in the side. The Gorgon screeched and let go with her left claw. Rue twisted around and bit its leg. The Gorgon made a mean screeching sound and let go. Blood squirted out of the bird leg.

Rue tumbled 100 feet in the sky. Everyone gasped as Rue slammed into the water. She was light headed because of all of the blood loss, but as the water touched her, she felt her skin reconnect, the blood coming back, and the water making her stronger. She sunk farther down into the deep waters. From up above the surface, it looked about two inches deep, but really, it was deep.

The water dryads came up from the bottom and grabbed her by her waist. They lifted her up towards the surface. Everyone was surrounding the lake, watching to see when she would come up. Even though she was completely dry, they still helped her out.

"Are you ok?" the new boy asked.

"Yea," she said. "I'm Rue."

"Alexander Knight," he said.

The Gorgon swooped back down, but Rue was ready. She flipped her phone and got her sword ready. She waited, waited, then – BAM! She sliced the gorgon's head off. The monster turned to dust. Chiron smiled; the way she swung her sword, the way she sidestepped, it was all Greek.

But it reminded him of Luke.

He didn't know how, but it just did. The blonde hair, that twinkle in her eye – then it hit him: she had to be related to Hermes somehow.

Everyone congratulated her and asked her about her sword. She was really liking all of the attention. Jacob, Alexander, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Jason, Piper, Frank, and Hazel all slunk back. Chiron came over to Alexander and Jacob. "Do you have weapons?" he asked them.

They nodded their heads.

Chiron's brown eyes glanced at Annabeth. "Go get Rue. You two, come with me; we have to talk."