Chapter 8

*A/N: Mixandmingle: you'll find out soon!

For my last question…

Nico: 1

Alexander: 0

Come on guys; don't be afraid to put y'all's two cents in! I'm not a thieve (or a liar because I'm the daughter of Hermes).

Another random question because I'm bored: Alexander likes Coca-Cola. Jacob likes Pepsi. Rue likes Mountain Dew. What's your favorite? ~BookFreak4Life12~

"Well, like I told you," the truck driver said, "these are the best tomatoes you can find in the whole world!"

Jacob began turning red. He thought, "Not anymore."

Rue had an evil grin on her face. Alexander was in a ninja position. Jacob was looking at them like they were stupid. Rue elbowed him in the ribs. The doors opened.

Light flooded the room. Jacob and Alexander blinked and stumbled backwards, but Rue didn't. She jumped out and began fighting the two grown men hand-on-hand combat and she was winning. The fat man in the Crazy-Mart get-up went down first with a doughnut in hand. By this time, Alexander and Jacob weren't blinded anymore. They went Tag-Team-WWE on him!

They both jumped off and tackled the guy.

"You twerps!" he muttered. Jacob got on top of him and pulled his fist back. He came down on his face and broke his nose and bloodied his mouth. He punched him again and the man was unconscious. Rue was going through the store man's pockets and Jacob went through trucker man's. Alexander checked the place to make sure there was no one else.

"Coast's clear," Alexander said.

Rue stood up and stuffed a wallet in her pants. "You done?" she asked Jacob.

He jumped up. "Yeah," he said. He looked at Rue in the eyes then he looked down as if he was sad. Rue brushed it off.

"Alright, come on," she said. "We need to get out of here. They'll get suspicious."

They ran out the side and then Rue slowed down. She walked towards the store.

"What are you doing?" Jacob hissed.

She didn't reply. She just kept on walking. She turned around and waved them forward.

"What are you doing?" Alexander muttered.

"Follow my lead," she said. They walked inside. Rue walked over to a lady at the register. "Excuse me, miss; can you tell me where I'm at? Me and my friends are a little lost."

The blonde headed lady looked at her with a pitiful look. "Aw, I'm sorry! You're in Kentucky, Sweetie. Do you need to call your parents?"

"No ma'am, my aunt lives here. I thought this place looked familiar." Rue smiled a sweet smile they'd never seen her make before. The lady smiled and Rue walked away.

"Well," she said, "we're in Kentucky and now we got to find another way. Any ideas?"

"Oh yeah!" Alexander said with a smirk. "I've been wanting to try this!"