Chapter 9

*A/N: Question Answers!

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ANOTHER random question because I'm bored (yes, I'll do this every chapter! Or at least try!): Imagine Percy and Jason fighting in the Arena practicing together. One of them (I sadly type) gets possessed by a monster. Who would get possessed and what would they do to the other person? Would they win or would they get un-possessed?

"Nico told me I could do this and I didn't have time to figure out completely…," Alexander said, "but I think I got the picture!"

"Oh dear gods," Jacob muttered.

Alexander shot him a look. "Hey, I'm going to get there, aren't I?"

He rolled his eyes. Alexander told them to follow him and they walked and walked until they found some woods. It was getting dark and the sunset was coming. They got into the heart of the woods and they stopped.

"What are we doing?" Rue asked.

Alexander stuck out his hand for her to take. She took his hand, not knowing what was going on. Alexander looked at Jacob. "You can hold my shoulder."

Jacob, a little embarrassed, put his hand on Alexander's shoulder. "Ok, what now? Let's get this over with."

Alexander took a deep breath. "I hope this works," he muttered.

"What the –" Rue said, but she got interrupted.

They turned into a shadow. Jacob's grip tightened on Alexander's shoulder. Rue's squeezed Alexander's hand and she closed her eyes. Someone was screaming.

They stopped and they weren't shadows. Jacob was holding Alexander's shoulder, Rue was about to pass out from being lightheaded, Alexander was screaming. He opened his eyes and stopped. Jacob was muttering "Please don't let me die!" over and over. Alexander stopped screaming and opened his eyes.

People were walking past them, looking at them as if they were crazy. Rue's hand slipped out of Alexander like all of the strength left her, her eyes rolled in the back of her head, and she fell backwards. Alexander jumped back, grabbed her arm, and caught her.

"Is she dead?" Jacob asked.

"She's breathing, you idiot!" Alexander said. "No, she probably passed out because it scared her."

"At least she didn't scream," Jacob muttered.

"You were hugging my shoulder!"

Jacob's face turned red. "SHUT UP!"

Alexander picked her up with one hand behind her back and the other under her knees. He looked around. "This isn't San Francisco."

Jacob pointed. "St. Louis."

"What?"

He turned and saw the St. Louis Arch. Rue's eyes fluttered. She crossed her arms and laid her head facing his chest. She fell asleep. Alexander smiled.

"You like her!" Jacob said.

Alexander blushed and smiled.

"You liiiiike her!" Jacob sang. "You wanna huuuuuug her! You wanna kiiiiiiss her!"

Alexander laughed. "Shut up!"

Her eyes fluttered open and her face looked like someone slammed into her head with a hammer. "Ow…," she muttered. She looked at Alexander with a confused look. "What… what happened?"

"You passed out," Alexander told her. "I think Shadow Walking scared you."

He set her down on her feet. She stumbled and he steadied her. She rubbed her head.

"I'd rather fight a Minotaur than do WHATEVER that was again," she muttered. "Where are we?"

"St. Louis," Jacob said.

"What the heck?" she said. "Wait a minute… what's that?"

A purple laser beam shot down on the three of them and they shot towards the top of the St. Louis Arch. It was really windy, and they could see everything from there. Alexander about lost his balance if Jacob wouldn't have caught him. A lady in a black robe stood there as if this was a kiddy rollercoaster. Her eyes were purple and soon the light disappeared and her brown yes showed.

"Daughter of Poseidon!" she said. She made her way towards them. "I thought you were never going to… shall I say… come and visit me!"

"Jacob, take Alexander down to the shore," Rue commanded.

"No!" Jacob said.

"We're not leaving you!" Alexander said.

"Just go!" she said forcefully.

Jacob grabbed Alexander's arm and jumped off. He flew down to shore underneath them and the two watched.

"Who are you?" Rue asked. She stepped backwards but then stopped, remembering that she could fall right onto the ground.

"Circe," the lady in the black cloak growled. "Goddess of Magic and Witchcraft."

She came towards Rue. Rue put her foot behind her.

"Are you scared?" Circe hissed. "This is a first! You know, your idiotic brother, Percy, fought up here. Now who did he fight…? No matter. He won, but you, my friend, will lose."

Rue pulled out her phone, flipped it, and held her sword. If she was going to go down, it would be with a fight. She charged at Circe, but Circe was quick. She levitated over her head and Rue missed, stumbling to stop.

"Watch out, Rue," Circe said. "You can fall off!"

Rue gripped her sword. "You're dead meat!"

"Actually, I'm immortal!"

Circe stuck her hands out, her eyes glowed purple, and shot purple flames at Rue. Rue, in shock, was hit so hard it flew her off the side and towards the water. She heard Alexander and Jacob screaming her name. She flipped over on her back and watched how Circe smirked. She looked towards her friends and saw Jacob holding Alexander back from running out into the water.

"NO!" she screamed to him. "STAY P –"

She slammed into the icy cold water. She felt the shock disappear, the strength coming to her bones, and the grip on her sword got stronger. She thought, "Oh great, I'm going to be soaked," but she was wrong.

Then she realized she was breathing. She patted herself down, checking for gills, but they weren't there. She then realized she was breathing through her mouth. She smiled. She knew about this power. This was the fun part.

She swam down a feet, looked towards the surface, and closed her eyes. She opened her hands, the sword on her belt, and felt the air bubbles swarming around her. She opened her eyes and saw them swirling around her like a tornado. She smirked and shot towards the surface.

Rue broke the surface and shot up as high as the St. Louis Arch like a dolphin, except she was completely dry with the water at her feet. She took Circe by surprise. She swung her sword at her head and slapped her in the side with of the blade. Circe grabbed her face and screamed. The wind picked up faster and harder. The cries of Alexander and Jacob from the ground cheering her on were heard from miles away. The public probably just thought it was some girl up there again.

Circe pulled out a knife, but then got confused. Rue turned on her glasses and turned invisible. Circe cussed in Greek.

"Come out and fight like a wimp you are!" Circe screamed. Then, Circe fell off. Rue turned off her glasses and was standing on top of the St. Louis Arch looking down at Circe falling, screaming her head off. She slammed into the water and all Rue could see was a cloak floating in the water.

"Dad," she said, "do something to her like a man eating shark in the river. Please?"

Rue jumped off, doing a backflip, not knowing that Jacob had Iris-Messaged Percy and Tyson to show him the whole thing that happened. Midair, she turned into a water tornado and appeared on shore, completely dry. When she saw the Iris-Message, she smiled at Percy, who was gawking.

"How'd you do that?" he asked.

She shrugged. "I don't know."

"You got to show me how to do that!" he said smiling.

She shrugged. "I'll think about it."

"Percy," Tyson said, "it's lunch time. Bye bye little sister!"

"Bye Tyson!" Rue said. Percy cut the connection.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Jacob and Alexander yelled at the same time. They were telling her how good she did at the top as they walked down the road. Jacob jumped in front and began acting like her.

"AND THEN YOU TURNED INVISIBLE!"

Rue laughed. "Jacob, don't hyperventilate. It was nothing!"

"Nothing?" Alexander said. "You knocked a goddess off of the St. Louis Arch! IT WAS AWESOME!"

"Oh shut up," she said, but they could tell she liked the attention.