A/N Chapter 2! (: COOKIES FOR THE ONES WHO REVIEWED! (::) Chocolate chip! Oh and I suck a describing battle scenes so any pointers would be great and highly appreciated! xD And yes, I decided to inter change the point of views… four different people will be talking :D

Alec

So you just talked with Lizzie didn't you? How much did she screw up? She probably told you that all of this is my fault but it's not. Where did she leave off? Probably somewhere simple because she is probably the most boring person I have ever met. Now that I get to speak you'll never want to listen to Liz nag ever again.

There I was, minding my own business, hanging out in an old building when two other kids decided to slide right in through a busted window. Right behind them they brought a Cyclopes that was now trying to claw its way through the small opening. The thing was, there was one guy I knew and one girl that I did not know—a shocker to myself—that was having a complete meltdown.

"I'm guessing you're new to this?" I asked with a light smirk, my eyes narrowed. In the little light there was, I saw the outline of thick brown hair. Her eyes reflected bits of light but her expression was pushed into a glare and it was directed at me. I shrugged.

"Ignoring that comment," she muttered and turned back to the annoying son of Apollo. "any ideas on how to get us out of her? I kind of want to get home in one piece with my heart still beating."

"Hate to break it to you, Iz," Seth began.

"It's Liz," the girl snapped, "not Iz, not Izzie, Liz or Lizzie." Gods, I hate to this girl's father.

"You're probably not going home today," Seth finished. I almost broke into laughter. Even with the limited light, Liz's face was priceless. I would've paid to see it over again. That's when the Cyclopes broke through and I cursed real loud while Liz screamed.

"Any other way out of here, Alec," Liz said my name as if it was a cruel piece of crap. I gritted my teeth together and had to restrain from hitting the chick. I smirked lightly.

"Nope, no other way then the windows, Lizzie," I said sarcastically. The Cyclopes was now trying to make the hole a bit bigger making the entire building shake grumbling and cursing in Greek the entire way. "Other exits are bolted. You'll learn this is what we live for," I was almost yelling over crumbling of the building. "I'm fighting."

Seth already was standing in front of Liz with his bow raised. He shot two arrows at once both piercing the monster's hand and upper arm. It raged in pain.

"We're fighting that thing?" Liz demanded.

"You're not," Seth said which didn't seem to make her happy.

Suddenly, the monster stopped trying to get in and everything was silent. From the corner of my eye I think I saw Lizzie shaking but I couldn't tell for sure. I plucked my mace off my back and made my way to the crushed opening. I peered out into the warm daylight just to have my face grabbed at by an enormous hand. I swung my weapon quickly letting it pierce the creatures hand and let the rough black spikes dig in deep. It roared in rage and a sly smirk spread across my face. I climbed out of building by hoisting myself up onto the slick New York cement.

An arrow whizzed by my head and pierced the monster in the shoulder. "Nice shot," I muttered in aggravation. I didn't need help right now. Seth and Liz both climbed out of the building, Liz denying Seth's help with another priceless and stupid face.

I dodged whatever the monster threw at me—which was mainly just small pieces of building. Seth was shooting arrows looking very impatient and Liz stood behind him looking pissed off, now holding a knife in her crossed arms.

Of course that's when things started to go wrong. The Cyclopes decided to forget about me and figured that Seth and Liz was a better target. So it pulled a freaking cheap shot. It decided pick me up and throw me into one of the rundown buildings. I crashed right through into a bunch of wood and bricks.

My vision went fuzzy for a second, or maybe it was just the lack of light. I sat up and pushed away anymore fallen wood, cursing the entire way. It took me another second to remember what just happened. I must have blacked out for a second. Now my back was sore and my left arm wasn't feeling too great but I'm never one to complain.

I got to my feet and grabbed my mace while getting to the window. Seth was now nowhere in sight which wasn't really a shocker to me. I'd seen him abandon a battle. What really seemed to tick me off though was the fact that he left Liz unguarded and defenseless. She had his bow in her hand though, along with three arrows. She was also muttering something under her breath which was kind of cute, but that's beside the point.

I hoped out of the building and landed swiftly on my feet ready to attack again, but Liz now seemed to have it under control. She whipped around quickly and shot an arrow at the Cyclopes with her brown hair flung all around her face. She seemed so determined. She shot another arrow and it pierced the Cyclopes in the neck. I decided to finish it off for her.

I came up behind the Cyclopes and swung my mace as hard as I could right at the back of its head. It spun once, then fell to the ground and exploded into dust before it even hit the ground. Liz stood a few feet away from me with an arrow notched and pointed at me. I narrowed my eyes and held up my hands as in a, I surrender type of fashion. Her expression was still in attack-big-scary-monster mode and she was breathing hard.

Slowly she lowered the bow and that's when I noticed Seth. He was sprawled out across the front steps of the old building with his eyes scrunched close and blood trickling down his neck. He sat up with a grown. Perfect.

Liz walked right over to him with his bow in her hand and tossed it down next to him. Seth blinked. "Where'd it go?" he asked like an idiot.

Liz rolled her eyes and started down the road making Seth stand shakily and go after her. I faintly heard their conversation as I started to walk the other way. They could do whatever they wanted, but I was not in the mood to go anywhere with either of them right then. And I wasn't planning on it, until the idiot started referring to me as a tour guide. I turned around

"What?" I demanded. "I am not taking her back to camp. Why can't you? You want to go find your girlfriend?"

"Actually no, but I've got my reasons," Seth retorted with ease. Lizzie didn't look to pleased either so I wasn't minding this too much. Two against one, what could happen? Well apparently a lot because I ended up losing an argument. Me. Lose an argument! Of course, I did need the excuse for leaving camp and because Seth here won't tell me why he left, I needed one. I didn't love camp but I didn't want to get kicked out for leaving without permission.

But, I figured this couldn't be too bad. I had no transportation back to camp so walking—what?—thirty miles with a girl wasn't the worst thing, but Liz still didn't look happy.

"How do we even know she is one?" I asked impatiently suddenly reconsidering things.

Seth shrugged like an idiot. "She see's through the Mist and she can fight," he said plainly. "What else do you want?"

"That is exactly what a moron would say," I muttered. I got an idea but it was kind of cruel. What the heck I thought. This girl already seemed to hate me, so why bother. I snatched up Seth's knife took Liz's hand forcefully and pricked her finger, which happened to be her middle one which she flipped off to me once she pulled away. The part I was looking for, was blood. "There. We have our answer."

"What the hell?" She yelled. "What was that for?" she looked at her finger once more then wiped it on her shorts. All the while, her brown eyes continuously glared at me. I smirked at her the entire way.

"Okay," Seth said looking between the two of us, "I'll let you just be on your way then. See ya!" and he started off down the road leaving me with this girl I just met. She seemed sweet in her calm state and I hoped she kept like this the entire trip. I turned around and started walking in the direction of camp.

"Come on," I said. "wouldn't want you to get lost," There was a sigh behind me and I could just imagine her frowning. Then she fell into step next to me.

There was silence for a few steps that we took until she blurted, "Will you please tell me what is going on?" Liz stepped in front of me and put her hands on her hips. I sighed. Looks like we were back to loud obnoxious and nagging Lizzie.

A/N and that concludes chapter two! (: Hope you guys liked it! Please review!