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Hey guys, I'm still trying to update quickly. Thanks for reading my story and reviewing-

Anastasia Laurels 2.0: Hahahaha I know, I tried to make Leo somewhat funny but… I'm not really good at that… I don't know... I'm trying. Thanks for reviewing :)

Anonymous: Thank you! And you'll just hafta keep reading and find out. Thanks for your review :)

Sorry, I would have updated sooner but my dad is doing all sorts of work with our house and our deck and I have been helping him. My aunt from Georgia has also been here for a couple days, so I spent a lot of time with her since we don't get to see her that much. Plus, I had a major writers block for this chapter. Anyway, I also wanted to write another story, but I don't know what to do. Ideas?

Well anywho,

I'm not going to be able to update next week seeing as I am going to Mexico to build houses for the homeless people there with people from my church congregation - 3 PROJECT MEXICO 3 - that's from the 6th to the 13th and I probably won't have the chance to post a chapter before then… We'll see :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and The Olympians.

Here it is :)

Chapter 5:

We all unfreeze and raise our weapons to attack the beast once more. Suddenly Annabeth springs from the trees, holding her dagger firmly in her hand, so that's where she' been this whole time… She jumps onto the Manticore's back, in answer it roars in anger, revealing three rows of sharpened teeth. As the perfect opportunity arose, Annabeth shoves the blade into the animal's large mouth, and down into its throat. The monster makes a gagging sound twice before its eyes become glazed over and it drops to the ground with a booming thud. Well… it definitely wasn't expecting that… odd but effective method. Annabeth is now standing off to the left of the beast, beginning to speak smart talk again.

"You see, the Maticore's fur is impenetrable, meaning nothing will happen if you stab at its skin, and theoretically the only unprotected place is its mouth, so it was necessary to stab it in its throat to kill it." She says, once again explaining something we really, didn't need to know. Leo face has a sarcastic look to it and he opens his mouth to speak, probably to make fun of her constant sprouting of unnecessary information. Only to close it again as his facial expression suddenly becomes one of confusion, as if he just realized something.

"So, how come Alex was able to give it a scar?" He asks, and for a minute my face stays blank, Alex? After several moments I realize that Alex is me, since Alex is a shortened version of the name Alexis, which I still haven't gotten used to. Annabeth shrugs, she had obviously already thought of that,

"Couldn't say, probably has something to do with her past." She says, as if there was no point in putting any more thought into it. Piper rolls her eyes and makes a comical face, exasperated with Annabeth's 'smart' way of speaking (If you know what I mean).

"Well, I'm gonna go get some stuff off the ship; there are some necessary supplies that we need for this trip." Piper says, already beginning to walk off with Jason trailing her.

"Um, I'm just gonna take a walk okay guys?" I say uneasily, I need time to think. Piper waves her hand to show that she heard me and yells over her shoulder.

"Sure, I'll get you some extra stuff and we won't leave without you." She says, not turning around once, well that's Piper for you. I shrug; disregarding the fact that Leo hasn't made any move to go with them. Walking deeper into the forest, I shave marks in vines and trees so I can find my way back without a problem. Suddenly, I hear the rustling of footsteps and I slow my pace, listening for anyone who may be approaching in the dense undergrowth. The crunching soon stops and I continue walking at a steady pace. Suddenly Leo jumps out of the thorny bushes in front of me, making a comical face.

"Holy mother!" I yelp, surprised, but also kind of glad that it wasn't another animal with mixed up body parts and a human head. When Leo hears my choice of words he suddenly combusts into a fit of laughter, the corners of his mouth turning upward as his odd face dissolves into a wide grin. For a moment I stare at him like 'what the heck?'… I mean, who wouldn't scream if a kid jumped out from a bush with absolutely no warning at all? It's not that strange of a reaction! My serious face soon cracks as my mouth also turns upward into a smirk, laughs escaping my throat. What? His laughter is contagious.

"That's- that's what I said when- when I-" Leo stutters, trying to form a sentence but ultimately failing as a fit of laughter overtakes his body. I continue to chuckle, but Leo is practically rolling on the floor, it is actually quite amusing. I give him a questioning look regarding his previous statement, if it could even be considered that and try to keep a straight face while looking at his giggling fit. He coughs, clearing his face and trying to get through an explanation without bursting into laughter.

"That's what I said when I saw my father for the first time." He says, grinning, and I look at him.

"You said that to your father? Which God is he?" I ask after waiting a couple of seconds, he obviously had forgotten that I had only known him for a day. His head jolts up, apparently just realizing the fact that I haven't been traveling with him for the last year so therefore I don't know his life story.

"Oh, my dad's Hephaestus." He says shrugging, still grinning from his previous hysterical fit.

"So basically, Vulcan?" I say, the awesomeness of my random knowledge of Gods kicking in.

"Yeah" He replies, "I don't know about Roman but in Greek form, he's pretty ugly… and his face was so close…" He says, shuddering at the memory that obviously left a scar (sarcasm…). I laugh, yeah; we've determined that I was almost definitely Roman. What with the recognizing the Gods by their Roman names to the instincts, my situation is pretty similar to Jason's.

"So you guys think Juno took my memories as a form of blackmail?" I presumed, raising my eyebrows, Leo just shrugged.

"Yeah, what else could have happened? Your situation is almost exactly like Jason's except…." He trails of before continuing after a moment's hesitation. "You don't know your Godly parent do you? That's the weird thing, Jason just kinda knew."

I shrug, "I wish I knew." It was true; the information was gone, just like the rest of my memories. It was all empty space, and although I had some instincts or a 'feeling', the whole situation was pretty depressing. But whatever, I don't like to think about that much, always think positive right?

The next few minutes were spent in silence, but not an awkward silence, more like a 'thinking silence'. I think we were both immersed in our own thoughts at this point. After a while of this Leo turned his head towards me.

"We should get back to them." He says, already getting to his feet. I nod my head once to show that I understood and pushed myself away from the sturdy tree trunk I had been leaning on. We began to walk back through the trees and vegetation, following the scratches I had made earlier. It turns out; I had walked farther than I had originally thought, so it took us longer to get back to the group then I had thought it would.

Once we arrived back at the clearing where we had agreed to meet, we found Annabeth, Piper and Jason sitting on the ground, obviously waiting for us. There were five small blue backpacks in a pile at their feet. Once they heard us coming, Piper's head snapped up.

"There you are!" She exclaimed, slightly annoyed. "We got some supplies; Annabeth had the packs ready in the ship beforehand." She says, gesturing towards the packs. Leo looks slightly amused that Annabeth would plan ahead for this kind of incident.

"Slightly paranoid don't'cha think?" He asks sarcastically, she glares at him.

"Hey it worked, look where we are now, you should be grateful." She says, raising an eyebrow, seeming proud that she has prepared us.

"In the packs there is money, - regular and drachmas- ambrosia, things to that effect." Piper adds, glancing at us all. Jason opens his mouth to speak.

"Guys I wanted to talk about-" He was cut off by a loud roaring and a clomping noise. All five of our heads whipped around to stare at the quivering undergrowth.

When the monster finally emerges, I can see clearly the eight dragon heads perched upon long scaly necks. The flaps of skin on its neck are fluffed up just like a lizard might do when it's scared or angry. I can see its many, many sharp teeth visibly in the light of the setting sun. A dragon tongue hisses from in between the teeth of all of the serpents heads.

"That is a Hydra, its-" Annabeth begins, only to be cut off by a glare sent by the one and only Piper McLean. We are all standing now, weapons draw, weary of our second monster of the day.

We all edge towards the beast, not wanting to make the first move. I catch sight of a small flame in the bushes behind it, a flickering red light in the dark undergrowth. A pale, petite girl suddenly leaps out of the bushes, apparently trying to torch the monster. Suddenly Annabeth's eyes widen, and she yells out in our direction.

"She's right, the only way to kill it is to burn it" She screams, but I know the torch won't be enough to burn it.

"Got any gasoline?" I ask, my gaze flicking towards Leo with his handy belt.

"'Course I do." He says wickedly and his hand slips inside the tool belt, which emerged soon after with a medium sized glass bottle resting in his hand. I watch as he tosses it up in the air dramatically before catching it and throwing it back towards the beast. Moments later I hear the glass shatter and the unmistakable smell of gasoline assaults my senses.

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