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So yeah, I'm back from Mexico with another chapter for you all! I don't really have much to say today so…

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ON WITH THE STORY :)

Chapter 6:

I stare at the burning remains of the creature which was once almost as big as the ship I came here on. The body of the Hydra is still there, yes, but it is now charred and burnt, lying lifeless on the grassy clearing.

I turn my gaze over to the girl who tried to help us; she has straight black hair which comes to an end just above her shoulder. The part of her hair is all the way to the left of her head so that a considerably large bit of hair is obscuring one eye from view. Her eyes are a vibrant blue, which startles me; due to the fact that her hair is so dark, but I also think it is kind of cool looking. She has an angular face and small eyebrows that arch above her eyes. Her eyelashes are long and thick, though I don't know If they are natural or not. Her skin has a somewhat dark tone to it, yet not quite as dark as Leo's, but still not pale enough to make her black hair look unnatural. She is a petite girl but you can tell she is not weak at all, and her eyes have a commanding look to them. She looks around our age, which I learned from piper, and stands at about five foot three, a couple of inches under me… Ha. That rhymed…

Jason, Leo, Piper, Annabeth and I stand off the side, not quite doing anything, but at the same time, not doing nothing either- if that makes any sense. The expression on Leo's face is amusing, but in a way also kind of sets me off, for some reason, but whatever. He stares at the girl and his eyes almost literally have stars in them. I turn to look over at Jason and Piper, who I find are sharing looks again, Jason mouths something like 'Not again' and Piper replies back with 'This literally happens every. Single. Time.' Which makes me laugh, again I don't have a legit reason what they are talking about, but I can guess pretty well too. This should be interesting to watch.

"You just gonna stand there or what?" The girl says with a sort of kind expression on her face, but her voice sounds kind of forced. I twist my face into a friendly smile and turn towards her.

"Thanks for that, I don't mean to sound rude but- who are you?" I say, earning a full smile from the girl, revealing shiny white teeth.

"Sorry- I'm Adrienne." She says, her eyes glued to my face. I turn towards Annabeth, whose eyes are wide as she looks at me; when she speaks it comes out a whisper.

"Uh… Alexis… you should probably wash your face." I was slightly confused until I remembered the gash I had gotten during the Manticore fight, I had forgotten all about it. I slowly reach my hand up to my face, afraid for what I would feel, and wincing as I felt the sticky blood on my fingers. The wound isn't that deep, but the bleeding is still pretty bad. Piper hands me a bottle of water from her pack, which I take, gratefully, before pouring some onto my clean hand. I rub my wet fingers gently across the place where the skin was torn, to get the dark red blood off of my face. It's closing up already, and most of the blood is dried and already flaking off in my fingers. I nod in the direction of the rest of the group- who are all staring at me, even Leo, who has torn his gaze from Adrienne.

"Continue." I say, still rubbing my face, even though most of the blood is gone, they all nod, looking to Annabeth to introduce us. – Except Leo, who turns his gaze back to Adrienne.

After giving them an annoyed look, as if to say: 'why is it always me who has to introduce us?' She begins to speak. "I am Annabeth; this is Jason, Leo, Piper, and Alexis." She says, pointing to us in turn. The girl nods her head once, and we all look at her, waiting for her to continue her own explanation. She pauses, before wringing her fingers together and biting her lip, which if possible, makes Leo even more loony then he already is. I shake my head, rather ashamed of him, he wouldn't be someone I would have put in the "loves girls" category –not that there's any people that I remember to choose from- but I guess you can't assume things until you really get to know a person. The girl looks like she's made up her mind, and I turn my attention towards her as she begins to speak.

"I need your help." She blurts out quickly, before beginning to explain herself. "I'm looking for my brother." She pushes a lock of hair behind her ear. "We were… separated."

"So…" I say, trailing off, implying for her to continue.

"I saw you guys get off of your ship and I was… kind of hoping you would help me." Adrienne says, looking up at us with hopeful eyes… It. Was. Adorable O.O (Sorry, not to sound creepy but seriously… you just couldn't say no!) Leo obviously thought so too because he quickly spoke up before any of us could open our mouths.

"Sure!" He says, maybe a little too enthusiastically… just a little... I shake my head, along with Jason, who also seems wary of Leo's… how do I say this…. Eagerness, to put it lightly.

"Hey" I say, butting into the conversation. "We have a quest to finish! Did you forget about that?" I prod, slightly annoyed that Leo could just forget what we came here for... or were forced here for… Whatever!

Annabeth speaks up, thinking "Well obviously we can't just forget about the quest but…I mean we can't just not help her." Yes, yes we can, I think, but I don't say anything.

"Okay so, do you have any ideas on where your brother might be?" Piper says, caving in.

"Yes, the monster who took him threatened me, told me he was taking him to a cave a couple of miles north." She says, nodding her head in a direction that I thought was west… but I'm no human compass. Besides, she would probably know more than I would, what with the likeliness she has many, many years of experience.

"I guess we could help her, on the way we might find some signs for our quest." Annabeth says, and she's right, we hadn't had a lead yet so it couldn't hurt to help her… well I guess it could but... eh I'm overthinking this.

"Let's camp for the night and get started tomorrow." Jason speaks up, and we all agree. After setting up a quick camp in a clearing, we all pretty much fall asleep, including me.

Sometime into the night I wake up and accidently smash my head against a rock that somehow got right next to my head. I bolt upward and open my mouth in a silent scream, thrashing my arms in the air as a reflex to the pain. I press both of my hands to the sides of my head as if it would somehow make the pain go away. I'm sure my reaction would've been pretty funny if I hadn't just slammed my head against a rock.

I sit upright as the pain starts to fade away, leaving a headache storming around in my brain, wonderful… just wonderful. I glare into the dark with a pout, cursing my bad luck. My eyes are slowly adjusting to the darkness, and I hear a rustling noise, and I see the outline of someone, who I soon realize is Adrienne -from the outline of her hair- walking away from the clearing.

At first I was confused, then my mind became excided, and I raise my arms in the air in victory, grinning and thinking: OH! The Gods must've wanted me to wake up to follow her and see if she's doing anything naughty! Before realizing how stupid it sounded, don't judge me I just woke up and now have a terrible headache. I shrug and decide to follow her anyway.

I trail her through the thick undergrowth, not too far behind, but far enough that she wouldn't see or hear me. After about 10 minutes of walking, I see her stop, and I crouch in a bush not far away. The clearing we're in looks no more suspicious than any other, but I wouldn't know, seeing as it was just about pitch black out here. She pauses before moving a well concealed pile of sticks and leave away from a long, thin rock that couldn't have been too heavy. She moves that away too, revealing a hole, not big but obviously leading to something. I watch as she skillfully drops into the hole, and I stand there, confused, I stare at the hole, watching as a small hand appears and gropes around before grabbing the rock and pulling it back over the entrance. I know I should not follow her into the hole, which would just be stupid, besides, I don't know how she even fit into that thing. I don't think it's a good idea to stay where I am until she comes out, if she does come out. I disappointedly decide that it would be best to go back to Jason, Leo, and Piper, and wait for her there.

I make the trek back to where the others lay, still sleeping and I shake my head, wondering if they would believe me if I told them what I saw. Probably not, after all, they just met me, and Leo would probably get pretty angry of I made any accusations against his 'crush'. So, I foolishly decide against telling them what I had saw, deciding to see how everything else pans out before saying anything. I lay back down without the intention of falling asleep. I do anyway.

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So what do you think? I had writers block so I just took a break for the week. I had intended for this chapter to be longer, but, oh well, I'm gonna try to make future chapters longer, I promise. Anyway, Rate and review! :)