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Chapter 7:

I wake to the sound of talking, rather loud I must add, having no respect for somebody that was trying to sleep here. I open my eyes only to see that Adrienne had returned once again, I glare at her, obviously, she did not get caught for sneaking out last night. I am quite surprised to see that she is flirting with Leo…. What the heck?! This was strange…. And rather awkward, especially for Jason and Piper, who are sitting a little ways off looking at them like: What the heck are you doing? We're supposed to be talking strategy here! It's actually REALLY funny, and I snort under my breath, causing them all to turn in my direction, what? I didn't think it was that loud… I give them a look that says: Whaaat? Me? No it was that squirrel over there laughing at your stupidness. Sarcasm.

Jason grins, and Adrienne rolls her eyes in my direction, rather obnoxiously, I might add, it was not that good humor eye roll. I don't think this girl is as nice as she first seemed, I narrow my eyes at her seemingly jokingly, but I wholeheartedly mean it.

"Alright…." Jason says, interfering, "Uh- we should really get going…" I nod, walking off in the direction that was supposedly north, with the others trailing behind me.

"Alright, I have no idea where I'm going." I say, giving up after like, an hour of walking. I grab Jason's shoulder and push him in front of me, indicating that he should lead the group, honestly I have no idea why they even let me lead it the first place…

Anyway, Jason took the lead, (Who by the way, was a MUCH better leader than me.) and after a while he had brought us to a small beach with rocky ledges leading up to a narrow pathway, which soon disappeared from my line of vision. I realize that this was the place Adrienne told us about, where her supposed brother was…. That story was still a little strange but, eh.

"That's it!" Adrienne squealed "That's where the monster took my brother!" I cover my ears, annoyed with her squealing, you know, everything this girl did annoyed me now…. Why do I hate her? I couldn't say. I shrug and listen in as piper begins to speak.

"Okay so we go in there, defeat the monster and get your brother back?" Piper asks, directing her question towards Adrienne, who nods. Am I the only one who doubts her word? I thought demigods were supposed to be smart, and they're just gonna trust her word just like that? Well they're the ones who are 'experienced' so I guess they know best right?

I shrug and follow Jason, who is leaping from rock to rock, ascending quickly. I thought it would be hard for me, but I guess I had done something like this in my unknown past because I scaled the cliff without a problem, feeling LIKE A BOSS when I got to the top and looked down to see Leo and piper slightly struggling to climb it. Once everyone had reached the top, we continued down the path that I could only see a fraction of from the bottom of the cliff… and let me tell you that was a SMALL fraction of what we actually had to walk. My Gods, it felt like we were in the middle of nowhere, I could just picture the tumbleweed stumbling across our path… and I am most certainly not being dramatic, which is what Leo said I was after I started complaining while we were only about half way there…. Well you would complain too if you had to walk like… 20 miles to a cave that wasn't even necessary for the quest! I'll stop ranting now….

Oh look! Here we are…

A huge rock entrance finally comes into view and I sigh with relief, a little too loudly from the look Adrienne gives me…. THE SHE DEMON…. Just kidding… that would be a little harsh... but I have established that I do not like her… she annoys me, and she just comes across as an obnoxious person in general. Anyway, I observe the entrance of the cave in great distaste; there are suspicious rocks on the cliff edges above it built up after the years from sliding down the mountain's edge. As Jason begins to march into it with the rest of the crew trailing behind him, I have an uneasy feeling in my stomach, I'm not very fond of dark, unknown caves where you can possibly get your eyes pecked out by little demon bats or attacked by a sea of demon spiders… you know, I'm being irrational, that's not gonna happen… I hope…

So, we walk into the dark cave, and Annabeth brings out a flashlight, (smart, smart girl) and expertly shines it in every possible crack or corner, checking for enemies. I watch as Adrienne saunters up in front of everyone, and my eyes never leave her, suspicious of her intentions.

"So we can find your brother and just get out of here." Jason says, obviously also spooked by the dark, suspicious cave.

"Sorry sweetie, but I can't let you do that." Adrienne hisses, her voice becoming raspy. Annabeth's hand jerks and she quickly shines her flashlight in Adrienne's direction. I almost choke on my own saliva as the light lands on the girls face, her hair is now flaming, all traces of the neat black haircut now gone and her canine teeth have grown and now ended in points. (Ha… told you she was a demon…) I almost choke again, but with laughter this time, upon seeing her legs replaced with one donkey and one bronze prosthetic leg… call me crazy but it was really amusing...

"What are you? A cross breed between a donkey and a vampire?" I say, restraining the laughter from escaping my throat. She glares at me, and I give her the exact look right back, kind of like when a dog barks at you and you bark back at it just to humor it… that's right, I'm calling her a dog now.

"It's an Empusa." Annabeth says….. Her love of knowledge taking over once again! Adrienne stomps her prosthetic foot on the ground as if throwing a temper tantrum… apparently that leg had a lot of force built up in it because the walls began to shake and the rocks that I had noticed on the cliff top were dislodged and landed in front of the entrance, enabling us from escaping. That is NOT a coincidence… this was definitely planned. Three words: I KNEW IT. Now, this was much worse than demon bats or demon spiders.

The thing lunges at where Leo and Jason were standing, obviously going for the male's blood with her creepy vampire fangs. I watch as Jason flips out his sword and slaps her in the face with the flat edge. This disappoints me, but it was still rather amusing.

"Don't be afraid to chop its head off! It's not a girl anymore it's a thing!" I scream at Jason, frustrated by the fact that it was still alive. Adrienne stumbles backward, before regaining her composure and sauntering in Leo's direction. His eyes follow her as if in some sort of trance, and I realized there must be some sort of mental manipulation going on here. It's probably affecting Jason too, a little more slowly by the looks of it though.

I search for any possible way out, in case we need a quick escape, and the obvious choice is now barricaded by rocks and boulders. I look around the large cave and find a tunnel underneath a large rocky overhang, perfect. Probably set for her to escape if she needed to… well now, it might just trap her inside. I turn to the Empusa, seeing as Piper has come out of her shock and is preparing for an attack.

I suddenly have an idea… whether or not the idea will work is a different story. I launch myself into a roll and propel myself through her legs and into the space behind her. I then quickly draw my machete and drive it through her back, right where her heart would be on the other side. That is if she has a heart. She shrieks in pain and begins to disintegrate, right down to a pile of ashes on the floor of the cave. After staring at it for a couple seconds I walk towards the hidden tunnel, quickly calculating a plan to make the rocks fall, just in case. After a minute or so I notice a metal brace holding the rocks in place, another idea quickly forms in my mind.

"Leo do you happen to be able to pull and sledge hammer and pick out of that magical belt of yours?" I say mischievously, and he nods, pulling them out and giving them to me immediately. Using the tools I slowly inch the brace forward, until I only have a couple of inches left to go. As I turn to look at the crew I notice the Empusa, its materializing again! My eyes widen and I quickly gesture for them to move into the tunnel, and I change myself so I am about halfway inside. I hammer at the brace one more time and fling myself fully into the tunnel and watch and the brace comes tumbling down along with all of the rocks.

My heart is beating in my mouth and my hands are clammy with sweat, I'm pretty sure I'm breathing pretty hard too. Leo looks at me, concerned, what the heck? Did he not just ignore me completely in the short time when that demon was traveling with us? Am I not correct?

The tunnel is dark. And small. And way too wet for my liking, I'm pretty sure we have been crawling through this dump for over 20 minutes. Eventually we emerge, on the other side of the island. I look around, this time there was no sea, no forest and the last time I checked, there was no mountain on this island. Well, there is now… and I have no idea how it got there, we really should have been able to see that before. I mean, the tunnel couldn't have been that long right? On a closer look, I realize that the mountain is really a volcano, though it doesn't look active, we'll just have to wait and see.

I realize that it is getting dark, really? It couldn't have been that long… maybe we woke up late…? It's not that dark, only around 5… dusk. Annabeth opens her mouth to speak, probably to discuss what to do next, when abruptly; an owl flies out of nowhere, landing on my shoulder. I freeze, not wanting to startle it. The owl is an off white, with brown markings all over its body and wings, it has large eyes. Something about the eyes are strange, you can practically see the intelligence and wisdom in its gaze, as if it was trying to tell me something. Its eyes move towards the volcano, and back to me, before flying off again.

Annabeth opens her mouth to speak. "That could mean two things…"

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