Hi everyone! All my school stuff is on hold - after exams we don't do anything, so here is the next chapter! I'll be posting lots from now, unless the mean old teachers decide to give us more homework :( Anyway, here goes...:

"Oh, damn!" Percy muttered.

Annabeth drew her dagger. "Look, Percy, the Greek Gods and..."

"I know. Wait, are you a..."

"Yes, are you?"

"Yes. Now that's settled, let's fight."

The pair stood back to back and viewed their surroundings. The monsters were wary of their blades, but started to creep forward. The only possible escape route was a sagging wooden staircase that looked as if it would sag at the slightest touch. Luckily Percy had lots of experience at treading lightly, and an unbelievably stupid plan appeared in his mind. He caught Annabeth's eye and nodded his head towards the staircase. Her eyes widened as she realised what he wanted her to do. She was about to tell him (with a very complicated and vigorous shake of her head) how stupid that was, but he looked away before she could. She had no choice but to do what he wanted. She sprinted for the stairs, and as Percy had hoped, every eye turned to her.

Having learnt at Camp Half-Blood how to single out a leader, Percy was quite good at it. He spotted the leader right away. He was taller and bulkier than the others, and (somehow) had an even angrier face. He wore an eyepatch and he had a gold tooth that was extremely pointed and glinted evilly in the orange light from the chandelier in the middle of the café. Percy slowly reached behind him, trying carefully not to make a noise. Finally, he had it in his hand. The cold metal soaked through the skin, and he took a quick aim and threw. The blades of the fork landed in the leaders head, and it crumpled to the floor in a heap. Whilst the others were panicking he leapt for the stairs, completely forgetting how weak they were. He broke through the first one with an enormous crack, and jumped onto the next one which broke, and quickly destroyed every stair in his path, desperately hoping that these were monsters that couldn't fly.

At the top, there was only a small window that let in only the tiniest amount of light to show off the amount of dust in the room. A scared looking Annabeth sat in the corner, shivering and muttering.

"Come, quick! They'll find a way up soon."

"What do you mean a way up? There's a simple stair... Oh, I see."

Percy grabbed her waist and Annabeth was about to slap him when he started climbing on boxes to try and reach the window.

"Hey, watch that hand!"

"Um, sorry. I thought you were being..."

He laughed. "Don't worry." He looked at her solemnly. "Just trust me."

With that, he leaped out of the window.

"What are you doing?" Annabeth screamed on the way down. They were heading at 50 miles an hour, heading straight towards a river. It was shallow and rocks jutted out of the water every few centimetres.

When they were about to hit one of the rocks, some water swirled up and cushioned their fall. What was even weirder - Annabeth didn't get wet, even when she was fully dumped under the water.

"What. Was. That." Annabeth looked really mad. Percy didn't like the look on her face. It scared him even more than the red-eyed things in the café.

Hope you liked! Annabeth scares me too ;) more soon xx