Author's Notes: I've been really stressed out lately. In fact, yesterday I was in the hospital for heat exhaustion and being over stressed. This chapter might not be up to par with my previous chapters but it's at least out on time. Next week's chapter might be a little late but I promise it won't take to long.

I couldn't believe it, Kristen was back. "Are you kiddies coming?" Her violet eyes glared at me, full of hate and resentment. She smiled darkly at me, "Have we met before?"

I swallowed hard, "N…no, I don't believe so." I hoped she didn't remember me, but with my luck, she'd probably transform right in front of everyone and make us fight her right here. I looked her in the eyes, "Where do you think you've seen me from?"

Her smile became one of pure evil, "I don't remember; you just have a very familiar face." She walked us over to a very familiar table. In fact, it was the same table I sat at when I came here with Cathleen.

Landon walked behind and pulled my chair out for me. "Here you go Ry." He did the same thing for Annabeth, making her smile and blush slightly. Kristen watched him and grimaced, obviously realizing he was another demigod. "Ok miss, are you our waitress as well?"

"Why yes I will be." She turned to me, "My name is Jeannette and I'll be you're server this afternoon." I knew it was Kristen, but she must have changed her name to avoid suspicion. "Now, what can I get you to drink? We serve Pepsi products."

Annabeth closed her menu, "I'll have a mountain dew and can I place my food order while you're here?"

She gave Annabeth a short glare, "Sure hun, what would you like?" Her eyes began to fluctuate between violet and yellow.

Annabeth, seeming to notice the glare, spoke slightly more aggressive. "I'll have an order of the stuffed shells please."

"Ok, one mountain dew and one order of stuffed shells. What would you two boys like?"

Landon turned to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek before coming up to my ear, "Whatever you get, I get." He bite my ear slightly, causing me to release a slight moan and making both Annabeth and Kristen stare at us. He released my ear after a few seconds, smiling from ear to ear.

I felt my cheeks flush with color, "Um…I'll have the chicken alfredo with a Sierra Mist for my drink please."

Landon smiled, "I'll have the same." He snuck his hand under the table and grabbed mine.

"Ok, one mountain dew, two sierra mists, one stuffed shell, and two chicken alfredos. Anything else you guys want?" I still couldn't believe she hadn't transformed yet.

"No ma'am, we're all set." Landon smiled, still oblivious to what may happen.

"Alright, if you need anything, just ask for me." She turned around slowly, her eyes almost red by the time she left.

Annabeth watched as she walked away, "What's up with her? She's acting like a very mean server." Her eyes asking me the true question: What is she?

I sighed, "If I'm right, that girl is an empusa that attacked me over sixty years ago."

Annabeth's eyes widened and Landon squeezed my hand tightly. "This could be problematic then. Percy faced some empusas a few years ago and they're only interested in male victims. That also explains why she's not being nice to me, because she's not interested in me." Annabeth was a true daughter of Athena. She had already deducted all that from me telling her that Kristen may be an empusa. "We should call Percy and let him know what's happening." She reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone.

I quickly reached across the table and took it from her. "No, we can't call Percy." Annabeth looked at me, her eyes asking the question on her mind. "I mean, if we call him now, your voice will be projected over the entire city and will attracted more monsters than we can fight off."

Annabeth thought about it for a few seconds, "You're right, let's just wait and see if she does anything. Like you said, it may be her but it also may not be and a fight would expose us."

Landon's grip lessened around my hand. "Alright, we may know what she is, let's just keep an eye on her."

I shook my head, "But this empusa isn't dumb. She'll wait until we're alone to try and fight us. Last time, I couldn't take her down. If we hadn't saved Jeremy earlier, I'd be dead right now." I tilted my head into Landon's shoulder, slyly wiping away a tear that had escaped my eye.

Annabeth reached over and patted my shoulder, like a friend. "You'll be alright. I'm the best strategist at camp." She looked over and saw Kristen walking back with our drinks, "Alright, it's time to wrap up our conversation; she's on her way back."

Kristen set our drinks in front of us, "Here you are kiddies. Your food will be out in a few minutes." She turned around, a slight grin on her face.

Landon reached for his drink, but I hit his hand away from it. "Ow, why'd you do that?"

Annabeth looked carefully at her drink. "Because it might be poisoned or spiked with a sleeping drugs. We don't know exactly what happened to these drinks." She stuck the tip of her napkin against the liquid, causing the tip of the napkin to dissolve as soon as it touched the liquid. "Ok, this is definitely not safe to drink."

Landon looked at his drink, his eyes full of fear. "So what do we do with these drinks? We can't dump them or the floor will dissolve and we can't drink them because our insides will dissolve."

I thought about something, what would happen if we dropped some nectar into the drink. "I have an idea." I pulled out a small amount of nectar I had in a mouthwash bottle just incase of anything like this happening.

Annabeth looked confused, grey eyes staring intensely at the bottle in my hand. "What's in the bottle?"

"It's a small amount nectar I keep with me. I just want to know what happens when monstrous poisons meets godly liquid." I uncapped the bottle and poured a tiny drop of the nectar into Annabeth's drink. The clear liquid started to fizzle instantly when the nectar was dropped in. Bingo. I took my napkin and dipped the tip into her drink and this time, nothing happened.

Annabeth stared in amazement, "Since when are Poseidon children smart?" I gave her a glare, "No offense."

I smiled, "None taken. Now let's fix everyone else's drinks." I poured a tiny droplet of nectar into both mine and Landon's drinks, watching them bubble as the nectar detoxified the soda.

I was the brave one and took the first sip. It tasted like Sierra Mist with a hint of cranberry juice, "Mmm, it tastes fine and the nectar is also mixed in so your sodas will have a side flavor." I took another generous swig of my soda.

Annabeth happily took a drink, "Mmm, I've been dying for a drink."

"We almost did die for a drink." Landon teased. We all laughed softly, to try and be discrete about our little almost murder. We all calmed down shortly after, "So I guess she really is an empusa. Now that we know, what do we do?"

I nervously grabbed the table cloth. That was a good question. Now that we knew that she was a monster, we should probably do something to take her out. But, "I say we just leave her alone for now. Why start a fight that we don't need to fight."

Annabeth shook her head, "I agree, we need to use the best strategy to handle this monster; she's very clever. If Ryan hadn't recognized her, we'd all be dead right now." She looked down at the table, fiddling with her thumbs while thinking of the next step.

I leaned in and gave Landon a quick kiss on the cheek. His hand moved up and caressed my cheek lovingly. "I love you Ryan." He kissed me gently, his lips washed away my worries temporarily.

Annabeth watched us, her expression lightening. "You guys really know how to cheer someone up. Just watching you two, it's obvious you both love each other immensely." She smiled and took another sip of her soda.

He gave me a hug, his head resting in my shoulder for once. "I hope she doesn't try anything with our food." Landon whispered into my ear.

"If she does, I have the nectar and some ambrosia just in case. We'll be fine and I doubt she'll do anything. She's probably looking at us and wondering why we aren't dead yet. She most likely thinks the poison doesn't work." My words seemed to ease his nerves, because his shoulders relaxed.

"You're probably right." He looked over and saw her carrying our food out with a loathing face. "Here she comes."

She set down Annabeth's stuffed shells first, "Here you go sweetie." Her tone was sharp. It made me worried that she would transform right there.

Annabeth leaned away from her, "Th…thank you." She slowly looked over to me and mouthed the words I'm worried.

I watched Kristen place mine and Landon's food in front of us. "Here you go kiddies. If there's anything else you need, just let me know." She stormed off back into the kitchen, the smell of her perfume hit me in the face. It's smelt of rotting sewage, a nasty sent to wear as a perfume.

Annabeth looked hesitantly at her food, "Should we use the nectar just to be safe?" She stuck her fork into the food and nothing happened.

I uncapped the bottle of nectar, "It can't hurt." I pulled out a little baggie of ambrosia out of my pocket, "I think we should also add a little ambrosia too, just in case the nectar doesn't work on solid food." I dropped some nectar into my food and watched it bubble slightly. I broke up the ambrosia square and laid it on my food.

The ambrosia started to turn color. It went from a golden color to blackish color. Only one piece of ambrosia didn't completely change color, meaning that the poison was gone.

"Ok, I think it's safe to eat. I'd use both just to make sure we're safe." I handed them each a square of ambrosia and gave Annabeth the bottle of nectar. I watched them as they put the nectar and ambrosia on their food, but nothing happened. "What the hell."

Annabeth took a bite of her food. We watched, waiting for some kind of reaction but it never came. "I wonder why she didn't poison our food?" She started to think.

I wondered why she didn't do anything to their food and then it hit me. "Because she wanted to take me out only. She wanted me to test your food first and to think it was safe." I took the pieces of blacked god food and put them in a napkin. "I'm going to save this and figure out what type of poison it is."

Landon grabbed my free hand, "Good idea. Let's eat quickly and get out of here." He grabbed his fork and put a hefty amount of his alfredo in his mouth. A single strand of noodle hung from the corner of his lips, so I decided to pull a Lady and the Tramp and take the other end in my mouth. I started eating up the strand until I connected our lips. Annabeth smiled and ate some of her shells.

We hastily ate our food without anything happening. Kristen walked back to the table, "So how'd you kids like the food?" Kristen was beyond pissed, but she kept a smile on the entire time.

"The food was phenomenal." I handed her a one hundred dollar bill that Chiron had given me in case I didn't want to use my card, and I didn't trust that I'd get my card back from her. "That's all for you, take care." We got up and walked quickly out of the restaurant, in fear that she would lose it at any time.

"That was scary. I hope we never have to see her again." Landon grabbed my hand and leaned into my ear, "Go call Percy on an iris message. Tell him we're on our way back."

Annabeth looked ahead, "Me too. I don't think she'd be a problem to defeat, I just don't want to see here again." She turned her head, "Would you two mind if I use the bathroom before we head back to Percy's?"

I grinned, "Of course not, we'll wait for you."

She smiled, "Thanks." She ran down the street a little ways and went into the ladies room.

I turned to Landon, "I'm going into the bushes to make the call."

"Alright, be back soon." Landon gave me a kiss on the cheek and I ran over to the park across the street.

I made it into a heavily forested area and pulled out the water bottle from my backpack. I threw the water into the sky, fished out a drachma, and threw that into the rainbow that formed. "Oh goddess of the rainbow accept my offering." The coin disappeared, "Percy Jackson at the Manhattan apartment complex." The image focused to an image of Percy in the bathroom, smiling. "Percy!"

He turned around, the color faded from his face. "Damn Ryan, you scared me."

I rolled my eyes, "Never mind that, did you finish what you were supposed to do?"

His smile returned and it was bigger than before. "Yes I did."

I waited a few seconds, "And?"

"I'm officially a bisexual." His smile began to puzzle me.

"That great, but what's with the smile?"

"Two reasons: One, I preferred having sex with Annabeth so that means I'm staying with her."

"Again, that's great, but I figured that. What's the other good news?"

"David isn't normal. He's a demigod."