"Kat! There you are." I turned and saw Grover limping towards me with a relived expression on his face. "I thought something happened to you. Why weren't you at the meeting place?" I sighed. He was acting as though he actually cared again, which was absurd because he was probably near me for protection. "I was getting some food" I said. "At a place where they don't know me yet." I smirked, knowing that most fast food places were full of idiots who would give food out before pay. At least, until They saw me a few times. Then the policies changed. Then my smirk turned into a worried frown. I was running out of places to go to. Grover saw my face and said "I found a place where we would'nt have to hide or steal food anymore." "What!" I exclaimed. "Where? Where is this place?" To be honest I was becoming tired of the streets: constantly running from gangs and cops, having to scrounge food from dumpsters when I couldn't con the nearest fast food place. Grover smiled a little, and motioned towards the entrance of the alley. "Come on I have someone waiting to take us there."I looked towards the entrance and lo and behold there was a blue prius waiting there. Grover started walking towards the car "C'mon Kat, let's go" I shook my head in disbelief and walked towards the car to my surprise the backseat already had someone in it. He had unruly black hair, and sea green eyes. He was also holding a cheap ballpoint pen, which I found rather strange. Grover came behind me and urged me into the car. " Let's go" he said while looking over his shoulder like he was nervous someone would see. I opened the door and was about to get in when I felt my skin crawl, like a pair of eyes were on me. The feeling passed and I got in the car.
Grover got in beside me, like he was blocking my way out. The other guy yelled "Go mom go, they're here." The woman up front stepped on the gas and we were off. "Hi I'm Percy Jackson" The guy who wasn't Grover said. "Where are we going?" I asked shakily. "The only safe place for us." Percy said. "What, in NYC?" I exclaimed. "No," He replied relatively calmly "in the world" I sat stunned. "Here we are." Percy's mom said after a while. I looked out the windshield. .There was a hill with a pine tree on it and below that-I couldn't believe my eyes-was a Camp of some sort. I climbed over Grover who was still buckled in and got out Percy climbed out as well. "What's your name?" Percy asked speaking to me. "Kat." I replied. "but shouldn't you have asked me that when you told me your name? I mean give a girl a break from stereotypes of damsels in distress whose names are unimportant compared with the males and-" I realized I was yammering and that he was staring at me. "Sorry. It's just Kat-"
"Kat, duck!" I heard Grover's voice yell frantically. Instead of ducking I swiftly turned o see some sort of bird lady holding her claws out to snatch me up. I didn't even have time to scream, but before I had risen even 3 feet of the ground, there was a dark explosion in the afternoon sky and it was the bird lady. I fell to the ground, but not before I saw Percy and Grover's awestruck faces. I lay there for a second then got up quickly. And stared at them, confused and scared. After a second it seemed Percy found his voice. "Did you do do that?" he asked. I heard a rush of wind behind me as a voice spoke behind me. "No-it was me."