I sat up quickly. The smell of meat was very tempting, I nearly ran right for it but thought otherwise. I scrambled to my feet and woke up Annabeth.

"Wha? What do you want Seaweed Brain? I'm trying to sleep." She slapped my away and closed her eyes again.

"I smell it, Annabeth! Orson!" She was wide awake she leaped to her feet and took a deep breath.

"It's him! Percy, follow him, I'll get Grover and Tyson!" I nodded and snatched up Riptide then ran towards him. It didn't tak too long to spot him. He was standing on a hill eating a deer he had caught. I slowed down a bit and walked up to him. He growled a warning without looking up. But I was ready I took a bag of dog treats out of my pocket and held it out to him.

He stopped eating and stared at the treat. His tail wagged a bit and he stepped towards the treat. But he didn't come any closer. I set it down on the ground and he snarfed it up licking his lips.

Slowly I took out another treat and tried to get him to eat it out of my hand. He looked at it then looked at me. He sniffed me a bit before deciding I wasn't a monster and crunched up the treat.

Soon I was rubbing his ears. It was hard to see him but he was brown. He was about the size of a hellhound and was actually a very nice dog. He was probably half hellhound hence his size. He had only been sighted once before. He was hard to find and catch. We had been searching for months and this was our first encounter.

I took out a collar from my jacket it was pretty much any old collar, red with a name tag on it. It was blank of course but I pulled the collar over his head and he wagged his tail and licked my face.

Annabeth came up behind me with Grover and Tyson. Orson growled and barked.

"Shhh, boy, it's okay they are friends." He seemed to understand me and backed off but he wouldn't let anyone touch him but me. After a bit he turned to the deer and grabbed a piece and plopped it down in front of me. I picked it up and dusted it off. He wanted me to eat it. He was sharing his prey.

"Annabeth start a fire." I said she obeyed which was something new. I cooked the meat and Orson sat beside me watching us eat the food proudly. Orson seemed attached to me. He still wouldn't let anyone touch him, or even feed him.

The sun was coming up but we were all still tired from last night. I decided that I would keep watch while they slept. Orson had fallen asleep beside Grover. The dog seemed to like Grover a bit too and was beginning to trust him.

I was in a daze and was staring a tree when something fell over my head, a bag. I squirmed but something plopped down on top of me. I yelled telling everyone to get up. But they must have been drugged or something because no one even stirred. I could kind of see out of the bag but not much. No one was awaking not even Orson.

I don't know how they could have been drugged but somehow they had been or they were really heavy sleepers.

Anyway the bag was tied at the end and I could tell it was airtight. They dragged me along I tried to make as much noise as I could but it was useless. Riptide wasn't in my pocket probably lying in the grass. It would be too late before it reappeared. So I tried to breathe as little as possible but soon my air ran out and dots filled my vision. Just as I was about to black out the bag was opened I gasped for breath and I could see my captors. They were monsters. Of course.

They pulled me out of the bag and seemed disappointed I was still conscious. Then they tied a thick blindfold around my eyes.

Next they tied me onto something, I tree I think because it felt rough against my back. My wrists were pinned to my sides, my ankles were also tied down, along with my waist. I yelled for help, but was hit my what felt like a sword on my leg. It burned, I felt the blood trickle down my shin. Then someone stuffed a piece of cloth in my mouth and tied it there. I heard the monsters shuffling around, what if they had my friends too? They probably did. I thought that was all but then they put something into my ears and I couldn't hear a thing. I knew they were talking but I couldn't tell who they were or what they were saying.

Someone yelled at someone else. I couldn't tell what they said. But then the heavy thingy hit the side of my head and all went black.