II

Jason

Jason ran towards his friends, Piper following. They were far apart from Leo and Annabeth. Jason sprinting full speed was running out of breath. Piper had lagged behind, hands on her knees, gasping for air. Annabeth was getting closer while Leo was trying to distract the dog bus by taking random objects out of his tool belt and throwing them at the beast. Jason had to admit, he never thought Leo would show such courage. He was defending us all at the moment and all Jason did was slow down and think about his insides burning. He couldn't even see the bench they had settled in when they had entered the park. They'd run a long way. Jason could see Annabeth was getting tired to. Leo had run out of ideas and was running as fast as he could towards them while Annabeth had just reached them.

"I've worked out a plan," She said taking deep breaths, exactly what Jason could expect from a daughter of Athena.

The plan was dangerous. All four of them being half-bloods, it was defiantly dangerous. What if there were more hidden in the park.

That'd be bad, he thought, but we have to do this or it'll have ways of getting away.

Jason prepared to do his part. This was San Francisco, he knew his way around, and nothing could hurt him here.

Piper turned left, Annabeth turned right, and Jason ran towards the beast. Leo must've knew the plan too because he was moving his way around the beast slowly. When Jason got there, he and his sword were in action.

That's when it all went bad.

The hellhound picked up his paw and thrust Jason onto its back. Leo, still throwing things, was making the beast jump and move swiftly, and tossing Jason in the air only to fall back on its back. While Jason was airborne he saw two things. One Annabeth and Piper come up on either side of the beast already in action. And two, a Barber Shop that Jason remembered seeing as he left to go to his quest. The camp was near.

Another toss in the air and Jason forced the winds to hold him. There he hovered over the beast. Jason took his sword and prepared to stab the beast in the neck.

"STOP," Annabeth shouted to us all, "It's not fighting back,"

They all stopped fighting. Annabeth was right; the beast wasn't fighting back but trying to get their attention. Annabeth looked like she was trying hard to think. Jason was confused. Why wasn't the hellhound fighting back? It turned to Annabeth looking sad, almost as if asking for help. The others looked the same, puzzled. Finally Annabeth raised her eyebrows in shock.

"Mrs. O'Leary?"She said in amazement.

The beast wagged its tail and licked Annabeth down. Annabeth was acting like the beast was a friend. Jason, being around this world of myths his entire life, had never seen a monster befriend a mortal, and he had NEVER seen a demigod befriend such a beast, besides Leo and Festus, which Jason was still kind of freaked out about.

"Mrs. O'Leary it is you," she said in a playful voice, Jason had forced the winds to let him down, "Guys this hellhound can help us! This is Percy's pet. Mrs. O'Leary can you sniff'im out?"The dog wagged her tail; obviously this is why she had found them. The dog had also been on the search for Percy. Jason figured she hadn't been looking long because with its dog senses it would've found him by then.

The dog race down the street and waited for them at the corner by the Barber Shop. Jason decided it'd be faster to carry them all in the air using winds rather than run by feet. They followed the dog until it stopped almost a half a mile. It had started to walk and sniff the ground. We moved slowly, observing the dogs every move. Up ahead, Jason could see a long road that made his senses tingle. Off the side of the road Jason could see a rift going down into Camp Legion, the roman camp.