AJ's P.O.V.
I looked back to see what Percy was looking at. It did NOT look good. It was shriveled up and wrinkly. It looked like a monster, but that is impossible. Things like mythology and monsters aren't real.
"Mrs. Jackson! They're gaining! We have to go faster!" Grover leaned forward. "Faster! Please!" He said.
"Where are we going?" Asked Percy.
"To a place where you will be safe!" Said Mrs. Jackson quickly. "Are they getting closer?" She asked.
"Yes! They are going fa-Ahhhhhh!" I screamed as the thing, I guess monster, grabbed onto the back of the car and lifted up the back two wheels, but Mrs. Jackson kept trying to go faster.
"Oh gods!" Yelled Grover.
"Wait, what? Did you just say oh gods?" I yelled over the commotion.
"No, oh god." Grover lied. He is a horrible liar.
"Almost there!" Mrs. Jackson clenched the wheel harder.
"Ahhhhhh!" All of us yelled as the car was thrown into the air. We started to spin. When the car finally landed, it fell on its hood.
"Oh god." I said as I heard my wrist crack. "Is everyone okay?" I asked quickly.
"We gotta go!" Grover yelled. "It is right up there! Get past Thalia's tree!"
"Thalia's tree?" I asked.
"The pine tree!" Grover said quickly. "Go! Percy and I will get Mrs. Jackson! Go get help!" He told me and so I turned and began to run up the hill. I pushed myself to go faster and faster. I looked back at the wreck. I saw the monster about to swoop down to snatch up Percy.
"Look out!" I screamed. The monster looked up and saw me. It flapped its huge wings and came towards me. I turned to run, but I knew I wasn't going fast enough. Even though I was very fit, I couldn't outrun a creature if I was running up a hill. I felt the wind from its flapping wings. I knew it was too close. Suddenly I felt its talons rip into my jacket and scratch down my back. I felt pain searing into my body, but I ignored it. If I could distract this monster for a little longer, I could get to the top, get help, and hopefully save Percy, Mrs. Jackson, and Grover. I tripped and almost fell over, but I forged on. Just a little farther. Finally I was at the top.
"Help!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I saw lights flicker on in a big house and other small houses. People came streaming out of the cabins and two people came out of the big house.
"Hurry!" I said. People grabbed weapons and shields. They ran to fight the monster. Someone ran past me and I quickly pick-pocketed them. I took their combat knife. I looked for someone else who had about the same sized knife. I found one and quickly took their knife too. Then I ran to the monster. Immediately I began to look for the place where it's defenses would be weakest. I knew I needed to get on the back of the creature. I looked at the tail. It was long enough that I wouldn't get kicked by its back legs and it wouldn't be able to see me. I ran behind the creature, letting the other people distract the creature. I waited for the perfect moment, then I pounced. I grabbed on to the tail. Immediately the monster began to swing its tail trying to throw me off. I held on. I began to climb the tail. I was almost halfway to the creatures back when spikes shot out of its back. I managed to dodge a few, but one became lodged in my calf and one grazed grazed my shoulder.
"Agh!" I yelled out, but I grabbed on to the creatures wrinkles to pull myself farther along. When I finally got onto the back of the creature, I had another spike stuck in my forearm. I could feel poison traveling through my veins, but I continued to try and find a chinch in the armor of the monster. When I didn't find one, I climbed onto the creatures head. I knew that soon the creature would roll over to squash me, so I tried to hurry. I got to the nose and I felt its jaw begin to open. I wondered how I could be so lucky. As its mouth opened to its full height, I pulled myself down into its mouth. I knew I only had one shot at this. I pulled out a knife and threw it straight up to the roof of its mouth. I covered my ears as it roared. I looked up and saw the roof of the creatures mouth getting closer. My eyes got wide and I turned to run. It wasn't easy because its mouth was slippery, but I moved along, adjusting to the slippery surface quickly. I got to its teeth. I looked back. Jump or be crushed. I decided to jump. I launched myself out of its mouth and I felt myself plummeting towards the ground. The air was ripped out of my lungs. I watched as the ground got closer and closer. I braced myself. All I felt was my ankles and legs cracking, and pain. Then I saw blackness.