Hey guys! So. How are ya'll likin' the Olympics? I always look forward for the Olympics! They're so cool. I watched the opening ceremonies yesterday (all 4 hours. It was insane), and I was watching women's volleyball while writing this today. So sorry if it's not too good. I was distracted.

Again, no song. It's kinda hard finding them sometimes. I'll try to find one for a chapter soon!

I know. If I can't think of a song for a chapter, I'll tell you a song that I just like listening to. Maybe I'll tell you three in this chapter. Okay. (I listen to weird music. You've been warned)

1. Ottoman - Vampire Weekend
2. 1996 - The Wombats
3. Cough Syrup - The Jakes (a note on this. Apparently they're now known as Young the Giant and they sing the song as YtG, too. I like the Jakes version better)

Let it commence.

Percy

My head. My head was pounding. I groaned, touching my forehead.

"Percy?" I heard a girl's voice.

"Ugh...Annabeth?"

I opened my eyes, blinking in the harsh light. A rush of pain surged through my head again and I groaned, squeezing them shut again.

"My head..."

"It's okay. I think you'll be fine. You had a huge fall."

"What?"

"Well, a bookcase sort of fell on you," Annabeth said quickly.

"What!" I sat up and almost fell over again, a pain in my chest making me suck in air sharply.

"Don't do that. You'll just make it worse. I think you have some broken ribs."

"How did it happen?" I looked around and saw a damaged library. Books were everywhere and several cases were toppled over. The computers were smashed and the librarian's desk was caved in. There was no one in sight.

"Oh, my..."

"Yeah, it was bad," Annabeth said. I finally got a good look at her. She had a split lip and it looked like she was getting a black eye. Her shirt was ripped at the sleeve, and she had a gash on her arm. I felt stupid. Of course, I had to be the one who got knocked out.

I remembered something... There was a...thing. I had no idea what it was.

"I'll go get some of the crackers and drink," Annabeth said. She got up and walked over to the backpack. I tried to remember what happened.

The librarian exploded. Almost literally. Her form seemed to be ripped off, and underneath she had these two weird snake trunk things instead of legs. Annabeth screamed and jumped to the door.

"Not so fast," the thing hissed. It lunged out from behind the desk, breaking it apart. She slithered over and slammed against the door, blocking off the exit. Annabeth and I backed up slowly. Annabeth pulled out her knife and pointed it at the monster. It snarled at the sight of the knife. I shoved my hand in my pocket and pulled out my pen.

A pen. A useless pen.

"Percy..." Annabeth whispered.

The snake-woman jumped at us, claws extended. Annabeth and I scattered, diving to the ground. The snake thing didn't have good traction, because her snake trunks flung around wildly until she fell on her back.

Annabeth sprinted towards the door. She rattled the handles, but they were locked. The thing must have done it.

The snake-woman started to get up.

"Screw this," I said, tossing my pen away. I ran over and grabbed a chair and smashed it over her head. The chair splintered and broke apart, but she didn't seem fazed.

"Percy, run!" Annabeth screamed. I jumped away just as she swiped with her claws. I ran over to the maze of bookshelves, the monster in quick pursuit.

"No!" I heard Annabeth shriek. I whipped around and saw her jump in between me and the monster. The monster swung with her claws and she got Annabeth on the arm. If Annabeth hadn't of jumped in front of me, the monster would have gotten my neck. Seeing the blood on her arm, fury raged across Annabeth's face. She grabbed her knife and slashed it down, but the monster was too quick. She ducked out of the way, but Annabeth managed to cut its arm. The monster howled in pain.

I grabbed Annabeth and ran into the maze of bookshelves. We took wild turns until we were pressed against one of the shelves.

I suddenly felt a bulge in my pocket. Reaching my hand down, I touched the pen.

"What?" I whispered.

Annabeth's eyes widened, and she shook her head, indicating not to make a noise. We could hear the monster bashing around, knocking over computers and throwing books.

"Come out, little demigods," it crooned.

I put my hand on the cap, rubbing my thumb over it. For some reason, it felt right. Annabeth grabbed books off of the shelves and was clutching them close to her chest.

It went suddenly quiet.

We couldn't hear the monster anymore. It had stopped smashing things. It was almost as if it was waiting for us to show ourselves. My ears were perked, listening for anything. Our breathing was loud in our ears, and Annabeth tried to muffle the sound by covering her mouth. The silence was eerie. My heart was pounding, and it sounded like a drum, echoing in my ears.

I heard a slithering coming near us. I shoved Annabeth, and we sprinted behind another bookshelf.

The monster was there, and it lunged, fire in its eyes.

For some unknown reason, I felt the need to uncap my pen. While swishing it in an arc, I uncapped the pen, and an enormous bronze sword expanded out of the tip. My eyes widened. It was impossible. Absolutely impossible. Nothing like this should happen. But it was.

The monster jumped away and Annabeth threw the books at it. A book hit it straight in the face and it roared.

"Stupid demigods!" it shrieked. It jumped at me and I was knocked over, the monster on top of me. I managed to shove it off, but I fell against the bookshelf, and books rained down on me.

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled. It was the last thing I heard before the shelf fell on me.

"Ow," I said.

"It was awful," Annabeth said, walking back with the backpack in her hand. "You dropped your sword. I managed to grab it and knock the monster to the ground."

"Did you kill it?"

"I was able to get some information. Apparently monsters don't like whatever metal my knife and your sword are made out of," she said as she shoved a magical cracker in my mouth. "Once I got what I needed, I killed it. It just turned into this yellow dust. It was weird. I dragged you out of the books and got hit by a couple." She gestured to her black eye. "I…I thought you were dead. That was a huge bookcase, and you were buried under books. Thankfully I saw you barely breathing, and I gave you some of the drink."

"What did you find out?" I asked, chewing. It tasted like chocolate chip cookies.

"How to get into the Underworld."

Would a monster know how to get in the Underworld? It does now!

Just a shorty-short chapter. I told you, I was watching the Olympics! I love the Olympics... Tell me, what's your favorite event to watch? Let me know in the reviews! I personally love watching gymnastics, men's or women's. I think they are incredible! All of the flips and ican'tevengaaaahhhh...

Weyell, I'll see you guys in the next chapter!

OKAY BYE.

P.S. Sorry if they seemed slightly OOC. I was reading over it, and I saw that it seemed like Annabeth was a bit wimpy and Percy was just standing there. But, this is their 'first' monster they've encountered, and Percy had no idea how to use Riptide. So yeah.

Kay, really bye.