A fifteen foot tall two headed dogs is breathing down at me.

Orthrus keeps growling and not the cute small puppy kind; instead it's the kind that can eat you whole at anytime.

I gulp and just stand there, trying not to make any sudden move.

I take one step slowly to the back, one at a time. Orthrus follows with one step forward everytime I step back.

Orthrus hasn't attacked me or anything. That gives me a small glimmering hope that he's docile.

Maybe he's a gift from the gods? Although, somehow I really doubt Orthrus is here to carry us on his back and gives us a ride to the mountain top.

Slowly, I reach for my dagger.

'Annabeth!'

I quickly turn to the voice. Orthrus growls louder, but it's not looking at me anymore.

Lisa and Cathy charge right through the bushes and show up on the field.

Orthrus notices them. It ignores me and charges straight to Lisa and Cathy.

Lisa and Cathy pauses, they're unsure of what to do.

'Run!' I scream to them.

They snapped right before Orthrus reaches them. Orthrus leaps, but Lisa and Cathy rolls to the side just in time.

The ground shatters when Orthrus lands. The beast weights a lot.

Think Annabeth, think! I thought to myself.

Hercules defeated this creature once, but I can't seem to remember how.

Lisa is still down on the ground, and she's not up yet. Cathy quickly stands up but that attracts Orthrus attention.

Orthrus readies itself again, now the beast has set its eyes to Cathy.

Cathy sees Orthrus approaching her, but she froze and not moving.

I grumble. The only thing to do now is to go seaweed brain.

'Hey! You big stupid two headed puppy! I'm over here!' I scream loudly.

It works, Orthrus turns to me.

Uh-oh. I definitely didn't think this through.

Othrus charges, it's fast and heavy.

Orthrus comes down on me and I dive to the right side quickly.

I draw my dagger and then I stab Orthrus on its left side, and then I drag my dagger in attempt to cut him open.

Orthrus's skin is thick and I'm only able to cut so much before the beast turns to me and slaps me with its right paw.

Orthrus roars in pain. It knocks me really hard that I land right beside Cathy.

I groan in pain, I feel a stabbing pain on my ribs.

My bronze dagger is still stuck there on Orthrus's skin. Orthrus is still staggering, guess that dagger hurts more than I imagine.

Lisa approaches us quickly, 'Annabeth, I hope you have a plan because I really don't want to be crushed like an olive.'

Like someone just lighted a light bulb inside my head, I remember how Hercules defeated Orthrus.

'Olive! Of course! Hercules used his olive-wood club to beat Orthrus!' I say to the both of them.

Cathy looks puzzled, 'Uhm… So… We need to find an olive-wood club?'

'Yes!' I say proudly, 'We can beat Orthrus easily by that.'

Lisa rolls her eyes, 'You have two flaws in that plan, genius. First, there is no olive-wood club around here. And second, I doubt Hercules's olive-wood club gave him superhuman strength. So unless you can lift a monster truck, an olive-wood club would be useless.'

'Right.' I say awkwardly.

'I think you hit your head when that dog smacked you.' Lisa says.

Orthrus recovers from its stagger. It's glaring at us, and it's angry.

It charges once more, but my focus sight is at my dagger. It fell to the ground as soon as Orthrus began running, around thirty feet away from us.

I look to Lisa, 'I need my dagger.'

Lisa nods to me. I sprint to my dagger while Lisa sprints to Orthrus.

I look to Lisa, as she makes an attempt of a daredevil. Lisa draws her bronze sword.

Lisa dashes towards Orthrus, and right before they hit each other, Lisa leaps to the side, spins and slashes Orthrus's foot.

Orthrus groans in pain, it turns around immediately, roars, and now it only sees Lisa.

I grab my dagger in a hurry to help Lisa, but Orthrus already charges once more.

Lisa dives to the side again, trying to dodge Orthrus's assault, but Orthrus anticipates it. Orthrus uses its left paw and strikes Lisa. It bashes her hard and knocks her twenty feet away.

'Lisa!' I yell.

I dash straight to Orthrus, but Orthrus now has Cathy in its eyes.

'Hey, you big oaf!' I try to get Orthrus's attention.

It didn't work Orthrus charges at Cathy nevertheless.

Cathy just stands there, trembling; I can see the fear in her eyes.

'Cathy! Run!' I scream my lungs out.

Cathy snaps, she turns around and run.

Orthrus chases her, my only hope is that Cathy reaches the forest before Orthrus reaches her. Cathy won't survive an encounter with Orthrus.

I dash as fast as I could, but the gap between me and Orthrus keeps getting wider and wider while the gap between Orthrus and Cathy is getting smaller and smaller.

Mother, let me make it in time. I pray to my mother in my heart.

That prayer was cut short when Cathy trips and fall down to the ground. I watch as the horror that is about to happen to Cathy.

Cathy gets up, but she's still on the ground as she stares at Orthrus.

Few things happen quickly; Orthrus leaps, its two jaws are open. I scream out Cathy's name. Cathy closes her eyes, ready to receive the abyss of death.

But the gods weren't ready to accept her just yet. Lisa manages to tackle Cathy to the side and saves Cathy from Orthrus.

Orthrus lands and the ground cracks under him, it turns around and readies itself again.

Lisa isn't getting up; Cathy keeps rocking her, trying to wake her up.

Orthrus charges again, but this time I'm already close enough.

I leap forward and I stab Orthrus's left side once more, this time, attempting to create a bigger wound.

Orthrus roars, it didn't see me coming, but now it does and it is pissed. It knocks me over once again with its paw.

I fall to the ground but I quickly stand up.

Orthrus roars again, in anger. Twice now I have wound it, it's not going to attack anyone else but me.

It readies itself again, ready to charge.

Think Annabeth, think!

Orthrus's skin is really thick, so where is the soft spot? The head would be impossible, since it would eat me alive before I'm able to cut his head.

Orthrus charges. I have only a few seconds before it reaches me.

There's only one spot that I could think of that might work.

Well, there's no other option but to try it. It should work.

If it doesn't, worst part is that I will get crushed like an olive.

That's reassuring, Annabeth. I roll my eyes.

I dash towards Orthrus, it looks mad, I'm sure. Just moment before we collide, I slide right under Orthrus and thrust my dagger at its belly.

That's the only spot where I could think of attacking. I was right; still sliding, I cut Orthrus belly open.

The splash of blood is drenching me.

When I reach the tail, I stop sliding and roll out of there quickly and turn around to face Orthrus again if it still able to fight.

Orthrus roars in pain and then falls to the ground before it crumbles into dust.

I exhale in relief, my breath is heavy and my energy seems to be fading. All that adrenaline is going away now that Orthrus is gone.

Slowly, I walk towards Lisa and Cathy.

Lisa is up, she's holding her head. I can see a bruise on her forehead; she must've hit her head when she saved Cathy.

'Saw that kill.' Lisa groans, 'You looked like Percy just now, reckless but awesome.'

I snort, 'Percy tends to have that effect on people.'

Lisa smiles weakly, 'Especially on her girlfriend.'

I smile back, 'Next time. Let's just go look for branches together.'

Lisa snorts, 'And no two headed dogs.'