A/N: Sorry it's so short. I was hurried when I wrote this chapter a while ago...
Athena pushed against the door, and it opened easily. She fell to the bottom of the bubble, and it supported her weight. Argus had also gotten out, shaking his head like he was trying to get the world to stop spinning.
That wasn't going to happen though, since the world happened to be a river. Kayla got out next, breathing a sigh of relief."That was scary. Nice way to start out a quest though."
Trevor, who got out next, looked at her as he had looked at Athena a minute ago. Like she'd gone insane. Athena could bet that she had the same expression on her face. The others got out, looking very uneasy about being stuck in a bubble a long way from air.
She got Percy's attention (he'd been staring at Foaly, mouth agape) and pointed up. He nodded, and the bubble, with the van still in it, thank the gods, began rising to the surface.
When the bubble popped at the surface, Athena was ready to swim to the shore with all her might. But as it turned out, she didn't need to. The son of Poseidon manipulated the water so that all seven of them were washed ashore, again, with the white van.
A burst of fire nearly burnt the hairs off her head, and Athena turned, her light-brown hair whipping around her face as she faced the huge monster in front of her.
The Chimera was a lot bigger than the books had made it out to be, and unfortunately, the author hadn't 'jazzed up' anything about how absolutely terrifying it was. Still, staring at the huge, gaping maw, Athena didn't feel totally hopeless. The problem, she forgot the snake's head tail.