A tail which promptly sank it's fangs into her arm. Athena screamed, and her vision was obscured by a mane of blonde. She was vaguely aware of the fighting going on, but it was blurry, and within a minute of being bitten, Athena was pulled into unconsciousness.
Percy's PoV (3rd person)
Percy shot the bubble towards the surface,and the people out of the water. Then he rose himself. Annabeth would need help facing the Chimera, and he himself was really looking forward to sending that particular monster strait to Tartarus.
He came up to find Annabeth doing a great job on her own. Athena was on the ground in pain, and Annabeth stabbing at the snake tail. Percy rushed forward with a yell, attempting to keep the lion's head focused on him, so it wouldn't torch his friend.
He ducked and rolled out of the way as the lion opened it's mouth, fire flickering in it's throat, then an arrow sped out of nowhere, and into the gaping mouth. The flames boiled out, but The lion's head seemed to be convulsing.
The snake, unfortunately, only seemed spurred on. Annabeth dodged and twisted, now concerned more with defense than attack. Percy vaulted over the giant lion's body, and severed the snake tail at the base before it had the chance to turn. Then it disintegrated, leaving nothing but a long, ivory fang.
"Are you alright, Athena?" asked the pale boy as he helped the girl to her feet. That was funny, Percy could have sworn Athena had been bitten, she ought to be writhing on the ground in unbearable pain... he remembered that.
But she seemed fine, as she brushed leaves off her jeans. The Aphrodite kid, though, looked like he'd just seen a ghost. "She was glowing. GLOWING!" he said, shaking his gelled head.
"Magic. Healing magic," the girl panted. "Everyone alright?"
Percy guessed that the Athena girl might be a daughter of Apollo, with the healing magic. But, then again, what child of Apollo knew how to shadow-travel? 'Cause, as far as Percy could guess, that was what she did when she appeared on top of the hill-top.
"Mag... you know what? I'm not sure I want to know," said the Aphrodite kid.
"Trevor..." said Annabeth's half sister Kayla with a sigh. "Do you ever want to know anything?"
The boy shrugged, but the small girl with pointy ears said "You don't know what Magic is?"
"I don't mean to interrupt," Percy said, "but shouldn't we get going if we don't want to end up as a monster's dinner? We probably smell like a nine-course meal for any monster within a hundred miles."
Percy turned to Argus without waiting for an answer and asked if he would take the others to the city. The head of security nodded, and shepherded the rest of the kids, and the weird, geeky-looking centaur, to the van, which had dried a bit since it's dunking in the river.
Annabeth looked at him. "That was scary. How did you manage on top of the Saint Louis Arch?"
"Um... I jumped into the Mississippi."
"oh, right."
As the van started up, despite the probably water-logged engine, Percy whistled to Blackjack. Of course the Pegasus hadn't stuck around when Percy told it to get somewhere safe before the fight. The Pegasus swooped out of the sky, and Percy and Annabeth climbed on.
"Can we not go into the clouds this time? I know it doesn't really disturb you, but being cold and damp isn't great for morale," Annabeth said, putting her arms around Percy as Blackjack took to the air.
He could feel his breath catching in his throat, but managed to say, "Sure."