Annabeth

Soundwave and I ran back to the camp, finding a group of monsters attacking the border. Campers were rushing to get rid of them, but they just kept throwing stuff at anyone who got near. It didn't help that the monsters in the forest were also running Yo attack.

Soundwave and I rushed to help. He began blasting the monsters with sound to throw them off. But before he even began attacking, monsters were panicking just at the sight or the Cybertronian. He used this to his advantage as he bent to one knee and began shooting with his shoulder cannon. The swarm scattered, letting campers get hits in.

His cassettes were also helping. Ravage was mauling a gorgon, Laserbeak was shooting furies down, Rumble began bashing cyclopses' heads in, and Frenzy was shrieking at the crowd.

I ran to one of the biggest monsters, unsheathing the knife I tripped over earlier. I ran in between its legs, slashing at the shin. I rolled to a stop before turning around, but something strange was happening to the monster.

Rooted from the slash, what looked like stone began consuming the monster. It began screeching in pain as it tried to run away, but its leg was as hard as stone.

Demigods and monsters watched in horror as the massive monster turned to stone. Meanwhile, the Cybertronians were still fighting the small crowd of monsters that were still fighting.

Eventually, the monster was nothing more but a statue. Because it wasn't properly balanced, it fell over, crumbling to boulders. I panicked at the sight and quickly sheathed the knife, making sure I didn't cut myself. Some monsters ran in fear, others beelined towards me.

As a group of various monsters ran towards me, Soundwave and Percy jumped in front of me. Percy began butchering monsters while Soundwave blasted monsters focused beams of ultrasound from his hands. I noticed the minicons attacking the rest of the monsters. They used their blasters to shoot down the monster stragglers.

As the last of the monsters were taken care of, everyone gathered around the rock pule that used to be the monster.

"Um... Annabeth?" Percy asked, "What was that?"

"I... I don't know. All I did was cut him with this knife." I answered as I showed the blade.

"Wait, that blade turned a monster to stone?" Nico asked.

"I guess?"

"Strange, I don't know anything that would do that. Where did you get it?"

"I just tripped over it back at the Cave of the Oracle, and Soundwave handed it to me. Speaking of, Soundwave?"

"Yes?"

"Scan this and see if you can find anything."

"Affirmative."

Soundwave scanned the enchanted blade. However, when he scanned it, he began to spasm. We all began panicking at the convulsing alien, with his minicons being the most distraught.

"Soundwave! What's happening?!" Frenzy yelled.

Rumble shouted, "What's going on?!"

"Soundwave, can you hear me?!" Ravage hollered.

The Cybertronian just kept convulsing, until suddenly snapping into standing upright. Weirdly, his eyes were green.

"Soundwave, are you... okay?" I asked.

Suddenly, in an even more robotic voice, Soundwave answered, "That is the Creeper's Sun blade of Angor Rot, Morgana's cursed warrior made to battle Merlin's Trollhunter."

I asked, "What the, Merlin, Morgana, Angor Rot, what does that even-"

Soundwave simply cut me off, clearly not hearing me. "Creeper's Sun is a magical poison developed by the changeling Janus Order. It draws its name from the similar effect of sunlight on trolls. Creeper's Sun is a magical gemstone that can be applied to compatible bladed weaponry."

"Hold on-"

"Creeper's Sun works by entering a target that is cut by a blade enchanted with Creeper's Sun. Once in the target's body, it will begin to spread, turning its entire body to stone."

"Wait-"

"Creeper's Sun is only curable by a special cure developed by the Janus Order, however only works if the statue the target became is intact. However, the magic of Morgana can also resurrect a Creeper's Sun victim."

At that point, I gave up trying to snap him out of it and just waited for him to finish.

"The cure is located in the Janus Order headquarters. It is underneath the abandoned Omni-Reach Travels building in Arcadia Oaks, California. The access code to the base is 'Where Two Faces Meet' and must be incanted into the front desk rotary phone."

After muttering those last words, Soundwave shook again before his eyes flickered back to red. Almost immediately, he let out a vocoded, yet conscious, groan as he staggered to the ground and clutched his head. We all had to get out of the way of his fall.

Soundwave's cassettes immediately went to help him.

"Soundwave, are you okay?" Laserbeak asked.

"I... should be alright in a short time."

Frenzy asked, "You sure? You were spasming pretty badly, and then started saying weird things."

"I am not injured physically. I only have a headache."

"Soundwave?" I asked.

"Yes?"

"What was all that? You said all these things about Merlin, Morgana, Angor Rot, a Janus Order, Arcadia Oaks, trolls, and Creeper's Sun."

"Strange," Ravage muttured, "I'm checking now, and the town of Arcadia Oaks doesn't exist in this world. And I know for a fact that it doesn't exist in our world."

Percy added, "Besides, it's not like those stories about Merlin and Morgana are real, right?"

"No, they aren't." Chiron answered.

"How did you know those things, then?" Laserbeak asked.

"I... do not know."

"Wait, maybe... maybe it's from the Dreamer?"

"Pardon?" Chiron asked.

"Back at the Cave of the Oracle, Soundwave and I met with Rachel to see what the whole 'Dreamer' deal was. Talking about it, we figured out that they're weird. So weird in fact, that they don't fit in anywhere."

"Okay... and?" Nico asked.

"We also fugured out that they'll only be found when they want to be found."

Percy questioned, "How does any of this help again?"

"I think the knife might be from another world, and a signal from the Dreamer."

"And you think this because?"

"Think about it. A magical knife that turns people to stone, was made by an organization that doesn't exist in a town that doesn't exist. It can't be from this world, and Ravage said that those things don't exist in their world either. So it has to be a third party."

"Okay, but why would this 'Dreamer' give us a knife as a signal?"

"Perhaps they purposefully placed it so Annabeth would trip on it?" Soundwave suggested.

Nico interjected, "Look, not that I doubt you, but I don't think anyone would be able to precisely place a knife so Annabeth would trip on it without anyone seeing them."

"Like I said, they won't be found unless they want to be found." I clarified.

"Okay, okay. You might as well get on with dinner and get back to your cabins, as it's getting quite late." Chiron suggested.

I agreed, "You're right. Let's take care of this tomorrow."

We all just went to the pavilion for dinner. It wasn't very eventful, so it went by quickly. We just ate, the occasional conversation breaking up the silence. No one even stared as Soundwave and his cassettes had their energon. He looked better, although I honestly have zero clue on how to actually tell.

We went to our respective cabins afterwards. As I settled into bed, I made sure to carefully place the knife in a drawer by my bed. I laid my head on my pillow, and slept.