Max POV

I don't know what to think of the situation to be honest. I knew it was probably a bad idea to follow these people. But I felt like I knew the blonde girl, something was just so familiar about her.

We made our way down the halls, in the dark. I felt Angel grab my hand and squeeze.

They're coming.

I glance in her general direction. Who was coming and why? I think of the laugh we heard outside of the door. I hope whoever that was they were nice. Ha, nice. Imagine.

I ran into the person in front of me as we all came to a quick halt. I heard footsteps, one faster than the other. Suddenly the lights flicker back on. I grab Angel and push her behind me and press myself against the wall. Someone races around the corner followed by an Eraser. Ah s- sorry gotta keep it PG.

Annabeth POV

I heard the footsteps and readied myself. I gripped my dagger with both hands and place my feet. I listen. Suddenly the lights flicked on. I glance around the corner and see someone racing down the hall. I move back and before I knew it I had plunged my dagger into the chest of the wolf thing. It howled and swiped at me, grazing my leg. It fell and lie still.

"Uh, Annabeth..." Grover started. I turned and saw a boy tall and thin in a hospital gown. He had messy, charcoal black hair that fell over electric blue eyes. His skin was pale in the fluorescent lights. He only had on one shoe. Odd.

"The hell..." he said.

I heard more footsteps and turned to see Percy. He glanced at me and looked suspiciously at the kid in the hospital gown who had slowly astarted to make his way around us, toward the way he came.

"Nico's on the roof," Percy whispered.

"Why is he on the roof Percy?" I said. I slowly felt my blood pressure rise, and I glared at him.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time."

The wolf man stired slightly as the boy made his way around him. Wait.

"Do you know a way out of this place?" He kept walking, glancing behind him.

Max POV

"Hey! She talking to you." I say, loud enough to carry but not too loud.

He turned aournd, cold, blue eyes staring me down, "No, I don't know a way out. Kinda just guessing at the moment." He smiled sarcasticaly and my heart kinda-sorta fluttered. Oh no.

"We can find way out." Fang said, clearly a bit vexed.

The black haired boy, Percy I think, started, "Well maybe we could help you find a way out." He started to follow this kid and the rest of us followed.

"No, no , no, I can manage and I'm sure you can to," the boy said, disapearing around the corner.

I saw Angel move passed me, then Percy,. Soon we had all made our way around the corner and saw Angel in an intense stare-off with pajama boy in the middle of the hallway. I hated how she looked so innocent while manipulating peoples thoughts. Suddenly, she glanced at me confused, the boy laughed and kept walking, starting to go faster.

I run over to Angel. He prevented me from reading his mind. I couldn't find a way in. I glanced down the hallway and he had already disapeared. The group kept moving.

"C'mon, we've met weirder." I grab her hand and we make our way down the hallway.

Percy POV

I led the group to the stairs and soon we were on the roof. I froze in the doorway at the scene that lay before me. The kid we met in the hallway, and who I was sure saved me and Nico, lay flattened against the cement as gunfire pelted the building and the air above the roof.

"HIT THE DECK!" he shouted and I did. I heard bullets hitting the metal door and the walls the the staircase. I found Annabeth and wrapped my arm around her. Suddenly, I heard shouting and footsteps climbing the stairs. I glanced at the kid and saw his pupils were thin and he was glaring at the hallway. I almost lost my mind when he suddenly stood up. I stared to get up, I mean I get it the situation is bad but I don't think its that bad. But the bullets stopped flying, like literaly froze in the air. I got up with Annabeth and led the rest of the froup out of the door. Once they were all out I slamed the door shut and took out Riptide. I head someone slam on the door and loud shouting.

"We got to get a car," said the kid who stopped the bullets. His icy eyes scanned the ground and locked on a transportation van not 100 yards away.

I glanced at the kids we were busting out of here and did a double take as one of them sprouted wings from their back. What even is Earth anymore. I decide to wait until later to bring that up. I walked to the edge of the roof and saw at least 50 men, most of them dressed in suits.

Annabeth POV

"There has to be a fire escape somewhere."

I paced the roof until I found one. It was a floor down and rusted as all hell.

"Guys over here. I've got a way out." Percy jogged over and the rest of the group followed. Grover led Nico over, one arm draped over his shoulder. As quick as we could we made our way down the fire escape. Just as we did we heard the roof door slam open. I heard shouting and gunshots, screams, then silence. I froze waiting for someone to appear around he learge AC unit that kept us hidden. The boy appeared fom around the AC unit holding his right arm. Blood seeped from in between his fingers.

"We gotta go." He said glancing bhind him.

We kept moving, down the fire escape, to the side of the building.

I pressed myself against the side of the building and too a deep breath. I glance at the boy, he was our only chance of getting out of here alive. I walk over to him. He was taller than me and most likely younger too.

"Whats your plan?" Not going to lie, that hurt my pride a litte. Usually I came up witht the plans and led everyone. He glanced around.

"We got to get to that van, but... I can cover you guys if you can get it started."

"Ok." I walk over to Percy. "Something about a van..."

He nods. He moves to the edge of the building and peers around the corner.

"Looks like most of them moved towards the roof or inside somewhere."

"Les get to that van."

The boy covered us like he said and we almost made it to the van. Turns out, the 'men in black' had moved their way around the building and made their way behind us.

They started shooting, men were turning into the wolf things and started shouting about pigs, and we weren't moving fast enough. I kept running as fast as I could. I saw Grover sheltering Nico behind a boulder. I slid behind the boulder and saw that Grover had also been shelter the owl humanoid thing I saved. Percy Showed up behind me.

"Get to the van." his voice was more stern than I've ever heard it before. His sea green eyes glanced between me and Grover.

"No, Percy-" I started.

"No, Annabeth I got Nico and Grover. You can get the van started. I"ll be there, I promise." then he kissed me.

I wanted to trust that I would see him again. I fought back tears. I grabbed the Owl human and mad my way to the van. I glanced back and saw Grover racing toward the van too. Percy was running, practically dragging Nico.

Max POV

We made it to the van safely, or so I thought. I glanced around and saw people, Erasers and whitecoats making their way towards us, slowly. I hated that they were savoring the moment. Fang yanked on the door handles.

He looked at me and I could see from his eyes that he didn't think we were going to make it. No. I'm not going out like this.

I griped the handle and pulled, putting all of my weight into it. Fang joined me.

Crack.

I heard bits of metal fall to the floor and the door fell open. I looked at the handle in my hands, and giggled.

"In the car lets go." we all slowly climed in. I saw the blonde girl Rush towards the car followed by the curly haired boy. She handed him what looked like a kid and he clamored into the car.

Percy made his way to the car and handed off another dark haired kid that I had never seen before.

Percy POV

I wasn't going to admit that I was scared out of my mind but I was and thats the truth. I had just handed Nico to Annabeth and turned to wait for the kid.

Suddenly, i felt a sharp pain in my calf and I fell to the ground. I heard Annabeth scream and I felt her grab me.

I forced myself up and to the van. I made my way to the back the best I could. I started to black out. the last thing I heard wat the roar of an engine.

Fang POV

I didn't like this guy. He shows up and all of the sudden he's number one? I saw the way Max looked at him too. If we survive this I'm going to kill him.

The ride was rough. As soon as we got the van running Erasers had geared up and were on the move. I heard bikes behind us, hummers too. The school was becoming a distant memory. We rounded corners without guardrails and almost drifted off the clif, twice. I saw a bike pass us and get in frount of us.

Macho-man driver didn't even slow down.

"YOU ARE GOING TO GET US KILLED!" I shout.

He didn't answer. I felt Max hit me.

"What? Its true!"

The vans breaks start to screach and I feel something hit the back of the van at full speed. Which caused which I'll never know. I looked at the windshield and saw that I couldn't see the road anymore. My heart sank. The van whiped around and I saw the road again, but then the van started to spin, facing the way we came. The last thing I saw before we went over the edge was the hummer that hit us head on.