Child of lightning-Percy Jackson X reader-Book three

The lion, the witch, and the space food

Percy and I sprinted through the courtyard, our feet pounding into the cement. The Air and Space Museum was in sight, if we ran just a little quicker then we could make it there, I was sure.

Despite my own assurance, I still felt a wave of relief rush over me as Percy and I pushed the door closed behind us. Percy took off the invisibility cap and panted for a moment, assessing our surroundings. Similarly to the room we had previously been in, the main part of the museum was this one huge room with a few balconies overhead. This place had all sorts of things hanging around though. All these life-sized rockets and airplanes with little plaques next to them that probably told their history. I didn't exactly have the time to get schooled though so I didn't pay them any mind.

Something that definitely stuck out to me more was the civilians roaming around. There weren't very many people, just a few families and a handful of school tour groups. Still, if things got bad and these people were caught in the crossfire...lets just say it wouldn't be good.

"We should warn them," Percy said with a bit of panic in his eyes. "Hey!-"

I put a finger to his mouth. "What are you going to say? 'Get out, there's a bunch of crazy monsters after us'?"

"I don't know..." He trailed off. "Annabeths usually the one coming up with the smart plans."

I sighed. "Great, the world is literally in the hands of two idiots...again."

"I wish she was here." Percy muttered sadly.

"Me too...she isn't though-" a group of familiar faces suddenly popped out at me from across the room. "But they are."

Percy followed my eyeline only to see Thalia, Grover, Zoe, and Bianca standing at the highest balcony. Without saying another word Percy and I started dashing through the small crowd, barling towards our friends.

At one point they turned a corner and Percy followed after them just a little too fast, running straight into my sister and sending her tumbling into an Apollo space capsule.

Grover let out a surprised yelp.

Before I could even try to explain, Zoe and Bianca had their bows drawn and pointed straight at Percy's chest.

"Hey! We come in peace!" I said, raising my hands into the air.

Zoes eyes seemed to focus more and she instantly realized who she was looking at, despite that she didn't seem too keen on putting away her weapon.

"You!" She yelled, although it was unclear who she was directing her shouts at. "How dare you show thy face here?"

"Would you believe me if I said this is all just one big coincidence?" I questioned.

"Percy! Joey!" Grover said. "Thank goodness."

Zoe glared at him, and he blushed. "I mean, um, gosh. You two aren't supposed to be here!"

"Luke," Percy said, trying to catch his breath. "He's here."

The anger in Thalia's eyes immediately melted in an odd way and her hand went down to a small silver bracelet around her wrist. "Where?"

Percy and I took turns telling them about the Natural History Museum, Dr. Thorn, Luke, the really scary skeleton men, the General, and pretty much everything inbetween. Our explanation only lasted a grand total of about sixty seconds though so I'm not quite sure if they all got the gist.

"The General is here?" Zoe looked stunned. "That is impossible! You lie."

Percy sent her a confused look. "Why would I lie? Look, there's no time. Skeleton warriors—"