❝ I love you right up to the moon-and back ❞
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ⬩❖⬩ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
"We have to jump off the cliff." Percy stated quietly, my eyes widening. "Into the sea."
I leaned closer to Percy. "Okay, Mr. 'Son of Poseidon'. Super idea. Only problem is that that oce...
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𝙰 𝙲 𝚃 𝚃 𝚆 𝙾 !
(𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔟𝔶𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔥 ! )
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ⬩❖⬩ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
[ S N E A K P E A K ]
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃. Coming out of the woods was a glistening amber insect, ten feet long, with jagged pincers, an armored tail, and a stinger as long as Percy's sword. A scorpion. Tied to its back was a red silk package.
"One of us gets behind it," Percy said, as the thing clattered toward them. "Cuts off its tail while the other distracts it in front."
"I'll take point," Toni said. "You've got the bigger blade and more experience."
He nodded. They'd fought together so many times since their first quest that they knew each other's moves. They could do this, easy. But it all went wrong when the other two scorpions appeared from the woods.
"Three?" Percy said. "That's not possible! The whole woods, and half the monsters come at us?"
"Probably because you're here," Toni said with a small grin, making him look at her with a playful glare.
The reason she was joking around was because she was terrified. One, they could take. Two, with a little luck. Three? Doubtful.
The scorpions scurried toward them, whipping their barbed tails like they'd come here just to kill them. Percy and Toni put our backs against the nearest boulder.
"Climb?" Percy asked.
"No time," Toni said.
She was right. The scorpions were already surrounding them. There were so close she could see their hideous mouths foaming, anticipating a nice juicy meal of demigods.
"Look out!" Toni parried away a stinger with the flat of one of her blades. Percy stabbed with Riptide, but the scorpion had backed out of range. They clambered sideways along the boulders, but the scorpions followed them. Toni slashed at another one, but going on the offensive was too dangerous. If she went for the body, the tail stabbed downward. If she went for the tail, the thing's pincers came from either side and tried to grab her. All they could do was defend, and they wouldn't be able to keep that up for very long.
They took another step sideways, and Percy nearly stumbled. Toni ignored it and kept fighting with the scorpions.
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