LUNACY; percy jackson

03.8

[act three; chapter eight     -     the great escape]

Now, Andromeda Storm liked to think she had a lot of patience, especially when it came to her friends. But seriously, Percy must have been taking his sweet, sweet time underwater to have been down there for an hour.

So when she saw a suspicious looking Nico di Angelo sneaking around she thought, Hey, might as well see what he's up to.

So she very sneakily followed the boy but didn't let up her cover.

She crept up behind a column and crouched down, peeking her head just over the side, watching with narrowed eyes.

Suddenly, she felt a presence behind her.

As she went to turn a hand clapped over her mouth and she went with her instinct and bit down on the hand as hard as she could.

The person shrieked and Andromeda's eyes widened at the familiar voice. She spun around and clapped her hand over their mouth.

Percy—now holding his hand to his chest—was staring at her with wide, shock filled eyes.

"Learn your lesson, Fish Face?"

He nodded as she pulled her hand away, almost laughing as he pouted.

"Lea—"

"Shh."

She grabbed his hand and pulled him to her side, nodding her head toward the pavilion.

There were voices—two girls talking at one of the dining tables.

Percy took Annabeth's magic cap out of his pocket and held it up, showing Andromeda who stared at it, her face void. She nodded in understanding, watching him put it on his head and disappear. The redhead rolled her eyes slightly and crept forward as quietly as possible, her feet flat against the ground as she moved towards the pavilion.