Freak || Percy Jackson x OC

Sixty-Six: HIMBO!

SEN

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Sen had no idea what the Miamians thought as the party ponies galloped by.

Streets and buildings began to blur as the centaurs picked up speed. It felt as if space were compacting- as if each centaur step took the demigods miles and miles. In no time, they'd left the city behind. The centaurs raced through marshy fields of high grass and ponds and stunted trees.

Finally, the demigods found themselves in a trailer park at the edge of a lake. The trailers were all horse trailers, tricked out with televisions and mini-refrigerators and mosquito netting. They were in a centaur camp.

"Dude!" said a party pony as he unloaded his gear. "Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: 'Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!'" He talked like a frat dude in California. A complete and total himbo- just the kind of people Sen was familiar with.

The centaur with the googly-eye glasses laughed. "That was awesome! Head slam!"

The two centaurs charged at each other full-force and knocked heads, then went staggering off in different directions with crazy grins on their faces.

Grover and Annabeth slipped off of Chiron's back. Percy was already running over, yelling something about broken ribs. Chiron gently set Sen down on a picnic blanket- which was excruciating- and he set to work on healing her.

"I'm counting three on the left, two on the right." Chiron said. He grabbed a random medical pack and Sen had to close her eyes. It felt like the setting sun was, hurting her wounds.

"Is she gonna be okay?!" Grover bleated. Sen barely opened her eyes. His pupils were black slits again- the way they were when he was terrified. It was a little comforting to know how much he cared.

"She'll be fine." Chiron guaranteed.

"Of course she will." Annabeth grunted. "Grover, why would you think she wouldn't?"

"Wha- Were we in the same room?!" Grover bleated nervously. Sen heard something like a garbage can get ripped. He probably stress-ate part of it.

"Chiron." Percy said, sounding entirely awestruck. "You saved us."

Sen heard Chiron laugh gently. "Well now, I couldn't very well let you die, especially since you've cleared my name."

"But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked. Suddenly, Sen started to feel her chest pain let up. Breathing felt much easier.

"Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami."

"Gee, thanks." Grover mumbled.

"No, no." Chiron said. "I didn't mean... Oh, never mind. I am glad to see you, my young satyr. The point is, I was able to eavesdrop on Percy's Iris-message and trace the signal. Iris and I have been friends for centuries. I asked her to alert me to any important communications in this area. It then took no effort to convince my cousins to ride to your aid. As you see, centaurs can travel quite fast when we wish to. Distance for us is not the same as distance for humans."