Freak || Percy Jackson x OC

Ninety-Three: Percy, Sen, Thalia, Zoe, and Grover take a road trip

SEN

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Don't be a coward.

Sen stood up. She wiped her tears on her sleeve and straightened herself out. She waved her hand, forcing her friends to follow. At the edge of the dump, they found a tow truck so old it might've been thrown away itself. But the engine started, and it had a full tank of gas, so they decided to borrow it.

"I'm driving." Sen said, her tone cold. Zoe was in no shape to drive.

That was probably the only good thing about being surrounded by broken people. It made Sen realize that she had to be strong. She- other than Zoe- had more experience questing than anybody else in the group. It was her duty to lead, to remind everyone that they still had a job to do.

For some reason, she felt like she'd never been a leader before she woke up on that bus.

"The skeletons are still out there." Sen reminded everyone. She slammed the hood of the truck back down after checking on the engine. "We need to keep moving. The solstice is coming up, and we're not close enough to Annabeth and Artemis."

"I can drive." Thalia said.

"No." Sen insisted as she hopped in the front seat.

"Sen, you need-"

"I said no, Thalia!" Sen screamed, glaring at the daughter of Zeus. "Shut your fucking mouth and listen to somebody else for a change, alright?"

Thalia didn't even have the strength to fight back. She and Zoe crowded into the front with Sen. Sen's shoulder touched Zoe's, which she figured was a good thing. She felt like she might kill Thalia if she was right next to her.

"So, where do we go?" Grover sniffled as he stood beside Percy. Percy's eyes were rimmed with red, but he made no noise as he looked at his shoes.

"In the back." Sen barked. Grover flinched. Sen was never mean to him. She quickly said sorry, and he hopped in the truck bed with Percy.

"Where are we going to go?" Zoe said softly as Sen drove off. Sen offered her hand to Zoe silently, and Zoe took it, clutching it hard. Sen calmly drove with one hand as she made her way to the highway.

"I don't know." Sen admitted. "Right now, we're just going west. Thalia, you wanna hotwire the radio?"

Thalia set to work as Sen drove off, the truck hooded by clear blue skies. She had the window rolled down, as the air was cool and dry, but the nice weather seemed like an insult after Bianca's death.

Nico... Sen had no idea what she was going to tell him. How would he react? The way he acted after Bianca joined the Hunters was bad. What if he found out that the only family he had left had died on a quest like this?

Worry about that later, Sen.

Thalia got the radio working. She offered control to Zoe, but the Huntress declined. Sen held her hand a little tighter as Thalia got September by Green Day playing.

"I always liked this song." Sen said softly. She needed a conversation to fill her head. Anything to block out Bianca.

Thalia looked at her. "You like Green Day?"