Chaos Descends

I Call Upon My Hellhound

"Get off me!" Axel shouted, pushing my arms away from him. I glared at him through my wet hair.

"You're welcome for saving your sorry ass." I shouted back, balling my fists. Axel just glared at me as I sloshed through the water to the stone edge of the fountain. Nothing of the dragon was left except piles of dust blowing away in the wind, bystanders were cheering and some were handing Percy and Hazel money. They were actually accepting it.

"What? We might need money later on. For food or transportation." I rolled my eyes and collected the money with them as Axel got out of the fountain. He was shaking the water off his hands and running his hand through his blonde hair angrily.

"Some power over water you have if you couldn't keep us dry." I opened my mouth to shout at him some more when Hazel stepped in.

"If she had, they'd wonder why you guys were dry." Axel scoffed and balled up his shirt, trying to wring out the water around the hem.

"What they should be wondering is how a bunch of kids could set up a "stunt" like that." Axel said, putting air quotes around stunt. I shook my head at him. I was too angry to reply to him in a civil manner so I didn't say anything.

When we had finished up outside, we headed to the nearest gas station restroom and Percy helped Axel get dry in the guys bathroom while Hazel watched me get dry in the girls. "Why is he so annoying?" I grumbled. "I thought having him along would be a good thing but he's being an asshole."

"You two just have to learn how to get along. This quest should help." I sighed as I pulled the last drops of water from my hair.

"It's not even a real quest." I murmured, gripping the edge of the sink. "And I can't be focused on being friends with Axel, I need to focus on getting Nico back." Hazel nodded slowly.

"You can do both. Multitasking." I laughed lightly. She was right of course. Axel was coming with us on the quest whether we liked it or not. Maybe we could turn him into a nice person before the end of this. It would be a good change. I smiled at her and nodded.

"You're right Hazel." She smiled back at me and we left the bathroom.

"It's about time." Axel complained. I was ready to spit out a retort when Hazel touched my arm and gave me a stern look. I sighed.

"Whatever Axel. Let's go. We've wasted enough time already."

After walking another mile, we were in Central Park. We headed straight for the entrance to hell. "So, you expect me to believe that somewhere in this dog, kid infested park that there is an entrance to hell just waiting to swallow people whole?" I sighed and shook my head.

"It's not same gaping hole Axel. You have to open it like an other entrance. Most doors aren't automatic." He rolled his eyes at me.

"So how do we do it?"

"Music." Percy spoke up. Axel looked at him like he was stupid.

"Haven't you ever heard of Orpheus Entrance? I'm Roman and I know about it."

"That guy with the stupid harp who wanted his dead wife back?" Axel questioned. The three of us sighed.

"Lyre, not harp." Percy corrected. "But yeah, that's him." Axel scoffed.

"Well that's great. How are we gonna open the damn thing? Play some shitty One Direction song or something?" Hazel laughed a little.