Child of the damned

Really, lady?

"Listen lady, i don't know who you are but i think i know what you are," percy said, the boy could never shut his big mouth up, always had to get everyone in trouble"we've run across a few monsters like you and we've sent them all packing," the boy said as Priscilla gave a proud smile to her cousin"

"Monsters like me?" The woman scoffed with an evil smile on her face"well...of course they're like me, they were my children," the woman said as Priscilla looked at annabeth"

"Children." Percy said confused," what does that mean," he said" the mother of monsters," grover spat out with fear in his eyes"echidna," Priscilla said giving her the evil eye"

"As the monster kept growling priscilla held on to her dagger in her bag and so did percy to the pen in his pocket"

"Monster, it's an odd word, considering my grandmother is your great-grandmother," echidna said look at Priscilla and percy" this has always been a family story," she added"

"But...to my eye, the demigod is a more dangerous creature," echidna said pointing at all of them"

"Disruptive, violent, if i exist for anything, it is to stand in the way of monsters,"

"Like you"

"My little one here, she's just a pup now, bless her heart, today...you will be her pray," echidna said turning back to the kids"

"Are you afraid yet? It's alright fear is natural, it's also issential to the hunt. Your fear, your doubt," echidna said as priscilla and annabeth took out their daggers slowly"

"Your confusion," the woman said with a slight chuckle as the monster kept growling" i needed you to understand what's happening so she could track the sent"she said as the carrier was opening by itself"

"So she could learn and grow, that's what a good mother does,"

"You should run now"

"Kids, go!" Priscilla yelled as the tail of the monster stabbed percy, priscilla held onto the tail stabbing it with the dagger"go! Now," Priscilla said running behind them"

Percy, lock that door," priscilla said with the police behind them,"percy?" Grover said pulling out the stinger from the beast"what is that?" Percy asked in a panic" that's a stinger, Grover, do you know what kind of beast has one of those?" Annabeth asked in a rush"

"I don't know, i mean, nothing good probably," grover said as everyone's breathing was getting heavier" do you feel okay?" Annabeth asked percy while he was holding onto his shoulder" i think so, why?" Percy asked as we heard the monster come closer" do you think it's poisonous or something?" Percy asked as priscilla tilted her head with a maybe look on her face"

"Open this door!" An officer yelled while the lights started to go out"we gotta move," grover said running as everyone was behind him"

"They ran out of the train stopping in the middle of some tracks looking behind them" why isn't it still chasing us?" Percy asked as priscilla knew exactly why"echidna said whatever she was hiding in that carrier, it's young, it won't venture to dar from her mother," priscilla said turning to percy"

"She's learning to hunt and this seems like the hunting part"

"We aren't gonna be able to outrun them for long,". Grover said as we all walked trough sint louise" we don't have to, we just need a place to hole up in," annabeth said as percy looked at her" some place safe," percy said scared"

"Any ideas where we are gonna find one of those," percy said in a sarcastic tone" i do, a sanctuary, dedicated to athena, build by one of her demigod children a long time ago," Annabeth explained as wee got to the field with the building"there's an athenian temple hidden somewhere downtown sint.louise?" Grover asked not believing it"