❝In a fight, they're lethal. Around each other, they melt❞
"I'm fine." I said, trying to hide the frown and tears that threatened to spill.
Percy looked at me once.
"I'm not going anywhere, unless you tell me what's wrong," he declared and I would h...
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Here's my definition of not fun. Fly a pegasus toward an out-of-control helicopter. If Guido had been any less of a fancy flier, we would've been chopped to confetti.
I could hear Rachel screaming inside. For some reason, she hadn't fallen asleep, but I could see the pilot slumped over the controls, pitching back and forth as the helicopter wobbled toward the side of an office building.
"Ideas?" Percy asked me.
"You're going to have to take Guido and get out," I said, biting my lip. Here's the plan. Jump into the moving death trap and fly it to safety. Caelan planned on becoming a helicopter EMT so our father had taught him how to fly one. Then he taught me just in case there was ever an emergency and I needed to.
"What are you going to do?"
In response, I said, "Hyah!" and Guido went into a nosedive.
"Duck!" I yelled.
We passed so close to the rotors I felt the force of the blades ripping at my hair. We zipped along the side of the helicopter, and I grabbed the door.
That's when things went wrong.
Guido's wing slammed against the helicopter. He plummeted straight down with Percy on his back, leaving me dangling from the side of the aircraft.
"Hey you." Rachel appeared above me and pulled me into the copter. "Are we gonna die together or what?"
"No, sit down." I said shortly before moving the pilot into the seat next to her. Rachel strapped herself and the pilot in as I slid into the control seat. I glanced at the controls, feeling the power under my hands.
The helicopter was only a few seconds away from slamming into the side of the building.
I managed to get the helicopter to right itself before we could crash.
We spun in a circle and hovered. Very slowly, we began to descend.
It seemed to take forever, but finally the helicopter thudded to a landing in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
Percy ran forward as the rotors spun to a stop. Rachel opened the side door and dragged out the pilot.
I climbed out last.
Percy stared at me in awe. "I didn't know you could fly a helicopter."
"Caelan taught me. I just did my best to guess on the controls." I said with a shrug. I was actually really surprised that we survived. I hadn't been listening very close when he taught me.
"You saved my life," Rachel said.
I flexed my bad shoulder with a grimace. "Yeah, let's not make a habit of it. What are you doing here, Dare? Don't you know better than to fly into a war zone?"
