Mad Woman - Rewrite

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Part 2. Chapter 5.

Includes :
I Have The Worst Family Reunion Ever
We Hitched A Ride With Dead Confederates

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Apprehension sang in the Great Hall. They were all excited to know what would happen. But anxiety ate at them as they realised that the trio was about to see Luke again. They worried about how that would go.

On their end, the demigods were not excited at all. They just wanted to get this over with. The trio had decided to huddle together, Percy in the middle of the girls as they held hands. Rowan had her head on his shoulder too.

Chapter 9: I Have The Worst Family Reunion Ever

Annabeth volunteered to go alone since she had the cap of invisibility, but I convinced her it was too dangerous. Either we all went together, or nobody went.

"Nobody!" Tyson voted. "Please?"

"Yes !"

"Listen to Tyson."

"Tyson is right !"

"Guys....."

"Whyyyyyy ?"

But in the end he came along, nervously chewing on his huge fingernails. We stopped at our cabin long enough to gather our stuff. We figured whatever happened, we would not be staying another night aboard the zombie cruise ship, even if they did have million-dollar bingo. For a change, Rowan didn't even consider stealing anything. I think she didn't want anything associated to Luke.

Rowan lowered her head, fiddling with Percy's fingers. They were long and slim and now, tipped with blue nail polish. It was calming.

I made sure Riptide was in my pocket and the vitamins and thermos from Hermes were at the top of my bag. I didn't want Tyson to carry everything, but he insisted, and Annabeth told me not to worry about it.

Tyson could carry four full duffel bags over his shoulder as easily as I could carry a backpack.

"Whoa."

"He's strong."

"Nice !"

We sneaked through the corridors, following the ship's YOU ARE HERE signs toward the admiralty suite. Annabeth scouted ahead invisibly. We hid whenever someone passed by, but most of the people we saw were just glassy-eyed zombie passengers.

As we came up the stairs to deck thirteen, where the admiralty suite was supposed to be, Annabeth hissed, "Hide!" and shoved us into a supply closet.

I heard a couple of guys coming down the hall.

"You see that Aethiopian drakon in the cargo hold?" one of them said.

The other laughed. "Yeah, it's awesome."

Annabeth was still invisible, but she squeezed my arm hard. Rowan was squeezing my other arm, and in the dark, I could see the shock and sadness on her face. She knew the second guy's voice and I got a feeling I should too.