𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑, ᵖᵉʳᶜʸ ʲᵃᶜᵏˢᵒⁿ

𝟎𝟏𝟓, 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬

" let's try to contact chiron, i want to tell him about your talk with the river spirit " annabeth said, " we can't use phones, right? " lila asked, " im not talking about phones " annabeth told her, as they wandered through downtown they didn't quite understand what annabeth was looking for

finally we found an empty, do it yourself car wash, they veered toward the stall farthest from the street keeping their eyes open, any cop would notice they weren't up to any good, " what exactly are we doing? " percy asked

grover took out the spray gun, " it's seventy five cents, I've got only two quarters left, annabeth? " grover grumbled, " don't look at me, the dining car wiped out " annabeth said, as percy pulled out, a quarter, two nickels, and one drachma he got from medusas place

" excellent! " grover said, " we could do it with a spray bottle of course, but the connection isn't as good, and my arm gets tired of pumping " grover added

" what are you talking about? " percy asked, as grover fed the quarters and set the knob to FINE MIST, " I-M'ing "
" instant messaging? " lila asked, " Iris-messaging " annabeth turned to the girl, " the rainbow goddess, iris carries messages for the gods. if you know how to ask, and she's not to busy, she'll do the same for half-blood "

" you summon the goddess with a spray gun? " percy asked, " hey, don't make fun of her it unique " lila scolded, " yeah, more of that she will like that, " grover turned to the brunette girl then to percy, " unless you know an easier way to make a rainbow "

sure enough, light filtered through the vapor and broke into colors, annabeth held her palm, " drachma " annabeth said, " please " percy grumbled before giving it to her, making lila laugh, she raised the coin over her head, " O goddess, accept our offering " she threw the drachma into the rainbow

" half blood hill " annabeth requested, at first nothing happened until it showed, a black haired bou im shorts and orange tank top holding a bronze sword, seemed to be staring intently at something

" luke! " percy called, he turned eye wide, " percy, is that annabeth, too? thank the gods are you guys okay? " luke grinned as grover and lila just stood there, " we're. . .uh. . .fine " annabeth stammered, as she tried to straighten her dirty t-shirt, trying to comb the loose hair out of her face, " we thought—chiron—i mean " she started

" he's down at the cabins " luke smile faded, " we're having some, issues with the campers. listen is everything cool with you? are grover and lila all right? " luke asked, " im right here! " grover called, as lila just waved in the camera, " what kind of issues? " lila asked

just then a big lincoln continental pulled into the car wash with its stereo turned to maximum hip-hop, as it slid into the next stall, the bass from the subwoofers vibrated so much, it shook the pavement. " chiron had to—what's that noise? " luke yelled, " ill take care of it, lila, grover come on " annabeth yelled as lila followed her

" what, but— " grover started, " give percy the nozzle and come on! " she ordered, grover then muttered about how girl being harder to understand than the oracle at delphi, but then followed them

" uhm hi! " lila said, " we were wondering if you could turn the volume down? " the brunette girl asked, " huh? " the man yelled, " can you turn your volume down? " she yelled back, " why? " he asked, " so we can talk to our friend! " lila said, " just turn the music down " annabeth told the man

" no " he yelled back, " what did you just say? " she sassed, " annabeth, relax " lila told her, " just please turn down the music " lila smiled at the man, " yeah, before she goes crazy " grover turned to annabeth, " i yet to see a good reason " the man told them, " ill give you a good reason " annabeth pulled out her dagger and put it to his neck