Escape (Book Attack Series: Book 1 - Heroes of Olympus/Percy Jackson)

Chapters XXV - XXVII

Chapter XXV

When the group glitched into the house, Annabeth was delighted to see the style and originality in the foyer. Plus, her host was the geeky blonde from the math class! Everything was perfect!

That is, until the blonde could see them. When they appeared, she immediately brought a knife out of the kitchen drawer in defense. Annabeth was terrified. And impressed.

"Who are you? What're you doin' in my house?"

Annabeth through her hands up, "Woah, easy there. We're not gonna hurt you."

The girl's grip tightened, "That's not what I asked. Who. The hell. Are you?"

"My name is Annabeth. We're all from fictional books. We just need your help. We're not gonna hurt you."

"You're crazy. All of you." The girl flung the knife at Annabeth's shoulder. It traveled straight through and clattered on the ground behind her.

The girl stared at the knife, and then at Annabeth, "Oh my god. I'm psychotic."

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It took them 20 minutes to get the blonde to sit down. Then Annabeth had to explain.

"We were on vacation from our stories when the villains from our books attacked. We all managed to escape."

"So why is it that I can see you?"

"That's a bit harder to explain. When fictional beings enter the outer realm, or your world, we have to be attached to a being from that realm, or a host. You're our host, so you're the only one who can see us without know who the host is... because it's you... if that makes any sense. It'd be the same way if you were to come to our books. You'd be attached to one of us."

"Uh huh. So you're Annabeth Chase, then? From the Heroes of Olympus?"

"Yeah."

"Awesome." She glared at the others, "I'm just gonna take a wild guess from the looks of y'all. Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen, Susan from Narnia, Sophie Newman, Sadie Kane, Maximum Ride, Sabrina Grimm, and Jack Starbright?"

Sophie laughed, "Somebody did their homework."

Susan, "So you've read all the books?"

The girl chuckled, "Hell yeah. Your books are awesome."

Katniss smiled, "So what's your name?"

"Madison Jack. I go by Maddie."

Jack laughed, "Hopefully no one calls you by your last name."

Maddie smiled, "So what am I supposed to do?"

Annabeth replied, "We'll guide you through it. Hopefully we won't get you beat up too bad."

Chapter XXVI

Hazel freaking loved Ali Acre. It was like she was made to be Hazel's host.

It took the group five minutes to calm her down. After that, it was smooth sailing.

Ali had recognized Tonks immediately when the explanations began. It didn't take her long to recognize the others as well. She'd obviously read the books. Pretty soon they were sitting down as if they'd known each other for years.

Ali, "So what am I supposed to do?"

Hazel explained, "I've already laid out a diamond with a note in it. We're checking it tomorrow. You need to keep an eye out for clues from the others. Check EVERYTHING. Even if its so small that you don't think there could be anything in it, check."

"So even if it's like an eraser or something, I should still check it?"

"Yeah."

"Okay then. So what exactly's going on?"

Tonks continued, "The Book Attack Prophecy. The evil ones are tired and sick, of getting beaten by their own trick. Join forces they will and attack nine books, wrecking havoc with terrible looks. The ones who escape will stop the fall, the ones who escape will save us all."

Ali stared, "Uh huh. So basically, all the villains teamed up to take down the good guys, but y'all escaped, and now you gotta take back the books."

Angel smiled, "In a nutshell."

Ali, "So here's the big thing. Now that I know all this, I'm thinking today's power outage and water fountain incident weren't just coincidences."

Hazel sighed, "Here's what I haven't told you guys... Before we glitched out, I looked at the water from the fountains one more time."

Clove, "And?"

"It spelled out Ο γιος του Ποσειδώνα and Filius Neptuni. The son of Neptune."

Chapter XXVII

McKenna Mustache was literally the weirdest person Thalia had ever met; which is a pretty awesome accomplishment considering she knew Grover Underwood.

Blue glasses, peace-sign shoes, and for some reason obsessed with tacos, McKenna was freaking awesome. And her last name was just plain boss.

It took the group 20 minutes to explain everything to her, and even then she seemed to only really understand half of it. She knew who Thalia and Ginny were because of her friends' obsessions with their series. She'd personally read about Foxface, but had no idea who Ella was, which was fine by her.

"So let me get this straight. The villains in your stories attacked while you were on some sort of 'book vacation thingy', and you guys escaped, so now you've gotta go back and save the book and ultimately all 'realms'."

Thalia laughed, "Basically, yes."

McKenna snorted, "Man, your lives suck!"

Ginny chuckled, "So what about you. What is this realm like?"

McKenna took a bite out of her after-school taco, "It's basically the muggle world. No magic, no supernatural beings, everything centered around 'political science'."

Ella, "Well it can't be that bad. My realm was centered around science."

McKenna, "Does your realm have psycho politicians?" Ella looked at the ground, "Didn't think so."

Foxface, "So anyways, what we need you to do is look out for any signs from everyone else."

"What are y'all gonna do?"

"We've come up with a plan to create a hunting sign in the courtyard to attract Katniss. She's the main person we're trying for right now."

"So... Once you find everyone, the 'final battle thingy' is in the book?"

Ginny smiled, "That's what we think."

McKenna, "I play softball. If you give me any more bruises, I will personally ruin your trip home."

Ella laughed, "I don't doubt it."

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