Sequel: The Hurtful Truth

Chapter 7: Chariot of Damnation

Stella's POV

Percy knocked on the door, only to be opened to Grover. "This is a bad idea" he said to Percy not seeing us. "You don't even know what I was going to say" Percy said defending himself. "You were going to say that your going after the Fleece to save the camp" he said walking out of the cabin. "Actually he was going to say 'we' were" Annabeth said. "Look, I get what your doing here. Your worried about the one quest wonder thing, and you want to make your bones. But Ichneutea and Clarisse are already going after the Fleece, and it's not cool to bogart on someone's quest " Grover said trying to reason with Percy. "I think this is my quest too" Percy said to Grover "The Oracle says he wrestles Luke for the Fleece." I said to Grover. " 'Grapples'. But she also said that in destined to destroy Olympus, or save it" Percy said making Grovers eyes to widen. "Saving is better obviously." Grover said. "Yeah" Percy muttered. Grover looked back at Annabeth and I "Let me pack a bag and make sure my health insurance is paid up" Grover told us making us wait.

-Time Skip-

We were all trying not to get noticed by anything, or anyone. We heard some monster snarl in the darkness. The guards checked over to where the sound came from. We all crouched down behind the wall. "Okay, so how are we going to get past them?" Annabeth asked. "I think they're looking for threat coming trying to come in, not people trying to sneak out" I said to her. "I think we're cool as long as we stay quiet" Percy said to us. There was a crashing sound and a yelp from behind us. We all looked to where the sound came from, even the guards. "Sorry" I heard Tyson yell. Really!?! You have to be kidding me, this oaf is coming along? He picked up his bag making some noise and the four of us started to shush him. Grover stood up and started to speak. "We're, uh, were guarding too" he said going back down. By now Tyson was by Percy. "You left without me" he said sounding hurt and confused. "Tyson, where we're going, it's very dangerous." Percy said trying to be nice and reasonable. "Yeah I know I'm not stupid" he said. "No just dumb" Annabeth said with hatred. "I want to help" Tyson pleaded. "You'd do it for me" he said to Percy. Okay maybe he isn't that bad but I'm still going to be cautious around him. "I appreciate that, but I don't think you understand exactly how dangerous this is going to be" Percy said to his brother. "I do. The Fleece is guarded by Polyphemus" "Who?" Percy asked. "Polyphemus. Closest thing Cyclops have got to someone famous. Captured Odyssues? Lives in Circeland?" Tyson asked us. I know him now. "Wait Circeland?" Grover asked, I noticed Annabeth sighed and rolled her eyes. "Built on his island. Long story" Tyson said. "Point is, maybe I can talk to him. You know Cyclops to Cyclops" he said to us smiling. "No you can't because I'm not going with a Cyclops" Annabeth said harshly. I looked over to Tyson and saw him putting on his shades. Great now I feel bad for being mean. He doesn't even want to be different. He's like me. "Oh then we have a problem, because I'm not going without one. This Polyphemus is probably what killed every satyr that's gone beat the Fleece" Grover said. "You want me to lead you to a Cyclops? Fine. But I'm bringing along one of my own, for protection" he said defending Tyson. "No way" Annabeth whispered shaking her head. Grover nodded his head "no" she said. I looked at her giving her one of my stares. She rolled her eyes and nodded her head.

-time skip-

Grover gave us the sign to move. I ran behind him. Percy followed behind me and Annabeth behind him, Tyson behind Annabeth. His bag made so much noise. "So what do you thinks gonna attract more attention, all the noise or the one eye?" Annabeth asked Percy. Okay harsh one Annie. I may not Cyclops but Tyson is an exemption, he's like a baby brother, ever since Jason was taken away I've never felt very open to the concept. "Just give the guy a break, okay?" Percy asked irritated. "Okay fine!" She said putting her bag down grabbing something out of it. Mist? "Shh keep it down" Percy said trying to shush her. "This is crazy hard to come by, and I only brought it along in case of emergency, which I guess this is an emergency, so here" she said holding the bottle in the air. Tyson took his shades off, reading the name of the bottle. "Mist?" He asked. "It makes the mystical look normal" I informed him. "Side affect may include: handsomeness, headache, self-esteem and low self-esteem" Grover said reading the bottle. "And just know that if the camp wasn't in danger, I wouldn't be using this on you" Annabeth said shaking the bottle. "Waiting what?" Tyson asked only to be hurt with the mist. "Ah!" He exclaimed. "It's not going to last forever, you're going to have to replay it" Annabeth informed him. She handed to bottle to him."extreme makeover alert. Whoop, Whoop!" Grover said "How do I look?" He asked "a bit like dad actually" Percy said to him. "Not bad, but not my type" I told him patting him on the shoulder. "He's still a Cyclops" Annabeth told us. "Okay, ah, Grover, where are we going? What does your nose say?" Percy asked Grover. Grover started to sniff the air. "Uh somewhere off the coast of Florida. South." He said still sniffing the air. I whistled in the air with Annabeth. "Over here " I said "Annie, Stell! Hey!" Grover yelled to us. Two light were shining through the night. Fog covered the air and the lights transformed with the foam, into a taxi. "It's a chariot of Damination" Annabeth gloated. "Looks like a New York City cab" Grover said. "Same difference" I said. The door opened and the front window rolled down. "No dollars, no credit cards, Drachmas only. Exact change please" the three women said in the front. We all got into the cab, it being squish with the five of us. "Chop, chop! Get in the cab" they said to us. "Yeah we just had this cab sanitized for your protection" the one on the right said. "It wasn't this year though" the one int the middle said. "Excuse me, were trying together to Florida" Percy said. "Our kind of fare, Pricey" the women gasped. She turned the car on and it started to count the money. She hit the petal, going fast. "Whoa" we all screamed. "Hey there. This is Ganymede, cupbearer to Zeus. And when I'm out buying wine, for the lord of the skies, I always remember to buckle up" the little TV said. I rolled my eyes at it, the guy is a jerk. "Maybe we should have flown commercial" Grover said. We all buckled up. "Look out!" I yelled. We hit the side of a tree and bounced along the road. We screamed at almost everything. "Calm down" the first one said. "If we didn't know what we were doing..." "We wouldn't be licensed" they all said pointing to the license thing. We all looked closer. "They don't have eyes" Percy said. They all turned back and said "yeah" We all screamed at them. "I know awful picture" "Bad hair day" "we do so have an eye" they said "it's around here somewhere" the one in the middle said. "The last time I saw ur, you put it in the glove compartment, Anger" the one driving said. "Don't use that tone with my name" the middle one, Anger, sassed. "It's not there this time" the one on the right said. "Ah!" Anger exclaimed laughing as she found the eye. "Wasp always puts it with the keys" Anger said. "And it's 20/20" she said showing us the eye. "So is mine!" Tyson said pointing to his eye, well eyes. "Shouldn't the driver get the eye?" I asked afraid. "Ah, she'll be fine" Anger said putting the eye in. We screamed seeing that we were going to hit a tree. "Tempest! Split" Anger commanded, the cab was split into two. I was with Grover and Annabeth. Percy was unfortunate and was in the middle until Tyson pulled him in on his side. The cab came back together, again. "We paid extra for that option" Tempest said. We drove crashing down a fence and landing, on the road. Wasp turned the car around making all of us fall on each other. "The kid is right. The driver should have the eyeball. She's a freaking genius!" Wasp said referring to me. "You're the one that put it in the visor" Anger argued back. "While it's on the table, I haven't had a turn in quite some time" Tempest said. Really there going to argue now!?! Anger hit Tempest in the face with her fist. Tempest groaned in pain. "Oh no you didn't!" She yelled and they started to fight. Wasp got into it and made the car go crazy. "Hands on the wheel at least, okay?" Percy yelled. While they were fighting, they hit some supper speed button and made the car go faster. "We're all going to die" Percy yelled. "Pipe down" they yelled at us. Well then -_-. "Didn't that prophecy say you're going to make it to at least 20?" They asked Percy. "You know about the prophecy?" He asked sitting forward. "Oh sure!" "-The oracle is a friend" "-were besties" "B-F-F" they said. Tempest hit Anger, making the eye fall out, and hit the window. It bounced onto Grover, he held it like the game hot potato yelling "Eye! Eye! Eye!" The eye went to me then to Annabeth. "Gross! Get it off me!" She exclaimed. It went between Percy's legs. He picked it up, making the women yell in disgust. "What do you know about the prophecy?" He asked them. They didn't answer making him hold it out the window. "No!" They screamed. They whispered and then Anger said "30, 31, 75, 12". "What?" Percy asked confused. "Percy you got your answer!" Annabeth yelled, taking the eye and giving it to Wasp. "All I got were numbers" "Yes" "-You'll know" "-When it matters" they told him. They turned around zipping through the street. I looked at the meter and saw 7688 and it going higher. "I think we're a little short on drachmas" I whispered to Percy. "What?" They all exclaimed. Oops, they heard me. They stopped the car, flipping it over."what do you think we're running here?" "A charity" "Get your" "-cheap" "-butts" "out" they yelled kicking us out. They drove away while arguing. "Well that was... " I said "I know" Grover interrupted. "Awesome! Can we go again?" Tyson asked. Oh dear.