The New Faces (A Percy Jackson Story)

A Little Town in Louisiana

The New Faces

Chapter 29

Two weeks later, In Louisiana Abby's POV:

I don't know why we stay in this town. We should have left three day's ago, when we first got here, but Zack says that he feels like there is someone here that we need to meet up with. Of course he doesn't know who this person is, where they are (besides in the town), or even if they are male/female/monster. It's really infuriating that he doesn't know all this but then says that we need to stay here. Jasmine of course agrees with him though, so for the time being we are in this little dinky town.

When I wake up in the morning I see that Jasmine has already left for breakfast, she left a note at our nightstand. It read:

Getting breakfast, it's 7:45 right now. So if I'm not back by 8:20 for you come find me. K ttyl and GET UP ALREADY

~Jasmine

Such a loving thing to wake up to, she ditches me for food. Eh, she is lead by her stomach not her will. I get up and change back into my cloths. A green tank top, jean jacket, and worn out jeans. (We had 'visited' a store on our way here when we got on the west side of Alabama, and let's just say that they won't want us to come again.)I slip on my, very, worn out sneakers and tie the forever dirty laces. I pick up the black plastic clock and the red numbers read, 8:00, I smile and decide to go down stairs and scare Jasmine.

When I go down the steep steps, not trusting the elevator, I stumble across Jasmine and Zack laughing at something. She hits his arm and I feel my cheeks get hot and 'remember' that I left my hair down. I quickly go back up the stairs, three flights, and go back to our room. I sit down on my bed and try to calm down.

She isn't trying to get back at you for the Perry incident. You two have gotten beyond that. Calm the F down or you will start bawling! Was what one side of my head said, but the other side said, she is going to kiss him. She is going to kiss him, she is going to do it just to get under your skin and make you mad. You stole her boyfriend right in front of her. Why would she trust you? Then he picks YOU over her. She has a right to be angry at you, don't you get it?

I put my hands over my ears trying to tone out my own thoughts. I flop over on the bed and look at the clock again. I pick it up again and turn on the radio; I change the channels till I find one that is playing, Little Bird.

I lie back down and listen to the song till the announcer says, "There are some new announcements for the three conflicts/runaways. We have their descriptions once again for you all just toning in: a fourteen year old girl, five three, Hispanic, wears glasses, brown eyes, and has a large amount of hair; the second is another girl looks to be sixteen, with dark brown shoulder length hair, green eyes, freckles, five seven, and is wearing most likely a green shirt, jeans, and jean jacket; the third is an eighteen year old boy, with shaggy black hair, is bulky, about six one, has brown eyes, pale, was last seen wearing jeans, orange t-shirt, and black hoddie jacket. If you see any or all of these figures please contact the police immediately." After that I turned off the radio and quickly put all our things in their bags. I put all of them over my shoulder and head out the door.

I race down the stairs to reach Zack and Jasmine but when I get down there they aren't. I look around and see a couple people sitting at a table, "Excuse me but what happened to the two people who were just sitting there?"

They look up and the man simply says, "They left a few minutes ago, and wait aren't you-"

I don't let the man finish I just dart up the stairs again. When I get to the top I see Jasmine and Zack trying to figure out where our things and I am. I run to them and say, "We are felons on the run and we need to get running now!" Zack looks at me questioningly and I ask, "What?"

"Where did you hear that?"

"The radio, they gave our descriptions, oh and they think Jasmine is fourteen."

"What!" Jasmine screeches!

"Come on take your bags we need to get out of this city, now!" I say throwing them their things.

"We can't leave; we need to find the people who we are waiting for." Zack says stubbornly.

"Tell me who they are!" I almost yell at him.

"I don't know. But we have to wait," He says while crossing his arms.

"We can't WAIT; we need to get going anyone could call the police right now. We need to go." I say again becoming very infuriated with him.

"Let me Iris message them, if I just say 'the people we need' and the city we should be able to figure it out, by whoever it shows."

"Fine, whatever but if we wind up in prison it's your fault!" I say throwing my hands up.

I turn back into our room and Zack heads into the bathroom to find out who this is we need to find.

When he steps back out he has the biggest grin on his face I have ever seen. I raise one of my eyebrows in question. His grin just gets bigger.

"You will never guess who it is!" He says practically jumping up and down.

"The Power Puff Girls?" Jasmine says sarcastically.

Zack sticks his tongue out at Jasmine and turns back to me, "It's my brother and your sister!" My jaw literally drops.

I hadn't thought I would hear those words, "I…um…uh…" I hold up a finger trying to rap my head around this. Zack just continues to smile at me and finally I give up on trying to think of words and just jump up and hug him. He seems taken aback by this but right before I pull away he gives me a hug back. I smile and he whispers soft enough so Jasmine won't hear, "I told you she would be fine." Then I hear someone clear their throat.