The After Journey

California.

-Sorry if there's any typos, I wrote this at 2 in the morning 😂💁🏻

Annabeth's POV

After seeing Khione we have felt pretty shaken up, we haven't talked much either. We have been taking in what she had told Percy and making our next plan.

We have to travel west now, to see the god of the dry. Searching through all the knowledge in my brain of reading about the gods I can't seem to think of the exact god, I know Poseidon is considered that to some people. But not us.

I know over thinking it will make me go crazy, but I can't help it. I lie awake in our hotel room while the other two sleep. I rest my hands on top of my stomach and stare up at the pitch black ceiling. I sigh, who could it be? I check the clock on the night stand next to me and it reads 4:07 AM, I really need to sleep because we plan on leaving around 6:30, I roll over and face Percy and after a while I somewhat peacefully fall asleep.

~Afternoon~
We have just gotten off the train and are walking the streets of San Francisco..I have so many bad memories here..I shiver at the thought and hold onto Percy's hand tightly. He looks at me and tells me soothingly "It'll be okay babe. If there's monsters that attack us..we know how to handle it." I really wish he didn't say that.

Right after he finishes the sentence three monsters that look like descendants of Creten Bulls jump out at us and I grab my dagger quickly out of my pocket. I look around calculating what I should do quickly, Percy charges one head on and ends up being thrown against a tree.

Taiylor tries attacking from the side and jumping from a dumpster. She ends up riding the bull like monster until she gets thrown off and has to fight it off.

I've decided that the best option is to walk around it quietly and grab onto his back legs and try to break them.

I carefully walk around it while throwing rocks in front of his face to distract it, I eventually end up directly behind it and I crouch down a bit. I wait for just the right moment to attack..I jump onto his hind legs and hold on for dear life while the bull spasms, trying to kick me off of him. I grab a leg with each of my arms and start bending them with every ounce of strength in me, they snap.

He falls to side and I stab him right in between his eyes. I breathe heavily and look at Percy and Taiylor finishing off their Bulls and I hold my stomach out of breath. I can't keep doing this for much longer, it'll put strain on the baby.

They finally kill them off and they fade away into dust. I hiccup while looking around and mutter "I hate this place.." Apparently I had said it louder than I had thought because Percy chuckled saying "Me too babe, me too." I roll my eyes a bit and take a sip of water.

"I say we head by the beach, I feel like that's the safest option right now." Taiylor says while we take a short snack break. I nod and grab my backpack.

We get a taxi ride and eventually end up right on the shore of Baker Beach, it's busy today and there's tourist everywhere, people eating ice cream, people surfing, walking along the sand, just another normal day in San Fransisco.

Before we walk onto the beach we take our shoes off because we all know sand is prone to get in our shoes and socks. We walk down onto the beach and look around. "Which way should we go?" Percy asks.

I reply with "There seems to be more people to the right, so I suggest trying the left." They both think about it and then they agree and we start heading down the beach.

I imagine we don't look like typical beach people right now, we're carrying our shoes, we're lugging full backpacks, and we're wearing our CHB t-shirts with a hoodie and jeans. Plus everyone here seems perfectly comfortable with their bodies and the guys are wearing speedos and the girls are wearing thongs.