The 13th Olympian

Uh Oh

"We start at the sea," I said.

"I don't see any sea there," said Annabeth.

I looked at her. "Me neither. But I think, we must go East across the Atlantic Ocean."

Percy and Annabeth waited for an explanation of me being too specific. Only problem: I didn't have an explanation. Well, Gods just tend to know stuff. Like,

Mortal: *Fangirling* OMG I can't wait for the next episode! I wonder what'll happen.

Me: *Straight faced* your favourite character dies Jill.

Mortal: *violently gasping* what wh-why would yo---"

Me: I said, your favourite character dies Jill.

I don't really know where all this random information comes from. But it is kinda cool.

But for now, I had to make something up.

I took a chance. I said, "It's a feeling."

Percy seemed to be convinced. But Annabeth still locked eyes with me like I was a criminal. I looked away.

"I have no better suggestion. Let's just go across the Atlantic!" Percy said. "What do you say, wise girl."

Annabeth nodded. She was still looking straight at me. I pretended to not notice her giving attention to me. She was scary!

~

That night, Argus drove us down Half Blood Hill. We took a taxi from there to Port Jefferson.

We walked down the port. "So what is our transport?" Annabeth said, looking at the water.

Percy looked around. "I had asked Reyna for supplies earlier today. She said she'd provide us with the biggest boat Camp Jupiter has---"

"You mean that?" Annabeth questioned pointing towards a heap of wooden planks. I tried to zoom in... Oh wait. It's a boat. That's a boat?! It looked like wooden planks put together without any calculations. Seriously, I could make a better boat than this.

"Oh gods, not again!" Percy whined. "Why did I forget?"

"Is this a joke?" I asked.

"We can try it," Annabeth said.

We walked down the port. The boat had dust and cobwebs all over it. "Is it safe, seaweed brain?" Annabeth mumbled.

"I can hold it together. I have done this before," Percy replied.

He climbed onto the boat. The boat creaked and squeaked. "It speaks Leo!" Percy laughed. Lame joke.

Annabeth laughed too. I did not. I could speak creak and squeak too. And the boat's language was just wooden planks and dust. They.Are.Two.Different.Languages.

"Hop on!" He said.

We climbed aboard. I spotted a whole on the floor. And why not. I thought. You know what to do, H2O molecules! I sat down. Water formed a membrane around our boat, in the name of surface tension. And don't ask me how that is possible. I'm a goddess; I don't explain.

Anyway the boat wouldn't sink at least.

"Hmm it looked bad from the outside. But now I guess it can take us farther than I thought it could," Percy frowned.

I smirked evilly.

Percy and Annabeth sat down. Percy seemed to be concentrating on the motion of water. I was being rude. I could move water too. I felt like Percy was wasting his energy. But what could I do.

The water was dark. There was hardly any light. We had lost the port long ago. "Get some sleep, you two, while you can," Percy said.

I couldn't see him anymore. Yet I pretended to sleep. I got lost in thoughts. I guess the mortals call it 'the sleep'. It is good you know. I don't remember sleeping in like years.

THUD

Something hit the bottom of the boat.

Annabeth woke up with a jerk.

Percy uncapped Anaklusmos. I sat up groggily. Annabeth was holding a sword too. I fetched out the dagger Percy had given me before leaving camp. 'You sure you don't want a sword?' He had said. Doesn't matter, when I'm not going to use it anyway. I had thought.

I felt something move behind me.

"Delilah," Percy whispered. "Don't move."

But you know, I'm a jerk. I turned around. I squinted for whatever the thing was, ran away so fast, it splat water on my face. For a moment nobody moved.

"What was that?" Percy asked.

"Charybdis," Annabeth replied. "It was a big one."

"Where'd it go?" I asked.

"It ran away."

"Why?" Percy asked.

I sheathed my dagger.

"Maybe, I don't know, it sensed a more powerful essence here?" Annabeth said. "So it gave up and ran away."

"Powerful essence? Like a God?" Percy doubted.

I choked on spit. "That's imp--impossible! God in the middle of Atlantic Ocean? Annabeth, you are funny," I laughed alone. Nobody replied, so I shut my mouth and sat down.

The rest of the night went all well. We didn't find any other monster. Maybe Ketos, goddess of the dangers of ocean, was pitying on us.

I have no problem with that! I grinned.

Suddenly a bell rang in my head. I was reminded of my son Aaron (update in chapter eight). I felt guilty about how I had almost forgotten about him. I wondered what he was doing now. Maybe he was at school or---

I got a vision. I was no more in the boat. Percy and Annabeth were nowhere to be seen. I found myself in a cave. It was dark. I looked at my right- dark. I turned towards my left- dark. And ooh guess what was behind me. Dark. Dark. Dark.

I saw a small light coming from the depth of the cave. It was more like a shine. I followed it. The shine started to grow. I soon discovered that it was a web of metal rods that were glowing. The rods connected to form a cube like structure. And there was someone in there. I sprinted towards it. But before I could reach to it, it had already dissolved in thin air. "Oh come on! I hate suspense," I growled.

"Then bring me my piece," a voice spoke. It was deep and old.

I looked around frantically. "Face me first. Then we can talk," I roared.

I was filled with rage. Who was this idiot who dragged me into this cave, then left me in suspense about the cube and was now asking for favours!

"You shall bring me my share back before midnight."

"WHAT SHARE?!" I shouted.

"I have it lost. Bring it back to me. Or you shall never see Olympus again."

The emotions drained out of my face.

To calm the god who has it lost.

"W-wait," I gasped. "What piece? Who are y---"

I found myself back in the boat.