Gone

Chapter Five

Percy

"Me and Annebeth are going to the lounge to see if we can find the new Demi-god. You guys wanna come?" She asked, undoing the braid her hair was in. "Yeah, we'll come," I told her.

"Who knows what monster we've attracted," Al said, the light catching on her celestial bronze dagger that was strapped to her arm.

Grover went into the bathroom while I went to the bathrooms down the hall. I showered and dressed.
"I'm going to head back nI ran down the hall running into Annebeth, who was coming from my room. "Hurry up! Lex is freaking about being decafinated," she said, running to catch the elevator, that Nico was about to come walk in while. Grover was fixing his fake feet - adjusting them every second, muttering words like "too tight" or "too loose". I glanced at everything around me and I saw Alex's iPod.

Man, she always leaving this thing around.

I put it in my back pocket, grabbing Riptide. Alex would never just have a dagger in a potential battle so she had to have Ξυράφι or Razor. Nico walked in and attached his sword two his side.

"Nico?" Alex poked her head in.

"Hmm," he replied, letting her know that he was in here.

She snapped her fingers it gave off a loud, clear sound and I swear it echoed. A cold breeze blew through the room.

"You guys seen my iPod?" Al asked, "C'mon I've gotta help you guys get reorganized."

She folded my clothes and put them neatly in the suit case. Apparently, Grover could clean up his own stuff. I left the room while Alex was doing that to find Annabeth.

Nico and Al came out as while we were standing in the hall.

"When did you two become all buddy buddy?" I asked,"...Seriously, do you even know each other's full name?"

"First off, who said we were friends, second...if we were why would you question it?" Alex said, ticking off a finger every time.

"I'd call you by your full name, but I can't pronounce it," I said ruffling her hair.

"What do you mean, you can't pronounce it?" Nico asked.

"My name Alexandra Aria Jackson," she said.

He repeated it, he started twisting the skull ring on his finger before he asked her something in, I'm assuming, Italian.

"Lei è italiano?"(You are Italilain) Nico asked.

"No ho appena parlo,"(No, I just speak it) Alex said.

"Per quanto tempo?"( for how long) Nico asked.

"Circa due minuti,"(about two minutes ago).

I'm not shocked Nico never knew, they barely made eye-contact, and when they did talk it was arguing and or trying to bite the others head off. "I can't wait to get out of here," Al said, "I'm surprised you're not in punk mode," I pointed out.

Punk mode is something she did when she got mad, she looked even more rocker chick or rebellious than normal.

"Yeah well apparently punk mode doesn't blend in," she putting emphasis on 'blend in'.

Then a smile started tugging at the corners of her mouth.

"Oh and when we get back to camp I'm not showing the new campers how to do the obstacle course, they're alway underestimating it." Annebeth said.

"Me neither I always end up getting hurt." I said.

After after we all stood in the hall way for five minutes we went to the lounge. Al went to get a coffee from the shack that was outside. When she came back in a guy was walking backwards talking to her, I walked up and stood behind the guy. I let him walk into me, he turned around, and saw the look I had on my face. I heard Annebeth ask Nico to come get me, he groaned but none the less got up.

"Watch it! And what are you do-" he cut me off. "None of your business," he said.

"With my sister," I finished,"and I suggest you leave before you get hurt."

He coward away and I pulled Al with me.

"What happened to getting him?" Annebeth asked.

"Oh you meant right then, so I didn't have time to grab a soda?" Nico asked innocently.

Annebeth smacked Me on the back of the head and Nico received a death glare from Al.