Liz and The Titan's Curse

Chapter Three

Luke pulls me next to General on the second floor. He gives Luke a nasty glare.

"You are pathetic boy," he informs Luke. Someone who agrees with me.

"I'd watch it General," Luke warns. I roll my eyes. General gets a bit angry. A shimmer catches my eye. Someone is spying on us. It has to be Percy using Annabeth's hat.

"Are you ready?" General asks/yells. A demigod walks up with a cup of bones.

"Yes sir," he states. The demigod walks over to a patch of dirt.

"Watch this," Luke whispers in my ear. The demigod buries the bones in the dirt. General walks up to it and picks up a green watering can with sunflowers painted on it. He pours a dark red liquid over the area. I'm pretty sure it's blood. My torso starts to hurt. It does that when I see blood since my near death incident. He walks back to us. The dirt starts to stir and rise up. Little kittens pop up out of the dirt. Each the smaller than my hand.

"So scary," I say sarcastically. Luke gives me a nasty glare.

"What bones did you use?" General shouts.

"Saber tooth," the demigod says.

"Use Tyrannosaur bones idiots," General shouts. I move back a little bit when he lifts his hand.

"You idiot," Luke yells at him. "You can't scare her if you expect her to complete her part of the future."

General just nods his head. A white and gray kitten rubs her head against my leg. The demigod comes back with the right type of bones. He plants them in the ground. He backs up. Twelve zombie like creatures come out of the ground. They are skeletons with some thin gray flesh pulled across them. All of them are in military pants and white short sleeve shirts.

"Attack the demigods and Hunters," General orders.

"After you rot in Tartarus," I tell him. I lift my leg and kick Luke where the Sun don't shine. He falls to him knees. The key to my cuffs fall on the ground. I kick it up and catch it in between my teeth. I undo the cuffs and throw them. They hit the demigod right in the face. I pick up the kitty. I can't leave her here. I slide down the railing of the stairs. I run out the door and straight behind the building. Percy appears next to me. I put the cat in his bag.

"Nice moves," he says.

"Thanks. Now let's go worn the others." We run into the space and air building. Apparently, we're in D.C. I find Thalia, Zoë, Grover, and Bianca arguing. We run over to them.

"Liz," Thalia says. "You must be the one kidnapped that joins us."

"What are you doing here?" Zoë asks Percy.

"Saving your butt," he informs her. A loud roar fills the museum. I turn around to see a silver and gold lion.

"The Nemean Lion," Zoë shouts. I get out my sword. The other families run out. Good. I was afraid they would get hurt. I lounge at it, landing a blow. But I don't cut it. It slashes its paw at me. I go flying back, landing against the wall. A wave of pain goes through me. I lay my hand on the spot where the lion hit me. A warm, sticky substance covers my hand. I lift it up. My hand is covered with my own blood. Bianca runs over to me and gives me some necter. The wound heals up. I get back up. Thalia is leaning against as plane, unconscious. I study the monster until I find its weak spot.

"We need to shoot it in its mouth," I sit to Percy and Zoë.

"When I say so, shoot," Percy orders. Percy jumps on a plane. The lion faces him. I jump on another plane.

"Here kitty kitty," I tease. The lion turns towards me. It roars loudly. Percy whistles, have the lion face him. Percy tosses several silver packages into the creatures mouth. He tries and falls to close his mouth.