The Son of the Deep

Chapter 5

Annabeth woke up to Grover kicking her. 

"Hey, Annabeth get up. Get up. Get up." He kicked her particularly hard and she yelped before sitting up and glaring daggers at the satyr. "Was that really necessary?" She asked. Perseus was the one that spoke up. "Nope, but it sure was fun." Annabeth glared at both Grover and Perseus, who where now grinning like fools.

"Why'd you even wake me to begin with?" She asked rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. 

"The trucks stopping." Grover said. He walked over to the caged animals who looked slightly better now that they'd been watered and feed. He held his hand over each one and muttered a spell. The animals glowed green for a second before returning to normal. 

"What was that?" Perseus asked. Annabeth gasped. "The great Perseus Jackson doesn't know something?!" She said, sarcasm dripping from her words and pooling at her feet. Perseus glared at her before turning back to Grover. 

"It's a blessing of sorts. It'll help them get to their natural habitat unharmed. Only works on animals though." He fiddled with his reed pipes. "Oh so it would only work on Annabeth?" Perseus said smirking. Annabeth just flipped him off. "Sorry babe, I don't swing that way." 

Annabeth was about to reply when the truck stopped and they heard two voices come around to the back of the truck. The all dove into a corner, Grover releasing the doors on the animals cages as he did so. 

Annabeth fingered the New York Yankees ball cap that was in her back pocket. She contemplated putting it one and decided its better to be safe than sorry. She put it on and watched her body disappear from view. 

All three questers crouched in their respective corners and watched as the two truck drivers opened the door. The animals looked around warily sensing a change in the atmosphere. 

"God Chad, tell me again why we took this job? These animals smell rancid." One of the drivers hoped into the back of the truck and walked towards the animal cages. "Well Kieth it might be the three child support checks that you have to pay." The other guy said sarcastically as he leaned against the back of the truck, watching people walk about. The heard "Keith" mutter a 'fuck you'.

Perseus crept up behind Keith and summoned his trident. He raised it and brought the center of the shaft down on the back of his head. Keith crumpled to the ground without a sound. 

Chad spoke up. "Will you hurry up back there man? I've gotta piss." Chad turned around and was met with an angry albino lion, a pissed off Zebra and three teenagers. The wind changed and a new smell joined the mix. Annabeth looked down at him. "Did you really just piss yourself?" Her eyes roamed his body, making him feel like prey next to a predator. "Have some self respect." 

Annabeth, Perseus and Grover hopped out of the truck with the Lion and Zebra following them. Luckily they seemed to be in an abandoned parking lot so no one saw anything incriminating. They watched as the zebra and lion ran off into the back alleys of where ever they where. 

Perseus turned back towards Chad. "Hey do you know where we are by any chance?" Chad looked the kid up and down and was about to sneer at him until he looked over at the girls face. It was glaring at him again and giving him the feeling of  being small and insignificant. "L-Los Vegas." 

Perseus spun around and cursed before storming off. Chad stared at him for a moment before something clicked. "Hey your the kid that jumped off of the Arch!" He regretted speaking when Perseus turned around. 

His eyes where stormy and dangerous and looked like miniature hurricanes. Chad cowered beneath his glare. "What. Are. You. Talking. About?" Perseus' voice was just above a growl.