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Chapter 7 ~ Ditched

*Disclaimer: I do not own the Kane Chronicles, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series and its fictional settings, characters and story line. This is merely a Fan fiction written for my and the readers enjoyment. Due to changes made, this story now covers the timeline from The Lightning Thief to The Crown of Ptolemy. Magnus Chase and The Trials of Apollo are not included.*  

Chapter 7 ~ Ditched

Percy Jackson

     If there was one thing I hated, it was Portals of any sort. I have nothing against the reduced Time and Effort needed for transportation but the portal busniess leaves a case of vomiting episodes and a sore spot in your head. And, I did not include there the physical injury that happens when you appear suddenly 20 feet above the ground.

     I would have broken nearly every single bone in my lower body if it weren't for the fountain below me where the water cushioned my fall. The mortals definitely didn't see a 18 year old suddenly appear out of thin air but, they did give me dirty looks at the huge splash I made as I fell.

     I quickly stepped out of the fountain, dripping wet. Guess I didn't have time to think of being dry which I was thankful for or it would have attracted more attention.

     I looked around for the Goddess that brought me here "So, what now?"

     The Mortals around me continued on with whatever they were doing, a slight breeze rustled the trees around me and the temperature dropped a little despite the summer heat but there was no signs of an Egyptian Goddess. Great... Now I was supposed to find a magical hourglass in the middle of Manhattan, alone.

      I had given up and was about to turn to the buildings for any clues when I saw a trail of Spiders on the ground.

     I know it is your every day sight but, you don't see a group of spider with Golden Hieroglyphs on their backs everyday. There was no way I was going to figure out the Hieroglyph but obviously it was some sort of message from the Goddess.

     I muttered as I trailed the path the spiders were taking "Why follow the spiders not follow the Bread crumbs or something."

     I was almost glad that Annabeth wasn't here with me today or I would have a bigger problem of calming down a screaming girlfriend from her worst nightmare.

     The spiders led me into a row of buildings were I saw several e-gaming shops and other stores. My dyslexia had the names of the stores messed up but judging from the surroundings I was somewhere in Upper East Manhattan.

      The spiders led to a gaming merchandise store that had several teenage boys inside, swarming mostly in groups. I never had much experience with gaming since an hour on a computer can put a minimum of 15 Monsters on my trail but I did know some from listening to boys talk at school.

     The building was classic white with almost 20 floors. I suspected the store wasn't just one floor. There was a huge billboard on top of the building showing several characters fighting and stuff. The name of the game read Legeu for Leggers.

     Sorry, I'm dyslexic but that's the best I can figure... I waited for the light to turn green as the spiders also waited in a cluster. I doubt anybody had noticed a huge group of Golden Spiders since they didn't even glance at it.

     As soon as I crossed the road, the spiders disappeared and I knew I was headed towards bad luck. When you're a demigod, you just get that queasy feeling when you are near bad stuff like monsters, traps, blood hungry Immortals and others that go straight down the list of nasties.