Thalia's POV

"Guys..." Piper groaned. "Seriously? I didn't want to ever do this again,"

"Please Pipes? We'll pay you back for it!" I said.

"Fine! But just this once!" Piper said, walking confidently up to the counter.

"Excuse me, sir," Piper began, lacing her voice with charmspeak. "I'm afraid we don't have any money with us, but you'll let it slide, won't you? For me?"

The charmspeak washed over me, and I felt like I would do anything to give Piper what she wanted. The sales clerk's eyes glazed over, and he said,

"I will most certainly let it slide, my dear girl! Now, hurry along!"

I breathed a sigh of relief as we exited the shop; bags in our hands. Just as we were passing the overcrowded restaurant, an ear splitting roar pierced the air.

We whirled around, just to see a Manticore charging at us. Two of the people who had chased us earlier, or as I referred to them, red hair and brunette, chose that exact moment to run out of the overcrowded shop.

"Split up!" came Annabeth's voice.

We all rolled in a different direction, just as the Manticore's heavily spiked tail crashed down where we had been a second before. I pulled out my bow and began firing arrows at its eyes and mouth. Sila had actually jumped on its back and was stabbing it repeatedly. Annabeth was underneath it, and Piper and Hazel were swiping at its paws. Within a matter of seconds, the Manticore was reduced to a pile of gold monster dust.

Unfortunately, we hadn't gone unnoticed.

"Hey, you!"

I spun around just to see a group of the world's weirdest dressed people. There was red hair and brunette from earlier, but red hair was in a black body suit and brunette had a bow slung over his shoulder. Then there was the red robot guy and there was the guy with the weird shield, and the guy wearing the lab coat.

"Run!" I shouted, and we all ran in different directions. I chanced a look at my pursuer; it was the robot guy. He shot a blast of energy at me, which I dodged easily. He repeatedly shot at me, but you could hear the shots power up before he fired them, so it was really easy to predict when he was going to fire at me.

I turned corner after corner, trying to loose him. I went so far that I ended up right back where I started.

Right into an angry god.

Schist.

Annabeth's POV

I was being chased by the guy who looked like an American flag. He had already thrown his shield at me several times, so I was working on a counter attack.

If I could just catch the shield...

I glanced back and saw him getting ready to throw it again. I counted silently under my breath, and this time when he threw the shield, I caught it.

The man froze, and I used his hesitation as a chance to throw the shield. It hit his head, and he crumpled to the ground, unconscious. I quickly checked his vitals, and once I was sure that he wasn't in any real danger, I set off to find the others. Suddenly, a huge roar shook the mall, coming from the direction that Piper had run.

Schist.

Piper's POV

When a guy that's shorter than you, weaker than you, and wearing a lab coat starts to chase you, you don't typically get particularly worried. But, when said person changes into a giant green monster, and starts to chase you, then you get worried. And that's exactly how I felt at the moment. Worried.

The green monster began chasing me, but I ducked into a small shop, attempting to collect myself.

I wonder if I could charmspeak it to sleep...

I boldly stepped out of the shop, pouring emotion and my own exhaustion into my words, and said, "You are so very tired-"

It didn't take any more than that. The monster turned back into a sleeping human, who was wearing nothing but his boxers. I cringed, and turned around to see Annabeth running towards me.

"Hey," I said, casually stepping over the mans body.

"What was that roar?" Annabeth asked.

I pointed to the man on the floor, and said, "He turns into some sort of green monster thingy,"

"Yeah, well-" Annabeth was cut off by all of the lights going off in the building, and then someone screaming.

Schist.

Sila's POV

Ugh. Bow guy was chasing me AGAIN. I hate him. He began shooting arrows at me, but his aim was sloppy, probably because he was running. I ran for a long time, and finally decided to fire a few arrows of my own. I pressed the moon bead on my bracelet, and my bow and a quiver of arrows appeared in my hands.

I turned around, notched an arrow, and fired a warning shot. The silver arrow grazed his shoulder, and he froze, dazed and shocked that I had a weapon of my own.

I quickly scanned the area, looking for things that I could use to my advantage. Finally, I spotted a breaker box located near the ceiling. I shot an arrow at the box, and all of the power in the building turned off when the arrow hit.

Bow guy screamed behind me.

I burst out laughing. "You..You're scared of the dark!?!" I snorted.

He glared at me, and all of a sudden, a bolt of lightning struck three inches in front of my nose.

Schist.

What had I done to anger Zeus this time?

Hazel's POV

The girl in the black jumpsuit was chasing me. She was quick and agile, but I was faster. I turned a corner, and in the few seconds that I was out of her sight, I ducked into a shop and began throwing random clothing items on, trying desperately to disguise myself.

I hid behind a rack of clothes, and watched as the woman ran by. I breathed a silent sigh of relief, and snuck out of the shop, trying to look as normal as possible.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out and there was a searing pain in my right leg.

Shes using guns? Schist!

And so we find all 5 of the demigods in a bit of a predicament....

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