46Chapter Twelve
The Late Night Fight
{Percy}
I awake to the sound of Leo's bed squeaking. I crack an eye open to find Leo slipping on his vans. He tiptoes out of the room, quietly shutting the door behind him.
I jumps up and slip on my shoes as well. I grab my jacket then follow Leo out the door. I silently follow Leo, but freeze when I notice where he's headed.
What is he doing at Piper's dorm? I wonder.
I hide in a closet but leave the door cracked so I can see them. Leo lightly taps on Piper's door and not even two seconds later she opens it, as if she was expecting him.
They walk down the hall towards a door at the end of the hall. The door leads to the roof but it's always locked. That's when I see Leo bend down and begin to pick the lock to the door. About a minute later the door swings open with ease.
Piper and Leo sneak up the stairs and close the door behind them. I'm about to follow when something catches my eye. My eyes widen and I pull Riptide out of my pocket. I fling open the closet door and run down the hall before Dylan (if that's his real name) can make it any closer to the door then he already is.
"I should have known you would be here!" Dylan growls.
"If you think I wouldd leave them alone with you running around then you're not as smart as you think you are," I scoff, glaring at him.
"You know I wish I could kill you like I want to," Dylan sounds wishful. "Too bad for you though, Gaea has - uh - other plans for you. Some that when it happens you'll wish that I killed you."
Out of all Dylan has said so far only one word stuck with me. Gaea. If I am remembering clearly, Gaea is the mother of Kronos. I think she was the one who ordered him to kill Uranus. But what's she have to do with this?
"I'll take my chances," I tell him.
Suddenly Dylan forms into a mist of vapor, almost like the ones in my dream. I immediately recognize him. I remember Annabeth telling me about them. Dylan is an anemoi thuellai. In English I mean a storm spirit.
He flies toward me and goes right through me, immediately shocking me. I fall to the ground in pain. This is ten times worse than the shock Thalia gave me years ago. When the spots abandon my eyes I notice Dylan is back at the roof door. I'm lying on the ground still in pain at least ten feet away. I pick up Riptide and throw it towards him.
The sword simply flies through him and embeds itself in the door leading to the roof. Dylan turned around, his eyes flashing with anger.
"Nice try, but I'm harder to kill then that," Dylan growls once more.
I compose myself enough to get to my knees. In the corner of the room a water fountain catches my eye. I suddenly flash back to freshman science when Annabeth was helping me one day.
"Come on, you know this," Annabeth insists. "What's counterproductive to lightning?"
"I don't know," I tell her for the hundredth time. "I'm never going to get this. And you repeating the question isn't helping."
"Okay, let s see if there's another way for you to get this. Annabeth thinks about it for about two minutes then her eyes flash with pride. I got it. You remember when you and Thalia were fighting at the Creek when I was kidnapped."
"How could I forget?" I reply.
"Whenever Thalia would shock you, you would get her wet with water," Annabeth says. "And when you got her wet, it would lessen the power of her powers so . . ." She trails off waiting for me to catch on.
"So, water is counterproductive to lightning and other electricity," I guess.
"Correct," Annabeth sends me a smile.
"Awesome," I grin. "Now I know to douse Thalia whenever she annoys me."
"Percy!"
My eyes flash open, and I smile in remembrance.
"Give up, demigod?" Dylan asks.
"Not quite, Dylan." I use all the strength I have to stand up. "Do you know what a benefit is to being a son of Poseidon?"
Dylan rolls his eyes in annoyance. "Never being dehydrated," he offers.
"Nope. I can create water as long as there is some source of it nearby," I tell him. "And if you ever tell Physical Science then you would know that water is counterproductive to lightning."
Dylan's eyes widen in understanding.
I raise my hand toward the water fountain and use my remaining strength to call the water to me. The metal base of the fountain began to shake from the water pressure that is building up. Suddenly the fountain explodes off the wall and 12,000 gallons of water flows out of the pipes toward Dylan.
The water consumed him. I watch as Dylan turns into harm-free vapor. Just then I lose my balance and collapse to the floor, allowing everything to turn black. . . .
My eyes open to find Gleeson Hedge leaning over me. I groan exhausted. I can feel that I'm no longer on the floor in the hall. I am on some type of bed.
"What happened?" I murmured quietly.
"Dylan tried attacking Leo and Piper and you fought him. You lost a lot of energy and I found you passed out in the hallway. Dylan's gone, I don't know where he is," Gleeson informs me.
"What about Piper and Leo?" I ask.
"They're both safe and sound in their dorms," he tells me. "Here drink this." He hands me a glass of Nectar. I drink it and immediately feel strength returning to my body.
"I called Chiron," Gleeson explains. "In two days we'll be going on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. Chiron is sending an extraction team to pick us all up. So if everything goes smoothly we'll be back home by Friday."
"Hedge, I'm a demigod," I point out. "Nothing ever goes smoothly with us."
Little did I know how completely right I am.
A/N: Let me know what you think.