In which Percy Jackson finds himself tied up with the mischievous daughter of Apollo.
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In which Juliet Alexander would do anything to make the son of Poseidon smile.
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Here's Percy's definition of not fun. Fly a pegasus toward an out-of-control helicopter. If Guido had been any less of a fancy flier, they would've been chopped to confetti. Augustus had had used his shoes to fly up with them. Annabeth had decided to stay down when Juliet had assured her that she had it under control.
They could hear Rachel screaming inside. For some reason, she hadn't fallen asleep, but they could see the pilot slumped over the controls, pitching back and forth as the helicopter wobbled toward the side of an office building.
"Ideas?" Percy asked her.
"You're going to have to take Guido and get out," she said.
"What are you going to do?"
In response, she said, "Hyah!" and Guido went into a nosedive.
"Duck!" Juliet yelled.
They passed so close to the rotors Percy felt the force of the blades ripping at his hair. They zipped along the side of the helicopter, and Juliet grabbed the door.
That's when things went wrong.
Guido's wing slammed against the helicopter. He plummeted straight down with Percy on his back, leaving Juliet dangling from the side of the aircraft. Percy was so terrified that Juliet was going to fall he could barely think, but as Guido spiraled he caught a glimpse of Rachel pulling Juliet inside the copter.
"Hang in there!" he yelled at Guido. My wing, he moaned. It's busted. "You can do it!" I desperately tried to remember what Silena used to tell us in pegasus-riding lessons.
"Just relax the wing. Extend it and glide."
We fell like a rock—straight toward the pavement three hundred feet below. At the last moment Augustus grabbed Percy and hauled him up by his arm, Guido extended his wing and did a wobbly landing while Augustus grunted while holding onto Percy. "Dude you gotta hug me, I can't handle you weight!"
"I'd rather plummet to my death than hug you!" Percy yelled but clutched Augustus's hand tighter as the guy pulled him up and wrapped his arms around Percy's shoulder.
