Confluent (1)

➵ Stop Being So Negative

▸ Wolves - One Direction

"Heya, Percy. Annabeth." I waved at them, nervously chuckling. I'm in so much trouble right now. "How ya doin'?"

"You left camp, Nev." Annabeth stared at me with her stormy grey eyes. I scratched the back of my neck. "I told you, you weren't going to stay."

"Chiron and Rachel Iris Messaged us about you missing and a new prophecy. It didn't take long until we pieced it together that this new prophecy involved you." Percy said. He then shot me a lopsided grin. "How is that going so far?"

"Well, I found the pack I needed to work with. That's part of them behind me." I started, pointing to the three members behind me. The pack waved. "The True Alpha, Scott. Stiles, he's human. And Liam, who is a werewolf as well. The other ones who aren't here are Malia, a werecoyete, Lydia, she's a banshee, and guess what Percy? Kira is a part of the pack as well! She's a kitsune."

"No way! Kira from Goode Kira?" I nodded. Percy let out a chuckle. "That's cool! And what's a kitsooneh?"

"It's kitsune, actually. She's a thunder fox, right?" I turned to look at Scott.

"Yeah, she is." Scott confirmed.

"So what's going on right now? Why are you guys in the woods at night?" Annabeth asked.

"We stalked some evil guy named Theo." I shrugged.

"We don't know if he is evil, Nevah." Scott put in.

"He's evil." Stiles agreed with me. Liam nodded in agreement.

"Look, it's cool to meet you all through this misty tv thing, but I got to go meet up with Mason, I'm two hours late." Liam said, checking his phone. "See you guys later."

Liam waved goodbye and ran off into the direction of the high school. Everyone else mumbled a form of goodbye back. Stiles crossed his arms and tilted his head as he analyzed the Iris Message.

"What even is this anyway?" He questioned. Percy and I both looked over at Annabeth since she has a better chance of explaining things than the two of us combined.

"It's called an Iris Message. It allows us to communicate with other demigods and people who can see through the Mist." Annabeth explained. "This makes it a lot safer for us since using a cell phone and other forms of technology attracts monsters to us."

"Oh," Scott mumbled turning to look at me. "Is that why I haven't seen you use a cell phone?"

"Yeah, I have actually only used a phone twice, and that was during the Second Titan War a couple of months ago and yesterday to talk to Sally."

"How are you going to stay in the loop then?" Stiles asked. "We always text each other what's going on."

"I'll just get the info from one of you." I shrugged. "It can't be that hard."

"Percy! Annabeth!" I overheard Leo yell. Whirs and creaks followed. Festus.

"Gotta go!" Percy said with wide eyes, looking away from the Iris Message. He looked at me quickly with frantic eyes. "We'll finish our chat next time, okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah, got it. Go ahead and save the world." I nodded. "Stay safe guys. All of you."

"Bye!" Annabeth and Percy waved. Percy waved his hand through the Iris Message and it disappeared.

"Well....that's something you don't see every day." Stiles piped in.

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"Hands on the wheel, at ten and two." Kira instructed to Malia. I sat next to her in the back of Malia's new car. The girls and I were helping Malia drive. Malia followed Kira's instructions, moving her hands into the position.