Chasing Time

Chapter 3 How to try to loose a Percy

To Percy's surprise older Annabeth did actually answer the phone, "What the Hades Percy?! This is dangerous! What's going on?!"

"Um Annabeth I think I just was talking to you in the ally-" He looked over to see the children are climbing up the building. Percy cursed in ancient greek, "Hey can you try to meet me by my place? I'm kinda chasing a younger you and a little boy."

"Perc-" He hung up then started to climb the fire escape.

Maggie and little Annie were already half way up when Magnus saw a trash shoot. So he pushed Annabeth in before jumping in himself.

They landed in the next alley over, "Come on Maggie." He nodded and ran into the busy side walk with his cousin. Percy spotted them doing this and immediately climbed down not wanting to loose them.

They eventually get stopped by a busy street corner. Magnus looked at Annabeth, "Any ideas?"

Annie looked around, "Just one." She took a lid off a trash can, using it as a makeshift shield.

Percy walked up to them as calmly and non threatening as possible, "Look I get it your scared and trying to protect the boy but you have to listen to me we have to get to safe place right now."

"Why?" Annabeth asked glaring daggers at him:

A new voice popped in. It sounded high pitched and raspy like some burned the person's vocal cords with helium. Percy immediately recognized it as a monster, "Oh my little kids I'll take them off your hands." The chicken goat dragon thing  lunged itself toward Magnus. Annabeth's natural response was to throw the trash lid at it. "BRAT!" It started to go for the little girl.

Percy uncapped Riptide, "That's why." He took a defensive stance in front of the kids, "Hey buck tooth! I bet you rather get the son of Poseidon instead. Unless your more chicken then you look like." He smirked.
They commenced with the fight while Annabeth hid Magnus behind a trash can to protect him. At first it seemed like Percy was gonna win without a sweat. Until...he fell flat on his back from slipping on a wet box of donuts. The monster started to swipe and almost scratch him a few times. Things didn't look to good until little Annie threw a full garbage can at the monster giving Percy enough of a distraction to turn it to dust. "Thanks." He said.

Annabeth snuggled to her cousin to calm him down, "You okay Maggie?" He nodded.

Percy decided to reintroduce himself, "Um hi I'm Percy."

"I'm Annabeth and this is Magnus. He's my cousin."

"You're not going to kill us right?" The little boy eyed the sword.

Percy honestly forgot he was still holding it, "Oh uh," He capped it turning it back into a pen, "no."

Annabeth held Magnus's hand, "We'll go with you but one wrong move we're running."

Percy could tell that little Annabeth was starting to trust him just a tiny bit. He smiled, "Got it. Just stay in front of me ok?"

She gave him an angry stare, "What? Do you not trust me? We don't know where we are going so why do we have to lead?"

Percy looked at her dumbfounded, "I trust you." He sighed, "Never mind just stay at my side ok?" He put his hand out to her.

Annabeth blushed, "I can walk on my own." She walked by Percy's side while her cousin followed holding her hand and they all started walking to Percy's place.