Katie's POV

Leo disappeared into the house with the girl, and we all started arguing about who this woman could be. Percy was the only one not involved, and the one who shouted, "Shut up! They're coming!" Fighting immediately ceased, and Leo and the woman climbed aboard, both carrying bags.<br>"Uh, this is Gee-Gee. She's going to come with us."<br>"Oh, Leo, you found a girlfriend!" Piper squeals, making both Gee-Gee and Leo blush beet red.<br>Leo opens his mouth to explain when Jason yells,...

"Incoming! Several venti and who knows what else."

"Fighting! Sweet!" Percy yells, earning a dirty look from Annabeth. "What? I haven't had a good fight in ages!"

Suddenly, the bus lurches to the side, almost falling over. Juli, Justin, and Lily are thrown to the side we all are on, screaming. I quickly run over to them and tell them to get under the table, since in is bolted down.

Percy kicked open the doors, followed by everyone else.

Outside is mayhem. Dozens of storm spirits scream from above. A small army is advancing, of about a hundred monsters, led by the manticore, who grins when he sees us.

"Annabeth Chase! I took your advice! Here is my army!"<br>Annabeth draws her ivory sword. "Actually, it's Annabeth Jackson, now. And now, you are going to die again!"<br>The manticore snarls and leaps, his army on his tail. Gee-Gee backs up to the door of the bus and draws a knife, slashing any monster that comes near her. Percy and Jason glance at each other and shrug, then they attacked. Percy had a mini hurricane swirling around him, and Jason flew over the ranks and attacked from above. Annabeth jumps on the manticore, riding around and driving her sword into it's head. Hazel whistles, and Arion appeared from who knows where, followed by a path of smoke. Hazel climbed on and draws her cavalry sword, then charges and turns all the monsters nearby to dust. Frank turns into an elephant and trampled on them. Nico simply melts into shadows, appears next to a monster, stabs it, and disappears. Travis and Connor sneak into the ranks and pickpocket swords, armor, and anything of use. Rachel runs into the bus and returns with two Celestial Bronze butcher knives. Leo bursts into flames and runs around. And I call on the grass, the trees, the flowers, and any plant to wrap around the enemy's' feet and pull them to ground. It was over in minutes. The only monster left is the manticore, which has thrown Annabeth off. Percy rushes to her side in the dust, where she lays motionless.

"You ! #$%^&#!^*##^!;*!" he yells. The manticore turns and grins at him.

"I've beat you before, I'll do it again."

"I was 14 then, I'm 24 now, so you stand no chance. Plus, you just hurt my wife, so I'm especially eager to kill you. " The manticore runs at Percy, who rolls away and slashes at it. The manticore only sneers, and his tail comes up. I'm the only one who can see it; everyone else is behind Percy. The manticore fires a dart, only to have it swallowed by the weeping willow above. Percy looks surprised, but he just jabs Riptide into the manticore's mouth, causing it to stumble and fall back onto Annabeth's sword. She coughs as she is showered in dust.

"Dickhead," she mutters. Percy runs forward and picks her up. As he passes me, he quietly says, "Thanks. You saved my life." I start to respond, but I am hugged from behind. I turn and Travis grins at me.

"Hey, great job, babe! You totally dominated them!"

"Did not," I protest.

"Did to! I was about to steal a telekhines helmet, but it was swallowed by a bunch of flowers! You're the best." He kisses the top of my head, and we climb in the bus to do some damage check.

"Great news! No causalities!" Leo grins at us impishly, his t-shirt half gone.

"I think they know that, Leo," Gee-Gee tells him.

The worst wound is an inch-deep cut on Piper's thigh. The least painful is the paper cut on Juli's pinky. After everyone had a sip of nectar, we sat on the couches.

"How did they find us?" Annabeth asks.

"They are always surveying me. That might be it," Gee-Gee says.

"Mommy!" Justin scrambles onto Piper's lap. He plants a kiss on her bandage, and tells her, "I miss Lucy."

"Me too, kiddo. Too bad we left her in our car." We all nod wistfully, thinking about our possessions that we left behind.

"You had a dog? Oh man,beauty princess, your car probably smells like shit!"

"Leo!" Juli snaps. "Keep it G, please!" She winks at us. "I learned that from Mommy and Daddy."

Leo is holding a small cardboard box.

"Jasper, you had a Ford GT with racing stripes?"

Jason leans forward and pokes Leo, and I can see electricity bounce off him. "Yeah, but don't EVER call us Jasper again...understood."

"Sure, Sparky. Here." Leo grabs a small version of the car he described out of the box and opens the trunk. A bunch of miniature boxes slide out, and then a black lab. Leo grabs a remote control and pushes a button and they grow to full size. The black lab promptly pees all over Leo.

"Great job, Lucy!" several of us call out.

Leo had it coming, anyway.......

A/N  I know the ending wasn't good, but I couldn't figure out how else to end it! Last week was so crazy because my school used to be only 7th and 8th graders but now it's 5, 6, 7, and 8th graders!!! So my school is really cramped and it sometimes feels like I'm at the mall on Black Friday!! Since I'm in 8th grade now, I'll be going to highschool next year!! Well, I hope you liked this chapter and stay tuned for Chapter 7 which will be updated tomorrow.