Adam: Chapter 7

Now I looked around the room, looking for Fuuka. But I haven't seen her. I'm still cold and shivering from my time frozen in an ice block.

Annabeth and Clarisse looked fine, though we don't know why Fuuka only froze me, not my friends too, but they said they got frozen too, and they get hot showers, but when it's my turn, the shower isn't as hot anymore.

I got to my feet, and immediately felt nauseous. I managed to stand up. I looked for our backpacks. Shirato Fuuka had stole our backpacks, Except Clarisse's, which was too heavy for her to lift.

"Oh no!" Annabeth yelled. "She took our backpack with her! Now what are we going to do?"

"Hey, no worries." Clarisse found her backpack. "But I'm afraid she'd stolen some of my stuff." She rummaged through her pack, and found that her food, money and drink were stolen.

"I'm gonna get that freak!" Clarisse mumbled. "When I find her, I swear I'll kill her!"

Then we walked to check out the hotel. We checked to see if we got everything with us. Sometimes we could get too careless we didn't check everything that we wanted to carry and as a result, we forget something.

But we checked our bag thoroughly, and when we checked out, we didn't forget anything.

So, the 3 of us went out the hotel and we searched for our ride, the Bugatti Veyron. The good news: We spotted our ride just within a few seconds. The bad news: The distance between us and the car is probably 1 kilometers. So we all ran to the car. I stumbled, but Annabeth caught me. I'm still shivering a little.

We passed the sparring arena, owned by a half giant. The giant must've been at least 5 meters tall. He's kinda fat when you look at him. His arena is decorated with skulls. I figure that each skull marks 1 kill. He's been killed before by Heracles, if I'm not mistaken, by holding him aloft from the ground, as the ground is the source of his strength. The giant's name is Antaeus.

We decided to move on, and we got to the car. Clarisse started the engines and we're set to go to San Francisco. Somehow, I didn't feel cold anymore. I felt just right, probably because the sun is helping my body to warm up.

We travelled about 150 miles an hour in the highway, which is a high risk for getting a speeding ticket. Then, we saw a police car chasing us, but this car is very fast so we could outrun the police easily. We drove past the toll gates, and paid for the highway. Then, we're off to San francisco.

We got hungry because we didn't eat in the hotel, so we went to the nearest restaurant to order lunch. We got lucky, because it's our favorite restaurant of all, 'Pizza Hut'. Fortunately, I still had the money that I stole from the McDonalds register, and Josh had manipulated the mist to convince that a gas tank blows up so we didn't have to worry about that.

Once we were in a restaurant, Clarisse and I went to the booth, ordering food.

The cashier walked towards us. "Welcome to Pizza Hut, may I help you?"

Then we ordered our meal. Clarisse ordered meat and sandwiches. She told us that the meat is for Josh. Annabeth ordered salads and fruits, while I ordered sushi. Then, we told the cashier that the foods were meant to be taken away. So he gestured to one of the waiter to pack the food into a container for us to take them away.

We got back to the car. We eat out lunch first before we continue. After we finished, Clarisse told Annabeth to drive because she's tired and wants some sleep. Annabeth didn't hesitate, she jumped to the driver's seat, and stepped on the gas. I lurched backward, because the car went from idle to a very fast acceleration. Clarisse muttered something in her sleep, like she's dreaming about Josh again.

We kept our concentration on the road, watching the other cars as we zoomed at about 230 miles an hour.

I looked out the window. I can see everything is moving very fast. I was just about to get back on my chair when I heard a scream. "Ouch!"

Clarisse had sat up so fast her head banged into the hangar for hanging clothes at the top of the window.

"What happened?" Me and Annabeth asked, but Annabeth had to concentrate on the road so she didn't look at Clarisse.

"It's a dream. Josh told me where he's being kept!" She told us.

"Kept? Where?"

"He's back in Las Vegas! Remember our camp 2 nights ago? That's where he's being kept!"

"Back in Las Vegas???" Annabeth asked with disbelief. "Then we've taken a wrong turn! We've got to get there as fast as we can! Hang on!" As she slowed the car down and veered sharply to the left, and we're going back to Las Vegas.

If his mom is being kept in San Francisco by a titan, then why is Josh being kept in Las Vegas? What a ling way to go, but the mist is strong around San Francisco, but in Vegas, it's just normal. Maybe she might have asked the gods or anyone connected to wove the mist as strong as they could around the area.

About 2 hours later, after about 3 times going to the fuel station, we reached our secondary destination: Las Vegas. Retracing our way from the camp, we find our old camping spot. Retracing isn't the best idea, because we find ourselves lost in a huge city of Vegas. There's the Lotus Hotel and Casino, which is a trap, because time speeds up drastically while you're in there. You might think it's only have been a few weeks, but it has already been about 40 years.

We finally found the alley that leads to the forest, and we went in that direction. We find our camping spot which is about 2-3 days ago.