Days of Boom: Chapter 46



Joseph Mierek

XLVI

Man-Hunt

At Chiron's command everyone scattered. Demigods began running in all directions and looking everywhere for our escapees. I calmly walked over and knelt beside Dan who was staring intently at the clock. Every thirty seconds, one second would tick by. The clock changed again displaying 00:02:00... Two minutes left. If Dan kept this up the timer wouldn't reach zero fo another hour.

"Dan, how long can you keep this up?" I asked him slowly making sure he could hear me.

"Until... time... runs... out." He said sternly between breaths.

"Maybe we can help?" Someone said behind us. I whirred around and intsictivley pulled a knife from my belt. Said before us was Leo Valdez along with the entire Hephaestus Cabin.

"Lord Valdez," I said putting my knife away. "What are you doing here? Last I heard you were still trying to retreive Teasm Delta from that pocket dimension."

The Supreme Olympian laughed. "It didn't take long to get them out. And when I over heard what your team has been up to I raced here as fast as I could to try and help." He motioned to Long Island Sound and I saw the Argo II anchored next to our own flying ship.

"But how did... the tracking devices." I said realizing that they also record everything we say.

Leo nodded his head then walked torwards Dan. The rest of his siblings including John followed. Leo placed his hands on Dan's shoulders. The rest of the Hephaestus cabin lined up and formed a human chain adding their powers to Dan's.

I watched the clock. It seemed to have completely stopped counting down. Suddenly

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