Alexis was sitting by the mall fountain collection the coins that people threw in for charity. Well, she thought. I am a charity case. So thank you people of this mall. She picked up a dollar coin and she stood up happily. "Thank you people of Greece!" She had caught the attention of the two security guards that were talking by the smoothie hut. They had shouted at her in Greek. She pulled out her skateboard and rode as fast as she could. The dark blue hood she had pulled over her black hair at the last second had fell off. Alexis turned around really fast to pull it up, but before that could happen she ran into someone. "Ow!" She looked up and saw a boy about her age, sixteen, with curly brown hair. "Hey, watch where your going!" She shouted at him. He grew this baffled look on his face. "Me? You were the one who's riding a skateboard in a crowded mall." He looked down at her rolled up sleeve were her trident tattoo was exposed. Alexis quickly pulled it down. "You're a demigod aren't you?" He had said. She started to worry. If this boy was another monster she'd have to find a home, again. "I don't know what your talking about." She stood up and picked up her over turned skateboard, she caught a glimpse of herself in the axle. Her green eyes stared back her. She realized that the boy was looking at her with curiosity. "What?" She had said with more anger than she meant. The boy took her arm and rolled up her sleeve. He looked at the tattoo. "You're a demigod! I knew it!" He had surprised her. "Let me guess daughter of Poseidon?" She nodded. "What's your name? I'm Leo Valdez son of Hephaestus." She stared at him wondering if she should reply. "Alexis." She relaxed a little, she nervously grabbed the sliver pendant around her neck. The engraved J reminded her of her home in New York. "Alexis Jackson."
"J-Jackson?" Leo stammered. He looked shocked, scared, and amazed at the same time. "Yeah. So?" Alexis strapped her skateboard to her backpack and put her coins in the side pocket. Leo grabbed her arm and started pulling her towards the exit. Alexis tried to stop him, but he had more stength the he looked. He was an inch taller than her, which was fine with her. She has always been shorter than everyone else. His curly hair had more tangles than her's and she hadn't brushed her hair in two years, much less a shower and her dirt stained face proved that. He was also scrawny which made her mad that he was stronger than her. "I have some one you should meet." He turned to face her and he had this wicked grin on his face. But he kept walking toward this group of six other teenagers. People had always made Alexis nervous. The ocean that was a few blocks from her always had been her home. Which made sense because of her dad. Leo had stopped in front of them, slowly each one of them turned to face them. A girl with blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail covered her mouth. They were all yelling at Leo, he had started to rub the back of his neck nervously. No one was paying her any attention at the moment. Alexis started backing away from them. Slowly she started to run in the other direction, but before she could a strong hand grabbed her elbow and pulled her down to the ground. She looked up and all those teenagers were around her, looking down at her. At that moment in time she had never felt smaller. She started to panic. Her heart rate quicken along with her breathing. One of them, a girl with braids in random parts in her hair. She was pretty, but she was also intimidating. She started talking to her but Alexis didn't hear anything over her heartbeat. The only thing she had heard was her name, Piper. Piper had gotten them to back away from Alexis. She stood up shakily. Before she knew what she was doing Alexis pull out her skateboard and she was running out of that mall. She had heard Leo yelling after her. But Alexis knew where she was going it was the only place she felt safe, the ocean. Within a few minutes Alexis was sitting on the sand again. She felt safe for all of two minutes, that when one of those other teenagers showed up. He looked like her, same windswept black hair and green eyes. But his eyes were softer and looked like they had experienced more pain. He sat down next to her, Alexis felt very uncomfortable at that moment. "I'm Percy." He said. His tone seemed familiar like she had heard it in a dream before. "I know you're scared. You've probably been on the run for a while. Running from monsters, police, and your past." Alexis nodded. "I would know we've all been through the same thing" Percy said. He helped her up and brought her back to the group. Each one of them introduced themselves. There was Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Hazel, Frank, and Leo. They took her to this ship that was by the harbor, Alexis noticed it earlier when she was going to the mall. Suddenly she stopped. "Wait," everyone turned to look at her. "Where are you taking me?" Jason was the first to speak up. He was handsome but he wan't Alexis' type. His blonde hair and blue eyes seemed to kind and gentle. And he was taller than her which always made her uncomfortable. "You're coming with us." She backed away. Frank stepped behind her. Frank was obviously the muscle. He was muscular but he seemed to be kind, he had black buzzed cut hair. "F-Fine," Alexis said. She boarded the ship that Leo said was called the Argo II. They sat her down at a long table with empty plates and glasses. Food. She thought. She hadn't eaten anything in two weeks. She thought about a turkey sandwich and a Sprite that she got everyday after school at this sandwich cart two blocks from the orphanage. Alexis looked down at her plate and it was there, then she looked back up and everyone was looking at her expectantly. "What?" It came out harsher than she thought. Jason told Leo to start taking us out of here. Leo stood up, smiled at her then walked out. Then everyone started talking to each other, leaving her out. Alexis knew they were talking about her. So she stood up and left without a sound.
More shall be posted shortly.
~Anna
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