CARTER

I was utterly confused. Why on Earth was I being chased by a crocodile. Sobek had always been on our side. I was soaring over Brooklyn on my trusty griffin Freak when I realized I saw the East River in the distance and I knew my time was limited for me to think of something. I had an idea, I took my wand and prepared to summon a hieroglyph as the croc swallowed me. I know you are probably all wondering what the inside of a crocodile looks like but trust me, you don't want to know so I'll spare you the gory details. I gathered the magic of Horus and gripped my wand ready to summon the hieroglyph for fist when I was suddenly regurgitated by the crocodile

PERCY

It all seemed pretty routine, well sort of. A couple days ago a Pegasus was reported to have been eaten in the woods. I tracked the monster and found out it was around the East River so naturally I climbed on Blackjack and went to go turn it to dust, literally. Annabeth offered to come with me but I knew she had some business on Olympus, rebuilding and all that. I told her it was nothing serious and that I could handle it all myself. I still dropped her off at the Empire State Building, she kissed me on the cheek as she dismounted my Pegasus. Once she entered the skyscraper, Blackjack started teasing

"Ooo boss has gotta girlfriend"

"Blackjack shut up, anyway I thought I told you to stop calling me boss." As we came up near the river I saw a kid being chased by the monster, which turned out to be a crocodile, he held a bent sword and some sort of stick thingy. Then, something crazy happened, the boy stopped and turned around as if waiting for the monster to eat him, which is exactly what the croc did.

Blackjack dropped me in the river (being the son of the sea god, the pollution didn't affect me underwater) just as the crocodile jumped in. I felt the water empower me, the moment it touched my skin. I uncapped Riptide as the beast advanced on me. I jumped over the twenty foot long monster and stuck my sword in its backside. Instantly and the kid came flying out and landed on the other side of the river- we were only about twenty feet away from the bank- as the crocodile turned to dust and flowed away with the current. The boy turned to me looking kind of surprised. I was surprised too. I had expected a demigod who was fending for himself in New York City. This kid on the other hand was about sixteen, far over claiming age, and even when he was caught off guard he had this look like he was superior, in charge. It wasn't anything to do with his appearance, he was a small kid only like 5' 6", with dark skin and curly brown hair. I had assumed his sword had been bent in a fight at first, but up close it looked like it was supposed to be that way.