The dangers of a mission

Nick sadly sat in the cabby, waiting about a block from camp. Brownie came in, curling up in Nick's lap.

Jason sat next to Nick, getting batteries from his backpack, and putting them inside of a cellphone.

"Jason, you used that to call your dad?"

"Yeah, that's why I was so long. I sneaked past you and James, went out of camp, and called my father."

"JASON!"

The driver looked back. "Is everything alright?"

Nick nodded, red in his face, and starting to sweat. "Monsters can track you via phone," he whispered, nervously.

Anita was staring out the window, watching the city go by. When she heard something about 'cellphone' and 'called my dad', she smacked Jason on the back of the head.

"This'll get interesting." James muttered.

"Get rid of the ph-"

Suddenly, the driver turned into a fury and broke the car in half while driving.

"RUN!" Nick screamed.

Anita jumped, rolled and ran as fast as she could, pulling out her sword as she did.

James ran after Anita, picking up a thick branch that he could hopefully use.

Nick turned his blue bracelet into a sword, and Jason just threw the cell phone.

The fury simply took the whimpering Brownie, and flew away.

"NO! NO! BROWNIE! NOOOOOO!" Nick fell down, crying.

Anita watched the dog and fury fly away, head cocked to the side. Why would she take the dog... Realization hit. She placed a hand on Nick's shoulder. "Come on, Romeo. We need to move, fast." He didn't move. "Get up before I kick you."

Nick got up quickly, running after the Fury, as fast as he could. Sometimes, when he lost it, he worked his butt off to get a good prediction. After so long, about 20 minutes, Jason yelled, "STOP IT, NICK! IT'S A DOG! I LOVE ANIMALS TOO, BUT HIS TIME CAME! YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE HIM AT CAMP, AND NOW YOU PAY THE PRICE! I KNOW YOU LOVE HIM, BUT WE DON'T THAT MUCH! JUST GIVE IT UP BEFORE WE ALL GET KILLED!"

Nick just froze, looking extremely sad, staring at Jason. "You're right..." he said, very quietly.

"Quite making all that racket you idiots. We need to go, now!"

"Um, Anita?"

"What?" she demanded, turning on James. Following his gaze, she groaned. "Why us?" she muttered before turning around. "Everyone move! Run. Now!" She starts running in the opposite direction of the fury, only to find another.

Nick just growled, and took out both Furies. He was super mad. "I don't care if you guys don't love him, I do! And I'm going to find him." He just ran, straight into a guy with a mask on. He was very tall. Jason ran at the guy, but the tall guy knocked him out.

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When Jason woke up, he was in a chair, tied down. "What-what happened?"

"He captured us, genius." Nick growled. "Let us go!"

Suddenly, another guy in a tuexdo that looked a lot like Nick walked into the room.......

"Daddy!" Nick said.

Anita, struggling against the ropes, yelled, "What?!"

James, stopped struggling. "Did he just? Did you? 'Daddy'?"

"I'm Phil Hoover, Nicholas' father," the man said. The masked man took his mask off - it was Phil's partner.

"Oh, Nicholas, this is Jerry," Phil said.

Jerry waved.

"Why did you kidnap us, then?" Nick asked.

"You can't be running around looking for a monster that could be anywhere. You have to get back to camp," Jerry said.

"He knows about....?"

"Yes, he knows about demigods and Camp Half-Blood. Jerry is my very best friend."

"Um, excuse me, Mr. Hoover and...."

"Mr. Ien, but call me Jerry."

"...Jerry, but we have a good idea that the monster is in this area."

"A good idea," said Phil, "but not one hundred percent sure. I'm going to give you a couple of my guys to drive you back to camp."

"But...a Fury captured my dog!"

"A Fury captured Brownie?" Phil asked his son.

Nick nodded, sadly.

She sighs. "Look, Mr. Hoover. We are not going back until we kill the creature that seems to be stalking me. I'd be here alone, but these idiots," she jerks her head towards the boys, "Followed me. Just let me go and I'll be out of your hair."

James sighed. She's going to get us killed...

"Well," Phil thought for a minute, "alright, but my guys will always be on your back."

"Dad, I rarely see you....and I love you. Do you have anything that could help me find Brownie?"

"Most likely not. Sorry, Nicholas. I love you too, and I'll send out some of my guys to help find the dog. Y'know, some of them have kids that are demigods, too. And some are lucky demigods themselves."

Jerry untied them.

She stands up, rubbing her wrist where the rope was. "Thanks." She holds out a hand towards Nick's dad. "Anita Jean. Pleased to meet you."

So now she's pleasant. What's wrong with this girl? James tries to figure out.

"Pleased to meet you, Ms. Jean. And by the way, you and Jason are a great couple." Phil said the last part quietly, so Jason couldn't hear. He winked at her.

Nick just sat down, thinking about Brownie, not even thanking Jerry.

Anita immediately blushed. "Thank you, sir." She looks up at James. "And this is James Carter, a good friend of mine."

James held out a hand. "Hello, sir."

"Hello, James." Phil's watch beeped. "Alright, my guys are here. Ready to go?"

Anita nods and so does James.

Phil took the four to the group. There was a black van.

Nick got in, buckling his seat belt. Suddenly, a Fury flew above them. Jason saw Brownie still in it's hands.

"GUYS! THE DOG IS STILL ALIVE!"

She groans and looks up. Yep, it's alive. She looks closer. "Um. I don't think so. He's not moving or anything." she said, getting in and buckling her seatbelt. James right behind her.

Nick quickly jumped out. "I'm coming, buddy!" Nick ran as fast as he could after the Fury.

"Kid on the move!" The driver said, and starting driving after him.

She unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the door, and jumped. That's gonna leave a bruise. She runs and catches the kid, hitting him on the head, knocking him out. Idiot.

Jason went out to see a KO'ed Nick. "I feel so sorry for him."

"It was either that or let him run to his death. I figured this was safer." She looks at his head. "He's going to wake up with a nasty headache."

Jason runs up. "What happened?"

"Idiot tried to save the dog, I knocked him out."

The Fury came back, dropping Brownie. He didn't look very injured, but he was missing some hair on his back, and one of his legs and paws were bleeding. He whimpered loudly.

The Fury took Nick, exchanging the boy and his dog.