Our quest had already forced us to face dangers along the way, but nothing as deadly as this. You and the others were currently at the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Echidna and her young chimera hunting us down.

Some time before this incident, the chimera had stung Percy whilst we were on a train to Las Vegas, causing a rift in our plan and we had to run from the train as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Las Vegas is the place where we need to be, for the sake of the quest.

Now, we had pulled the fire alarm and evacuated all people, leaving the four of us at the top of the Gateway Arch.

Percy was as pale as a ghost, his under eyes a deep red, his legs shaking like crazy as Annabeth and Grover struggled to lift him up, trying to help him down the stairs so we could escape.

Yet, the chimera would still hunt us until it killed us. The only way we could escape was if someone stayed behind and fought it – someone had to stay back and buy the rest of us time to finish the quest.

Though Annabeth and Grover attempted to argue against it, saying that we could all escape, you and Percy were stubborn as rocks. As the chimera slowly moved its way closer and closer, you were prepared to fight it alone. And in doing so, you pushed the fire escape closed and locked them in the stairwell, standing alone in the room with the chimera.

“No,” *Grover muttered in disbelief, “No! Roku, open the door! Please, Roku, open the door!” Grover pleaded as he banged against the metal door, trying to open it, Annabeth supporting Percy.