You and Percy were unbelievably outnumbered. What had meant to be an easy quest to go retrieve a demigod from a boarding school in upstate New York had ended up as a trap. Now you were being attacked by hoards of empousae and skeletons, more than you could handle.

You and Percy fought back to back, successfully beating back a few waves of the monsters without issue. But then it happened. An empousa attacked you from the side, sinking her claws into your abdomen and ripping through layers of flesh. Percy heard your anguished scream and drove his sword into her skull, making her turn to dust.

But it was too late, the damage had been done, and you crumpled to the floor. Percy stood above you, brandishing Riptide as the group of monsters. His eyes seemed to shine red in anger, and the rage in his voice was terrifying, even to you.

"Stay back! No one touches them!" He screamed, and even the monsters could tell he meant it.