This is not the first time Annabeth has found herself soaked in disgusting sewage. It is however the first time it's ever quite happened like that, and after she attempts to wipe her eyes clear enough, she glances at Percy, masking her concern if only so the kedan don't pick up on it. She doesn't know what went wrong, exactly, but there's time to figure that out later. At least it managed to cause enough of a distraction for Leo to get free.
Note to self: compliment Leo in the future for that fishnet maneuver. It manages to occupy a good number of the kedan as they struggle to get out of it, and two of those not caught proceed to try and help break it.
"Don't be stupid," she hisses at Leo, even as the remaining kedan skulk and scowl over their new smelly fashion statements, glaring and cursing out at Percy for his abysmal design. Annabeth herself is not nearly as concerned with it.
Two of the kedan surge forward, and Annabeth dives into a roll, coming up behind one and slamming the hilt of her knife into the back of its head. It doesn't go down, just sort of stands there in a daze, so she hits it again, in the same spot but harder. He crumples, and Annabeth whirls, ducking as another kedan gets up close and takes a swing to grab at her hair. She swings her leg up between both of his, sliding a little unexpectantly in the muck in the process, but it has the desired effect as the kedan clutches himself, and she strikes to incapacitate, not kill.
But more come at her and Percy both, and as much as she wants to rush for Leo, she knows she has to pull back in the opposite direction right now. Her steps lean towards her boyfriend, without even realizing and just in knowing where he is. In the meantime, her eyes are darting for routes: escape routes, routes to Leo, routes to outmatch the kedan, any and all of the above.
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Note to self: compliment Leo in the future for that fishnet maneuver. It manages to occupy a good number of the kedan as they struggle to get out of it, and two of those not caught proceed to try and help break it.
"Don't be stupid," she hisses at Leo, even as the remaining kedan skulk and scowl over their new smelly fashion statements, glaring and cursing out at Percy for his abysmal design. Annabeth herself is not nearly as concerned with it.
Two of the kedan surge forward, and Annabeth dives into a roll, coming up behind one and slamming the hilt of her knife into the back of its head. It doesn't go down, just sort of stands there in a daze, so she hits it again, in the same spot but harder. He crumples, and Annabeth whirls, ducking as another kedan gets up close and takes a swing to grab at her hair. She swings her leg up between both of his, sliding a little unexpectantly in the muck in the process, but it has the desired effect as the kedan clutches himself, and she strikes to incapacitate, not kill.
But more come at her and Percy both, and as much as she wants to rush for Leo, she knows she has to pull back in the opposite direction right now. Her steps lean towards her boyfriend, without even realizing and just in knowing where he is. In the meantime, her eyes are darting for routes: escape routes, routes to Leo, routes to outmatch the kedan, any and all of the above.