Percy lovers please don't kill me for this chapter!

Chapter 1-Percy

Percy Jackson felt himself losing consciousness as he sank like a rock towards the bottom of the ocean. Being a son of Poseidon, he could breathe underwater just fine, but the problem was that the bottom of the ocean meant putting himself in Gaea's and her assistant's reach.

When Percy realized this, he tried to summon the energy and willpower to move his arms and legs to swim to the surface where his friends and Annabeth were anxiously awaiting for him to come up. Unfortunately, Percy had used all of his energy and strength that had already been weak from coming back from the land of the dead.

Just then, an invisible giant hand clutched Percy's throat and started cutting off his oxygen, causing him to gasp and gag for air. The last thing Percy heard before blacking out was Gaea's and a cold sinister voice's maniacal laughter echoing through the water, then Percy Jackson knew no more.

When Percy tried to open his eyes again, he found he couldn't see. Everything was complete darkness, and just when Percy was beginning to panic from his lack of vision, he realized he had a blindfold tied over his eyes. That's also when he realized that he had duct tape taped across his mouth preventing him from making any noise.

Percy tried to scream for help, but his cries were barely audible through the duct tape that stretched across half of his face.

Just when Percy's heartbeat reached maximum speed, a voice spoke behind him, causing Percy to jump out of his skin with fright. As much as Percy wanted to turn around to identify the speaker, he was tied up so tight with rope, that any movement was impossible.

"Well, well, I see our guest has finally waken up; I was starting to think I had cut off your air long enough to do permanent damage! While that may have been more convenient for me, where's the fun in decapitating you so early? Oh, I just know we will have so much fun together!"

These words sparked a memory in Percy's brain; it took him a moment to remember that Gaea's 'assistant' had told him these exact words just as he was blacking out from asphyxiation and exhaustion.

While Percy tried to say something along the lines of 'Who are you?' it just came out as,

"Mmmm?"

"What's that, Perseus Jackson? I can't hear you over that tape across your mouth! But I think that it's safe to assume you tried to ask me who I am or what do I want, am I right?" gleefully guessed Gaea's sinister 'assistant'.

"To answer your question, young son of Poseidon, I am your worst nightmare come to life! I am Tartarus, the spirit of the abyss, and Gaea's husband!" boasted Tartarus.

The spirit of the abyss must have sensed the spike in Percy's fear level, because he clapped joyfully, like a little kid who just found out that Christmas had come early.

"Oh, did you not enjoy your trip into my domain, little Sea Spawn? Then I can hazard to guess that you won't enjoy what I have in store for you!"

Percy would not let his mind imagine what could be worse than that evil pit filled with pain and terror, anything worse would surely drive him out of his mind.

"I am sure you are wondering why I brought you here, correct Percy Jackson?"

Since Percy still had the duct tape across his mouth, all he could do was nod his answer.

"When your irksome father and the rest of the meddlesome gods brought you back from the dead, they left you fair game for evil, and they can do nothing to help you because it would just tip the balance to my favor again. So I can do whatever I please with you!

"While my wife, Gaea, may have created a new body from your and that pesky girl's blood, she did not fasten me a body as well. Instead she gave me this half-body, and I have to get my own sacrifice so I resume my old all-powerful form. Who you may ask did I chose to be my sacrifice? Why that honor goes to you, Perseus Jackson!

"Why I could have anyone to be my sacrifice but I want you little Sea Spawn because you escaped mine and the abyss's clutches! You weren't supposed to realize and unleash your full power, but you managed to and the gods brought you back from the dead when you completely drained yourself of energy! No person should be able, or sane enough, to escape my evil abyss, so you must pay!

"It took some thought on my part on how I was going to make you pay, and I decided for you to be the demigod who helped me resume my almighty from and powers. But to do this, I will need all of your blood, not one drop will be left when I'm done with you!" thundered Tartarus.

"But enough of this chit-chat! I need to know of your old Achilles Spot that you gained by bathing in the River Styx; this way when I stab you in this spot, you will bleed and die faster. So now, where is it?" demanded the spirit of the abyss.

Like I'm going to tell you the spot where I would have no chance in defending and that would kill me instantly; I mean think a little!, sarcastically thought Percy, who would have loved to say this, but was currently unable to. So he had to settle with a furious shake of his head.

"No? You dare defy me, while you are at the mercy of my hands! Trust me Perseus Jackson; I can make terrifying images horrify your precious girlfriend and your little cousin of death, would you like me to do that? Here I will even take off the duct tape so you can actually answer me!"

With a sudden motion, Tartarus painfully yanked the duct tape off of Percy's mouth which stung like Hades, but Percy wouldn't give Tartarus the satisfaction of knowing he had felt pain.

"Please don't hurt Nico or Annabeth! I will take the nightmares for them, just leave them alone, they have suffered enough!" cried Percy, desperate.

"Why so noble of you! Since physical torture isn't really my thing, what I love is mental torture! So now little Sea Spawn, you will suffer your lover's, death boy's, and your own nightmares and visions! In exchange for doing this, I swear upon the River Styx that I won't harm Nico or wisdom's child by inducing fear and paranoia. By the end of this, you will be so completely insane and broken; you will stab your own Achilles Spot, just to end the pain! Let the torture begin!" ordered Tartarus, snapping his finger for something that was unknown to Percy.

But it didn't stay unknown for long. About 5 seconds later, sudden images filled Percy's mind that scared him to death. At first he saw flashbacks of himself and Annabeth fighting their way through Tartarus, including the battle where Percy unleashed his true powers, but these images soon changed.

Percy wouldn't go into detail, but he saw so much death and gore around him, that it sickened him to his core. There were Annabeth's, Nico's, Jason's, Piper's, Leo's, Hazel's, Frank's, Thalia's, his mother's, Paul's, and Chiron's bodies, all lying there on the ground, completely lifeless and battered to death.

These visions left Percy heartbroken and utterly depressed, but it did not break him, for he knew they were just visions coming from Tartarus, they were not reality.

Apparently Percy's defiance and willpower angered Tartarus, for the evil spirit lunged at Percy and slammed him, chair and all, on the cold stone ground where the wind was knocked out of him. As Percy struggled to take a breath, his previously broken ribs screaming in protest, Tartarus aimed a hard kick at his head, instantly knocking Percy unconscious.

As Percy slowly rejoined the land of the living, he felt very woozy and dizzy, but he was alive and conscious.

Just as Percy was getting his bearings again, he was once again tied up, blindfolded, and gagged (still with duct tape), when the door to his cell opened, and in walked Tartarus again. But when Tartarus reached to where Percy was tied up, he ripped off Percy's blindfold so Percy could see what Tartarus's semi-solid form looked like, and Percy had to say it was downright creepy, even though the form had a misty and not all there look.

However, Percy could see enough to gather that Tartarus was dressed completely in black, with no other color showing up on his clothing whatsoever. Also Tartarus was pale, like paler than Nico, which was saying something really scary, because Nico was as pale as death. The spirit's eyes were bottomless pits where Percy could see a fire displaying endless torture and misery; and his hair was pitch-black, very unlike Percy's own jet-black hair. Finally, the creepiest part was the evil spirit's mouth because it was blood-red, just like a vampire's mouth would look like if they were real.

Completely dumbfounded and scarred by Tartarus's appearance, Percy was only vaguely aware of the evil spirit of the abyss hauling him to his feet, putting extra weight and pressure on Percy's shattered leg so Percy was barely able to suppress a scream of pain, and was dragged deeper into the Earth into a long depressing hall that led into a damp chamber.

Right as Percy was wondering why he had been dragged here against his will, did he get his answer. Gaea.

The goddess of the Earth was even more scarring and freaky looking than her torturing husband. Her eyes were wide open, very different than the closed slumbering eyes that had been haunting him for 8 months. But what was creepy about those eyes were that they were entirely black, no difference whatsoever between the pupil and iris, just black pits of despair.

There also was a halo around Gaea's head, but instead of it being made from feathers and goodness, it was made from fire and pure evil. Her dress was made completely of dirt and soil, which must have been very uncomfortable, in Percy's opinion. But the weirdest part was the hair, it was made completely of weeds and plants, so it was completely green and just plain unnatural, but Percy wouldn't dare say that aloud.

Unfortunately, it seemed as if Gaea had heard the snide comments in Percy's head, because with one flick of her hand, the ground rose up and packed itself against his neck, making it clear that if he said anything rude, Gaea would cut off his oxygen.

Naturally, Percy did just that.

"Are you always this dirty and just earthy? Or is it just for me?" wise-cracked Percy.

With a sigh, Gaea closed her fist, making the dirt around Percy's throat, so he was now oxygen deprived.

Luckily, Gaea must have realized she needed Percy alive so with a roll of her eyes at Percy's blue face and bugging eyeballs, she released his throat, clearing his airway. But Percy was tired of walking on eggshells; so fed up, he struggled to his feet so he could talk to Gaea face-to-face.

"What do you want, Dirt Face?"

"Why stupid son of Poseidon, I thought my loving husband already explained this to you! We need all of your blood to enable us to rule the world together! So we need to know where your Achilles Spot is so you can be killed as soon as possible, so we don't have to stab you everywhere until we hit the exact spot," explained Gaea, as if she was speaking to an ignorant 2-year-old.

"Why on earth would I tell you where you can easily kill me and then destroy the world as everyone knows it? Even I'm not that stupid, Your Dirtiness."

'Since you won't willingly help us, I guess we just have to bring in reinforcements then! Tartarus dear, bring in our most precious helper, who is the boy here's betrayer."

That's when Percy's heart stopped because Tartarus brought in a proud and strong demigod, who was walking completely willing into the chamber and bowed down to Gaea. Who was the group's traitor, you might ask?

It was Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, and Percy's co-leader, equal, and rival.

Percy- "You seriously have a problem."
Jason- "I am a loyal roman, I have you know."

Me- "Not in this story."

Percy-"Will I ever not be hurt or kidnapped or traumatized?"

Me- "Let me think about it."

Percy- "WELL?"

Me- "Too early to see!" (evil laugh)

Leo- "Can I narrate in this story?"

M- "If my readers want your POV, they have to vote for it, because I decided to make it so they could vote if they wanted another POV added, due to me planning to discontinue one character's POV."

Leo- "Whose POV are you discontinuing?"

Me- "Not saying."

Leo- "Riordan would tell us, his faithful characters that he created."

Me- "Well, I'm not Riordan am I?"