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PERCY

I wanted to review what happened in the past few hours. I had fallen into Tartarus with no means of going back, putting not only mine but even annabeth's life at stake. I wanted to go back in time and tell Nico to pull him back up. After all , nobody messes with tartarus.

I was so tired, I wanted to sleep. There was no light so it made drowsy enough to settle for a quick nap. I hadn't seen Tartarus yet. The truth? I didn't want to. I woke up quick enough by sounds of wailing, crying, screaming and eerie voices like of ghosts in horror movies, supposedly of monsters or giants.

Annabeth and I woke up with a start.

"Sleep well, seaweed brain?" Annabeth asked

"ummm….. NO" I replied "Not with these howling voices."

" Me too" "This place is so like the labyrinth we explored" she said

A few years ago we had explored the labyrinth for Daedalus. It was quite an experience . It had given us a moral , 'Not to explore dark places with monsters which want to kill you'. We just broke the learning by going in the darkest and most monster infested place on Earth.

" It gives me the creeps, but with you at my side, no pressure"

Annabeth laughed. I wanted to go closer to her but I couldn't see a thing.

"Ha! I dragged you into tartarus" the voice of Archne said from below.

"Shut up , will you. I have much worse problems than fearing the wrath of Archne." Annabeth replied fiercely

The hissing stopped. I was wondering why Annabeth needed Piper at all. Her words were as powerful as charm speak.

"The thing is Annabeth do you think we could locate the entrance of the Tartarus in the labyrinth again?"

Annabeth thought for a while I thought her expression to be: I can't believe that I didn't think of it

" Of course, I didn't think of it ! " Annabeth replied " Your'e smart seaweed br -"

Her words were cut by a flash of light and a howl. Under us I could see a small cave like structure.

" Annabeth hold on to me"

She did as she was told. I caught the edge of the cave while falling and pulled myself up in a structure possibly made of repeated taps. I realised that there was something wrong.

There She was smiling, holding up a net like structure . Archne. Oh no I thought.

"Percy , aaaaaaaagh" Annabeth screamed

"I won't be tricked this time young demigods " said she in her piercing voice

"She found the way to beat my handcuffs " Annabeth said

I couldnt beat her now in my dizzy state . I saw Annanbeth's Laptop. I took it and jumped back into the pit and could see a flash of Archne behind us , Driven to kill...

You cant do much when gravity is your enemy , or is there gravity in Tartarus ? Ah! never mind I learnt that you cant combine god's , powers and all that stuff with science way back.I could only scream with Annabeth as we fell into endless darkness.

"Annabeth" I said "Can you figure something out ?"

"Oh! I have an idea !" I got relieved.

"Lets try the same ruse again, maybe she'll buy it again."

Ooohkay. Maybe I wasn't that relieved after hearing that. I figured that she had an messed up mind. Usually, she had a plan ready. Usually. This time we didn't have enough time , supplies or an enough dumb enemy.

We had Annabeth's bag pack which had some ambrosia , some kite strings and plastic swords (seriously?)and her faint glowing dagger , if she didn't have an addled mind when she told me this. I had riptide and ... A laptop! Annabeth/Daedalus's laptop!

"Annabeth , tell me about Arachne" I asked her , hoping she could answer.

"Arachne , my enemy , fear ...I...I" she said in a timid voice.

"No tell me about her tall and low... I mean.. strengths and weaknesses" my mind was addled too , I realized.

"She is immortal , mother of all spiders"

"And ...?"

"She was to kill us ! I didn't bother to research about her" she said 'her' in a different manner.

"Okay. Could you-" An Idea stuck me.

"Annabeth , what are spider scared of ?" I asked her.

"Ughhhhh..." she wasn't yet completely out of the shock of the fact that Arachne was going to kill us.

"There is an insect called as spider wasp known to eat spiders"

Arachne was now trying to streamline herself trying to come down. " I'm going to kill you" she said "But why can't I catch you ?" please forget about the not dumb enemy part before. Arachne was not a person who would win any science quizzes.

The laptop was 99% charged and battery wasn't a problem.

"I have an Idea" I told Annabeth.

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