A/N: Hiii there everyone! This is my second fanfic for the PJO fandom. This isn't actually a story; I think it'll have only 5-7 chapters or so. Get prepared for a load of laughs, fun and fluff... it's time for the Handcuff Challenge.

P.S This happens after BoO, so Leo's not there...

Ships: Percabeth, Solangelo

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson OR the Heroes of Olympus. They belong to Uncle Rick.

I don't own the pictures I used to make the collage either. All belong to Viria, except the one of Will. I didn't draw any of them.


The Handcuff Challenge

"Are you up for it, Nico?"

"No."

"Come on! It's only till they lose."

"Annabeth never loses. As her boyfriend, you should know!"

"I know that. But this is the Survival of the Fittest. Everyone has a chance."

Nico huffed, finally turning around to stare at Percy, who was looking at him pleadingly.

"What's the challenge, anyway?" he asked.

"You know. The Handcuff Challenge. Teams of two get handcuffed, and whichever team holds out the longest wins."

"What, is this some new trend on the Internet?" Nico muttered.

"Uh... No."

"Some new Camp game?"

"...Can't say it is."

"So you invented it?"

"Pretty much," Percy replied. "Annabeth and I had a disagreement over a game of Monopoly-"

"-Let me guess," Nico interjected. "You lost sorely."

"Well, yeah," he said, a little embarrassed, "Nobody can beat Annabeth at Monopoly. Anyway, I argued it was unfair, so we decided to settle the score on a different game- and I came up with this. Four teams, two on either side. Whichever side stays handcuffed the longest wins."

"And exactly what does the winning team get out of it?" Asked the son of Hades indignantly.

"Well, the other losing teams have to give the victorious players anything they want."

Nico frowned. "Wait, anything?"

"Yeah. Come on, it'll be fun! Men versus women."

"Who's playing?"

"Oh, Annabeth, Rachel, Hazel and Thalia against me, Grover, and Will. We need one more person."

Nico pretended that his heart didn't jump on hearing the name of a certain son of Apollo. "Thalia's in it too? Really?"

"Well, the Hunters of Artemis came to Camp, and they needed a break. Thalia's pretty hyped about getting anything she wants. It's game on."

Nico gave Percy a long, hard look. "Fine," he decided.

"Great!" Percy cheered. He grabbed his arm and began dragging him towards the Strawberry Fields. "Let's go!"

Nico was wondering whether he'd made a bad decision, but it was too late to back down. He just had to protest silently as he and Percy made their way towards the other side of Camp.


"So, there'll be three teams of two on each side," Annabeth said. "Girls versus boys. That means us against you. I'm dividing the teams into..." she thought for a second. "Me and Thalia in one team, Piper and Rachel in the other. For you guys, it's Percy and Grover, and Will and Nico."

"How did you get dragged into this?" Nico hissed to Will.

"I owed Annabeth a favor, and she really wants to get back at Percy for something," he whispered back. "I had no choice."

"We never do," Nico grumbled back.

"If the girls win, you boys have to do anything we want, and vice versa," Annabeth said. "Are you ready?" She pulled out four pairs of handcuffs from her bag.

"Where did you get those?" asked Grover with a nervous laugh.

"You don't want to know," Thalia muttered.

Annabeth clasped one cuff on her arm, and the other on Thalia. Piper and Rachel, and Percy and Grover followed suit. Nico and Will seemed slightly reluctant- or rather, only Nico did- but in the end did the same. Each of them were given a key to open their handcuffs if they wanted to give up.

"Absolutely no cheating allowed," Thalia said. "If I catch you trying to take a break, and putting them back on when we're not looking, I will personally steal the key and throw it into the river."

Nico shuddered inwardly at the thought.

"Alright, then," Piper said. "The games begin!"


A/N: Haaha I'm really not sure how I'm going to continue this. It seems like a silly idea right now, but I don't know, it's cute and it's got Percabeth and Solangelo fluff coming up.

If you didn't get it from all the hints I stuck in there: Annabeth won over Percy in Monopoly. Percy found it unfair, and decided to beat her at a different game- the Handcuff Challenge, something he invented. Two teams on each side compete. The aim is to stay handcuffed for as long as possible. Whoever wants to drop out can just use the key to unlock themselves. In the end, there'll be only one team left on either side- a pair of girls and a pair of boys, and there'll be one winning team. The side that team belongs to wins, and the opposite side has to give them anything they want.

Hope you enjoyed. Stay tuned for more chapters!

-Artemis