Okay, here's the next chapter. I'm glad that people actually liked the idea. Happy Halloween!
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Camp of the Dead, Part 2
"Nico. What-what happened to you?" Annabeth asked nervously. His face was paler than ever, it looked like he had some mascara on. He still had his permanent scowl, but he was grinning evilly. His eyes were glowing bright red like christmas bulbs. To top it all, he had on a long sleek black robe. And for some strange effect, his hair and robe were being swiftly blown by the wind. I don't know how it's possible because the cabin is completely closed.
"And what's with that get up. Does it have something to do with being the son of the Lord of the Dead?" I asked sarcastically.
"Silence, you fool!" he commanded with his deep hollow voice. "Don't mock me! I am the Lord of the Undead!"
"Um, okay. Lame," I answered, emphasizing the word Lame. There wasn't anything different about his presence and I wasn't intimidated. It seemed like he was just the normal Nico with a few physical adjustments.
"What? But it sounds cool!" he replied. I jumped a little because his voice was back to normal. I glanced at Annabeth, and even though it was dark, I can see her frown with the faint glow coming from Riptide.
"I mean... Now you shall face my wrath for ridiculing me!" Nico said, his hollow voice coming back. Something was definitely going on, but before I could figure anything out, the door burst open and there was a sudden surge of wind causing us to stumble on the floor. When I looked up, Nico was gone and two skeletons were suddenly in his place. I quickly got up and slashed both of them at once before they could even move. Their bones clattered all around the floor. I'll do some cleaning later.
I turned to Annabeth who was slowly walking backwards towards me. "What's wrong?" I asked. She pointed out the door, her hands shaking. I took a quick glance out and I gasped.
About a hundred campers were slowly gathering in front of my cabin. They were walking awkwardly which meant that they were all infected and turned into zombies. Some of them were crawling on the ground, some were limping, and there were even a few that as they walked, body parts were falling off. Seeing them act like this made me shudder. I knew most of them and now, they're.. they're these hideous looking beings. I was trembling in shock, I couldn't move.
Annabeth suddenly grabbed my arm, taking me out of my trance. "Percy, come on." She pulled me back in the cabin and locked the door.
"We're surrounded," I pointed out.
"Don't you think I know that," she frowned. I made a face and she stuck her tongue out.
"Here," I said, opening the nearest window. We climbed out and ran towards the amphitheater. It was already very dark out. The party should've started by now, too bad everyone has become mindless zombies.
As we reached the amphitheater, we noticed an orange glow coming from inside. Annabeth locked eyes with me, an understanding passing between us and I nodded. We slowly peeked from the back of the amphitheater. In the middle was a large boiling pot floating on top of the campfire which was strangely colored black. Around the pot were three campers wearing witch hats. They were the new claimed ones from the Hecate cabin. Two of them were chanting strange words as the other one stirred the pot with a very large wooden spoon.
"What are they doing?" I whispered.
"I think it's some kind of incantation."
"Aren't they zombies?"
"As you can see, they're witches," she said, rolling her eyes.
I scowled. "What I mean is they're not like the others."
"Apparently so. Let's keep moving," she said, walking away and gesturing me to follow. We walked around the climbing wall and the pavilion, avoiding the cabins. As we passed by the mess hall, I saw a few of the zombies wandering around. We quickly snuck by them and headed for the woods. We reached Zeus' Fist and sat by the rocks.
"What exactly is going on? There are zombies, then witches. And what's up with Nico!" I complained.
"It's still a bit confusing. But at least we know that Nico, or whoever caused him to act that way, is behind all of this," she said, and for whatever reason, she was smiling wickedly.
"Uh, why are you smiling?" I asked. She frowned and opened her mouth to speak, but before the words came out, a rustling sound came from the bushes in front of us. We stood up and held our weapons as something jumped out of the woods. A satyr. And not just any satyr.
"Grover!" I yelled. I was about to run to him but Annabeth grabbed my shoulder and shook her head. I looked at Grover again and I realized that he was acting strangely. His eyes were not blinking, both of his hands were raised in front of him, and his body was very stiff like a mummy. He started to approach us, but instead of walking, he started doing the bunny hop. I've seen almost everything already, so I wasn't really shocked anymore with Grover's actions.
"Fooood..." he mumbled as he kept on hopping towards us. I guess the food he was referring to was us. More satyrs appeared behind him. We were about to run, but then more rustling came from behind us. We turned around as campers came out of the woods, limping and crawling. We turned to another direction but the witches appeared, holding broomsticks. We turned again and this time I jumped. Thalia and her hunters appeared, but they also looked like they were infected. As they approached, they turned into werewolves. Just as I thought that was already the strangest of them all, bats flew out of the woods and transformed into humans. Vampires. We were surrounded.
"This is really strange."
"Oh gee, sorry I didn't notice that," Annabeth mocked. I wanted to retort, but this was no time for that.
"What are we going to do? We can't just harm them. They're still our friends," I said.
"Then I guess we'll end up being their food," Annabeth answered sarcastically. I scowled. She wasn't even taking our situation seriously. Can't she see we were about to become monster food!
"Don't you have a plan?"
"I always have a plan." I waited for her to tell me what her plan was, but she kept silent.
"What exactly is your plan?" I asked. No answer.
AN: I know this sucks. Having an AN in the middle, but I just really had to. You see, the next part will be something very strange. It will have weird and disgusting moments, you guys might puke. Anyway, the thing is, I just thought of filling this part in the story. Just a Parody moment. It's not really connected to the story.
If you don't want to be scarred for life. Skip the next part.
And one last thing, you guys might want to listen to Thriller of Michael Jackson while reading. That's what I did while writing this part. LOL.
Then something weird happened. Thalia howled as Luke appeared out of nowhere. A music started playing from the background. Thriller by Michael Jackson.
"What the-" I began but Annabeth grabbed me from behind and turned me around. She was already one of them!
I slowly walked backwards but then someone grabbed me again. It was Luke! He was wearing the same outfit as Michael did in the music video of Thriller. He slowly walked around me, touching my shoulders as he sang along with the music. "It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark."
I shuddered as he kept groping me in different areas that I don't even want to mention. As he sang along with the music, I somehow found him very attractive. His voice, the way he sang and moved, the way he held me tight and caressed me. I got so engrossed with him, I started to brush his face with my hands. He finished the first part of the song and I intertwined my fingers with his as we skipped through the graveyard that appeared out of nowhere.
Chrion suddenly materialized in front of us in centaur form. He was wearing a prom dress and a curler on his tail. He started to rap in a very shallow voice:
"Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood.
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood.
And whosoever shall be found.
Without the soul for getting down.
Must stand and face the hounds of hell.
And rot inside a corpse's shell."
Luke spun me around as Chiron finished. I kept spinning around and around, then Nico caught me with his arms and pushed me to the ground. He summoned a dozen of skeletons and they started dancing wildly. Nico was breakdancing in the middle of the skeletons as they all did the Congo.
Chiron then continued his rap:
"The foulest stench is in the air.
The funk of forty thousand years.
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb.
Are closing in to seal your doom.
And though you fight to stay alive.
Your body starts to shiver.
For no mere mortal can resist.
The evil of the thriller."
When he finished, he suddenly disappeared with a 'poof'. Luke grabbed me again and pushed me towards Annabeth, who started limping with the other zombies and formed a triangular formation. They all started to dance the Thriller as Annabeth led them. (AN: The dance I'm referring to can be seen here: .com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8 from 8:28 to 10:35. Check it out if you want.)
Luke sang the rest of the lyrics. As he was about to finish, he came to me and held me by my waist. "So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!" He was about to kiss me but he disappeared with a 'poof'. And everything went back to normal. Normal as in being surrounded by a group of hideous monsters.
"Dam you, Adonai63!" I screamed, putting my fist in the air.
AN: It ends here. Now on with the story.
I turned around and jumped backwards. Annabeth has turned into one of the zombies. I slowly walked backwards but someone grabbed me from behind and put a blindfold on me and gagged my mouth with something I don't even want to find out. I fell to the ground as I felt them mob me. They tied ropes around my wrists and feet. And they then carried me. It felt like hours, but it was just probably just a few minutes. I didn't know where they took me and what they were about to do, but I was prepared to go down fighting.
They loosened the ropes and helped me stand. Someone covered my mouth as they removed whatever what was gagging me. I wanted to bite the hand covering my mouth, but something was stopping me. It didn't feel like I was in any danger. The hand slowly uncovered my mouth and removed my blindfold. As my vision was restored, I jumped.
"SURPRISE!"
AN: Final AN for this chapter. Sorry for so many. Anyway, I added the Parody part because I saw a preview of Michael Jackson's This Is It, and the idea of Thriller just popped into my mind. And well, that's the result. I know, I'm sick. You just have to deal with it. LOL.
Oh, and people have been continously pushing me to update Percy Jackson and the Falling Stars. Don't worry. I'll upload the next chapter as soon as I finish with this one. There will be only one more chapter for this.