I'm back. Sorry it took so long to update but I was sick and busy. Here's chapter two of the Darkness Inside. Tell me what you think and where it should go from here via reviews. By the way. This will mostly be in Annabeth's point of view.

Annabeth POV

I watched in disbelief as the guards took my friends away. I had to find a way to rescue them. I quietly followed my friends as the guards shoved my friends roughly towards the hill. Percy glanced back every so often and I swear he looked right at me. I walked alongside my friends and gently brushed Percy's arm. He glanced sideways, but didn't seem to know I was there. Of course he didn''t. He thought I was dead. That stupid Celestia. Percy would never know I was trying to rescue him. I grabbed his arm and he jumped slightly, but he didn't look up. He probably thought it was just his mind playing tricks on him. I sighed and gave up. I walked along beside him, trying to figure out a plan. I could probably sneak into the enemy camp just fine, but getting everyone out was the problem. Someone was bound to notice. Someone grabbed my arm as we passed Thalia's tree and yanked me into the shadows. A moment later, we were a safe distance into the woods. I turned to the person who had grabbed me.

"Byron," I said in relief. Byron Silvers, son of Hades. He looked nothing like Nico, with white blonde hair and tanned skin. He had stumbled into camp one day all by himself, with no satyr and completely blind. Since he had been blind since he was eight, there was nothing anyone could do about his sight. Leo had made him a pair of contact lenses that could let him know where objects were. Somehow, he had known where I was and grabbed me from the shadows.

"How did you know it was me?"

"Well," He said. I counted seven people and three guards and I heard that crazy girl say that there were only six of you. I one of them had to be you, so I picked the one without her hands tied."

"That's amazing. I had no idea you could see figures. Maybe that could help us get in and out without anyone noticing."

Byron smirked. "I'm fairly certain someone will notice nine teenagers sneaking out of heavily guarded camp."

"Not if we do it right."

Byron shadowed traveled us to Half-Blood Hill and I gazed down at the monstrosity that had appeared overnight. There were sentry towers at every corner and guards paced to roof armed with bows, spears and a few machine guns.

"Her sentries aren"t that well armed." I said thoughtfully. If we could get past them,"

"We would run straight into fourteen heavily armed guards." Byron handed me a pair of binoculars. When I looked through them. I could see guards standing in front of the double doors, walking around the gates and all had a hand of the swords at the waists. Byron had his twin swords strapped to his back and a dagger strapped to his leg. I had only my dagger and a hat that gave me invisibility. We would never be able to beat them without more weapons and Celestia had taken over the camp, including the armory. How were we ever going to get inside without anyone noticing?

Byron looked thoughtful. "I could rig a Greek Fire bomb, maybe take out the guards and give us enough time to get inside wherever they're keeping our friends. Once were in, we could cause a distraction and get them out of there.'

"But they don't have weapons. By the time we get them free, the guards could have regrouped and be ready for us."

Byron grinned. "Be right back." He stepped backwards and I watched as the shadows swallowed him in a foreboding sort of way.

That's chapter two. I'm posting chapter three tonight because I have an amazing idea. Please review!