A/N thanks so much for reading! I'm so happy you like it!
Forgot this last time but…
DISCLAIMER!- I DO NOT OWN THE FABULOUS PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS_NOR THE HEROS OF OLYMPUS. I just own the characters I made up, and the plot!
Chapter 2-
Two days past and there was no sign of Annabeth. I began to lose hope she was ever coming back. I felt angry at her, though I knew I shouldn't. I couldn't help but be mad. She and Percy pulled me into this and left me there to rot.
Because they thought that Annabeth was still out there, within the mountain, they kept me chained to a wall by my wrists on the cliff that over looked the city I still could not name. If I was able to get closer to the edge I could probably tell, but I wasn't able to move less than two feet away from the wall.
On the third day, I was taken into a room that was hidden by rocks. I only remember being blindfolded and a burning feeling on my arm. I might have screamed, but I don't remember. I hadn't remembered falling asleep, but I woke up again chained to the wall. The only thing that was different was that I had three long scars across my right arm. They were still fresh and they stung. The only thing I could have guessed is that they had burned the scars into me with a torch.
After that I couldn't keep track of how many days went by. I slept much more. Every day I got a crusty piece of bread, that didn't look appetizing, and water that didn't look healthy. I ate and drank anyway. I wanted to stay alive, if they killed me or not, I needed to make it through this. I had done some thinking, and if all this Greek stuff was real, then the Underworld was too. With what the stories I heard, the Underworld wasn't a place I wanted to visit any time soon.
One night Kronos, and many others, didn't return to the cliff. I had heard some people (or monsters) talk and say they were now on the ship. Ethan, other demigods, (I still can't get over that word being real,) and monsters had left with Kronos.
As far as I could tell, I was here for about two weeks, maybe more. Annabeth left about a week ago, and I lost all hope to escape. I had cried for hours that one night. I let everything out that I had been holding in, while I was trying to be brave.
That night, when the wind blew hard over the cliff and I was very cold in my tattered jeans and t-shirt, I heard a whisper.
"Did they hurt you?" the voice asked.
"What?" I said rather loudly. "Who's there?"
"SHHH!" An invisible hand covered my mouth. I instantly thought of Annabeth. She came back! I thought. "I'm going to get you out of here."
I didn't argue. A bronze knife appeared out of nowhere and slashed at the chain on my left arm, then my right. The knife held itself I front of me."Take it," the voice said. I took the knife. Suddenly the air shimmered and a girl appeared. She had a bow I her hand and a quiver on her back. "I'm Abby," she whispered. Abby put out her hand to help me up.
"Lindy," I said. "How do we get out of here?" as I stood up, I wobbled. I hadn't stood up in a while. Abby steadied me.
"I came up the mountain." She said looking around checking the mountain for monsters. As far as I knew there were no demigods left.
"We can't go by Atlas, we won't be invisible," She murmured to herself.
"Atlas?" I asked stunned. I really shouldn't have been, but I was still new to thins. "Like, the hold up the sky Atlas?"
"Yeah," Abby's eyes then widened. She glanced at me. "Do you know where you are?" I shook my head. She cursed under her breath. Or at least I think it was a curse, it was in a different language. "How much do you know?"
"Not much," I told her. "I was taken here almost three weeks ago." I didn't tell her about Annabeth. If they were friends…
"Do you understand any of this?"
"Not really. I remember all the myths, so I connect that to what is happening."
"We need to get you to camp," she paused for a second. It was as if she was debating if that was the right choice. "Quickly,"
Two snake women appeared from around the corner. Abby whipped on a baseball cap and disappeared. I thanked god…or gods that it was dark and I could fall to the ground quickly without them noticing. Because it was dark, the chains only needed to look like they were on.
The one carried a plate of unappetizing food. She set it down in front of me. "You will be needed soon enough half blood."
Out of anger I stood up and stabbed her with the knife I forgot was in my hands. The women hissed and disintegrated into golden dust. The other one stood in shock, but then came to her senses, and lunged at me. Before she got there, three arrows seemed to sprout from her chest. She evaporated into golden dust also.
"They will notice they didn't come back after a while," Abby said reappearing. "We have to go quickly, by climbing down the mountain."
She walked over to the cliff's edge. Finally I recognized where we were. I could see the golden gate bridge from here. The streets of San Francisco weaved around buildings miles below us.
I glanced down the side of the cliff. It went straight down and we would only be able to climb down by the rocks. I swallowed hard.
Abby saw how nervous I was. She glanced at my clothes, and shook her head. I looked at my shoes, almost embarrassed from how cold I was. My black high tops looked just as normal as it gets for me right now.
Abby took off her jacket and handed it to me. She had a green t-shirt on that read SPQR. She had, also, what looked like a tattoo. It had 12 lines on it, like the bar codes for things at the store, and an owl. It also had the letters SPQR on it. I decided not to ask about it.
"Oh no," I said handing it back to her. She refused to take it though. "It's yours. You don't have to-"
"I want to," she insisted. "You need it more than me anyway."
"But-"
"Put it on." She commanded. I sighed and put on the jacket. I instantly felt a whole lot better.
"So, we start climbing?" I asked, hoping she would say, No, I have a magic car that will come pick us up any moment! but no.
"Yep, and quickly." Abby lowered herself down until she hit the first rock to steady her foot on. I looked down again. It was probably a 200 yard drop. I swallowed and started climbing down with Abby.
About an hour later, and a few scary moments when I thought I was defiantly going to fall, we made it to the bottom of the first drop. I looked down the next one, and my stomach felt un easy. Abby must have noticed my expression because she laughed a bit.
"Don't worry," she said, "We can take the road from here on."
I was still shaking, but the lower we got to the ground, the warmer I got.
"We will be there by morning." She said. I didn't care when we would be wherever we were going I was just glad I got out of that living hell. Though looking back on it, that's heaven compared to what else I have gone through.
"Who are your parents?"
"My mom is Kristy Scarlett," Abby's eyes widened as I told her this.
"Okay." She said still shocked. "What about your dad."
I was about to say he left my mom and I years ago, but then I remembered that Annabeth said that my dad was one of the gods. "I don't know," that was the truth.
"Hmm," Abby dropped the subject.
Hours later, we descended into a forest. After a while it started to become cluttered with arrow heads, snapped arrows, rusted armor and knives, and old traps. "It's like a war zone," I muttered.
"Because it is one," Abby said sadly. I decided not to ask. "We are almost there." Then Abby stopped. "What am I doing? You aren't roman, you can't be or you would have been sent to the Wolf house when you were two. How could I be so stupid?"
"I would have asked the same question," a growling women's voice said. "Abigail, what is this?" A giant dog appeared from the brush. It had chocolate red colored fur and silvery eyes that were fogged like mist.
"Sh-she was imprisoned on Mount Tamalpais." Abby said nervously.
"You know perfectly well what to do with half bloods you fine."
"She was being held a prisoner! What was I supposed to do? Leave her there to rot?"
"That would have been sensible for you, and her." My hands were shaking, but they still gripped the knife Abby gave me. I didn't take my eyes off the she-wolf. I didn't trust her. Abby looked scared, and very nervous. I probably looked ten times worse than her.
"What is your name child?" The wolf turned to me.
"Adelinde Scarlett." I don't know why I said my full name, it just came out naturally. I hated my first name.
"The musician's daughter." I knew she was referring to my mother. "Three weeks you have been missing you know? You are all over the news, and your mother is worried sick. She had cancelled her tour just to keep searching for you."
"She did?" I wasn't used to my mom picking me over her work. The she-wolf started to walk closer to me. I held in a gasp. I didn't want to look weak here, I didn't know why though.
While I was thinking, the wolf caught me off guard. "Time for breakfast," she muttered.
"Lupa!" Abby yelled. To late though, the wolf jumped at me. With a yelp, I jumped out of the way just in time to get away. She scratched my left shoulder though with her claws. I dropped the knife. I scrambled over to a tree clutching my arm.
"I'm not in the mood for fast food child!" Lupa growled. "Make this easy! "
She jumped at me again. I ducted and rolled. She clawed at the tree were my face would have been. Abby had climbed up a tree and was now watching through her fingers.
I slid to the ground and picked up the dagger. I turned quickly to Lupa. She jumped again, and I rolled away.
"This was much easier with the two year olds!"
Before I could say a good comeback like, You eat babies?as Lupa jumped something attacked her.
Whatever it was it, it was three times bigger the Lupa. It pinned her down, then got up. "She is my claim," It growled.
Abby slid down from the tree and stood at Lupa's side. "The manticore?" She exclaimed.
"Let it have her!" Lupa yelled. The face of the monster smiled evilly. I had a split second to dodge the spikes that flew at me from behind him.
"We can't just let it have her!" Abby protested. I dodged more spikes.
"Are you forgetting everything I taught you?" Lupa growled.
"N-no," Abby stuttered. I turned and ran.
The beast bounded after me. I stopped suddenly and jumped to the side. The manticore ran into a tree. I was ready to fall to the ground and fall asleep. But then the sun started to rise and I found new power. I remembered that there was no way in…I guess hell that I was going to be a prisoner again.
I ran at the beast and jumped on top of it stabbing it with the knife. A few golden dust particles blew around me. I didn't have time to think about it. The beast roared. It tried to fling me off but failed I stabbed again. It decided to try and stab me with it spiky tail but I jumped off before it could hit me. Unfortunately I jumped into a tree, making my vision go fuzzy.
The manticore stabbed itself and then disintegrated.
I watched as Lupa walked over to me. I prepared myself to die, but she just looked at me with a cocked head.
"Maybe," she said, "You won't be so weak. You have proven yourself Greek. But only for now," Then I blacked out not understanding quit completely what just happened.
