Annabeth

II

I dreamed of the camp in flames, destroyed, abandoned. No there, everyone had been captured or killed. More death was coming. More pain, more suffer.
I awoke from my dream right then, which seemed weird. Usually our dreams are about glimpses of the future, or monsters trying to manipulate us. I looked to the left and realized Jason was shaking me. I yawned and looked up at him.

Jason was one of the few people still alive. Other than him there was Piper, Will, Travis, Connor, Katie, and a few others in other rooms. Also, were kind of underground. The I had a horrifying thought. What about Percy?

I imagined him arriving at camp from wherever she was to find the camp destroyed and abandoned. What if he thought we were dead. If I was dead. I hadn't noticed the tears escaping my eyes until Piper wrapped me in a gentle hug. She tried using calming me with nice words, but I wasn't reassured.

What if Percy was dead? What if they went after him too? No. I forced myself to believe he was alive. I couldn't help remember how this began.

Flashback

Where is Percy! He's been gone so long! I flung myself onto my bed. I'm going to kill him when he gets back. A cold tingle traveled down my spine. I swear I heard someone whisper, If you see him again, but I shrugged it off. First big mistake.

I dragged myself outside and toward the pavlone. I smelled an eerie smell of smoke, but I figure the food was being sacrificed. Big mistake number two. I sat at my tables with a few of my siblings, but my mind was on Percy.

My cloths were dirty and probably haven't been washed in a few weeks, Percy had been gone about a month though. I imagined my eyes were red and black, for I hadn't slept in like three days. I ate my food slowly, not caring about anything else, the final mistake.

I twirled my fork around. Percy. Could he have been kidnapped? Could he have been killed? No. That's impossible. "ANNABETH!" Jason practically screamed in my ear. I looked up to see the pavlone in chaos. Campers were running back and forth with weapons drawn.

I scrambled to my feet and drew my dagger. I noticed an army of about a million monster charging down at us. Oh, did I forget the mistake where we charged straight at the monsters. Arrows flew over my head. I saw a group of about ten hellhounds and justered Jason over to me. We charged blindly into a small trap.

So Jason struck two with lightning and then leaped at a third, and I went for the others. The second I lunged, a Cyclopes appeared out of nowhere and swatted me aside. Last I can remember, Jason was in the middle of a horde of monsters alone, camp was going up in flames, and campers screamed and fell all around me. So pretty much it's all my fault.

I remember waking up later with some of my friends as we entered a dark cave with tiny jail cells. Coming back into reality I saw Jason shaking me back and forth. "Jeez, I thought you were dead, sorry," he grumbled.

"And I'm sorry that this is all my fault," I muttered. No one was supposed to hear that, but of course Piper did and grabbed my shoulders.

"This is not in any way your fault."

"What do you mean!" I yelled. "I smelled the smoke! I even got my own warning! I was so busy obsessing over Percy I didn't care that something was wrong! I am useless." Piper reached out and hugged me. I wanted to push away, but I let her embrace me.

Then a demigod working for the monsters came in smirking. I've heard they turned some during the battle. He looked at me and said, "You three, come this way." I glared at him, but walked over. "Don't die," Will muttered as we left. The second we got out we were met by a cold breeze that made my skin tingle all around.

A sword was immediately pointed at my back. "I ain't playing," he said gesturing me towards a room at the end of the long black hall. We walked in silence. Jason and Piper were ahead. At one point Piper turned, but the dude behind me made a cold whisper. "Don't even think about sweet talking me little girl."

I wouldn't have called her 'little girl' if I was him, but Piper just scowled and continued to walk. When we finally made it, in the center of the room, there stood another demigod. He was pretty tall, with black and blue hair and blue eyes. They were tainted though, as if they were about to change into a silky white.

He had three hellhounds chained by him, and I noticed he was on a throne. The room looked not that bad for an underground pitch black cave. Not Athena worthy, but ok. There was a marble path leading up to the throne which included two black skulls on the arms, and a sword sticking up from the back. Other than that it was polished stone. There were two banners on the wall. One was just gold with a scyke on it. The other worried me, because in big bold letters, it read, Kronos will rise again.

But the glare of the dude on the throne was enough to snap me out of my thoughts. "Hello," he said calmly, like he wasn't talking to hostages at the moment. "My name is Landon, and I am your new master!" Dang, he talks like were slaves or something. "So, If you don't mind could you just tell us your parents weaknesses, then we can all go away happy," he said happily. Idiot.

"No," we said in unision. The hellhounds growled, claws clawing at the ground.

"Ahh, but I have leverage on all of you. So Jason, you realize I have an unstoppable army heading towards Camp Jupiter, eh." He showed a screen of monsters marching through a forest, destroying it." A floating black image appeared showing just what he had said. My jaw hit the floor, no. Not literally.

"How do you have so many monsters! We just defeated Gaia!" I screamed.

"But when a primordial falls, many will rise in it's place. Kronos will rise again, and this time a few puny demigods won't stop him." My head was spinning like crazy. I wanted to run to the corner and scream. Last titan war we only won because of Percy and Luke, but now Kronos knows not to be so foolish and hold back.

Even though Jason spent most his time at Camp Half-Blood, or what was Camp Half-Blood, he still cared about the people there. So many demigods and families. I tried not to think of the plans me and Percy had there.

"As for you," he glared at me. "I have Percy ready to be executed." I tried to jump at him but Jason and Piper held me back. The scene shifted to show Percy sitting in a small opening of the rubble with a few other demigods. "A monster camp is near bye. They will overwhelm and kill him." A tear slipped from my eye. It's my fault. It's all my fault.

"As for Piper, I'll just kill Jason. Come back tomorrow, or everything will go wrong." And with that I blacked out.