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Nico had propped Peter against the wall as his breathing was very ragged and uneven.
"How can you stand this?! You have been tortured three times!" Nico said with a few tears.
"I...I'm t-tough." Peter said weakly with a little blood escaping his mouth.
Nico ripped off a piece of his shirt and pressed it against his mouth to stop the blood.
Just then the door opened and a man, wearing one of those black butler uniforms, walked in.
"The master would like to see you both." the man, who had a faint British accent, said to them.
"We...a-aren't...going anywhere." Peter whispered painfully.
"Peter enough, we need to stop them from torturing you." Nico whispered to him.
"B-Bring...it on." Peter responded.
"I have arranged it so if you follow through with this then you will not be tortured for the rest of the day." the man said.
"Who are you?" Nico asked with a glare.
"I am Moroes, Tripondias' right hand." Moroes said with a completely neutral face.
"Why does he want to see us?" Nico asked.
"To see if you are worth keeping alive." Moroes said.
"Peter can't move, your men broke his legs." Nico said.
Moroes remained silent as he walked over and stomped once on each of Peters knees.
Peter screamed loudly as a loud cracking sound came from each leg. (Quick thing I learned that it is possible to do that, it resets the leg because it sets the kneecap)
A couple tears escaped from Peter as he fell on his side onto the ground.
"His legs are set now please follow me." Moroes said and started to walk out.
Nico sighed and hauled Peter up, then Peter leaned against him.
"Stay with me Peter." Nico said.
"D-Don't worry." Peter said with a small chuckle.
Nico sighed again and together they walked out of the room and followed Moroes.
"MOROES!" came the voice of the giant.
They walked into a throne room and Tripondias was sitting on his throne with two men flanking him.
The Boreads.
"Here they are my lord." Moroes said with a bow.
"Niccolo di Angelo and Peter Anthony Sane. I have something of yours." he said.
"You have a middle name?" Nico asked.
"Not...the...time!" Peter said with gritted teeth.
Just then a bunch of people that looked like they were enslaved came in with swords and shields.
"Tripondias! We will work for you no longer!" one of them yelled.
"Moroes?" Tripondias said with a wave of his hand.
"With pleasure sir." Moroes said keeping his face totally deadpan.
He walked over to the twenty people that were rebelling.
"Please get back to work or drastic measure will be made." Moroes said calmly.
The men laughed and then raised their weapons.
"Death to the Assassin!" one yelled and they charged.
"Drastic measure it is." Moroes said and two daggers slipped from his sleeves.
Moroes jumped into the group and started slicing and cutting men down left and right.
After about twenty seconds all of the men were dead and Moroes walked over with blood on his suit.
"Go change Moroes." Tripondias said.
He looked down and saw the blood splatter.
"Oh, how terribly clumsy of me." Moroes said and left.
"Anyway, I have something of yours." he said again.
Two soldiers walked in with a shackled Leo and Percy.
"Leo? Percy?" Nico asked with wide eyes.
"What's up? You guys okay?" Percy yelled from across the room, which echoed through the room.
Tripondias waved his hand and a guard slammed the hilt of his sword into Percy's stomach.
Percy coughed and fell to the ground.
"Percy!" Nico and Peter yelled.
"I'm good!" Percy yelled.
"Now Peter Sane and Niccolo di Angelo. Let us talk terms." Tripondias said as Percy and Leo were dragged next to them.
"What do you mean?" Peter asked.
"An eye for an eye, torture for freedom." Tripondias said.
"What are you talking about?" Percy asked.
"One is tortured so the other can leave." he explained.
Peter raised his head and looked at the giant with his cut up face.
"I'll stay!" Peter said.
"Me too." Nico said.
"No your not!" Peter said.
"Yes I am!" Nico said as he glared at Peter.
"No you will not." Tripondias said calmly.
"What?" Nico asked.
"Peter will be tortured." he said.
"And the others will go free." Peter said.
Tripondias chuckled.
"No!" he announced.
"What?!" The four demigods yelled.
"Peter will be tortured first...again!" Tripondias roared in laughter.
"You son of a bitch!" Percy started, but a bunch of guards held up their swords and spears.
"Of course you will not be tortured Perseus Jackson. You will be taken to the towers. Guards! Take the others to the dungeons." Tripondias ordered.
The guards dragged them away just as Moroes walked back in.
"Ah, Moroes take Peter to the torture chamber." Tripondias ordered.
"Of course sir." Moroes said and walked out with two guards dragging Peter.
Peter raised his head and the last thing he saw was Percy being dragged away.
"Hang in there Peter!" Percy yelled.
"Shut up!" the guard said and punched Percy.
They carried him up a large flight of stairs until they reached a door.
"In you go." the guard said as he pushed him in.
"You guys are so screwed you know that right?" Percy said.
The guard punched Percy right in the nose.
"We'll see." he said and left laughing.
Percy just sat down on his cot and looked at the wall.
He layed down and tried to sleep.
Trying to drown out Peters screams.
