A/N: OH MY GOSH! I got such good reviews for third chapter. THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH!
Alright, so first of all- This Chapter contains spoilers of House of Hades. Read it at your own risk. You've been warned!
*ahem* So this chapter is about our favorite Titan Bob! Let's see what the heck was he thinking jumping into Tartarus :D. Bob's POV is pretty childish in it (because he Is childish). I hope you like it as much as I did. Happy Reading!
Bob the Titan
Bob swept the land of the dead.
Swish, Swish, Swish.
"Sw-Sweep. Sweepy Sweepy Sweep. Swee-Swee-Sweep-" he kept murmuring the words, making a parody of the song he heard from a soul some time ago. He was absolutely bored, but singing helped removing some of it.
His push-broom scraped against the wet colored stuff on the floor, most of which was red. An anonymous curiosity won out of him and he bent to see the red liquid. It was blood, mortal blood. He found a lot of it around here, including rotten mortal bones, muscles and several internal organs.
They said his job was to clean it all, so the fragrance could be reduced. At least, it was fragrance to Bob. It smelled, like, really good. That was the part of the reason he was happy to sweep his broom around, there was so much fragrance in every direction. But mostly, he was happy because Bob had over-heard his boss awhile ago, telling his Queen that he did a good job.
Bob liked to do his jobs well! He smiled and shrugged and started sweeping again. He must keep sweeping and do his job, or the boss might get disappointed. He hoped there won't be any exploding zombies today. He didn't like to confront and sweep those baddies.
Swish, Swish, Swish.
He wished his friend Nico di Angelo was here. He liked it very much to spend some time with him. Sometimes they both even shared their stories to let the time pass. Nico often told him about his adventures in the mortal world, roaming back and forth between two demigod camps, fighting monsters, and a lot about his friends, especially Percy Jackson. Percy was Bob's friend too, though he only met him once. In exchange to Nico's adventurous stories, Bob told Nico about all the cleanings he did here. Probably Nico didn't talk much to anyone else than he did to Bob. He could sense that much. Whenever Nico started talking he'd looked very frustrated, and when he'd stop, he'd have a smug smile on his face, feeling pretty content to let it all out. Bob didn't try at all to interpret most of what Nico was saying, but by the way he talked, Bob figured that Nico felt as lonely as he did. So whenever they met they talked a Lot, till the loneliness felt like a distant companion.
Swish, Swish, Swish
He could hear the shrieks, the laughter- every single soul in the Underworld (that was the official name of this place), but the sound of 'Swish' of broom against the land full of piles of dead mortal bodies made the other voices sound like flies buzzing around his head. His eyes wandered aimlessly around the scene around him while sweeping. On his right was a huge dark building they called the Judgement Pavilion. In front of him were the Fields of Asphodel, where there were so many souls that it would be complete madness to even think about sweeping that place. The laughter came from behind him, in a strip of land surrounded by water which consisted full of happy souls. And the horrible shrieks came from Way beyond that direction, in what; they explained; was the Land where the mortal souls were punished. On his left was a big black castle where his boss, the King Hades, resided.
Swish, Swish, Swish.
His mind was mostly occupied to the sweeping and random things & places around him, but one part, just the tiniest part of him was bothered by the cave far away on the front left corner. That small part was always bothered about that place. It was as if a long thin thread connected him to the cave. He once even tried to find that thread over his body so that he could break it, but he couldn't find any. When he told his friend Nico about it, he looked almost worried, but then assured Bob that it was nothing. Yet he did warn Bob to not explore that place, or else the Boss would be angry. So Bob never swept that place.
Swish Swish-
Bob.
He jerked his head up and whirled around. He was sure someone has called his name. But who? It could be his friend, Nico. But he couldn't smell any fresh fragrance, as it always was when Nico was around. Bob realized that it was Percy, his other friend.
Wait, Percy called him? He stood still for a moment, hesitating to believe what he just heard, then jumped & cheered in joy "My Friend Percy Called Me!"
He tried to sense his friend, to know where he was hiding from him, as if they were playing a game of hide-and-seek. But his senses said otherwise. Percy Jackson was in danger.
"In danger?" he asked to himself. A fury glanced at him as she flew over him, then gave a gesture which looked like an indication that he was going crazy. But he wasn't. He was sure of it.
Before he could make sense of what he was doing, he ran towards that dark cave, which was the exact direction from where he heard Percy calling him. His boots squished against the blood and he tripped many times over the bones, but he did not care. Percy was in danger!
He moved inside the cave, and he saw a pit. It was pretty big. And cold and dark and bad. Wait, not bad. Not that bad at all. Bob somehow felt the presence of the abyss...reassuring, if that made any sense. But he knew this place was bad.
His other friend Nico was right, he should not have come here. That thread now felt like it was thickening, and the connection felt oddly stronger. That somehow scared him even more than the evilness of this place. But Percy was in danger. Percy was his friend. He could hear him very clearly now, talking to monsters. That was definitely bad. He has to help his friend.
"Help Percy." he said to himself, and jumped down the pit before he could lose his courage. He clutched his broom tightly, trying to terminate the free-falling tickling in his stomach.
.
He fell,
and fell,
and fell,
and fell.
.
Soon Bob started seeing red, and could sense Percy stronger now. He concentrated and imagined himself landing where Percy was. Somehow he knew he could do that.
His feet found the land of Tartarus. Yes, this place is called Tartarus. How did he knew that? It was absolutely barren, big and lonesome. Some hundred feet ahead was another big chasm. Wait... he knew this place. He knew everything about Tartarus. He was sure that all the information about this evil place was embedded deeply in his brain, but he couldn't yet decipher them completely.
IAPETUS! His mind went highly alert at that sound. Someone has spoken into his mind.
IAPETUS HAS COME?
IAPETUS HAS COME!
There were suddenly several voices in his head. They sounded as if they were celebrating. Why were they celebrating?
"Ia-what?" he asked innocently, then clutched his head tightly at the onslaught of voices.
COME IAPETUS! They all chanted.
COME
COME
COME
COME
COME TO US.
YOU HAVE COME!
LET US PUT AN END TO THE MORTAL WORLD TOGETHER!
WE SHALL WALK THE EARTH AGAIN!
WE SHALL RULE!
YES, WE SHALL WIN AND RULE AGAIN!
Bob didn't fully understand what they were talking about, but he gulped loudly.
COME TO US
WE SHALL FINISH THE RULE OF THE GODS!
BUT FIRST START FINISHING DEMIGODS!
DEMIGODS SUCK!
WE SHALL START WITH THOSE TWO IN TARTARUS!
THEY DARE TO COME HERE? WE SHALL PERISH THEM!
His fear suddenly vanished at that. He stood tall with his broom handled upside down, the end of it hitting the ground hard. They wanted to hurt his friend? He would not let them perish Percy! The voices slowly died, but they still echoed in his head, like an afterimage.
Nevertheless, he ran towards the chasm and stood at the edge. There he was! Percy! His friend! But Percy was crying and stumbling. He seemed to be protecting a mortal girl, who was in danger too. The monsters were all females with one leg of an animal & other metallic, their fangs deadly dangerous. Empousai , the correct word came to him, just like that. It was as if it was already in his mind, and it was just waiting to come outside at the right time.
He snapped out of his jumbled thoughts when he saw two of them biting Percy. Absolute fury surrounded him. No one can hurt his friend! He gave a huge war battle cry and jumped down the edge. But this time his landing wasn't accurate, because instead of landing in front of Percy, he landed on the Empousai near the mortal girl, and smashed the monster with his foot. Ha Ha! Bob felt like laughing out loud. But the others were still attacking. And Percy was still in danger. Help Friends.
Soon, Bob finished all of the bad lady monsters. After a happy reunion and introductions, he took the lead and started walking towards the place that he just remembered. It would be perfect for these mortals, compared to this bad place Tartarus.
He couldn't believe it for a moment. He was with his friends! He will protect his friends so that they could...do whatever they were about to do here.
But Bob was scared. Very scared. Not of Tartarus. The place didn't scare him a bit. But the voices-they scared him.
He didn't know why, but he started chanting the name Bob in his head. Probably to not let the voices attack his mind again. He felt a little assured. But then he also started chanting other small phrases too-
Bob, Bob, Bob
Help Friends
Protect friends
Percy is his friend
Annabeth is also his friend
Bob protects his friends
I am Bob.
A/N: Oh, no no no. I didn't cry at all. Nope, no way. Oh this? It's just liquid pouring out of my eyes! *sniffle*
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