Chapter 4

It was the second day of their time at Tartarus and the sons of Posiedon were well rested and wide awake. They were halfway through their trek towards Erebus when they heard dracaena and telekhines charging towards them. The trio took out their respective weapons and began fighting: killing anything that crossed their way. However they were not prepared for weird shadow creatures to emerge from the ground. They looked like earthborn, apart from the fact that they had less arms and were pitch black.

Percy narrowed his eyes, obviously not afraid of challenge, and charged at the peculiar creature. He raised his sword at it and swiped at its feet but the creature mearly jumped out of the way and aimed a punch at Percy`s jaw causing him to stumble back and instinctively wipe his jaw.

Dazed, Percy looked over to his two brothers and almost gasped, there were about three on each of his brothers and they looked to be battered up and bruised. He roared in anger and leapt onto the nearest creature only to be backhanded away. Before he could act again, a foot connected with the side of his head and slipping into unconsciousness,he watched powerless, as his brother's were dragged away...

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Nico silently crept towards the beach feeling determined and brave. That wretched girl will finally get what she deserved. He found her sitting on the sand, hugging her knees. She seemed to be crying and Nico felt his blood boil. How dare that daughter of Athena cry over him? It was her fault he's dead now.

Nico pushed his anger out and concentrated on the task ahead. He took a deep breath and brought out his Stygian Iron sword and held it by the handle. 'Justice' he thought and smashed the hilt of his sword against Annabeth's head and watched her lay limp onto the floor.

Nico hastily grabbed her arms and swung Annabeth's body over his shoulder. He really wanted to leave the beach since the seas were very restless ever since Percy died. As much as Nico didn't want to talk to think about Percy, he couldn't help but feel depressed. Percy was the only, apart from Bianca and Hazel, who really understood him.

Nico shook his head. He was doing a mission for his father, he should focus. Nico dove into the nearest shadow and let the familiar tug of his gut lead him to his destination: the throne room of Hades.

A few minutes later, Nico stumbled out of the shadows in his father's throne; even though he was immortal now, he still had trouble sometimes.

"Ah,Nico you have arrived. I see the mission went well?" Hades raised an eyebrow.

Nico just nodded,"Yes father, nobody was with her."

"Good, now throw her in the dungeons before she wakes up." Hades snarled and flashed away, probably to inform Poseidon that the deed has been completed.

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Percy was so angry, not even slicing hellhounds to bits was satisfying. He couldn't believe that they had been kidnapped right under his nose aswell. Come to think of it, it was as if they had been targeted and he had been purposely ignored so that they could capture his brothers. That just fueld his anger.

Percy was certain that they were with Erebus, as almost everyone in Tarturas was on his side. As he continued his trek towards the heart of Tarturas, he would stop once in a while to drink the fire-water. Other then that, his life at the moment was awfully uneventful. He wondered whether he should ask Hades for help when he saw some kind of fort-like structure in the distance.

As he got closer, Percy started to realise that it was in fact a fort made of obsidean and bones that stretched over 1000 yards. He crept a little more closer and he realised telekhines where guarding the entrance to the fort.

He silently skipped towards the telekhine guarding the front door and dragged him away from the fort, putting a hand on his mouth to muffle his screams. When he felt that he was far enough from enemy ears, he took out his sword and pointed it threateningly at his neck.

"Where are my brothers?" Percy whispered, digging the blade deeper into its skin.

The creature trembled,"t-they are with Erebus,underground!"

"Good," Percy slit the throat of the telekhine and watched it turn to dust.

Percy smirked as strolled through the entrance, the stupid dogs hadn't even bothered to check up on him. He ran through the sideway untill he found what he was looking for: a cabin,which really resembled the ones at camp-half blood. He gingerly walked in and to his suprise there was no one there.

There seemed to be another door which lead to some kind of staircase. He followed it down to find a pair of dracaena hissing at him as if expecting him. He raised his sword to parry one of its strikes and swiped its legs off the floor. He ducked under a hit from the other vampire-like creature and stabbed his sword into its stomatch. He turned to face the other one and he found her still on the ground. He lazily plunged his sword, right through her heart and walked out of the corridor only to face booming laughter...

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When Nico returned to his father's throne room, he found his uncle Posiedon talking with his dad. "Father, I have thrown her in the dungeons." Nico said.

Hades whipped round to face his son. "Good my lieutenant, you may leave."

Finished? Just like that? No. He wanted answers.

"But father, I wanted to know what you were going to do her."

Hades raised an eyebrow and quickly whispered something to the sea god. Posiedon cleared his throat," That spawn of Athena will be coming with me."

"But to do what?" Nico almost shouted.

Posiedon smirked,"well if you must know."

And the sea god explained his plan.

Good? Bad? Ugly? Smelly? Too short? Tell me what you think by reviewing and also although I have an idea of what to do to Annabeth tell me what you think I should do to punish her. Good day.