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Annabeth's POV
Her gnarled and wrinkled hands kept a tight grip on my arms. She hadn't bothered to cut my chains off very well, so they dragged behind me, catching on the uneven rocky ground. I had to sprint to keep up with her long strides. I was surrounded by the sound of hissing snakes.
When I had stood up, my ankle had felt like it was on fire. Being dragged across Tartarus wasn't helping much either. The pain got worse with each passing second. I bit my lip so hard that blood was trickling down my chin, and I felt tears form at the corner of my eyes. I quickly brushed the tears away with my arm.If only I had some ambrosia...
That's it! Ambrosia! I fingered the three pieces I had in my pocket. Quickly stuffing one in my mouth, I continued getting dragged through Tartarus. It was a little bit more endurable now though. The
I kept my eyes clamped shut, resulting in a lot of stumbling and tripping. Any ideas I had of trickery had vanished and was replaced by fear.
I knew who she was. "You have such beautiful grey eyes, my child." She had said the same thing to her when she was twelve and was on her first quest with Percy and Grover, at Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium.
She was Medusa.
"Hurry up, child. We don't want to keep your boyfriend waiting, don't we?" Medusa snarled. Her sharp claws grasped onto me tighter than ever, probably cutting off all circulation in my right arm.
I remembered meeting Medusa for my first time. I had Percy with me back then. Medusa would purr and croon to him. Now, she talked to me like she wanted to kill me right then and there, but was holding back. I understood her wanting to kill me, I was the daughter of the one who cursed her. Her holding back was what I didn't understand. It was almost as if she had something more horrible planned for me.
Medusa shoved me, causing me to fall. "We're here," she said. "Now, don't you want to open your eyes to see your boyfriend?"
I was suddenly overwhelmed to see Percy, to be in his arms again, to have him tell me that everything will be alright and that we'll never lose each other again.
But I shook my head, resisting the urge to open my eyes. I braced myself for Medusa's attack, my fists clenched. I was prepared to attack her with as many kicks and punches as I could possibly land on her. They wouldn't do as much damage as my dagger would have, but I wanted Medusa to at least feel some pain before I go down.
It never happened. Medusa sighed and said, "I'll get you to open your eyes eventually..." I heard a clanging sound, followed by footsteps. They got quieter and quieter, until I couldn't hear them anymore.
I risked taking a small peak. I was in a metal cage. My heart sank as I realized what had happened.
When Medusa shoved me, I must have fallen into the cage. The loud clanging sound was the sound of her closing the door of my new prison.
I gripped at the metal bars, trying to find a weak point that I could break. I had to escape and find Percy. After only a few seconds of rattling, I heard the voice I had been longing to hear.
"Annabeth?" I heard someone say. "Wise Girl?"
I spun around, trying to find where that voice had come from. And then I screamed.
Overcome by shock, I backed up as far as I could from the source of the voice. For when I turned around, expecting to see the sea green eyes I had come to love, I saw only one big brown eye.
A Cyclops's ability to mimic voices had always freaked me out. This time was no exception. Hearing this monster speak in my boyfriend's voice was... well, terrifying.
The Cyclops gave me a crooked grin. He was missing some teeth, and the few that he had were yellow. His breath smelled worse than both the Pegasus stable and the bathrooms and Camp Half-Blood combined.
Laughing, the Cyclops roared, "Pretty lady is funny when you are scared! I like guarding scared people!"
I scowled. "You really have to work on scaring people, if you want to scare a child of Athena herself."
The Cyclops frowned. "Scared lady is not very nice, but I am not allowed to killyou."
I nearly smacked myself for not realizing until now. Medusa may have been a hard monster to trick, but a Cyclops? Even easier than tricking Percy. A plan quickly started forming in my head.
"You're not allowed to kill me? Oh, that's too bad…"
"Why? Why is that too bad?" the Cyclops asked, confused.
"I was just wondering, you were chosen to be my guard, right? Did you get anything in return for this?"
The Cyclops was obviously thinking hard. "No, but the snake lady said that she might let me watch you die if I do a good job! That sounds like fun!"
I tried to look sorry for him. "Only watch? You do all the work and you only get to watch? I don't think that sounds very fair. I think you should at least get to kill me since you're doing all the work. Do you think so?"
The Cyclops's expression got more and more angry. "No!" he shouted. "Not fair! Not fair to Nikator!"
I smiled at him. "Nikator? Is that your name?"
"Yes," he said proudly, holding his head up. "Means 'the conqueror.'"
I nearly laughed at how easy this was going to be. "Well Nicky, wait can I call you Nicky?" After he gave me a nod, I continued. "Well, how about we make this fair?"
He looked at me suspiciously. "Is scared lady going to help me? I nodded eagerly. After considering this for a few more seconds, he finally said, "Okay. Let's make this fair for Nicky, scared lady."
So yes the monster was Medusa! Well what do you guys think about this chapter? And by the way, I'll be writing in four demigods' prespectives. Percy, Annabeth, Jason, and another Roman demigod/Nico (2 chapters per demigod and not necessarily in that order). So who should the fourth demigod be, Hazel, Frank, or Nico? Tell me by leaving a review :)
