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"Percy's over there! My sister and the others haven't gotten to him yet, but we still need to hurry!" Reyna hopped up from the floor and grabbed Annabeth's hand, leading her towards their destination.
"Wait!" Annabeth called. Reyna skidded to a stop and turned her head around partly to look at her. "What about my dagger?" Reyna's eyes widened as she remembered Annabeth's weapon. Spinning on her heels, she ran over to a wooden cabinet on the far wall of the room. Her hand clamped around the handle of the top drawer and pulled it open, revealing a celestial bronze knife with a wooden handle. Picking it up, Reyna ran back over to Annabeth and handed her the weapon. Annabeth studied it before turning her attention back to Reyna, "You haven't tampered with it have you?"
"No. It was in the drawer the whole time." Annabeth didn't seem to believe Reyna as her gaze was distrustful. Reyna sighed, "Now is not the time for questions. Percy's in danger right?" Annabeth nodded, "Then let's go save him!" Taking her by the hand once again, Reyna quickly led Annabeth out the temple door and over a hill towards another temple, this one even bigger than the previous one. They stopped, however, when Reyna held up her free hand in a hold-it motion. Slowly, she pointed to a few feet to their left. There, running around wildly and squeaking loudly, like a complete moron, was a furry, black guinea pig with sea green eyes that were wide with panic.
"Percy!" The guinea pig abruptly stopped and turned to stare at Annabeth with eyes filled with hope. She ran forward and hugged him gleefully, "You giant idiot!" Tears of both joy and sorrow were filling her eyes as the two shared a happy reunion. The joy was cut short, however, when Percy took notice of Reyna. He squeaked angrily and jumped out of Annabeth's arms, heading straight towards the handmaiden of Circe with a look of murder in his eyes. He didn't get far though, as Annabeth reached over and grabbed him by the tail. "No." she scolded, "Reyna is a friend of ours and we can trust her." Reyna's eyes grew hopeful, "I think." Annabeth added causing Reyna to grow sad again as she kicked at a nearby pebble. Percy stared at Annabeth for a few seconds, debating whether or not he should obey her or attack the potential threat. He decided that if he wanted to stay out of physical therapy, which he did, then the best choice for him would be to obey her. So he did.
"He's over there! And there are people with him!" The trio turned to see a group of Circe's handmaidens had spotted them and where now making their way up to the temple.
"Pluto's pauldrons." Reyna swore. Annabeth looked at her. Did she just speak Latin instead of Ancient Greek? Shrugging it off, she picked up Percy and got ready to flee.
She looked towards Reyna, "Where to?"
Reyna looked nervous as she turned towards Annabeth, "I don't think you're going to like it."
Annabeth scoffed, "Please, I've been through so much today I've lost track of all the bad things that have happened. Hit me with your worst."
Reyna sighed, "We need to go back to Circe's temple. Otherwise, Percy will stay a guinea pig." Annabeth shuddered slightly. She didn't like the idea of going straight towards a crazy, immortal sorceress instead of away, but she wanted Percy to go back into his human form. He was completely helpless in his current form.
That was apparently the least of Annabeth's worries, as a voice sounded out behind them, "Reyna?"
Reyna turned around to face the voice, and paled. "Hylla?"