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Chapter Four: It All Begins Now

Argus dropped Percy and I off a block away from a base the agents discovered when Luke left. We followed him and found the base. Anyways, Percy and I walked slowly to the base, an awkward silence bubbling its way up.

"So…?" Percy started. I mentally face palmed.

"You know, you don't always have to have a conversation, right?" I sighed, needless to say, I actually liked the silence. I still hate him after all.

"Oh, right"

I sighed again, this guy is such a…

"Seaweed Brain"

"What?" he asked obviously confused.

"You are very stupid, so I will call you Seaweed Brain. Your brain is so full of kelp that I doubt you even understanding half of the things I'm saying right now."

"Oh, well aren't you such a..a..Wise Girl"

"Why thank you" I retorted. "I thought these nicknames were supposed to be insulting."

"It is insulting!"

"You're calling me smart!"

"In my book, they are nicknames" I rolled my eyes.

I opened my mouth to reply, but Percy stopped dead in his tracks. It was so sudden, that I nearly bumped into him.

"Wha-"I started to say, but was stopped when I saw what was in front of me.

A boarded up store stood in front of me. It was a "Billy's Bait and Tackle Shop." That's odd, 'cause there isn't an ocean for miles. This must be the place.

Suddenly, a weird feeling started bubbling in my stomach- it was anxiety. I tugged on the hem of my shirt, which was part of my disguise, hopping the people inside would be fooled. I was wearing a black tank top (considering it was the middle of summer) I wore my book bag slung over my shoulder. Percy, on the other hand, wore a grey t-shirt, and army pants as well. My hair, was tied into a high pony tail, and I had blue contacts, I basically looked like a California girl. Percy had his brown eye contacts on.

Percy rang the doorbell, which was good because I was glued to the floor in awe. Just as Percy rang it, the door slammed open, which, I'm ashamed to say, frightened me a little bit.

A boy, around Percy and my age, stepped out. He had an eye patch over one of his eyes, and his mouth formed a permanent scowl. "Yes?" he said tersely.

Percy spoke for the both of us, "I am Peter Johnson and this is Amanda Carter" gesturing towards me and adding, "I believe we are your new recruits."

I batted my eyes at him in a flirtatious way, just like a dumb blond, and said, "Yes, I am the daughter of Atlas, and he sent me here along with Peter, son of Iapetus, the other titans." You see, the titans are a group of criminals and they send their children to work for Kronos, the major criminal. Atlas and Iapetus are some titans, although there are many more. Iapetus is actually good, he's working undercover, and Atlas was imprisoned, so I'm posing as one of the kids he had before he was captured.

"I see, then what is the code word?" Ethan sneered.

Percy shot a glance at me and I nodded. We both said, "There is none." Ethan scowled again and stepped aside, letting me enter.

Ethan led us to the back of the shop. There was nothing peculiar about the inside though, it actually looked like an old and abandoned bait shop…and smelled like one, too…yuck.

Although it didn't seem like anything worth mentioning, there was actually a hidden passageway in the back. It was obscured, so it was basically unnoticeable. Ethan pulled on a thin strip of string hanging there and a trap door revealed itself. We had to climb down the ladder in order to actually get in.

Once we got in, Ethan quickly took us to their "leader." Could this person possibly be Kronos. If he is, then, I want to kick his butt.

Ethan suddenly stopped, and since I was walking behind Percy, I bumped into him again. I peered over his shoulder and saw the one person that made my fists clench.

"Luke," Ethan said nonchalantly. "These are the new recruits"

"Ahh, yes" Luke slurred. Who knew he was this high in rank, woah, I did not know he was the "leader."

"Hello, I'm Peter Johnson" Percy said confidently. He stepped aside, allowing me to be seen.

" And I'm Amanda Carter," Luke's eyes lingered on me more that I would've liked. Maybe he recognized me!

Luke nodded. "Okay, you book bags will be allowed to be kept with you, however, Ethan will check, their contents." Ethan obeyed by basically yanking it off Percy and me.

He quickly skimmed through the contents as my heart pounded. What if our weapons are detected?

Ethan nodded at Luke. My heart rate slowed down.

"You guys will get your DNAs checked to make sure you are related to the Titans, so" Luke plucked a piece of hair off my head as well as Percy's," this will be needed."

He gestured Ethan to take us to what I am guessing are our rooms. Ethan led the way through the unfamiliar halls and finally stopped at one room that was labeled: AP63.

"Are we going to be sharing rooms?" I asked, not really wanting to be with Percy and yet do not want be alone.

"You guys have been chosen as partners which means, yes you will be sharing the same room"

I saw Percy smirk at me from the corner of my eye, ugh.

"I will leave you guys to unpack, if you have any questions, don't feel free to bother me," Ethan scowled and left us.

Inside the room, there were two beds. I sat down on one of them, and they were as hard as rocks, the mattress wasn't even a mattress. The sheets were very light and had a dark grey color. There was a room in the left corner, which I was hoping would be a bathroom. On the right corner, there was a closet, with new uniforms, some for me (which were oddly my exact size) and some for Percy. There was a dim light hanging from the ceiling and the walls were painted grey, as well as the tiled floors.

"Which bed do you want" Percy asked, breaking the cool silence.

I gestured towards the one I sat on. He nodded.

"Ok, fine by me," he said as he lay down on the bed, with me following suit. In my defense, I was mentally exhausted. How would you feel if you were going undercover and had plenty chances of getting killed? I pulled the sheets on top of me and fell as the comforting darkness overcame me. This was once interrupted as a nightmare started to form.

I was running away from something. My legs and muscles hurt from running this long. I don't know what I was running away from, but I knew it must not be good. Just then a loud voice rang through the dark and empty halls.

"Annie! Where, oh, where are you? Don't run, you know I am going to get you, right?" Luke's shrill voice slurred as it echoed. There was a room around the corner, and my subconscious told me to go in, and I did.

Inside, there was Thalia, tied up on a chair, and looked severely injured. I ran towards her and tried to free her from her bonds. The ropes around her did not budge. Just then, the room slammed open and there stood Luke, his hair as slick as ever, and his scar crooked as he grinned evilly.

"Annabeth, Thalia! Perfect, you're just in time! Time to get tortured!" Luke took out a whip thingy and prepared to strike at Thalia, who was unconscious. Not wanting to see my best friend hurt any more than she already is, I jumped in front of her and the whip struck my body, leaving me screaming on the floor in pain. When I thought Luke would lash out on me again, a mysterious figure came and save me. He punched Luke in the face and round house kicked him until he fell on the floor, groaning in pain. He approached me, his raven hair shaving his eyes. He hovered over my body.

"Annabeth" he shook my body and as he did so, his hair fell out of the way, and I was about to look up at his eyes-

I woke up with a start and saw Percy hovering over me. "Annabeth" he said. "Are you okay, you've been twisting and turning while you were asleep, did you have a nightmare?"

I nodded still feeling numb from the dream. Who was that figure, he looked strangely familiar.

"Are you okay?" Percy asked me as he pulled me into a hug. I hugged him back for some odd reason, being in his embrace felt oddly comforting. I looked up to his face; his eyes were lined with worry.

"I'm fine, Percy, thanks for worrying, what time is it?" I asked him.

Percy grinned. "Late."

I rolled my eyes, feeling like myself again," Come on, Seaweed Brain, let's scope out the area, and see if we find anything important." Percy nodded, agreeing as he got up and stretched his arms. I followed suit.

Once, Percy and I gathered up all the materials we might need (which was everything in our book bags) we quietly tip-toed out of the room and walked around the halls. My guess was that it was around 2 am in the morning, so most of the recruits were asleep.

Percy and I did not find anything weird until we heard voices coming from a room labeled LEADER'S OFFICE, which I am guessing is Luke's room. Luke's whisper-yelling could be heard from where Percy and I were standing which was right outside of the door.

"Kronos specifically ordered us to kill off Olympic Airlines!" Ethan said.

"Well, yes, but now he wants the big three gone, along with the other Olympians. We need to focus on getting rid of Poseidon Sea Corps, Olympic Airlines, and Hades Underground Travel" Luke hissed. I felt Percy tensed beside me that would make sense, Poseidon is his father.

"I know, but what does this have to do with that Thalia girl?" Ethan said.

"You idiot, that girl could be used to get to Olympic Airlines!"

"But, wouldn't Athena think of something, she is the strategist!

"I know, you nitwit, that's why we need to get Annabeth Chase, the daughter of Athena"

"Ohhhh" Ethan said. My breath hitched by the mention of my name, I saw Percy's breath hitch as well. I looked at him with wide eyes.

'what are we going to do' I mouthed at Percy?

'I don't know' he replied honestly.

' We should go before they discover we are here' I mouthed again.

He nodded, but I noticed something was weird. Luke and Ethan stopped talking, which was very unlikely. My eyes grew wide as realization hit me. They must know we are here. I looked over to Percy and saw that he realized, too.

Without hesitation, Percy and I made a run for, it. There were no corners anyway so we could not jump out of the line of eyesight. This was horrible. What are we going to do? Percy and I kept running, but it was too late, the door slammed open.

Ohhh, cliffie! You're welcome. However, you guys would have to review in order to find out what happens next. I want at least ten reviews, or I won't update. I hate it when authors do this, but come on, please? I also want to make a new fanfic, Percabeth of course. I was thinking something like this:

Annabeth is a geek, with hidden musical talent. She has no friends besides her little group of friends. But she is hiding, hiding a secret no one else knows. Percy is 'the popular guy,' he is a total jerk and a bully. When the pair is assigned a project to do together, will Percy discover Annabeth's secrets? Will their relationship worsen, or will sparks fly?

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