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The 379th Hero: It was kind of a filler, but I hope to not have any more fillers.
Cku5: Hehehehe, we're not in school. I can if I want, can't I? -pout
Helen laughed as she rewinded the video again. It was, in fact, the video where Eric and Laurel had to tell Percy that she was dead. That one.
There was something about her boyfriend and her best friend getting beaten up that was really funny.
"Can you please stop watching that?" Laurel questioned from where she was nursing her own wounds.
"Yeah! That's a great idea, Laurel!" Eric jumped up excitedly.
Helen hit him playfully over the head.
The son of Mars winced. "Ow, my ego!" he stated dramatically before grinning like a lunatic.
"They told me you were dead! Were you part of this? Were you, shortstack?" Percy was fuming in the same room as them.
"I'm taller than you." Helen frowned.
"That's not the point!"
"...Fine, I was part of it." the daughter of Poseidon admitted.
"I knew it! Why did you trick me? We could have been attacked then and there. Where would I be? Oh, I would be beating the living shit out of two of my friends!" he frowned.
"I'll admit it wasn't the best idea I've ever had..." Helen said calmly.
"Oh, really?" Percy slumped back in the chair he was sitting in.
"But you need to stop cursing."
"Why should I?"
"It reflects the way you think about things. If you curse all of the time, you'll start seeing everything negetively." Helen instructed. (AN: I know this from experience! cku5 knows I do at least...;))
"Do you know when we can leave the Middle World?" Laurel interrupted, getting annoyed with the sibilings arguements.
"...Well, why not now?" the daughter of Poseidon shrugged. "If we do it now or later, it will get the same results. Only it would be quicker now."
"Let's go." Eric shrugged. "What should we bring? Weapons, weapons, weapons, anything else?"
"You are such a child of Mars." the daughter of Hecate rolled her eyes. "We need to bring extra clothes, food, I don't think water will be a problem with Helen and Percy here, medical supplies..."
"I think we get it." Helen signaled for her friend to shut up.
They packed all day, checking and double checking what they had. By five, they were all ready to go, with all of the needed supplies in their bags.
"Let's go through the checklist." Laurel looked over a sheet of paper that was black with white words. The perfect sheet for a dyslexic person to read. "Who brought ambrosia and nectar?"
"I did," Eric raised his hand.
"The food?"
Helen raised her hand.
"Weapons?"
Percy raised his hand.
"And I have some potions. We all have spare clothes, yes?"
Everyone nodded.
"Let's go." Laurel stepped back to let Helen take the lead. "Where to?"
"Do you see that little speck of white in the darkness over there?" the daughter of Poseidon directed their vision to the speck. "If I'm right, that is a light source. "Where there is a light source, there is the surface world." Helen looked at the other demigods.
"You mean that escape was that close and no one found it?" Percy looked enraged.
"There must have been something stopping them. Or maybe we never had to go there before." Laurel tried to reason with him.
"Whatever," he trudged towards the speck.
The rest of the group followed.
"Guys," Laurel stated after a minute.
"Yes?" the team whirled around to face her.
"I think I know why no one went there before." the daughter of Hecate swallowed.
"Why?" Helen asked.
"Because the goddess of the Middle World, Jane, wouldn't have wanted it. She likes to watch us chosen ones fight. I'm afraid that by trying to escape, we'll make her mad. And who knows what will happen then...No one really knows the extent of Jane's power. Only that she can control the Middle World, which means," Laurel looked at the group. "This trip could be deadly."
The group was silent for a good five minutes.
"Well, we have to keep on trying right?" Helen tried to lighten the mood. "If we don't try, we'll never succeed!"
"You are the opposite of your brother." Eric frowned. "He's a pessimist and you're and optimist."
"Is there anything wrong with that?" two pairs of sea green eyes flashed to the son of Mars.
"No."
"Then we can keep going, right?" Helen pumped her fist in the air.
"I guess so," Laurel was still pretty nervous.
The daughter of Poseidon looked at her. "If you really don't want to go, I'm not forcing you or anything."
"No, I want to go." the daughter of Hecate nodded vigorously.
"Then," this was a voice that didn't belong to any of the group members.
"Jane..." Laurel's eyes widened even further.
"You can go together!" the goddess's voice surrounded them.
"Everybody grab each other's hand!" Eric, for once, truely sounded scared. "There is no way of telling what she'll do."
That was when they felt it. The ground, it was getting softer. They were sinking through.
"If we fall through," Helen looked nervous. "Where does this go?"
Laurel, Eric, and Percy all looked equally scared. "Tartarus."
That was when the ground underneath their feet gave way, and they were encompassed in blackness.
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