X. Chloe Lusiasik
Hello! I can't believe that this is my tenth chapter! I'm so glad that school's out and I'm enjoying the beach and the sun, yet I miss my friends :'(. On to the tenth chapter! And please, please review.
CHLOE WAS TERRIFIED. She'd been walking through a dark, poisonous place that had never stopped attempting to kill her and Nico. The rivers were terrible; one was made with fire, another with misery, another with hatred, one that could wipe your memory away, and one that was full of broken dreams and promises. The air was poisonous, and even the ground was made of broken glass that pierced their feet. Ever since Nico had asked her out and they started dating, she'd felt more in danger, since he promised never to leave her side. Every second, they were attacked by ghosts, monsters, giants and Titans. When they slept, they were plagued with nightmares of demigods dying, and a Titan that Chloe identified as Tartarus. Only thing that was good about this place was that Annabeth had described it to her and she had found a temple, apparently to Hermes that produced some food every so often. The food was from Camp Half-Blood, and she figured out that she could send messages to the camp, and camp could message back.
"You okay?" Nico asked, asked Chloe screamed in her sleep.
"The usual. I've always had nightmares, but none as strong as these." she said, glancing around. "This place is having an effect on us. Everything here was made for the dead monsters. I need some fresh air, and soon." She stood up and stretched. Her face showed shock and anger at something behind Nico.
"What is it?" he asked, turning around. Behind him were Kelli and two other empousai.
"Savannah and Eliza, you take the boy, and I'll take the girl." she ordered.
"What are you doing here?" Chloe asked, one hand on her hair clip and one into a tightly curled fist.
"Why, your little friends on the Argo II brought me here! Don't think that hair clip will do you any good, because I'll destroy it!" Kelli shouted, her face in a wicked smile, showing her fangs. "Or I could keep it as a token." she muttered to herself.
"That's what you think!" Chloe said, smirking, as she pulled out her hair clip. Immediately, the clip tuned into a sword. "Why don't we have a little fight?" Chloe ran toward the empousa, and attacked. She fought viciously, calling on her powers to help her. Kelli quickly turned to dust, and Chloe ran off to find Nico.
Finding him, she swiftly helped him to his feet and they ran off. Moments; later, they ran into some arai.
"Oh, crap. This isn't very good." Chloe muttered to Nico.
"What do they do?" he asked.
"They give curses to demigods, because demigods are cursed by their enemies." she said, staring ahead at the approaching arai. When they slashed, she ducked, trying to escape. However, they gave her and Nico some nasty curses for all the monsters they had killed in Tartarus.
Just then, a Titan dressed as a janitor with a mop in his hand, and a kitten in his hair, appeared. "Bob!" Chloe cried, recognizing the Titan.
"How do you know who he is?" Nico asked, trying to get away from the arai.
"Annabeth told me about him while she was talking about Tartarus. You know, Percy and her went down here too!" she said.
"Oh." was all that came from his mouth as Bob mopped the spirits away.
"Bob tought you need help, so he come help!" Bob said, his huge face covered with a huge grin.
"Thanks a lot, Bob. You're always there when your friends need you. Shouldn't you be back in the mortal world, though? I thought that after the Second War, you and Damasen were freed and went back to the mortal world." she said, not understanding how the Titan was with them.
"We Titans have ability to go anywhere we want, and even tough memory was killed, I know how to do all tose cool tricks." Bob said, grinning.
"If you still know your way around Tartarus, could you help by showing us the way, making a map, or even telling us where to go? We need help, so we were wondering if you could help us get out of this place." Chloe asked.
"Tartarus is rising, so you need stay here and help friends later." Bob said simply. "I cannot help you get out of here, yet. When the war is over and if we survive, den I can help you."
"Why do we have to stay here? Does it have something to do with the war?" Nico asked, Chloe just as curious.
Bob sighed like her question was hard to answer. "If you leave, den Tartarus would have you killed for trying to help your friends. I recently Iris-Messaged-"
"What's Iris-Messaging?" Chloe interrupted.
"Iris, de goddess of de rainbows, creates dem. All you do is find rainbow, throw drachma in it, and say, 'O Iris, goddess of de rainbow, accept my offering.' Den say de name or names of de people you want to contact. One drachma per person." Bob explained. "Now you understand?"
"Yes. Please continue." Nico said before Chloe could ask any more questions.
"I recently Iris Messaged de crew on the Argo II and tey dink dat you're de key to defeating Tartarus. I tink it's because you're so powerful since you have more powers combined, and both of you have a parent part of de Big Tree. Team in Tartarus and team up dere equals Tartarus go BOOM!" Bob finished.
Chloe was surprised that she would be the key to defeating Tartarus. She glanced at Nico and it was obvious that he was thinking the same. Then she wondered wh"What are we supposed to do here, Bob? Just wait around?" she asked.
"Yeah! What are we supposed to do?" Nico asked.
"You need kill monster so friends not have to do all. Den, you need sacrifice something to the gods, all dem and ask if tey could help. Simple!" Bob said. The kitten inside of his coat came out and mewed. "Say hello to Small Bob! He's a very good monster."
"Hello." both said.
"Do you mind telling us where we could find those monsters, and where to sacrifice?" Nico asked.
Just as Bob opened his mouth to answer, a group of drakons, and a crazy flying pig appeared. "I think he meant to kill all the monsters."
That was the tenth chapter, and I'm very busy with the other book, and today was my friend's birthday, so I went to her birthday party. Happy Birthday, Isabellarose! Yes, that's her name. While you're waiting for the eleventh chapter, you can do a favor for me: REVIEW! Bye for now.
-Chloe