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"Alfonso wanted to talk to you and he told me to get you. He will be waiting for you by the beach."

As far as she knew, Alfonso was an Aries kid that had a nasty temper but the curiosity caught the better of her. But like every time, as the saying goes curiosity killed the cat and in that case she was the cat. She didn't even notice the lie and walk towards the beach even if night was already falling.

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Even as she walk towards her destination she couldn't stop the feeling from evading her. She didn't recognized it at first, choosing instead to continue walking. Whatever it was she didn't cared, at first.

What is this? I don't get it!

But it kept growing bigger and bigger that it was unbearable for her to not notice.

The sun was going down.

She stop and look at the firmament and sigh happily. She love how sundown looks the way they light the world even in its final hours. The way the red-fiery orb shine, mingling with the darkening-but-nonetheless-fluffy-clouds. They dyed the heavens first red, second orange and lastly the darkening blue. Until they wore no more but a stygian darkness that takes over the heavens.

Windy kick some sand and murmur under her breath.

"He isn't here! What the hell I am doing. I should be going to the cabin. It's late. What was I hoping for anyway…?"

Maybe she had hope for a confession, but she knew that was almost nonexistent. Blackness had covered the valley and Windy stood looking at the stars shining in the atmosphere. Windy felt footsteps behind her, but as she turn around all color drain from her face.

"You shouldn't have come."

And she cried loudly in pain.

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Amber felt a chill down her spine. She stood up unexpectedly and look at the dark sky through the window for a moment. Later she shook her head. She was hearing things, but her ears still twitch a little.

Percy who stood before look at her concerned.

"Are you okay?"

She nodded but Percy was somewhat unconvinced. Percy notice the thinking look on her pale face. The frown on her lips and the shape of her distorted black-eyebrows.

"I don't believe you. What is it?"

Amber took her eyes of the window to look at Percy. Her face change to her calm look and Percy thought, that maybe he had hallucinated it.

"It's just that I have a bad feeling. I thought I heard someone scream. It was uncannily closed to Windy's voice."

And Percy look trouble. He didn't voice it out but he too was trouble. He felt eerie. He had felt it minutes ago but he hadn't said a word, and maybe she was in trouble.

"Let's go search for her then."

Amber nodded her approval.

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Windy look horrified at the persons standing in front of them. Her mouth was gagged with a piece of dirty cloth. She had wound all over her body. Her beautiful white pants and the colorful shirts she had on was in shreds. She was unable to move from where she stood deep in the forest. She felt miserable and cold. Her hand were roped and she stood against a pine tree. She regret ever going to meet Alfonso because even if he met him. He had this sorry look on his face.

"Alfonso, good job."

Alfonso who was looking down at Windy flinched, but only she notice it. She felt afraid but the most emotion she had was feeling sorry for Alfonso. Who look like he didn't wanted to be in this predicament.

Annabeth stood beside him. She had an evil smirk on her face.

"Didn't I told you I will make your life miserable?"

As she voice that out, she gave Windy a loud knee kick to her stomach. Windy felt air leave her. She gasp for breath but the piece of cloth made her almost unable to. Windy wanted to cry but she held it up, instead she glare at Annabeth. She remember Amber´s words. She shouldn't bow down to nobody, because she knew she would have done otherwise. She had to be strong. She had to be strong in every predicament even if she was in the losing side.

"Ha, this girl has a backbone. I never knew she had. Look at her glaring at me." Annabeth laughed. It was evil and it made Windy angry. She never felt angry. She was submissive, but she was never angry. She was obedient but she had never gone against nobody´s words.

Annabeth closed the distant between Windy and her. She look dead-eye at Windy and smirk. Annabeth´s aura was menacing for Windy, but she was so angry she didn't care.

"You shouldn't have play with me Windy. I was okay with Percy. He and I was meant to be. I was almost about to marry him, but you destroyed my plan. He was going to proposed to me, but you trample all over it. He was supposed to help me become the best architect in the universe. Even I know that without his help I wouldn't be who I am. The best fighter in my cabin. My biggest dream was to become the head-architect in Olympus, but because of you…It has all been disrupted." she hissed.

Windy knew that Annabeth had lost it. She knew that Annabeth could use her own abilities to gain what she wanted, but she was so into the idea to make Percy do all the hard work for her. Windy knew at that moment that Annabeth was like a person who was ready to receive its payment without doing a lot of hard work, and to make matter worst. She knew that Annabeth wanted the best outcome out of somebody hard work.

Windy muffled her protest. The rag was an excellent opponent against her voice. She wanted to protest. Windy demanded that her words be heard. So the only way Windy was able to protest was to use her eyes. Windy role her eyes at Annabeth.

"Do you have something to say?"

Annabeth lift her hands and roughly took the dirty rag from Windy´s mouth. Windy spit on Annabeth´s face, who quietly wipe the liquid out of her face. She shook her hands to get rid of the spit.

"I didn't do anything. What you are doing is wrong. You are just using Percy and he doesn't deserved that."

Annabeth didn't even see that coming, but her anger had reach the limit, because she did something that made even Alfonso take a step backwards.

Annabeth laughed hard and loud. Windy could see the insanity in her eyes. She could see Annabeth´s eyes that were almost bulging out of her sockets.

The next words that came out of Annabeth mouth made Alfonso and the rest of the demigods beside them freeze. Even Windy´s anger went away. She became still. Her eyes dilated. She became scared.

"Alfonso. Make her pay…"

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Here is the next chapter.