Few things before we start: Okay, I made my decision!

Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are 12.

Joey is 11.

They are portrayed by these actors/actresses(But much younger versions)

Percy: Logan Lerman

Joey: Jennifer Lawrence

Annabeth: Alexandra Daddario

Grover: Brandon T. Jackson

Chapter 9: Tunnel of Love? More like Death.

I sat in the back of the car, attempting to breathe correctly. Percy was sitting next to me and Grover and Beth were in the front.

"Okay.. So, I feel very deceived…. And light headed." I frowned, sitting up and rubbing my head.

"The Lotus hotel, I should have seen it!" Beth cursed, I shook my head.

"We all have off days Bethers." I assured, she remained silent. I heard a gasp.

"What's wrong?!" I asked, looking back at Percy and found his eyes had gone wide.

"You're bleeding… Bad." He said. I groaned.

"Dude!" I exclaimed.

"Just give me some ambrosia, we can't waste any more time." I said, reaching for a the bags. Oh. Right. They're at the hotel.

"Well, I am going to die guys… Tell Jeremiah I hid the money by the tree, and that I love him, and tell Connor and Travis they are the coolest." I said.

"Joey, stop talking like that, you are not going to die!" Percy exclaimed.

"What day is it anyway?" Grover asked, I looked out the window and happened to catch the date, oh my Gods.

"It's June 3rd…" I stated. It was the May 28th when we arrived, since it was the 10th when we left.

"No way! We were barely in there a day!" Percy exclaimed.

"That's how the Lotus Eaters work! The flowers keep you high and make you never want to leave!" I exclaimed.! Like that. I groaned and hit my head against the window of the car.

"Ouch!" I frowned.

"Hey! Stop, you're already bleeding!" Percy reprimanded.

"Well, we have all the Pearls …. We have to go to the Underworld now." Beth stated from the front.

"Where is the entrance to the underworld anyway?" Percy asked, I frowned.

"I actually have no idea…." I replied, in all my years at Camp Half-Blood, I have never had a need to know where the Underworld was, so I had never asked.

"Annabeth?" Grover turned to the one who is most likely to know.

"I for once, don't know." She shook her head in disbelief.

"Well, I'm hungry, wanna stop for burgers?" I asked, seeing a little pub on the corner.

"Joey!" She snapped.

"Look, I have a good feeling about it and as you know those are usually good for me, so let's eat, it's still early." I shrugged. She rolled her eyes as Grover pulled into the parking lot, we hopped out and ran it.

"4 cokes, burgers and fries please." Annabeth told the waitress as we settled into the booth.

"Okay." She replied, popping her gum, eyeing Percy up and down. Uh-oh… Does she recognize him? She didn't say anything though and just walked away. As we waited, a rumble was heard outside, I looked and saw a giant motorcycle and I examined the man getting off.

"We have company…" I whispered, Percy looked down at me, confused, but before I could respond, the God of War was upon us.

"So you're Seaweed's kid huh?" He asked, eyeing Percy.

"What's it to you?" Percy snapped back, my eyes widened as the God sat next to a scared looking Grover.

"Percy, this is…" I started, but he raised his hand at me.

"It's all good Sunshine, I don't mind a little attitude, as long as you remember who's boss… You know who I am, little cousin?" Ares said, Percy's eyes widened.

"You're Ares, God of War." He said, causing the God to grin.

"That's right." He nodded. He looked at me.

"You're the one who kicked Clarisse's butt during that flag game, aren't you?" He asked, my mouth fell open. How did he know?!

"Uh, er… Yes… But, in my defense, she deserved it." I tried to sound braver than I was feeling, but this guy scared me.

"Don't worry about it Sunshine, your Dad's just been boasting about it non-stop." He rolled his eyes. Relief washed over me. Thank the Gods.

"Anyway, that's not why I am here." He said, the waitress walked over, bringing our heaping plates of food. I hadn't noticed just how hungry I was until that very moment, I dug in as I waited for Ares to explain his sudden appearance in our lives.

"I have a proposition for you." He spoke as soon as the lady walked away.

"Which is?" Percy asked,

"I need you to retrieve my shield for me, I dropped while meeting with my girlfriend…" He explained vaguely.

"Why can't you get it?" I asked, he glared at me for a second, and I swear to you, his eyes turned red.

"Because I don't have the time." He spat,

"We already have one quest… We can't do yours too." Percy said,

"Look, the Big Guy already sent his best out looking, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, and myself of course. We couldn't even find it, and believe me, if I couldn't sniff out a powerful weapon like that… You four have no hope." You could tell he wanted the bolt more than anything.

"So what do we get if we help you?" Annabeth asked, he looked at her for a minute.

"I'll tell you where Corpse Breath is." He replied with a shrug.

"We can find that on our own." She insisted.

"Do you really have the time though?" He challenged, and we all exchanged glances. We really didn't have as much time to waste.

"Fine, where is this place?" I asked.

"A water park, about 30 miles away, near LA. It's the Tunnel of Love." He replied, I stifled a laugh. Him and Aphrodite in the Tunnel of Love.

"What made you run away? What's there?" Percy asked, the God's eyes flared.

"Listen punk…." He snarled and I decided to intervene.

"Okay, we'll get it for you. Then what?" I replied. He chuckled.

"I'll find you. Don't you worry." He said. He got up and tossed money and a bag in our direction.

"There's ambrosia in there for you Sunshine, you look a little pale." He walked away without looking back and we were left in silence.

"Okay, so, to LA we go?" Grover asked.

"Sounds like that's the only choice we have." Annabeth muttered, she dug through the bag and handed me the ambrosia. I smiled happily and took a bite.

"What does it taste like to you?" Grover asked,

"Cheesecake.… My aunt made it for me once before Camp Half-Blood…" I replied, feeling instantly better as it surged through me.

"Not too much," Beth reminded, taking it from me. We finished eating and set on our way to LA. Soon enough, we found the water park. The sad and depleted, scary looking water park.

"Creepy." I whistled. Percy said something, causing Annabeth to snap and I just ignored them, still feeling woozy.

"Time to climb." I said, we all climbed over and walked around the theme park. It was even creepier on the inside. Eventually we came to the Tunnel of Love.

"So, Aphrodite and Ares… They're like a thing?" Percy asked me and I nodded.

"Yep, for about, 3,000 years? Beth?" I asked, she nodded.

"But she's married to Hephaestus?" He asked, I chuckled.

"She's not really into the smart type, more like the bad boys." I said.

"And he knows?" Percy seemed genuinely shocked.

"Oh yeah, he's literally caught them… in a net…. Invited all the Gods to come an laugh at them… Hence why they now meet in places like this.." I explained, gesturing to the giant, empty pool in front of us. I admired the little cupids standing guard.

"Creepy…" I whispered, tracing the word Eta. Eta?

"Guys look." Beth pointed at the boat in the middle of the pool, where a bronze shield was.

"This is too easy…" Percy muttered.

"Grover do you smell anything?" I asked, Grover sniffed and then shook his head.

"Nothing." He replied.

"Well, who's going first?" I asked, looking around at everyone.

"I'd be better back up." Grover said, I rolled my eyes.

"And I'm not going through the Tunnel of Love with Percy." Annabeth shook her head, I groaned.

"Whatever. Let's go Percival." I said, I hopped down into the pool. We walked over the boat and Percy instantly stepped ahead of me.

"I'll go first, because… Ya know…" He shrugged, his cheeks flushing and I laughed,

"Alright… Be my guest." We made it to the boat and I noticed a silk scarf next to the shield. I watched as Percy picked it up and a dreamy look went over his face. I rolled my eyes and snatched it away.

"No, get away from that." I said, he looked confused.

"Just get the shield." I ordered, the cupids were beginning to give me an uneasy feeling. As Percy reached for the shield, something went terribly wrong.

"Crap!" I exclaimed,

"It's a trap!" Percy shouted,

"Well no duh!" I shouted back.

"Guys!" Grover shouted, pointing, I noticed the Cupids were now drawing their bows to fire, but not at us, at each other? They shot, and a golden web began to weave.

"Time to go!" I exclaimed, grabbing Percy's hand and pulling him towards the edge of the pool. Of course getting out was going to be difficult. Grover and Beth were attempting to hold the wire open, but whenever they did, it would wrap around their hands. All of a sudden, cameras sprang out of the heads.

"LIVE TO OLYMPUS IN ONE MINUTE AND FIFTY-NINE SECONDS…" A voice boomed and proceeded to count down.

"ETA!" Beth shouted.

"WHAT?" I demanded.

"H! Hephaestus set this trap to catch them in the act and humiliate them! Eta is right here on the statue!" She exclaimed.

"You couldn't have figured that out earlier?!" I exclaimed, all of a sudden her eyes grew wide and she let out a scream.

"SPIDERS!" She said, and sure as Hades, there were tiny robotic spiders crawling about. Nice try H! We were back in the boat now as the timer continued to count.

"Water…" Percy whispered. I looked at him.

"False, spiders." I pointed at them. He shook his head.

"No! Grover turn the ride on!" He shouted.

"What?!" Grover demanded.

"JUST DO IT!" Percy snapped. Grove did as he was told and Percy instantly strapped us into our seats.

"You better know what you're doing Seaweed Brain." I said.

"I think I do!" Water burst from the pipes and I found myself clinging to Percy as we jarred around the ride, we passed all sorts of lovey dovey stuff, which would have been romantic if not for the breakneck speed we were going. As were nearing the end, Percy unbuckled my belt.

"We have to jump!" He yelled.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" I demanded.

"DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?!" He snapped back. I nodded, the water spraying into my eyes.

"ON MY MARK!" He shouted, just at the boat hit, we soared upward, and tumbled onto the ground in a rolling heap.

"Ouch…." I groaned, sitting up.

"That hurt a lot…" He replied, I nodded. I looked and saw Grover and Beth sprinting towards us, the Cupid heads following, filming it all.

"SHOW'S OVER! THANK YOU! GOOD NIGHT!" I shouted, bowing, and they turned back around. Hope Ares liked it, because next time I see him, oh he's getting an arrow to the eye.

"Are you two okay?" Beth asked, I jumped slightly, not realizing she was there. I nodded, still trying to catch my breath.

"Are you? Those spiders came out of nowhere." I replied.

"Too soon!" She held her hand up and I nodded.

"Okay, sorry." I said,

"You're bleeding again…" Grover muttered.

"I am never going to heal…" I grumbled, taking the ambrosia. We began walking out of the park, grabbing me a new, unbloodied shirt as we did.

Okay, so just maybe, ignore the fact they were driving earlier? I don't know, I'm sticking more the book for the rest of the story, and I hope you guys enjoy. All the other added details, like her mother and brother Jax, keep them. I swear he's important. Okay, so, just let me know. Love you guys!

Rhey!(: