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Chapter 10-Happily Ever After
Calypso's POV
"Should I wear the black leather belt or the navy blue leather belt? I asked my kitten, Poppy.
Poppy purred, then pounced on the black leather belt. She held the belt in between her teeth then handed to me.
"Thanks Pop. You're right, the black belt goes well with the hair clip," I said to her thankfully.
Poppy nudged my leg and purred again. I laughed, and walked over to the mini fridge I had in my room. I opened the fridge and brought out a carton of milk, then poured some into Poppy's bowl. She gratefully walked over and started enjoying the yummy milk.
I crouched down and pet Poppy's soft fur while I went over my plans for tonight. Step one was to actually find where my dad's office was. I was doing some sneaking around earlier and didn't find it. I assume his office will be the place where there's the strongest, toughest, most unbreakable guards are. I'm also pretty sure that his office won't be in an obvious place, so I'll try the secret passages.
Step two will be trying to get past the guards. They won't just let me in, even though I'm Atlas' daughter.
Step three is trying to get out. It won't be easy to get out. Maybe I'll be able to find a secret passageway in my dad's office.
The instructions were pretty straightforward, it's just doing the actual tasks were going to be hard.
I slipped on my black shoes, and gathered my supplies that were in a black bag.
I stroked Poppy's fur one last time for tonight, and headed out the door.
I brought out the map I made of all the secret passages in this castle. The closet one was by the kitchen, so I snuck my way over there.
I was warned that I was at the kitchen by the sweet scent of food happily entering my nose. The secret passageway was right under a painting in the very right corner from the door leading to the kitchen.
I made my way over there, cautiously stepping with my toe so I didn't make a lot of noise.
I made it to the painting above the passageway. Right before I touched the painting that made a hole in the floor that dropped me into the secret passageway, I froze. I heard voices, that sounded a lot like my father and another man.
I turned my head towards the sound, and indeed found my father Atlas and a handsome looking guy. The man had sandy blonde hair, and beautiful blue eyes that reminded me of the sky. He was obviously a warrior or a guard, by the long scar running down the side of his face and his muscular body.
I stepped back a bit, so I blended in with the shadows and was able to listen to their conversation.
"Thanks Luke. You did me a big favour," my dad said. "You serve the Titans well."
"It was my pleasure sir," the man I'm assuming is Luke said.
"What would you like as your reward, Luke? Gold? Diamond?" Atlas asked.
Luke hesitated for a moment or two. "May I have some diamond, sir? It would be greatly appreciated," he replied hopefully.
"I think that can be done. Follow me, to my office and we can get your diamond out," my dad said, walking down the hall with Luke.
Perfect! They're going to my dad's office. If I can just sneak around in the shadows and follow them...
Nico, Percy's cousin taught me how to sneak around and blend in with the shadows. Following them shouldn't be to hard, considering there is almost no light in the hallway they went down.
I slowly walked out from behind the corner and glanced down the hallway. They weren't far down, so I tip-toed to the nearest shadow.
Atlas' office wasn't two far down. The men were laughing at some joke one of them said while my dad fiddled with a lock that appeared out of nowhere. My eyes widened in surprise, I would have never have found his office. There must be some tiny button, or something.
I groaned out loud, thinking about how long it'll take for me to get the lock to appear again. But I realize my mistake to late. I quickly slipped into a room and close the door as quietly as I could.
I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as I peeked out the window in the door. I saw both of them shrug, and my dad resumed fiddling with the lock until it finally broke. The wall in front of them cracked, then rumbled open to reveal one guard sitting in front of a door, looking extremely bored.
Atlas happily greeted this man and entered the room he was guarding. The crack in the wall then slowly rumbled closed.
I turned to face the empty room I was in and leaned against the wall.
After about twenty minutes, I heard a rumbling noise outside. I scrambled up, gathered my things and stood by the door. I noticed now Luke held a bag that was actually quite big, it was probably holding his reward.
"Thank you sir," Luke said happily.
Dad nodded at him. "I've finally decided the punishments for the prince of Atlantis and the girl. Are you willing to help me with it? I'm going to the cell right now," Dad said to Luke.
Crap crap crap crap! He's going now to their cell? I have to figure something out to stop them..
"I'd gladly help you sir," Luke said, sounding devilish.
Dad produced an amused laugh. "Follow me, then!"
I heard their footsteps pass the room I was in, and after they passed I burst out of the room.
"Dad!" I blurted out. He whipped around, and had a questioning look on his face.
"What were you doing Callie?" Dad asked confusedly.
"I was uh, looking for you! We're under attack! A group of about fifty hellhounds are attacking the castle!" I quickly lied. I felt a pang of guilt, I don't like lying. But to avoid Percy and Annabeth getting hurt I would.
"What? Really! We must go help, Luke! Come on! Thanks Cal for telling us," my dad said hurriedly, then rushed down the hallway.
"Wait, Dad!" I yelled down the hallway. He once again turned around, with a questioning look.
I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around him and lightly planted a kiss on his cheek. I quickly snatched up the pair of keys which opened the cell up and closed my hand around them.
"Good luck," I whispered in his ear and backed away.
He looked surprised with the gesture, but smiled lightly.
"Thanks Cal," he murmured back and then turned to rush down the hallway.
I waited until they were a safe distance away before I jingled the keys in my hand. I mentally patted myself on the back, congratulating myself.
I stuffed the keys into my bag and weaves through the hallways until I got to the staircase that led to the cell.
I noticed that Bill the guard was snoozing peacefully by the door. He was scrunched up in a ball and was muttering things about food in his sleep. I walked down the staircase as quietly as I could, and successfully opened the door without it creaking and closed it.
Percy had an arm draped over Annabeth's shoulder and her head rested peacefully on his shoulder. I smiled lightly at the sight, it was cute. I realized after a while, that I only really loved Percy as a sibling. It was quite obvious when I was joking about them dating that they actually had feelings for each other.
I opened my bag and snatched the keys up and put them in the lock. I tried each key one by one until I heard the satisfying click, telling me I found the right key and opened the cell.
Both of them stirred at the click. I laughed quietly, then said, "Hiya!"
They jumped and looked around frantically until they both spotted me.
Percy smile at me thankfully. "Hi Calypso. Thanks so much for coming," he said.
I nodded at offered both of them a hand. They both smiled at me and gladly took my hand. I pulled them up, then I looked around in my bag for some food for them.
I took out two baggies full of apples, water and dried food, and offered one to each of them.
They each took a bag gratefully.
"You guys better get going," I warned them. "When I was coming, I overheard my dad and some dude named Luke coming down to the cell to give the punishments."
Annabeth's eyes widened at the mention of Luke.
"Does this Luke fellow happen to have a long scar on the side of his face?" Annabeth asked.
I looked at her weirdly and nodded. "Why do you ask?" I questioned.
"Luke is the name of my old boyfriend and is a guard and messenger at Atlantis," Annabeth murmured.
I raised my eyebrow at her. "So, do you think this Luke guy might be a spy? Do you think he's the guy who told my dad that you guys were heading out, so he could swarm you?"
Annabeth bit her lip nervously and nodded.
"He's gotta be," Percy said.
I nodded in agreement. "Okay, you guys better get going," I said and ushered them to the window outside of the cell. But we soon stopped in our tracks as we all heard a familiar male voice.
We turned around to see my dad, Atlas standing in the doorframe with Luke smirking behind him.
"Mind if we join the party?" My dad asked casually.
I cursed silently. Just what we need, the devils to arrive.
A.N; There's chapter 10 fOr you... Can we get to 80 reviews? thanks :DTurns out Im not going to Seattle... So I'll be updating probably on Sunday or Monday.
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