Percy's POV

Here, I am undefeatable! Cacus's words rang inside my head and filled me with dread. I was fighting a losing battle.

I was pretty sure Cacus forgot about the whole 'you'll see your girlfriend if you cooperate' thing now. By trying to attack him, I probably ruined all my chances of escape.

Cacus glared at me. "You shouldn't have done that," he said. Then, watching me hungrily, he shouted, "Demigod for breakfast!" That didn't sound very good.

I racked my brain for a plan. My brain gave me nothing.

"Concentrate," I told myself. "What would Annabeth do if she was here?"

An idea suddenly came to me. Hopefully, it would work better than my first "Attack the Undefeatable Fire-Breathing Giant with Nothing but a Sword" plan.

I figured the only thing I could do was turn Cacus to dust and run before he could reform. I'll find Annabeth and she can figure out what to do next.

With only that as my plan, I gripped onto the hilt of Riptide. Then, I charged.

I'd like to say this plan worked pretty well. Unfortunately, things started going wrong almost immediately.

I charged at Cacus, and I raised Riptide to attack. Focused on trying to hit his knee with my sword, I never noticed his meaty hands until they closed around me. His grasp was so tight, I nearly choked to death.

With just one finger, he flicked Riptide out of my hands. I heard it clattering to the ground as Cacus raised me up. I knew Riptide would reappear in my pocket later on, but that probably wouldn't do me any good. By the looks of it, I probably would already have been turned into demigod enchiladas, or whatever giants eat.

He lifted me up, bashing me into rocky ledges that stuck out of the wall a couple times, probably revenge for turning him into monster dust. In just a few seconds, I was already battered and bloody.

"I caught you, demigod!" Cacus screamed in my ear. His meaty hands grasped onto me, nearly choking me to death. He smiled smugly and tightened his grasp.

I felt my pocket grow slightly heavier. Riptide returned to my pocket. It wouldn't do me any good now though.

"Now, you will-" he was cut off. With a strangled gasp, his grip around me loosened. I felt his hand disappear as I fell to the ground.

I cried out in pain as I hit the rock-hard ground. I felt a surge of pain wash over me and black dots began to dance in my vision.

The last thing I saw before I passed out was a flash of gold and grey.

Sorry about the extremely short chapter. I'll add chapter 9 today to make it up to you guys :)