Chapter Nine

Sadie's POV

A throat was cleared and I stepped away from Anubis.

"Hi, Carter."

He didn't respond and I rushed up to my room.

To be fair, I think I owe you an explanation:

I am super confused.

Anubis obviously used his actions as an apology and Carter… well I sorta forgot about Carter.

Point is I'm totally ignoring everything else going on in my life just to focus on my love life.

Object…s of my confusion: Anubis and Nico.

Anubis was my first crush, so obviously I will always have a special place in my heart for him, and Nico… well he has basically taken the roll of my best friend, who I (being the main character in my life drama) at some point fall for.

Well I can check that off my To-Do list.

I sighed and turned on my iPod. I immediately clicked on my ADELE album, figuring that I had nothing better to do than find myself in her songs.

I soon drifted off to sleep, cringing at the sight of my bird form.

"This is super unattractive."

I shook it off and looked around. The only exit to the small room I was currently in was an entrance to another room.

I shrugged and walked… flew into the intended room.

I gasped and nearly fell over when I saw the giant snake that took up most of the room.

It was an immediate reaction, the snake being one of the most powerful (*cough cough* and the most evil *cough*) Egyptian gods and could petrify me with only a glance.

An anxious man walked up to the snake and bowed to him. "Master, we are ready."

"Excellent, jussssssst what I had been hoping for. My plan isssssss almosssssst complete. Now to only get thosssssse Kanesssssss out of the way."

"D-don't worry, sir, that will be taken care of." Apparently this man had never associated with an all-power god before.

"Perfect."

I shot out of my bed, gasping. "Oh gods, this is reeeeaaaaly not good…."

I began to pace and the door to my room opened.

Me, having my thoughts focused on Apophis, and how he could possibly destroy the world and soon, had the living bajeebers scared out of me, and I took the closest thing to me, which happened to be my iPod, and chucked it at the person who opened my door.

Truthfully, it missed and hit the wall beside the door.

Anyway, it was Amos who had just come to check on me because apparently I had been screaming in my sleep.

"I was worried and for that I almost get an iPod to the face. That's cruel."

"Yeah… sorry 'bout that." I looked at my iPod, which was now smashed on the floor. "Hi-nehm."

"Now that that's settled, why were you screaming?"

"I had a nightmare… about Apophis," I whispered.

"What? How did he look? Was he healthy or weak?" he asked.

I glanced around, not wanting to answer.

"Sadie…."

"Healthy, Uncle Amos," I said.

"Oh, dear… oh, dear, oh, dear…. We're in trouble."

Nico's POV

"Hey, Annabeth," I said.

"Nico! Thank the gods! Do you have Sadie's number or something?" she rushed.

"Um, I don't have a cell phone. Remember? Too monsters that's like an 'Eat Me' sign."

She cursed. "Then I guess we'll have to talk to them in person." She looked at me. "Well?"

"What?"

"Ah, Percy, come here!" she said. "Now, Nico."

"What!"

"Do your shadow-thingy."

"Oh, well why didn't you just say that?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes and slipped her hand in mine. Percy grabbed both hers and mine and we were off.

It was dark for a moment, and I felt as if I would pass out. I staggered and Percy caught me, my vision clearing.

Sadie and Carter were staring at me, while another man sat in the corner, peering over his paper.

"Nico?"

I blinked. "Hey…."

"Wha-what are you doing here?" Sadie asked.

"Anna-Annabeth has something to show you…" I said sleepily.

She turned to Annabeth and frowned. "Not good news, I presume?"

Annabeth cleared her throat. "No. I've been reading about your… gods and I found –"

"Apophis?"

Annabeth blinked. "H-how'd you know?"

"I-I found the same thing. Saw, actually. In a dream, he returned." She took a deep breath through her nose.

"Wait… what?" I finally stood back up.

"You heard me, Apophis is back."

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