Chapter 10

Percy's POV

I couldn't believe that Sadie had actually jumped after me. Where egyptian actually that crazy, or was it just Sadie? Nico even came to check if she was dead or not. But I saved her life. I know, I know. All in a day's work. The other boy that had been with Sadie and Carter looked down at Sadie and shouted about her almost dying. He also said that Carter nearly died. Had Annabeth done something to him? No. She couldn't have. The answer hit me in the face went the boy said that it had happened in front of the Empire State. Oh my gods. Yep. Egyptians are stupid in general. "Sadie. You're brother is-" I started, but I was cut off when something grabbed me from behind. I plunged into darkness.

Carter's POV

My brain couldn't register what I was seeing properly. Egyptian gods are normal sized. But these gods looked so much more… god like. There were twelve chairs- no chairs is an understatement. There were twelve enormous thrones, but not all of them were occupied. Still, I had a lot of gods glaring at me. Right in the smack-dab middle of all of them, there was a god with a lightning bolt in his hand. He would have been the angriest if it wasn't for the god next to him. He had a trident in his hand. I guessed he was Percy's dad, Poseidon. And the guy in the middle must have been Zeus. Annabeth was no longer grabbing my wrist. She was bowing. I was too shocked and scared to do anything. "Lord Zeus." Annabeth said. "Rise, daughter of Athena. Tell me what is happening. Why are you with an egyptian?" Zeus shot another glare at me. But before Annabeth could speak, Poseidon rose from his throne. "Where is my son? What have you done with him?" He yelled. His voice was like the sea when there was a storm it crashed onto rocks way too loudly. I winced. "Lord Poseidon, Percy is fine." Annabeth tried. "Silence! Let the egyptian talk!" He yelled. Annabeth bowed her head. I could see in her eyes that she knew I was dead meat. "We had a-a disagreement. Percy is fine. I swear over my mom's dead body." I said. My hands were shaking. "Brother! Calm yourself." Zeus commanded. Poseidon sat. "When you're done, can I do the honors of killing him?" A god requested to my right. If I hadn't been so terrified, I would have glared. "Ares! I have not decided if we are going to kill the boy or not! And if we do, I will let Poseidon do it!" Zeus growled. I gulped. The sea god's eyes glinted. "P-please. I never meant any harm to any of your children. I'm a magician. I had reports of magic here and I found Annabeth, Percy and Nico here. You have to understand. We were just trying to investigate. I know that our paths were never meant to be crossed, but we were just doing our job. My sister and I look for stray magicians so we can train them and so they don't become anything dangerous." I explained quickly. The gods that were present blinked for a minute as they registered what I had said. "Nico? Isn't that our brother's son?" Zeus muttered. I nodded. "So you weren't acting alone! Where is this sister of yours?" Poseidon asked. I sighed. I was going to regret this the second I said it. "I'm sorry, sir. But I can't tell you that. If I'm going to die, so be it. But I won't put my sister in danger. I hope you understand." Yep. I was already regretting it… a lot. "Very well, I do. Now wait one second, egyptian. Daughter of Athena, so you crossed path with egyptians? You were will Percy and Nico. Why didn't any of you come to us?" Zeus asked. Annabeth looked at her feet. "I'm sorry, sir. I thought that I could handle it." She said. "Clearly, you could not. I will talk to your mother about this. Now… what to do? Shall we kill the boy or not?" He wondered. Not, I thought. Please let it be not. "No. We need him. We must find Percy. When we find him, then maybe we'll kill him." Poseidon said. I bowed my head. "Thank you, s-sir." I stammered. "Now lead us to-" Zeus started to say, but I suddenly felt dizzy. I couldn't hear anything. I tripped on my feet, and I fell face-first on the floor.

Sadie's POV

So I plunged into darkness with a greek bloke. When I opened my eyes, I was inside a pyramid. A red pyramid. A man stood before me. His skin was red. "Set!" I hissed. Percy groaned and sat up next to me. "Who's Set?" He asked. "Ah… Greeks. I've always hated them. I am the god of chaos, you idiot." Set sighed. "What did he just say?" Percy asked. I realized the god had spoken in egyptian. "He said he was the god of chaos, and that he really doesn't like you." I translated irritably. "Sadie Kane. Why are you with a greek? Have you lost all your honor? Greeks have never lived up to us egyptians." He told me. I narrowed my eyes. Percy looked at me desperately. "He's pretty much insulting greeks." I said. The boy reached into his pocket and took out his pen. "Whoa! Now you don't just go off fighting the god of chaos! Sure, I did it once, but believe me. It's not something that is done easily." I warned. He put the pen away. "Greeks and their tempers! But enough of that. Why are you with him? Why is he on sacred egyptian grounds?" Set questioned. "That's none of your business, Evil Day! Let us go!" Set winced when I mentioned his secret name. I fought the urge to smile. "Don't go about saying that wherever you go! How would you like it if I knew your secret name?" The thought made me shudder. "What happened to being a good chaos god and helping us out?" I asked. Set snorted. "You do realize what you just said, right? A good chaos god! Please! I would think that you would know better." He laughed. Percy was looking lost. "Can you two stop talking in egyptian? It's giving me a headache." He pleaded. I had been talking in egyptian? Huh. I forced myself to speak English. "Okay. Sorry. I got a bit carried away. Set, here is being a bit annoying, but he'll let us go in just a sec." I smiled with effort. "Let you go? I wouldn't dream of it! I am actually doing the world a favor! Let the greeks see what happens when you mess with us! And let the magicians know what happens if you try to associate with greeks!" Set exclaimed in English. "So you're not letting us go?" I confirmed. He nodded. I took out my wand. "Oh, no! You'll be needing that! Don't go off using it with me! I'll be watching safely outside of this little deathtrap. Bye!" With a puff of red smoke, he was gone. Percy and I both cursed. Except I spoke in egyptian and he spoke in greek. Then, more demons than I could count, materialized inside the pyramid. I sighed. Show time.

Percy's POV

One second, I was relaxing in a river after saving a girl's life. The next, I was in a red pyramid with a red dude speaking with an egyptian girl. Not exactly a fun change. The worst part was that I had no idea what they were saying. Sadie said that the red dude was the god of chaos. There was a god of chaos? Who's idea was that? At least all of our gods were good… ish. Then Sadie told me that he was insulting greeks. I took out Riptide, but she made me put it away. Don't ask me how. She just has a way with people. Finally, I begged them to speak English. "Okay. Sorry. I got a bit carried away. Set, here is being a bit annoying, but he'll let us go in just a sec." Sadie said with a forced smile. The god of chaos was going to let us go? Ya right. Set yelled something about doing the world a favor. Sadie took out her wand. I was pleased to see it was pointed at him and not me. But the god disappeared. We both cursed in different languages and about a hundred of the strangest monsters I had ever seen appeared. Half of them had normal bodies. The other half had scaly limbs and such. But none of them had normal heads. Some of them had weapons such as swords for a head. Others had animal heads such as a piranha. In the front there was a guy with an ax as a head. "Bloodstained Blade! You traitor!" Sadie hissed at him. Bloodstained Blade did not sound like the name of someone friendly. I could have sworn his blade head had specks of something red. I swiftly looked away at a different demon. Not much better. "Traitor? I am no traitor! I was held prisoner until Setne released me. And I didn't actually kill Carter Kane. He evaded me before I could." The blade said. I'm not going to begin to explain how the blade spoke. It's too confusing. It kind of… hummed? But his message was clear: I'm going to kill you, not help you. He was dead faster than Sadie could answer. One down. Ninety nine to go. Sadie grinned. "Not bad for a newbie. It looks like you'll adapt quite well." With that, we charged into battle.