Jason POV

We were in a dark hallway that smelled of mold and rat feces. Meliana lay a few feet away from me, clutching her side, blood oozed from her side and through her fingers. I turned back to Piper; she passed out in my arms; her body pale and drained. The earth shook, so much that I thought the walls would cave down on us, but Plut-erm.. Hades rose from the ground as the shaking ceased.

"What are you doing here?" Percy asked curiously.

The god of death just doesn't just pop in and visit us just to say hi, none of the gods do.

"Getting the job done right. This one," he motioned to Meliana, "has eluded me since my first lieutenant, Thanatos, was imprisoned."

"She escaped from death?" Percy offered. The god of death nodded to him. He cleared his throat then continued.

"Since none of my men have been able to capture them, I have come to do it myself." He lifted his hand, the ground shook again. I held Piper close to my chest, the foundation started to give way; bits of the ceiling came crumbling down. When I looked up, two ghosts were picking up Meliana, bringing her to Hades. He motioned to the ground, they took her through the cracks of the floor; I'm guessing to the Underworld. He then left us with a friend piece of advice; "I'd leave now before the building collapses on you." He then disappeared into the ground. The ground started to shake again. The ceiling started to fall onto us. Percy dodged a rock by a centimeter.

The loud roar of rocks falling made it hard to hear. "We need to find a way out!" Percy yelled over to me. I nodded, picking Pipes up into my arms. Her head rested just below my ear; I could hear her slow, shallow breaths that tickled my neck. Percy sent an uneasy glance towards the way we came.

"Don't worry, they've probably gotten out by now." I called to him reassuringly. He turned back to me and nodded. We started towards the end of the hall.

It was almost impossible to run. It being nearly pitch black because the only lights had fallen and/or broke; the ground shook, throwing us off balance, which caused the ceiling to start giving way; bits of the ceiling fell onto us as we ran. At the end of the hall, we quickly headed up a set of stairs. At the end of the 2 sets of stairs was a faded, green glow, as we neared I realized it was an Exit sign. A bit of hope rose within me. Finally, I can get Piper out of here. The building was quaking and falling to pieces quick, so we had to get out quick or we'd go down with the building.

Percy picked up his speed and ran for the door. He came to an abrupt stop when the door didn't budge.

"Damn it!" He pushed it again. "It's locked from the outside." He cursed. He rammed his shoulder into it, but it didn't move. He shook it angrily. "No!" He yelled. He started to bang on the door.

"Percy, Calm down! We'll find another way out." I told him as calmly as I could. But on the inside. I was freaking out. We didn't have time to find another exit. The walls were crumbling down, the foundation getting weaker and weaker by the second.

"I'm going to ask you the impossible, Jason." I waited. "We don't have any chance of breaking this door down unless we both put our weight into it." He was asking me to put Piper down. With all the falling rocks, she could easily get hurt or crushed. I hugged her tight, not wanting to let go. Her head was hanging limply and her face pale and bruised. I missed her bright kaleidoscope eyes that made my heart stop and took my breath away. "I can't do this alone," Percy added.

But deep down, I knew that if I did let go there was a chance we could all get out of here. I hesitated for a second, but the ground shook firmly reminding me of our limited time. I laid her gently next to the wall; I then nodded at Percy. We took a few steps back.

"Ready? On 3. 1,2,3!" Percy yelled quickly. The floor quaked and a large chunk of the ceiling fell behind us. There was no going back. We sprinted towards the door, putting all of our determination and strength into one last push. One last push to freedom. Adrenaline rushed through me, keeping me going as we neared the door. At the last moment, I closed my eyes waiting for the impact.

Annabeth POV

Good news: One girl was captured. Soon after we captured her, she disappeared. I mean literally, one minute she was tied to the beam, the next POOF! And she was gone, which I couldn't decide if that was good or not; Bad news: Percy and Jason went after the other known girl who had taken Piper. Now they were who knows where and the building was crumbling to pieces.

"We have to find them!" I yelled.

We were outside in front of the crumbling building. Warm colors of the sun rise painted the sky. We had been here all night. Frank had carried Hazel out of the building. She was now conscious, but barely. Leo on the other hand had to drag me out of there. For a tiny kid, he had a tight grip. "So what? We're just going to leave them?" They ignored me. I glared at the back of Leo's head since he refused to look at me. "Especially you! Jason and Piper are your friends!" I yelled furiously.

"You think I don't know that?!" He finally turned to me. His face was red and angry; I could feel the heat radiating from him. "I want to go back just as much as you do, but we need to trust they got out of their alive."

Suddenly, Hazel stirred. Frank was still holding her wedding style. We both looked to her. She turned her head towards Frank and mumbled something in his ear. He nodded then set her on her feet gently. She leaned on him for support; she must still not be completely awake.

"Dead…" She mumbled.

"Dead?" Leo asked.

She mumbled something intelligible, but Frank must have heard it. His eyes widened in horror.

"Frank? F-Frank what'd she say?" I stammered.

He looked away, his face pale.

"Frank!" Leo demanded.

"S-She said she sensed death." He choked out. "Someone's died recently.."