ANNABETH POV.
Percy...
His name rang inside of my head like a bell went off. I gasped and my eyes shot open. I wasn't tied in ropes anymore - I was chained up with handcuffs around both my hands and ankles that were attached to the wall. A greasy tray slid under the door: A cup of coffee that was spilled over practically everything, a mouldy stale piece of bread, soup that look like in was made in a toilet and a bowl of...what the heck was it, actually? Rice? I pushed the tray away with my foot, gagging at the look of it. I felt a hand on my shoulder and screamed, my head snapping around.
It was that stupid guy in the cloak again.
"What do you want?" I growled.
"Your decision," He said. "You do it, you go."
I gritted my teeth. "For the last time, the answer is NO!"
"Oh really?" He mused like this was some huge joke. "For the last time, then, choose wisely or you'll be executed. Permanently!"
I would've kicked this guy's ass if my foot wasn't tied up. He disappeared like he came and I was alone again. I rested my head against the wall, wishing that it was Percy that I was leaning on instead. But it wasn't...
PERCY POV.
At midnight I felt like screaming. A day after Annabeth went missing. No one would do anything about it - not even Thalia, and she's her best friend for crying out loud! Then again Chiron refused our protests and claimed that 'its a trap and we have to let her go'. A life without Annabeth is a life full of nothing. I was nowhere without her. I snatched Riptide from my nightstand and stuffed Annabeth's Yankee hat in my pocket. She had left it at my cabin when we went to the meeting. There was a knock on the door and I almost yanked the doorknob off. Thalia, Nico, Grover and the rest of the cabin leaders were standing there. I braced myself for more protests. Though that wasn't why they were there.
"We know your going to find Annabeth," Travis said. "We're coming with you."