Ok guys, so I've decided the order of regular POVs for this story. Percy/Annabeth, Percy/Annabeth, Jason, Hazel, Leo, Nico and Frank. Starting this chapter. There may be exceptions here and there, but this is mostly it. No Piper because I don't like her. A bit of a jerk, if you ask me. (plz don't)

Disclaimer-

Percy: I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS CHAPTER!

Me: You can't. Rick owns you, he tells you what to do. *smirk*

Percy; *rage face*

XIV

Percy

First thought- where dafuq am I?

Second thought- Where's Annabeth?

Third thought-Am I dead?

Percy couldn't tell where he was. He was in a large room, with a wall behind him, and the other 3 out of sight. There was a torch hanging a couple feet up on the wall, and Percy could see about 10 feet outwards.

Answer to the second question- Annabeth was on the ground next to him, just coming to her senses.

As far as Percy could tell, he wasn't dead. He didn't feel hurt in any places, except for a minor headache. Annabeth looked OK as well, just a couple of cuts and bruises. No sign that she was javelin was recently hurled into her chest. It was eerily quiet.

A couple seconds later, just as Annabeth opened her eyes, a woman stepped into the light. She wore a green dress made of leaves. Her hair was a mess of roots. She had a cruel smirk on her face. The lady looked like the very earth itself. Then Percy realized it WAS the earth itself.

"Gaea." Percy grabbed Riptide out of his pocket.

"Don't bother," Gaea said. With a flick of her hand, Riptide flew out of his hand and into the darkness. Percy had a feeling that this time, it wouldn't return to his pocket for some time.

"So, I suppose you're going to take our blood and rise, yak yak yak?" Percy asked. He probably shouldn't have.

An invisible force out of nowhere slammed Annabeth in the chest. She groaned and coughed up blood.

"Hey!" Percy protested. "She had nothing to do with this!"

Gaea smiled evilly. "Well, it does make you suffer, doesn't it? 2 birds with one stone."

Percy winced. The Earth Goddess probably knew his fatal flaw was loyalty, that he couldn't bear to see anyone he loved get hurt. "Please, you can do anything. Just….. don't hurt Annabeth," he pleaded.

"But what fun would that be? I only need you two ALIVE for the 1st of August. I never said you had to be in perfect condition."

Percy's eyes widened in realization. "No, don't, please."

"Watch. Watch as I torture you very own beloved Daughter of Athena."

And with that, she left.

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Percy didn't know how long her screams filled the air. He was driven to the edge of insanity. They did things to Annabeth that he couldn't even describe, things that were too horrible to exist even in the deepest depths of Tartarus.

After what seemed like longer than eternity, Gaea simply shimmered and left. Just like that. Nothing said, leaving behind 2 demigods- one battered, bloody and half-dead, another driven to the edge of his sanity. And yet, Percy knew they couldn't just stay here. They had to get out of here quickly. Percy didn't know why Gaea would just leave them here unprotected, but it didn't matter right now. What matter was getting out of here.

The problem was Annabeth. She was completely soaked in blood, and was unconscious. If it came to running from a giant monster, Percy stood absolutely no chance, but he ignored that minor problem for now.

Percy picked up Annabeth bridal style and, taking a deep breath, stepped into the darkness.

Well, it wasn't really darkness. The moment Percy stepped out of the light, the spot they had been in before turned pitch black and the area he was in lit up.

He was in a corridor, with blue torches lighting the way. It was about 50 yards long. No monsters were in sight. That was a bad sign. Percy ran as quickly as he could with an unconscious girl in her arms down the corridor and looked at the 2 passageways he could take. The left and right both looked the same.

Percy went left.

For the next couple of minutes, he turned corners blindly. Nothing mattered except getting out of this wretched place. After a couple of minutes, he finally saw light. Hesitating a moment, Percy stepped into it. He thought, That was too easy, too soon. The moment he stepped forward, Percy felt a blinding pain in the back of his head and blacked out.

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When he woke up again, Percy was back at the torch ring. Everything looked exactly the same. The torch on the wall, Annabeth still unconscious beside him, the blood on the floor.

Gaea stepped into the light again. Maybe it was just Percy's horrible headache, but she had different features this time. Her eyes were an evil red.

"Percy Jackson," she cooed. "That was a naughty thing you did. And for that, the girl pays."

She raised a wicked looking weapon- a sword-looking thing with spikes protruding from the blade. It looked to be pretty heavy for smashing bones and piercing muscle.

But before Percy could think any more than that, the roof exploded and light streamed down.

Why all these short chapters, you ask? Well, I suck at writing long chapters, And even though I"ve never been diagnosed with it, I always feel like I'm just a TINY bit dyslexic because I can't read too many words on the screen at once. I try sometimes though, and 16-18 are decent (in my opinion)

Song of the chapter- The trololol song (hint hint!)

Quote of the chapter- The only mystery in life is why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

Entertainment of the chapter- The Fountain. A great drama romance movie. Very moving. AWESOME soundtrack.

Peace out and see you in the next chapter.