Hey guys, sorry if this chapter seems to have been made a little hastily. I'm writing before school again, so hear it is!

Annabeth

Annabeth could feel her heart pounding, she kept taking deep breaths. They were in a small room-like area, and they were facing the direction where they came. Percy held Riptide with both his hands, she stood next to him with her dagger. Percy had convinced her that they should fight the Chimera, since they would have to face it sooner or later. She heard another long, terrifying roar, it gave her goosebumps.

"Annabeth," Percy said, "it's going to be okay." he smiled at her reassuringly, unfortunately, it didn't help. She could now hear the monster thundering down the pass they were facing, each step sounded like a cannon being shot. Another long, deep roar was released, and she knew that the Chimera was watching them from the shadows of the dark pass. Annabeth could see Percy grip his sword tightly, and she found herself doing the same with her dagger.

The Chimera walked out of the shadows, crouching low to the ground. Annabeth could feel her breath catch in her throat, already feeling a panic just by looking at it. The Chimera's lion head was glaring at them, eyes glowing like red rubies. It had an Antelope head on it's back, which also glared at them with poison green eyes. The snake tail hissed at them, it's eyes glowing a dark and hideous purple. It started to walk around them, trying to find an opening, and pounce on them.

Percy raised Riptide over his head, ready to slash down and kill the monster if it got any closer. She could feel the monsters eyes bearing down on her, and she began to feel afraid. Annabeth raised her dagger and pointed it at the Chimera, the tip of her dagger was shaking a little bit. Percy moved in front of her, blocking her from the Chimera. Ready to use his body as a shield, which she didn't approve. The Chimera growled, and it's Antelope head brayed, and the snake tail swung back and forth, trying to determine where to strike.

"Percy, get out of the way." she demanded.

"No, this fight is on a personal matter," Percy replied, "this thing bit me at the arch, and I'm not going to let you get hurt." She started to feel angry at Percy, that he wasn't letting her fight. Percy didn't take his eyes off the monster, and he kept shuffling, keeping his back to Annabeth. She knew that he was going to need her help, but he would never admit it. Percy was too loyal, always determined to let himself get hurt before anyone else.

The Chimera growled, and it's tail hissed, and it looked annoyed. It kept stalking around them, making fake lunges to try to throw them off. Annabeth began to wonder if it was waiting for something, reinforcements or something, but then it charged with a loud roar. She rolled to the side, and Percy rolled to the other, but as he came up, he swung his sword out, catching it in the ribs. The Chimera roared and swung at Percy, but he rolled, now it turned on her. She could see it's eyes glowing with hatred, pure hatred. It lunged at her, and she rolled under it stomach, stabbed her knife up, pulled it out, and rolled to the side.

Annabeth saw Percy take a moment to look at her in awe, she gave a quick shrug, but they had to pay attention. The Chimera got over it's wounds, and turned to Percy, it charged at him. Percy rolled to the side, and threw Riptide, but it glanced off it's collar, and went spinning away into the darkness. She saw Percy dodge to the side and narrowly avoid the Chimera's paw. Percy took off in the direction where Riptide went, and Annabeth braced to fight the monster, but that wasn't the case. The Chimera began chasing Percy, and it was catching up. She started sprinting after them, praying that she will be able to help.

Annabeth turned a corner and saw the Chimera on top of Percy, and Percy was keeping his mouth away from his body, and forgot about the snake tail. She could see the snake tail slowly creeping towards his legs, where it could easily sink it's fangs into his leg. She started running, but it felt like she was watching in slow-motion, and she saw the tail arc up, and bite Percy's shin. Percy howled out in pain, and Annabeth leapt onto the Chimera's back, digging her dagger into it's scruff. While the Chimera was distracted, Percy thrust Riptide, which he managed to find, into it's mouth. The monster fell silent, and she saw Percy roll out from under it, just as it collapsed.

Percy stood up, took a long breath, and started groaning. She ran over, and saw the wound, the place where Percy got bit. "Percy!" she screamed, "You-you-got bit!" her eyes started to tears up, and she grabbed Percy in a hug, and wasn't going to let him go.

"It's okay-" Percy started.

"NO! Bo it's not okay, your going to die of the poison!" she shrieked.

"I said it's okay, because I can use the water in me to postpone the poison." he said with a look of pain.

"Ho-how long will you have." she whispered, still crying.

"Six hours, seven max." he said, "But we need to get to the doors, as fast as possible." He looked at her, she could see that he was scared, and she knew that crying wouldn't help him. She gave him a kiss, only because she didn't know if it would be their last one. Percy kissed her back, and then she broke away.

"Come on," she said, "We need to get you to the doors, because I'm not going to let you die." Percy wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and they started going down the tunnel, but they could hear the sounds of a great host.

BUH, BUH, BUH! What do you guys think of Percy getting bitten! He only has seven hours, at max! He needs to find the doors, so I want to hear some theories! Seriously, I won't update until I have four new reviews, so get cracking! As Always, Have A Nice Day!