Okies, so this chapter, if you couldn't tell, is going to be from Will's POV. Don't worry though, because it isn't the end! (Yet...) ~Ali (PS don't forget to review, flames WELCOME!)

Chapter Twenty-One "The Agreement"

Will's POV

I stared in horror as Hyperion and Prometheus dragged Ali out of the throne room. After about thirty minutes, they all came back in. Ali was awake and she looked fine from what I could tell. She was a little pale, and I could tell that she was slightly scared. The trio walked to the end of the room, where the other Titans were. Prometheus was smirking, and Hyperion seemed a little smug.

"Well, it looks like it's your lucky day!" Oceanus clapped. The Olympians were all looking up at them.

"So, here's the deal," Atlas started, "we are going to let you go. Our lovely friend Hades over there is going to transport us to the entrance of Tartarus. And we are going to willingly jump in."

"Okay, I'll bite. What's the catch?" Poseidon asked. (haha, bite, catch... get it? Poseidon...?)

"The catch," Oceanus leaned forward evilly, "is that lovely Alianna here is going to come with us."

Annabeth jerked me back just in time, slamming her hand over my mouth. I struggled, but I knew it was pointless. The room erupted into chaos. All of the Olympians were yelling, and most of us demigods were too. Ali stared at the window just above where Zeus's throne would normally be. She didn't cry, she didn't tremble; she just stood there and stared.

"ENOUGH!" Prometheus roared.

The room went deadly silent.

"Ali is doing you a great service," Hyperion laughed, "if it weren't for her, all of you would be suffering in Tartarus. Instead, she is willing to go in your place. Be thankful, for once in your immortal lives!"

"Yes," Mnemosyne purred, "and all of you must swear on the River Styx not to touch us or keep her from going. We will, as well, promise not to harm you and to jump right in. Do we have an agreement?"

Everyone looked to Zeus. His head was slumped, but finally he looked up. "Yes," he said, "I, on behalf of the council and myself, swear on the River Styx to meet your terms."

Iapetus smiled, "Very well then. I, on behalf of the seven Titans present and myself, swear on the River Styx to meet the terms laid out."

Thunder rumbled throughout the room, sealing both ends of the deal.

"Well, dearest?" Hyperion turned to Ali, "What do you say?"

Ali didn't flinch. "I swear on the River Styx to willingly go into Tartarus and die for the sake of the Olympians." She said it in a dead monotone, as if she was already dead.

Oceanus grinned, and motioned to the other Titans.

Atlas walked forward with something, but I was too busy staring at Ali. She was completely emotionless.

Iapetus smiled as he pulled the Celestial bronze chains from the box. He and Atlas chained Ali's hands behind her back, tightening them until she winced. Prometheus took a bronze blindfold from the box and tied it over her eyes. Oceanus pulled something from his pocket and stepped in front of Ali, cutting off my line of sight. When he moved, there was some bronze colored thing over her mouth. Lastly, Hyperion put a shackle around her neck, attached to a chain. He tightened that too, until she winced a bit. Then he yanked on it, like one would yank on a dog.

I was sick. I wanted to kill all of them, slowly and painfully. The worst part was that Ali just stood there, letting them. She held her chin high the whole time, unashamed.

Mnemosyne snapped her fingers, and the chains fell off the Olympians. But their oath made them unable to do anything. Hades glumly snapped his fingers, and the world fell away in a swirl of black.

I blinked, and everyone was standing in the Underworld next to a big pit. I instinctively took a step back. One by one, the grinning Titans jumped in, until Ali and Prometheus were left.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye." He sneered. "Come along, love. Let's go." He grabbed Ali's arm in one hand, the chain in the other. He whispered something in her ear, and together they jumped into Tartarus.