I am soooooooooooooo sorry. I haven't updated in forever. my laptop had some problems before. once again so sorry I'll try to update more often from now on .

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Annabeth's POV

Guilt boiled up inside me, we had left Damasen behind last time we were hear . We had thought that he was dead, that he died to get us out, but no . He was right here, about to be eaten . These monsters bothered me, I have never seen them before .

I've never even heard a description that matched what I was looking at . They had Damasen, bound and gagged, on a massive stretcher looking thing . Though how they managed to capture and bound a thirty foot giant, I have no idea .

The cords that bound him where not made of rope or leather, as I expected . They swirled like the monsters eyes, black, silver and white . I don't know what that is either, that fact did not help my mood, I silently slipped my backpack of my shoulders .

I set it on the ground by my feet, I heard an almost undetectable dripping noise . I turned and saw water running down the side of the spire . Percy must be sending me a signal, he had gotten better at controlling his power .

Now he could make the water float in the air in front of me and form itself into words . Very helpful in situations like this one . Just as I thought it would the water came down and hovered in front of me. "I hope you have a plan cause I don't" it spelled out .

I thought for a moment, peering around the side of the spire again . I pulled a tiny notebook and pen from my backpack, jotted down instructions and sealed it in a tiny Ziploc bag . And stuck it in the water, it didn't fall through .

I guess that Percy can feel it when something enters the water under his control . "Love you Wise Girl" the water spelled out before flying back up the side of the spire . My note inside . I smiled, I'm so glad that he is here with me .

But at the same time I wish he was safe at home .

Walt's POV

Sadie has been really distant lately . I know that she has a lot on her mind and the whole thing with Julian, but . She still confides in Carter, not me . I know that he is her brother but I'm her boyfriend .

Thalia's POV

I crept around the side of a bone hut . Percy had relayed Annabeth's plan to me, though why we were recuing the giant I have no idea . They where our enemies in the last war, and they were bred to kill the gods .

I was terribly confused but since this was Annabeth's plan it had good reasoning behind it . She is probably the only one on this quest that isn't crazy . Ok she is the only one . I silently drew my twin hunting knives .

I took a deep breath, why do I have to be the distraction . It's never easy, I straitened up, if they have to see me I may as well have fun with my entrance . I strode out from behind the bone hut, strait into the circle . "Sup" .

For half a second they all stared at me with their horrible swirling eyes . Then, so fast I could barely react, they all stood and lunged at me . I brought my foot up and kicked the first one square in the chest, while blocking another's teeth with my knives .

I spun, pushing the monster away from me . At the same time slicing one of my knives across ones face, the other stopping a claw from sinking into my chest . The one that I had cut was on its knees, holding its neck as blood poured from it .

It fell soundlessly, turning to smoke before it hit the ground .

I dropped down in a crouch, bring my knives down on two that were trying to take out my legs . At the same time dodging a clawed hand . They disintegrated into black smoke . There was a horrible screech, the sound pierced the darkness and turned my blood to ice in my veins .

They all stopped, backing away from me, I could see Percy and Annabeth working on the bounds that held the giant . The monsters parted, I twirled my knife nervously, my hands itched to attack .

My entire body told me to charge, but I needed to keep them occupied for as long as possible. Then, on the opposite side of the circle, the leather flap was drawn back .

Another monster, bigger and taller than the others emerged from the small bone hut . It's skin was white and its eyes weren't black like the others . They were blue, every shade of blue you could imagine all swirling together .

It slowly stalked toward me, like it had all the time in the world . It threw its head back and let lose another horrific screech, then its bottomless eyes fixed on me . Making me feel cold and alone, I couldn't move .

I could only stair into the endless, swirling eyes, so beautiful . I felt my arms dropping to my sides, my knives started to slip from my grasp . It was only a few yards from me now, but from hear I could smell it . It smelled like a rotting corpse, one that's been out for days, baking under the summer sun .

That snapped me out of me dreamlike state, I had been around enough rotting corpses, I was not about to become one . I was just about to charge it when I heard someone calling my name . Someone that shouldn't be able to, because he's dead .

Luke stepped out from behind the monster, Luke who is dead . Luke who's funeral I went to, Luke who saved my life countless times, was right here, right in front of me .

Percy's POV

Annabeth and I hacked and slashed at the bonds holding a passed out giant . We had left Damasen last time we were here, I had thought that he was dead, guess not .

No matter what we did, we couldn't make even a scratch on the dark silvery cords . "This isn't working!"

Annabeth yelled, she turned, a look of horror covered her beautiful face . I saw a monster, bigger and taller than the others starring Thalia down . Then suddenly Luke was there, Luke who was dead, I watched him die .

Annabeth's POV

Luke, Luke was standing right there, alive and well . I took a step forward, tears threatening to spill down my cheeks . But something stopped me, Luke is dead, I watched his body burn . "Annabeth" Percy said gently, "Wise Girl it's not him"

"Help Thalia" I said, "I have an idea" He nodded and sprinted around the circle toward the spire. I took off as well, but half way there I slowed down and crept quietly . The monsters were focused on Thalia and there master, they didn't see me coming .

I stood up behind the monster farthest from the group, silently drew my knife and slit it's throat . It disintegrated into smoke without a sound, the only thing left was a long sharp claw . My spoil of war .

I quickly scooped up the claw, turned and sprinted towards Damasen .

Thalia's POV

Luke . He was hear, he's right in front of me . "Luke" I choked out, "Luke" He stepped toward me. "Thalia" He said, "Thalia you came, just like I always knew you would" He was smiling, that same smile he had when we were kids .

He looked younger .The scar that once ran from right above his eye down to his chin, was gone . He looked just like he did the day I died . He was wearing jeans and a light blue t-shirt the same color as his eyes .

"You're dead" I whispered, "I watched your body burn" He looked sympathetic "no Thalia, you didn't" He said, "you thought you did but you didn't" He took another step toward me . "See I'm alive and well, and I've been waiting for you"

This isn't happening, no it can't be but he just looked so real . He reached out his hand toward me, "Luke" I breathed out .

Then suddenly, something dropped between us . Percy . As he dropped he slit Luke's throat open with the sharp edges of his wings . I didn't even have time to react, Luke's skin became dry and cracked, his eyes became swirling pools of silver .

With an in humane scream he dropped to his knees and disintegrated to ash .

The larger monster locked it's gaze on me again, but this time Percy stood protectively in front of me. Blocking his view, "don't look at his eye's" I said quickly . Percy nodded, the other monsters just watched to see what their leader would do .

It took a step forward, there was no expression on its awful face, Percy tensed . I knew he was about lunge . But there was a crack, like a bone snapping in two . A sound that had, once upon a time, sickened me .

The monster looked down to see a blade stick out of its chest, it didn't even make a sound as it disintegrated into smoke .