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The fight against the Par( short for Paravataksha) clones was going pretty well.

I don't know about Percy, but I was slicing him like butter! He didn't have any skills at all so it was no trouble for me to slice his arm off, but he just kept coming back for more.

There was only one time that he actually came at me with force.

Without thinking, I looked into his eyes. His face was written with grotesque images of death and torture, but when I looked into his eyes it was like I was in a whole 'nother world except there was nothing there. He was still there looking at me. Nothing was coming out of his mouth. He just stared at me...

I kept looking into his eyes. Finally, I felt my side start to get soaked in something. Without looking down, I felt my side with my hand.

My head didn't move to look at my hand so I had to raise my hand to my face.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw red. Blood red! I was bleeding, but how? We'd been staring at each other for the past five minutes and neither of us has moved!

Last time I checked I was as healthy as ever, but here I am bleeding for no apparent reason? It had to have been the hollow shell of a body that I was looking at that did this, but he hadn't moved at all!

I was in a trance! That had to be it! I mean, all I did was look into his eyes and bam! it all changed. His eyes! But as soon as I figured it out, the thing started speaking, " Hello there, Carter! I hope you are enjoying yourself with your deluded visions of winning against me, but unfortunately, I've been winning the whole time! " He glared at me with a grin, " Ever since you looked into my beautiful eyes, "( He must've been blind), " I have been killing you. All your friend Percy sees is you killing me, but in reality I'm the one doing the killing!"

He lunged at me, but I couldn't move. I was paralyzed by...fear?

He stabbed me slowly through my arm making sure that I could feel every vibration from his sword and bleed out every ounce of pain that he could get from it. While he was slowly piercing me, he kept whispering, " Your friend Percy? Dead! Your trainees? Dead! Your foolish gods? Dead! " He kept going deeper and deeper into my head, " Your girlfriend Zia? Dead! Your uncle Amos? Dead! Last but not least: Your poor little sister Sadie? DEAD! " My head rattled with fear and despair, " DO YOU HEAR ME? THEY'RE ALL DEAD! ALL OF THEM BECAUSE LITTLE CARTER KANE GOT SCARED!"

My mind was racing, and tears were rolling off my face, but I couldn't help it. I felt like how Percy looked when he was asleep: Complete Fear. But I wasn't going to go down like this. Not now, not ever.

" HAHAHAHAHA! Ughh!" He crossed his eyes to see between them, but all he could see was the shine of my blade as it went through his skull, " You... can... never... escape...fear...Carter...Ka-" Then he just disintegrated, and I was back in the real world.

Percy had already finished off his double, and was now looking at Par. Next thing I knew, Par was in between Percy and I with one sword in each hand. We were totally screwed from that point because I was in no physical or mental state for this, but it had to be done some time, and it wasn't going to happen two hours from now.

He sliced sideways with his sword and both Percy and I ducked. We both sliced at his legs, but he jumped and did a split in the air and kicked us in the face. I went to his right and Percy to the left. I'm pretty sure I left an imprint in the wall, but I didn't have time to admire my work because Par was soon standing at my feet.

" I thought you two would be more of a challenge, but I guess my faces did you in... Too bad, they always get to have fun." He grabbed me by my shirt collar and I tried to kick him away but his body was made out of rock! One kick and crack! I almost broke a toe! He lifted me higher in the air, and I was able to get a picture at Percy.

His leg was stuck under a humongous rock, and he was trying furiously to do anything he could to get it off. His face told me he didn't think that he would make it out quick enough so I was going to be alone for a while.

I pulled my wand out of the Duat, " Ha-wi!" Par was shot back a few feet and tripped over himself, " As expected, Carter. You would find the best time in a problem to capitalize and turn it to your advantage. Well done, but you miscalculated: I am not a problem. I am the destruction! " He appeared right back at where I was, and analyzed me from head to foot, " You look in pain, Carter Kane! Rhyme intended. How would you like me to put you out of your misery?"

He punched me square in the face and I met the ground hard. I pulled out my wand again, but Par quickly appeared and took it, " Don't you see I'm doing this in your best interest?" His grip on the wand tightened and it broke under the pressure, " My wand-!" He gripped my by my face and lifted me up once more, " I thought I could train you, but you don't want to be trained do you? Alas, you would have had power at the foot of you grasp! "

I looked back at Percy who had just managed to free himself from the boulder, but it was already too late.

Par gave a form of sign like it was an honor or something. Then he raised his sword, and sliced it across my chest and stomach. I was pretty much dead at that point. He dropped me on the ground and walked off.

Blood pumped through the pulsating cut, and it wasn't going to stop anytime soon.

I was going to die.

We were kilometers underwater and I don't think Percy had a P.h.D or Doctorates Degree somewhere in his arsenal. I caught one last look at Percy before I lost conciousness. He was free and looking at my lifeless body on the ground. He looked like he had seen a ghost because he was pale and violently shaking. Then I saw his face.

It was the same face as when he was sleeping. Did he, by any chance, see this same image in his dreams? He ran over to me, right past Par. Par didn't seem to care so he just sidestepped out-of-the-way.

Percy knelt over me and I tried to speak, " P-Pe-Percy.." Then a cut busted open and blood spurted out. Then I fainted. The strange thing was, though, is that I could still feel. Because maybe two minutes after I fainted I felt vibrations. They were almost like Par's but these were different. More natural. Then chaos erupted all around me. I couldn't see or hear it, but I was pretty sure from the way things were feeling: someone else was going to die.

And I hoped it wasn't Percy...

IF ANYONE IS CONFUSED ABOUT ANYTHING I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD TELL ME INSTEAD OF SAYING YOU ARE CONFUSED AND LEAVING IT AT THAT. PLZ AND THANK YOU!

THIS CHAPTER IS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO MUCH BUT I COULDN'T HELP THE FLOW OF MY MOOD SO THIS IS HOW IT TURNED OUT. I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT! THANKS FOR READING!