Sorry it took a while to get this chapter out, I'm going through some stuff like major choices that'll, like, (not to sound over dramatic) possibly seriously change my life. Sorry it took a while.

New chapter up soon I swear this time

25

The next morning we quickly left the gang dudes. But not before eating some of their food, hey, they don't have to travel into the underworld and we did so…there.

We left and I asked Percy what we were looking for. He told me it was some kind of record studio from the outside. We were wandering the city, just looking. He couldn't remember at all where to go. Neither did Annabeth. It was odd, they said. They thought it was right here on this street but it wasn't.

"What if," she began. "What if somehow the entrance was moved by Hades because two half bloods found it?"

Percy looked worried at the thought. "That could be." He replied looking glum. "So what do we do?" We stopped walking and went into a Monster Donut shop. Percy simply laughed at the sign. "Annabeth, remember the Monster Donut with Tyson?" he asked her.

She laughed too, "Yeah, that was…odd. I hope this time we aren't attacked by a monster."

"Wait, you guys were attacked by a monster inside a monster donut shop?"

"Sort of," Percy said. "But it's perfectly safe here." He added as he walked in first. He stopped. "Or not." He added.

I looked at where he was looking. There were five police officers inside the donut shop. Was it bad news? None of us knew, we just took off running.

…………………………………….

Where am I?

Am I dead?

It's all darkness, wait…a light is coming toward me. Should I run? I can't move my legs, I can't move my wings.

A ripple of panic shot through Fang's mind. The last thing he remembered was Max looking up at him, and then he had died. But here he was, alive in some dark place, who knows where. The light grew closer. He still couldn't move. He was ready for a fight but how could he fight if he couldn't even move?

The light was a lantern, held by Luke. He looked right in Fang's eyes and laughed. "So, Kronos's new body wakes up, eh?" Luke asked Fang.

"What's going on?" Fang asked, surprised that his voice was steady. "Where the hell am I?"



"It's funny you should mention 'hell' because you're just beyond there. In 'Hell' there is a gigantic pit that leads down to the pits of Tartarus. In those pits Kronos had been imprisoned for years, slowly regaining his strength. The stupid gods didn't expect him to get enough power back to make a kingdom down here. You're in the kingdom of Kronos, the palace of Tartarus. You're going to stay here until Kronos has enough power strength to return to a body. Then you will finish dying and he will overtake your body."

"Some story," Fang said under his breath.

"How is it a story if you're living it?" Luke asked. "Think about that."

Then Luke was gone. Fang had no idea how he had disappeared. One minute he was there and the next he wasn't. Fang still couldn't move. He tried to find out what was on him but he couldn't. It was too dark.

Eventually he felt like he was going insane. He couldn't tell what time it was or anything. He couldn't tell if half an hour passed or five hours. He remembered vaguely from another life about Max telling him about being stuck in a tank where she couldn't even move.

Couldn't move: Check.

No way of telling time: Check.

Going insane: Check.

Now he knew exactly how Max felt and he didn't like it one bit.

Another thing that made him even more scared than the situation he was in was his memory was starting to fade. He had already forgotten his family, just Max remained. And her face was quickly going away. He had to hang on to that. He just had to. If he lost the picture of Max he knew he would truly go insane.

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"Goddess, accept my offering." I whispered into a fountain. I didn't even think it would work without a rainbow in the dead of night but I had to try. I threw the Drachma into the fountain, "Show me Nico De Angelo." I told it. The water coming down into the base of the fountain shimmered. I saw shadows in the image though. I thought he'd be asleep but he wasn't.

"Max?" He asked, sounding like he didn't believe his eyes.

This was after a very long and tiring day in LA trying to find the entrance to the underworld. It was unsuccessful, however, and we had decided to stay at Kasper's place again. It took me a long time to find a fountain but I finally did. I hoped the rest of the gang wouldn't wake up.

"Yeah, sorry it took a while for me to get back to you but it happened." I told him soberly. "But we learned that Fang is being kept in Tartarus, beyond the underworld."



"I thought so," He said.

"We're having trouble finding our way into the underworld." I told him.

"The entrance moved, my father told me." He said. "The new entrance is in a little deli, when you go there you have to go around back and there's a little door…"

I cut him off. "Is there an entrance that just leads to the pit of Tartarus?"

"Yes, but it would take another day or two to go through that tunnel."

"I'll do it." I said.

"Ok, you have to go to an abandoned warehouse and in one of the offices there is a big closet and that closet leads down into a pit. Follow it, bring a lot of stuff you might be there for a day or two, and then Percy and Annabeth will know where you are and lead the way."

"Thanks," I mumbled. He was heping me even though I've never helped him once. "I really appreciate it."

"Don't mention it, I'm searching for someone too."

"I hope you find him."

"It's a her," He said. "My sister."

And, being the crybaby that I was, tears formed around my eyes. Thickly I said, "Thanks, I better get back."

And I flew back to where we were sleeping and I myself fell asleep immediately.