High School Hostages

Chapter Twenty-Five: Thalia
After releasing Bianca from the hug-strangle hold I had her in, I let her go off and be the hero, while Luke turned to me and asked,

'What's the other thing we have to do?'

To be honest, I had no clue. I mean, I did one minute ago, but now my mind was completely wiped.

'Um, I don't remember,' I said, scratching the back of my neck.

'Right,' Luke said sceptically. 'So, why couldn't we go and save Annabeth ourselves?'

'Well, I had thought that I had a plan before, but now-,' I shrugged, 'it's just gone.'

'That convenient,' he scoffed.

'Hey! It's not my fault!' I complained. Then, a devious- not to mention dangerous- plan popped into my head. 'But I do have another idea.'

Luke turned back to me, 'I'm listening.'

Luke and I were hurrying down a corridor, towards the pool. We needed Percy's help to complete this little 'mission' of ours, and Percy was the first person who sprung to mind.

Well, not the first, but I decided to ignore the first choice my brain picked out for me.

'So, let me get this straight,' Luke started. 'We're going to find the biker dudes, somehow trap them somewhere where they can't escape, go to the principal's office, use the PA system to call a meeting on the football field, summon war, then chase Hughie and his crew out of the school?'

'That's the plan,' I muttered, suddenly finding faults everywhere in it.

Like: What if the biker guys are in the principal's office?

What if there are guards outside who catch us?

What if the biker guys have weapons that we don't know about?

What if we don't track down all of the biker guys?

What if the biker guys get out of where we take them?

Luke seemed to read my expression again, because he sighed and said,

'Don't start thinking about the "what ifs" now, Thalia. If you do, you'll chicken out, then I'll chicken out, then no one can summon war. And sometimes, I like a little bit of war to be summoned.' He turned to me and winked, which sent mixed emotions of both content and rage through my body, which summoned some war in my brain.

'Don't worry,' I murmured, looking away from Luke to hide my mixed emotions. 'I'm not one to chicken out.'

We continued to walk in silence until we reached the large, red double-doors that led into the pool area. I pushed the right one open, and walked into the large room to find Percy, sitting cross-legged right in the middle of the pool, right on the bottom.

Great, now how was I going to get his attention?

'Percy!' I shouted, letting my voice echo through the room. He looked up to where I stood at the edge of the pool and I motion for him to come out. He kicked off the bottom and swam fluently up to the edge.

'What is it?' he asked irritably.

'Hey! Don't try and pull that tone with me!' I screeched. 'Oh, great, I sound like my mother.'

'What do you want, Thalia?'

'I am here to make a proposition, my dear cousin,' I said, slyly.

'Oh really? Well, I guess anything's better than what just happened,' he mumbled, pulling himself out of the pool. I squatted down beside him and Luke followed.

Then, I told him the plan.

'Sounds good,' Percy smiled. But then the smile quickly faded, 'Except that...' his voice trailed off.

'"Except that" what?'

'Except that Rachel is on their side. She's the one who let them in in the first place.'

'Really, Rachel? I find that hard to believe,' I giggled, amusing myself with the thought of Rachel leading an evil scheme.

'It's true,' Percy assured me. 'But apparently things got out of hand.'

'Well, then,' I smirked. 'We'll have to plan something extra special for Miss Rachel Elizabeth Dare.'

OHMAIGAWD!

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