Captured

A PJATO Fanfiction

©- Rick Riordan; PJATO

Summary:

It's been nearly a year since the Second Titan War, and Annabeth Chase has a problem. A HUGE problem. Her boyfriend, Percy Jackson, recently went missing. Who took Percy? As if TLH never ever happened. An OC is added, and Nico is 15.

Chapter 26

Nico

I was rudely awakened from my peaceful sleep by the sound of someone pounding on my door.

"Nico!" whoever was at my door yelled. "Wake the Hades up!" I groaned, burying my head in my pillow. Gods, who was it now?

"Nico, freakin, di Angelo, I swear if you do not open this door-" the person was abruptly cut off. Ah, peace and quiet.

"Nico!" a new voice shouted. "Just wake up already!" I groaned, finally pulling myself out of bed.

"Stupid sleep-deprivers," I muttered irritably. "Nico wake up, Nico, open the door, blah, blah, blah." I swung the door open.

"What?" I asked, annoyed. In front of me were Annabeth and Jess.

"We have news." Annabeth said excitedly. "News about Percy!" Well, that got me awake. I felt as if someone had just doused me with ice cold water.

"Really?" I asked. "What?"

Jess tsked. "We have to wake up the others, first." she said, smirking. Jess grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the Hermes Cabin. "Annabeth can take care of Clarisse and Thalia." she muttered.

I banged on the Hermes Cabin door. "Chris!" I yelled. "Wake up, man!" There were mumbles and shuffles from inside the Hermes Cabin, and before we knew it, Connor and Travis had opened up the door and pushed Chris outside.

"Ugh," Chris groaned. "What do you want at," He glanced at his watch. "4:13 in the morning?"

"Annabeth has news about Percy." Jess said bluntly. "C'mon we're supposed to meet her in the Athena Cabin. The three of us trudged to the Athena Cabin, yawning the entire time. Jess opened the Athena Cabin, and all of us walked into the library section of the cabin.

Annabeth, Clarisse, and Thalia walked into shortly after we did, with Clarisse and Thalia grumbling the entire time. Annabeth was beaming, obviously excited about the news. Clarisse and Thalia took a seat while Annabeth turned on one of those interactive whiteboard thingamajigs.

"Okay," I asked. "What's this big news you wanted to tell us so badly that it couldn't wait until breakfast?"

Annabeth grinned. "I know where Percy is." she announced. My eyes widened.

"You do?" Thalia asked, shocked. "How?"

"It's glaringly obvious!" Annabeth exclaimed. "Where have all the leads we've gotten pointed to?"

"That bar." Chris answered.

"What's the name of that bar?" Annabeth inquired, glancing at Thalia and Clarisse.

"Aegis Club and Bar," Clarisse said. "What's this have to do with finding Percy?

"What's the name of Zeus and Athena's shield?" Annabeth asked.

Jess's eyes widened. "Aegis." she answered slowly.

Annabeth nodded excitedly. "All of our evidence points to Percy being somewhere near there." she said.

"But we already scoured almost all of Minneapolis," I argued. "And we still didn't find him."

"Right, because, we weren't searching underground." Annabeth said. "Percy is most likely being held right under that club." She pulled up a map of the United States on the white board. Annabeth pulled a pen out.

"Percy lives here," Annabeth said, drawing a circle around Manhattan. "And Aegis Club and Bar is way over here" She drew a circle around Minneapolis. "Gods can air-travel, so there's no use of driving from Manhattan to Minneapolis."

"So, why did they stop there?" Chris asked.

"Exactly Annabeth's point," Thalia said, catching on. "Ares and Athena wouldn't visit a random club with their captive unless it was of importance to them."

"So," Jess added. "That would mean that Annabeth's theory is most likely true."

"Percy is most likely being held underground." Clarisse finished. "But the question is, how do we find out if he is?"

Annabeth pondered for a moment. "I got it!" she exclaimed suddenly. "Nico, you can control rocks, right?"

I nodded warily. "Right…"

"And the bar's floor is made of marble, perfect!" Annabeth exclaimed. "You should be able to feel if there's people or gods underground."

"That still won't help us find Percy." Jess argued. "We can't try a direct assault, it will ultimately fail."

Annabeth nodded. "You're right, we can't try that."

"Why don't we send someone in as bait?" Clarisse suggested. "That would distract them long enough for the others to get in."

Annabeth's jaw dropped. "That's actually not a bad idea." she admitted. "But the question is, who's going to be the bait?" Every single person in the room, minus her sleeping siblings, turned to her.

Annabeth sighed. "I guess I will."

"That still doesn't really help the fact that they have like five gods on their side, and we have six demigods." Chris pointed out. "It's nearly impossible for us to beat them."

"Chris is right," Jess agreed. "For all we know, they could have a dozen gods on their side, not to mention all those monsters."

"And," Thalia added. "We'd still have to get Percy out of there. I'm pretty sure they won't let us out of there that easily, and we can't leave Percy unprotected while we fight the gods."

"And we haven't even thought about what would happen if they took on their divine form," Clarisse muttered. "We would be screwed if they did."

"We also can't really rely on Thalia and my super awesome powers," I said. "That's the bad part about having those abilities, they wear you out."

"And relying on our dreams," Jess said. "Nico will already be pretty worn out from taking down those stone walls."

Annabeth looked at her strangely. "When did you dream that?" she questioned.

"A couple of days ago." Jess answered simply.

"And, Percy wouldn't be any help. He's probably too weak to move." Thalia commented. "Which means were screwed."

"Basically?" Chris scoffed. "We are definitely screwed."

"What if we bring some campers to help?" Annabeth suggested. "I'm sure a couple of our friends wouldn't mind saving Percy."

"No," I said suddenly. "Our-our dreams. They only showed us fighting the gods."

"What about our parents?" Chris put forward. "I'm sure Dad wouldn't mind helping."

"In case you've forgotten," Jess reminded. She gestured to Annabeth, Clarisse, and herself. "Our godly parents are the one's who kidnapped Percy in the first place. And, I'm not really sure Zeus and Hades would really want to help rescue their nephew."

"Well, what about Poseidon?" Thalia added. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind rescuing his own son." Thalia paused, then added quietly. "At least he'd better not."

"Hestia," Annabeth said abruptly. "She-she talked to Thalia and Clarisse. Maybe she's be willing to help us."

I shook my head. "Highly unlikely," I said. "I know Hestia, and she's not the type to fight. She's more of a pacifist."

"Lady Artemis might be willing to help. Percy was on the quest to save her." Thalia suggested. "She's been on okay terms with him ever since."

"What about Apollo?" Clarisse asked. "How is his relationship with Prissy?"

"He treats Percy like a little cousin, which, of course, Percy is." Annabeth answered. "Apollo might be willing to help."

"Demeter?" Jess suggested.

I shrugged. "She's only met Percy once or twice, and both times, she's barely talked to him. Demeter thinks he needs to eat more cereal, but she says that about everyone."

"Hera?" Chris added.

Annabeth's face hardened. "She hates demigods, so why would she want to help Percy?" Annabeth snarled.

"Not to mention she almost killed Percy and Annabeth last year." Thalia muttered.

"Mr. D?" Clarisse suggested. All of us gave her a look. "Right, forget I asked."

"Aphrodite?" I questioned.

Thalia smiled, as if remembering something. "She made a special visit to him once. I'm not sure what she told him."

"I am." Annabeth said bluntly. "Aphrodite told Percy she was going to make his love life tragic. I suppose that's coming into play right now."

"Got that right," Jess commented dryly. "You don't think she would take it as far as-" Jess's voice trailed off, but we all knew what she was thinking. Would Aphrodite go as far as killing Percy?

"Let's not think about that right now." Chris said, breaking the silence.

"Right," Annabeth said in agreement. "Okay, so gods who might help us rescue Percy: Poseidon, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, and possibly Aphrodite. Anyone else?" We shook our heads. "Alright, we'll go to Minneapolis tomorrow to check if there are people underground. Get some sleep, we leave at 9:00. Meet me at Thalia's tree." she said.

All of us got up and went our separate ways. Annabeth and Jess, of course, stayed in the Athena Cabin. I trudged back to the Hades Cabin, yawning. Tomorrow was going to be a long day.

AN: Yay! They finally know where Percy is! To anyone who guessed Aegis Club & Bar, kudos to you for being correct-er-sort of.

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