A/N: YAY! I used one of your characters! A Lovely Reader's character Fiona is being used. Sorry I changed her age, but you'll understand why when you read the sequel, if there is one.
Chapter 24: The Great Escape (part 2)
Nico's POV
I'm sick of all this. Life is stupid. It would be much easier if I was dead. Well, for me, life is a living death. I spend most of my time in the Underworld anyway. It's not like I have much of a choice, the only family I have is down there. My mom, my dad, Bianca. I miss her, things were so much easier with her around. Yeah, she used to boss me around and stuff, but she always knew what to say and when to say it, and she always knew the right thing to do.
I kept thinking about how horrible my life is, until Percy burst into my cabin asking if I'd seen Hannah. So basically, I only had five minutes to wallow in my misery. He said he and Annabeth couldn't find her. I told him to go look harder.
"Seriously, Annabeth and I have checked everywhere we could think of where she might be."
"Okay, not the lake, cause that's the first place we'd look for her. Then she'd think of going to see Elaine but would have decided against it, because she didn't want to become evil like her. Then she would have wanted to go to Greece, but she remembered the camp rules about not leaving without permission, then she would have decided to just stay and think in the forest, farther away then from where we play capture the flag, but not too far. Did I give you enough information? I'd like to go now."
"Um…okay? And, how the Hades did you know all that?"
"I know the way her weird mind works…good-bye!"
I slammed the door in his face and hopped back onto my bunk…trying really hard not to worry where Hannah was. After what felt like a really long time, but was probably only two minutes, I got up and headed toward the forest.
I hope I find her. Even if I won't talk to her. All we've been doing lately is fighting, it's getting really annoying, but I don't really care, she's one of the few people that I know that isn't scared to talk to me. I'm sick and tired of all the "what the hell is that emo dude doing here?" "why is he in this school?" "He's such a loner, that Hannah girl's only friends with him cuz she feels bad for him"….yeah that's pretty much all I here at school. It doesn't bother me, but it gets really annoying sometimes.
I was so emerged in my thoughts that I didn't notice that I was nearly at where we play capture the flag.
Walking is so boring….. it's just …. Walking.
I passed Zeus's fist, and I saw something shiny. I had to stop and investigate.
It was a necklace. Not just any necklace. A necklace with a chariot on it. A chariot! The symbol of Poseidon and Athena's peace! The same symbol on the necklace that Hannah ALWAYS wears! The necklace that Francesca gave her.
Hannah's in trouble. I know it. She NEVER takes that necklace off.
I broke into a run. I don't care how deep I go into the forest. I don't care how many monsters there are here. I just need to find her.
I saw a piece of paper caught on a tree branch. I took it off.
There in neat greek letters, was my worst nightmare.
I couldn't help it…I screamed.
Hannah's POV
I was just sitting on a rock under a tree when the coldness became unbearable. I shivered. Why is it so cold? It's supposed to be summer! Maybe it's this stupid dress! Maybe it means something bad is going to happen. I hope not.
I spoke too soon.
The last thing I saw was a mass of curly blonde hair before I was hit over the head with something hard. I felt dizzy. My vision got blurry. I passed out.
Nico's POV
I stared at the note. There was only one person that could have left it. Elaine.
If you want her back, come meet me at 7 o'clock by Zeus' fist.
Elaine kidnapped Hannah. I should go tell Chiron! I reminded myself there was no time. 7 o'clock was ten minutes away. I made my way back to Zeus' fist.
I'd like to say that what I saw surprised me, but to be completely honest, it didn't. I knew Elaine would do something like this. Hannah was unconscious on the floor and Elaine was sitting on Zeus' fist with a huge smirk plastered on her face.
"Didn't think you'd be stupid enough to come. Then again, you'd have to be stupid to date my good-for-nothing sister."
I refrained myself from fighting back. I bit my lip and told myself that now wasn't the time to argue.
"What do you want me to do to get her back?"
"Oh, you just go straight to the point, di Angelo. Good for you."
I glared at her.
She looked down at me with another smirk and jumped off Zeus' fist with ease.
"I want you to kill Percy Jackson."
"No way. Percy's like a brother to me! Percy is your brother! Why do you want him dead?"
After I said it the reason was obvious. She was going to attack camp and she couldn't do that with Percy leading troops.
"I think you know the answer, di Angelo."
She spat out my name like it was the foulest thing in the world.
Just then, something hit her.
Saved by the...was than an arrow?
I saw an Apollo girl named Megan and an Athena girl that Hannah had introduced to me as Fiona.
They smiled at me.
"Run, take Hannah. That was a special arrow, she should be waking up soon. Send someone to help us with her." Megan said, turning to Fiona she said, "Fiona, you start tying her up."
I picked her up bridal style and carried her (she's surprisingly pretty easy to lift) as fast as I could towards the big house. Thankfully, it was dinner time and Chiron was in the Dining Pavalon so I didn't have to walk as far as I thought I did. That also meant I would be able to announce it to the whole camp that Elaine was planning an attack.
As soon as Percy saw me he ran over and took Hannah from my arms. He started towards the infirmary before I said, "Percy, stay, you need to hear this."
He walked with me to where Chiron and Dionysus were sitting. Dionysus was asleep. Annabeth was hot on our heels, Percy still carrying Hannah. Chiron had a look of ready-ness on his face, like he already knew what was happening.
"Send someone to Zeus' fist...NOW!"
He sent Clarisse and a few other Ares' kids who's names I didn't know to go. I told him, Annabeth, and Pery the whole story.
We agreed that I should bring Hannah to the infirmary while Chiron and all of the other head councelors led the younger kids to a safe place at camp...just in case Elaine woke up and overpowered Clarisse...a mission I find impossible, but that's just me. I mean, she is a goddess, anything could be possible for her.
I was nearly at the infirmary when Hannah began to stir. Her eyes darted open. She struggled and screamed before she realized that it was me who was carrying her.
"W-whe-rre are you t-tak-king m-me?" She asked shivering.
I put her down. I threw her my jacket. She didn't take it.
"I'm used to the cold...Underworld's freezing."
She didn't object, she put it on. She stood up and tried to walk. She would have fallen flat on her face if I didn't catch her. She laughed in spite of herself, but still refused to let me carry her.
"Where were you taking me?" She asked, putting her weight into one foot and leaning against a tree. Her ankle was swollen, probably broken.
"I am taking you to the infirmary. Please let me carry you, your ankle's broken!"
She looked like she wanted to object, but she was too tired to argue and she just nodded.
She laid down in a bed in the infirmary, drinking some nectar. I was sitting at the foot of her bed. She looked up at me.
"I know what I have to do," she told me.
"What are you talking about?"
"The last line of the prophecy, I have to reason with Elaine. I have to leave with her. She needs to trust me again, which means I have to leave you."
A/N: HEY! I know, I'm so mean! I didn't update when I said I would! Next week is February break and so I'll be able to update the next chapter!
Oh, and sorry it's so short haha.
I know I said that after this there will be only one chapter left, but I didn't have enough time to finish this chapter, so I'm gonna write it over the break.
To the reviewer called "obsessedwithPercyJackson" I know, I noticed a while ago when I was re-reading my story. I'm just too lazy to fix it.
Anyways, I PROMISE to update next week. Feel free to angrily p.m. me if I don't update on Monday!
Also, review telling me whether or not you want a sequel!
