Hey everybody! As I promised I made this chapter better but not so actiony and romantic I'm saving that for the next one.
Chapter 26: Deja Vu
As we walked through the deserted streets I had a very ominous feeling run down my back.
The houses that lined the street were falling to pieces, the windows were covered by boards, and moss was eating away at the wood.
Only sound was that of the crows that were feeding on the body of a dead cat.
Every so often I could see a pair of eyes follow us but as soon as I looked in their direction they would disappear.
The sky was gray with low clouds and there was a light drizzle falling. There was a feeling of evil that infested this place and I didn't like it.
The houses seemed to lean inward whenever we passed them as if they were stalking us…watching our every move.
I could feel Annabeth tightly grasp my hand. At moments like this I would tell her that everything was going to be okay…that nothing bad was going to happen. But now I wasn't so sure.
So very slowly our group of four trudged on, through the muddy unpaved streets we walked for what seemed like forever but was only like 20 minutes.
The ominous feeling started to get worse and worse. Nobody talked; nobody smiled, nobody laughed, nobody wanted too. It was like a blanket of hopelessness had been cast over our little group.
The city we had entered was huge. It was built like a fortress; it was surrounded on all sides by a thick wall. And in the middle was a castle that was so tall that I would think it would have pissed off Zeus by now.
But it hadn't been hard to enter. The gate had been raised so that anyone could enter and there was nobody to stop them. We hadn't seen a soul except for a cute little kitten that I was about to pick up but then it got eaten by a swarm of crows.
That put everybody in a worse mood.
Annabeth was pale and was holding on to my hand so hard that I think I had lost all circulation, Sebastian looked like a soldier his face was stone and he moved like a robot but in his eyes I could see a hint of worry, Rachel was tightly hugging him and…wait! Rachel hugging Sebastian! That's new!
I decided to break the silence, "So…you guys are going out now?"
Rachel blushed but Sebastian silently chuckled and then said, "What was your fist clue?"
That made everyone relax a bit. We started up a conversation that went something to this affect:
"What's this place called?" I asked Sebastian
"Now a days it's called La Ciudad de Los Muertos."
"And that means…?"
"The City of the Dead."
"Spectacular!" I said sarcastically.
"In old times this place would be called the City of the Guardians."
"Why?"
"Remember when I told you there were two guardians of the Silver Pyramid?"
"Ya."
"One was the General and the other was this city."
"What do you mean was?"
"After Kronos' men attacked me and Andrea fled. So there was no other heir to the throne. Luckily the General foiled Kronos' plot and he were not able to reach the Pyramid. But the city fell into chaos without a ruler and that is why they are no longer protector for the Pyramid."
"Why would Kronos want the hand of life?"
"Think about it Percy. El Mano de Vida brings back all wild things. Good and evil."
"Oh."
We finally had reached the Castle. I had a clear view of all the city. It all looked the same to me, and it stretched almost to the horizon. This city was humungous.
"Percy you see that rope over there. I want you to pull it down 3 times."
I walked over to the rope that Sebastian had pointed at then pulled it down 3 times like he said. Nothing happened at first but then A huge bell that I hadn't seen before started ringing.
Then Sebastian led us to what seemed like a huge balcony and we watched in amazement as slowly hundreds and hundred of people started to fill an arena under the balcony.
Scratch that…Thousands of people were filling the Arena. The people looked terrible though. Many looked like they had spent all of their lives in the dark, others looked like they had spent to much time in the sun, and even others looked like they were more animal than man.
Once all the people had entered the arena I could say there was easily over 5 thousand people. Sebastian wasn't impressed, though, he whispered in my ear.
"There aren't enough."
"There has to be. Wow …déjà vu"
People were yelling from the crowd, things like, "You deserted us." Or, "How dare you come back after what you did!" Or, "Our city is in ruins! And it is all your fault!"
Sebastian calmly accepted the insults without a word then he stepped up to the edge of the balcony so everyone could see him. Then he started to talk in a loud commanding voice:
"I know that all what you say is true! It was my fault that all this happened to you and I can only hope that you will find it in your hearts to forgive me! But I stand before you to warn you of the coming danger! The Titan Army of the Lord Kronos is coming! They will reach the city walls within a couple of hours! We will never stand a chance unless we fight and work together! We must close all the gates and arm every man!"
There was nervous murmuring in the crowd and nods of agreement but then a man shouted out, "How are we supposed to know if your not just going to abandon us again!"
"I will never commit that that mistake again! I was young and hopeless back then! But now I stand before you a man of my word! I have gone through loss, pain, and suffering! I have seen the horrors of war! I have fought and won many a time! And I swear by the River of Styx that I will stand by you and fight until we win!"
A cheer erupted from the crowd. But then the same man as before asked, "But we need armour and weapons! How are we going to get them?"
There was a flash of light and then out of the sky came a huge jumbo jet. (Author: Random, I know but just go with it.) It landed right next to the arena and out of it flowed a huge army of half bloods, Hunters, and Cyclopes. The last one out of the plane was the shining god of the moon…Artemis.
"That is were I come in.," she said.
There was another blinding flash and when it receded every man in the arena was armed and ready for battle.
Then as quickly as she arrived, Artemis disappeared. Now we had twice as many soldiers than last time and they were all armed.
I heard a familiar voice barked out orders, "Close all the gates! Put 40 soldiers on each tower and gate! Get ready for battle!" There was another cheer from the crowd and everyone rushed to do as they were told.
I turned to the voice to see two of my favorite people.
"Thalia! Chiron!" I yelled and ran over to them and gave them a huge hug.
"Kelp Face get of me I can't breathe!" Thalia shouted.
"Sorry. I'm just so happy! All of my favorite people are here! All we need is…"
"Bla-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!" came a voice from behind me.
"No way! Grover!" I shouted
"Percy!"
YAYAYAY!! So what do you think? Not so much action. But I put in romance…but very little sorry. But next chappy comes the big war!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!(hint: Action galore) Can't wait! Plz review and ill TTYL.