Thank you for the suggestions! I was having a major case of writer's block for this story and I haven't updated in months, and I felt bad for making you guys wait so much.

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On with the story….

Annabeth's POV

The abandoned toy store looked like something that came out of a scary movie. The town itself seemed to be deserted, like a ghost town, but the toy store was a whole other different thing. The paint was chipped off and falling around a giant clowns head, which was missing an eye. The clowns head was all covered with red, green and white paint making it look like the Joker from the Batman movies. It had been vandalized so there were drawn in sharp teeth and other things on it. The toy store itself looked like it was going to crumble and disperse into dust if anyone touched it. The windows were broken, graffiti decorated the sides of it and the front door was wooden and old with the sign "come inside, we're open!" written in Russian dangled from it.

"Oh, god…" Leo whispered as Percy opened the rusty old gate. The gate creaked. "We have to go in there?"

"Scared?" Piper smirked as she followed the blonde haired, blue eyed boy down the path that led to the store.

I waited until everyone went ahead, looked behind me and scanned the area one last time for anything suspicious or out of place. The wind blew the curtains of the old houses, picking up and dragging dust and dust through the air. Nothing seemed to be moving or even alive.

I felt someone's hand on my shoulder and I quickly turned around to see who it was. Percy gave me a small smile and with his head he gestured to the others.

"You coming?" He asked.

"Right behind you."

I made sure the gate was closed again, just in case someone passed through the town. I didn't want anyone to know we were here and by anyone, I mean Kronos. We walked through the grass instead of the pathway, to make sure there weren't any noticeable footprints, either. The grass was yellow and dead, from either the cold or the lack of water, so no one would notice we walked on it.

Unless they were already watching us.

I carefully pushed the wooden door open and winced when it creaked loudly. Inside, the store was scarier than it was on the outside. Everything was covered with dust, dolls and actions figures laid scattered all around the floor (some were missing eyes or half their faces as if someone burned them), and an eerie silence filled up all the corners of the old room.

"Why would those two send us here? I see nothing useful, much less someone who will help us!" Leo complained only to be silenced by Jason.

"I'm sure they had a reason…all we have to do is find it."

I nodded, agreeing with his words.

"We have to find a sort of sign, or symbol. Something demigod or half-blood related." I whispered the last part. "Keep your eyes peeled. Remember our training."

We all split up into little search teams. Leo and Will. Jason and Piper. Percy and I. Going off into different directions, I carefully watched the floor I was walking on, not wanting to set anything off. I still don't know if we could trust Mr. C and Mr. J, even after all they did for us. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I'm ungrateful, because without them we would have been caught by Kronos already, but we are in Kronos territory. He knows this part of the world better than we do. He could have eyes and ears everywhere. Including the two divergent twins.

There were hundreds of shelves around the store. Percy and I walked in between two of them, looking around, searching for any sign or any clue. Behind us, a toy fell off the shelf which made me jump (not that Percy noticed). There was no one behind us. Maybe it was just the wind.

"What are we supposed to be looking for?" Percy whispered.

"Anything related to our organization. An acronym, like CHB. Or a drawing or some sort." I told him as I examined one of the shelves, wiping away the dust with my fingers. There was something small and carved out. I pushed the toys off of the shelves and told Percy to help me wipe the dust away.

There were a word written in a red liquid…The word YOU.

"I found something!" Jason's voice exclaimed from some direction.

"No way, me too!" Leo said.

"It's words!"

"Read them out loud." Percy commanded.

I looked at him, his face was close to mine and his eyebrows were collided together. He wore an expression of worry and concentration. I was surprised that he said what I was going to say. There was a message here. Maybe a clue to where Chiron was being held or something. Maybe there was a word in all the tall, dusty shelves of this store. But it would take hours to find and read them all, not that I was complaining. If it took hours to find Chiron, days, weeks…I would do it.

"I have-"

"-found-"

"-you." Percy finished.

My eyes widened.

There were footsteps coming from the front door, from the back door. The broken windows were broken even more as something smashed into them, cracking them and then the mysterious people ran inside. Grabbing my hand, Percy dragged me to the center of the store where we were meant by the others.

It didn't take long before we were completely surrounded by the men wearing all black, their faces covered and guns in their hands.

Everything was quiet. I stood facing about 10 guys who were facing my direction, but there was 6 of us and I guessed there were more than 10 facing the others who were behind me. Percy's arm brushed mine, as if asking "What are we going to do?". My mind started to work overtime.

There were too many of them to fight, not that we couldn't do it, but you don't have to be a genius to know that 6 people can't beat about 30 or 40 of them. This wasn't one of those action movies that people like to watch on TV were a single man could take on a bunch of people and still win. This was reality and the odds were not in our favor this time.

But that didn't mean I was just going to surrender.

Before they could come any closer, I lunged forward and pushed a toy shelve on top of two of the bad guys. Everyone seemed to get the memo and one by one they started to join in. I was lost in a frenzy of fists, kicks, dodges and shouts. I stepped backward as a fist was thrown at me. Grabbing the person's hand, I pushed the elbow up, snapping his arm. He cried out in pain. Grabbing him from the back, I slammed his face onto the wall where he slid to the floor, unconscious.

I turned around ready to grab the next guy, when I saw how outnumbered we were. Percy and Jason were being in circled by a group of men, but they were fighting. Slowly and one person at a time, but they were fighting. I didn't know where the others were, but I imagined them in a similar position.

"There are too many of them!" Leo shouted from somewhere.

"Keep fighting!" Jason grunted as he punched a guy in the face.

But soon the little circle started getting closer and closer to them. Leaving them less room to move around and fight.

I ran towards them, hooking my arm around the guy's neck and pulling him back with me. He trashed and kicked, managing to hit me right in the face with his head, but I ignored the pain as I slammed him into the floor. I drop kicked him in the head, knocking him out, while trying to fight off two other goons who were heading my way.

Then I heard footsteps from the back of me and as I turned my head, I saw more of the men dressed in black crawling through the windows. A punch to the face knocked me back to reality and there I knew that we couldn't do much. Kronos had outnumbered us, but he won't outsmart us.

Maybe this was the only way.

We didn't know exactly where we were supposed to go or where we could find Chiron in the first place. Maybe we needed to be dragged away to Kronos's secret layer where we could take him down from the inside. Maybe….just maybe.

"Annabeth!" Percy screamed.

It was a horrible scream. Like something that had come deep from inside him, a strange sound mixed with fear, warning and concern.

I felt a really sharp hit on my head and the world started to fade into black.

Maybe losing one time wasn't so bad. Not as long as I get Chiron. Because I will find Chiron. I have to save Chiron.

So that is where it ends but here is a SNEAK PEAK at Saturday's NEW CHAPTER!

From my prison cell, I could hear Annabeth's screams. I should have known they were going to do this to her. I should have fought them with all my might, not letting them rip her away from my arms. From where she was safe…from where I could make sure she was safe.

I pushed and pulled the cell bars, screaming for them to stop when I knew they wouldn't. The sounds of how they hit her echoed through the metal walls, driving me insane.

"DON'T HURT HER! I SWEAR TO THE RIVER STYX IF YOU HURT HER, I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!" I screamed.

But the guards only laughed at me. I knew I couldn't help her. The feeling of hopelessness filled every corner of my body. I sat on the corner of the cell, covering my ears with my hands as tears ran down my face.

The love of my life was being beaten up and I was just sitting here like an idiot.

*THUMP*

"AHHH!"

I buried my head into my knees and my fists slammed hard against the floor.

There were so many things I should have done. I should have won her back long ago. I should have held her hand.

No, you Seaweed Brain. She's not dying! I yelled at myself. You'll have your chance.

After what seemed like forever, an eternity of suffering, two guards walked up to my cell door and opened it. In their hands, they were carrying MY ANGEL, my love. And she looked like a torn, bruised, lifeless doll.

They laughed at me and through her into the cell. I managed to move forward and catch her before she hit the cement floor and hurt herself.

Laughing and making fun of me, they closed the door and left me alone with my beautiful angel in my arms. I swore to make her better. To wash away the blood and tears and to watch over her until she woke up. Because that, I should have done a long time ago.

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