Hey! I updated on time! To my complete and utter surprise too . . .

um . . . I have bad news. No updates next week . . . I am going on a three day trip over the weekend, and I will be preparing for that the rest of the week. So sorry everyone! I will miss you all, and my inbox will get clogged up with updates and reviews . . . . . sigh . . .

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anyways, to be more cheerful . . .

Guest reviews:

Guest: *smiles back* indeed.

pa: It's almost better, thank you!

Unknown: On the CampHalf-blood wiki page it says that he is alive. Erm . . . I just kiled him, but yeah . . . . No problem, you were just wondering, totally normal. I researched to make sure.

Lindsey: Thank you! I am almost back to normal.

Layne18: Yep, he's borrowing Percy's job ;)

Splashfire: I pulled it out of thin air after a suggestion a reviewer gave me. Yep :) They wanted it to be someone the Demigods knew, and so therefore, I remembered Eddie.

Thank you also to my awesome reviewers with accounts. I love you too :)

Disclaimer: There was a guy, his name was Percy Jackson. I desperately wanted to own him, but I can't . . . :(

Percy

It was Percy's turn for watch. He had the one right before everyone was supposed to wake up, which was the worst watch, because you never felt like you got enough sleep.

But Percy almost liked it, because he got to watch everyone wake up.

They'd been traveling away from the Cyclopes former camp for almost a week, and Percy was enjoying traveling in Tartarus, as weird as that sounded.

Miley and Cam were both quiet, Miley in a cute naive way. Cam was silent because it was obvious he didn't trust them.

Alabaster was pretty much a jerk. But Percy could see his good qualities too, and he respected the son of Hecate. Maybe the guy would stop seeing Percy as the enemy.

Percy sat next to Annabeth, who was still fast asleep, her blonde hair spread out over the ground. Both of them were finally completely healed. Percy knew it wouldn't last long, because they were in Tartarus, but hey, they were alive, and doing pretty well.

They might as well keep themselves strong, so that when they got out they could beat Gaea once and for all.

Percy looked around. Wherever they were, it was a lot lighter than other places in Tartarus. No matter what time it was, there was a faint earthy glow, light enough to read by, despite the fact that Annabeth was the only one who had anything to read.

It even looked nicer than before. It reminded Percy of a place near Elysium that he'd seen when he and Annabeth were in the Underworld.

It was almost a mix of Asphodel and Elysium. A field stretched as far as the eye could see, the stalks of golden grass waving in a soft cool breeze. It almost created the effect of a slightly cloudy day, with spots filled with light, and others covered in shadows.

It was monotonous, and beautiful at the same time. There was thankfully very few monsters so far, and Percy was wondering if that had something to do with where they were.

Although he couldn't help but wonder where that was in the first place.

"Good morning." Miley's sleepy voice came from behind him, and Percy turned to see the daughter of Athena sitting up, her black hair a mess, and her gray eyes sparkling.

"Hi." Percy said awkwardly. He was used to speaking to the new Demigods one on one yet. Miley spent most of her time with Annabeth, Cam followed Miley around, and Alabaster really didn't like him.

"Is it almost time to go?" Miley asked, pulling a brush out of Annabeth's bag and running it through her hair.

"I think we're just going to wait until they all wake up." Percy said quickly. "I want everyone to be rested as much as possible, just in case a monster attacks.

Miley nodded, her eyes serious, before digging through her bag to get some food.

Percy sighed, leaning back against a boulder that was conveniently located near them. He wondered if maybe it was schist, and that made him wonder how everyone on the Argo II was doing, and whether or not the Camps had been able to work things out smoothly.

Too bad he and Annabeth were trapped in a place where contacting them was dangerous.

"So, Annabeth mentioned that you two fell into Tartarus after battling Arachne." Miley said curiously. "How did that happen?"

Percy sighed. "Well, really she was fighting Arachne. She had a quest to fine the Athena Parthenos, and she needed to do it alone. We caught up once she found it, but while we were getting out, her foot got caught in some of Arachne's thread. I wouldn't let go of her, and since Arachne was falling into Tartarus, and was already caught in the thread, we were pulled in too." Percy explained.

Miley's eyes widened as she processed the information. "Wow." She whispered.

Percy shrugged, pulling out a canteen of nectar and taking a sip. They'd all had one drink of Nectar, or a bite of Ambrosia a day to make sure they could keep up their strength.

Being in Tartarus definitely sapped their energy. It was almost like when Percy still had the curse of Achilles. He would be so tired after doing anything, that he would just collapse wherever he was and sleep. Only this time it was affecting all of them.

"How did you survive?" Miley asked. She was obviously calculating how far they might have fallen.

"Hera." Percy growled. Miley shot him a confused glance, but he didn't elaborate. He really didn't want to have to explain the crazy list of things Hera had done to him and Annabeth.

They were quiet for several moments, and they watched as Cam and Alabaster began to stir.

"Morning Cam." Miley said, and Percy smiled as a faint blush spread over her cheeks. The son of Mercury rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly and murmured a greeting.

It was obvious that he knew about Miley's feelings for him, and that he was not at all sure of how to respond.

Percy shrugged as the younger guy's eyes turned towards him. He was not the best with relationships. It had taken him and Annabeth ages to get together, and he was pretty sure that was his fault.

Alabaster grunted, the way he normally did every morning, and Percy wished he could get the guy to realize that he and Annabeth were doing the best they could to make up for what had happened to him.

He turned to his girlfriend who was sitting up, and running a brush through her wavy blonde hair.

"Hey." He said softly. She turned and smiled at him. She'd been a lot happier since they joined up with the other Demigods

And although it was kind of hard to admit it, so had he.

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