So, guys the MYSTERY is revealing itself... Luke and Annabeth... Suspense.. Coming to an end... *U* Im soooooooooooo happy! Okay, no more blabbering... Happy Reading!

Annabeth bit her lip, nervously looking at her wrist watch. It was ticking to eleven o'clock as slowly as ever. Urghh, she thought. Why can't eleven o' clock come for once and finish off so that I can enjoy a good night's sleep after visiting that stupid Luke?

She looked at the sleeping figures of Piper and Hazel beside her and sighed. If only she had such an easy life as these two. What wouldn't she have given for that? But everyone has a different fate which they must learn to accept and accept is what Annabeth would have to do.

To save herself from explanations, Annabeth had feigned sleep and stayed awake, waiting for eleven o'clock as Luke had told her to do. She was wondering most anxiously about the outcome of the meeting.

As the watch struck eleven o'clock, Annabeth slipped into her shoes and was off in the brightly lit passages of the hotel, closing the door behind her with a light thud. She made her way to the passage where his room was, when she heard a voice call her name out. She turned around and standing right behind her was none other than Percy.

"Percy? W-what are you doing here?" Annabeth asked, suddenly awkward when remembering the happenings of the day and the fight.

"I couldn't get any sleep so I took a walk around the building. What about you? This area is really the boys' section. There are only boys staying round here. What are you doing here?" By his voice, Annabeth knew he suspected the worst; that she was going to meet Luke. Still she didn't know why she was evading the truth.

"Um- I'm just roaming around like you. I don't know how I came to this part." Annabeth tried innocently.

"Really? That's the best you can do? I know you're here to meet Luke, Annabeth. You don't need to hide it from me." Percy said, and he couldn't help slipping in a bit of his disappointed face.

"Well, I- yeah. Yeah, I am." Annabeth sighed and replied as she had no excuse and no choice but to accept.

"Well, just so you know. Girls and boys are not allowed to visit each others' rooms after ten o'clock." Percy said, looking her in the eye, still with that sad light in his eyes.

"You aren't gonna tell on me, are you?" Annabeth asked, widening her eyes a little as she looked back at him.

"Of course, not. I would never tell on a fr- anyone." He just stopped himself from saying 'friend'. "But why are you going there?"

"That doesn't really matter." Annabeth tried to shake it off, but what answer did she have anyway? Even she didn't know what she was going for.

"Right. I forgot we aren't that close now. Well, go on your way and I'll go on mine. Let's just pretend all this never happened." Percy said, sighing a little in his heart. The restlessness didn't leave him, and that had been just what was preventing him from sleeping.

"Deal." Annabeth said, not quite satisfied things had taken such a turn. The icy cold distance between them still ensued. She had half-wished Percy would prevent her from going but clearly he had no plans to do that.

With those last heavy words they parted. Annabeth came to Luke's door only a few doors away from Percy's room. With a troubled feeling in her heart, she knocked at the door.

She tilted her head a bit and saw Percy unlocking the door and going inside without a look at her. Looking at that, Annabeth's heart broke just a little. Just then, the door in front of her opened revealing a grinning Luke. "You're here!"

Without a word she stepped inside, little knowing that Percy had glanced at her just as Luke had opened the door and saw her going in with growing uneasiness.

Luke closed the door behind her. Annabeth looked around for the two other members sharing his room to appear, but none came out.

"Wondering why I'm alone, Annie?" Luke asked, leaning on the door. Annabeth glared at him, not saying a word. "I'll take that as a yes. Well, see money has its benefits, you know. I wanted a room to myself so I got it. Now, I thank myself for wanting it because no one will get in our way when you come."

"Why have you called me here, Luke?" asked Annabeth summoning up all the courage she had left in her heart.

"Always straight to the point. I like that. Hmm. A quite simple reason actually. I wanted to spend some time with you." He put his hands on her shoulders and slowly pulled them down, sliding across her arms. Annabeth shivered.

"Stop it, Luke." Annabeth said, as she pushed his hands off herself.

"Aww. But I'm just getting started." Luke said, a sly smile on his face, which put Annabeth in a scared state. She opened her mouth to say something but Luke shushed her, his finger on Annabeth's mouth. He glided his hand around her waist and pulled her closer towards him. "I'm your boyfriend, aren't I?"

"Stop it, Luke!" Annabeth cried, as she pushed herself away from him.

Luke's mouth formed a hard line. "I guess we'll have to do this the hard way now." He grabbed her hand and pushing her aside, locked the door. Fear made way to Annabeth's mind and dread made her wish she had listened to Percy and gone away from there. It was now too late. Too late.

"Well, Annie. We could have been dating in a nice way, if only you had not rejected me before. But not only did you reject me, but you also slapped me before half the school. Did you think I was going to forget that easily? If you did, well you're wrong." His smiling face had gone and now sheer rage replaced it. Annabeth remained mum, terrified.

"I wasn't easily going to forget. All my friends laughed at me for that insult. Do you know how bad it is to be slapped by a girl in front of a crowd and then be teased by all your friends?" He banged on a table and Annabeth jumped, startled. Luke closed his eyes, regaining his temper.

He regained his smiling face and continued, "But now you're going to pay for it. By being my girlfriend. I secretly thank Rachel and Percy for going out at the precise time. It quite helped with my plan. And with your decision."

"Luke, listen. Please, let us talk through this. I'm sorry, I -" Annabeth tried to plead but was interrupted by Luke.

"Sorry doesn't cut it. You're going to pay for what you did. Or else, accidents occur, you know." He shrugged.

Annabeth was disgusted by his cruelty. All the fear in her heart turned into intense hatred and anger against him. He talked about killing people for just a slap as if meant nothing to him but a big joke. "Honestly, Luke. It was just a slap."

"Just a slap? You almost ruined my whole reputation. It's more than just a slap." Luke snapped at her. "Now, you'll quietly listen to what I say and obey. Or else it just takes me a phone call. So, you will, won't you?" Annabeth didn't say anything. Fear had swallowed her once again. "Won't you?" Luke asked again, on getting no answer. Annabeth nodded.

"Good." He went to a chest of drawers, and removing a rope started tying Annabeth's hands.

"What the- What are you doing?" Annabeth gasped, as her hands were tied behind her back. A heavier sense of dread was settling down on her.

"Wait and watch, darling." Luke smirked. He went to another set of drawers and removed a black cloth. Annabeth came to her senses as she realized what he was about to do with that piece of cloth and forgetting everything was about to scream, when Luke placed his finger on her mouth. "No talking, no screaming. Or else the phone rings. My friend, or Thalia's boyfriend, you may say, is right on the other end." Annabeth shook her head. "Turn around."

She couldn't do it that easily. She had to at least reason with him. "Luke, please. Don't do this."

"I said turn around." The heartless Luke said.

Tears formed in her eyes. She was desperate. "Please, Luke, please. Don't do this. Please-"

"Turn around!"

With no choice at her hands, she did as she was told, the tears now freely flowing. The black cloth was tied. Annabeth was now blindfolded.

"Hmm. I don't think I'll tie your mouth. I trust you not to scream. You won't scream, will you?" Luke asked her, smiling cruelly. "You know the outcomes."

Annabeth vigorously shook her head. She didn't want the blame of anyone's murder on her, least of all Percy's. Nor did she want anything happening to Thalia. She had no choice but to agree to remain silent.

"Good. Then, let's begin."

A heavy push and Annabeth went flying down and hit something soft. The bed. Then the hour of torture began.

(A/N) : Well, I write with a heavy heart. There's no easy way to say it. She was harassed. Not raped, mind you. I'm not that bad. There's a difference between the two. Sexual harassment as I hope you all know is being touched in places which are not comfortable and you are quite uneasy.

Okay, this is getting awkward.. I hope you forgive me.. This was a hard chap to write. But I hope you all enjoyed the evil. *wicked grins.* Till the next time!