27 January 2021
Hey guys , thanks to all of you who reviewed I have already written 14 chapters of this book and you can expect updates on Mondays , Thursdays and Sundays . Shoutout to Jedi – ing 101 for being the first to review. This chapter will bring us back to the present day where demigods are in hiding .
Annabeth's POV –
Annabeth wearily traipsed down Bunker 9's long corridors after a exhausting night shift at the entrance to Bunker 9. When they first arrived there guided by Rachel they had been met with the sight of 20 foot tall double celestial bronze doors with an eta on them for Hephaestus and also with no idea how to open them, for 3 days before they reached Bunker 9 they moved without any food through the Labyrinth.
The younger campers were nearly driven over the edge by hunger, anxiety and fear. After seeing hundreds of their comrades massacred it was a miracle that all of them reached Bunker 9 without having a mental breakdown. But , after reaching at the supposed 'safe haven' for them that wouldn't open some of them broke down in tears. Until , Leo one of Annabeth's best friends and also a fire – user figured that it needed a touch of demigod fire . He was right when the doors swung open with a audible groan . And all the demigods poured in to safety and warmth .
Now , after about a year here, all Annabeth wished was that she could go out and be in the Labyrinth and kill some monsters as the being the Leader of the rebellion took a lot of stressful work . She knocked on sector 16 , which was for the big three children , though there was only one occupying it now because of Thalia's death . Even now , when she thought of it she could feel a sob building up .
But she needed to be strong as crying was not a luxury she could afford . " Jason ? Are you awake ? It's your turn for the shift ". The door opened as the drowsy Son of Jupiter said " Yeah wait a sec I'm wearing my armor ". They had found Jason in the Labyrinth bruised and battered in Imperial Gold armor with a torn purple cape , and they had immediately knew he was Roman .
They hadn't had any contact with their sister camp since they left to defend Manhattan , now even after a year they had no contact with them except what they knew from a near dead demigod they found in one of their supply runs who , before dying told them that the Roman camp shifts underground around the Californian region, keeping tabs on Othrys, and although they're more in number than the Greeks, well-defended, and near-impossible to find they still are not strong enough to risk sending a messenger to the Greeks . That could also lead monsters to find their Hideout . Also they could not Iris – Message them as Iris was captured by the Titans .
Bunker 9 is the size of 3 European Football fields , it's split into 2 halves with the the first half containing the baths , the archery range , sword – fighting arena and the forges which are fueled with fires that never burn out , courtesy of the children of Hecate . The second half is filled with the sectors , there are sixteen sectors each representing a god or goddess there are no sectors dedicated to Hera , Artemis and Dionysus because there is no one alive to live in them. The remaining area has their fields which the children of Demeter grow for food in to feed the Bunker and the last part is the infirmary which has 30 beds in neat rows and racks of medical supplies , Ambrosia and Nectar .
As Jason Grace comes out she takes a good look at him. Aside from their electric blue eyes Thalia and Jason are nothing alike , she wonders how Thalia never told her of having a brother, which stings more than she would like to admit . " Hurry up , Jason your girlfriend is waiting for you at the gates , and you know how Piper is ,she cant – "." Stand silence I know , I know I just forgot it was my shift today " .
" Woah Mr Roman forgetting something , that's new " she says with a small smile . " Yeah " replies Jason " I just remembered what today was ….". Her smile disappears as she remembers today was the day the Romans failed in the siege of Othrys . " Anyway , I better get going now " he says awkwardly . She catches his arm before he goes " You know Jason you don't have to talk about the battle at the memorial tomorrow if you aren't ready " . " No , I need to there are people from the Roman side who need to be remembered for their valour and sacrifice " he says with is eyes glinting with the ghosts of the past.
As Annabeth was about to go to Sector 1 which was reserved for her and was also kinda the War Council room in which they decided what to do , Silena Beauregard came running from the Infirmary and said really fast that " Rachel is repeating something over and over , something about Romans and harpies ". " Ok , calm down and let's go to the infirmary and you can tell me all about it " Annabeth said trying to calm down the excited daughter of Aphrodite all the while when Annabeth herself was freaking out that the Oracle was speaking again after months .
As they ran towards the infirmary Annabeth played everything that happened to the Oracle of Delphi just days after they arrived at Bunker 9 the Oracle had collapsed and was taken to Infirmary where she had lain immobile and they hadn't known what to do until a captured monster that they tortured told them about the Drakon Python occupying the Delphic cave in the Greece . they could do nothing as sending a quest to kill Python would have been suicide as they had no way of getting to Greece , let alone defeating a millennia old monster that took the sun god at his full power to defeat.
So , they just waited and observed Rachel . And until now she had shown no indications of waking up anytime soon , so you could understand how Annabeth was excited at prospect of seeing her old friend wake up . When they got there Rachel was still lying immobile as if nothing had happened and there was a blonde daughter of Apollo next to her with a notepad in hand .
She grabbed the daughter of Apollo and pulled her " What happened , why is she still immobile ?" she asked harshly . Ashley the daughter of Apollo said " Well , when Silena went to get you the green glow around her began to recede so I grabbed a notepad and wrote down what she was muttering " . I noticed I was still holding her tight . I released her and said " Sorry it's just that I thought she would finally be awake , give me that notepad now , would you ? " .
I took the Notepad and and saw what was written on it – A bunch of random words
The lost Praetor arrives , Portland
Another chance Demigods find and the last thing
Lost part of prophecy changes the drive
"Silena go inform the War Council , we have a problem " .
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So we get some aftermath , the layout of Bunker 9 which was fun to write and the future which indicates that Great Prophecy was different . Next chapter Percy will arrive , Also chapter will be up on Sunday .
Peace , NiHarOP
