A/N screw the AN,

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Hazel appeared next to him, "I swear, if you killed my brother I'm gonna kill you." She mumbled.

They reached the still form of the Ghost King and Hazel checked his pulse. "I agree with you, Jay," she said, "but hitting him with lightning was a little too much."

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"Where the hell is he?" Thalia yelled as she pushed through the doors to the Great Hall.

Nico and Jason were arguing at the head, but got stopped when the hunter entered and demanded where he was.

"Thalia–" Jason started but he was soon pinned against the wall by his own sister.

"Just tell me where he is!" She snarled in his face, "or I swear I'll knock you into next week! And you know my threats aren't empty."

"Thalia," Hazel said gently, "let your brother go."

"Oh, just shut up already!" She said as she turned to her.

She suddenly found a Stygian Iron sword at her throat, "you take that back! Right now!"

"Why, is older brother getting triggered?" She mocked.

"Shut up!" Nico hissed, "just shut the Hades up!"

"And why should I?" She asked, "you don't control me, Neeks. I'm not dead."

He snarled before he brought his sword crashing down on her, she rolled out of the way and as she did so drew her bow and notched an arrow. "Too slow," she commented before she let the arrow fly.

He dodged it before he brought his sword down again, this time finding a spear to intercept it, Nico looked up to see another hunter, Phoebe, standing over her lieutenant.

"Back off, boy!" She hissed.

Nico kicked her in the stomach and sent her stumbling back before he spread his arms and cracks opened on the floor, five undead skeletons crawling out to aid him.

"Always hiding behind your little friends, are you?" Thalia mocked, "why don't you fight like a man?"

"Just shut up," he told her, "this doesn't have to get messier than it already is."

"You started it!" She accused.

"So childish," he commented.

"With your threats."

"You're the one that started maltreating my sister!"

"You're the one that–" she was interrupted by a faint voice, yet everyone heard it.

"Where is he?"

Thalia's eyes widened as she recognised the voice and remembered the reason of her anger in the first place. She made to move forward but was intercepted by Jason who held her back as Piper walked to the daughter of Athena with a sad smile on her face, all the present wizards –who were being treated by Will and their friends– looked at the scene unfold.

"How are you Annabeth?" Piper asked with charm-speak, making the strategist focus on that question for the moment.

Annabeth didn't fall for it, "I'm well– Piper please don't," she said as she started to connect some dots in her head, "tell me where he is."

Piper but her lip and Annabeth broke for the first time in her whole life, "no!" She said, "no."

"He's not dead," Nico said helpfully."

The daughter of Athena's knees buckled and Piper caught her in her arms, Thalia running to her sister's aid in less than a second.

"Annabeth?" She called and Annabeth fell into her arms as Piper let go.

She helped her to her feet and she walked her outside of the great hall where there were less ears.

"He's left again!" Annabeth said, holding her side where the arrow had pierced. "He's gone! Again!"

"He's going to be okay," Thalia reassured, but she didn't know anymore wether she was reassuring herself or Annabeth. "He's strong, he's going to come back, he always does."

They sat down against a wall as Annabeth let her tears fall, leaning on Thalia's shoulder as the immortal hunter hugged her. "I can't lose him," she mumbled.

"I know," Thalia responded, "Gods, Annabeth I know."

"What happened?" She asked, "where is he?"

"I just heard it," Thalia said, "he got in between a monster and Ha– a wizard, he got hurt, ty took that as their advantage."

"Who?" Annabeth sobbed, "who?"

Thalia thinned her lip and scowled, "Harry," she said slowly.

"I'm going to–"

"You're not going to do anything," Thalia said, "except rest."

"Thalia, they took him," Annabeth cried, "they took him from me again. I can't go on without him."

"I never understood love," Thalia mumbled, "until I saw you two. Two souls that serve as half of a whole."

"Please, I need him."

Thalia hugged her friend tighter, "I know," Thalia mumbled, "I know, and we're going to get him back but we have to think rationally. As much as I hate my brother's decision, he's right. We can't just barge in their camp and demand him back. That's suicide."

"I'd do anything–"

"Would he be pleased?"

"I don't care! As long as he's fine, I don't care about the rest."

"Annabeth don't let your feeling cloud your mind. We all want to save him –he's my brother– brother but we have to think this through. I already told you, we can't think irrationally."

"He could die–"

"He won't," Thalia assured, "and if he does then we'll demand from Hades to bring him back. He won't die, I swear that to you, not on my watch, even if it's the last thing I do."

"Can we help him now?"

Thalia kissed her forehead, "of course, as soon as you're ready."

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The two demigoddesses marched into the great hall like they hadn't been crying over a guy from the last ten minutes and immediately went to the other demigods.

"I want to know precisely how many we're dealing with," Annabeth started, "where they're camped at, and who's leading them."

The demigods exchanged a look, "um," Jason said, "we don't–"

"What have you been doing?" Annabeth exclaimed, "then we gotta find out. Because the sooner we know that the sooner we can plan a rescue mission to save that idiot and know where he is–"

"I can track him without problem already," Nico said, "I can shadow travel myself where his

life form is–"

"You know where he is?" Annabeth asked him.

He hesitantly nodded, "not precisely, but I do have a solid grip on his soul. You give me half an hour and I could easily come back with the exact location of where he is."

"How come you didn't already do it?"

"They didn't allow me," he answered.

"It's dangerous!" Jason said, "you're not actually thinking about just letting him go without a plan."

Annabeth didn't respond and his eyes widened, "what if he gets caught himself? If they can take down Percy–"

"I can keep to the shadows!" Nico said, "unlike Percy, I've got a hiding place anywhere I go and it's dark out anyways."

"But–"

"He's going," Annabeth said with a grin.

"Annabeth," Hazel said, "I get it, it's Percy that's missing but let's think this through–"

"There's no need to think it through," Annabeth said, "Nico is going, and I'm going with him."

Thalia beamed, "that's the Annabeth I like."

Annabeth smiled before she continued, "we go in, see where he is, come back, plan an attack. Attack as a diversion, free him, and then we end this fight. We give it all we've got and we don't hold back, especially us with powers, we give them hell."

"Is that a battle plan?" Frank asked uncertain.

"No," Annabeth said, "that's the order in which we'll do things, so let's start with the first one. Nico?"

He smiled, "thought you'd never ask."

"Give hell for me if ya can," Clarisse said, "and please leave some for me."

Annabeth grabbed Nico's arm and grinned at her friends before the shadows wrapped around them and then they retreated, where the two demigods were before was now empty.

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A/N short one and sorry for the delay...

rn im in English class so yolo.

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