A/N: hey guys... I'm so so so so so sorry for the horribly long wait. School started, homework, band, personal problems, stress, and the lack of inspiration prevented me from writing. This is a filler chappie and a I'm sorry for making you wait so long chappie. It's short and not very good but hopefully it'll do the trick. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW. I'm losing inspiration and I need ideas and support to continue this story!!

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Chapter 7

Thalia pov

The gods were arguing. Again. The sky was stormy and the sea was restless. Fires raged through forests and droughts wreaked havoc across parts of the country while the rest was bombarded by floods and storms. Even Camp Half Blood wasn't safe. Waves crashed onto the beach, trees blew in the wind, and the strawberry fields were in a state of dismay.

Thalia watched the storm rage from inside the Hunters cabin. Artemis had ordered them to stay at Camp Half Blood while she was on Olympus, trying to figure out a way to bring Percy back. Jason and Piper have been up in Olympus as well ever since Percy was sent to Tartarus. They haven't left the library and refuse to sleep. They both seem determined to find a way to bring Percy back.

Thalia turned away from the window and flopped onto her bed. She wished Jason would accept that Percy wasn't coming back. Percy would have to survive and, she dared to hope, escape. He escaped Tartarus before, but he had had Annabeth with him. Now he was on his own, in a place where monsters dominated and everything was bent on killing you.

Thalia could almost feel the pain Percy was in. She could almost feel the pain, despair, and the hopelessness. She couldn't imagine what he was going through. A tear leaked out of the corner of her eyes and made its way down her cheek. Her cousin was in Tartarus and she could do nothing about it. More tears trailed down Thalia's cheeks as she thought about the hopelessness of the situation her cousin was in. She let out a sob and buried her face in her pillow as a horrible voice whispered in her ear. What if Percy never came back?

Jason pov

Jason and Piper had been searching the library for a week now and they still haven't found anything useful that could possibly help Percy. Jason was starting to get desperate. He had been through almost every single book in this library and he found nothing. Nothing.

Jason." He lifted his head from the book he was currently reading to meet Piper's eyes. "Jason, there's nothing here. We're never going to help Percy like this. We should go back to Camp Half Blood, help the campers, be with our friends. It's what Percy would want."

Jason tightened his hold on the book and clenched his jaw. "You don't know that. We have to keep looking. There has to be something, anything, here that could help him. I'm the reason he's down there. It's my fault that he's suffering. I'm not going to just sit around and wait hike he suffers."

Piper knelt next to him and placed a warm hand on his shoulder. "Jason," she whispered, "Please, come back. Percy wouldn't want you to be torturing yourself like this. Please."

Jason slumped into Piper's waiting arms and pressed his face into her shoulder. He let the tears fall as he finally accepted defeat. He couldn't save Percy. He had tried, but he couldn't do it. He had failed. Jason's body shook violently with sobs and he could feel Piper's comforting embrace surrounding him.