Chapter 27

Percy POV

Tuesday 7am

Today felt amazing, it was Friday morning and mom had made chocolate chip pancakes. I slid into my chair and immediately move a whole stack of them onto my plate. "Make sure to save some for your sister." Mom warned. I sighed and slide a few of them back onto the main plate. A few minutes later Annabeth trudged into the room still half asleep and plopped into her chair. "Morning Annabeth." Mom said. Annabeth just groaned in response.

"Man you really aren't a morning person are you?" I said.

Annabeth didn't respond so I poked her chick to see if she was awake. Annabeth groaned in annoyance and tried to cover her face. "Percy stop pestering your sister." Mom said calmly followed by a muffled yay from Annabeth.

Mom slide the last of the pancakes onto Annabeth's plate and placed the pan in the sink "Now I've gotta leave for work your lunches are in the fridge. Percy don't forget you have a dentist appointment today so make sure you talk to your history teacher and get your homework ahead of time I should be there to pick you up at one." she said walking out the door.

Annabeth and I yelled our good byes and I went back to breakfast. Annabeth for her part didn't move and I started thinking I've already showered and gathered up all my stuff for school. Finishing my breakfast I set my plate in the sink then calmly picked up the bowl of cool whip and dumped its entire contents right on Annabeth's head. It took her a moment to register just what had happened but by then I was already out the door "Percy! You are so dead when I get a hold of YOU!"

Apollo POV

Tuesday 8:30 AM

I ducked into one of the obsidian cells that made up Hades dungeon and waited for the guards to pass. About an hour ago Persephone let me into the underworld and security was a lot tighter than what I was expecting but I was managing. I was on the first basement level of Hades dungeon but I needed to get down to the 35th. Thankfully someone had left a lot of the cell doors open so I could simply dash inside one and hid behind the wall and wait for the guards to pass.

I stepped back out into the hallway and raced to the stairs which were only a few feet away. I made it almost a third of the way down when the sound of footsteps reached my ears and I froze. They were coming up from the bottom and I was forced to turn around. I wasn't anywhere near where the seed was supposed to be, if I were to cause a commotion now I would never be able to reach it before security reached me. I froze again as I heard steps coming from the top. Unable to go forward or back I glanced around looking for some place I could hide or maybe climb the walls.

Thankfully I noticed a bathroom only a few feet from me and I went for it. There was nothing marking it as a men's or women's bathroom but I guess it doesn't matter when everyone is either decomposition or just bones at this point, which also begs the question why they even needed a bathroom. Putting that train of thought away for another time I dashed into the farthest stall and locked it behind me.

A moment later I heard the door open again followed by a single set of foot steps. Whoever it was walking onto the stall next to me and promptly let out the single loudest fart I've ever heard, a heartbeat later the smell hit me. I had to cover my mouth to muffle the sound of my retching as my eyes began to water. More people entered the bathroom at a regular rate meaning I had to stay hidden in my stall.

Nico POV

Tuesday Noon

I closed my eyes and tried to slow my breathing. Today had started off alright until I ran into what I think is a group of goblins. Naturally I ran and they chased after me but I after ducking through a few crowded streets I'd lost them and was current resting in an alleyway. "Hey I found him!" a shrill voice announced. I turned to see a small group of the four foot nightmares forming so I did the only thing I could and ran in the opposite direction.

I could hear the goblins getting closer and I had a real big problem called a wall, this alley was a dead end. I picked up a two-by-four and tried to look as threatening as possible. The goblins slowed a bit but they clearly weren't scared of a kid barely taller than they were. Suddenly something whipped through the crowd killing two or three. Behind the the crowd a man stepped out of the shadows holding what looked like a black minnie scythe on a black chain in his right hand. I couldn't see his face because the shade of his hat but he looked really cool. With a flick of his wrist the scythe was sent flying again slicing through the crowd.

He grabbed and yanked the chain back causing the scythe and a portion of the chain to wrap around a goblin then flung it sky high. A few goblins made a break for it but most simply charged him. A second scythe whipped out of his left sleeve killing a few as he recalled the first to his right hand. Seeing the increased threat the remaining few turned tail and ran. "You know it was really foolish to run away from camp without a weapon." the man said. "Most lower class creatures like these pigmy trolls would never dare attacking a being armed with celestial bronze."

The man started towards me and slipped off his hat. "Percy?" I asked.

The man smiled and glanced down "Sorry but no I just have a rather strong resemblance to my nephew. Now if you want to live past tomorrow you better come with me." I simply nodded.

AN: Sorry it took so long to update but with my semester almost over I should be able to update more often.