I open my eyes and see Annabeth with her hand on my forehead.
"Luke? Are you okay?" I blink and nod. When I sit up, I see everyone else circled around.
"Dude, you took ten extra minutes to wake up," Travis complains. I shrug, but I know why. Kronos has been talking to me again. He said Dipper would be best as a dead Dipper, but I'm reluctant. I mean, Dipper is someone like me. Angry at their parents, only having one person as true family. I've thought about asking Annabeth if she would ever betray her mom to create a better world, but Kronos told me to wait until she realized how terrible the gods are.
Kronos allowed me to wait until I killed Dipper because he has to realize how bad the gods are. But I feel terrible of lying to Annabeth. Candy doesn't really have anything to do with this, but she's a nice girl. And Travis, I think he has not reached the point when he realizes he could be greater without his father's selfish needs. Everyone can do better. Who cares if the gods are great? They punished Prometheus for introducing fire... They never care for their children... Thalia. When she died, I vowed to never admire the gods again. Zeus makes a promise, and she died because of it.
But there's one thing I know: Percy Jackson. Kronos said that I would have to do a great deed for him and I'd meet Percy Jackson. Then I'd kill him, and Hermes will pay for the centuries of children that died because of the gods.
I stand up and look around. The marshmallow is like a prison cell. The ceiling, walls, and floor are marshmallow. I don't think we'll be able to breathe for long.
Dipper begins to panic and begins ripping the floor apart and eating more.
"Dipper! Stop!" Annabeth yells. I know, we all nearly died eating it, but I join him and begin munching it. Annabeth tries to slap some sense into me, but I'm telling you, this stuff is amazing. Apparently it's like a drug because Travis, Candy, and Mabel stuff themselves. As Annabeth shouts at us, Travis crams some into her mouth. Right when she's about to spit it out, her eyes light up and she swallows it. We all begin digging a tunnel downwards through the floor until Mabel leans over to grab another piece and falls straight down.
We snap out of the trance and dive after her. As I'm falling down, Mabel rolls over to the side. But before I can do the same, Travis lands smack on top of me. Then Annabeth. Then Dipper. Thankfully Candy is wearing a parachute (I don't know how she has one...) But of course, Mabel shouts, "Dog pile!" And jumps on. I can't feel my breath, but we all collapse to the right and I become balanced again. I'm ready to strangle Travis when Dipper stops me.
"Luke, what is that?" he asks. I finally take a look at my surroundings. The room is pure white, yet I don't have a shadow. I don't even see the ceiling or the hole we made in the marshmallow. I'm about to tell Dipper that I have no idea when a deep voice booms, "It's me, Time Baby. Ruler of the Gravity Falls Underworld."
OMG this is in Luke's POV! I might have him narrate the next chapter as well...
