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Chapter twenty-seven

Jay POV

When I woke up, my first thought was whether Arya had made it out alive.

She had to have right?
Surely the others had saved her?
Otherwise, how was I here?
Only she could have healed me after all.

I sat up and looked around, I could see Annabeth and Percy sleeping somewhat peacefully on their bed, Hazel, Nico and Arya stood around ten metres away from my bed, Nico and Arya had backpacks on the shoulders, and Hazel seemed to be giving them nectar and ambrosia.

Where were they going?
Will, which meant Tartarus.

No! I had to go with them.

"Arya! Nico!" I called to get their attention, the three were by my side in seconds.

"Jay! You're awake!" "I thought you were dead!" "Are you okay?" Nico, Arya and Hazel cried at the same time.

"Yeah, I'm fine, and I guess I have you to thank for that Arya." I looked to her, and was suddenly being hugged tight by her.

"Oh gods Jay, I thought I'd lost you!"

I, however, could not really reply to Arya, seeing as I could barely breathe.

"Arya, you might want to let him go before he dies." Nico said -instead of helping him- with an amused voice. That traitor.

"Nico! Help me!" I cried when Arya still didn't let go.

"Let me think about that..." Nico put on a thinking face, "Hmm, how about... no."
"Why!" I wailed, why that cheeky bastard just stood there and smirked. The insolence.

Eventually, Arya pulled back from the hug.

"Nico," She said, turning to said boy, "Can he come with us now that he's awake?"
Nico's smile slid of his face.

"Uh, well, um." He turned away from us, but not before I saw the look of worry on his face.

"Go where?" I asked, but I'm pretty sure I already knew the answer.

"To, um, er, the pit." Hazel said, looking nervously at her brother.

"Wait, what?!" I shouted, standing up and staring at Nico, "But, how will you get out of there? How will you get in there? How will you find Will?!"

"I'm shadow-travelling me and Arya there, and you if you want to come, or if not, Thalia or Reyna will come."
"How will we get out?"
"Well, the demigod that took Will had to have a way to leave, right? So we find that, and use it."
"Sounds good, let me go pack a bag."

"OK, meet us down here at 10pm." Nico said as I got up to leave.

"I'll come help you." Arya said, and we walked out of the room and to the Slytherin dorms.

When we got there, I was immediately confronted with three border-line angry demigods.

Trust me when I say that's not a situation you want to be in.

Ever.

"Are you okay?" "When did you wake up?" "Dude, we all thought you died!" Piper, Reyna and Leo said at the same time.

And then, Arya laughed.

First Nico, now her, who's next? Reyna?

I swear, all my friends are traitors.

Well, most of them anyway.

Frank and Hazel would never do that, the others... I'm not so sure.

And yes, I was looking at Leo when I thought that.

"OK! Slow down! Yes, I'm fine, around half an hour ago, and I'm not really sure what to say to that Leo.."

"Oh, and thank you, you traitor, for laughing." I said, turning to Arya.

"Your welcome." She said, bowing mockingly.

"I swear, all my friends are traitors!" I exclaimed, and we spent the next fifteen minuets laughing and joking around, before me and Arya went to pack a bag.

When we were done, we said goodbye to the guys and left.

Not saying were we were going.

Not saying we might never see them again.

Not saying we were going to Tartarus.

Nico POV

I checked the watch Reyna had given me, 9.55pm.

They should be here soon.

I checked again, 9.56pm.

Ugh.

Why did time have to pass so slowly?!

I just wanted to get this quest over and done with, so that I could spend just a little bit of time with my boyfriend before the next apocalypse happened.

I mean, you can always hope, right?

"Nico!" I heard a call from behind me, I turned to see Jay and Arya coming towards me, both of them with there backpacks and weapons.

"Hey guys." I greeted them.

"You ready?" Jay asked me, and I pushed the memories that tried to come forwards to the back of my brain.

For once, it worked.

"Yeah." I shouldered my bag and walked over to them, "You?"
"Yeah, we're ready." Arya said after exchanging a look with Jay.

I grabbed their hands, and they jolted in surprise.

"I have to hold on to you to shadow-travel." I explained, and they nodded in understanding.

"Let's do this." Jay said, and I noticed he was holding Arya's hand too, so we were standing in some sort of a circle.

"Yes, let's." Arya agreed.

They both looked to me, and I nodded, before concentrating on the shadows, commanding them to take us to the pit.

To Tartarus.

A/N-Cliffhanger! Sorry it's so short, I haven't been writing much recently as I've been at bit Ill. But the schedule and quality of chapters should be back to normal soon. Thanks to everyone who has read this, and to the guest who said I spelt 'Dam' wrong. It's a dam Percy Jackson reference. Do you understand? If not, re-read 'The Titans Curse' in the first series.

-Solangelo21