Percy
He peered around the corner of the tunnel. Kampe was curled around a large boulder, her hideous head resting on top of her scaly arms. At some point between when they'd arrived and now, the monstrous jailer had fallen asleep. But the animals at her waist had not. Soft growls and snarls could be heard as the various heads bubbled and melted from the monster's skin, snapping at the air before dissolving again. There was no sneaky way to get around her. And Percy remembered that the monster's hearing was incredible, even if Annabeth hadn't reminded him.
Gods, Annabeth.
His girlfriend was always the strongest person he knew (aside from his mom) and to see her so completely defeated in that cell had shattered a piece of Percy's heart. She'd thought he was a hallucination. Like the idea of him rescuing her was so far fetched that it could only happen in her imagination.
Gods, how many times had that exact vision come to her? How many times had he come to her in waking dreams only to utterly crush her hopes of escape? His jaw clenched tightly, as he glared around the corner again. He could just barely see the key around her neck, jealously guarded by her snake hair. He flashed back to another monster he'd fought in a cave; one that at the time, had also felt insurmountable. Annabeth had been out of commission that time too. He got an idea. He mentally thanked Athena as he turned to his cousin.
"Attack plan Macedonia." He ordered. Nico's eyes widened.
"No!" He hissed. "How is that going to work? There's only two of us!" Percy threw a glance back at the Avengers. Nico's eyes widened. He shook his head wildly.
"Are you insane? The only Avenger that can help is Thor and we're underground. Macedonia won't work. Maybe the Daedalus formation could work, and even that is risky." Percy growled in frustration. He'd been expecting an army. But who needed an army with Kampe?
"I can collapse the cavern on her. We just need to distract Kampe long enough to get the key and get Annabeth out." Nico raised an incredulous eyebrow at Percy.
"We only need to get the key off Kampe's neck, unlock the cell, then carry an unconscious demigod across the cavern, past said gigantic monster, up the path and out into the real world before you kill the monster that's only ever been killed by having mountains dropped on her. Sure, sounds like a great plan." Percy shook his head, pressing the tips of his fingers into the dirt around them, reaching out with his senses. He felt something ping at the edge of his awareness. A dark grin crossed his face.
"Trust me Nico. It will work. We just need to modify it a little." His cousin's eyes widened.
"I'm not going to like the new plan any better am I?" Percy smiled, dark and cold.
"Neither is Kampe."
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