Last time: I glared at him, spitting in his face. "Uck! Gross!" Nico exclaimed, backing away and wiping his face. He looked at me with nothing but hatred. "Guillotine." Nico whispered harshly. The word, said silently, still echoed through the quiet room. Realization slowly crept up on me.

I was going to die in Tartarus at the hands of a freshman.

_Percy Jackson _

_Unknown Date and Time, Tartarus _

Annabeth and I were escorted very forcefully to an open courtyard. The ground was covered in dirt, stained red near the center and fanning out. I did not take that as a good sign. There were jaunty monsters leading us in, pushing and mocking us. I looked over at Annabeth, who had been quiet throughout the whole journey.

It was hard to see her face, because there was still a stupid piece of wood blocking me. "Wise Girl," I whispered. "I can hear you thinking."

"Shut up," she muttered.

"You got a plan?" I asked.

Reluctantly, she said yes. "Follow my lead, Hurricane."

The wood was struck with something hard, making it vibrate and shake. "No talking," a woman hissed in a raspy voice. She had flaming hair, white skin, red eyes, fangs, and one prosthetic bronze leg and one donkey leg. It was extremely freaky, if you ask me.

The secured our block of wood into pegs, like we were in the great room, leaving us to face this ferocious crowd. Monsters big and wide; short and tall; mismatched and…something else, were all in the crowd, shouting and yelling at us. Directly in front of us and the guillotine, was a balcony, decorated with beautiful gems.

Nico di Angelo stood in the balcony, silencing the crowd. His eyes were twinkling as he looked down at us, a wicked grin on his face. "Do the boy first," Nico's voice boomed through dome. The top of my headboard opened and I was forcefully pulled out.

"No!" Annabeth cried, her voice louder then normal. She sounded like she was terrified, her voice shaking. I couldn't look back to her.

"No, take me! Please! Kill me first, end my suffering!" Annabeth shouted.

"What?" I tried to turn to her, but the flaming-haired girl elbowed my side. I grunted, falling to the ground. There was a foot or something hard and heavy on my back, keeping me on the ground.

"You don't move," a hoard voice hissed. "Kelli, get the blonde one."

"Piss off, Serephone," a raspy voice, sounding kinda like Drew Tanaka, said.

"Now!" the hoarse one, Serephone, commanded.

I could barely move my head. I strained my ears to hear what was happening. Annabeth was being pushed around, but she wasn't struggling. I wanted to shoot to my feet, go and help her. But something strange happened. I heard Annabeth, her voice whispering in my ear. "Trust me, I know what I'm doing. Wait for my signal."

It was freaky. I knew she was far away, but it sounded like she was whispering in my ear. "What are you saying!" Kelli demanded.

"Non' your business," Annabeth stated, her voice loud again.

She grunted, which meant she was probably hit or something. Serephone lifted me off the ground with surprising strength, grabbing my head and making me look at the guillotine. Annabeth was on her knees, her wrists tied above her head and her head secured between a piece of wood.

"Don't start doing that Percy-thing," Annabeth's voice warned in my ear. "If you mess this up I will cut off your head."

I frowned, watching as the stupid creepy girls readied the guillotine. Finally, the one called Kelli stop at the rope, addressing the crowd. "Everyone, watch as we behead this stupid blonde girl! End her miserable life, right in front of her boyfriend! Count me in, everyone!"

Honestly, was this psycho really treating this like it was a surprise party or something? She's decapitating my best friend, and Annabeth was perfectly calm and fine. Also, literally every thinks we're dating! Okay, we aren't dating. Everything was making my blood boil; I was barely able to hold out. But luckily, Annabeth's creepy, disembodied warning hung over my head like singing birds over a delirious man.

"Three! Two! One!" the crowd chanted loudly. Kelli let go of the rope, the blade slicing through the air. Right before the blade would slice through her neck, it stopped in mid-air.

"What!" Serephone bellowed in rage. Her clawed fingers squeezed the air out of my lungs. I gasped in shock.

It was hard to focus while being strangled, but I'll do my best to explain what happened. The wood of Annabeth's guillotine burst; the blade flew, decapitating Kelli the freaky lady. In a flash, Annabeth was in front of us. Her fist connected with Serephone's nose, knocking her head back. She grabbed my wrist, judo-flipping me over her shoulder.

"Aw! What the fuck!" I exclaimed.

"Get off your ass," Annabeth commanded. "Get ready to run, Water Boy."

"What?"

She frowned deeply at me. "Your so stupid, Percy." Annabeth stated. "Get off your ass and start using those superpowers you've got!"

Oh.

Oh.

A/N: So…this is excessively short. But but but, I have an excuse. I have an essay due tomorrow, that I need to print and all and totally forgot about. Idk about you, buts it's ten here. So… anyway, I'm not going to be updating on Friday. Journal check on Saturday, and I haven't started any. I'm trying to keep my extremely amazing 100% in English class, so yeah.

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