Alright, here it is! Chapter 5! I hope you enjoy it and thanks for reading!

"They're out. Now are you gonna pay me?" the cab driver asked.

"Yeah. Of course," Annabeth said, digging in her bag. She pulled out a card and was washed over with memories. She thought of another adventure two years earlier. She thought of Aunty Em's, a trip to the underworld, and fighting Ares. But most of all, she thought about Percy.

'Annabeth Chase, you cannot like this guy. He's an idiot, a son of POSEIDON, and probably doesn't even like you. AT ALL,' she told herself.

"Will this work?" Annabeth asked, handing the cab driver the Platinum Lotus cash card.

"Uh…" he seemed reluctant to swipe the card. "Jesus! That's a lot of dough. Sure I'll take it!" He was more willing after seeing the balance on the card.

"Yeah okay. Give it back please," she said, grabbing her bag and opening the door.

Annabeth climbed out and looked around, taking in her surroundings.

'How in Hades did that get here?' she thought, seeing the Princess Andromeda sitting in a lake. She saw a sign telling her where she was: Belmont Harbor, Dock F, Lake Michigan. How in Hades did I get here? I can't have been out more than 5 minutes.

Annabeth slipped on her baseball cap and started toward the cruise ship. She climbed aboard and started down a hallway. She came across a set of wooden double doors. The stateroom. One of the doors was slightly ajar. She looked inside and saw Luke talking to a casket. Kronos' casket, she assumed.

Suddenly, the door opened. Annabeth pressed herself against the wall and saw a dracaena woman slither out on her snake trunk legs, followed by Luke himself. "We have to do something about that stupid manticore. Can't tell the difference between two blondes. Idiot," he was saying.

Annabeth slipped into the room that they had just left. She was looking around when she heard the door close and lock behind her. She froze, not willing to make a sound and give herself away.

"Annabeth, dear, nice of you to join us," Luke said. "But next time, I suggest you don't try to sneak onto my ship. You know I don't like that."

Annabeth felt a sharp, searing pain in her leg. She looked down and saw a gash in her thigh, already bleeding. A throwing knife hit the wall in front of her, sinking in to the hilt.

"Tsk tsk Annie. I taught you to have better reflexes than that."

Annabeth dropped into a crouch, putting pressure on her wound. Her hat fell off her head, but she just put her foot on it to keep it in place. Luke already knew where she was. "How did you know I was in here?"

"Simple. It was a trap. Honestly, I was hoping you'd be too smart to fall for it. Making Mommy look bad, are we Annie?"

"Don't call me Annie," she spat, pulling an extra shirt out of her bag to try and make a tourniquet.

"Whatever you say, Annie."

"How'd you set a trap for me, though?"

"I knew you were there all the way back in Chicago."

"Aren't we still in Chicago?"

"Not quite. Welcome to Lake Winnipeg. You're in Canada now." Luke spread his arms, welcoming her.

"How?"

"That's for me to know and you not to."

"Wait, how did you know it was me?"

"Well that stupid manticore didn't get you and who else wants to follow me to figure out my plan and just happens to be invisible? It also helped that I had a taxi following me the whole time," Luke stated, crouching in front of her.

Annabeth swung to punch Luke in the nose.

Luke caught her fist mid-swing. "By the way, who was that other girl?"

"No one."

"Okay, don't tell me. I know you know. I'll get it out of you eventually." He opened the door. "You can have her. Do whatever you want, but I want her ALIVE," he said to the dracaena.

"Really, Luke? You're going to torture me? If it weren't for me, you'd be dead. I saved your life, douche bag."

"See, that's why I don't like you, You're rude. Anyway, I have to keep my army happy somehow, and why waste someone I like on them?"

"You're more of a monster than they are," she spat.

"Says the girl who allied herself with a Cyclops. Don't you remember anything Annie? That Cyclops tried to kill us."

"But he didn't. You think I wanted him to come with us? That was Percy's idea!"

"Of course. Percy freaking Jackson."

"You're just mad because he's going to beat you and you know it."

"You're only defending him because you're in love with him. And he could not beat me. I have an army."

"I am not in love with Percy. He can still beat you, though, army or no army."

"Whatever. Do what you want," he said to the dracaena, stepping through the doorway.

"I trusted you Luke!" Annabeth called after him. "I loved you."

"Then you're a fool," he said, closing the door behind him.

Annabeth passed out from blood loss.

I just want to say that this has been my favorite chapter to write so far. I hope you liked it as much as I do. Please review!

Quote:

"Stop hating yourself for everything you aren't and start loving yourself for everything you already are."

Question (ish):

Name three things physically close to you.

Answer:

1. My laptop

2. A little mini desk calender

3. A blue ballpoint pen

Until next time,

Hoologan