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Chapter Five: A Plan of Action
After Nico shadow-travelled to where Percy was, he was surprised that he wasn't at Camp Half-Blood. He was standing near the top of a large mountain which overlooked a city which he guessed was Phoenix Arizona.
Percy looked absolutely miserable and Nico couldn't blame him. He had just watched his girlfriend get kidnapped so he had every right to look sad.
"Hey Nico." he said miserably "Thanks for coming."
"No problem." Nico assured him "What happened anyway Percy?" he asked anxiously.
Percy sighed and explained what had happened. Nico listened in absolute silence and when Percy was finished his brain began to work. He thought back to the year at Westover Hall and suddenly he remembered a picture that his teacher had showed the class which looked exactly like the man Percy had described.
"I think I know who that was." Nico told Percy. Percy looked at him expectantly,
"Well, who is it then?" he asked.
"Set, the Egyptian god of strength, evil and chaos."
"That sounds very bad." Percy said going very pale. Nico nodded seriously and then he said,
"We should come up with a plan to rescue her. I'll need to get in touch with Anubis and see if he can help us."
"Who's Anubis?" asked Percy so Nico told him about his meeting with Anubis and the promise that Anubis had given him, offering help.
When he was done, he made an Iris-Message with a crystal which he usually carried with him to make them.
"Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering." he tossed a golden drachma into the shimmering colours "Show me Anubis."
Almost immediately Anubis's face appeared in the light. He looked very ... worried? scared? Nico couldn't say but he definitely didn't look happy.
"Anubis we need help." Nico told him. Anubis nodded solemnly.
"I know, I heard your conversation. There's only one thing to do. You can't challenge Set right now but there are two young magicians who are on their way now to challenge him. Right now there are in Texas you're best option is to join them in Texas and take it from there."
"Who are the magicians?" Percy asked. Anubis sighed
"Sadie and Carter Kane. They are both hosting gods, Horus for Carter and Isis for Sadie. You should go now. I'll summon a doorway for you."
With that, he waved his hand and the image disappeared. In its place was a black space the size of a doorway. Nico and Percy looked at each other nervously.
It was clear what they were both thinking. They didn't know whether or not they could trust Anubis. After a moment Percy nodded and they stepped through the door of darkness.
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