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Chapter 13: What About Annabeth?

While the heroes were searching, Annabeth was having the most miserable time of her life. That was saying something, especially since she'd been forced to hold up the sky when she was fourteen.

This situation was worse, though. It wasn't because her captors had hurt her, no they'd actually left her unharmed, so far, anyway. It wasn't even because she was scared. It was because she didn't have an escape plan or any plan at all.

Annabeth had spent hours, trying and failing, to find a way out of here. She was tied to a wall in what looked like some sort of throne room and she was always guarded. She couldn't find any exits and her guards, who all had heads like corkscrews, weren't stupid enough to let her go.

"Still trying to escape, little demigod?" said a deep, taunting voice. As Annabeth looked up, she saw Set, her captor, grinning down at her evilly.

"You have no idea what I'm thinking, Set." She retorted, defiantly.

"You'd be surprised, Annabeth Chase!"

Annabeth ignored him and continued to examine the room. If she could break her bonds, she might have a chance to fight her way out of here.

"I'd just kill you," Set said coldly. "And what a shame that would be to kill you before my great victory!"

"Your plan will fail!" Annabeth yelled. "You'll never destroy this contient."

"And why would that be?" Ask Set, sneering.

"Because," Annabeth replied, "I'm going to stop you."

"Ha ha!" Laughed Set, wickedly. "You can't! You're tied up!"

"Am I, Set?" Annabeth said as she stood up. While they'd been talking, she'd been working on her bonds, weakening them.

She drew her dagger, which Set had carelessly not taken from her, and charged at Set.

Set met her charge with a huge sand storm that knocked her off her feet. One of the corkscrew-headed guards ran forward and whacked her on the head with a huge wooden club. Her eyes slid shut and everything went black.

Meanwhile, back at the salsa factory, three beautiful winged horses had arrived. One was pure black and the others were snowy white.

"Um," said Carter, "There are five of us. How will we all get to Phoenix?"

"Two of the pegasi will have to take two of us each." Percy said simply.

"I'll go with Nico!" Sadie announced as she approached a white pegasus.

"I'll go with Carter." Zia said and Percy smiled.

"I guess that means I'm going solo!" he said and thought sadly that Annabeth should have been there with him.

As the group got ready, Blackjack whinnied.

"Not now, Blackjack." Percy said, sighing.

"Can you talk to him?" Sadie asked.

"Yeah," He smiled, "He says he wants doughnuts."

"Well," Nico said, "Maybe we can get some. You know, after we save the world and Annabeth, of course."

"Yeah," Carter agreed, "I think we'll need doughnuts after that."

Laughing a little, they got onto their pegasi and took off to save the world.

Author's Note: So guys, what did you think? Please review if you want Annabeth to live!

Also, I might be getting a kitten for my birthday. I say might because sometimes my sister says I can have something but then she says I can't. Anyway, if I do, it's going to be a boy cat. I know that because my sister has seen him and she says he's gorgeous and that she fell in love with him. He is all white with a few spots of black on him. If I get him, I'm going to call him Nico! So, again please review! hunterofofartemis126 (Nicolaclair)