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Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait. I was really busy with my birthday and everything. My birthday was really great, but I'm not getting my cat so I'm a little bit sad about that. I've got a really cute little hamster called Nico, though. He's really soft and fluffy and unfortunately, he bites. Oh well, on with the chapter! And please remember to review! :D

Chapter 14: Just In The Nick of Time

As the group landed in front of Set's pyramid, Nico frowned in thought.

"So," he began, "How are we getting in?"

"We could fly up on the Pegasi and then jump down," Percy suggested. Nico rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"Uh, I think we'd more likely break our necks as opposed to getting anywhere."

"How about we blast our way in with a ha-di spell?" Sadie offered.

"No," Carter replied firmly, "We could hurt Dad or Annabeth."

"That's true," Sadie conceded with a sigh, "I suppose we'll have to try a different way."

"What about you do things my way?" asked a deep voice behind them.

"Amos!" Carter exclaimed as the group turned around.

"Where have you been?" Sadie asked, "We haven't seen you since Sekhmet."

"I held her off," Amos explained, "For about five seconds. I followed you in a truck which I found in a burned out salsa factory."

"So, what's your idea?" Carter asked.

"Better I do it now and explain later." Amos said.

"Hold on," Zia said. "I can get myself and one other person up there."

Zia grabbed Carter's hand and turned her amulet into a vulture. Zia and Carter flew up and disappeared through the roof of the pyramid.

"I can take the rest of us." Nico offered. He took Sadie's hand and Percy's and shadowtravelled inside the pyramid. A moment later, Amos joined them through the roof.

"Well that was easy." Percy commented quietly.

As the group moved further into the pyramid, they heard voices coming from a set of closed double doors. The voices seemed to be arguing and Percy and Nico recognized one of them right away.

"Annabeth!" Percy yelled running through the double doors.

The others followed and promptly froze at the sceen before them. Set was standing over Annabeth, ready to kill her with a huge black iron staff.

Time seemed to slow down as Set brought the staff down...

onto thin air. Faster than thought, Percy had ran forward and dragged Annabeth out of the way.

"Foolish boy!" Snarled Set. "But no matter! Now I will have more fun!"

Suddenly, Amos collapsed. Red smoke curled from his mouth.

"You've been possessing Amos!" Sadie shouted. "He's been spying for you all along!"

"Well," Set said. "At least you can get something right. Although, Amos was very strong. It was harder than I thought it would be to control him."

"So now you've killed him?" Cart asked. Set chuckled evilly.

"No," he sneered. "Not yet."

"I've had enough of this!" Percy snarled. "This guy just tried to kill my girlfriend. He's going to pay for that."

With that, Percy lunged at Set and the two began to fight.

Author's Note: Sorry it's so short. The next one will be much longer. This story will probably be done in a few more chapters so please keep reviewing and giving me ideas and advice. Thanks guys! And thank you to anyone who has already reviewed, favorited or followed. hunterofartemis126 (Nicolaclair)