Change the World

. Chapter four

Three people were running. They were in the labyrinth running from monsters. They turned a corner and found a crevice in the wall.

"Seth, in here. Shouted the girl.

The man, called Seth, pushed the girl and the other guy into the crevice, before sliding in himself, a thick black shadow coming from inside him. The shadows couldn't be seen through, and the monsters ran pass them. They waited a few more minutes, before climbing out of the crack. They backtracked a little to settle down. Seth and the girl sat together, while the guy sat farther away.

"Are you okay Madelyn? Noah?" Seth asked.

"Yeah, fine." They replied.

Seth was a tall man with pale skin and black hair and eyes. He had a tattoo on his left arm and a small pendant around his neck, a black dagger, and the shadows seemed to gravitate to him. Madelyn had pale skin and dark hair, with a long golden spear next to her and a golden dagger at her waist. Unlike Seth, she seemed to glow with light. Noah had dusty gray hair, like the color of stone, even though he wasn't old. He had a large bronze war hammer, across his back.

Seth leaned over to kiss Madelyn. They were dating, and Noah was Seth's best friend. As he kissed Madelyn, a low growl emanated through the cave. A large lion stalked out, it's eyes focused on the demigods. Seth stood, tapped his tattoo, and pulled the pendant from around his neck. The tattoo grew into a large bladed shield, the sides coming to two points, with a gap in the middle. The pendant grew into a Stygian iron sword. Noah stood and got ready to attack. Madelyn stood behind them with her spear, ready to fight.

The lion lunged towards Seth, but he seemingly exploded, becoming a whirlwind of shadows resembling a human. Noah swung his hammer, hitting the lion on the head, the impact causing it to stumble. The shadows rapped themselves around the dazed lion. They forced its mouth open, and Madelyn threw her spear, lodging it in its throat. The lion roared, then exploded into dust, leaving behind its impenetrable skin. The shadows collected and turned back into Seth. He stood for a few seconds, before collapsing. No matter what they tried, he wouldn't wake up.

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When Percy awoke, dawn had yet to arrive. He walked outside of the shelter for some fresh air. He stretched, and heard a faint voice in the wind.

"The labyrinth. Go to the labyrinth." It whispered. Percy knew that voice, and he new it was friendly, though he couldn't remember who's voice it was. He decided that they should find the labyrinth as soon as possible. He turned, and saw the sun sitting on the horizon. A twig snapped behind him. He spun around to see Thalia.

"Oh. It's just you." He said.

"Did I scare you?" Thalia teased.

"No. I just wasn't expecting you."

"What are you thinking?" Asked Thalia, noticing the focused look on his face.

"I think we should go to the labyrinth." He said.

"But didn't you and Annabeth destroy it?"

"No. When Daedalus was killed the labyrinth died with him. If Gaia had brought him back to recruit him, it would make sense that the labyrinth would be revived as well."

"Well, it's worth a shot." Thalia said.

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1 week later

"Noah shush! He's coming to!"

Seth opened his eyes. He looked around, not recognizing where he was. He sat up, looking around the cave, as a heavy blanket fell off of him. No. Not a blanket. A lion skin. He rubbed the fur, and remembered what happened. There was a battle. He recalled becoming a living shadow, and subduing a lion the size of a mini van. Then everything went black. He started to get up when he was tackled into a bone crushing hug by the dark haired woman he called his girlfriend.

"Seth! I was starting to think you wouldn't make it!" Madelyn sobbed into his shoulder. Seth stood up, still wrapped in Madelyn's tight embrace.

"Noah, where are we?" Seth asked.

"Somewhere in the labyrinth, buddy." He replied.

"Well, let's keep moving." Seth said. They walked into the next passage way, to see a ridge on one side, about twelve feet above the ground. They also heard a large army of monster at the other end of the cave.

"Seth, you hide up there. Your still too weak to fight." Noah said.

"Alright." Seth tugged off his medallion, and it grew to become a shadowy crossbow. He shot the bow and a bolt with a rope attached to it trailing behind it. Seth climbed the rope, feeling angry that he couldn't help his friends.

With a yell, Noah and Madelyn ran into battle. They smashed and slashed, Noah with his hammer, and Madelyn with her dual daggers.

Seth saw a cave giant lumber into the cave. It stood twelve feet tall, and the only weaknesses in his stony skin were his small, beady, black eyes. Seth knew that Madelyn and Noah wouldn't be able to kill it on their own. He crawled closer, and took aim with his crossbow. He fired. The shadow bolt whistled through the air, but the giant turned, and the bolt bounced harmlessly off of it's shoulder. Seth fired again. The beast swatted the bolt out of the air. Meanwhile, Noah and Madelyn had decimated the monster army. Only a third of the army was left.

Seth adjusted his aim and fired. The bolt soared through the air, and as the giant turned, the bolt embedded itself into its left eye, half of the bolt sticking out of the giants skull.

The great beast fell, crushing what was left of the army. Madelyn and Noah sheathed their weapons, and Seth lowered the rope. They climbed up, and Madelyn began to start a fire.

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Will looked around from his perch in a tree. They had snuck back into camp half blood to look for the labyrinth entrance. No matter what they tried, the entrance wouldn't open. Nico had tried to shadow travel through Zeus's fist. Thalia had summoned lightening to zap the door open. Travis and Connor were rigging explosives to blast the door open. Travis pushed the detonator, but even that wouldn't work.

Will saw something. A glint of blue out of the corner of his eye. He focused on it, and saw a glowing blue delta hidden in the rock. He took aim and fired an arrow, hitting the delta.

A door in the rock opened. He climbed down while the others investigated the entrance.

Will heard something. He turned and saw the camps forces gathered at the edge of the forest. They must have heard the explosion.

"Quick! Every one in!" Will shouted. The Stolls were the first ones in, followed by Thalia, then Nico, Jason, and Will, and finally Percy. Percy noticed that the door close behind them.

They kept walking, going down an endless staircase. The passage leveled out, but with the even ground came a horrible stench and a strange hissing sound.

"Stop." Percy said, unsheathing his omega sword.

"What is it?" Connor asked.

"Drakon." Percy answered before jumping into the next room, deflecting the drakon's jaws. Everyone else charged into battle. Nico sliced off the drakon's tail. Thalia hit its face with aegis. The Stolls held its mouth open. Will shot an arrow down the monsters great maw. The beast disintegrated. Percy sat down to rest. Everyone else fell beside him.

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Seth saw a light. They had been walking in the dark for who knows how long, which was fine by him. Madelyn wasn't faring well, though. As soon as he saw the light, he picked Madelyn up and ran, with Noah fast on his heels. They fell into a well lit cave. They didn't notice the cave's other occupants. A man with sea green eyes and a scary woman with electric blue ones stood up.

"Who are you?" Asked green-eyes.

"Demigods." Replied Seth.

"I'm Percy Jackson. What are your names?" Asked green-eyes.

"I'm Seth Umbrian. Son of Erebus. This is my girlfriend Madelyn Heliken, daughter of Aether, and my friend Noah Delano, son of Ourea."

"I'm the son of Poseidon. Or, well, I used to be. This is Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, and her brother Jason, Nico di Angelo, son of hades, Will Solace, son of Apollo, and Travis and Connor Stoll, sons of Hermes. What are you doing down here?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Seth said.

"We're escaping." Answered Noah.

"So, tell us your story."