But the chapter is finally here. I don't own the Percy Jackson series
Then next morning I did nothing. Mark's brothers didn't seem to know how to look at me. They'd have a mad expression on their face, but their eyes couldn't completely hide the happiness.
I sat at their kitchen table quietly eating an apple. Clarisse sat beside me doing the same well reading a book on world war two. Mark was quietly eating across the table from me.
"Todays the day, Clair's supposed to show up at the underworld." Clarisse states randomly.
Everyone tenses. The last few hours no one has mentioned it.
"Well, we have to take her." She says. Everybody just stares down at their lap. "How about this," She starts, " We take Clair. Well she's there Mark can stay here and I'll see what Chiron wants. OK?"
Everyone nods.
"Clair, go grab your bag." She says ushering me out. I run up the stairs and push into the room. I start stuffing things back into the bag.
"Hairbrush, sweatshirt, sword." I mentally check things off as I go. I zip up the bag and rush out. I pull the bag down the stairs.
Clarisse and Mark walk up the stairs as I come down. I walk over to the front door and let my bag rest against the wall.
I start to walk towards the kitchen when I hear William say, "Mom we can't just let him go. You know that he isn't going to come back."
"William, where does he have to go, other than camp half blood? And he knows that we'll just send you or one of your brothers to get him." She says.
" I don't. I just feel like, you know. That he doesn't exactly want to be here." William says.
"Of course he wants to be here. I mean…he's he's got to." His mother stutterers.
"Not like that exactly. I mean Mom he's a demigod. We aren't here to protect him twenty four seven anymore." He says.
He's a son of the war God, for the god's sake. If he can't protect himself, who can?
Clarisse and Mark come down the stairs before they can finish. "Ready?" Mark asks. I nod and walk over to my bag and lift it up. Its small enough that it looks like I'm just paranoid about leaving a bunch of stuff at a hotel. Not staying the night.
"You sure you don't want a ride there?" Mark's mom asks us."There's got to be a lot of monsters outside. Why doesn't one or two or even all three of your brothers come with?" Marks face falls.
I know he doesn't want to tell his mom no. "Sorry they'll freak out if more than two other demigods come." I say. Mark smiles at me. Thanking me without words.
"They'll freak out if there's more than two other demigods on the doorstep of the underworld?" She asks obviously not buying it.
"Chiron made us promise that they would stay with me till my father showed up." I say smiling.
"Ok…" She says. Mark steps forwards hugs her then ushers us out the door.
"Bye." I call back. We call a taxi and soon enough we're at the Hollywood sign. The huge letters sit there as if they are indestructible.
I step towards the H. Mark finds the text and reads out " αλίμονο να όλα που εισάγετε."
"Woe to all who enter." I whisper as bits of the ground crumble away.
I look down into the hole . Stairs can be seen a few feet down. The river Styx waits below with the ferryman Charon.
"Well, here we go." I say taking a step forward.
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