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Disclaimer: See chapter 5.

Ch 15

FRANK

Gods bless Reyna. That wonderful, magical girl found out where Hazel was. And Frank couldn't thank her enough.

He, Annabeth, Jason, and Calypso were currently following Reyna through Gaea's household, pretending to deliver a large crate to the house. In reality, the contents of that crate were Thalia, Grover, and Will, who drew the short straws and had to cram themselves in the crate.

"What is this?" A shrill voice pierced the air.

"Kelli," Reyna whispered. She raised her voice. "They're delivering a package."

"To?"

"The basement."

Kelli frowned. "I don't have any package delivers scheduled for today. Master Polybotes did order a package, but that isn't scheduled to come in until tomorrow."

Reyna faltered.

"We came early," Annabeth said, sensing Reyna's uncertainty.

Kelli frowned, but waved us on.

We continued with a sigh of relief.

"That was close," Frank said.

"I'm so glad you could come over." Lady Gaea's voice floated down the hallway.

"It's always a pleasure."

Annabeth's eyes widened. "Not as close as it's going to get! Run!" she screamed as Lady Gaea and Luke rounded the corner.

Thalia, Grover, and Will sprang out of the crate. They took off sprinting.

"Get them!" Luke shouted.

"This way!" Reyna cried, leading them through a doorway and down a flight of stairs. They could hear the commotion upstairs.

"Will! Grover!" Annabeth yelled. "Slow them down!"

They nodded and broke off, turning around and heading back up the stairs.

Reyna pushed open another door, and everyone tumbled out into a cellar filled with drying food. She pointed down yet another flight of stairs. "They're down there. I'm going to go get the keys."

"Why do you need keys?" Calypso asked.

"You'll see." Reyna took off.

Annabeth looked at the rest of them. "Let's go."

o.O.o

PERCY

Something was happening. There were loud shouts and bangs upstairs. And footsteps were coming down the stairs.

A shadow appeared. The figure raced into the light. And growled.

"Get these merfolk down and into the wagon outside," Polybotes instructed the servants he had brought with him. "Keep them tied up."

The servants obeyed immediately, unlocking all of their chains roughly and dropping them on the ground.

"Where are we going?" Percy growled as he struggled against the servants trying to tie his arms behind his back.

Polybotes grabbed Percy's chin and forced Percy to look at his face. "Somewhere you'll never be found."

"That's original," Leo snidely remarked. Even though his voice was even and its usually joking self, the fear in his eyes was apparent.

Polybotes growled.

"You have a nasty habit of growling," Piper said. "It's really unflattering, you know. Scares people away."

Call them crazy, but they were hoping that getting on Polybotes' nerves would force him to release them. Yeah. Crazy.

"Just tie them up before those thieves get down here," Polybotes snapped.

Footsteps echoed down the hallway.

"Too late!" Polybotes groaned. He pulled out his sword, ready for a fight. "Take the merfolk to the wagon when you see an opening. No doubt these thieves are simply here to rob. I'll distract them with...something."

The servants nodded. They gagged Percy and his friends, then slung them over their shoulders.

The footsteps got louder and louder, until they finally stopped.

"There!" an extremely familiar voice shouted.

"What?" Polybotes sneered. "Are you here to kill me? Good luck with that."

"Nope," another familiar voice said, "just here to pick up a couple things."

Percy heard footsteps again as the thieves started circling Polybotes. Honestly, Percy wasn't sure who to cheer for. For all he knew, the thieves could want to sell him and his friends to someone worse than Polybotes (though Percy didn't really see how that could be possible) (neither did he want to see). However, they could also want to set him free. But a single voice decided who he was cheering for.

"Now!" That word was spoken by a voice that sounded exactly like the only one Percy had been dreaming about since he was dragged onto shore. Annabeth's.

But it can't be, he thought. Can it?

Percy heard two swords clash with one. Polybotes growled. Percy heard Hazel's muffled shriek. That got Percy angry. What had those stupid humans done now? Percy started to flop. Surprisingly, the servant dropped him on the ground just as he started to struggle.

"Ow," Percy muttered through his gag, wincing as he slammed into the floor. Hands, gentler than the servant's, rolled him over.

"I think you'll live." A pair of gray eyes stared at him. Percy's gag was torn off.

"Annabeth!" Percy cried. He could hear Hazel's and Frank's reunion, as well as Leo and Calypso crushing each other with hugs. And probably kisses, but fortunately, Percy couldn't hear those.

"I came for you," Annabeth whispered, pulling Percy in for a hug. Percy inhaled the scent of the sea that was stuck on Annabeth's hat and hair, never wanting to let go. He did, eventually, have to let go when Polybotes collapsed onto the floor, unconscious.

"Is he dead?" Leo asked.

Jason shook his head. "No. Just unconscious." Jason hurried over to where Piper was, and started to free her.

"Aw man!" Leo whined. "Why didn't you kill him?"

Calypso whacked Leo on the head.

"Ouch!" Leo started pouting.

"No time, Valdez," Annabeth said. "We need to get you out of here." A loud crash came from upstairs.

Will came running down the stairs, bleeding from a cut on his arm. "Annabeth, we need to get them out of here. Grover worked some magic and summoned some vines to fight for now, but it'll only last about five minutes."

Annabeth nodded. "Let's go. We're taking you home."

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