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7 - Annabeth

The last thing Annabeth knew was looking for Percy. Gods she was foolish leaving him on his own, while he was injured. Arachne was gone, but probably not for long. Arachne wanted Annabeth's blood and she wasn't going to stop until she got it.

Annabeth had been crying on the ground when she thought she had heard Percy's voice. She had spun around ready to hug him, totally relieved he was okay. She had had the biggest smile adorned upon her face until she turned around.

Standing right in front of her was this massive ugly Cyclops.

Annabeth suddenly remembered the ability Cyclopes had. She had seen it first hand when she was only seven years old. Grover was leading her, Luke and Thalia to Camp Half-Blood but had run into complications on the way. The Cyclops had lured them into a warehouse and had tricked them by mimicking their voices. Luke and Thalia went out to fight it while she was cowering in the corner. Athena her mother would diffidently have called her a coward, but then again she was only seven at that time. Gods she hated Cyclopes.

She had been hit in the head with something hard. She knew it was hard because it was enough to knock her out cold. She also vaguely remembered being dragged and tied up to a pole and having Riptide snatched from her. Never had she ever felt so defenseless in her life before this.

Her life was flashing before her eyes. She remembered everything from the kiss between her and Percy in the canoe lake at Camp Half-Blood, to Percy dangling from the ledge trying to hold Annabeth and stop her from falling down that Chasm and when he refused to let go and fell into Tartarus with her. Gods he looks so cute, my seaweed brain when he is worried, Annabeth thought to herself.

It was bliss, watching everything good in her life fly pat. It was kind of like she was watching a movie marathon of her life. She could have stayed there all night watching but she couldn't.

She was slowly rousing and becoming more aware of what was happening. She heard a grunt coming from right in front of her, then a nudging on her shoulders.

She opened her eyes wide and heard Percy say "Annabeth, we need to go now" while he was cutting the ropes that were binding her to the pole. Annabeth saw it actually was Percy and a big sigh of relief escaped from her mouth. Thank the Gods that Percy was alright she thought to herself.

Percy looked awful. His face was covered in blood, his arms and legs were covered with many grazes that looked absolutely painful and worst of all was his hand. Percy's hand was bent backwards in a position that it normally shouldn't be in. Already Annabeth could tell that he had broken it.

She didn't know how Percy had sustained all these injuries and managed to rescue her but he was right about one thing, they needed to get out of there right away and there was no time for dawdling.

In front of her the Cyclops was on the ground out for the count and snoring. Annabeth slowly began to approach it, just to check it was really knocked out cold. As she edged forward she noticed something on its hand. A silver charm bracelet was dangling off of his wrist.

Fury rose in Annabeth. That had been Thalia's charm bracelet, which she thought she had lost when they were recuing Annabeth from the Cyclops back when she was seven. The bracelet had fallen off Thalia's wrist while they were running from the Cyclopes lair. When Thalia noticed she went to run and get it only to be held back by Luke who had said they needed to get going. Distraught, Thalia made off without her bracelet to the safety of Camp Half-Blood. Thalia thought she would never see it again.

The anger seemed to be rising out of her heart. Without asking she snatched Riptide from Percy's hand and thrust the sword through the Cyclops's chest. The second the celestial bronze blade touch the Cyclopes he was reduced to nothing but golden dust. Annabeth didn't want to see that brute reform again anytime soon, so she kicked the remains and spread them out. The remaining golden dust was then carried out in the wind to god knows where.

Percy grabbed Annabeth's hand with his good hand and began distancing themselves as much from the ghostly plains of Tartarus. Even though Percy was really badly wounded it was obvious he didn't care about the state he was in, just as long as he got Annabeth to safety.

They were running as best they could, and the ocean began to appear in the distance.

Annabeth could here Percy's heavy breathing and gasping, and noticed that he looked like he may just collapse any moment.

Annabeth turned to Percy and said "Percy we need to get you to the ocean it's your only hope" she moaned. Percy turned his head and sighed "No, we need to keep going. I won't let anything happen to you Annabeth, Your the world to me" he said before finally collapsing.

Annabeth didn't care about Percy's protests. She was getting him to the salt water if it was the last thing she did. She wasn't going to let anything happen to Percy again.

Annabeth hauled him up and slung his arm around her shoulder and began heaving him over to the beach that was becoming closer and closer by the second. Annabeth thought that she too was going to collapse under Percy's wait, but she kept going. The beach was a hundred meters away from them, all she had to do was drag him just a little further and that was it.

Slowly, slowly she dragged Percy until they were at the beach. The water was churning and was a sea green. Annabeth position Percy so he was sitting in the surf with the water up to his waist. Even though it was Tartarus, It was still salt water and any salt water helped Percy.

Annabeth was sitting on the sand keeping her eye out for any monsters that might try and throw themselves at Percy. Annabeth was prepared this time for anything that might happen, except for what actually did happen.

Annabeth been expecting a monster attack or the Cyclops to have given chase, but not this. The water around Percy had turned from a sea green to a crimson color, more precisely the color of blood. Gods what had she done Annabeth thought to herself trying her best not to panic. Annabeth began to drag Percy out of the surf and onto the beach, and when she did she noticed that all his scrapes, cuts and grazes had began widening and blood was gushing out, literally it was gushing it out of his wounds. Gods how stupid could Annabeth have been, Obviously the water had different properties then the water in the world of the living did. Some daughter of wisdom she was.

Annabeth was really panicking now. She had absolutely nothing to treat Percy with, NOTHING AT ALL! At this rate he was going to bleed to death. She couldn't lose him, not Percy. Even though she knew the gods wouldn't be able to hear her from all the way down in Tartarus, she prayed to any god that would listen. She wasn't convinced that anyone was listening until she looked at the horizon. Out on the horizon a rainbow had appeared. One end of it was too far away to even see, and the other was on the shores of the beach. This made Annabeth sick because it was twisted. Since when do rainbows shoot down from the sky in Tartarus? Annabeth pondered.

The end closest to Annabeth began to shape into a lady like figure with long hair.

Out stepped the lady, her hair was blond down to her waist which seemed to sparkle, she wore and elegant silk dress which at first sight appeared white but when Annabeth looked at it from another angle it began to swirl like oil in the colors of the rainbow.

Annabeth knew who she was.

It was Iris, the goddess of rainbows. Iris and Hermes were the only Gods that Annabeth knew to have the ability to travel back and forth between the underworld. Someone had answered her Prayers and it had been Iris.

Iris spoke and a voice soft like silk "Annabeth Chase I heard your prayers, I hope that this will help you two out on your quest" she said, holding her hand out. In her hand a back pack that looked very familiar materialized and floated over to her.

It was her back pack. She unzipped it and all her stuff was in there. Deadleus's laptop, her dagger, ambrosia and some nectar. Relieved Annabeth grabbed out the nectar and poured some into Percy's mouth. Immediately she began seeing results. Percy's wounds had began healing and he began to regain color, and in no time he was standing. He wasn't fully healed but he had gotten some of his strength back which was a relief.

Iris continued talking to Annabeth saying "This is a dangerous quest your on. More dangerous than anything you've ever faced in your lives, To find the doors of death you need to prove yourself worthy. There are trials ahead of you. These trials are designed to test your limits, test your friendship and test all that you believe in. If you pass them, you will be led to the doors. However if you fail, the consequences will be worse than death, trust me" she said forebodingly.

"How are we meant to find these trials?", Percy asked, speaking for the first time since he had passed out. "Well that's what I'm here for. You see I'm a messenger. I am on your side however I am required to deliver messages between the gods and as you can gather it is hectic. I'm here to give you two a clue on how to find the doors, so listen carefully. Seek the ice princess confined in chains, for she is the one who holds the giants bane." Iris recited.

"What does that mean?" Annabeth asked frustrated. For once in her life a riddle had stumped her. "I can't tell you, but I think your boyfriend might know" Iris said before walking back into the surf again. "Wait!", Annabeth screamed out. Iris either couldn't hear her or was ignoring her as she kept walking until she jumped into her rainbow and was gone.

What the hell was that supposed to mean? Annabeth asked herself. She was annoyed that Iris had dropped her a riddle she had no idea what the answer was to, more annoyed that Percy should know the answer and not her. On the upside at least she had her stuff back and at least Percy was better.

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