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18 - Percy

"Okay, don't look down" Percy told himself. He was dangling from a cliff ledge over a pit of lava in the middle of Tartarus so how could it get any worse? Well obviously it could. Gaea didn't want to give him or Annabeth an easy time down in Tartarus. You didn't have to be a genius to figure that one out.

Percy remembered his training back at camp. This was just like the rock climbing wall with lava back at camp, Percy thought to himself. Percy used his hand and grabbed onto the nearest ledge and hoisted his foot up to the nearest footing he could find. Percy continued the process for what seemed forever until the top of the cliff face was within his grasp. Percy than hauled himself up onto the cliffs edge and sat there panting.

Percy sat there, wandering if Annabeth had made it out alive before Gaea's warning flashed through Percy's mind. "Annabeth" Percy muttered to himself, causing himself to spring up and into action. He couldn't let her get hurt, not on his watch.

Percy sprinted through the icy woods, being careful of the obstacles that lay in front of him such as the many crevices and fallen trees. Percy really didn't want to be crushed again by a fir tree, so he slowed down to a jog and started to carefully maneuver around the hazards standing before him.

Percy kept jogging until he heard screaming. The screaming completely stopped Percy in his tracks. It was Annabeth's screaming, he was sure of it. Percy knew immediately that she was in trouble. Now that the woods had been completely remodeled, it was harder to find his way out but Percy just kept listening to the screaming and was following, knowing that he was getting closer.

Percy stepped foot out of the woods and the surroundings instantly changed around him. In place of the snow filled woods wasn't the plains like the place they had entered the forest from but a desolate graveyard. Perhaps Percy had come the wrong way? Obviously not because he then heard it again, Annabeth's screams.

Percy hated graveyards but pushed that thought aside as he had to find Annabeth. Percy passed tombstone by tombstone as the screaming became louder and more blood curdling. Percy looked around and couldn't find Annabeth anywhere.

"Annabeth!" Percy shouted out. Somewhere in the distance came Annabeth's voice "Percy!" before a menacing laughter filled the air.

Percy sprinted forward until he reached a marble stair case come into sight. The stair case, led up to the higher grounds of the cemetery where the mausoleum stood. Percy really didn't want to go inside the mausoleum because the dead creeped him out but he had no choice as he heard Annabeth's scream come from inside of it.

Percy dashed up the stairs and tried to open the stone doors of the mausoleum to find they wouldn't budge. Annabeth let out another ear piercing screech before Percy heard the clang of a sword hitting the stone walls.

Percy rammed himself into the stone door several times before the door began to slowly creek open. Before the door could open fully, It stopped in its tracks and a bronze chain materialized around the handles, preventing the door from opening anymore than it had. Percy reached inside his pocket and uncapped riptide. He raised it high above his head and brought it down upon the chains and slashed through them as if the chains were wet clay.

Percy pushed open the doors and ran inside, looking for Annabeth. The stench inside revolted Percy so much it made him want to be sick. Sitting on the walls were skulls and the walls were lined with skeletons of the dead. Percy wanted to run away right away but he couldn't. Annabeth was in here somewhere and needed saving. Percy couldn't just leave her and allow her to become another skeleton lining the walls.

Percy kept running until he found a staircase going down into the basement. Percy took the steps two at a time and fell over because the staircase was broken and crumbing in places. Percy tumbled down into the darkness until he hit his head on the cool metallic floor beneath him.

In front of Percy was a blanket of perpetual darkness that went as far as the eye could see. In front of Percy was a bracket containing Greek fire. Even with the torch it barely lit the surroundings, in fact all it did was cast sinister shadows all over the obsidian floor, reflecting the dancing flames making the floor look like water. This was very different from where he had previously come from. In all honestly, it felt as if Percy had left the graveyard all together. Something just didn't seem right.

Percy grabbed the torch out of the bracket and held it high above him, and saw that he was in a long tunnel completely made out of obsidian. The tunnel began to snake into a large winding cavern. Percy kept following the path until he ran into a crevice. Percy tried looking down into it and all he could see was a churning vortex made of earth matter, swirling around violently. Percy decided it was a good idea not to stick around here for too long as he had a bad feeling about being so close to the pit.

Just as Percy began to back away from the edge of the chasm, a cold, spine chilling gust of wind blew through the cavern, blowing out Percy's torch with Greek fire in it. Percy had no way of seeing now that his torch had been extinguished and he was to afraid to move in case he took one wrong step and ended up falling into the chasm.

Percy heard Annabeth's scream again. It seemed to be coming from directly below him. Percy called out "Annabeth!" Annabeth then screamed out "Percy! Get out of here! It's too late for me but not for you" Annabeth screamed. What did she mean it was too late for her? "The doors of death, There just over there! If your quick enough you might be able to escape through them" Annabeth yelled. "I'm not going anywhere without you!" Percy called out. "I've been captured and will be sacrificed. If they capture you and sacrifice you as well, Gaea will rise. Is that what you want?" Annabeth asked. "Well, no" Percy began saying before Annabeth cut him off and said "look, I'll shut the doors from this side, you shut them from the other side! It's the only way!"

Percy began to carefully find his way towards Annabeth's voice, which was guiding him to the doors down below. Percy began feeling his way against the wall and eventually started to see a green glow in front of him. Percy had found the doors. The doors were miles from him and all the way down a long winding corridor. Percy broke into a sprint until the doors came into sight.

What Percy saw on the other side wasn't what he had expected. Standing on the other side were Piper and Annabeth. Piper was wearing a black shawl and had her blade Katropas poised against Annabeth's neck and whispered something into her ear which she then repeated. "Nice to see you Percy.

This is a little anticlimactic isn't it?" Piper said with a devilish grin on her face. "Piper, what are you doing? just let go of Annabeth so she can shut that side of the doors" Percy said. "Don't insult me. Now, If you shut the doors on your side, I will kill Annabeth and then I will open the doors once more and then I will sacrifice you to the earth mother as well" Piper threatened. "Now do as I say and no one will get hurt. Now drop your weapons and back away from the door slowly" Piper said coolly. "Don't do it!" Annabeth screamed. "Let her go and I'll do whatever you want me to do" Percy pleaded. "I think I'll pass" Piper said. "And besides I'm having too much fun using her as leverage" Piper taunted.

That was rather anticlimactic wasn't it? Any of you guys think Piper was capable of that before this chapter? I nearly had you all there didn't I? And no, the story is nowhere near done. I'm planning on stringing it out between 50-55 chapters long, so it's nowhere near over yet. Review Challenge: What do you think of the Traitor Piper?

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