Huzzah! I finally got internet on my computer so I'll be able to upload chapters sick or not! So in celebration, I give you the nest chapter of What Door?!
"Chiron is going to kill me if Nyssa don't beat him to it first," I sighed.
Percy's POV
I walked back and forth in an annoyed manner and in worry. My girlfriend sighed as I had created a small path in front of the tree that had stolen our Latino friend.
"Settle down Seaweed Brain, Chiron is going to come back soon," Annabeth said.
I looked to the daughter of Athena and I frowned. "When? It's been three days already! Leo could be in danger or..." I shuttered, not wanting to finish that thought.
Annabeth looked to Piper as she held onto Jason's hand. The Romens weren't too happy to be stuck three days instead of the night like planned but both Reyna and Jason knew that it's important to follow the centaur's orders.
"Percy, calm down and rest for a moment," Piper said.
I could feel my body began to calm down due to her charm speak. I sighed and sat down close to the tree. I rubbed my eyes tiredly as I tried not to think too much of our friend. Three days ago, Leo, Jason, Frank, Hazel, Annabeth and I ditched Capture the Flag (which took two weeks and Piper using her charm speak more than once to have Jason ignore his Romen training for once) just to hang out. When we where going to head back, we saw a door on a tree in the shape of a Japanese sword called a katana and we decided to investigate. Being demigods, we should have known that would have spelt trouble but we opened the door anyway and then Leo got kidnapped by some kind of woman's hand. Chiron ordered the door to be put on red alert and went to talk to the gods. For three days, we seven been waiting by the door, taking turns on shifts on hoping that Leo would pop out of it with that big groofy grin of his with a "Gotcha".
"Stupid tree. Stupid door," Frank mumbled as he kicked it. The Chinese Candain then jumped backwords, holding his injured foot.
I would have laughed at Frank if it wasn't the fact that I'm still worried.
"Hey you guys!" a male voice called from behind us.
I turned my head in time to see Jake, Leo's older brother running to us. He was slightly out of breath when he finally reached us and he pointed back to camp.
"Chiron is back and he wants to talk to you," he said.
I looked to Annabeth, her gray eyes meeting my sea green eyes and they showed hope. We nodded and headed to the Big House. Normally it would take us about ten minutes to walk to the Big House from the tree but we all ran so it only took three. Without even knocking, we barged into the door and saw Chiron talking to Mr. D. The wine god raised his eyebrow at our rudeness while an aged centaur looked at us.
"Peter Johnson, I'll allow your rudeness of just barging into my home just this once for I am called to Olympus to help look for that Lech Vacca boy. But next time, I will turn you into a dolphin," Mr. D warned.
"My name is Percy Jackson and it's Leo Valdez," I shot back. He may be a god but I'm a demigod without his morning coffee and his beauty sleep.
"Whatever," the god shrugged before he was surrounded in bright light and he dissappeared with a sound of a soda can opening.
"Chiron, what have the gods said about Leo and the door?" Annabeth asked.
"Before I answer that, please come inside and sit down. What I'm about to say is...big news," Chiron said.
We came inside and closed the door. The only place that would allow all seven of us to sit and talk to each other was at the pin ball table where some Cheeze Its and soda was waiting. None of us took the food or drinks though. We where all worried.
"I know all of you are worried about Leo, I am as well, but the gods are already saying that this is a lost cause," the centaur sighed.
"A lost cause? A lost cause!" Jason demanded. "Leo has only been missing for three days and they're already giving up?!"
"Why are the gods giving up so easily?" I demanded. "They didn't stop searching for me when I went missing for eight months! What the difference?"
"The difference, is who has taken the young fire starter," Chiron said. "Hera took you and Jason so even if you didn't remember anything, you where still under the Hera's watchful eye."
"Well, Leo must have been kidnapped by a god," Frank said.
Chiron shook his head sadly. "Unfourtnaly, Leo hasn't and neither did Johnathan Faust."
"Who?" Hazel asked.
"Long ago, when Europe was in power, there was a demigod named Johnathan Faust, or Johnny Boy as he was known as," Chiron said. "He was the son of Hecate and he was often teased because he had the same name of a legand of the Germans. One day, when he was with his friends, he found a door like you had but on a bolder. This door was in shape of a skull and a childish one at that. They opened the door and Johnny was taken just like Leo had. For months, we worked onto the bolder, trying to find ways to open it but we had no luck. One day, the door just disappeared and our hope of finding Johnny."
"So, you never found another door or Johnny again?" Piper asked with fear in her voice.
Chiron shook his head. I felt a shiver creeped up my back as I grabbed Annabeth's hand. "How long was it? Before the door disappeared?" I asked.
"Six months," the teacher said.
"Then we should have just the same amount of time," Annabeth said. She looked to Jason and said, "You should head back to your camp and see if any Roman demigods was stolen by doors as well and if so, have they found them again."
Jason nodded and stood up. Frank, Hazel, and Piper followed his lead. Even though Piper was a Greek demigod, she would sometimes go to Camp Jupiter with her boyfriend and I had no doubt she'll be leaving with him.
"I'll IM you later with any information that I can get," Jason promised.
"Please be careful Grace," Chiron asked.
"Percy, I'm going to IM Thalia and see if she knows anything or have come around any doors," Annabeth said. "I know it's a little much but will you watch the door for a while longer?"
I nodded. "Hey, it was my idea to ditch Capture the Flag. I'll just get some coffee and then I'll watch it," I said with a smiled.
Annabeth kissed me and said with a smile, "Be good Seaweed Brain, and if Leo comes back on his own, kick his ass down to the Underworld for us will you?"
I smiled and kissed her back. "Promise."
A couple of hours later...
I sighed as I finished my third cup of coffee. With an agreement of returning it later, I brought one of the cups that filled with whatever drink I wanted, as long as it was non acholoic that is. For the past few hours, I've been drinking blue coffee with no suger or nothing. It has kept me up so far but now I was getting pissed. The door looked the same as it did when it stole Leo.
"You son of Medusa," I growled at the door. "First you stole that Johnny person and now Leo! You better give them back and soon."
I didn't know what to expect, maybe for the door to pop open and bring Leo back out I guess. So when it didn't I was pissed. I stood up and I kicked the door, but unlike Frank, I used the sole of my foot instead of my toes.
"Your nothing but a stupid door, so why did you steal Leo?" I asked before kicking it again. "Give him back!"
I kicked again and the door opened slightly. I lowered my eyebrows in confusion as I grabbed the door knob. Why, of the times we tried to open it, did it open now? I knew I shouldn't have opened the door, but I had to.
"Leo?" I asked as I opened the door.
Suddenly a woman's face bursted through the door with a snarl. She had long black hair that danced behind her and yellow eyed that slited like a cat. Her skin was that of a corpse and her mouth was the part of her face that scared me. It went from ear to ear, as if trying to cut her head off and she had rows of sharp little teeth.
"I do not...like...it...when you kick...me," she hissed, her voice sounding forced.
I reached for Riptide in my pocket when she brought out her hand and wrapped it around my head as her hair bound my arms to my side.
"I'll...teach you...brat...a lesson...about...kicking...woman," she growled. "Don't worry...though...Your...comrade...is safe...for now."
She made a hissing sound that sounded like she was laughing.
"What have you done to Leo?" I demanded.
The woman smiled that would put Chesire's to shame. "I would...worry more about...you demigod," she amswered.
A sudden wave of pain hit my head from her hand. I heard a blood chilling scream and I realized it was coming from me. This pain was worse then the time I drank that Gorgon blood in Oregan. Black dots danced over my eyes as I began to sink into a black abyss.
"Percy!" I heard Annabeth scream far far away.
The woman hissed and let me go but the damage was done. When I heard the door slam shut, I closed my eyes and finally lost all feeling in the world of the living and sunk down into the black hole.
