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Guest: Yes… I already apologized for the last one and I'm doing my best.

I got glasses and tried on contact lenses… quick tip: if you have to choose between glasses and contacts, CHOOSE GLASSES! Contacts are hell. I'm not even joking.

Alright guys… I'm listening to like legit sad piano music rn so this chapter might get a tad sad or depressing and dramatic… or not. IDK.

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"Annabeth?" Percy asked. He shook my shoulder. I groaned and swatted where I estimated him to be. He caught my wrist and pulled. "Annabeth wake up."

I sat up and yawned. "What?" Percy swallowed nervously and glanced in the direction of the door. I followed his gaze.

"Sleeping Beauty awakens." Gabe said. "Oh and Percy how's your shoulder?"

Percy glared harshly. I quickly stood, pulling Percy with me. "What do you want?" I asked.

Gabe smiled before motioning towards his goons. They walked towards us, each taking one. They placed our arms behind our backs and started pushing us towards the door. "Stop!" Percy yelled. "What are you doing?"

I thrashed against the arms that were holding me back. "Let us go!"'

Gabe nodded again and I gasped as I felt a bag being put over my eyes. I was pushed forward and I stumbled slightly. I yelped when I hit something hard.

The wall. I thought. I felt a rope being tide around my wrists. "Let her go!" I heard Percy yell, which meant he had nothing covering his eyes. I yelped as pulled from the wall and pushed forwards again.

"Watch your step." Gabe said to me as I stumbled on the stairs. I felt as if I were playing Marco Polo and the person I wanted to catch was on the top of the stairs. Except, you know, there was a bag on my head and my hands were tied. I felt myself being led through various doors and hallways. We went in, what seemed like, a million different directions and I felt dizzy.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Oh you'll love it." Gabe said.

"Where's Percy?" I asked, having not heard anything from him in a while.

"He's right next to you." Gabe said. "We just had to tape his mouth shut. He was being a nuisance." I calmed down a bit when I felt Percy's shoulder brush against mine. I heard his muffled voice, though I didn't know what he was saying.

I took as deep of breaths as I could manage under the bag. I began feeling paranoid and scared, but could you blame me? I stumbled and nearly fell, but the man holding me caught me. I heard Percy's yelp of alarm under the tape. "I'm fine." I said to assure Percy.

"Make sure she doesn't fall again." Gabe said to the man behind me. "Wouldn't want her getting hurt now would we?" I guessed he was speaking to Percy by the way I felt him thrash against his restraints beside me. Gabe chuckled before continuing on his path to god knows where, making us follow.

I tried to make a mental map in my head of the turns we made but I lost track after: Right, right, left, right, left, left, left.
The place must've been massive. Finally we seemingly reached our destination. I heard a door open and I was ushered inside with Percy on my tail. I was sat down in a chair and the hood was pulled off of my head. I coughed and looked around. In the middle of the room stood a table. It had restraints for wrists and ankles, beside it stood a bucket of water and a towel. I felt like I was going to be sick.

Percy was shoved into a chair that was next to mine and the tape was ripped from his mouth. He grunted but stood up, almost immediately he was pushed back into the chair. "What the hell is this?" he yelled.

"Well," Gabe said. "I was going to let you have the honor of trying out my new toy first, but it seems that you've injured yourself; but I guess you watching the ones you love in pain is sufficient enough. So… Miss Chase will be taking your place," Gabe laughed. "That rhymes."

"Don't you dare." Percy growled. I just sat helplessly next to him.

"Getting defensive are we, boy?" Gabe snarled. "I don't think you'd be able to handle it."

"Try me." I was taken aback by the force in his voice. Percy glared daggers at Gabe but he just smiled menacingly.

"That's very brave of you Percy, but I wouldn't want you giving out on me now would I?" Percy tried to get up again.

"Percy," I said before he could fully stand. "Stop. I'll be fine."

"Seriously Annabeth? Does any of this seem fine to you?"

"No. None of this is fine." I said. "Percy, you can be a pain in the ass sometimes but if it's between you and me, it's going to be me."

"No." he said. "No way in hell."

"Percy you've been shot!" I yelled. "Do you really think waterboarding won't take its toll on you?"

"It's not going to do you any good either!" he yelled.

"It will have less affect on me and you know it!"

"I… I can hold my breath longer." Percy said weakly.

"That won't matter." I said. "Besides, it's not your decision."

"I'm going to have to agree with the girl on this one." We turned our heads to the sound of Gabe's voice. "But if you want to be tortured so badly who am I to deny that from you?"

Before Percy and I could register what was happening, Gabe's goons jumped on Percy. I screamed as they threw him from his chair and he landed with a crash on the hard tiled floor. I tried standing up but Gabe just chuckled slightly and pointed his gun at me.

"Not so fast, Princess." He said. "Let's watch."

Percy had no way of covering himself, I stood helpless to the side as he was being beat senselessly. He received multiple blows to the midsection he curled up as best he could and waited.
"Stop!" I yelled. "Stop!"

"Why would I let them do that?" Gabe said. "I'm having so much fun watching this whole thing unfold."

"Because you'll kill him!" I yelled. "Just leave him and take me, you were going to anyways."

"No," Percy groaned from the floor. "Don't."

Gabe seemed to way his choices. "I actually think that that is a great idea."

Gabe walked over to me and pulled me from my chair. He started to push me towards the table, as I passed Percy I caught his eye. He looked angry but also pleading. I shot him an apologetic look before turning back towards my destination. Gabe took the rope from my hands as I mounted the table but quickly restrained me to the table when I was laying.

"Please, make yourself comfortable Miss Chase." Gabe said. I clenched my fists and took deep breaths while I still could. I tried not to panic as the towel was placed on my face. I heard Percy yell my name once, before cold water seeped into the towel and I was forced to hold my breath.

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I know. Everyone hates me I'm sorry! It's just life you know?

I promise I will update next week! I have just been busy and stuff… *Wince*

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