Chapter 7

"Annabeth! Wake up!" a voice told me.

I openned my eyes. "P-Percy?"

"No, it's Nico. There coming. You have to wake up!" Nico hissed.

I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. Nico winced and leaned against the wall next to me. He looked like he was in so much pain. Blood still dripped from his shoulder. He gripped it to try to stop the bleeding. "Nico, you're not looking so hot." I muttered.

"I'm fine." he manged a weak smile.

Josh was asleep in the corner. Footsteps came closer to the door. It burst open. Mark stood in the dorway. Josh jumped up. Mark grabbed Josh and unlocked his chain. Jason came through the door. "Jason, take him to the arena." Mark commanded.

Jason nodded and gripped Josh's shirt and dragged him out the door. Michael came through the door next. "I'll take the son of Hades." Michael said and unlocked Nico's chain.

Michael had to almost carry Nico. Mark unlocked me and pushed me down the hallway. They took us back to the lab. A dark figure stood in the shadows. "Put them in the arena. I want to see how long they'll last. More importantly, what their weaknesses are." a voice said.

It wasn't Cain's. This voice was calm and almost gentle. Jason took Josh in one door, and Michael took Nico in another. Mark pushed me to a metal door. He opened it and shoved me inside; then shut the door. There was nothing but darkness. Light started coming in from a door opening from a side of the room. When the door stopped opening, I could see sand. I stepped out of the room and into an arena. Josh and Nico came out of other ends of the arena. Nico was leaning against the wall, gripping his shoulder. Josh was just wandering around. I looked to my right and saw a wall of weapons. "Demigods, choose your weapon." a voice boomed.

I looked at the weapons and found a sword that would suit me. Josh had a giant axe and Nico had short sword. The wall of weapons disappeared. Suddenly sand started moving toward me. I jumped out of the way. A HUGE scorpion appeared out of the sand. "What the-?" I heard Josh say.

The scorpion's tail was ready to strike. "MOVE!" I shouted.

Josh took off and I ran toward Nico. I put his arm around my neck. He hacked up blood. "Come on, Nico! We have to move!" I cried.

"Then run! Leave me here!" Nico snapped.

"I'm not going to leave you behind!" I told him.

"Well, if you don't you'll die!" Nico scolded me.

The scorpion was coming our way. I shoved Nico out of the way and slid under the scorpion's stomach. It hissed at me. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Nico run. Good. I stabbed my sword in the scorpion's belly. It shrieked in pain. Someone grabbed my feet and pulled me out from under the scorpion. Luckily, I had pulled my sword out of the scorpion. "Are you stupid?" Josh asked.

I rolled my eyes and pushed him back. "Just follow my lead." I said.

The scorpion was dazed for a moment. I saw Nico run up and stab his sword in the scorpion's back. Nico landed on his face on the sand. His sword was still in the scorpion's back. Josh charged at the wounded scorpion. "You idiot! What are you doing?!" I shouted after him.

Josh slid on his knees under the scorpian. His sword traveled along the scorpian's stomach. Then Josh climbed out from under the scorpion and sliced one of its legs off. He came back over to us like it was nothing. The scorpion's blood spattered on the ground. "We have to get Nico's sword back." I pointed out.

"So what are we going to do?" Nico panted.

"Nico, distract the scorpion, while Josh and I climb on its back and get your sword." I said.

Nico nodded and ran in front of the scorpion. "Hey, ugly!" he yelled.

The scorpion was distracted. Josh and I ran toward the scorpion. But it turned around to face us. Its tail was about to strike. As the tail came down, I jumped out of the way. The scorpion's tail got stuck in the ground. Josh grabbed a hold of the tail. The scorpion pulled its tail free; Josh was still holding on to it. What was that idiot doing?! I jumped on the scorpion's back and grabbed Nico's sword. "Nico!" I cried.

I threw his sword to him. It was becoming harder to hold on. I climbed to the scorpion's head and drove my sword right into its brain. "Josh, let go!" I shouted as I jumped from the scorpion.

Josh, instead of listening to me, took his axe and chopped the scorpion's tail off. He jumped down and ran toward me. The scorpion fell on its side, dead. "That was fun!" Josh laughed. "What a rush!"

"It's not fun when your life depends on you winning." Nico muttered.

Another door opened behind us. A monster with black and white horns appeared from the darkness. Cold black eyes starred at us. A Minotaur. He was glaring at Josh. Oh, gods. Josh had his axe. The Minotaur snorted and charged. Josh jumped out of the way. The Minotaur roared. Gods, why couldn't Percy be here right now? He would know how to freaking kill this thing! Josh ran back over to us. "You have his axe!" I hissed.

"Is that good or bad?" Josh asked nervously.

The Minotaur tried to charge us again. "Definitly bad!" I yelled and pulled Nico out of the path of the Minotaur.

"Thanks." Nico grunted.

"Don't mention it." I smiled.

"Guys! A little help please!" Josh cried.

Josh was some how out running the Minotaur but not by much. I looked at Nico and saw him digging the bullet out of his arm. What? They hadn't taken the bullet out? Nico threw the bullet on the ground and stood up. "Lets move." he nodded.

We came up behind the Minotaur. Nico was on his left and I was on his right. Nico flung his sword into the Minotaur's neck. He stopped and roared in pain. I took my sword and sliced the Minotaur's head off. "Much easier than the scorpion." I grinned.

The Minotaur may have been easier but I was really tired now. I saw Cain watching us. "What are you doing?" I demanded.

He frowned and snapped his fingers. Three hellhounds appeared. Are you freaking kidding me?! Nico pushed pass me and walked up the the hellhounds. "Go back to the Underworld." Nico told them.

All three of them whimpered and disappeared. Cain smiled, "Excellent! Mark, take Annabeth back to her cell. She is done for the day. Jason take the son of Hermes and give him a different test."

Mark grabbed my arms. "Hey, what are you going to do with Nico?" I demanded.

"He will be taking more tests." Cain said.

"That's not fair! Nico has a gunshot wound!" I protested.

"Whatever." Cain sighed.

Mark took me back down the hallway and threw me back in my cell. I sat there for hours. Josh and Nico didn't come back. What kind of tests were they doing? The door opened. Cain walked in and knelt in front of me. "You're boyfriend, the son of Poesidon, hasn't come for you yet. Where is he?" Cain asked.

"How should I know? I'm in here all the time." I shrugged.

"Yes. However, you demigods have dreams about the future and things really happening all the time. So I think you've had a dream about the future." Cain told me.

"That's true, but I haven't had a dream about him." I lied.

"Forgive me, if I don't believe you." Cain sighed.

He grabbed my throat. Cain stole my memories. "You lied." he said.

Cain raised his fist. Wonderful. He was going to punch me. I shut my eyes. Suddenly there was an explosion. Percy was here.

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