Chapter 2- Annabeth

When Annabeth Chase felt herself being thrown into the water and sinking downwards, she began to panic. She knew that Gaea would do everything she possibly could to get Percy and herself back into Tartarus, after they had so narrowly escaped the evil abyss just this morning.

Oh why, can't we get a break, we hadn't even escaped for one day before we get captured again, depressingly thought Annabeth. That was exactly when Annabeth felt herself being shot upwards toward the surface that had been getting farther and farther away from her, and suddenly she could breathe air again and found that the rest of the group had resurfaced too.

At first Annabeth wondered what possible could have launched them back to the surface where they could breathe, but she soon realized that Percy had built the pressure under the group and the ship, and he had shot them back up to safety. Annabeth felt a surge of pride go through her at her boyfriend and how he had once again, saved her and the others from a death by drowning.

While all of this was going through Annabeth's mind, she had been swimming to where the Argo II was now floating, completely intact, which was surprising considering Gaea had just tried to pull it 50 miles under the ocean. But that thought pushed aside, Annabeth and the rest of the demigods that had been onboard, pulled themselves back onto the main deck of the incredible battleship.

After assisting anyone who couldn't swim as well as she could, like Nico and Hazel, Annabeth turned to thank Percy for saving them, and getting ready to smother him with kisses on the fact they were finally out of Tartarus and away from Gaea. However, the Fates had another thing planned because Percy wasn't there.

Her heart racing, Annabeth searched the whole ship to wherever Percy could possibly have wandered off to, and only after searching every single room, did Annabeth heartbreakingly accept the fact that Percy Jackson wasn't onboard the Argo II.

With a despaired wail, Annabeth sprinted back to the rest of the group to inform them on her boyfriend's kidnapping. When she reached the gathering of demigods, still on the main deck, Annabeth saw another demigod in great distress, Piper.

If Annabeth thought her heart couldn't break anymore, she was wrong. Because when Piper said between sobs, that Jason had also disappeared, Annabeth had realized that the group had lost its two most powerful demigods and their co-leaders.

That was when everyone else seemed to realize that Percy also was nowhere to be seen, and they came to the collusion Annabeth had and everyone's stomachs dropped to their feet at the fact that they were basically stranded without a sea or sky expert, and no leader.

"Guys, we need to calm down and make a plan! We are getting absolutely nothing down by just standing here and moping!" ordered Nico di Angelo.

While Annabeth was surprised by Nico's step up to leadership, she didn't have much time to admire the son of Hades because just then the ship was hit by a ginormous wave and a hurricane suddenly formed around the Argo II.

This seemed to confuse and scare everyone because they had received perfect weather when they were sailing overseas, but it suddenly dawned on Annabeth that who had been protecting them. Poseidon.

"Guys, we need to get in the air! It's not safe to be in the ocean right now!" frantically shouted Annabeth.

"Why, we've never had any trouble before. Poseidon wouldn't do that to us," reasoned Frank.

"Well, circumstances have changed Frank! Leo, get us in the air now! I am fairly confident that Poseidon just found out about Percy's latest predicament, and he is furious and heartbroken by this news. This time, I doubt that he is even bothering to restrain himself and his powers because Percy was kidnapped by saving us. So move, Repair Boy!" forcefully ordered Annabeth.

With that, Leo sprinted toward the control room as the others ran to get inside to be protected from the awful storm. Due to Poseidon being the god of the sea and storms, Annabeth doubted it would be safe for them to sail in his domain for quite a while.

Even though, that they were now entering Zeus's domain of the sky, and he too had also lost his son, she doubted that Zeus would lose control like Poseidon had. Her reason was that because Thalia was also onboard, who was Zeus's daughter, and Zeus wouldn't hurt her. This fact should probably protect them from the wrath of the sky god, making the air the safest mean of transportation at the moment.

After Leo had safely put the ship in the air and they were once again moving, the demigods reassembled back in the council room. As much as Annabeth wanted to admire the ship and being back again, her brain was solely concerned over Percy's welfare.

"Alright guys, as I was saying before Poseidon unleashed his fury on us, we need to contact Chiron and let him know what has happened," suggested Nico.

But Annabeth and Piper weren't listening, because they were sobbing hysterically over their missing boyfriends, and basically going ballistic.

"Annabeth and Piper, we will get Percy and Jason back! Just calm down!" shouted Nico.

When this had absolutely no effect whatsoever on the two internally shattered female demigods, Nico had to resort to summoning a dozen undead soldiers to diffuse the situation. Seeing the skeletons await Nico's command, shut everybody up and fearfully glance at Nico, afraid at what he would do or say next.

"That's better! Now, with Jason and Percy gone, I think we should Iris-Message Chiron and Camp Half-Blood to let them know what has occurred. Everyone agree?"

As everyone mutely nodded yes, Nico was rummaging through his pockets for a golden drachma to serve as the offering to Iris. When he finally found one, Nico tossed it into a spray of water that had been forming a rainbow, and said "Oh Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, please accept my offering."

Immediately, Chiron and the other Head Counselors of Camp Half-Blood appeared in the rainbow.

"Nico, son you look so skinny and pale! But I see that you have recovered Annabeth and Percy from Tartarus, can I speak to both of them please?" requested the centaur.

"Well, you see Chiron, which is what I have called you about. When we got Percy and Annabeth out of Tartarus, Gaea attacked our ship, forcing it to sink under the surface and pull it to the ocean floor. Percy was able to save us by launching the ship into the air by building the pressure under it, but my guess is this weakened him severely and this allowed Gaea to kidnap him. Furthermore, to make matters worse, it seems that Gaea has also managed to kidnap Jason during the chaos," grimly explained Nico.

"This is terrible, I take it you have experienced the wrath of Poseidon because I see you are currently flying."

"Yeah, Poseidon kind of lost control and sent a wave and a hurricane on us, but we're ok now. He has every right to be upset, considering what has happened to his son."

"That is very understanding of you, Nico, you really have-" but before Chiron could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Rachael Elizabeth Dare, the Oracle, whose eyes suddenly glowed green and mist sprouted out of her mouth, along with a new prophecy.

"7 shall go to the home of the gods to retrieve what was taken

To witness the spirit awaken

The sky's betrayal

Will waver the sea's stable and prove possibly fatal

The Earth shaker's power

Shall make evil cower

Water takes the bait

To save the gods from a terrible fate"

On the last word of the newest prophecy, Rachael fell forward causing the Stoll twins to race forward to catch her before she split her head on the table.

Everyone, both the passengers of the Argo II and the Head Counselors of Camp Half-Blood, was drop-dead silent. You could literally drop a pin and everyone would have heard it, that's how still everyone was. Finally, after several moments of silence, Chiron awkwardly cleared his throat and started speaking.

"Well, it seems like we have a new prophecy to deal with. It is obvious that the 7 that need to travel to the home of the gods to rescue Percy and Jason, who are the things that were taken, are Annabeth, Piper, Thalia, Leo, Hazel, Frank, and you, Nico. Now to where you need to go, is Athens, Greece. I am afraid now, that I need to go and discuss this with the rest of Camp Half-Blood." With that, Chiron swiped his hand through the message, ending it.

All the demigods onboard the Argo II were dismayed at how devastated and broken Chiron had looked when Nico had told him the news, but they all knew that they had to obey Chiron's order of going to Athens. Especially since the predications that the new prophecy had brought them, foreshadowed doom and betrayal.

"Guys, we can go over the prophecy later once we have Percy and Jason back, right now I think it's best we just set course for Athens, ok?" suggested Nico.

Annabeth agreed with this completely, because she wanted time to grieve and fret over Percy and what Gaea could be doing to him at this very moment. When everyone stood up and went their separate ways to worry and think, Annabeth just wandered back to the main deck.

Their trip to Athens from Sparta was surprisingly uneventful and lacking in monsters, compared to what Annabeth had just escaped in Tartarus. This thought brought her mind to Percy and how much he had protected her during every battle, and had even died defeating Typhon who was about to kill her. These painful thoughts made Annabeth start sobbing in despair, and she didn't stop until they had reached Athens, 5 hours later.

The minute the Argo II touched ground, it began to sink, but Annabeth didn't even notice because she had already sprinted off of it and was heading toward the heart of Athens, where she felt the location to Percy's prison would surely be.

"Hold up, Annabeth! I think I can feel the location underground, and by using my powers I can probably guide us there," offered Hazel.

"Alright, but I want to get there as quickly as possible, so absolutely no detours!"

With that, the group of 7 went underground and began their journey to rescue her beloved Seaweed Brain from Gaea's tortures.

It took the group all of a half hour to reach the control center of Gaea, but it felt like an eternity to Annabeth. Repeatedly Annabeth asked Hazel how she knew where she was going or if they were going the right way, but Hazel and Nico always said that they could sense a very powerful person/energy coming from the heart of the tunnels.

Finally, the passages went from having just stone walls to being surrounded by dark damp cells, with metal bars and everything. The 7 demigods frantically started searching for Percy and Jason but they weren't even finding a single hair that belonged to them.

That was until Annabeth heard an ear-splitting scream of agony and moans of excruciating pain coming from a passage that was just to her right. Annabeth immediately recognized it as Percy's.

Without even bothering to wait for the rest of the group to follow her, Annabeth started sprinting to where she last heard the screams. Just then, there was a yelp of pain, and all Annabeth and the group had to do was round another corner, and they were at the cell where Percy was being held captive.

Annabeth could have pinpointed the exact moment she saw Percy because she first saw the stab wounds all over his body that were now oozing a disgusting green slime, meaning that they were infected with poison. His body was twisted at a nauseating angle and he was as skinny as a twig, with absolutely no fat or muscle on him whatsoever. Finally, what hurt Annabeth to see the most was the empty and shattered look in Percy's normally bright sea-green eyes, showing that he had seen and felt things nobody should ever be forced to go through.

But none of this was what scared Annabeth to her core and what made her heart beat a million miles a minute; what made her fell like that was the fact there was a semi-solid figure dressed in all black, except for his mouth which was blood-red, who currently held a butcher's blade covered in green poison, to Percy's exposed throat.

Disclaimer:

Annabeth: "Really?! You just love torturing my Seaweed Brain, don't you?"

Me: "It really does add suspense to the story."

Annabeth: "Why can't you have suspense without injuring my boyfriend?"

Me: "I can do whatever I want, this is my FanFiction."

Annabeth: "Rick wouldn't do this to us."

Me: "Fine, I'll stop hurting Percy if you tell me what happens in the actual House of Hades book."

Annabeth: "I'm sorry rick, what happens is-"

Rick: "Don't you do it, Annabeth! I still have the official rights and claims to you and Percy, not her!"

Me: "Aw, Annabeth was just about to tell me though, I'm dying here from the anxiety.

Rick: "Too bad, you only have 10 more days to wait."