A/N: Alright, who here wants to hear about what is happening on the Argo II? Based on my reviews, I would say everyone wants to know if I make Percy have a death by talking hydra or if I consider 'he is too young to die!' and let him live . So guess what? This whole chapter is entirely Percy based, and it's my longest chapter that I have ever written! However, I would like to remind everyone that I never do something just for the fun of it, so if I kill Percy, it is for a specific reason, and the same thing goes if I let him live. I have a lot of plans, and everything is connected to each event, so I don't do things just on a whim. With all that aside, I think it is time for you guys to finally hear the fate of our Hero of Olympus!
Chapter 6- Annabeth
"Foolish demigods, you are destined to perish on your futile quest! In fact, danger and your end is approaching very fast, so fast it is almost here!" bellowed the talking hydra.
To Annabeth, it almost seemed as if the hydra was taking joy in predicting the demigods' deaths and impending doom. Wait a minute, Annabeth thought, what am I thinking? Hydras can't talk! I must be losing it from the day I've had. Yeah, that's it, this is all my imagination.
Annabeth had almost completely fooled herself into believing that the hydra's speech and the prediction it had said was just her tired mind's way of coping, when Leo suddenly stepped forward and approached the hydra, completely unafraid of the fire it could send his way.
"Did we hear you right, talking hydra? Have you just said that our end is approaching rapidly, so basically we are about to die? Why should we trust what you say? Who or what, the heck are you? How can you possibly talk?!" Leo fired his questions at rapid speed, but it didn't seem as if any of the demigods or the hydra had any problem understanding him, due to all of them thinking in the same mindset Leo was, and the hydra probably had experienced this before.
"Foolish demigod, you should be cowering before me! I am Razilios, the greatest and most dangerous hydra to ever live, because I have been blessed by Gaea and Tartarus with all my powers magnified by a hundred and also with the power of speech! However, I have come here with a message from my very generous masters. What they offer you is a safe passage back to your camp to stop the upcoming war, in exchange for Perseus Jackson here, to be given to them as a sacrifice," declared Razilios, the talking hydra.
When Razilios declared the offer of a safe passage to Camp Half-Blood in return for the group giving Percy up to be killed as a sacrifice, all the blood immediately left Annabeth's face and she almost fainted at the possibility of her Seaweed Brain being taken from her yet again.
Annabeth's heart began to race a mile a minute when she saw Percy awkwardly and painfully hop off of Blackjack and open his mouth to almost certainly give his life for his friends. That is why Annabeth lunged at Percy and clamped her hand over his mouth, cutting him off before he even had time to agree.
"Listen Razilios, tell your masters that they can go to Tartarus! Percy won't be your sacrifice as long as I'm alive to stop you!" swore Annabeth.
At this promise, all 12 of Razilios' lips twisted upward in a very cruel and sinister smiles and he spat, "As you wish, young demigod, as you wish!"
Before she could even draw her dagger to protect herself, the hydra with 12 heads spewed poison directly at Annabeth. Though she thought she was a goner for sure, Annabeth was suddenly bound immobile and pulled to the side of the ship by a combination of shadows, wind, and water.
That was when Annabeth realized that Nico, Thalia, and Percy all used their elements to protect her. While her heart swelled with love for the three brave and powerful demigods, especially Percy, it almost stopped when she saw the battle that was currently taking place with the most dangerous hydra to ever live.
Before she could fully appreciate the battle, Annabeth first recognized Frank as a cheetah, shielding Leo, Hazel, and Piper from danger. Annabeth was glad to see this because it meant that Frank had seen that this was an exceptionally dangerous hydra for it has been blessed by evil, and had gotten himself, Piper, Hazel, and Leo out of harm's way.
After seeing this, Annabeth turned her full attention to the current battle between Razilios, Nico, Thalia, and Percy. What she saw was something that had never been done before, the children of the Big Three were united and working as a team, doing their best to maximize their powers and the others' too to defeat their current opponent.
Percy was taunting the hydra by yelling insults and such to provoke and distract Razilios from attacking Thalia and Nico, who were too busy using their powers to properly defend themselves from an attack. Annabeth could see that even though Percy could barely stay conscious through the pain, he kept leaping aside, trying to dodge the flames and poison being sent his way.
While Percy managed to avoid all poison, he was hit a couple of times with Razilios' powerful fire, but he didn't burn as severely as the others would, because the sea in his veins mostly protected him from extreme heat. But every time Razilios managed to land a blow on him with fire, Percy just shrugged it off and conjured a wave from the ocean and drenched the hydra and then completely froze the water so Razilios couldn't attack again for a couple of moments.
Meanwhile, Thalia was relentlessly blasting Razilios with lighting and making him float in the air so he couldn't get a fatal blow at Nico or Percy. The problem was that when Thalia blasted Razilios with lightning, he broke out of Percy's ice-block, only to attack and freeze again, so it was a relentless and tiring cycle.
Finally, Nico had called upon hundreds of undead soldiers, and they were currently firing their celestial bronze bullets and spears at Razilios, all at Nico's command. Furthermore, Nico was also manipulating the shadows to distract all 12 of Razilios' heads at different times, so he could never get all of his heads together to deliver a fatal strike against Percy or Thalia.
During all of this, there was a severe storm forming around the battle on the Argo II. It must have been Thalia and Percy combining their powers, because the storm was almost a hurricane that contained massive winds, hail, rain, snow, sleet, and lightning, a frightening combination of the powers of the god of lightning and the god of storms.
After a solid half hour of fighting, Annabeth could see how tired and drained the three demigods were getting, and it seemed as if Razilios hadn't even broken a sweat. This was when an idea struck her, a plan worthy of Athena.
"Percy, Thalia, Nico, create an entrance in the ocean floor to the abyss! Combine your powers, and you can do it!" frantically ordered Annabeth.
She was glad that Percy, Thalia, and Nico immediately understood what Annabeth meant because she didn't have time to explain it to them while they fought. Percy created a tunnel all the way to the ocean floor by pushing all the seawater to the side, forming a clear path way.
Next, Nico used his powers over the earth to try to create an opening in the bottom of the ocean floor, but sadly, the extent of Nico's abilities wasn't strong enough to do it on their own. So Percy had to keep one hand that kept the tunnel clear, and with the other hand, he combined his earthquake powers with Nico's to create a crack wide enough to fit the 12 headed hydra in, a crack that lead to the deepest part of the abyss.
Razilios hadn't been waiting patiently while this was occurring, he was being held 100 feet up in the air by Thalia who was controlling the winds to keep him there. When she saw that Percy and Nico had succeeded in their part, Thalia manipulated the air and wind to maneuver the frozen hydra, so he hovered right above the part in the water.
With a deep breath, Thalia ceased her control of the winds and with a fleeing scared look on the way down at the fact he had been defeated, Razilios, the hydra with 12 heads and that was blessed with speech, dropped in the crack and fell to the evilest place there is, Tartarus.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then the whole ship erupted into cheers and laughter at their victory. Annabeth and all the others were just completely amazed at how well the children of the Big Three really can work together and how powerful and dangerous they are when untied.
However, before anyone could really get in the celebrating mood at the fact that they were all alive, Percy groaned loudly and started swaying awkwardly on his feet. After a moment, Percy's sea-green eyes rolled up into the back of his head and Percy completely passed out from pain and exhaustion and fell over the railing.
Percy would have fallen in the ocean and into the pit after Razilios, if Nico and Thalia hadn't been standing right next to him, and reacted fast enough to catch him just in time before he went overboard. Even as it was, if they were a nanosecond later, there would have been a lot of trouble again.
The moment she could see the whites in Percy's eyes, Annabeth sprinted over to where Percy collapsed. Since she was all the way across the ship, by the time she got there, Thalia and Nico had already gently laid Percy on the floor and were trying to shake and slap him awake. There was no response from Percy, not even a grimace of pain.
"Someone help me carry him to the sick deck! Quick, we've got to save him!" screamed Annabeth.
All Thalia did was look at Annabeth, give her a quick smile, and snapped her fingers which made the air suddenly lift Percy up and carry him to the infirmary, no work whatsoever from the others. After giving Thalia a completely grateful and relieved grin, Annabeth dashed down the stairs to treat her dying boyfriend.
Though Annabeth arrived at the sick deck first, the others followed quickly behind her, Nico being the first. The minute Nico entered the room, his face transformed into a heartbroken expression and devastated tears gathered in his dark brown, practically black, eyes.
"Guys, he's still alive, but his life aura has almost completely faded entirely. If we don't treat his most severe injures like this second, Percy will die. He may still die, but without treatment, his death is a guarantee," stated Nico, choking up.
Annabeth didn't even let Nico finish his statement, because she already grabbed the emergency ambrosia and nectar from her pockets and was beginning to frantically stuff it all in Percy's mouth. She didn't care that she was going to make Percy choke, all Annabeth cared about was whether Percy had the god food in his system or not.
Suddenly, Annabeth felt Thalia's hand take her hand and gently took the ambrosia and nectar. Through her hysterical tears, Annabeth could see Thalia coax the healing food into Percy's mouth and only until he swallowed upon reflex, did she put more food in.
This continued until Thalia had forced Percy to eat two whole squares of ambrosia and an entire canteen of nectar. Immediately, the effects of the godly food took place in Percy's body.
The wide fracture in Percy's head healed, along with the brain swelling. Also, one could see the bones completely mend themselves in his sternum where they had been shattered by Jason in their first fight. What people hadn't known was that these were Percy's worst injuries by far.
Percy's brain was slowly swelling and bleeding out from the fracture in his skull and soon he would have lost all of his brain functions. Furthermore, his broken sternum was doing a lot of damage internally, because the torn fragments had pierced both of Percy's lungs, so soon he would be coughing and hacking up blood as his lungs collapsed.
If Percy hadn't been given ambrosia and nectar when it was given, he would have certainly died. Although the medicine wasn't enough to heal all of Percy's stab wounds, or broken jaw, shoulder, leg, and his shattered ribs, it was enough to take him off of death's door.
As soon as his head and sternum were mended, Percy visibly relaxed more in his unconscious state and his deathly pale skin got a little more color in it, so he wasn't as white as a sheet anymore. Even though Percy was still unconscious and showed no signs of waking up, Nico looked visibly relieved and tears of joy swam in his black eyes.
"I can see his aura! Before, it was so faded, that I couldn't even see the color it was, let alone if he would live or not. Now, I can see his aura is green and Percy has a decent chance of living through this!" joyfully shouted Nico.
At this fantastic news that her boyfriend was going to live, probably, Annabeth's stormy gray eyes flooded with tears and she started sobbing with pure happiness.
"Nico, when will Percy wake up?"
"Annabeth, I don't know. His body has been through hell and back, and only Zeus knows what his mind has had to deal with these past few days. Not only did he go through falling in the evil abyss, he traveled through it with you, came back from the dead after sing-handily defeating Typhon, and then being kidnapped and tortured by Tartarus, Gaea, and Jason. We have got to give him chance to heal, and from what I've gathered from the physical injuries Percy has, he may never wake up from his coma-like state, or he may wake any minute now. I just don't know," grimly admitted Nico.
With a sad nod at the heartbroken girl for her broken boyfriend, everyone but Nico, Thalia, and Annabeth filed out of the room. After most of the demigods had left, a very somber mood filled the air in the sick deck, as the three demigods looked upon their severely wounded friend and leader.
Percy was lying very still on his back on the hay mattress, and the only sign at all that he was alive, was the shallow rise and fall of his abused chest. With a determined look on her face, Annabeth rise and got all the bandages and medical supplies from the cabinets, and with a sigh she began bandaging her comatose boyfriend.
There was more than a dozen stab wounds and sword cuts across Percy's body that was still gushing blood, but what concerned Annabeth the most was the fact that they were also oozing green puss. This was a clear indicator that whatever had cut made these wounds, had poison on it, infecting Percy wherever he was cut.
Since this wasn't a hospital so they didn't have all the medical supplies and treatment that they need, Annabeth had to settle with just washing out the cuts with water and wrapping them tightly with the bandages to minimize the blood loss.
When Annabeth was done treating all of Percy's sword wounds, she moved on to setting his broken bones. Again, she didn't have the supplies she needed, like a cast, and she didn't want to risk feeding Percy anymore godly food because too much can burn demigods to ashes, Annabeth just set the bones with her bare hands.
Popping Percy's shoulder back into place was very unpleasant because not only was it severely dislocated, the bones was also shattered. It was so out of place and gruesome looking, that even Nico got a little green in the face, and he hangs out with the dead.
Luckily, they did have a sling handy, so after Annabeth was done binding Percy's shoulder tightly with ace bandages to make sure it started healing properly, she threw the sling over his head. It wasn't easy with Percy being unconscious, but within a couple of minutes he had his shattered and dislocated shoulder set and bound, and in a sling to immobilize it from further injury.
Next, was Percy's broken leg that Polybotes had broken in their battle in Tartarus, the evil abyss. There wasn't much Annabeth could do to heal that, all she could do was set the bones again and bind them in place with a splint similar to the one she made herself when she broke her ankle in her battle with Arachne. After a couple of minutes, since there wasn't much more she could do, she decided to move on the final and most difficult broken bone.
The final thing to treat was Percy's shattered ribs. Annabeth tried to count how many busted ribs there were, but after 7 ribs being broken on just one side, she gave up. It hurt her to admit but Annabeth knew that she couldn't do anything for Percy and his ribs besides wrapping his entire midsection with an ace bandage to immobilize him and the movement of the ribs, so that was exactly what she did.
After that was done, Annabeth stepped back to let Thalia and Nico look at how bad Percy really was. At first glance, all you could see was the sling, splint, and the numerous bandages across his body, but if you looked more closely you saw things much worse than that.
Percy's jaw and nose were broken so his entire face was black and blue, it was so bad you could barely separate his eyelids from his cheekbone. His forehead was covered in a large gash that was still oozing blood, making Percy's raven black hair stick in clumps to his deathly pale face.
The foot long wound on Percy's right side was so deep it had showed the muscle and bone before Annabeth had bandaged it, and the blood loss was only just slowing down, letting the soaked bandages turn brown with dried blood.
All over Percy's body was a crisscross of what used to be pure white bandages, but were now either bright red with fresh blood or brown with the body fluids drying. The two most severe stab wounds were the ones on Percy's left thigh and his stomach.
Annabeth wasn't sure what happened to cause those particular wounds, or any injuries in general, but she knew that an excessive amount of force and anger had been associated with inflicting the stab wounds there because they both were exceptionally deep and tore through bone and muscle.
A look at Percy's right leg, and Annabeth knew that he wouldn't be charging monsters anytime soon. It would be extremely difficult to leap out of the way with a shattered femur, let alone sprint or even walk on it. Annabeth knew that when Percy woke up , and she had full confidence Percy would wake from his coma, he would have to de dependent on crutches for a long time. This was due to the fact that there was no way that his leg could support his weight even for a single step.
Looking at Percy's shoulder and ribs, Annabeth also knew that he wouldn't be sword-fighting anyone anytime soon. When she had bandaged his right shoulder, it had barely looked like a shoulder due to it being so swollen and dislocated. So since it was now restrained tightly in bandages and a sling, there was no way Percy would be able to support or lift the weight of a sword and be able to lunge and block with that arm.
Annabeth wished that there was a way for her to set Percy's ribs properly because she knew that if they moved the wrong way or still had sharp broken edges, they could puncture a lung or any other vital organ for that matter. With that many broken ribs that Percy had, Annabeth knew that it would be very difficult for him to sit up, move quickly, or even take a deep breath.
Thalia's electric blue eyes and Nico's black eyes were filled with tears of despair at the fact that someone would purposely cause Percy this much pain and suffering. What made it worse, was the fact that one of Percy's tormentors was Jason, Thalia's biological brother, and Nico and Percy's cousin. Jason was the co-leader of the group, the second most powerful demigod, next to Percy, which probably made him rebel and betray them to Tartarus, to make himself the most feared and powerful demigod there was.
As these thoughts raced through Annabeth's mind, a flutter of movement caught her eye. At first, she thought that she imagined it and was about to return to her theories, when she saw it again. That was when Annabeth knew what it was, a tear and a grimace of pain, and these were coming from the comatose Percy.
All of a sudden, Percy started hysterically sobbing and was struggling to speak, as if he was trying to call out to someone or scream but he was unable to do so. Annabeth knew exactly what was happening, flashbacks and nightmares were plaguing Percy's unconscious mind. While strangely she hadn't had any nightmares of her time in Tartarus with Percy, Annabeth constantly relived the moments where Percy was missing and also her fight with Arachne in her dreams at night.
Sometimes Annabeth woke up at dawn, screaming her head off and hysterically sobbing into her pillow. While this happened in Tartarus too, Percy had always been there to comfort her and convince her that everything was going to be OK, and he would always be there to protect her and he would never ever leave her again.
However, these past few nights when Percy had been kidnapped and tortured, Annabeth didn't have anyone next to her to give her comfort or kiss away her tears. So she suffered through the nightmares and flashbacks alone.
But even in the abyss, Percy had worse nightmares whenever Annabeth was able to convince him to close his eyes even for a second. He always woke up screaming and clutching either his side, leg, or ribs, showing that he was reliving his many battles that he entered just to protect Annabeth from harm. Although the last few nights in the pit, Percy had been screaming for her to come back or that he was sorry to the many ghosts of his past and that he didn't mean for them to die.
It looked like Percy was experiencing those things at that moment, but Annabeth wondered why it suddenly seemed worse, and that's when it hit her. She realized that once again, Percy sacrificed part of himself and his sanity to try to save her.
Who had been one of the people who had taken Percy? Tartarus. Whose pit had they fallen into and escaped? Tartarus's. Finally, who was a master of mental torture, such as nightmares and flashbacks? Oh who do you know, Tartarus! Obviously, Percy had convinced him or made a deal with the evil spirit that he would take the brunt of both of their mental tortures to spare Annabeth the trauma.
That explained why Percy looked like he was about to have a heart attack from fear right then and there, Tartarus was messing with his mind. While Annabeth knew that she had to do something to comfort her boyfriend, she didn't want anyone to see him like this, besides herself.
"Thalia, Nico, please go; I've got this, trust me," assured Annabeth.
While Thalia and Nico looked very conflicted about leaving their injured and sick cousin, they knew Percy wouldn't have wanted anyone to see him so weak, except of course, Annabeth. So reluctantly, the two stood up and shuffled out of the sick deck, with one last look of concern before they shut the door and left Annabeth to comfort her distressed comatose boyfriend.
Annabeth sat next to Percy on his hay mattress and pulled the sheets up to his chin, covering all of the injuries on his torso, arms, and legs. Being careful to avoid Percy's broken nose and jaw, Annabeth leaned down and kissed Percy lightly on the lips, promising that no matter what, she would always be there for him.
For the next six days, Percy continued to remain unconscious but was still plagued with the horrible nightmares, sent by Tartarus. The whole six days, Annabeth never left Percy's side; she slept, ate, and just never left the sick bay, no matter how much the others tried to convince her that she had to get some fresh air and walk around again.
Every time Percy started to cry and thrash around, obviously not realizing he was restrained by his bandages, Annabeth just stroked his cheek and told him how much she loved him and that she knew that he would wake up any day now. Finally, on the seventh day, Percy woke up from his coma.
It wasn't at all like you see on the medical shows on Pay-Per-View, where the patient just snaps his eyes open, magically gets out of bed, and resumes life like nothing ever happened. Percy rejoining the living was much more scary and dramatic.
When he was experiencing his nightmares and flashbacks, Percy never actually made any sound, no matter how much he tried to, it seemed as if he just wasn't able to. However, on the seventh day, around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Percy started screaming at the top of his lungs, nearly giving Annabeth a heart attack.
On top of the screaming, tears of terror ran down Percy's deathly pale face. However, Percy's eyes were still closed, as if he was still unconscious and in his coma, like nothing had changed except for the fact that Percy had found his voice.
After Annabeth was able to get her heart rate back to normal, she gathered her wits and cautiously walked over to Percy in his bed.
"Percy, listen to me, it's Annabeth. I know you're scared, but I'm right here, and I'm never letting you go, not again. No matter what happens, I will be right here with you, never leaving your side. So can you open your eyes for me, Percy? Please?" plead Annabeth.
Maybe it was Annabeth actually saying please or Percy's strong will and determination finally won the battle it was fighting with Tartarus, but Percy's eyelids flew open for the first time in a week. At first, Percy's irises were almost black with fear, but as he realized that he was no longer being attacked or in any danger, they quickly went back to their intense and mesmerizing sea-green color.
Just as Percy stopped screaming and sobbing, the door to the infirmary flew open and all the other demigods aboard the Argo II rushed in to find Percy conscious.
"Percy! We thought you would never wake up! What the heck happened?" demanded the group.
"Hey guys, I missed you too, but you need to chill. Thalia, I can practically see the electricity in the air, Nico, call off the shadows, they are leaping off the walls with minds of their own, Frank, please turn back into a human, Hazel, soon this whole room with be filled with diamonds and jewels, and Leo, get your fire under control!" forcefully ordered Percy.
All the demigods simultaneously took a deep breath, and the infirmary returned to normal with only just a few scorch marks, courtesy of Leo. Once, everyone had their powers under control, they all demanded in unison for Percy to tell them what happened and how he was kidnapped. So filled with pain, Percy vaguely described his kidnapping and torture.
"I created a massive source of pressure under the sea that shot everyone and the ship up to the surface, doing my best to save you guys. However, I blacked out from the energy I used and how I did it right after I came back from the dead and was injured. But before I passed out, I heard Tartarus and Gaea saying that they were delighted to have captured me.
"While I was with them, they did torture me. It wasn't much, but Tartarus was trying to get me to give up my Achilles Spot so he could collect all of my blood and create an actual body for himself, rather than being a spirit.
"It was revealed to me when I got there that Jason was a traitor, because I was brought to Gaea's chamber and he walked in and battled me when I asked him why he wasn't fighting. Jason was the one who shattered my shoulder, broke my sternum, and stabbed me in my left thigh, all during the fight.
"When Jason slammed my head into the floor, cracking my skull and knocking me out, I did have these dreams. Also, when I woke up, Tartarus always did things to hurt me. Next,-"
"Wait, what were the dreams about and what did Tartarus actually do to you?"
"Guys, please don't make me talk about it, it hurts too much to relive it."
"It's ok Percy, if you don't want to talk, we're not going to make you. Just know that if you ever need to tell someone, all of us are here for you, OK?"
"Thanks, that means a lot. But after one torture session, Jason took me to Gaea's chamber again and there was a rainbow set up and Jason Iris-Messaged the gods. They saw me and the condition I was in, and they knew Jason betrayed us and them, so Poseidon swore revenge on him.
"Guys, I've never seen my dad so mad, and it wasn't just him, all the gods and goddesses were furious, even the ones that hate me, like Ares, Athena, Hera, Hades, and Dionysus. They all told me that they were rooting for me and that I shouldn't give up hope, and help was coming. That was when Jason swiped the rainbow, ending the message.
"After that, apparently Tartarus was fed up with waiting for me to break and commit suicide by telling him my Achilles Spot, so he tied me down and started stabbing me everywhere, trying to miraculously hit my most vulnerable spot. I knew I was going to die of blood loss or the fact that he was going to hit a vital organ, so I summoned the Blessing of Apollo which saved me from death.
"Tartarus was just about to stab me in the small of my back, my Achilles Spot, when everyone showed up. And well, you know the rest. But really guys, I'm fine, what happened is nothing, I just want to move on," insisted Percy.
Everyone listened intently to Percy's horrible torture, never making a sound, but all had tears in their eyes, especially Annabeth, Thalia, and Nico. Annabeth could tell Percy was leaving something big out, maybe one of his tortures, but she decided not to push him in front of the others, especially when he said he didn't want to talk about it. However, that was when Annabeth noticed that Percy had gotten skinnier than a stick.
So suddenly Annabeth got up and went to the kitchen to retrieve a piece of blue pizza, Percy's favorite food, and marched back into the infirmary, where everyone was staring at her.
"Here Percy, please you need to eat something. There are twigs fatter and heavier than,-"Annabeth abruptly stopped speaking when she saw Percy's reaction to the food in her hand.
Percy had backed to very corner of his mattress and he was currently curled up in a ball, shaking and crying in fear. But what really broke Annabeth's heart was what Percy was saying.
"Please don't hurt me! I'm sorry for not giving you my Achilles Spot! I'm sorry for escaping! I'm sorry! Just please don't hurt me anymore!" begged Percy.
At hearing those awful words, Annabeth sprinted over to Percy, and did her best to try to comfort him by saying that no one will ever hurt him again, and if anyone tries, they would have to go through her. By saying that over and over again, Annabeth slowly got Percy to come out his ball of terror.
"Percy, please tell me what Tartarus and Gaea exactly did to you. Trust me, it will help you heal by talking about it," reasoned Annabeth.
That was how Annabeth got Percy to reluctantly explain Tartarus's system of giving him food and then beating him within an inch of his life, and how Jason always stood in the corner watching with a big grin on his face at Percy being tortured and beaten.
After Percy explained this form of torture, he burst into tears again at the memory of the agony that was inflicted upon him. As she rubbed Percy's back, Annabeth pieced together what the purpose of that evil torture was, it was to get Percy to associate any food given to him with severe pain, and it worked.
Annabeth began shaking with fury, and in her head, she vowed revenge and death on Jason, Gaea, and Tartarus for kidnapping and hurting the love of her life. It was because of this feeling of rage, that Annabeth and the others did not notice an Iris-Message behind them, showing the gods of Olympus, with the Big Three in front of the group, listening to Percy's torture and Tartarus and Gaea rising.
Poseidon could be seen sobbing hysterically at listening to what his son went through and how he nearly died and was still severely injured and crippled. But when the Sea God took his head out of his hands, his face showed nothing but pure rage.
Dedication:
Me: "This chapter is dedicated to Dragonet623, for giving me the name and idea of Razilios, the talking hydra!"
Percy: "Remember people, if you have any ideas that you want to share or be put in the story, be sure to comment them and if they are used, you will get a dedication!"
Me: "Yes, I always take in consideration the reviews and comments I get. For example, Percy you should be thanking the readers, for telling me not to kill you."
Percy: "Wow, thank you readers for telling her not to kill me!"
Me: "But I still have great plans for you and your friends."
Percy: "What?! But I thought you were told not to kill me by the viewers!"
Me: "Doesn't mean I or the readers can't change our minds, or even who said I was killing you? I could be killing another demigod."
Percy: (Spluttering for a comeback) "Well, well, you know what, YOU DON'T OWN ME, RICK RIORDAN DOES!"
Me: "Your point is?"
Annabeth: "Can you just not kill anyone, please?"
Me: "I'll think about it, in the meantime enjoy the next chapter that has a very special POV and you may or may not want to kill me by the end of it. Either way, I think everyone is going to like it!"
Percy and Annabeth: "Just don't kill anyone!"