"…what did you say?" I asked my voice hoarse.
"One of your parent's are plotting to kill you," Thanatos blinked. "You seriously didn't hear?"
I didn't say anything. Trying to KILL me? Was the way I blew up at my dad really that bad? Was he really looking forward to my death?
"…Percy, you ok?" Annabeth shook my shoulder slightly.
"I'm fine," I shook my shoulder.
"Maybe it was a brush with death," Annabeth shrugged. "The Minotaur,"
"Oh yeah!" I remembered. That was my brush with death. I breathed out, thankfully. And Luke must have been the dragons, where he got his scar. We were all good. The Olympians weren't trying to kick our butts right now.
"Listen," I hissed at Thanatos. "Hades wants you back in his kingdom right now,"
"Oh! Lord Hades does care!" Thanatos smiled.
"…yeah," I cocked an eyebrow. "Annabeth, call Lord Hades NOW,"
"…how?"
"We need Nico, don't we?" I muttered. "Or the portal in the Ocean!"
"Let's go there, then!" Annabeth said.
"Too risky and plus, we don't have the time,"
"You just don't want to talk to your Dad," Luke sneered.
"Shut up," I glared at him.
I turned back to Thanatos…
Wait.
Where was he? I looked frantically around. I couldn't see him.
"Luke…do you see the two twins?" I asked.
"NO!" Luke turned in circles and circles.
"Gods, no!" I hit the wall next to me. They'd escaped.
"Young Hero…" a voice said dreamily.
I looked up. Thanatos was sitting on the ceiling (I KNOW that sounds weird) smiling at me.
"I'll go back to Lord Hades now," he winked. I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not.
"And as for I," Hypnos appeared on the left wall, sitting with his legs crossed. "I shall be wrecking havoc for all the sleep dwellers!"
"No…" I muttered.
"Or if you prefer it to be the other way," Thanatos' eyes glowed dark red. "I will wreck havoc on the humans, and Hypnos can return,"
"Erm…no, we're good with the first choice," Annabeth said weakly.
"Alright then," Thanatos returned to normal, giving us a toothy grin. "Bye!" in a flash of smoke, he and his brother disappeared of the walls.
Luke, Annabeth, and I stood in silence.
"They're plotting something," Annabeth said. "I know they are!"
"What could they be doing?" I agreed with her, but I just couldn't figure out what was going on.
Thanatos seemed ten times stronger then his brother…so why would he go to the underworld (considering that he actually does) and leave Hypnos to wreck havoc…in our "sleep".
"Beats me," Luke shrugged. "I'm just here for Thalia. Then the note will become valid,"
I glowered at him and walked towards the elevator.
X--------------X
"YOU LYING, CHEATING"-
Annabeth held my arm back as Luke went up and grabbed Thalia's hair. She screeched in pain as he dragged her over and threw her on Annabeth. We heard a crack and automatically, Annabeth was once again normal. She smiled slightly at me and I smiled inside. Outside, I still had the look of an EXTREMELY pissed off dog.
"Luke!" Thalia clawed at him.
"You switched bodies, eh?" Luke hissed.
"Ow!"
He put his hands around her waist and pulled her in for a…kiss. At first, she resisted, but then, she gave in, kissing him back. Annabeth and I, I'm sure, looked at them horrified. I took out Riptide and chuckled darkly.
"Sorry Luke," I hissed. "From this moment on you're my enemy,"
Luke broke away from Thalia and stared at me, his scar growing dark.
"Because I kissed her?"
"No. You just are," I shrugged.
He took out his sword.
"Fine. A duel it is," he smirked.
Thalia backed away, as did Annabeth.
"Bring it!" I hissed and lunged Anklumos at his bare and unprotected chest.
-short chapter, I know.XDD haha! I'm sorry, but its a the-next-day update, right? So I'm safe! -waves from home base- ok. Look forword to the fight! I WANT 6 REVIEWS. NINE PEOPLE HAVE PUT THIS ON THEIR ALERTS. You know the review rules.