Basically, this is the climax leading to the most important and last chapter in this installment of Percy Jackson's Life as an Olympian Half Blood II. The next chapter is amazingly filled with twists and turns. The last book will consist mainly of the battles that they go through, the damsel in distress (oh that pained me to type. Damsel in distress, pshhhhhhh) romance, etc. The Verop stuff. And of course, you can totally expect for the Queen of Twists to land a big one on yah. So read this chappie carefully, for it will be the chicken that will get you the egg.

(get it? this chapter is the chicken, and without the chicken you cannot have the egg, and the egg is the next chapter and…T-T nevermind.)

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Percy's Point of View:

Now that I had made my…mark on my "friends" it was time to get back to business. Kronos said something about Poseidon being thrown into Tartarus and Hades, too. Now, all I had to bait was Zeus. But how could I possibly bait the Lord of the Skies into the darkness…?

"Perseus," a voice said.

I turned and blushed. Eris stood before me, wearing a SEE THROUGH toga (well, not in THOSE parts. It looked like a…lingerie nightgown maybe…?)

"I thought you might be hungry, so a brought a snack," her lips had just the right amount of blood red lipstick, sticking out from her ice pale features. She held a plate in her hand, a bright red substance in a cup, and a plate of crackers. I grinned and shook my head.

"I'm sane enough to know that if I eat that, I'll be forever bound here," I told her.

Eris cocked an eyebrow, her lips twitching at the corners of her mouth.

"Weren't you already Underworld Property?" she hissed seductively.

That made me…shiver. Within myself. I don't know what but…the words sounded so…melancholy and dark.

"I…"

"Perseus!" Kronos' voice thundered.

I turned to face my grandpa, his eyes leering at me.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Zeus is willing to see you now," Kronos smirked. "And we have the closest person to him take you,"

"Who?" I inquired, blank.

"Apollo. Driver of the Sun across the sky every morning,"

"Aw man!"

"WHAT? Apollo's not good enough??" Kronos thundered.

"No, his haikus are murder!

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Harmonia's point of view:

So, now that Pan and I have left our little hiding spot (which I shall not reveal to anyone, even in this), he brought up a real good question.

"Love?" Pan yawned, standing on a cliff over looking the sea. The sun hadn't risen, and the ocean was as wild as ever.

"Yes?" I murmured a reply as I stared over it.

"Where are these…demigods?"

"Erm…"

Pan cocked an eyebrow. His smile twitched in amusement.

"If you're so smart, you figure it out!" I pouted.

Pan gave me a full out grin and laughed.

"I was kidding, Jeesh!" he frowned. "But seriously now…where are they?"

I sat down. Pan did the same, tugging at the grass lightly, making sure not to rip it.

"…remember that goat guy that was looking for you?" I asked hollowly, trying to remember exactly what Pan had told me a while ago.

"Heh," Pan chuckled. "Do you know HOW MANY goat guys come after me?"

"No!" I sighed audibly. "There was one that really sparked your interest!"

"…a kid named…Grail…was it?" he scratched his light goatee in thought.

"No! Grover! That was it!" I snapped awake.

"Ahhhhhhh! He was good…but he gave up," Pan pouted.

"Because he had to help the demigods! He must be a guardian or something!" my brain whirred.

"Harmonia, darling, now you're really jumping to conclusions," Pan smiled pityingly at me.

"No, I'm using logic!" I stood up. "He will lead us to them, I'm sure!"

"And if not, we can go back into hiding," Pan shrugged, then winked. "And doing what we do best,"

It took a while for me to register in my brain what he was talking about. I frowned and said, "Ew! Perv!"

"…I meant watching the helpless gods run around and make fools of themselves, love," he said slowly, as if talking to a three year old. "What did you THINK I meant?"

"Erm…" I blushed furiously, and looked at Pan's face as he stood up and grabbed my hand.

"Just kidding," he kissed my cheek and led me down the cliff.

"Wait, Pan!"

"Hmm?"

"Why hasn't the sun risen?" I asked, my voice becoming hollow.

"…Apollo was supposed to drive it a long time ago," he glanced at his modern day watch (we picked it up along the way here).

"Pan," I half whispered. "Something's wrong,"

"Really wrong," Pan nodded. "Especially when the god of the sunrise doesn't show up for the sunrise…"

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Thalia's Point of View:

We were going to find Luke and rescue him. If anything, I think Luke would be the strongest lead. His spell had burned away, and now, he was finally back on our side. And unfortunately in Tartarus.

"Ok, I have the rope," Nico whispered to me and Annabeth.

He'd successfully snuck us into the underworld, being the son of the God of the Dead. Kronos didn't even notice, though we saw him pacing tremendously. Percy, however, was nowhere in sight.

"Are you sure it's tight?" Grover bleated nervously.

"Positive," Nico gave it a firm tug.

"Great," Annabeth was shaking. "Thalia, let's go,"

"If you guys want to stay here…it's fine with me," I shrugged.

"No. We're going," Annabeth replied firmly, and Grover nodded.

"I would've gone, but someone needs to be a lookout," Nico shrugged.

"Ok…let's go," I looked at the hole that led to Tartarus. The screams of those in it almost blew my ears off, but I tried to block it out.

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