AN: Well, we made it! But I fell asleep XP sorry! Well, I have to leave soon . . . again . . . so review responses will be posted tonight!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS! I CAN PROVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS IN ALL CAPS!

"He should be here in about 5 minutes," Nico said to me, once we got into his old apartment.

"Okay," I said taking a deep breath.

"Don't be nervous," Nico said to me. "He won't hurt us."

He sounded like he was just trying to convince himself.

"How can you be so sure?" I asked him.

"I'm not. I'm just telling myself that," he said.

"Great," I muttered.

We stayed in silence the rest of the time, pacing around the room.

I walked into Bianca's old room. It felt so weird in here without her stuff and Bianca. Without Bianca it was just a room.

I heard a knock at the door.

I froze in my steps. I let Nico get it, being too nervous to even look at him.

"Annabeth," Nico said, motioning me to the front room.

I followed Nico there. I saw Luke, but it wasn't really Luke. He had a scar running across his face and his once blue eyes were almost black, making him look scarier than he actually was.

"Hello, Annie," Luke said, smiling at me.

"It's Annabeth," I barked.

"Fine by me. So, why have you called me here today?" he said.

"We want to know where Kronos is and what you did to Bianca," Nico said.

"Feisty, aren't we, Nico?" Luke said.

"Luke, just tell us what you did to her! Admit that you killed her!" I exclaimed.

"Oh, but if I did say that, I'd be lying," he said.

"Well, then who killed her? You were there when it happened! Along with . . . with . . . " Nico said trailing off.

"Yes. You've gotten smarter than last time I saw you," Luke told her.

"You are a sick person!" I exclaimed. "Bianca was your friend! And you just let him kill her! Why would you do such a thing?"

"Annabeth, you see, I'm not the same person I was. I never will be the same person. Kronos will come to power," Luke said.

"And how will he do that?" Nico asked. He must have been recording all this because you could see the phone behind his back from my angle.

"Now why would I tell you that?" he asked Nico.

"Because maybe we'll join you," I said trying to persuade him.

"Do you honestly think I'm that stupid?" Luke said.

"Yes," Nico muttered. Luke glared at him.

"Well, now that you have what you want, I'm afraid I have some business to attend to. Goodbye, Annabeth, Nico," Luke nodded to us, then left the building.

"Well that was easy," Nico said.

"Yeah, too easy," I replied.

Just then, someone I have never seen before walked in.

"Hello," he smiled.

"Who are you?" I asked, moving towards Nico.

"Why, Nico knows, don't you?" he said.

I looked at Nico with a questioning face.

"Kronos," Nico said, his face turning white.

Kronos smiled. "Why, you look a lot like your sister," he said.

Nico drew in a shaky breath.

"What do you want?" I growled.

"Why, I want what I came here for: blood," he said.

Then he pulled out a gun.

Percy's Point of view

I woke up in a cold sweat. Something felt wrong. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 2 AM. I looked over to see if Annabeth was still asleep.

She wasn't there.

"Annabeth!" I yelled, waking my parents and Hazel up.

"What's wrong, Percy?" my mom asked me.

"Where's Annabeth?" I asked her.

"Isn't she right-" my mom said, then stopped short when she saw the empty seat.

"What happened to Nico? You don't think they-" Hazel said.

"No," I said, interrupting her, "they promised me that they wouldn't."

"Okay," my mom told me, not looking convinced. "I'm going to go see if the front office saw anything. Paul, why don't you check around the hospital?"

My mom and Paul got up to leave, then Paul looked at me before leaving and said, "Don't worry, Percy. I'm sure she's fine."

"Annabeth's fine," Hazel said, once they left, "As is Nico."

"I don't know. Something feels wrong," I told her.

We sat in silence for a while. My phone went off.

"Hazel, could you get that?" I asked her.

"Hello?" she said answering.

"NICO!" she exclaimed. "Where the hell are you? Is Annabeth with you?"

"Put it on speaker!" I told her.

"Hazel . . . I have something to tell you . . . " Nico said, trailing off.

"Nico? What's wrong? Where's Annabeth?" I asked.

"Percy," I heard Annabeth say.

"Annabeth? Are you okay? Where are you? What the hell were you thinking?" I asked her.

"Percy, I love you, and I'm sorry," Annabeth said.

"Annaebth, I love you too, but where are you?" I said, worried now.

"I-I can't tell you," she said, sounding like she was crying.

"Why not, Annabeth? What in the world is going on? Are you hurt? Did something happen?" I asked.

"Percy, please, you're making this harder than it is. I love you, Percy, don't forget that," She told me.

A gun shot went off.

"Annabeth!" I heard Nico scream.

"Nico! What's going on?" I asked, worried beyond belief right now.

"How could you do this?" I heard Nico ask someone.

"Now, now, Nico, you knew this was coming," I heard an unfamiliar voice say. I stayed quiet.

"How could you do this? You are a horrible person. First my sister, and now my friend. You'll get what's coming for you!" I heard Nico scream. He sounded like he was crying.

I froze in shock. I looked at Hazel. Tears were down her checks. I felt a lump in my throat.

"Do you think?" I whispered to her.

She nodded her head in response.

"Nico! Give him the phone!" I yelled into the receiver. A nurse came in hearing our screams.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"Send an ambulance somewhere!" I yelled at her.

"Nico, where are you?" Hazel asked.

No response came.

"Hello, Perseus," someone said.

"How do you know my name?" I asked. No one ever said my full name.

"Oh, I've known who you are for a long time," he said.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Why, Perseus Jackson, you most certainly aren't the brightest person ever. I am Kronos," he told me.

I froze.

"What did you do to her?" I growled.

"Why, I did what I did to your cousin," he said simply.

"No," I muttered, "NO!" I then screamed.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN! I WILL KILL YOU, EVEN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" I yelled at the phone.

"Well, then my request has been completed. I look forward to seeing you, Mr. Jackson," he said. I then heard footsteps.

"Percy? Are you still there?" Nico asked me.

"Yes," I said, my voice cracking.

"Percy, she's still breathing. Send an ambulance to my old apartment. I'll try and slow down the blood. Hurry," Nico said, then I heard a click.

"You heard him!" I yelled at Nurse Aria, who was frozen in shock. "Go get an ambulance! Send him to the apartment on 54th, room 238."

Nurse Aria ran out, yelling down the hall. My parents came back in not much later.

"We heard what happened," my mom said with tears down her eyes.

"She's going to be okay. They'll get to her," Paul said. He was sniffling. It looked like he was trying not to cry.

"I hope so," I muttered, feeling the hot tears roll down my face. "I hope so."

AN: I have a proposal. We make it to 80 (seeing a pattern here?) by tonight I will update! And I promise I will reply to your reviews then!