A/N: I do not own Percy Jackson.
Chapter 23
Moored of the Virgin Islands was a magnificent cruise ship which resembled a floating white building in Manhattan. Percy looked warily at it, and sighed. Visiting the ship had become an extremely frequent affair the past few days.
Percy gazed at the beautiful figure of a girl chained to the hull of the ship. Her long dark hair was trailing, and a look of absolute terror was forever etched onto her features. She even screamed.
"What do they use these days to produce this kind of realistic screaming of statues?" Percy thought.
Wait a minute. Statues screaming? The statue was alive? Percy's eyes widened with horror when he realized that the girl was calling his name, and he knew that girl. "Andromeda…?"
"Help Percy! They kidnapped me!" she struggled with the shackles, which were cutting into her wrists. He could already see the red welts at her delicate wrists.
Percy tapped his wristwatch and uncapped Riptide.
"I'm coming! Hang in there, Andromeda!"
Annabeth thought hard. "Wait Percy! Don't go! It's a trap! Remember your fatal flaw! And she doesn't need saving! She's a traitor!"
Percy spun around angrily and snapped back, "Are you still onto that traitor baloney? I can't believe you. I told you already; she's just a friend, just like you, nothing more!"
Annabeth bit her lip and tears threatened to overwhelm her. Percy prepared to dive into the sea to rescue her.
"Wait…PERCY!"
Too late. She saw a dark shadow loom out of the sea just as Percy leapt. There was only one thing left to do. She jumped and pushed him out of the way, back into the boat, and she was propelled forward and out of the boat. A huge serpentine creature erupted from the sea, and it opened its deadly maw, swallowing Annabeth whole.
"ANNABETH!" Both Percy and Thalia screamed.
A/N: MUAHAHA I'm so evil I just couldn't resists putting this part of the story into a chapter and publishing it. I Just LOOOOVE cliffies.