Tartarus- Jercy Style

Hey! I'm back!

This is Chapter 3!

In future chapters, there will be flash backs

of how they fell

and how Jason saved Annabeth!

On with the story!

Summary: What if Jason saved Annabeth when she was beginning to fall in Tartarus? What if Percy and Jason closed the Door's of Death together? Follow Jason and Percy as they conquer Tartarus together. Slight Pairing (JasonXPercy). Spoilers for MoA and HoH. Rated T.

Warning: Violence.

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO

In the last chapter

Suddenty Bob stopped. He raised his hand: Wait.

"What?" Percy whispered softly.

"Shh," Bib warned. "Ahead. Something moves."

I strained my ears. From somewhere in the dark fog came a deep thrumming noise, like the idling engine of a large construction vehicle. I could feel the vibrations. Through my shoes.

"We will surround it," Bob whispered. "Each of you, take a flank."

I crept to the left as Percy went right, his sword, Riptide, ready. I flipped my coin and my sword appeared,

Bob took the middle, his spearhead glowing in the fog.

The humming got louder, shaking the gravel at my feet. The noise seemed to be coming from immediately in front of them.

"Ready?" Bob murmured.

I crouched, preparing to spring. "On three?"

"One," Percy whispered. "Two-"

A figure appeared in the dark fog.

Jason

Bob raised his spear.

"Wait! Look!" I shouted.

The Titan, Bob, froze just in time, the point of his spear hovering an inch above the head of a tiny calico kitten.

"Rrow?" The kitten said, obviously unimpressed by their attack plan. It butted its head against Bob's foot and loudly purred.

To us, it seemed impossible, but the proof was in front of us. The loud rumbling sound was from the kitten.

"Rrow!" The ground began to vibrate as it purred. The pebbles danced, jumping around with each purr. The kitten's yellow eyes darted back in forth between two rocks. It finally decided on the rock in front of me.

Even if the cat was a horrible Underworld monster in disguise or a demon. I couldn't help it. I picked it up and carried it like a puppy. The little kitten was bony underneath its fur. Other than that, the kitten was perfectly normal.

"What are you doing here? How did you get here?" I asked the little animal happily.

The kitten grew impatient and squirmed out of my arms. Thump! It landed and began to walk over to Bob. Purring, the kitten rubbed against his boots.

"Somebody like you, Bob!" Percy chuckled.

"It must be a good monster! Isn't it?" Bob nervously looked up with a scared expression.

I felt a lump in my throat. Seeing the huge Titan and this tiny kitten together made me crack a smile. I suddenly felt insignificant conpared to the vastness of Tartarus. This place had literally no respect for good or bad, small or large, wise or unwise. Tartarus swallowed Titans and demigods and kittens indiscriminately.

I spotted Bob kneeling down next to the cat. He scooped him up. The kitten fit perfectly in Bob's palm, but it decided to explore. It climbed the arm of the Titan and made itself at home on his shoulder. Its fur suddenly shimmered. In a flash, the kitten became a ghostly skeleton, as if it stepped behind an X-ray maxhine. Then it became a regular kitten again.

I blinked and shook my head. Surely I was hallucinating... or was I?

"Oh, man... I know that kitten. It's one of the ones from the Smithsonian." Percy said with his voice cracking as if he was on the edge of tears.

I had never been to the Smithsonian... I remembered Percy telling me about the Titan Atlas capturing Annabeth. Percy and my sister, Thalia had led a quest to recue her. Along the way, they had watched Atlas raise some skeleton warriors from dragon teeth in the Smithsonian museum.

According to Percy, the Titan's first attempt was a failure. He'd planted saber-tooth tiger teeth by mistake. and raised a batch of skeleton kittens from the soil. On that quest, a couple people died.

"Is that one of them? How did it get here?" I asked in wonderment.

Percy spread his hands helplessly and shrugged his shoulders. He thought for a minute, biting his lip until he finally spoke again. "As I recall, Atlas commanded his servants to take the kittens away. They must have destroyed the cats and they were reborn in Tartarus. I don't know though."

"It's cute!" Bob mumbled while the kitten sniffed his ear.

"Is it safe though?" I asked.

The Titan scratched the chin of the kitten. I didn't think it was a good idea, carrying around a cat grown from a prehistoric tooth; but it obviously didn't matter now. The Titan and the cat had bonded in a matter of minutes.

"I will call him Small Bob," said Iapetus (Bob). "He is definitely a good monster."

That was the end of that discussion, The Titan hefted his spear and we continued marching into the gloom.

I walked in a daze, trying hard not to think about pizza. To keep myself distracted, I watched Small Bob and the kitten pacing across Bob's shoulders and purring, occasionally turning into a glowing kitty skeleton that scared the daylights out of me. Good thing Small Bob turns back into a calico fuzz-ball.

"Here," announced Bob.

He stopped so suddenly, I almost rammed into him which would've brought immense pain for me.

Bob stared off into the abyss of darkness searching for a path. He was in deep thought.

"Is this the place? Do we go sideways now?" I voiced my thoughts.

"Yes, darker, then sideways." Bob agreed.

I couldn't tell if It was actually darker, but I just went with it. The air did seem colder and thicker, as if they'd stepped into a different microclimate. It reminded me of San Francisco, where you could ealk inyo one neighborhood and it could drop about ten degrees. I wondered if the Titans built their palace on Mount Tamalpais because the Bay Area reminded them of Tartarus. Who knows, it could've been for an entirely different reason.

A depressing thought... only Titans would see such a beautiful place as a potential outpost of the empty abyss-a hellish home away from home.

Bob struck off to the left. We followed closely behind him. The air was definetly getting colder. With each step, it felt like a degree dropped.

We entered a forest of somesort. Towering black trees soared into the gloom, perfectly round and bare of branches. It seemed like giant sticks sticking out of the ground. It could be giant blades of grass. Maybe giant sticks stuck on rocks? Or maybe just trees rooted to the ground. I stared at one of the trees. It erupted from the ground and the treetop seemed to touch the murky air. The ground was smooth and pale.

"With our luck," I thought aloud, "we could be marching through the armpit of Tartarus. Who knows, maybe there is another giant black tree forest that looks like armpit hair on the other side of this hellhole."

Percy snickered and Bob laughed aloud.

"Hey!" Someone shouted.

I looked around searching for a voice. Surely Tartarus couldn't have heard me right? Did he?! I would be in deep trouble if he had. He was a primordial for the gods sake.

"Over here!" Suddenly, the presence of the being that watched us seemed to grow, surrounding us like a blanket draped over someone's body.

"On a tree! Why are you looking at the ground! You idiots!" I glanced upwards and found a boy with tanned skin and black hair. He had red eyes that seemed evil at first glance, however there actually a nice, loving look in his eyes. (Yes i know I did not follow the wierd descriptions of our dear Uncle Rick).

"Who are you?" I curiously asked.

"Well, you guys are 'marching through the armpit of Tartarus'. I find that very offensive and my pits aren't hairy! Considering you said these trees that stretch for a big amount of space could be my armpit hair." He said angrily.

"Dude! I can't believe he actually heard you! You are so dead!" Percy laughed loudly.

"Do you think I am deaf?" The primordial god stared at Percy wildly.

"No?" Percy said unsure.

"Wow! You are dead Percy! You sound so unsure right now." I said loudly.

Tartarus

(A/N~Yes I just did that)

I glared jokingly at the black-haired boy that was the spinning image of Poseidon. To my suprise, he flinched. "Hey! You do know this is a joking glare right."

"Oh okay. Thanks for the warning." the black haired boy said. "Oh, and my name is Percy, and the blond is Jason. The cat is Small Bob and the Titan is Bob."

"I am Bob!" Iapetus, who I recognized smiled widely.

"Nice to meet all of you, I do recognize some of you though." I said. "As you all know, I'm Tartarus!"

"Would you like to join us on our walk to the Door's of Death?" Jason asked.

"I would love to! Hold on a second let me talk to someone real quick." I said.

They waited patiently as I jumped down from "my armpit hairs" and called down Aether.

He was wearing a shirt that showed off his pectorals and abs. The shirt said,"Aether" on it in skyblue. The background of his shirt was black. He had black skinny jeans on and black high tops. He had white hair and white skin. His eyes were a calming sky blue.

"Hey!" He said.

"Don't you think those two boys are perfect for eachother?"I asked him, pointing to Percy and Jason.

"Hmm..." Aether thought. "Yeah!"

"Percy! How do you think your girlfriend, Annabeth is doing? I think Piper, my girlfriend, is good right now." We overheard this comment from Jason.

"Awww... that sucks! They both have girlfriends!" Aether commented.

"I agree... at least they are getting closer! Right?" I responded.

"Yep!" Aether said, happily.

I came back to the group and Aether disappeared. "I'm back. I was just talking to Aether, the primordial of the upper air."

"Okay! Let's get going!" Jason replied.

And with that, we began our journey, traveling on my body...

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Updated~ 1/14/17