Chapter 12

After about five minutes of watching Nico and Jess make out they got the message of, not really a good time. Jess said,

" Make up kiss can get a little passionate."

" You mean to say little miss sunshine that it was a make up make out session."

Nico started to crack up clearly he's had a good past five minutes. I say to Luke,

" Getty up, horsey."

" Yes jockey."

" Hey! I am not the short."

We move along into the dark passage led by the bright Jess. We come to the problem that damn titan gave us, the most horrid of all problems to do, math. Now don't get me wrong math I am okay at but I hate it with a passion. I read the message out loud,

" Ten problems to solve five minutes to do so. If done under the amount of time given ten problems will disappear from your path, finish the problems in ten minutes and all of you will have ten more problems to solve and one live will be lost."

Luke says,

" Does one of us have to do this alone?"

" No. Luke you and Jess go solve the problems now!"

Jess says,

" Why do you assume that I am good at math?"

" Don't ask bullshit questions just do it."

Luke put me down and went to go solve the problems. I look down at my shoulder and see I am bleeding again, great. Jess and Luke kept working and bickering back and forth in math language. We were approaching the ten minute mark when both Luke and Jess screamed,

" Done!"

The math walls had crumbled and I heard the titan say,

" Four problems left."

Luke came to get me when he saw that my shoulder started to bleeding again he said to Jess,

" How long can she last with this?"

" Not very long we better hurry."

Luke picks me up like the princess in trouble but I don't care I am starting to fade fast. the puzzle asked who we were truly afraid of. It is a trick question because we are afraid of everyone until we know them, expect for one person a god, Death. I take the blood from my shoulder and write in greek the gods name of who we all fear. The wall disappears and start running to the next problem. The next two were very easy and I wasn't even awake when we did it. Luke wakes me up and tells me the puzzle,

" The fathers are the sons of a youngest son. Their eldest sons walk amount the eldest daughters."

I say,

" Everyone cut the palm of their hand and come here."

I pulled out a knife and hand it to Luke. They all slice their palms and crowd around me. I take Nico's blood first and draw a horizontal line in the floor. I finger Luke's blood and draw a vertical line under Nico's. I draw my line vertical and Jess's horizontal under mine. I connected the "T's" together forming a roman numeral two. Then floor disappeared underneath us. We fall for what feels like forever and then we land in the room where it all started in his damn office. Luke quickly feeds me embrosia and nectar to heel my shoulder. After that I jump up and yell at the titan,

" You give me that damn map and piece of plate right now!"

The guy could tell that I wasn't going to play his games and handed me what I needed said we could go but I said,

" We need your car. And you won't report it to the police."

We get in the car and go. Luke is driving me in shot gun and the love birds in the back passed out. Luke takes my hand and says,

" It's harder now."

" What?"

" Watching you hurt thinking of maybe losing you."

" It's hard to be attached."

" Were you not attached to me before?"

" Luke that not is not what I meant."

" Then what did you mean?"

" I meant it is harder to watch someone you…"

" What?"

" It's harder to watch someone you love get hurt."

" Did you just say the word love?"

" Yes."

" Ren, I love you too."

I reach over and kiss him where his jaw and neck connect. He has the most evil smile on his face when I did that he said,

" If we weren't on a quest I might have pulled over into a motel."

" Maybe next time."

" Okay where are we going?"

" Home."