Um... wow Hey guys great to see you... its only been 4 months... I am SOOO sorry for the long haitu but um I went on a last minute trip to Europe for the summer... Ya didn't bring my laptop with me... smart. Anyway there have been sooo many reviewers (Ya I know its not that much..) but I'm too lazy to mention individauls so thanks to all.

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On with the story I guess... this chapter might not be quality so I will reupload it in a few days if I need to.

Percy's POV

We both teleported to Olympus's fighting arena which was modeled by Hephaestus. He made it so that it could transform into any terrian and construct any obstacle.

Basically it created a solid hologram. Artemis and I started on opposite sides of the arena to give both sides the element of surprise. I told the arena to create some trees so I could occasionally hide. I walked through the forest cautiously, thinking every crunch of a leaf was my opponent.

I came up to a pond in a clearing where sun was streaming through. I uncapped Riptide and crept forward. My spine started tingling, and I thought my opponent was close. Boy was I right.

A miniature black hole appeared next to me and an empousa along with a drakon slithered out.

" WHAT THE HELL?" I screamed as I staggered back in utter shock. I instinclively raised my sword and the empousa who was running as fast as it could on it's brass leg and donkey hoof ran straight into it. Unfortunatly, the flat side of the blade hit the monster, so it didn't disintegrate. It just fell forward and scrambled to get drakon lunged at me but I managed to roll out of the way in the nick of time. The hole the drakon made began crumbling and getting wider until someone could have made a pool out of it.

The empousa was now back on it's feet and began planning what to do next.

I charged the drakon but it just slithered away at amazing speeds while the empousa tried to flank me. I turned towards it and rolled behind it. I stabbed blindly and Riptide ended up slicing through the shoulder of the empousa, and it burst into flames. "One down, one to go," I said to myself.

The drakon slithered around me a struck again. This time it's teeth scored and my shirt ripped. I braced for the explosion of pain that would course through me in a few seconds.

Nothing happened.

"What?" I wondered out loud. I didn't have time to question what happened. I weaved my way through the trees surrounding the clearing and tried to make my way to the pond. The drakon slithered around and every once in a while lashed out to try and spear me with it's teeth. All of his attempted strikes missed by inches, but it served to keep me away from the pool. This drakon knew what I was planning.

Suddenly, a shaft appeared in the drakon's. It had silver feathers on the end and I immediatly recognized it. It was an arrow that belonged to drakon was confused for a second, but not hurt. I didn't even look back at Artemis to thank her, I didn't have the time. This gave me the time to run past it and jump into the pool. I solidified the water under my feet so I wouln't fall through.

I turned towards the drakon, summoning my power. There was a little twinge in my gut as I made water rise out of the air. Then they started to form into little icy cones and zipped towards the drakon.

Somehow, the icicles found many chinks in the armor and as the drakon roared, more soared into it's mouth. It stopped roaring and it's eyes began to vanish. Slowly the drakon's spirit was sucked into Tartarus, leaving behind a ghostly empty shell. I started breathing heavily and just lay down in the pool. I started to sink and soon I was at the bottom I looked at the life at the bottom. I was so shocked and exhausted, that even the water didn't help me much to regain my power.

I started to think about how the drakon didn't leave a physical scratch on me. Could it be that the Curse of Achilles was still bestowed upon me? No, when I became the immortal consort to Artemis, the curse should have been lifted... right?

I didn't have time to ponder further because then something grabbed my arm. I started to struggle until I saw a human body controlling the arm. Then I recognized the auburn hair floating in the water next to me.

She started to pull me up, but something was holding me down. I looked down and what I saw was like some really bad-graphic effect from a sci-fi movie.

The earth itself was clinging to me, and holding me down. The ground had suddenly turned very shiny, like a prop from a lame movie. It started sucking me slowly in like quicksand, and Artemis' repeated struggles to get me out only worsened the situation. The weird thing was, it was sucking me in at a rate way slower than quicksand.

Judging by the rate it was sucking me in, it would take at least half an hour for my head to be covered. Artemis tried tell me something, but her voice was drowned out in bubbles. I barely managed to divert all the water into dirt surrounding the pool.

Artemis's POV

The water dissapeared from around me, no doubt the work of Perseus. I started falling and landed hard on the ground. I had just noticed that the water was colder than expected, and I started shivering violently. I reached into the sidepocket of my quiver (A/N: If quivers have sidepockets...) and puled out a huge chunk of ambrosia. I stuffed it into my mouth and immediatly was flooded with warmth.

I turned my attention to Percy, who arms were now descending into the Earth. Even though he was a bo- rather- a man, I could'nt let him die in a state of peril. "Percy," I yelled "You have to try and get into a vertical form. Then you might be able to escape, like with quicksand!"

Percy did just that, and I instantly regretted what I said.

The movement seemed to have opened a chute or sorts and Percy started descending ten times as fast. I guessed that in three minutes, he would totally be sucked in. If the upright move didn't work, the that meant this surface had no qualities similar to quicksand. Percy tried to pull his arms out, to no avail.

The more Percy struggled, the faster he was vaccumed into the Earth itself.

I attempted to grab onto his shoulders and pull, but I did not have the leverage, and the contorted, shiny Earth, began to envelop his neck. Percy wasn't able to say a word as the ground constricted him.

Finally, the stone consumed him and it turned back into the same stone as if nothing had happened. Since he was gone, the water rushed back into the pool. I swam back to the surface, contemplating what had happened.

What in Zeus's name just happened? This is Hephaestus's training arena, on Olympus for crying out loud! How the Hades could something like this happen. I'm fairly certain that this in kidnapping. But how? There is now possible way for that to happen. I must request for further investigation upon this matter. This must not be looked upon lightly.

Percy's POV

When I awoke. I felt like I had just passed through hell. My whole body felt like it had been steamrolled while I was on my stomach, hitting my soft spot too. I couldn't move, probably because of the pain. I looked down, and saw that I was 5 feet above ground!

I saw two chains on my legs and two chains on my hand, suspending me in the air.

Then, a 20 foot tall shadow entered the room.