A/N- The Collision, chapter 2 a.k.a. WWDWJE Chapter 9. Enjoy!

Disclaimer- I own (almost) nothing, including PJO. I don't even own the evil rainbow unicorn-bunnies that will take over the world. ;D Silents-in-the-Library owns those. And yes, Silents, you should copyright that phrase.

Chapter 9: Anthems

Khristi's POV

The fight started to go in our favor when Travis figured out how to deflect the bolts of darkness off a sword. It's too bad you can't deflect them off a bow and arrows. Lyssa shot a bolt at Phil, and I dove in front of him. Hey, he was the last one of Ellery's quest. He deserved a chance. The bolt hit me in the stomach, and I fell, fading in and out of consciousness. The fight was ending when I slipped into unconsciousness.

I opened my eyes in a cell. A black one. The one with a boy in the corner. "Hey Michael," I said weakly.

Michael looked up. He made eye contact with me and started a system of hand movements. "What?" I asked, then remembered that Michael still had tape over his mouth. "Do that again." I took a closer look. Michael pointed to me, shook his head, then pointed at the ground. "You want to know if I'm really here?" I asked.

Michael nodded. "Then don't worry. I don't think I'm really here." It started to fade again, but not before I heard Michael humming something that sounded suspiciously like the moose song.

"Khristi? Khristi! Wake up!" I heard. Something cold hit my face and I sat up, shaking the water from my eyes.

"What?"

"Oh, good. You're up," Travis said.

"What happened?"

"We won the fight. We needed you to tell us where to go next."

"Does everybody have their weapons?"

"Yep."

"Is anybody injured?"

"No."

"Is everybody ready?"

"Yep." I hauled myself to my feet and looked around.

"Then let's figure out how to get out of the Underworld. We have five days to get to Seattle." We all grabbed our stuff and started out.

Michael's POV

Well, Khristi was safe. That much I knew, because a little while after she left, a very angry Nyx came into my cell and started ranting about the incompetence of her troops. I would have smiled if it weren't for the tape. I guess Nyx liked being able to rant to somebody who couldn't talk back. Although, I might not be able to talk, but I could still hum…

…So of course I started to hum the moose song. Which is, by the way, possibly the singularly most annoying song found on planet Earth. "What are you doing?" Nyx asked. I shrugged my shoulders and stopped humming. "Hum that again," Nyx ordered, intrigued. I hummed it again. Nyx ripped the strip of tape from my mouth and I winced in pain. That hurt. "Sing it."

I sang it. The whole, annoying song. Once I finished, Nyx looked suspiciously at me. "It that it?"

"Yeah."

"Thank you, Michael Yew. You have successfully found the new anthem of my troops. You will now spend the rest of the day teaching it to them. Follow me. And do not expect me to untie your hands. You do not sing with your hands." I stood and Nyx grabbed my arm. There was a rush of darkness and we were standing outside my cell. "Now walk."

"Couldn't you just shadow travel?" I ventured.

"No. I teleport. I do not shadow travel."

"Then couldn't you teleport?"

"No. I would, but teleporting has a tiring effect on demigods, and if you are to teach the moose song to my troops, you can not be tired."

Half an hour later…

We arrived in a large hall where a wide variety of monsters and quite a few demigods were assembled. "Um…hi?" I said.

"Attention!" Nyx barked. The noise quieted down until you could hear a pin drop. "I have found an anthem that you fools can actually sing. This prisoner-" she gestured to me, "- will teach it to you." Nyx pushed me into a chair. A demigod came forward and tied my legs. Nyx disappeared in a burst of black light.

"Hi." I ventured.

"Sing the song, prisoner," the demigod who had tied me ordered.

"Okay then. Now, to sing this song, we need a leader ad a response. For now, I'll be the leader. Whatever I sing, you sing after me. Okay?"

"They'll listen," the demigod growled.

"Here we go…There was a great big moose,"

"There was a great big moose," The monsters roared. I kept going and they kept repeating until we got to the end of the song.

"Okay, that went great. Does anybody want to lead the song this time?"

"Nobody will," my guard said. "That is your job. It will be your job to lead them in this anthem every noon and before we march to battle." Nyx appeared and marched me back to my cell. Before she exited, leaving me alone in the growing pile of black sand, she turned.

"You have done well, Michael Yew. Would you again consider joining my army?"

"Not on your life," I spat.

"Very well then. You will still lead the troops in their anthem regardless of whether you join me or not." Nyx exited and I groaned. It appeared I had a job singing the moose song. Every. Blasted. Day. I should never have started that.

"Hey, Ami."

"What?"

"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt,

His name is my name too,"

"SHUT UP!"

"Whenever we go out,

The people always shout,

There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt,"

"STOP!" I kept singing. Ami kept yelling at me. Life in Nyx's prisons went on as usual.

Naomi's POV

More visits from Nyx. More offers to join her army. Nothing new. Until, of course, I heard Nyx talking to the guard. "Lady Nyx."

"A suitable anthem has been found. It is entitled The Moose Song. You will learn it by noon tomorrow." Nyx left.

"You!" the guard barked.

"Yeah?"

"Do you know this moose song?"

"Yeah…"

"Could you teach it to me?"

"Are owls creepy?"

"Huh?"

"Rhetorical question. Don't answer."

"Just teach me the song." I taught him a song. Just not the moose song. I taught him There's a Hole in the Bucket. I told him it was the moose song and he believed me. Sucker. Score: Naomi Nakamura the AWESOME: 2 Clueless guard: 0. I'm winning.

A while later, I got bored and told the guard I'd accidentally taught him the wrong song. Instead, I taught him The Sound of Music. Let me tell you, it is very funny to see a guard warbling, "The hills are alive, with the sound of music." I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

"What?" The guard asked, annoyed.

"Nothing," I panted. "I accidentally taught you the wrong song again. This time I'll teach you the right one." Of course, I didn't. Did you really expect me to? Guess what I taught him. No guesses? I'll tell you. I taught him Under the Sea. Yes, the one from The Little Mermaid. And the clueless guard bought it. And sang it the rest of the day. I'm pretty sure I got a hard-core abs workout from all that laughing. Whoever said being in prison couldn't be fun?

A/N- Again, I know it's short, but it's an update. Review?

-smartone101