Right. I am so sorry, that I have not been uploading. There's only one reason I have not been uploading for about God-knows-How-Long. For about the third or fourth time ever my baby brother spilled his Ribena on by keyboard. Do me a favor and NEVER let your baby brother watch Oggy and the cockroaches on Youtube. Or suffer the consequences of unexplained anger directed towards you by your awesome readers. Enjoy the chapter.
PERCY POV
"Were in Boston," I announced our latest Problem.
After I stated the obvious, Jade punched me on the nose and Alex rolled her eyes at my stupidity. Her eyes looked like melted chocolate. Not dark chocolate, but the delicious light chocolate everyone likes and-
Ponies, Chiron, Kronos, War.
I have to get this distraction under control. I focused on watching Leo searching for the problem. He frowned at the sky, he frowned at the Argo II, he frowned at the deserted place we were in.
"Looks like there is a protective barrier that we can't get through. I'll try and hack into it," Leo muttered.
"Or Gaia is messing with the control panels," Annabeth contemplated.
I tried to analyse ways of us managing to transport to Camp Half-Blood. We could wait till Leo sorts the Ago II out. Or Nico could shadow travel us one by one. Or Christy and Jade could open up a portal and we could go through it. The latter seemed the most convenient. I glanced at everyone and they seemed to be looking at me expectantly.
Unperturbed, I said, "Alright! Christy, could you open up a portal?"
She nodded and focused on getting the task done. Why couldn't the Ago II just get it's job done properly. Why did it have to get messed with? I sighed in exhaustion. I haven't had much sleep, lately. I glared at the Argo II in distaste and turned to Jade.
"Could you try to get the Argo II in Camp Half-Blood?," I asked Jade.
Jade stared at me for a second before stating," That is the stupidest question I ever heard."
"So can you?," I frowned at her.
She rolled her eyes and got her wand out, "Meet you at Camp, Suckers!"
With the flick of her wand, she was gone and about half a second later, so was the Ago II. Leo looked really pissed of and I turned to Christy. The portal was a black mass-That looked like it had no right to be-in the somewhat sunny Boston. Christy bit her lip and smiled. She really does look like mom, I thought. I grinned at her and turned to everyone else.
"Right, well…everyone has to go one by one," I instructed them.
I watched my friends hesitantly step into black mass of nothing. Christy went first. Then everyone followed her lead. I stared into space for a little while. There was only one thing left to do. Daedalus. The labyrinth. Gaia and Kronos probably have him chained. How will we get to him? Rachel. Rachel is the obvious candidate. Something poked me in the ribs and I started.. It was Alex's elbow. She smiled a bit and my stomach twisted. She went into the black mass.
I followed her without hesitation.
Of course, nothing like this was ever this simple. As soon, as I stepped into the portal, I was not in camp. Well, I was still in the portal and I was stuck. My blood turned cold and I looked around warily. I tried to move my feet, but I found I was glued to the floor. Great. Now how will I get back? A sinister laugh echoed of the walls. It was familiar. I heard it a couple of times and it was printed to my mind. I shivered. I hoped Christy got back safe. I imagined her tucked up in bed and felt a little better.
"Well, if it isn't The Great Percy Jackson?," A sleepy voice murmured.
"There's no The necessary in front of my name, Gaia," I said, frostily.
"You mean you won't throw a little tantrum, if I don't add a title?," She whispered.
"It's not like I was born to think like you. So it's fairly easy not to throw a tantrum," I retorted.
"Percy Jackson, I'd watch that tongue of yours, if I were you. When I rule Olympus, I'll make it known that nobody talks like that to me. And if your not there to see it, I'll make sure your sister does instead," She sneered.
I shook in fury and I opened my mouth, but I was blasted backwards instead. The cold, solid wall woke me up a bit and I stood up shakily. I expected cold sinister laughter, instead I got smothered snickers. My friends stood in front of me, in a circle and I searched for Christy. When I found her, I felt relived and I relaxed my shoulders. Chiron cleared his throat and looked stern. Since when was he there?
Chiron spoke, "Now that we have all composed ourselves, you may all go to bed. The plans to venture into the labyrinth will have to wait till the morning."
Christy's POV
I yawned and walked up to the big house. A arm snaked around my waist and I let out a tiny shriek. I twisted my neck and saw Aaron grinning down at me. I smiled brightly at him. Our lips connected and I let out a small sigh. It was over almost as soon as it had started. We carried on walking and exchanged small smiles. Being with Aaron gave me more hope than anyone ever could. But I was worried, because we were reasonably stronger than most demigods.
But can we do this?
Gaea was a primordial, we didn't have the power that she could muster up at one click of her fingers. She is EARTH, itself. Undoubting, I was scared. Percy Jackson was my brother. Even though I knew him for a short amount of time, it just hardened my resolved protect him. That was weird, since I don't even have any courage! Aaron opened the door to the big house and I focused on not tripping over my own two feet. As soon as everyone settled down and we figured out which Stoll was which, we sat down. Chiron stood at the head, looking stern and solemn as ever.
"You came back from the quest last night, successful. Though now only one matter is now our top priority. We need shut down the Labyrinth, again. You need to find Daedalus and convince him to sacrifice himself or find a effective way to lock it down. The quest members are Percy Jackson, Rachel Elizabeth Dare and the third member is undecided. We need a volunteer."
Please tell me who should go on the quest and who's POV it should be in the next chapter. Bye! And I really am sorry for the long wait.