I stared at my girlfriend. I saw what the laser things did to Ben's shirt, but I had to get her, I just had to! She groaned, was she waking up? I saw the red head, Gwen was what Ben had said, start to stir. "Annabeth? C-can you here me?" I said to her.

"Uuuuuhhh," she groaned, then she murmured, "Percy?"

i let a sigh of relief escape. I looked back at Ben who was talking to Gwen, he said, "Gwen? Come on! You've gone through worse! Where's Kevin? You okay?" She only whispered, "Ben, oh! You're alive!" Ben seemed to be relieved. "Yes, you are okay. Okay cuz. You gotta tell me what happened."

Cuz? They were cousins? oh. I thought... You know what, never mind. I focused back on Annabeth. "Annabeth, where are the others?" She opened her eyes. "They were with me- where are we? Ugh! I hate not knowing things. Percy... W-were you here the whole time?" She asked me. I only stared. "The whole time? Wait... What do you mean?"

Her eyes widened, "Percy, you do know how long you've been here. Right?" I looked at her. "I was here for a long time?"

"Percy! Two and a half weeks and three days! Last time I checked . . . You didn't know?"

whoa. More than two weeks? It only felt like days. Maybe it was the white walls... "We have to get you out of here." I told her. She leaned forward, "you have to come to, Seaweed brain." I looked down. I'd rather have her go than both of us stay. I mean, I loved her, I really did, but I didn't want her getting hurt.

"right?" She asked me, knowing my thoughts, as usual. "Um . . . Annabeth . . ." Another panel opened up beside Ben's cousin. A guy with black hair and a black shirt and jeans hung in the same position. Me and Annabeth watched as Ben called to the guy saying, "Kevin! How could you let this happen?" And Kevin Saying, "wasn't my fault, Tennyson!"

i glanced back at Annabeth who had questioning eyes, "who's that?" She asked. "Uh . . . That's Ben. He is stuck in here with me, but I think he can control the Mist just like Hazel." I told her. She was just about to say something when another panel opened up beside her. Behind that panel, also in the same condition, was Leo. He hung with his eyes closed. "Leo!" Me and Annabeth both shouted. He murmured something about "stupid cheeseburger, " and that's all we got.

Another slid open beside him, it was Piper, then there was Jason, then Hazel, then Frank, then Nico, then Thalia. All were in the same condition. My eyes widened. "Guys!" I shouted." They all started to stir, except Frank, who had a large bump on his head the size of an egg. "Ugh, " Piper said, " my hands feel sore," she looked at her chained left hand and gasped.

Hazel only yelled, "Frank! Frank! Answer me! Are you okay?"

Leo's ears burst to flames when he noticed all his friends locked up.

"Leo," Nico said, "you're on fire again."

"oh, thanks." He quickly rubbed them on his shoulder and put them out.

"Percy! Your alive! Artemis was going out of her mind-" she cut herself off. "She didn't want a fatal flaw come upon a hero."

"yeah, you guys all okay?"

"Yes, " Everyone said, except for Hazel who screamed, "no! Frank is hurt! Someone' shot ta help him!"

Frank stirred, and murmured, "thanks Hazel, but really, I'm fine."

"Frank!" Hazel gasped, "you're okay!"

I looked back at Ben who was talking to Gwen. She said something like, "I think I can muster enough mana to get us out." Ben replied, "No! I think those chains are extra thick for a reason. They might hurt you!"

then the guy named Kevin spoke, "I could probably absorb the medal . . ." Ben looked at him, "if you try, it might hurt you to. I can't let that happen to either of you."

"Ben, be reasonable. We have to try. Or. . ." Gwen trailed off.

Then, that same booming voice said, "are you two ready for action?"

I gulped, that didn't sound good. "You better not hurt my friends! Or I'll . . ." I yelled at the ceiling.

"nonsense," he spat. "We're going to play a little game called fear."

As soon as he said it, a panel beneath Annabeth opened up. I looked down into it. Annabeth did so to. When she realized what it was, she screamed at the top if her lungs. In the pit was hundreds, crawling up towards Annabeth, of spiders.

Percy: "really? Why? Why bring all my friends and torture them to?"

Me: "Because it keeps my readers on the edge of their seat."

Ben: "I'm betting that you have panels for Gwen and Kevin to, don't you?

Me: "you know me to well."

Percy: "Are those spiders poisonous? Will they kill Annabeth?! They better not be or I'll. . ."

Me: "shut up. I can do what ever I want. It's my FanFiction."

Percy: "but Rick Riordan owns us. So you can't do anything to kill any of us.

Ben: "yeah, I'm just staying out of this... So..."

Me: "well, Rick doesn't know, and-"

Rick: "Hey! I own them! You can't do that."

Me: "How'd you get in here? You know what, never mind. I'm just going to continue."