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Kidnapped Weekend

Chapter 4: Real

Annabeth's POV

This wasn't happening, this wasn't happening, this couldn't be happening. I knew I was probably cutting off Percy's circulation but I didn't care. The memories and nightmares of Arachne I had flooded my mind. I wanted to cry but I had to be strong. Our captors probably wanted to break us. I heard Percy's voice whispering, it was shaky but confident.

"Hey Wise Girl, you okay? You're going to break my wrist if you squeeze any harder." He was trying to make me confident, make me laugh and get my spirits up. I remember how Tartarus revealed a darker side to him, how he wanted Arachne to suffer for what she did to me.

"Drowning shall be first then." The leader started to walk off when I found my voice.

"Wait. Why drowning?" I felt Percy tense the slightest bit.

"Well 'twas a hard decision but suffocation wouldn't work as of right now and prophecies tend to be given by an Oracle, and we don't have anything for claustrophobia demigods so drowning it was. Yours wasn't too hard little girl." The leader explained, still walking off. "Marcus, the aquarium please."

A shadow nodded so I assumed that was Marcus. When the leader disappeared behind a corner Marcus gestured for us to get up. Percy groaned and struggled whereas I got up unbalanced from the fear of my fear becoming real again.

"So, are you two going to be our guides or something?" Percy asked. I noticed that he had an easier time standing up than when he did in the cell. Maybe the wall helped?

Marcus answered him by turning around and walking away. Evan pushed me which resulted in me bumping into Percy. Percy stumbled forwards and I followed balancing us as he had his arms tied. We fell into a single-file line, Marcus, Percy, then me, and Evan at the back. As we walked I saw cells, it was too dark to see details but at first there were just outlines of animals. Then we went through a couple of doors and the outlines became stranger, like skeletons and monsters. I realized that these people, monsters, evil half-bloods, whatever they were, had a grudge or wanted a lot of power. Their disguise must be an animal shelter out in the middle of nowhere.

"Hey Wise Girl, do you think they'll really drown me?" Percy whispered his turned to look at me.

"I-I don't know Seaweed Brain." I told him. His sea-green eyes studied me for a minute.

"Don't let them get to you Wise Girl. You've fought this before and you can do it again." I nodded, though not entirely reassured by his words.

Another minute passed before we walked into a lighter area of the base. We went through one last door and into a bright room. I was blinded for a second, blinking to adjust to the light. Around us were white walls and one huge tank at the back. Smaller ones littered the room with shrunken sea monsters, fish, Nereids and naiads, and other sea creatures. I saw Percy glaring at the back of the room after taking a glance at everything. He must remember the Georgia Aquarium and Phorcys and Keto.

"Ah there you are. Ready to face your fear demigod?" The leader smiled evilly once we were in front of him.

Beside me Percy gulped but clenched his fists. His glare was deadly, filled with hatred and fear. I recognized this glare from Tartarus. I squeezed his hand to try to calm him because when his emotions start to get out of hand, things and people got soaked or hurt or broken.

"Marcus." The leader nodded at Marcus. Percy stumbled forward with the momentum of Marcus, who had moved behind us, moving forward but regained balance and walked in the direction that Marcus would guide him in.

They disappeared behind the tank and I held my breath. My eyes searched desperately for them behind the blue tank. Finally I could make out two figures. Marcus was the figure who was moving his hands and Percy was the other with his head held high. As I watched them I saw Marcus hesitate at Percy's tied hands before clamping something around Percy's hands. Marcus pressed a button and Percy started getting raised over the tank. Marcus walked back into view.

"When I give the signal." The leader stated watching Percy intently.

Breathe, Annabeth. Breathe. I let out the breath I had been holding. Good, now remember Percy can't drown. He's a seaweed brain son of Poseidon.

"Now." Marcus pressed another button and Percy fell. I gasped for effect, really knowing that Percy was going to survive unless these people wanted to kill him. Stop thinking that Annabeth!

I never heard the splash when he hit the water I only watched his movements, struggling with tied hands. He calmed down as and sunk slowly. When Percy hit the bottom he opened his mouth and his last gulp of air escaped his lungs. Besides me, the leader and Evan laughed uncontrollably.

"Evan, go get the boy before he actually drowns. We do need him alive." The leader ordered.

Evan, surprisingly, ran and jumped into the water, swimming to the bottom and grabbing Percy. They rocketed to the surface and over the edge of the tank and back on the floor. Evan smirked as Percy collapsed on the floor. I ran over and kneeled beside him. Percy opened his eyes and smiled.

"Well hello Wise Girl. We meet again." I leaned down and kissed him.

"Thank goodness you're alive Seaweed Brain." I choked out. His sea green eyes studied me for the moment before he rolled onto his stomach and asked,

"Help me up?"

I nodded, stood up, and grabbed his tied hands. I pulled him up, Percy using his feet and knees to help out.

"Well ready for the next fear?" The leader said before turning to Marcus and Evan. "Get them to the main room. We'll go from there." The two nodded and headed over to us.

Percy jolted back into me, and we fell onto the floor. I groaned. Percy was heavy. Then Percy's weight was pulled off me and a gruff hoarse voice was heard.

"Get up girl." It was Marcus and I scrambled to my feet. Percy's dangling legs high off the ground made me realize that Marcus may really be a manticore. Oh, how luck is sweet. Not.

Evan lined us up and went behind me. I shivered, remembering that this monster was a half-blood. No wonder he'd said he's not a cannibal when we first had met. We went forward taking the same route as last time only in a slow walk, probably for Marcus to find something to yell at us for as Percy was snapping his fingers or whistling or just being plain annoying and I was muttering different facts about architecture.

"Hey Wise Girl, you think they're going to use one of these guys dressed up in a spider man suit to scare you?" Percy turned around and asked me.

I couldn't help it; I started to laugh my head off.

"What? Was it something I said?" Percy grinned. We both cracked up.

"SHUT UP!" Marcus and the leader's voice boomed around us. We shut up.

"Thank you. Now Evan can you lead the little lady to the cabinet." The leader ordered, coming into view.

Evan nodded and had me walk into a different hallway. I wish I had my drakon bone blade. Then I would be able to put this half-monster out of its misery.

"Here" Evan spoke making me jump. I had started to think that he wasn't able to talk in this place.

I looked around the dark room and went to ask him something but he'd disappeared. A clicking noise echoed through the chamber. I squinted to see what it was but it too dark to see anything. I slide into a defensive stance as the clicking turned into scurrying. I could defeat it. I had to. The worst it would be would be Arachne or a spider as big as her who is hungry. A hissing noise made me whip around and what I saw made me whimper. Red eyes. Beady, little red eyes. And lots of them too. Something shot out and I ducked. It sailed over my head and hit the roof of the room. I looked up and saw it dripping down.

Okay, it was trying to make a web. Stay away from that and I'll be fine. I walked away from the web strand and towards the thing. It came into view. It was a spider, not as big as Arachne but almost there, and it was very hairy. The fangs were dripping saliva or poison and they were as sharp as Percy's blade, Riptide.

"Nice sp-spider…" I croaked. The spider-thing made a creaking noise.

Very good Annabeth, I thought. Keep it talking. Now start thinking of ways to overcome death and fear.

The thing hissed and shot something again but this time I was too focused on trying to think to dodge. The silk caught my arm and pushed me back into the strand from before. Okay Plan B? I though for a moment before remembering the nail clippers that Piper gave me for the weekend. I stuck my hand in my pocket and grabbed them. I got to work on the web while the spider made different noises and watching me. I started quickening my pace, clipping invisible strands of silk with nail clippers as fast I wove the bridge on my quest for the Athena Parthenos. Clipping the last wad I pulled my arm free and pointed the nail clippers at the spider.

"Come near me and you get those fangs and legs of yours clipped." I warned.

Good thing, it didn't come anywhere near at first. Bad thing, it shot another bullet of silk at me faster than I was prepared for. I slammed into a net, the ball of sticky silk on my chest already solidifying. I had lost the nail clippers in the impact from the silk so instead I struggled under the silk, hoping the net underneath would help. Nothing budged and I realized the net was a web. I bit my cheek, trying not to scream. The spider scurried over looking over me with its beady eyes. Then it moved my legs together and tied them together with silk before I managed to move them again. It went up my body, tying strands of silk together to make a cocoon. It moved my arms to the side and connected those to the glob of silk on my chest. It lifted its head to face me, the fangs right over my face. I did the only thing that came to mind. I screamed.

"Percy!"

Well? What did you think? Do remember that Annabeth is a little panicky since they'll figure her parentage easily and then facing her fear of spiders. Anyway the next chapter will come as soon as I find out how to do the scene.

Next chapter; Chapter 5, Revealed