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Chapter 13-

"I'm sorry, don't worry, you'll do fine," Enrique said loudly, drowning out Piper's protests. He sat her down on the altar. He took a look at her.

"This will be all over in a minute. Good luck," He said. He exchanged a look with King Tut. He placed a hand on Piper's head, and she felt herself drifting away.

"Wait..." She managed to say, before she collapsed.

…...

She woke up in the same room. Enrique was standing next to the scale, his eyes glowing black, and King Tut was watching silently from the side. Ammit was staring at the scale with an interest that Piper did not like at all.

"Is it done?" She asked.

"It has only just begun," Enrique said in a voice that was not his. He gestured at the scale, and she looked closely at it for the first time. On one side, there was a long feather. On the other was a beating red object the size of her first. It was her heart. Instinctively, she placed a hand where her heart had been, but she felt nothing. She put a finger on her wrist, but there was no pulse. Her eyes widened. She opened her mouth to speak, but Enrique cut her off.

"There is nothing you can say. Your past actions will decide your fate now," He spoke. Piper looked back, her life running through her eyes. She hadn't ever done anything that bad, right? Except steal stuff, like a car...

She began panicking. Come on, Piper,she told herself. Think about why you are doing this. She needed to do this for her friends. To get them back. To defeat Gaia and help save the world.

Throughout this whole time, the scale hadn't been still, rocking back and forth. Suddenly, it stopped. Balanced.

Piper breathed a sigh of relief. Enrique smiled at her.

"Wake up," He said, and the scene of the scale and the disappointed crocodile and the smiling winged child disappeared.

…...

She woke up for real in front of her friends.

"Welcome back," Enrique said.

"So how was that test?" Annabeth asked softly.

Piper looked around and shrugged. "I passed."

"Great!" Leo said. "Now we can get an ass-kicking demon on our side. This is gonna be fun."

Enrique let out a deep breath.

"Not yet, it isn't. We have to summon it first. And we're doing that first thing in the morning."

"In the morning?" Piper asked. "We need to do it now. I didn't just put my life in...I mean I didn't just take a test so we could do this thing tomorrow. We do it now."

"Are you sure?" Annabeth asked. "Do you know what time it is? 3 AM. And the demon is stronger at night."

"I don't care. We do it now." Piper said. She wasn't sure what exactly had happened, but her experience had given her a new drive to move forward. She looked at Enrique.

"I agree." He said.

…...

An hour and a half later, they were ready to summon the demon. They were in the same room Piper and Enrique had left, except this time the chamber had turned into an enormous iron arena with a huge ring in the middle, around which demigods were standing with chains.

"So what's this demon we're summoning?" Leo asked jovially.

"The serpent Apophis," Enrique answered. Annabeth started.

"Isn't that-"

"The most dangerous and evil creature in the entire Egyptian pantheon. Yes, it is. It is stronger then your Typhon, by a hundred times. And I must be the one to summon it."

"Why?" Annabeth asked.

"Because the king has ordered me too. And as the one summoning it, I have the privilege of taking its power into myself. It will make me as powerful as one of your gods. And will greatly facilitate our mission. And the great thing is, the serpent will regenerate for next time. Now, I must be off." He finished before anyone could say anything.

"He's crazy," Annabeth whispered as Enrique jumped down to the bottom floor, in front of the ring. He grasped his scepter raising it above his head. There was a deceptive calmness about him.

He stood, and began chanting. The other Egyptians joined in. The ring began glowing green. Suddenly, the chanting stopped.

A form began materializing in the ring with a sound like feedback. It was a coiled form three times the size of a drakon and twice the thickness. Right before it appeared fully, the campers threw the chains.

Annabeth heard an unholy roar that shook the building. The serpent was chained in the ring, thrashing about, with the campers trying their best to hold it down. It was a gigantic snake, with fangs the size of three grown men, and six glowing red eyes. Enrique stood next to it, an ant.

It took a while to notice Enrique, but when it did, it got down low, seeing eye to eye with him. Enrique just held on to his scepter more tightly.

He stuck his scepter out at it, and the serpent tried to snap at him, but was held back by the chains. Energy began coursing along its body, lightning bolts making the journey from the end of its tail into Enrique's scepter. The bolts grew larger as the serpent seemed to get more tired. It hissed and thrashed, but it got weaker as the energy flowed into the scepter, and from the scepter, into Enrique, who seemed to be growing visibly stronger. The course of energy stopped, and feebly the serpent struck at him once more. Enrique stepped up to it, pulled out his sword, and stabbed it in the jaw.

Although the blade might as well have been a toothpick, the serpent let out a horrible wail. Enrique looked up, closed his eyes, and shot out a blast of energy from his fingertips that lit up the room, right at the serpent. The serpent moved no more, and he retrieved his sword.

He flew to the top of the serpent's head and stood there. He held his scepter in the air-a sign of victory. The crowd of Egyptian campers began cheering.

There was a massive cracking sound as the floor opened up beneath the serpent. Enrique just managed to jump into the air and fly off before the demon serpent fell through. Some members of the crowd, especially the older kids, looked uneasy, but everyone began cheering again. Enrique smiled, and flew over to the Greek campers. When he got there, they saw that his face was undeniably grim.

"That was too easy," He said, not bragging, but worried. "It should have been harder. Apophis barely fought back."

He looked at them, and there was fear in his eyes. There was also specks of green in them, as if a child had dropped paint into his irises.

Hastily trying to change the subject, Leo pushed his way to the front of the group.

"You have that snakes power's now, right?" He asked. "That's good, right?"

Enrique nodded.

"I'm going to my room. Theres some...studying I need to do. You guys get some sleep. It's five in the morning. If all goes well we leave in about five hours."

He walked off before they could say anything. Percy looked around.

"Sleep sounds good. We're going to need our strength."

…...

Enrique opened the door to his room, and almost blasted a hole through his wall to kill the scorpion man standing inside. He restrained himself only when he saw the monster wave a white flag. However, he held on to his sword.

"What-are-you-doing-here?" He muttered through clenched teeth, more angry than he had been in a while.

"My master sends an earnest welcome on behalf of our patron. He says that he has your friends, and that they will become his and his troops' next meals if you don't come and surrender yourselves to Gaia."

"Who is your master?" Enrique asked.

"Lycaon, the werewolf. He has been made general of the half-humanoid monsters."

"Suits him," Enrique muttered. "Where do we go?"

"Not far from here, with your power." The scorpion man said. "About a hundred miles from here. Now I am afraid I must be off."

"Not so fast," Enrique said, and stabbed the scorpion man in the chest. While it disintegrated he spoke to it. "When you come back tell Lycaon that we're getting our friends back. And we will never surrender."