Hello,

I am taking a short hiatus from now until december 27. I need to work on gifts and stuff, so i have no time to write. I bloodswear i will post another chapter on the 27. thank you for your support. Here is chapter 17!

XVII

Annabeth

I heard a huge thump, and I raced to the deck. Percy and Jason were lying face first on the ground, with Piper standing over them. "Piper what happened?" I screamed. Piper looked up with a horrified expression. "The…the eidolons…different ones than last time…possessed the boys. They…just about k…killed each other!" she choked out. I wrapped her into a hug, and she started to cry. "I…I managed to get rid of them…but the boys fell onto the ground…" she continued. I broke away, and ran over to Percy. I checked his heartbeat, and breathing, and moved onto Jason. "They're both just knocked out." I informed her. She let out a sob of relief. "Let's get them to their rooms." I told her. Piper nodded, and grabbed Jason. I grabbed Percy, and together we drug the boys downstairs.

Twenty minutes later, we finally had the boys tucked in. I sat by the bed, looking at Percy. "Why do you have to fight with Jason all of the time, seaweed brain?" I sighed. I ended up falling asleep in the chair.

I didn't have any dreams, which worried me a little bit. I sat up, and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. Percy was still asleep with drool hanging from the side of his mouth. I rolled my eyes, and walked out of the room. I walked up to the deck, where Hazel was pacing the deck. "Bored?" I asked her. "Huh? Oh, yeah a little." Hazel said, looking up. "Come on, I'm going to go see Leo." I said, motioning for her to follow. Hazel nodded, and together we raced toward the engine room.

"Hey Leo!" Hazel said as we walked through the door. Leo looked up. His clothes were scorched and grimy. "Hi Hazel, Annabeth." He nodded to me. "How close are we?" I asked him. "About…twenty minutes away." He said. Before Leo could say more, I sprinted out of the room. I needed to wake up Percy, NOW. I threw open the door, and shook him. "Percy! Get up! We are almost there!" I said roughly. "Nice to see you too." Percy muttered. He sat up, and looked around. I didn't have time to talk to him about the incident, so I just said, "We are fifteen minutes away from Polysemous's island." With that I walked out of the room. I heard him stumble around, trying to find his stuff. I smirked, and went to go find Piper. I guess Hazel found her because I met Piper, and Jason in full battle armour. "Do you know?" Jason asked me. I nodded, and pushed past them. I ran to my room, and threw on my battle gear. I strapped an extra knife in my sleeve, and sprinted to the deck.

Everyone was waiting for me. I muttered an apology, and Leo spoke through the intercom. "We are now landing at Polysemous's Island." A rush of thoughts came to me. What if Polysemous was still there? What if we couldn't find the door? Stop it! I thought. I unsheathed my knife, and twirled it around. Just then Leo burst through the door, still slipping on his battle armour. Percy stepped toward me, and took my hand. I smiled gratefully, and the boat gave a big lurch, throwing all of us to the ground.

Someone was throwing the ship around. Polysemous. I raced over to the side of the ship and looked down. Sure enough, big ugly himself, was trying to pick up the Argo II, and throw it down the chasm. Percy appeared by my side, and scowled. "I thought he wouldn't be here still." He muttered. The rest of the crew came over, and peered over the side. I started climbing down the side of the ship, and Percy followed. I put my finger up to my lips hoping Polysemous wouldn't see us. Thanks to his poor eyesight, he didn't. We squeezed past him undetected. I signaled them to follow me to the spot where the entrance is supposed to be. I stared at a blank wall, wondering what to do. Percy saw my confusion, and spoke. "Remember? You need to find the Mark of Daedalus." He said. "Percy, this isn't Daedalus's maze anymore. We need to open it some other way." I reminded him. I scanned the wall. There was a niche in the center. I touched my finger to it, and immediately heard a rumbling noise. "Duck!" I screamed. Good thing everyone dropped to the floor when I said, because spikes flew out from the niche, and impaled themselves into the wall.

An outline of a door appeared. It glowed red, like the way the Fleece did, and a door appeared.

Im so sorry for the cliffhanger. I swear I will post another chapter on december 27! Comment please!