Hey Everyone!

Im back! I am so happy that u guys were patient enough to give me a hiatus. I was getting uninterested in this story for a bit, and now im back. You've realized that I have done better grammer with spacing out dialogue and stuff with my new ones, but I wanted to have the same setting with the whole book, so ya. Thank you all for your support, and here is chapter 18!

XVIII

Percy

Polysemous roared behind us. I pushed everyone forward, through the door, and drew Riptide. As soon as we were all inside, the door sealed, locking us inside. It was pitch black, so I couldn't see a thing. "Annabeth?" I asked. "Here." She said, putting her hand on my shoulder. "Is everyone okay?" Jason asked. I nodded, but then realized he wouldn't be able to see me. "Yeah!" I said. I heard Jason flip his coin, and there was suddenly a beam of light. I raised my eyebrows at him. "Umm my sword can glow, as you can see." He said sheepishly. "That's a relief." Annabeth said. "At least we'll be able to see where we are going now. A blast of cold air hit me, and a shiver went down my spine. "Let's just find the scythe and get out of here."

Jason took the lead, since he was the one with the glowing sword. Annabeth stayed beside me, holding my hand. I felt better knowing she was with me. The darkness was starting to freak me out. "Annabeth?" I said. "Yeah?" she said softly. "Remind me once we get out of here that I owe you a date." Annabeth laughed. "I'll hold you to that, seaweed brain." I smirked, and we continued trudging through the Labyrinth.

"Is it just me, or are the walls closing in the farther we go?" I asked. Piper looked at me with fear. "I think your right Percy." Suddenly, the walls started to lurch forward, pressing us together. "We cant die like this!" Hazel said. "All of the heroic deaths we could choose, we get squashed by killer walls! The walls pressed me into Annabeth. I tried to give her enough room to not be squashed by me, but that didn't last long. "Ahhhhh!" Piper moaned. I tried hard not to scream. The pain was getting so excruciating that I couldn't focus. "JASON! PERCY! PUT YOUR SWORDS BETWEEN THE WALLS, SO WE CAN RUN!" Annabeth yelled. I listened to her, knowing that Riptide would return to my pocket later, but Jason wasn't too happy about leaving his sword. As the side he was on started to squish him even more, he reluctantly did as he was told. The walls stopped.

I breathed a gasp of relief as they started to retract, giving us more room to breathe. I grabbed Riptide, and looked around. Everyone was breathing heavily. I hugged Annabeth. "Are you okay?" She nodded, "Yeah, just out of breath, you?" "Same." I paused. "By the way, good thinking." She smiled. "Goddess of Wisdom's daughter, remember?" I smirked. "Can you guys flirt later? We need to keep moving!" Frank called. Me and Annabeth blushed like strawberries, and followed them down the dark, damp corridor.

I was starting to get hungry. There was nothing to eat down here, and I had dropped my pack as we ran from Polysemous. At least Annabeth was still here, that was all I cared about. "Guys, can we take a rest now?" Leo asked. "I'm ready to drop dead." Jason nodded, "Okay, that sounds like a good idea."

Leo dropped to the floor, exhausted, and I smirked. I lied down, and Annabeth came over. "Can I-?" I held out my arms, and she went into them. I fell asleep smelling her lemon scent.

To make this perfectly clear, there are NO lemons in the whole "Gaea's Revenge" series. I am only 13 so I dont want to write about that right now. Please review until we get to 50 reviews. I will post the next chapter when we reach 50! So...R and R please!