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PERCY
We crept up to the corner and peered to the right. What we saw before us confused me.
We could see the Doors of Death, huge double doors at least 50 feet high and 20 feet across. They seemed to be made of celestial bronze with traces of imperial gold, stygian iron and some silvery substance that looked like the silver used by the Hunters of Artemis. One of the double doors was slightly ajar.
The Doors were just 100 feet ahead but, in front of the Doors stood 2 beings. One was the Minotaur (seriously, he doesn't know when to give up) and next to him stood a man. But, this wasn't a normal man; he looked to be around 8 feet tall and didn't seem to be one of Gaea's sons. He had dull green eyes and black hair. He had 2 hunting knives in his hands and a bow slung over his back along with a quiver full of arrows. I had no idea who he was.
I looked at Annabeth but she looked confused as well. "Well, do you know who the man is?" She looked up, "I have a few ideas but I'm not sure." "This doesn't look right, shouldn't there be more monsters guarding the Doors?" She nodded, "I don't know where the rest are. Maybe they are on the other side of the doors. We should attack before more monsters join these two." "Alright, I'll take the Minotaur, you take the giant." She nodded and we moved in towards the Doors.
As soon as we came in sight, the Minotaur bellowed and picked up his double bladed war axe while the man just smiled. Somehow, the smile was more frightening than the roar. I walked towards the Minotaur while Annabeth moved off towards the man. He just smiled and waited.
Meanwhile, the Minotaur charged straight at me. Even after being killed by me twice, he hadn't learnt his lesson. I jumped to the side and he barreled past me harmlessly. He turned and charged again, swinging his war axe in both directions. I rolled to side and as he ran by, I stabbed him in the back of his leg with Riptide. He roared and swung his axe to cut me in half. I jumped straight up, stepped on his axe and somersaulted over his head. I stabbed him in the back as I came down, burying Riptide hilt-deep in the middle of his back. When, I turned around, he was already disintegrating.
I turned to look at Annabeth fighting with the man. She was using her dagger while he had his hunting knives out. Annabeth already had a few cuts along her arms but nothing serious. The guy was seriously fast. He wasn't even hurt yet. As I ran forward to help Annabeth, the man delivered a roundhouse kick to her temple and she crumpled. As he brought down his knives for the kill, I intercepted both of them with Riptide and pushed him back.
He regarded me with a smirk. "Hello brother." I stared at him. Why did I have so many shitty relatives? "Who are you?", I asked. He looked smug. "I am Orion, Son of Poseidon and the greatest hunter to ever live." I gaped at him. "But, didn't you die and get turned into a constellation by Artemis? And why are you working for Gaea?"
When he heard Artemis' name, his smile turned into a snarl, "Do not take that Goddess' name in front of me. She was the one who killed me and then turned me into a constellation, as if that would make everything alright. Gaea has promised me Artemis' head and that I will be the new God of the Hunt after the Gods fall. And they will fall. No one can stand against the might of Gaea. Now, little brother, I cannot let you pass so you can either fight me or just lay down your weapons and I will make it painless for both you and your girlfriend. I glanced at Annabeth who looked to be out cold. I turned to Orion and raised my sword, "I am not your brother."
He smiled again and then charged. He was fast! He almost killed me with his first strike. His knife passes within an inch of my throat. I managed to block most of his attacks and dodge the rest but I knew that I had to go on the offensive if I wanted to survive. So, when he swung his knives low, trying to slash at my legs, I flipped backwards and kicked him in the face. He, staggered back, momentarily dazed and I lunged forward, slashing and stabbing in an unorthodox mix of Greek and Roman styles that I had developed. I slashed at his shoulders and when he blocked my attack, I kicked him in the chest. He flew back and landed on his back. I kicked his knives out of his hands and put the tip of my sword on his unprotected chest.
Just then Annabeth groaned and I glanced back at her. The slight distraction allowed Orion to knock my sword sideways and lunge at me, a knife in his hand. Time slowed down, I leaned sideways and the knife passed harmlessly besides my face. At the same time I stabbed with Riptide. The next second Orion's knife fell to the ground and my sword was impaled in his side. I watched as he fell and slowly melted into the ground.
I capped Riptide and ran to Annabeth who was groggily sitting up. "Percy, what happened? Where's Orion." "Orion's dead." I held out my hand and she took it and stood up. "Well then where's Erebus? He said he'll be here after the monsters were dead." We looked around and as we did, the ground in front of the Doors split open and something huge crawled out of it. I recognized the monster from when I was 12 years old. We were standing face to face with the Chimera.
It looked even bigger than I remembered. I uncapped Riptide and looked at Annabeth. She already had her knife in her hand and was taking her fighting stance. Our eyes met and she nodded. Then, I raised Riptide and charged the Chimera while she moved sideways. It roared and shot a column of flames towards me. I just managed to roll out of the way and then slashed at its face. I managed to cut under his eye but that just made him angrier. He rushed me and almost took a bite out of me, but I managed to jump out of the way. Just then it stiffened and bellowed. He had completely forgotten about Annabeth who had snuck up behind him and cut of his tail serpent. I took the opportunity and stabbed him in the side, but he didn't disintegrate as I had expected. Instead, he turned around so fast, it was almost a blur. His head hit me in the side and I went flying. I rolled as I landed about 10 feet away and came up standing.
Annabeth had jumped onto his back and was holding on for dear life as he tried to throw her off. I ran forward and jumped straight up. I landed on his back next to Annabeth and together we plunged our blades into the back of the Chimera. It gave an ear-splitting roar and then staggered and fell sideways. We rolled off his back as he fell and he melted back into the Earth. We were breathing hard and my clothes were singed at the edges.
A black portal opened in front of us and Erebus stepped out of it. "Well done young heroes. That was quite a fight. Now, you should be able to slip out of the Doors and then close them from outside so that I can seal them from the inside." We walked towards the Doors and I saw that they were open just enough for the both of us to fit through. I turned to Erebus, "Thank you for your help, Erebus. We -", He waved his hand and stopped me. "I do not need your gratitude. Just finish all this madness as quick as possible." With that he motioned towards the Doors and I started walking towards with Annabeth by my side.
I couldn't see anything on the other side of the Doors except whiteness and when we passed through the gap in the doors, I was completely blinded for a few seconds. And then my eyesight cleared and I saw that were standing in a huge hall with black pillars.
There was no one around. We turned towards the Doors of Death behind us and tried to close them by pushing the door. We both put all our weight into it but it won't budge.
Suddenly, I heard a slight sound behind us. Before I could turn around to investigate, I was already flying back through the air and Annabeth was screaming my name.
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