With that, we opened the door. We were one step closer to Atlantis.
PPOV:
"Okay, so the next part: woman weeps, a single choice. That should be easy. one of you 'women' start crying and then make a choice." Nick said.
"It isn't that easy." I said. "There are always double meanings."
"That door." Katerina said pointing at the door closest to us.
We had walked into the 'dungeon', went down two flights of stairs, down a dark hallway, through a door and now we were in a room with a ton of doors. As soon as we got there, the walls spun. Now we had no idea which way is back, which was is forward and which are death.
"What makes you say that?" I really didn't want to die. I wanted to be positive.
"There are raindrops coming down in front of it. They are coming directly from Demeter herself. I can tell, she is upset." Katerina said, walking towards the door.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"You can't tell where water is coming from?" I shook my head, "Gods, you're slow." She grumbled. I rolled my eyes.
She threw open the door. We followed her into a new room. In the new room there were a bunch of elevator doors.
"You found it." I said in disbelief.
"I know I'm good." She said. "There's a plaque." She pointed to the little plaque, "It says, 'Only three elevators truly work. The other nine will transport any passengers back to the beginning.' It's signed by Atlas, son of Poseidon." She looked at me.
"We are only getting three elevators that go to the top. At best, that means we get five people to help, worst we get only three." Annabeth said.
"Well, we have no time to waste. Everyone into the elevator of your parent. Nick, over here." Thalia said. Her and Nick walked into an elevator with a lightning bolt on the doors. The doors closed directly after them.
"Percy, over here." Katerina called from in front of the grandest elevator. Sure enough it had a huge triton on it. At camp and Mount Olympus Zeus always had the biggest and grandest places and monuments, but at Atlantis, Poseidon was Zeus.
We walked into the elevator and as soon as we entered the doors closed. The walls started to glow, growing brighter and brighter blue, until it was blinding. We closed our eyes and I felt Katerina grab my hand. All of a sudden we were rocketing upward, faster than a jet or anything else can move. Even the elevator to Olympus didn't go this fast. It stopped after a couple of seconds, everything was still and the walls dimmed until they were back to the ocean blue they had been before.
We waited a moment before we exited the elevator. We were the first ones to get to the destination, which was breathtaking. It looked a lot like Olympus, except all of the pathways had water running beside them every building that wasn't a house (you could tell the difference from the size and architecture) had a golden triton right above the doors.
We turned and saw three elevators. We had come out of the one in the middle. The one to the left was just opening. Out stepped Thalia and Nick. They walked over to us. Katerina let go of my hand, which she was still holding, and grabbed Nick's. The last elevator came. Out stepped Luke.
"Wonderful." I heard Nick grumble. But I left it alone. I didn't want Luke here either, but I didn't really have a choice.
"Okay. This is a big city. I say we split up and go to different parts. Meet back here in an hour, with or without the 'gift', from there we will figure things out." I said. Everyone nodded and we all took off down different roads.
I walked down the middle row, right up to the building that looked like it was a castle or palace of some sort. I threw open the doors and stepped into a throne room. There were ten thrones, all of which were occupied, were in a half circle. I looked around at the rulers. They were all male and they were all mortal. They were demi-gods. They were my half brothers.
"Who are you?" The man directly in front of me asked in a booming voice. He had dark hair and the ocean green eyes that marked Poseidon's children.
"Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon. Child of the great prophecy." I read out part of the title I had been given, I could have added stuff about holding up the sky, but I decided not to, "And you?"
"Well little brother. I am Atlas, I rule this realm. What is it you seek?" He stood up and walked to stand in front of me. We were eye level, I was a bit more muscular than he was, but he was still pretty muscular.
"We have been given a quest to recover the gift for the gods before the titan Kronos gets his hands on it to reform."
"Yes. I heard briefly about the war, not much, but enough to know it happened. The gift is hidden away. And I am unable to help you anymore than this, it is in the last place you would expect it to be. Think of our father, think of his likes and dislikes, his allies and enemies. Anyway, who exactly are you here with?" I wasn't sure if he was attempting small talk or just trying to distract me.
"Katerina Jackson, daughter of Poseidon, Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, Nikolas Doon, son of Zeus, and Luke Castellan, son of Hermes. We left behind a daughters of Ares and Athena. As well as children of Hades and Demeter." I stated.
"A child of Athena would never be allowed here. You have a traitor in your midst. You had better get going." We nodded at each other and I turned to leave. "Remember the prophecy." He called as the door closed behind me.
The traitor was obviously Luke. So now I needed to stop him, but first, I had to find the gift. It is in the last place you would expect it to be. Think of our father, think of his likes and dislikes, his allies and enemies. I walked down street after street looking at buildings, thinking of my brother's words. Then I saw it. It was a tall, grand building. It was made entirely of white marble with a blue triton. It had four pillars and a set of double doors, above which read Βιβλιοθήκη. Of course. At the time this place was built Poseidon and Athena hated eachother. The last place anyoone would look for such a valuable gift in a realm of Poseidon's sons, was a library, a place of knowledge and in extension, a place of Athena.
I ran up the stairs and burst through the doors. I took in the library. It was huge. There were rows upon rows of books. It would take forever to find the gift. But then my eyes were drawn to a person standing right across from me, leaning against a bookshelf. In his hand he had a book. It looked like a normal book, except for the fact it was glowing. He had blue eyes and blonde hair. He was well built and some one I knew all to well.
"How nice of you to join me Percy. The thing is, I can't let you get in my way. This," he indicated to the book, "belongs to Kronos. And I plan to get it to my master. And you will not stop me." He put the book down on a table beside him and pulled out a paper clip. He twisted it so it was shaped like an S. It then changed into a perfect replica of Backbiter. I pulled out my own sword. And then we started to duel.
A.N. So who is the person. Remember the prophecy. The next chapter might be the last, but it might not be, I'm not sure. I know where I want to be the ending point, but I don't know how much longer it will take to get to that point. It will probably be somewhere between 1 and 3 chapters, 4 tops.
For those of you who are following my story with my room mate. Today/Last night, whatever. We were sleeping. I woke up and she had her knee between my legs and her arm on my waist. I had no idea I could move so fast. I was out of that bed in seconds and down the hall in half a minute. I woke up my boyfriend who doesn't have to share a room since he is sort of in an age category all his own (don't think I'm a slut, but he is two years older than me. In my defense, I've known him all my life.) so now he will be sleeping on the floor of his room and I get the bed. I gave him the option of the floor or the bed with his sister, after the story, he chose floor.