The Mark of Athena

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JASON:
I opened my eyes to find that Gaea was gone, the guards were knocked unconscious, and Percy, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank and even Thalia were standing in front of me.

I broke into a relieved grin; partly because I was still alive, partly because my friends were still alive. Thalia ran toward me and sat down next to me.

"How are you even here? And why?" I asked my sister.

"Well, when Percy IM'd me, saying that you and Annabeth were kidnapped by Gaea I couldn't just not go save you, you're my little brother, I was worried sick. Artemis let me take off a few days." She said and hugged me.

(A/N: I know that part was a little OOC, but then again, who wouldn't be worried if their sibling was kidnapped?)

I'll admit, I was a tiny bit shocked when she hugged me, but I hugged her back, I'd missed her too.

Thalia got up and sat down next to Annabeth who still had her eyes closed and was whispering,

"I love you, Percy."

Thalia shook her and Annabeth opened her eyes and shrieked "Thalia?" Thalia laughed and nodded.

"How are you here? Don't tell me you quit the Hunters." Annabeth said.

"Don't worry I didn't quit the Hunters. Artemis let me take off a few days to rescue you and that Airhead for a brother I have." said Thalia.

"Hey!" I complained and Thalia put her hands up in a not-too sorry gesture.

"Joking, brother dear. Let's get out of here… Wait is that Nico?" she asked, poking Nico with her foot.

Nico groaned, "Why can't anyone recognize me today?" he mumbled and the 7 of us burst out laughing.

While every single one of us was laughing hysterically, I managed to breathe for about 4 seconds and then the sight of my friends laughing their heads off made me start laughing all over again. Annabeth and Percy were rolling around snickering, Hazel was laughing so hard, tears came out of her gold eyes, and Frank was changing shape absentmindedly while laughing his tail(s) off, Leo was chuckling so much, there were orange and red flames dancing through his hair, Piper was giggling uncontrollably making her kaleidoscope eyes change color at unbelievable rate and my sister was just staring at all of us as if we'd grown 5 heads and sprouted 9 arms.

Then, slowly, Thalia started to smile and what had started out as a grin turned into a full on cackling session.

About 5 minutes later, though it could've also been 5 years, everyone calmed down enough to the point where everyone was out of breath, there were tears of uncontrollable laughter in their eyes, and everyone's stomachs hurt.

Somehow, I had ended up on the floor with an arm around Piper, who sighed contentedly. It wasn't every day you just burst out laughing for so long that it hurts to move around after that.

"We better get back to Camp," Said Percy and Annabeth at the same time, and the rest of started laughing, while they both blushed simultaneously, causing everyone to laugh harder.

"Seriously, guys," Percy started and Thalia glared at him, "And girls," he added quickly. "We have to go NOW, ASAP PRONTO, whatever you want to call it."

All the girls cracked a smile at that and got up to get to the Argo II that was docked a few minutes away.

I sighed and got up hastily to follow the girls.

I looked over at Leo, Percy and Frank,

"Well? Aren't you guys coming?" I asked.

They all grinned and followed me out the door.

PIPER:

Hazel, Thalia, Annabeth and I walked out of the prison door to find ourselves face to face with a goddess.

We all stared at her in confusion trying to figure out who she was. Well, except for Annabeth, who seemed to recognize this mysterious goddess.

The goddess spoke cruelly "Hello my young demigods. I have orders to kill you." none of us were surprised, we got threatened by gods and monsters every day; we were used to it.

"Lady Mania." Annabeth acknowledged the goddess coldly.

"Politeness won't help your case either," said Mania.

Thalia glared at the goddess, and turned to Annabeth, saying,

"Annabeth, you know this witch?"

Mania's nostrils flared.

Annabeth nodded glumly.

"Mania, goddess of insanity and madness. Not to mention she's completely evil." she said.

Hazel gasped and said fiercely "She's also goddess of the dead, to us Romans anyway,"

Mania clapped sarcastically,

"Well, done, you managed to recognize me. Now if you could just manage to fetch your little guy friends, you might have a chance to defeat me." She glared at each of us, daring us to defy her.

"Well, for such an evil goddess, you aren't very smart." Thalia commented.

I wondered what she meant and then it hit me: If the boys would just get off their lazy asses then maybe we could get back to Camp. Also, that the boys being here would help us escape Mania.

I noticed the sun was getting brighter, I also realized I needed water to get an Iris Message back to the guys.
If only Percy where here so he could make a wall of water, I thought.

Apparently Annabeth and I were thinking the same thing because she mumbled, "Where's Seaweed Brain when I need him?"

Well, by some sort of miracle, the boys actually appeared in the road, they'd probably gotten tired of being lazy and had followed us. That was good because it looked like talking with Mania would turn out in a fight.

Jason glanced at me and raised his eyebrow, which meant: Who's the lady?

I stepped toward him and told him she was Mania, the goddess of the dead (Roman), insanity and madness.

"Oh no, I've heard about her at Camp Jupiter, she is not your typical nice goddess." He said.

"Yeah, we figured that," I told him.

Mania had heard us and said, "What gave it away? Was it the fact that I work for Gaea, or are you too stupid to figure it out?" I resisted my impulse to slap her godly highness, because she would burn me to ashes if I tried.

Thalia grumbled "That's it. The woman's going down. NOBODY talks about my baby brother that way." Thalia looked like she was about to vaporize Mania. So, basically, it was the same exact look Zeus has when he's angry.

Annabeth pulled her back and said, "If you even try to kill her, she'll vaporize all of us," she glared at Mania and continued, "We have to get out of here."

Percy walked up to her and said,

"We all know we have to get out of here. What's the plan?" he asked.

"Give me a minute, I'm workin' on it." Annabeth said, she sounded worried, like whatever she was planning she didn't think it would work.

Meanwhile, Frank went over to Hazel.

"You okay?" he asked her.

She nodded and responded, "I'm fine, just wondering how we're going to get out of here."

"Well, Demigods, none of you are getting any younger here. Daughter of Athena, what is your escape plan?" Mania asked harshly.

"And why in Tartarus would I tell you?" Annabeth asked just as cold and harsh.

Mania laughed bitterly.

"Because if we don't tell you, we die." Percy guessed.

"Exactly, Son of Posiedon. Your so called girlfriend could learn from your intelligence." Mania said viciously.

Annabeth looked up; her eyes were a terrifying sight: Raging, blazing gray eyes.

She went up to her and smacked her so hard, her hand turned red. Mania screamed in fury, and we turned around, knowing she would show her true godly form. But before she could, another goddess flickered into existence next to her.

"Mania, before you show your true form, remember that I will never allow my daughter and her friends get vaporized." There was a yellow glow and it faded away to reveal the goddess…..

So that is the chapter. First off, Mania is really a Greek goddess, I do my research. Second, heeeheee I didn't tell you who the goddess was! So which goddess do you think it is? Tell me in your reviews, and I'll update when I get 3 REVIEWS!

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