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ANNABETH:

"How did you brats get here?" Gaea asked in exasperation.

We were all silent, and Gaea snorted.

"Well?"

I bravely raised my hand.

"Ah, The Mark of Athena brought you idiots here." Gaea spat at all of us, but mostly me.

I sighed in defeat, and wondered who had told her about my curse. It was probably Piper, but I knew she had told her involuntarily. What I don't understand is how Gaea managed to convince Piper that telling her who held the Mark of Athena would be good for her and Piper.

I knew Gaea had possessed Piper, but I know that Gaea couldn't have used Piper's charmspeak against her, because Piper's charmspeak also extends to resisting other charmspeakers. But since Gaea was Piper for some time, that may have given Gaea an advantage over Piper; so Gaea knew what would convince Piper to tell Gaea who the Mark of Athena was.

My mother's voice echoed in my mind: Do not underestimate Gaea; there is a trap in escaping from Tarturus. Pretend you do not know of her trap and cooperate with her, and once she takes you out of Tarturus, attack her with your Mark, Piper's charmspeak, and the rest of the Seven's powers.

Okay, I thought, but what exactly is Gaea's trap?

That you must figure out yourself, daughter. It is a very predictable plan. Even your kelp head of a boyfriend could figure it out.

I sighed mentally, (if that's possible), and thought, Alright, thank you for the advice mother.

Do not thank me, daughter. I was merely doing you and your friends a favor.

I nodded and thought, yes, mother. I will make you proud.

You already have.

Anyway, these thoughts were flooding my mind in the course of about five seconds.

Gaea was still glaring at us, and I glanced back at Piper, and I hope my gaze told her to cooperate.

Percy nudged me, so I looked over my shoulder, and saw that Gaea had been talking and was expecting an answer.

"Do you give up?" Gaea was asking me.

I glanced back at the others, and I mouthed, 'I got this guys,'

I turned back to Gaea, and nodded.

The others started to protest, but I silenced them with a glare that said, 'I'll explain in a second, hold on.'

I wondered if my Mark had the capacity to speak to my friends through my thoughts, like my mother and all the other gods do to their children.

Normally, the Mark wouldn't allow this type of communication, but the other gods and I have decided to give you and the other demigods that power, Athena whispered in the back of my mind.

I prayed a silent thank you to my mother and the other Olympians, and I concentrated hard, and I finally spoke in my friends minds.

Okay, guys. I said.

"Whoa! Annabeth is that you?" Piper's mind asked.

"Yes, the other gods enabled us to have silent conversations, since that's a good battle tactic." I said, while the others' minds' were saying a variety of things like, Awesome, Can we hear the others silently, or is it only you?, and cool, etc.

"Yeah, Leo, you guys can all hear each other, and I agree it is awesome." I said patiently.

"Anyway, the reason I surrendered to Gaea is because my mother spoke to me, and she told me to cooperate, but that the only way we can get out of here is to follow Gaea's trap. Once we get to the trap, we all attack Gaea with our powers, understood?" I explained.

"Back up, how do we know that this plan of following Gaea's trap and not putting up a fight will work?" Asked Frank, and the others agreed.

"Are you going to doubt Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategies' plan?" I pointed out.

"I thought not." I said, with a hint of pride in my (mind?) voice.

"Athena always has a plan," Percy muttered.

"Exactly. So, just follow Gaea's plan, and we should be able to escape." I concluded, and broke the connection between all of our minds.

This conversation was exactly about only thirty seconds in real time, so Gaea had already turned around and was unlocking the prison cell door.

"You're brilliant, you know that?" Percy's voice murmured pride fully.

"I'm not brilliant, my mother is," I corrected him.

"Well, yeah, but you're brilliant too." He contradicted me.

"Not so much." I said.

"Oh come on, this coming from the person whose fatal flaw is hubris, thinking you can do anything, even greater than the gods." Percy said stubbornly. He does have a point, I thought.

"Well, maybe my fatal flaw isn't so fatal anymore." I said willfully.

"Whatever, you're still brilliant." Percy said.

"Whatever you say," I said with a sing-song voice.

"Can you guys quit the couples' quarrel? Gaea unlocked the cell and you're still in the cell." Leo interjected.

"Fine," Percy muttered.

The connection broke, and Percy grabbed my hand, and we walked out of the cell, hand-in-hand.

Gaea glared at us. "Problem back there?"
Percy and I shook our heads simultaneously, so obviously this caused Piper to smile knowingly at us, and the others to chuckle.

Percy rolled his eyes, and we continued walking down the endless hallways.

"If Tarturus is endless, how in Hades are we going to get out of here?" Percy asked in my mind.

"Percy, Gaea knows how to get out of here, Tarturus' is her husband." I said in an obvious voice.

"I knew that."

"Sure."

By now, we had reached a rock barrier that was really similar to the rock barrier we encountered in the Labyrinth. Gaea simply put her hands out; made a fist, and the rock barrier exploded. It was a small explosion, but afterwards, you could hardly tell the rock barrier had been there.

Gaea calmly walked through the arch that had appeared when the rock had exploded and the rest of us followed her.

Percy's expression was so awed and in shock at Gaea's powers, I almost laughed aloud. The others had similar expressions, except for Hazel and me.

I glanced at Hazel, who also looked like she was having trouble to not burst out laughing. I put a hand near my head, and twirled it in a circle.

Hazel was instantly fighting snickers, and I was as well.

"What was that, Wise Girl?" Percy murmured in my ear, and I immediately stopped snickering.

I looked at him, and his expression was probably the most serious I'd ever seen on his face, that I almost started laughed yet again.

"Nothing, Seaweed Brain." I muttered in defeat.

Percy nodded in satisfaction, and I turned my gaze back to the others.

Gaea had stopped at a dead end, but I knew she would use her earth powers to create a door or something.

Instead, Gaea nodded at Hazel, who spread her hands, and closed her eyes in concentration.

Instantaneously, a door formed on the floor, and it expanded until it was about seven feet tall. Hazel moved her hand, and the door responded to her action, and it opened itself.

Of course, I thought. Daughter of Pluto, god of Death, the Underworld/underground, and Riches.

Hazel was the first one to walk through the door, and Gaea followed her. Frank, Piper, Jason, Leo, Percy and I followed.

When we all got through, the sun blinded me for a second, and then my eyes adjusted to the bright light of the sun.

Gaea was smiling evilly at us, and there were at least two hundred monsters behind her.

Yep, here's the trap.

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