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Chapter 23

Gabe Ugliano was staring at them with a sneer on his face. His pudgy face was scrunched up that looked like he was sucking in his cheeks. Percy, knowing him, knew that he was just breathing hardly.

"I see you made a friend," Gabe spoke again, looking at Nico. "How cute."

Gabe didn't look at one thing: the armory was right behind them. A wall and covered up the rows of weapons all stacked up next to each other. But he didn't need to know that.

Percy looked at Nico helplessly, but he just glared at Gabe angrily. His black eyes now turned into an endless pit. Almost like a black vortex that could suck you up, and kill you when you reach the other side.

"Thalia! Annabeth!" Nico yelled loudly, his voice echoing along the corridor and hallways.

Who knew Gabe was that fast? Almost in an instant, he was walking towards Nico hurriedly. He clamped his hand over his mouth, and brung him to a strangle mode. No matter how much he kicked, or struggled, the grip was like it was made out of iron.

Percy watched the scene. It was like the night his mother died all over again. He didn't bother with Riptide, even though he loved that weapon. A sword, Gabe wouldn't be that afraid off. He pressed the button to open the wall. Immediately, the wall moved to its side. He scanned his fingerprint on one of the guns, and the chains and locks clicked open.

It was a gun that was known against people. The AK-47 was now being pointed at Gabe's head. Percy's fingers were on the trigger and the gun was locked and loaded.

And that was when Thalia and Annabeth barged in the door. They did not expect to see Gabe strangling Nico, and Percy pointing a gun to his stepfather's head.

"What the hell is going on?" Thalia shouted angrily, as she started walking off to the armory.

Annabeth had a phone in her hands, while Thalia stormed over to the armory and picked her special bow. She took at least more than a dozen arrows, and notched an arrow before pointing it at Gabe.

"Let him go," Thalia demanded fiercely.

"I bet that's a blunt quiver. And that's probably a fake gun. Isn't it punk?" Gabe spoke, particularly at Percy.

Percy's fingers were itching to pull the trigger. Nico was struggling to breath, and was about to fade into unconsciousness, when Annabeth did a perfectly executed kick towards Gabe in the stomach.

Gabe flew backwards, and hit the wall, nearly cracking it in the process.

"Call the cops and an ambulance," Thalia ordered, as she ran over to Nico, checking his pulse.

Percy grabbed the phone from Annabeth's hand, and pressed in the numbers hastily.

"Police and ambulance," Percy immediately spoke as it went to the voice that asked him what service he needed.

Thalia stared at Percy. She grabbed the phone from him, and sighed.

"Don't bother with an ambulance," Thalia said. "Send Apollo instead."

Thalia hung up the phone afterwards. She gave the phone back to Annabeth and quickly walked back to Nico. He was rubbing his sore neck and taking deep breaths.

"Nico I'm so sorry," Percy whispered, as he sat down next to him.

"Not your fault," Nico managed to talk before continuing the breaths.

Annabeth was worried about Nico, but there was one more thing she had to do. She went over to Gabe, who was surprisingly still conscious. He looked at her with a sadistic smile, but she glared back. Her stormy grey eyes now looked like the stare of death. Her eyes didn't soften as Thalia placed her hand over her shoulder.

"The cops are coming," Thalia spoke to Gabe. "You're going to jail."

"I'd like to see them try," Gabe sneered.

Percy heard the conversation and frowned. He looked at Nico who stared back, and nodded. He picked up the AK-47 and walked over to Gabe. He placed the gun to his stepfather's head.

"I'd like to see you try," Gabe jeered at Percy. "You can't even do anything after your mother died. She was useless anyway. Only good for nothing. Just like you. Just like your daddy-"

"Shut up!" Percy shouted furiously, surprising almost everyone on the room "Shut up before I pull the damn trigger!"

Gabe had to admit. He didn't see that coming. He looked at Percy and saw that he actually was about to pull the trigger. The gun was pointed to his temple, and if his temple had eyes, it would have seen that the gun was lock and loaded.

"Then do it," Gabe chuckled insanely. "You don't have the guts to pull the trigger."

And that was it. "He might not have the guts. But I swear, if you say one more word, I'll make the arrow go straight through your heart. Which is more than you deserve since you tortured him."

Gabe didn't even listen to what Thalia said. He was focusing on what she said at the end. His eyes narrowed on Percy.

"You told them?" Gabe asked Percy incredulously. He was angry. "You told them?"

Knowing that the police would come in five minutes, Gabe knocked Thalia's bow out of the way and lunged for Percy. With his weight, it was too surprising. They were all too slow to move, since his stepfather had thrown them all in the ground in his blind rage.

It felt as if time went in slow motion. Gabe grabbed Percy by the neck, and started punching him, until blood started trickling from his face like tiny geysers exploding everywhere. Blood was splattering everywhere, and he was starting to lose consciousness quickly.

Finally, the others reacted. Thalia picked up her bow, and placed an arrow, right on Gabe's temple. Nico walked as quickly as he could to the armory and chose his Stygian Ice sword he had surprisingly gotten from his dad. He hurried back to Percy, and threateningly placed it near his neck.

Annabeth analyzed the others, especially, Gabe. They were probably expecting her to do something. She closed her eyes, and slowly pulled out a dagger she had gotten from Luke. She rarely used it, only for emergencies. She looked around, and sighed. This was an emergency. She held the dagger to Percy's stepfather's wrists.

And for one of the first times in his life, Gabe Ugliano felt afraid. With all those weapons pointed at you, who wouldn't?

Annabeth checked the time on her watch, and shook her head. Five minutes had already past. Where were the cops? And Apollo for that matter? One thing stuck in her mind: rely on yourself. As amusing as the lesson was, she kept her steely glare on Gabe.

Gabe, even with all the weapons pointing at him, was still holding Percy in a choke hold. The others were too busy glaring at him to notice. And that was their mistake. And before, someone could actually die, the police stormed in the building.

The police were having a hard time deciding who the threat was. On one side, there were these kids pointing weapons at a guy. On the other side, the guy was holding this other guy who was fading in and out of consciousness.

The rest was a blur. The police hoped their instincts were correct, and the others watched in satisfaction as Gabe was put in handcuffs.

"Explain what he did at the police station," a cop said, as he locked the handcuffs. "You're coming with us."

"Along with Percy-" Thalia started as she looked around in confusion.

"The one with the bloody face?" The cop asked, and without waiting for a reply, he answered it. "He'll come with us, but he's going to the medical ward. We'll have to talk there then."

The cop sighed, and walked away. Then finally, his eyes wandered around to the house. His eyes caught sight of all the guns, and weapons, and his eyes widened. He turned to the two cousins who were the owners.

Thalia and Nico walked over back to the cop, and grinned. They searched in their pockets and pulled out their licenses. The officer inspected their gun licenses, and analyzed the gun licenses for any mistakes.

"Our dads got it for us," Thalia spoke casually.

"And who's your dad then?"

"Mine is Zeus, and his is Hades."

The cop lost some color to his face, and took out a note from his pocket. He skimmed his eyes over it quickly:

If you ever get a call from this house on this address,

Come there immediately!

Zeus and Hades.

"Not very immediate is it?" Nico muttered to Thalia as she read the note.

Thalia shook her head in amusement. "Let's just go."

The ambulance and Apollo didn't even come.

A/N: The gun license part probably isn't true, I don't think you can have a gun license when you're under 18. And I know Percy would have used Riptide, but the gun added to the chapter. Thanks for all the support!