Chapter 2
August was still screaming. Eventually he got himself together enough to start yelling at Percy. "YOU IDIOT!" he screamed. "YOU STUPID IDIOT! YOU'VE KILLED US ALL! OH, YOU STUPID IDIOT! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO SEAL HIM AWAY!? YEARS! YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE GONE UP TO MT. OLYMPUS, ACTIVATED AN ATOMIC BOMB, AND THEN SAT ON IT!"
Just then, Piper came up with her present for Annabeth. "Hi Annabeth, "Happy Birth-" she began cheerfully.
August interrupted her, yelling, "THIS IS NO TIME FOR HAPPY BIRTHDAY-ING! WE ARE ALL IN SERIOUS DANGER!"
"August, calm down!" said Percy. "How are we in danger?"
August calmed down a little, and explained, "That necklace you gave Annabeth is one of the several necklaces of power. They have enough they can Gove you a massive army to control that is big enough to destroy western civilization, AND a huge monster to control… that can destroy the world.
Percy's, Annabeth's, and Piper's faces spread to a look of horror.
"And not only that, Percy," continued August. "But when you picked up that necklace, you released a villan that has been trying to obtain his goal for over three centuries. A villan so evil that he was confined to Tartarus by me and that was still not near enough a punishment for him. A villan so crafty that he always comes out on top and can accurately plan for things years ahead in a couple days. His name? The griefer. His goal? Burn the world to the ground."
The three demigods blinked a couple times. Percy heard a camera man say "and cut the tape." Percy sat staring at his friend for a little while longer, then admitted, "I'm sorry, but you lost me at 'not only that.'" August gave a sigh of exasperation, and repeated what he just said. "Oh," said Percy. "And I guess there's seven of them. August rolled his eyes at Percy and replied sarcastically, "Yes, Percy. One ring to bring them all, one ring to find them. One ring to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them. This isn't Lord of the Rings, Percy, this is REAL LIFE! And there's five of them by the way. Now we need to find Griefer, and, not to quote Apocalypse Now, but we need to terminate his command."
"Terminate?" asked Annabeth uncertainly.
August looked at her and confirmed, "Terminate with extreme prejudice."
Just then, August , and got a scared expression on his face. Then three things happened at once. August yelled, "GET DOWN," there was an explosion right next to Percy, and there was darkness.
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