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Chapter 15

Annabeth

Considering she had already almost fallen to her death before, Annabeth should have been prepared for it again. But she wasn't.

Not in the slightest.

At least this time she could see the ground. It wasn't that much of a fall, but it wasn't like they were falling into water. The ground below was made of ice.

She looked at Percy, who was gaping at the area in front of them. His one hand was still gripping the steering wheel while their fingers were intertwined. His mouth moved but Annabeth couldn't hear him over her own useless screaming.

On instinct, she turned her head away from windshield and closed her eyes, bracing for impact.

It hit her like a bullet. The cold water and ice cracked the glass of the car and slammed her backwards. Her eyes open as waves came into the car and into her mouth. The airbags came out and slammed into her chest so painfully that she felt like she had cracked another rib. She wasn't even sure that her foot was still on her.

She choked on the water and coughed it out, only to have more and more come in. She finally just closed her mouth. Her hair was floating all around her. The car sunk down deeper in the water.

She looked around, trying to see through the air bubbles that were rising around their car. Through them, she saw a flash of frizzy hair that looked like Percy's and some braces. A laugh erupted in the water, and Annabeth didn't know where it was coming from.

Feeling worried, she turned her head to the side to look at her boyfriend.

Percy was obviously breathing normally, being an enviable son of the sea god. He had his sword out and used it to pop the airbags in the car. He must've been oblivious to the evil cackling. Then he leaned back and started kicking at the window, trying to break it.

Annabeth wanted to say something logical. You couldn't exactly break a windshield, since most of it was infused with plastic, but you had to move it off.

She even forgot that she needed air until her lungs started to burn. She reached over and thwacked Percy on the head. The water slowed her fingers down, but he turned to look at her. He gave her the Oh yeah look. She saw little bubbles coming out of her mouth, and one of them grew until it was around her head and Percy's upper bodies.

She spit out a mouth full of water. It wasn't salt water, but it wasn't exactly fresh either. She picked out seaweed and looked at Percy, who was staring intently at her. "Are you cold?" he asked glancing around them cautiously.

She'd barely even realized how cold she was because of the shock she was in. But slowly, she stared to feeling numbness in her legs, a little tingling sensation. Her teeth began to chatter.

"Yeah, a little bit," she answered.

The bubble expanded so that it covered her entire body, but she didn't feel any warmer. She heard Percy gulp. "Oh gods…" he muttered, leaning forward to examine her stomach area. She put her hand against it and cringed. A thick substance rubbed off on her fingers.

"Of course this happens," she said, studying the blood. Percy's eyebrows furrowed in that annoyingly cute way, but she waved him off. "It's not that bad. Just a few cut. Nothing else broke."

"Are you sure?" he asked, gripping her hand.

She nodded. It didn't even hurt. Nothing hurt. Percy turned ahead and continued to kicked and punched at the glass. It started to lift off and he pushed it forward. Slowly, it floated away in the water.

"Percy," Annabeth said. "Did you hear that laughing from before?"

"What laughing?"

"There was some girl laughing. She was floating around in the water, watching us a few minutes ago. She started laughing."

Percy's back straightened. "What did this girl look like?"

"She had black hair and braces, but that's all I could see. Her hair kind of looked like yours."

His eyes darkened and he bit his lip. "This is not good," he mumbled. "I know her." He grabbed her hand and pushed them off. "I don't want to make you have to do this, but you have to swim. We need to get out of here before she comes back."

"She? Who're you talking about?"

"Kate," he answered simply. "I mean, Keto."

"Wonderful." Percy had already told Annabeth about Keto. She should've guessed it. Percy, Frank, and Coach Hedge had met the sea monster Keto and her husband Phorcys while they were in Atlanta, Georgia a few days ago.

"Let's get out of here before Porky shows up too."

Percy grabbed her by the waist. Forget about making her swim; he shot through the water like a rocket. Annabeth hadn't realized how far they had drifted down in the water. Her ears popped with the pressure changes.

All seemed fine until her head banged against something and she nearly screamed.

Her boyfriend swore and banged his shoulder against the wall of ice that prevented them from exiting the water. Annabeth felt like she was coming down with hypothermia and her vision was getting tunnel-like. Some daughter of Athena she was. She couldn't even protect herself.

Percy banged his hand against the ice. It didn't even help them at all. Sighing with defeat, he pulled her down a little bit and muttered something.

Using his good arm that wasn't wrapped around Annabeth, Percy waved it straight up in the air. Annabeth watched in wonder as bit of the water surrounding them hardened into little spears. Then, at the same time, they all shot up at the ice.

They tore the ice to shreds. It broke apart as if it were made of nothing. Annabeth and Percy kicked until they surfaced. She hadn't realized that she was holding her breath until the bubble popped.

She hacked into the ice and crawled on her stomach, collapsing on the frozen water.

She felt someone rubbing her back. She turned her head to the side and saw Percy looking down at her. He had her blood on his fingers.

"My crutches are gone," she grumbled, resting her head on her hand.

"I know," he said. "And to think I worked so hard on those."

She smiled. "And now the car is gone too."

"Ha, yeah. There's nothing we can do about that, now is there?"

"I suppose there isn't." She sat up and looked below them. The ice was crystal clear so that she could see below them. The water was really deep and dark black. She couldn't even see the car anywhere.

The laughter came again. It was deeper. She could here Kate's, but there was also an older voice, not Gaea. It was a male voice.

This time, Percy could hear it too. "We shouldn't stay here." They both rose up, and Percy started to carry her piggyback style. "I make you a new pair of crutches," he promised.

"Out of what?" They were on ice, for crying out loud. That wasn't going to help them much.

"Well- Hey… feel how warm it is!"

"Warm?" She didn't realize what he meant until she found out that she was sweating. The air had to be 90 degrees, yet there was ice all around them, and the water temperature was definitely in the negatives. "That's strange." It was like Annabeth in Wonderland.

"Look at that!" said Percy.

Annabeth looked off in the distance. Right where the moon was hanging in the sky was a giant building, kind of like a house. Actually, more like a bunch of houses stacked on top of each other. It looked like a misshapen creation. The green sky seemed to get darker around it, like a giant storm was happening. She did not want to go anywhere near that place. There was something about it that just didn't seem right.

"It's a house!" Percy exclaimed, as if Annabeth hadn't seen that already. "Maybe there's someone there that can help you!"

"Really? In Tartarus? That's unlikely."

And right behind them, Annabeth heard footsteps. Loud ones like an army. Just as she was getting ready to turn around, she heard a female voice scream, "ATTACK THE DEMIGODS! AIM TO KILL!"

This is short because I'm gonna post a really important chapter on Christmas, which is only 2 days away, so stay tuned!

I went to the movies yesterday to finally see Breaking Dawn Part 2. It was by far the best movie out of them all. I loved how they ended it by showing the final page of the book. Well, anyway, have a great night! I love you guys so much! You're all just awesome!

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