Allright guys, so this is chapter 21.

Damn…21. I really did not know that I could get this far into the story. And don't worry guys, the story is not done just yet! There's gonna be a few twists before that!

Oh, and we left off here when Luke and Loki were about to get their first item for their magic soup, but Loki activated a booby trap.

So here we go!

Luke

How could Loki be such an idiot? He knew that there was obviously a trap and still he walks right into it. And now he's rigged it.

There was a deep rumbling as the ground beneath us shook. Loki stumbled, a few feet away from me. He slammed his staff into the ground to keep himself from falling to the ground.

I was not as lucky.

I stumbled and fell to the ground with a thump. I slowly tried to get back up and managed to by holding a nearby tree branch.

"What's happening?" I shouted in Loki's direction.

Loki grunted and said, "I do not know!"

I looked at the ground and saw thin, hair like cracks appeared on the surface. They zig zagged through my feet and around the flower. They surrounded the flower and slowly opened up to reveal a huge abysses filled with fire and rock. Columns of fire and rock erupted from the cracks like they were volcanoes in the middle of an eruption.

I quickly dove to the side as a crack that I wasn't paying attention to opened up beneath my feet. As I landed to the solid rock beside it, a huge column of hot magma erupted from the crack. I had escaped in the nick of time.

Still, the ground around us was not done falling apart. All around us, there were small islands of land surrounded by cracks spewing red hot fire. It was like we were standing in the middle of a sea of lava. The flower stood innocently on it's own island dead in the centre.

I saw Loki dive to the side as a stray column of lava was thrown at him.

"We have to get out of here!" I shouted. "Forget the flower!"

"Never!" He shouted back.

Loki started to jump from island to island as they moved around in the sea of lava. With his staff in hand, he almost seemed to be adding extra power to his jumps. I was sure he was using magic so that he wouldn't lose his balance and fall into the pit of fire.

But I knew he had limited power. Sooner or later he would lose his power and fall to his death. I had to go help him.

As I looked down, I noticed that I was standing on an island of my own. I was surrounded with cracks on all sides. I had no way out and I was far away from the centre island where Loki was headed. I had to hurry if I wanted to catch up to him.

I walked over to the pit I had to cross to get to the platform with the flower on it. It went down, deep into the earth and I could see a river of lava way down there. I was careful not to get too close to the edge as not to fall in. The earth around us was still rumbling and groaning.

I backed up from the crack a bit. I decided that to get anywhere, I would have to jump. Hopefully I would make it.

I looked back at the crack and let out a small puff of air.

Well here goes everything.

Then I started running.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me towards the break in the land, and when I was just a foots length away from it, I pushed of my back foot and jumped.

It was exhilarating to say the least.

I was in the air and everything around me seemed to run in slow motion. The lava way beneath me, Loki running toward the flower, everything.

I saw the edge of the platform approaching. I brought my feet forward to land firmly on the ground.

Then my feet touched solid ground. I planted my feet and absorbed the shock by bending my knees.

I was safe. I had made it.

I let out a breath of air that I didn't know was holding in.

Just as I was about to run after Loki, something uncalled for happened.

Beneath my feet, I felt a faint crackling of earth. The cracking grew louder and louder by the passing second. I only realized too late that I should've moved from the place that I was standing.

Now it was too late.

The earth beneath my feet gave way into the molten lava below. My eyes widened in surprise as I felt myself falling. My breath hitched as my feet touched nothing but air. In the last, frenzied second, I flailed my arms around like mad trying to find something to hold onto.

I was in luck.

I felt my hand grab onto a small, frail looking tree branch. I held on for dear life as I screamed for help.

"Loki! Loki!" I shouted on the top of my lungs.

I waited a few seconds before screaming the same thing again.

"LOKI!"

I waited for what felt like forever. My arms were aching from holding onto the stray branch. It felt like my fingers would lose their grip any minute now. I couldn't hold on any longer.

Just as I almost ran out of hope, I heard footsteps approaching and soon, I saw the face of Loki glowering down on me. His eyebrows raised for a moment and I almost saw the ghost of a sneer appear on his face. For a terrifying moment, I thought he wasn't going to help me up and just leave me there hanging.

But then he raised his staff in his hand and banged it once to the floor.

I felt myself becoming weightless-almost like wind and I started to rise from the canyon. The strain on my fingers was gone as I didn't need to hold on to anything anymore. I rose up and soon, I was hovering over solid ground. I landed next to Loki with a thump and fell to the ground none too gently.

"thanks." I grumbled as I rubbed my bruised ass.

"No problem." He replied, not having noticed my obvious sarcasm.

As he stood next to me, he gave me a big once over. It was like he was observing me, studying me like I was his specimen. It was highly unnerving.

I cleared my throat awkwardly and looked away. It was then that I noticed what he was holding in his hand. It was the arrowhead flower.

"I see you go the flower." I stated.

"Yes…" he mused. "It seems like nothing of value, does it….Where do you suggest we place it?"

I thought for a moment and then got an idea. "How 'bout we bury it?"

"Bury it where?"

"In the desert," I suggested. "I have a feeling no one's going to want to go back there anytime soon."

Loki looked like he was mulling the idea over in his brain for a second. Finally he said, "Yes that does seem like a good idea. And I know the way as well."

He walked over to the edge of the island that we were on and easily jumped to the next. I stood exactly where I was, a bit apprehensive at jumping the thing again. When he realized that I wasn't following him, he turned around and beckoned me forward.

"Whatever you say…" I muttered, a little annoyed. I took off running and jumped to the next platform almost as easily as Loki. I realized too quickly that he was using his magic to help.

He started walking once more and I fell into step behind him. I long stopped questioning how he knew where everything was in this place. I had a feeling that it had something to do with his magic. I had noticed that everything these days did.

I decided to ignore that suspicion for now, and just continue to head toward the desert to bury our newfound treasure.

It didn't take us long to find the desert. Loki seemed to know the exact directions to get there.

As I parted the trees in front of us, I came face to face with a bright, blinding yellow and I saw the endless desert once more.

"We should bury it close to the forest so that we can get it later with ease." Loki ordered.

"Yes sir," I said with as much sarcasm as I could muster.

I took the strangely shaped flower from Loki and started to dig a hole in the sand below me. Once I dug deep enough, I placed the delicate looking flower into the sand.

"Wait," Loki intervened. He dug in his robes for a while and took out a handkerchief the size of my palm. "Wrap the thing in this."

I took it and wrapped the flower in the cloth. Then, I shovelled sand over the flower in the cloth until I couldn't see a trace of it anymore.

"How will we be able to find it if we need it?" I asked, curious.

Loki smirked evilly. "Oh we will. Don't you worry about that."

I pursed my lips together and stood up. I decided that it was against my better judgment than to ask about it anymore. I hated to admit it, but Loki was powerful. In a fight, I was sure he would win. Though I knew that if I had Kronos inside of me, I would be able to defeat him with my hands tied behind my back. But for now, I couldn't and I had to deal with that.

We started walking back into the forest.

It was almost sunset by now and Loki was leading once more.

Sooner rather than later, we found a clearing big enough for the two of us. We both drank a bit of water from the water bottles that we had collected and ate the food we had collected from the forest while we were looking for the flower. We didn't speak to each other at all for the longest time. Soon, Loki and I both drifted off to sleep.

As I went to sleep, I was met with a strange dream.

…..

I was in Camp Half Blood…kind of. More like a darker, more depressing version of the camp. I admit, I did get a bit nostalgic then. I remembered the times Annabeth and I would play capture the flag and…no! I couldn't afford to let myself get caught up in these useless memories. I was in the present now. Not the past.

I walked around until I saw one lonely cabin standing in the watery darkness. It was the Poseidan cabin. I furrowed my eyebrows. Why would I be seeing the Posiedan cabin in my dream?

I slowly walked over to it and realized that the door was closed. I tried to open it, but my hand flowed right through it. Almost like I was a ghost or something.

Damn.

I held my hands up to the door and apprehensively took a step toward the seemingly solid door. I fell right through the door. I barely stopped myself from falling over.

As I steadied myself and looked around the cabin, I saw none other than Percy Jackson standing in the middle of the cabin. I froze and held my breath so that he wouldn't notice me there. He seemed to be looking at something in the corner of the cabin. I peered closer and saw that he was looking at a strange black box.

Why would he be in my dream?

...

Or this isn't my dream.

I was invisible, in the Poseidan cabin and Percy was standing right in front of me and seemingly not noticing me there. This had to be none other than the great hero of olympus's dream.

I walked over to Percy and he didn't seem to notice my presence. I cautiously waved a hand in front of his face and he didn't even flinch. I smirked inwardly. He doesn't notice a thing.

Just as I saw Percy reaching out his hand to touch the box, the door to the cabin unexpectedly open. I flinched and backed away a few steps at the startling sound.

I turned around and in the doorway, I saw none other than the great Poseidan standing in the doorway. Now I knew that this had to be Percy's dream that I was in. Poseidan would never visit me in my dream.

I Stood and watched as the two spoke to each other. I heard the entire conversation.

I found out that he was told to join the Avengers. I even found out what that black box is. It could give you what you needed the most at a specific time.

I needed that box.

Percy had both the box and the key. I didn't care that there woudl be a sacrifice if you were to open the box. I needed that box.

As Poseidan had held out his hand to give Percy the key, I had tried to take it. Unfortunatly, my hand just floated right through both of their hands. Of course. I was invisible.

I watched as Percy placed both the box and the key in his pocket. I almost snarled in longing. That box could change the course of this war. It would make it so that I could win. And percy had it.

I watched as Poseidna left. Just before he turned around, I saw him look straight in my direction. For one long, horrifying second, I thought he had seen me. But he didn't. He then simply turned around and dissolved into rain.

I relaxed my rigid body. That was a close call. That was when I felt myself dissolving into the air. I was waking up.

Just before my dream ended, I laughed at how they weren't able to see me.

….

I woke with a start. There was cold sweat on my brow and I noticed that it was still the middle of the night. That had to be the strangest thing that I have encountered in dream form to date.

I thought about what I had just seen. Percy had a box that would allow him to acquire something he might need at a time of need. He could use it at any time.

I wanted that box with every single cell in my body.

I heard what Poseidan said about the consequences, but honestly, I didn't give a damn.

I had to get that box.

When I meet Percy, and I know I will, I will fight him for it.

If we had that box, we could turn this war into our favour. We would get the power we so desperately needed.

I glanced over at Loki and saw that he was still asleep. I rolled over onto my back and looked up at the stars. I had nothing to do now, except for sleep.

So I shut my eyes and tried to get as much sleep as I could with the many things that were on my mind.

Well there it is.

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-Detective DG