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(Ha sorry KoalaLover for the wait xD)

Chapter 14

Annabeth's P.O.V.

(OK BEOFRE YOU READ, I HAVE TROUBLE PUBLISHING CHAPTER 15 BUT DON'T YOU WORRY ILL FIX IT SOON)

For that one minute in the crowd with Percy, I thought I was safe.

I really had hoped that everything was going to go just as we planned… how we were going to defy Luke and emerge victorious.

Of course, nothing like that happened, miracles just didn't appear out of thin air.

Instead, I was tossed into a musty, rough sack and dragged along to the carrier's mercy.

Where are you Percy.. I need you now..

I was blindfolded and gagged too, so any attempt to escape was useless, plus I wasn't sure if they were armed or not.

There were a few voices outside, however, they seemed muffled, like they were wearing masks.

I took notice of the time… one minute, two minutes, three passes by… but they didn't stop even once.

Panic swelled inside of me, not for myself, but for Percy… what if they used or hurt him? I could never forgive myself if that happened.

I was tired of being selfish… I couldn't believe that it was because of Percy that I changed… and in a good way too.

He had been right with my side through all of my troubles. This time; I was going to be the one that helped him.

When the person who was dragging me finally stopped, about fifteen minutes had flown by.

"Good." A person with a heavy voice grunted.

"Take them to the bunker."

I was dumped onto a cold hard surface, making my bones ache. I attempted to scoot into a sitting position, when I heard a cold, dreadful voice.

"Ah.. so you've come back, traitor."
Its Luke.

Suddenly, the sack was lifted and I was freed of all of my bounds… something about it seemed suspicious.

Luke stood in front of me with a sly expression plastered on his stupid dumb-ass face.

I quickly stood and examined my surroundings, ignoring Luke.

We were standing in a bare concrete room that was dimly lit; it looked like a place for murder. The only person in the room was Luke, who was standing at a considerable distance from me.

I glared at him. "I don't care if I'm a traitor you psychopath."

He shrugged, looking so smug that I wished I could slap the smirk right off his mouth, unfortunately, that would lower my chance of surviving.

"Well, I'm not here for you, in any case.. you're just a spectator really."

My eyes narrowed.

"Then what are your intentions?"

"I know that you've disobeyed me Annabeth, but I feel that someone else pushed you into this.. plan of yours."

My heart stumbled. How did he find out?

"Don't you d-"

He laughed, interrupting me from my thoughts.

"Yeah… you're absolutely right.. bring him in!"

From the right corner of the room, a trapdoor opened, and from it, fell Percy, who was unconscious and with a bleeding wound on his head.

I tried to mask all of the emotion that ran through my body… if he had any chance of escaping unhurt, I had to show that I didn't care for him.

Luke stared at me.

"You were always good at acting…"

I glanced at Luke with the most bored expression I could muster.

"Drawl on about torturing him… I don't care…"

Luke raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? You don't even care about him? Oh come on… you've been spending time acting with him… surely you must have little bit of a friendship…"

What I was doing was really risky, if I said that I didn't care about Percy, he could hurt Percy to see me squirm, however, if I showed that I did care about him, he would deliberately injure him.

"How about if I.." Luke murmured.

Luke walked over to Percy and kicked him hard in the gut.

My eye twitched as I watched him kick him over and over again.

"So?" Luke huffed in between of kicks.

"How long will it take for you to snap?"

I couldn't help myself. It was too much to bear.

I rushed forward and shoved Luke with all of my strength.

He got knocked over, maybe because of surprise, but when he got back on his feet, he smiled that stupid, smug, smirk of his.

I stood in front of Percy, my hands stretched out to protect him.

"You are not going to hurt my friend." I growled.

"Oh… I see.. but unfortunately, that is my goal.."

"YOU JUST WANT TO HURT MY FRIEND BECAUSE I BETRAYED YOU?" I screamed.

"Yeah.. pretty much… that was our deal after all… I'm just fulfilling my side now.

My eyes stung. I didn't want to show weakness in front of him… I just couldn't.

"Aww.. is little Annabeth crying now?"

"SHUT UP" I yelled, my voice dangerously quivering.

"Well, I can't exactly kill you or Percy...so I better not use my weapons" Luke said in a sudden dark tone.

My eyes widened. Luke was much stronger then I was, but I was faster…despite my dress… if I could knock him unconscious, I could get his weapon.

"Annabeth.." A hoarse voice whispered.

I didn't dare look back, I had to keep my eyes on Luke.

"Percy, it's ok, just shut up and stay out of this."

He laughed quietly.

"There is no way I'm going to do that."

There was a groan and a shuffling of fabric, then I became aware of Percy standing behind me.

"We have to do this together."

It pained me so much to see him like this, the bruises on his face and the slight limp on his feet.

But for once, I agreed with him… he was the strength I needed to face Luke, despite his weakened state.

"Right… we can do this." I murmured.

I am so evil :DD

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