Annabeth POV

The place was like a maze. Pure white hallways with unlabeled doors. No windows. It felt like the walls were going to start closing in.

We sprint through the hallways, bullets pinging off the walls all around us.

"I'll get Nico," Percy says while taking him from Grover.

"But..," Grover starts but then stoped when he saw the look on Percy's face.

" I'll find us a way to get out of here and you find the demigods," Percy says, a determined look on his face. I didnt want to split up. But I needed to trust Percy. We split, going down two different hallways.

I followed Grover down a series of hallways until we were met with two large doors. We didn't really have time to contemplate what was on the other side because we heard at least one wolf man behind us.

Part of me was surprised that the doors were unlocked. The other part didn't care. Grover and I burst into the large room and to my shock, it was filled with cages. Still shocked at the sight of the room, I race to the upper right corner of the room. My heart pounded in my chest as I waited for the wolf man to burst in and find us.

I did my best to squeeze myself in between the cages. As the door burst open and a rather large man with yellow eyes opens the door. What if he only found me? What if he only caught Grover? Grover. I silently scan the room for his face. Soon, I turn to the cage next to me only to be faces with a, well, ugly looking thing. I did my best to hold in my scream. The creature had abnormaly large, owl-like eyes with a hooked nose that resembled a beak. and all it did was stare at me. it turned its head almost completely sideways and reached out to me. I tried to move away only to realize could not move. I was to squished in between the cages. I close my eyes hard, hearing the wolf man sniffing and moving cages. Then I felt a hand touch my head and lightly nove down my face. I snap my eyes open to see the owl- thing looking at me. Its pupils were dialated and it made a soft cooing sound, almost like a purr. Feathers lift up on its head. Then it hit me. It had never seen anything like me before, a human. or at least one that wasn't a monster. A wave of guilt washed over me. I had the sudden uge to release all of these creatures. Suddenly a loud bang fills the room followed by a loud roar. I hear the doors close and te room falls silent except of some shuffling and groans. I see Grover stand up and start to open cages. I wriggle out from my hiding spot and turn to the owl creature. It stared at me from the darkness and I stared back. I slowly made my way to the cage and opened it. I held out my hand. Probably not the smartest idea because I didnt know what this thing was capable of. But to my suprise I feel a small hand take mine. I gingerly lead the owl-thing out of its cage. It had never been shown kindness before. It was about the size of a 3 to 4 year old kid. They stumbled towards me and gripped my shirt, just like a scared human child would have done. I slowly start to stand up. The kid never let go. I pick my way through the cages until I found Grover with 6 other people and a dog. I couldn't really see them too well because of the little light. grover turns to me and is taken a back by the child I had in my arms.

"I couldn't just leave him behind," I said in a soft whisper.

"Thats... ok."

"It's a she by the way," comes the voice of a little girl.

I was about ready to answer when I heard quick footsteps outside the door.

"SEE! I told you I saw them go in her-," a mans voice booms. But before he could finish the power had been cut, leaving us in the dark. As I was trying to figure if that hurt or helped us I heard as wicked laugh. Not saying that it was malevolent it just sounded really evil. I heard a growl from the other side of the door, followed by a yelp and a mans scream.

All of us sat in shock waiting for somone, or something, to come throught that door.

Percy POV.

You know when you're in the bathroom and the lights cut out? Yeah that type of fear just ran through me. I actually screamed. Very manly, I know. The good thing is, well is not that good, the dog dude that was chasing me can't see me now. Not to mention Nico was getting heavy and I was getting very lost. Okay so my situation was not that good. I run through the dark halls and nearly fall down a flight of stairs. I gasp but I don't scream. I move back from the stairs moving quietly. I find the handle and lighly tract m finger along it until I feel the railing move upward. The running behind me had stopped, but in place of it it heard sniffing sounds and claws on the tile floor. I didn't stop moving unless the sniffing or footsteps stopped. I slowly made my ways up the stairs. Nico leaned against me, trying to move as quietly as I was. To my horror I hear a sneaker squeak on the tile. I felt my heart drop and on its way down it seemed to hit my stomach. I heard roar and was prepared to feel claws dig into me. But they didn't. They went back the way I'd came from. I read ajust Nico and start to move up the stairs.

"Holy crap," I whispered letting out a muffled laugh.

"No kidding," Nico whisperd.

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I don't remember how many flights of stairs I went up but before I knew it I saw light. It was coming from about 2 stories up and was very faint but it was still there.

" You see that Nico?" I gently shake him awake. He looked up.

" Yeah... I see it."

I push myself to reach the top of the steps when suddenly the power comes on. The bright lights hurt my eyes. I squinted as I made my way to what looked like a roof. I swing the door open and thats exacly what it was