Chapter 8

Linh Song's POV


We crash landed in a room with one of the walls collapsed, a tunnel in one, and a massive crater in the middle of the floor. It was a miracle we actually landed on solid ground.

"This is it." Percy said with a shudder.

"How do we get down?" Tam wondered out loud.

"We jump." He replied.

"Excuse me?"

"We jump. You guys can fly right? Fall until your near the ground, then lower yourself down." Percy instructed.

"What about those who can't fly?" Hazel asked.

"The elves should be able to carry one other person." Percy said, glancing cheekily at us.

"I'll carry Piper." Jason said immediately.

It ended up being, Percy with me, Annabeth with Sophie, Leo with Dex, Frank with Keefe, Hazel with Biana, Will with Fitz, and Nico with Tam, much to his dissatisfaction.

"So we just jump?" Fitz asked once we'd all linked arms.

"Yep." Percy said next to me.

Annabeth walked closer to the edge, pulling a very cautious Sophie behind her. "See you guys at the bottom." She said, as she jumped off, bringing Sophie with her.

They're screams, or more, Sophie's screams, echoed through the room.

"So who's next?" Biana asked slowly.

"Me." Nico practically dragged my brother to the edge, and jumped off. It was a miracle he didn't just ket go of Nico's hand right then.

"Nothing scares the McShizzle." Leo marched confidently to the edge of the pit, pulling Dex behind him, who may have whimpered.

"This should." I heard Will mutter as Leo and Dex jumped off.

Hazel and Biana went next, follower by Frank and Keefe, Jason and Piper, Will and Fitz, and finally there are was only me and Percy at the top.

"Are you ok?" I asked him, he seemed nervous to jump, which was understandable, but he'd already been down there once before, he didn't look like he wanted to go again.

"I- yeah. I'm ok. Just... It's whatever your imagining, times ten. It gets to you. The longer your down there, the worse it is. I can't believe Nico's been twice..." He shook his head. "I'm ready."

Scared more than ever, I jumped off the edge of the pit with him.

The fall seemed to last forever. I heard Percy trying to say something, but the words were drowned out by the deafening roar of the wind in my ears. We tumbled through the darkness for I don't know how long. Minutes? Hours? Finally, after what seemed like forever, I saw a tint of red coming closer to us at full speed. I glanced at Percy, but he shook his head. Not yet. We crashed through the red, soaking us both from head to toe. Blood? So now Tartarus had clouds made of blood. Yay. Underneath us, getting closer by the second, was red rock and dirt, dotted with... pus?

I concentrated on myself, and Percy gripping my hand tightly. I felt a tug in my gut as we started slowing down, and finally dropped us at the feet of our group, all of whome were suffering from a few cuts from a rough landing, specifically Nico.

He glared at Tam before getting up and brushing the dirt off his clothes. Honestly, those two would get along great of they weren't trying to kill eachother.

"So... now where do we go?" Keefe wondered.

Nico and Will glanced at each other.

"Damasan" The said in unison.

"Who now?" Keefe asked.

"Damasan." Nico repeated.

"Isn't he, like, a giant?" Leo told him.

"Yes. But he was born to oppose Ares, and Ares is all about war, so Damasan is peaceful." Nico informed us.

"Have you ever actually met him?" Leo questioned.

"Well... no. But Bob did. Last time, he hadn't regenerated yet, but we used his hut."

"So... we go to a random Giants house and ask for hospitality?" Jason asked.

"Do we have a better choice? He should also know where we have to go." Nico added.

We, as in, the Elves, were very reluctant to go, but we were quickly outvoted. It wasn't fair there were more demi-gods than us.

"I'm pretty sure I remember the way." Nico looked around at our surroundings and headed left, leaving the rest of us to follow suite.

A/N

I'm really sorry about the sucky chapter...

My summer holidays end in half a week and I've been really busy...

I'll try and update a better chapter tomorrow!