Here's the first chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter 1
Nico pov
I stood there staring out over the edge of the boat. I felt like smashing my head against the railing until I bled. I can't believe I let them go, I could of saved them. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't shake that recurring image of Annabeth and Percy falling into Tartarus. It was like those Gifs or whatever, where the image repeats itself again and again. That's what it was like. So horrible.
"So..." Leo Valdez son of Hephaestus says, leaning against the railing. "What now?"
"I dunno." I reply, staring off into the distance. "Greece, I guess."
"Where? 'Cause I'm gonna need a direct location." He asks standing up straight. He was chewing the gum in his mouth rapidly and his hand was clenching and unclenching.
"Athens." Jason tells him. Jason was sitting on the bow of the ship. His blonde hair waving in the wind.
"Aye aye." Leo replies simply. He takes a hop skip and a jump and lands by his control board. "This is your captain speaking." Leo says through his Megaphone. "We are going to hit some slight turbulence as we head towards Athens, so buckle up and stay safe! Also please remember that I am not at fault for any arms, legs or hooves lost on this flight. Thank you!"
I roll my eyes at Leo and walk off down the boat.
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Annabeth pov
I wake up cold, scared and alone.
My eyes snap open and I struggle to my feet. Looking around I see black. Literally. Black. Nothing else. I stand back and let my eyes adjust to the dark, but even when that happened I could barely see anything. I decide to take a few steps forward and stub my toe on something metal. I bring my hand forward and grasp a pole. I raise an eyebrow and search for more poles with my other hands. I find more, all the way to my left and right. It soon dawned upon me I was caged and alone.
"Dammit Percy." I mutter when I remember everything that happened before we fell. "Why didn't you leave me."
"Because he didn't want to Annabeth Chase. Because we all know 'love' is a strong force." A voice echoes from somewhere beyond my cage.
"Who are you?!" I ask the darkness.
"I am everything around you. I am-"
"Tartarus." I finish for him...er It.
"Yes."
"Where's Percy?!" I ask Tartarus looking around me in vain hope of seeing Percy somewhere in the cage, or at least in another.
"He is not here." Tartarus states. It almost sounded like It was mocking me.
"Then where is he?"
"I don't know. He is somewhere...in me, but alas I don't know where."
"Why am I caged?"
"Because Gaia wishes so."
"So you follow Gaia's orders, huh?" I ask the walls while crossing my arms.
"No." Suddenly the walls start emit a faint glowing, like Percy's sword Riptide does, and a figure encased in black Ancient Greek armour steps towards the cage. "I mealy keep whatever arrives in my cesspool here." I look around the cave and see that it looks like a...well a cave, just black and cold.
"So, I'm caged because of you?" I ask Tartarus, stepping closer to the bars of the cage.
"No. Gaia has caged you. I am just keeping you here in me."
"You have nothing to do with me being in a cage?"
"No. You fell into my darkest recesses and Gaia has decided to cage you, like an animal."
"Like an animal." I repeat.
"Yes."
"Can you help me out?" I ask Tartarus.
"Maybe." He scratches the bottom of his helmet and stares at me. His glowing red eyes boring into mine. I sigh, I knew where this conversation was going. "Long ago, I lost something. Very valuable and very important."
"What was it?"
"A boot." At that I nearly choked on my own saliva.
"A boot? Are you serious?" I ask him, not believing what I was hearing.
"Yes, a boot. A boot of great power and immense destruction."
I sigh again. "Where's the boot?"
"There are two."
"Two?"
"Yes. One is being held by Kronos."
"Kronos has your boot?" I rub my temples with my fingers and sigh. "Great."
"The other is under your feet."
"What?"
"It is under the earth where you stand."
"But isn the earth you?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't you dig it up yourself?"
"Because this form cannot touch anything if it is missing part of it's armour." I frown and look down at his feet. Sure enough I get to see two very old and disgusting 10 Thousand or so year old feet.
"Right. You need your boots so you can use your psychical form?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll start digging." I say cursing in Greek.
Chapter 1
Nico pov
I stood there staring out over the edge of the boat. I felt like smashing my head against the railing until I bled. I can't believe I let them go, I could of saved them. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't shake that recurring image of Annabeth and Percy falling into Tartarus. It was like those Gifs or whatever, where the image repeats itself again and again. That's what it was like. So horrible.
"So..." Leo Valdez son of Hephaestus says, leaning against the railing. "What now?"
"I dunno." I reply, staring off into the distance. "Greece, I guess."
"Where? 'Cause I'm gonna need a direct location." He asks standing up straight. He was chewing the gum in his mouth rapidly and his hand was clenching and unclenching.
"Athens." Jason tells him. Jason was sitting on the bow of the ship. His blonde hair waving in the wind.
"Aye aye." Leo replies simply. He takes a hop skip and a jump and lands by his control board. "This is your captain speaking." Leo says through his Megaphone. "We are going to hit some slight turbulence as we head towards Athens, so buckle up and stay safe! Also please remember that I am not at fault for any arms, legs or hooves lost on this flight. Thank you!"
I roll my eyes at Leo and walk off down the boat.
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Annabeth pov
I wake up cold, scared and alone.
My eyes snap open and I struggle to my feet. Looking around I see black. Literally. Black. Nothing else. I stand back and let my eyes adjust to the dark, but even when that happened I could barely see anything. I decide to take a few steps forward and stub my toe on something metal. I bring my hand forward and grasp a pole. I raise an eyebrow and search for more poles with my other hands. I find more, all the way to my left and right. It soon dawned upon me I was caged and alone.
"Dammit Percy." I mutter when I remember everything that happened before we fell. "Why didn't you leave me."
"Because he didn't want to Annabeth Chase. Because we all know 'love' is a strong force." A voice echoes from somewhere beyond my cage.
"Who are you?!" I ask the darkness.
"I am everything around you. I am-"
"Tartarus." I finish for him...er It.
"Yes."
"Where's Percy?!" I ask Tartarus looking around me in vain hope of seeing Percy somewhere in the cage, or at least in another.
"He is not here." Tartarus states. It almost sounded like It was mocking me.
"Then where is he?"
"I don't know. He is somewhere...in me, but alas I don't know where."
"Why am I caged?"
"Because Gaia wishes so."
"So you follow Gaia's orders, huh?" I ask the walls while crossing my arms.
"No." Suddenly the walls start emit a faint glowing, like Percy's sword Riptide does, and a figure encased in black Ancient Greek armour steps towards the cage. "I mealy keep whatever arrives in my cesspool here." I look around the cave and see that it looks like a...well a cave, just black and cold.
"So, I'm caged because of you?" I ask Tartarus, stepping closer to the bars of the cage.
"No. Gaia has caged you. I am just keeping you here in me."
"You have nothing to do with me being in a cage?"
"No. You fell into my darkest recesses and Gaia has decided to cage you, like an animal."
"Like an animal." I repeat.
"Yes."
"Can you help me out?" I ask Tartarus.
"Maybe." He scratches the bottom of his helmet and stares at me. His glowing red eyes boring into mine. I sigh, I knew where this conversation was going. "Long ago, I lost something. Very valuable and very important."
"What was it?"
"A boot." At that I nearly choked on my own saliva.
"A boot? Are you serious?" I ask him, not believing what I was hearing.
"Yes, a boot. A boot of great power and immense destruction."
I sigh again. "Where's the boot?"
"There are two."
"Two?"
"Yes. One is being held by Kronos."
"Kronos has your boot?" I rub my temples with my fingers and sigh. "Great."
"The other is under your feet."
"What?"
"It is under the earth where you stand."
"But isn the earth you?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't you dig it up yourself?"
"Because this form cannot touch anything if it is missing part of it's armour." I frown and look down at his feet. Sure enough I get to see two very old and disgusting 10 Thousand or so year old feet.
"Right. You need your boots so you can use your psychical form?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll start digging." I say cursing in Greek.