The Lost Souls

A Golden Maze and A Vote on Their Fates

Rachel knew exactly what would happen when the maze went up. She followed the markings until she reached Luke and Annabeth.

Annabeth was already ungagged and she was standing.

"Luke," Rachel calls.

"Rachel," Luke greets. "What's the status currently?"

"I can't see anything clearly right now," Rachel admits. "Also Bianca wants to let you know that your half-siblings are jerks. She and Nico have to sleep in a shed because of them."

"They're children of Hades," Luke states. "I expected my siblings to fear Nico and Bianca. And have Bianca, she is one to be feared." Luke holds out Annabeth's dagger to Annabeth. "Here."

"Thanks," Annabeth says.

She hugs Luke.

"What was that for?" Luke asks.

"I haven't hugged my brother figure in years," Annabeth smiles.

Then they all heard a shout of pain.

Percy didn't know what to do when the maze went up.

He started running through paths and he reached the sky and Artemis.

Across the path he saw Thalia and Bianca fighting Atlas while Zoe sent arrows at him.

"The sky," Percy says. "Give it to me!"

Artemis looked at him in shock.

"What?" she asks him.

"Thalia, Bianca and Zoe are fighting the General," Percy informs. "You have to help them."

Percy cit the chains at Artemis's feet and took the weight with her.

Percy then realized it was heavier than he remembered.

Then he held it alone.

Artemis raced over to help Thalia, Bianca and Zoe.

Then he heard a shout of pain.

When the maze went up Bianca and Thalia were in a clearing with Atlas and Zoe.

Bianca turned her necklace into a sword and Thalia held her spear at the ready.

Both attacked as Zoe shot arrows into Atlas's weak spots in the armor.

The three girls worked in perfect harmony.

As though they had always fought together.

Then Artemis raced in and Bianca was caught with an arrow in the side.

She let out a shout of pain.

She quickly removed the arrow and rolled to the side as Thalia continued to attack, while still concerned for her cousin.

Artemis joined Thalia and Zoe.

Bianca got up and got to Percy quickly.

She saw him struggling and placed herself under the sky and lifted it just far enough to free Percy.

Percy fell to the ground and Bianca knew he was still alive and was not passed out.

Percy crawled out from under the point and Bianca slightly grit her teeth.

"Make sure Atlas is being sent over here," Bianca orders.

"He is," Percy says.

Percy counted the minutes on a watch.

I was twenty minutes past when Bianca took the sky.

Every time Percy tried to take it back Bianca would glare at him.