How You Changed Me (Demigods In High School AU)

Chapter 37 || The Attack

ANNABETH CHASE

Annabeth ran out, watching as Percy stared up at the sky in wonder.

"Percy!" she yelled, "Percy get out of there!"

"Sorry!" he yelled but suddenly, a crack appeared in the floor, not opening to water. To a pit.

She gasped as monsters swarmed out of the crack, grinning triumphantly. The pit screamed at them and she stared in horror. This was Tartarus.

"PERCY! ANNABETH!" She heard screams and saw Leo screamed, reaching out for his best friend.

They ran around the spreading crack onto the land, landing next to them.

"We've gotta fight!" Leo yelled.

"But..." Annabeth pointed at Jackie and Renee, who were watching with wide eyes.

"Why are you acting so dramatic? They're just puppies," Renee frowned. "But I wonder why they're going from a hole in the floor.

The guests screamed as the bullets rained down, trying to avoid the balls of death as they rained down.

"RUN! RUN! RUN!" people were screaming.

Percy pulled Annabeth out of the way as a bullet burned a hole through the ground where she was just standing. The monsters had closed in around them. Renee yelped in fear as a bullet landed near her feet and she fled the scene, running back into the building. Jackie looked terrified, watching as the monsters crept forward. Percy then grabbed Riptide, Annabeth grabbed her dagger, the rest of them grabbed their weapons, and they charged.

Annabeth kicked one in the face, chopping its head clean off.

"GO GO GO!" she screamed, kicking another in the face.

Percy jumped as he killed more, using the water around him to his advantage, dissolving monsters where they were. He screamed as a bullet imbedded itself in his leg.

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled, kicking her monster overboard.

Then, she saw the one monster she never wanted to see. Arachne. She pounced and Annabeth leaped to the side.

"We've gotta find a way to stop her!" Annabeth yelled.

"You can't stop me!" Arachne yelled and she smirked.

"No, we can when it comes to weaving," she answered.

"What? No! Name anything! I'll weave it!"

"Intricate!" Annabeth warned.

"DO IT!" Arachne yelled.

Annabeth motioned for Percy to leave and he did, fighting the last of the monsters. As Arachne crawled into her own trap, she screamed.

"I'M STUCK!" she yelled.

"Chinese Handcuffs," Annabeth smirked and Arachne screamed.

"F**K!" Arachne yelled as she was dragged into Tartarus.

Annabeth froze when she felt the tugging sensation on her leg. Suddenly, she was yanked backwards. Percy's eyes widened and he leaped towards her, grabbing her arm and holding on. She was dangling into Tartarus.

I go to Tartarus... you go with me, too.

"PERCY!" she screamed, "Let go! You can't pull me up! This is Tartarus! There's a pull and no one can get themselves out!"

Jackie was watching with wide eyes of horror.

"NO!" Percy yelled, grabbing on with both of his arms as the pull dragged him further in, too.

"Stop it, Percy!" Annabeth grunted, "You're getting dragged in, too."

"I know! But I'm not leaving you again. Not after we just got to see each other again," he said firmly.

Then, she saw a face she thought she'd never see.

"Nico!" she yelled.

Percy whirled, forgetting he was still holding on and Annabeth slipped.

"PERCY!" she screamed and he leaped after her, grabbing her arm and holding onto the ledge with his hand.

"NICO!" Percy yelled and Nico came running over.

"I heard about the attack but... this?" he stared.

"Meet us on the other side!" Percy pleaded.

"What the--" Nico started but Percy shook his head.

"Do it, Nico."

Nico could only nod as Annabeth saw Percy let go, grabbing her as they tumbled into Tartarus.

"I love you," he said to her as we plummeted.

"I love you, too," she whispered.

LEO VALDEZ

Leo watched as the hole to Tartarus closed as a building collapsed onto the crack, sealing it. The bullets had stopped and he winced as he pried one out of his arm. Then, he screamed.

"WHAT THE F**K?!"

No, that wasn't hm. That was Jackie. They all whipped around to see that Jackie was standing there, her face white as paper.

"Y-You were fighting... a-and you all had swords... and you were just like..." she stared at them, bewildered, "WHAT?!"

"Oh shit," Leo cursed when he realized Percy and Annabeth had just fallen into Tartarus, "OH SHIT! ANNABETH AND PERCY LITERALLY JUST FELL INTO HELL!"

"WHAT?!" Jackie screamed.

"We've gotta meet them at the Doors of Death," Nico panted, "It's the only way."

"Then let's go," Leo said quietly.

"So we just... camp out outside of the f**king doors to hell?" Hazel asked.

"Only way," he shrugged.

"Again," Jackie sighed, "WHAT?!"

"Jackie..." Leo winced before whispering to Hazel. "Can you use mist to manipulate a clear-sighted mortal?"

"Yeah, but a large amount. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it," Hazel shook her head.

"Can you try?" Leo whispered, looking over at Jackie who was looking at them expectantly.

"It'll surely make this a lot easier."

"Maybe Piper can help you charmspeak?" he suggested.

"Sure," Hazel said before running over to whisper the plan to Piper.

"You are going to forget everything happened and go back into the building," Piper said with as much charmspeak as she could while Hazel clenched her fists in the effort of altering Jackie's sight.

And to their relief, it worked. Jackie walked back in the building and Hazel collapsed against Leo, Piper leaning against Jason.

"I'm good," both girls said, standing upright.

"Alright," Leo sighed, "Uhm... my best friend and his girlfriend are in hell... And we have to find the doors of death. Great."