Ransom

Chapter 11: Sammy Zhang

Sammy was swirling through a vortex of darkness, not knowing what was happening. He knew one thing for certain, he was being possessed, and he had no control over it. Sammy twirled around and around until he felt as if he were about to throw up.

Seeing his parents face so worried in the IM made him angry that he was even in this position to begin with. He tried so hard to fight through the force that was holding him, but it instead flashed him away.

He finally saw something besides total darkness, it was light.

Then, Sammy landed with a thump on the floor of what seemed to be a cave. He felt his face and indeed found out that he was in control. "Who's there?" He heard a very familiar woman say.

"Auntie Piper?" He asked. "Sammy!" She exclaimed as she surged forward. She couldn't move her arms, though. "What's going on?" He asked. "Someone captured us and took over the Underworld." she stated as delicately as she could.

"What happened to you?" He asked. Piper's face was covered with bruises and scratches and her cheeks were puffy as if she were hit repeatedly. "Why are you chained to a wall?" He asked.

"I don't know, Sammy." Piper said.

Sammy sat down and Piper did as well. "How's everyone?" She asked.

"Jason and the other adults went on a quest to the ancient lands to get Allie and Castor." He said. "Allie who?" Piper asked.

"Allie White." He said. Piper's eyes practically bulged out of her head. "I don't understand, how could have this happened." Piper said.

"Me either." Sammy said. She laughed lightly and asked "Is it Castor Winehouse we're talking about?"

"Yeah, I think. It's the Castor with a twin brother so, I'm guessing." Sammy said. She nodded. The light was faint, but her eyes shone brightly threw the darkness.

"I'm guessing that the kids stayed behind." Piper asked. "Yeah, Calypso is watching the rest of us." Sammy replied.

"How did you get here?" She asked. And so Sammy explained what happened in Bunker 9, or at least all that he remembered.

"Oh my gods," she exclaimed. Sammy nodded and looked away.

"Who did that to you?" He asked, referring to her injuries. "An old enemy, no one that you need to worry about." Piper replied.

"But what's this persons name?" Sammy asked. He looked up to her with wide eyes. "Khione." She said and stared straight ahead with an expression that told him to stop asking her questions about Khione.

He knew of what Khione was like, he heard the stories. Sammy shook his head and said "I hope that the others are okay."

"Me, too, Sammy." Piper replied.

The cell door was opened and in came another person. He or she fell with a thump on the cold, stone ground and shot back up to try to attack their 'kidnapper'. The door was slammed in his or her face.

"Ugh!" She exclaimed as she slammed her fist against the cell bars and sat down on the ground. That sounded way too familiar...

"Mom?" He asked. "Sammy!" She cried as she crawled over to where he sat with Piper. She gave him a firm embrace. "I thought we had lost you!" She exclaimed.

"Oh my gods, Piper!" She screeched. She let go of her son and asked "What happened to you?"

"Khione." She stated simply. Hazel rolled her eyes and set her jaw. "She's gonna pay." She said through gritted teeth.

"She's working for someone, I just don't know who yet." Piper said.

Hazel nodded and asked her son "What happened before the IM?"

"I don't remember. I only remember from when I fell while Luke was IMing you guys. It's so weird, mommy." He said.

"What's so weird?" His mother asked. "Being possessed." Sammy said with wide, fearful eyes.

Hazel shook her head and sat backwards, leaning on her hands. "Y-You're possessed? Are you sure?" She asked, dreading the answer.

"Yeah," Sammy replied.

"Oh my gods, the crew! What must they be thinking? What must Frank be thinking?" Hazel exclaimed. "I had the same thoughts." Piper told her. "They go away eventually. Right now, I'm trying to find a way out of these dam cuffs so I can beat the Hades out of Khione until she tells me who is behind everything." Piper finished while gritting her teeth.

Hazel nodded and asked "What has she done to you?" Piper replied with a slight smirk saying "She finally gave me the ass-whooping she thought that I deserved."

Hazel let out a small laugh. Then she asked in a stern tone "But, why?"

"I don't know. Something about the 'Mistress' allowing her one person to have revenge on, and she wanted revenge on me for defeating her while on the way to Eprius and when I stopped her from turning Jason and Leo into ice statues for her castle in Quebec." Piper said. Hazel nodded.

Sammy was very afraid, but at least he had his mother and aunt here. He had to stay strong, for them. Sammy was the only boy here, so he had to act tough. He had to be a big boy, for real.

"Hazel," Piper continued. "What exactly is going on with everyone?" Piper finished.

And so Hazel told Piper of all that had happened while she was away.

"Who do you think is behind this?" Hazel asked. "Honestly, I don't know. I only know that it is a woman, and that she has been around since the beginning of time." Piper responded.

"Sammy, do you think that the same person behind this is also possessing you?" Hazel asked her son.

At that moment, Sammy was taken over again. "You are smarter than you look." The woman said through his body. Sammy watched helplessly as he was surrounded by the same darkness and the falling and twirling sensation as before. "Let my son go." His mother demanded.

"Why should I?" The woman asked. "Who are you?" Piper asked.

"I am a force much more powerful than that of Gaea or Tartarus, though neither of them would dare to admit it. Without me, Tartarus would not even have his domain! There would be no point! As for Gaea, there would be nothing but sunshine and happiness on her domain, but that is not what she wants. I am necessary for these two primordials to have any power whatsoever!" The woman bellowed.

And with that, Sammy, possessed by this woman, struck his mother.

ohhhhhhh
stuff is about to go down....
(For younger readers, sorry for the tiny swear [ass-whooping])
so, does it look like Polyphemus was telling the truth????
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thanks so much for everything guys <3
~camp_hero