Ransom

Chapter 22: Piper Grace

Piper was shaken awake by a small boy around the age of seven. "Where's my mommy?" He asked her with tears in his eyes. Sammy was frightened beyond belief.

Piper looked around the cell and saw that indeed, Hazel was gone. "Maybe she is being talked to." Piper guessed. She hoped that Hazel was alright.

Hazel has always been a strong woman, so Piper was not too worried.

Sammy sat Indian style next to Piper.

As they sat in the silence, Piper tried for the hundredth time to slide her wrists out of the handcuffs. They were burning with pain from holding her arms up for so long.

Piper remembered her first day being captured. When Nyx had to go run an errand, a cyclops, Polyphemus, was told to guard her. He was a nice cyclops, he even said that if he wasn't in such a predicament, he would let her free. Piper never was told what he meant by 'predicament'. Though, she assumed that she knew what he meant.

Piper hoped that Allie and Jason were alright. She missed them so much, it physically made her heart ache. At least Hazel had Sammy with her, Piper didn't have any of her family members with her. And she was glad that she didn't. If anyone else was captured, Piper didn't want to know what she would do.

The cell door opened and a woman strode inside, her fists balled up. "What's wrong, Hazel?" Piper asked.

And so, Hazel explained. "Piper, you may not be very happy with what I am about to say."

"Just say it." Piper said. Hazel sighed, but nevertheless said "Your daughter's blind."

Piper gasped and, with a horrorstricken expression asked in a hushed tone "What?"

"Let me explain," Hazel started. And so she explained how Piper's beloved daughter was blinded. "She was always brave. She took after her father." Piper said as she leaned her head back against the stone wall and a tear slid down her beaten-up cheeks.

"She takes after you, too." Sammy said. Piper smirked and said "Thanks, kiddo."

Sammy smiled at her and asked "What is uncle Jason doing about it?"

"They are putting a blind fold over her eyes so that Nyx can't use her as a puppet." Hazel said. "That's a good idea." Piper replied.

"How did you discover this?" Piper asked again. "Nyx told me. She also said...well she said that she was talking to Allie, you know, Jason's sister." Hazel said.

"What were they talking about?" Piper asked. "Allie is thinking of turning herself in." Hazel said with a sigh.

"What?" Piper asked. She was shocked at this, but then again Piper knew that she would at least think about it.

"How does Nyx know this?" Piper asked. Hazel paused and then said "She is swimming here right now."

"WHAT?!" Piper yelled. Sammy just sat there, not knowing what to do, but his eyes showed that he was just as shocked as Piper. "Yeah, I know. I had the same reaction." Hazel said with a sigh.

"How is she swimming here? Camp Half-Blood is in New York, we are underneath LA." Piper asked.

"She's a daughter of Poseidon, remember?" Hazel said. Piper groaned in annoyance.

"We need to do something." Piper said. "We can't. There isn't anything we can do." Hazel said. "We're stuck here." Hazel said as an afterthought.

"Yes, you are indeed trapped." Nyx said. Piper and Hazel whipped their head around to face Sammy. "Leave my son alone!" Hazel called. Sammy's pitch black eyes bore into Hazel's and she fell to her side.

She shook slightly while she clutched her shoulders. Hazel was quaking with fear. "What did you do to her?" Piper demanded. "She is in a trance of fear." Nyx mused. "What more do you want from us? You already have us prisoners as bait for Allie! What else could you possibly want, huh? You are using my daughters eyes as a spy weapon! You are possessing a seven year old boy's body! WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT?!" Piper yelled.

She was fed up. Piper has had it with all of the games. All that she wanted was the truth and a way out of this place. Her wrists were burning from pain and her stomach was growling from hunger.

"You cannot speak to me in such a manner. The only reason for the pain inflicted upon your family is because of your actions here. If only you knew how to behave, then you would have saved your family the trouble." Nyx snapped in return.

Piper tried to calm herself. She couldn't hit Nyx because it would be Sammy that she was hurting. Plus, Hazel was in some sort of trance, and Piper intended to set her friend free from her trap, even if Piper herself was still trapped.

"Please, just leave us alone. We are waiting, just like you are. Why waste your energy by making our lives difficult?" Piper asked innocently. "You do have a point there. But, if you are only trapped, Allie will not feel the need to rush here. She would have taken her time. Since she has seen what my wrath causes, she wants you, the boy, and Hazel to be freed from my custody." Nyx said.

"So, in conclusion, no." Nyx said.

Piper rolled her eyes and leaned back against the wall. "Why am I in chains?" She asked. "Why not?" Nyx mused.

"Stop it with those types of answers." Piper growled. There was an awkward silence that followed. "Why did you capture me first? Why not anyone else?" Piper asked.

"You were just the first person I got my hands on." Nyx said. "And why did you blind my daughter?" Piper asked in a deadly tone. "Now, that was just a mistake. As we fought, I realized that our powers were of equal energy, and so, that caused an explosion. But once I realized that I blinded her, I knew that I could use it to my advantage. And, with a few tricks, I was able to. But, I was not careful enough. I told the rest of the seven. They have blindfolded Allie in order to keep what they are doing a secret." Nyx said.

Piper nodded. Then, Hazel stopped shaking and was now just sleeping. Sammy's eyes rolled back into his head, and he fell to his side. He was asleep.

Nyx must be planning something big. If she felt the need to tell Piper all of that information, it must not matter.

That made Piper beyond worried.

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