Ransom

Chapter 23: Annabeth Jackson

Did Castor want to get killed a second time? What was that guy thinking?!

The seven of them fell to the ground. Annabeth was on her hands and knees. She felt a strong arm drape across her shoulders. "Are you okay?" Percy asked her. She nodded and then looked to Jason.

"Is he...?" Annabeth started. No, he could not be dead. Not that easily.

She stood and walked over to him. Everyone else followed suit. Annabeth shook his shoulders and asked "Jason? Are you there? Come on; give me something."

"Mom!" Luke yelled at the doorway. Next to him stood a frightened Silena and a wobbly Allie. "Allie, what are you doing out of bed?" Leo asked her. "I'm fine, what happened to my dad?" She said.

"Why did you guys come here?" Frank asked them. "Allie had just gotten out of the infirmary and we were coming here to talk with you guys. The windows were pitch black and the house was shaking a little bit. We knew something was wrong, and so we ran here." Luke confirmed.

Annabeth looked back down at Jason whose head was resting on her lap. His eyes were shut and he had blood escaping his pale lips.

Allie wobbled forward and knelt next to her father. "How did you know that he was here?" Percy asked her. "My other senses strengthened once I was blinded." She stated blatantly. Percy nodded and did not ask another question.

Allie held his hand and squeezed it tightly. Jason gasped and his chest rose as his eyes flew opened. He took quick, deep breaths. It was almost as if he were hyperventilating. "Jason?" Annabeth asked. "Daddy?" Allie asked.

Jason calmed himself down and sat up, leaning his head against the bookshelf and wiping the blood from his lips.

"We, we need to go." Jason said. "What? Why? What did you see?" Calypso asked. Everyone was sitting in a circle.

"It's Allie. She took the offer. She's swimming there right now." Jason said. "What?!" Percy exclaimed. He stood, grabbed a backpack, and started to pack it with clothes.

"What do you expect us to do?" Annabeth asked. "I'm a son of Poseidon, I can track her." Percy said. "Not if she hides herself." Annabeth retorted. "Which, she probably is. Allie isn't stupid, she knew that we would eventually find out, so she probably hid herself." Annabeth concluded.

"We can meet her there." Percy relied. "Where is it?" Luke asked. "DOA Recording Studios, Nyx is in Hades's castle." Calypso responded. "How do you know?" Frank asked. "Hazel communicated with me through a dream a few nights back. I meant to tell you guys, we have just been so busy." Calypso replied.

"Oh my gods, how is she?" Frank asked. "She looks fine, almost as if nothing hurt her. Sammy is in the same condition." Calypso replied. "And what of Piper?" Jason asked. Allie sat next to her father and clasped his hand. "She's chained to a wall. I don't know why only she is chained; maybe she tried to escape or something." Calypso replied.

Jason nodded and so did Allie. "Well, let's go." Percy said. "When do we leave?" Leo asked. "As soon as possible." Percy replied.

"I'm coming with you." Luke said. "Me, too." Allie said. "No way, you guys aren't getting into this." Percy said.

"If you don't let them go with you, I'll just take them to Nyx." Silena said. Everyone looked at her. Her eyes glowed an unusual icy blue. "Leave her alone!" Leo yelled at the goddess who possessed his daughter. "I will leave her alone if you answer a question." Silena replied. "Ask away." Annabeth replied while staring daggers at Silena.

"Who am I?" She replied with a smirk. Annabeth thought about this. Who was she?

"Can we ask questions?" Percy asked. "You may only ask three yes or no questions." Silena replied with an evil smile. "Are you a daughter of Nyx?" Annabeth asked. "Yes." The woman replied.

There was a pause, and so Annabeth asked another questions it's her eyes squinted. "Are you related to the arai?"

"Yes." She responded. Annabeth then asked after a pause "Have we met before?"

With this, the goddess paused. "I have met you and Perseus. That is all."

After a moment of her thinking of who this could be, it finally clicked. "You're Eris, goddess of discord and strife." Annabeth said with a triumphant smile.

"Correct, daughter of Athena." Eris replied. And so, the spirit exited Silena's body. There was a blue mist that exited Silena's body through her eyes and mouth. Silena then slumped over and her head hit the ground lightly.

Leo cradled his daughters head in her arms. "Thanks, Beth." He said with a smile. "No problem, and don't call me Beth." Annabeth replied with a smirk.

"We have to take them with us." Jason said. "Yeah," Calypso said. "You and Silena are staying here. She only said that about Allie and Luke." Leo said.

"Yeah, Silena is too young to be fighting." Percy said. "How is Allie supposed to fight?" Jason asked.

"My other senses strengthened. I'll be fine." Allie said.

Jason nodded hesitantly before asking "When do we leave?"

Annabeth then said "As soon as possible."

"So, tomorrow morning?" Frank asked. "Sounds good." Percy replied. "Okay, see you guys tomorrow." Jason said as he stood and walked out of the Poseidon cabin with his daughter.

"Same here." Frank said. He walked out alone. He must be going through a tough time. His entire family was gone.

"Bye guys, see you tomorrow." Leo said as he stood and picked up his daughter in a princess position. Calypso and him walked out together.

Luke closed the door and innocently asked "Are quests hard?"

Percy laughed and ruffled his son's hair. "As long as we're together," He said as he looked at his wife. "we can get through anything."

SEE WHAT I DDI TJERE
AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER ?
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