Chapter XII

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Chloe looks at him with a straight face.

"Well that's actually not shocking at all. But how did you even figured that out? I mean weren't you the one who showed her the Map?" She said.

"What why-" Theodore furrowed a his eyebrows at her. As he was about to roll his eyes, he spotted two men dressed in suits whisper to each other a few feet away.

Theodore looked at them a few seconds, and watched them walk in their direction.

He then took Chloe by her arm, and pulled her in the opposite way.

"We gotta hurry. Do you at least know where Joan went?" Theodore asked.

"I don't remember, but I know that she took Luke with her." She replied.

Theodore now walked even faster as he was before, hoping to spot Luke somewhere.

"Oh Hi guys!" Both of them turned to see Grover standing there with a huge bucket of popcorn. Chloe then pulled him by his ear, making him whine in pain.

"Ouch? What are you doing?" Grover asked.

"We need to find Luke and Joan. Any Idea where they might be?" Chloe added letting go of his ear.

He shook his head looking at her still confused.

"Okay, we need to find him before-" Theodore said before getting cut off, by a familiar voice.

"Theodore?"

All three of them turned around to see Luke, in his T-shirt which was drenched in sweat.
His curly hair were all wet, and he looked like he really had the time of his life.

"What are you doing here?" Luke said in an exhausted raspy voice.

Theodore then quickly pushed him forward to the exit. "I'll explain later hurry." He said.

Theodore then lead everyone to a Car park.

"You have a Car?" Grover asked him, sounding a little excited. Theodore then grabbed a pair of keys out of his pocket. "Well it's not mine, let's say I'm just borrowing it for a while." He said smirking.

The Men in Suits then came running behind them, trying to stop them from getting into the car.

As all of them managed to get into the Car, Theodore struggled with starting the Motor.

"Maybe hurry a little?" Chloe said trying not to not yell at him.

The Car started, and Theodore drove backwards nearly driving all over those Men. Theodore was driving like he won his driving license in lottery.

Grover squealed like he was about to die there. As the Car got on the road, everyone breathed heavily and started at Theodore stunned.

"Your driving skills should come with a Warning Label. Seriously." Chloe said fixing her messed up hair.

"Could anyone explain it to me now?" Luke said angrily.
"Right, those cookies made me forget why we were even there." Grover added.

"Okay so remember how we had to complete this quest because Hades apparently stole the Lightning Bolt?" Chloe said moving forward. "The Bolt wasn't stolen by Hades, it was given to him by... Joan."

"What Joan?" Luke said shocked.

"I'm not shocked, that girl was always pure evil. I kept on telling you guys but no one ever listened to me." Grover said proudly.

Chloe lets out a quiet laugh and turns to look back at Luke.

"You kinda stink..." She whispered smiling at him.

Luke then looks at her, and grins widely at her. He then sneaked his hand on top op her's and felt his hand warming up her cold one.

A few hours of driving, they got to the last Location. The entrance to the Underworld.

"We're there." Theodore said before getting out of the Car. "The entrance to Hades." He added.

They ran up to the Hollywood Sign, and stood there where the entrance to the Underworld should be. One of the Sign had something Greek written on it, which was translated by itself.

"Woe to all depraved Souls." Chloe read out loud. As she said spoke those words, a little entrance appeared next to them on the hill.

Chloe got in first, and spotted a Boat with a tall Figure standing inside of it. The place was dark with a lot of candles inside of it. The others made their way in to and moved their gaze to the Person inside the Boat.

"Who are you?" A deep Male voice that came from the Person in the boat asked.

"We came to see Hades." Luke announced.

"The living are not permitted here. Die and come back." The Men in the Boat said wisely and turned his head back to the side.

"Okay, we won't DIE to come back." Chloe said rolling her eyes.

"Let me handle this." Grover said stepping closer to the Men and pulling out all the money he got left.

Grover waved the money around his face trying to make it work. "This could be yours. All you got to do is give us a little boat ride, and I don't maybe buy yourself some decoration. Cause this place looks a little dull." Grover said smiling and placing the money in the Men's hand.

He looked at it for a second and burned it inside his hand.

"That was all my money..." Grover whispered.

Theodore then stepped forward hesitantly, but then gave the Men a good amount of golden Drachma coins.

The Men then nodded. "Climb aboard." He said.

"Thanks for telling me, now I don't have any money-" Grover pounded.

"Shut up and get in." Chloe said shushing him so that guy wouldn't change his mind.

The Men started paddling through a gate where all four of them were now sitting in. Heading in direction Underworld.

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