UnTamed [Book 3]

How The Tables Have Turned

I think I've waited long enough to post this :)

Chapter Quote:
"They hadn't survived so much just to get killed now."
~Percy Jackson, House of Hades
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Chapter 30: How The Tables Have Turned

Bradley

The hole to Tartarus had disappeared right as the twins reached it. They stared at the ground in despair, angry at themselves for letting the life of their sister slip through their fingers. They could've saved her had she not fallen into Tartarus. The twins, along with Hallie, Scott, and Ty, had found a way to save Bryn. They hadn't told her because they knew she wouldn't approve of the things they had to do to find the way to save her.

"Wh-what happened?" Hallie asked, staring at the ground with them.

"They're gone," Brady choked out. "They fell into Tartarus."

Hallie sank onto her knees in shock. "How?"

"I don't know. It all happened so fast. I don't know who went down first but I saw Silena go over the edge. Derek fired an arrow at something, then grabbed onto Silena. He went over too. Bryn called out to us, saying we had to kick Hannah's forces' asses, and find out where they're going to come out," Bradley explained quietly.

"No, no, no! This can't be happening! We had a way to save her! We can't save her when she's down there!" Brady ranted.

"Then we have to think positive. Bryn, Luke, Silena, and Derek are all down there. They're the strongest demigods of our generation next to us. They've been through a lot together. They'll make it back," Hallie declared.

"How can you believe that? They're in bloody Tartarus for Zeus's sake!" Brady exclaimed.

"Because right now, we still have orders from Bryn, and hope is the only thing we have left. Come on, we have some bad news to break to your parents and the Jacksons."

Slowly, the twins got up, solemnly following the daughter of Hades back down to the mortal world.
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Luke

The fall into Tartarus was long, dark, and terrifying. If Luke hadn't had his friends with him, he might've died from sheer terror. None of them had any idea how long they'd been falling. It could've been a few hours or a few days or a few weeks. The tunnel seemed never ending.

"Light! I see light!" Silena shouted. Luke twisted his head around to see what she was talking about. It seemed like the light was approaching very slowly but he knew better. He knew they'd be crashing into the ground below if they didn't find a way to cushion their fall.

"Bryn! Can you slow us down?" he asked.

"I'm trying but I can't! I can't do it!" she cried.

"Let me try something!" Derek hollered. Shutting his eyes, the son of Hades concentrated on... something. Luke didn't know. Suddenly an obsidian rock shot out from the walls of the tunnel, rapidly spiraling down like a slide. Luke and Bryn landed on it first, still clinging onto each other. Derek and Silena somehow landed in front of them. While Luke was glad not to be free-falling into the pit of doom and the chances of becoming a human pancake had decreased significantly, he still felt sick from going round and round and round at breakneck speeds.

"Incoming!" Derek warned. The four demigods were launched into the air. Derek and Silena managed to stay together when they landed, never letting go of the other. But for Bryn, she lost her grip. The two demigods landed in different places. Luke crashed into a rock. Amazingly he didn't break anything but he was going to have some serious bruises from it.