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Love Tunnels Pt.2

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I hate you for what you did
And I miss you like a little kid

──Pheobe Bridges.

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We reached the boat. The shield was propped on one seat ,and next to it was a lady's silk scarf. I tried to imagine Y/N's parents here , a couple of gods meeting on a junked out amusement park. Jeez, Ares definitely isn't a hopeless romantic. He probably picked this place because he thought Aphrodite would like it.

Mirror all the way around the rim of the pool.

While Ares and Aphrodite smooched with each other they could look at their favorite people: themselves.

I picked up the scarf. It shimmered pink, and the perfume was indesc-
scribable──rose , or mountain laurel. Something good. I smiled , a little dreamy , and was about to rib the scarf against my cheek, when Y/N ripped it out of my hands. "Please don't give me another reason to hate the incompetent of the gods, Percy. This is my mother's sacred scarf. It's love magic. The strongest kind."

"What?"I asked slightly dazed.

Her brows pulled tight, irritation evident in her expression as she glared at the scarf in her hands. "If two plus two is four and five plus five is ten, then why would you pick up random godly items?"

Her skepticism landed harder than any blow to the chest, my sense immediately cleaned of the magic as I blinked slowly, dragging my eyes towards the mirror and away from her gleaming (e/c) eyes totally not embarrassed.

"Right ,let's just get the shield and elsts get out of here." I changed the subject.

Y/N shoved the scarf unceremoniously into the bag Ares gave us and scanned the surrounding area for any sign of impending danger.

And when I touched the shield, I knew we were in trouble.

My hand broke through something that had been connecting it to the dashboard. A cobweb, I thought, but then I looked at it in my palm snd realized it was some kind of metal filament.

I held it out for Y/N to inspect when she leaned closer , and despite the rich life that usually radiates off of her, it slowly drowned from her face, a look of realization dawning on her.

A trip wire.

"Oh shit." She whispered , turning to look up and Grover and Annabeth. "Guys do you see any other Greek letters anywhere up there?" She called out to them, her voice urgent.

Annabeth was the first to reply. "There wa sthat one back there, check the side wod the boat."

Before she could finish {Name} was moving sticking her head over the side of the boat and her head peeking up with she saw it. "Eta!"

She looked up her eyes locking with Annabeth's ,"isn't tha-"

Grover panicked yell cut her off. "Guys!"

Up on the rim , the Cupid statues were drawing the bows into firing position.
Before I could siggeys taking cover, they shot, but not at us. They fired at each other , across the rim. Silky cables trailed from the arrows , arching over the pool and anchoring where they landed to form a huge golden asterisk. The smaller metallic threads started to weaving together magically between the main strands , making a net.

"We have to get out of." I stressed.

"No shit Sherlock!" Came Y/N's aggravated tone.

I grabbed the shield just as we ran , but going up the slope of the pool was not as easy as going down.