Betrayed and Alone

Escape the Pit (7) Part 3

                 

         Percy rolled over, stretched, and yawned before opening his eyes. Surprise made his sea green eyes glow, expecting that his escape was a dream and that he was still in the cage. Remembering where he was, he picked up Riptide and wiped off his drool. "What or who sent that water?" Percy muttered to himself, glancing at the mini pool of water he had slept in. The demigod stalked out of the cave, and leaped on to a random hellhound the size of a large horse and put the chains that had imprisoned him through the hellhound's jaws. It shook it's head and tried to buck the half-blood off of it's back. It barked and bucked wildly, but Percy hung on and yanked the chains. After five minutes of wildly bucking and having the Celestial bronze chains dig into his soft jaws, the hellhound slowly walked in a circle, head down, and stopped, whimpering.

         Percy smiled- he had tamed a hellhound! The half-blood flicked the chains as if they were reins and said, "Take me out of this place, little doggie!" The hellhound snorted and seemed to roll it's eyes before it raced away from the cave, closer to the edge of Tarturas, even though they were thousands of miles away from it. When it couldn't force itself to run anymore, it walked, slower and slower, until they stopped at a cave. The demigod gently dragged the hellhound into the cave, where he carefully tied the hellhound near him. It immediately collapsed and snored, bone tired. Percy leaned against it before sleeping, tired from taming it and from the long hours of riding it- his butt would never be the same.

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        Percy woke up after two days, the hellhound just beginning to wake up. He untied it and led it out of the cave. And for a mile, they comfortably walked side by side- until the hellhound sensed that they were being tracked. It growled softly, before turning towards the demigod and grabbed him with his sharp fangs, feeling the surprised half-blood struggle weakly in the hellhound's tight grip. When Percy tried to yell out in pain as the hellhound tightened it's grip and began to run, it just licked his entire face with it's tongue, causing him to stop and gag. The hellhound tasted the half-blood's blood and realized that he had accidentally bitten him. When the demigod tried to slash the hellhound with Riptide, it just shook him, causing him to drop his sword and get dizzy. Whenever Percy opened his mouth, the hellhound licked his face and he tasted hellhound slobber.

         Percy finally gave up on struggling or yelling and expected to be bitten in two- his stomach hurt where the hellhound's teeth had been. The hellhound kept running until they reached a cave 50 miles from the first one. The hellhound walked to the end of the cave and tossed the limp demigod on the floor. When Percy tried to get up, reaching for the chains on the hellhound's muzzle, it just pushed him into the ground with a heavy paw. Then it pawed off the chains and pinned the struggling half-blood before slamming him against the wall and wrapping the chains clumsily but tightly around Percy. When the demigod's arms and legs were tightly wrapped together, the satisfied hellhound leaned back and let Percy fall on the ground before pinning him down and falling asleep.

       Percy had been so stunned he let the hellhound do this- now he could barely move. Hours passed, then the hellhound got up, shook itself, licked it's jaws, and glared at the demigod. Then it left him. The half-blood reached into his pocket and pulled out Riptide, and managed to uncap it and nudge the chains off of him. He stretched, and walked out with the chains, looking for a random hellhound. He spotted one the size of a house, alone. He carefully stalked it, before leaping onto it's tail and crawling up it's back, holding on tightly. The hellhound noticed and began to buck, kicking it's hind legs high and rearing, shaking it's head as Percy forced the chains through it's jaws and began yanking on the chains.

       It growled, yelped, bucked wildly, and shook it's head. "Out of Tarturas!" Percy commanded the hellhound, pulling the chains so hard that it lifted the hellhound off it's front paws. Almost immediately did it obey instantly, running as fast as it could, as if it could escape it's chains. It managed to run 150 miles before collapsing. Percy led it to a cave, tied it to the cave, and leaned against it before falling asleep with it.

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         Percy stretched, and patted the hellhound, which yawned. It stretched too, and Percy walked it out. They slowly walked for a mile, the went a little faster, and when the hellhound was on the verge of racing as fast as it could, the demigod leaped onto it's back and held on tightly as the hellhound's paws became a blur, and for hours they went on the way out of Tarturas.                  

        So, I decided that since I make short chapters, there should be a few more parts on this, since it's you know, Tarturas. Anyways, DemigodInTraining gave me the answer, though I was a bit confused because I DID NOT mention Void in the Prologue. But DemigodInTraining did give me the right answer: the wolf thing! DemigodInTraining is the awesome person of the week!