The Labyrinth (percabeth)

Chapter 4

Percy

I stormed off into another corridor adjacent to the one near the large room in which my team, and now Annabeth's were held. I was so mad. Who did this girl think she was, coming in and hijacking my quest? I was so mad I almost didn't hear someone come up behind me.

"You know, you're not the only one who's not happy with this arrangement. I came here to prove myself to my mother, and having a son of Poseidon help me might just do the opposite."

I turned around, seeing Annabeth crossing her arms and standing behind me. I'll admit, the first time I saw her I thought she was beautiful, with those golden blonde curls like a princess's, and the stormy grey eyes that seemed to adapt to which mood she was in. She was obviously athletic, with a tall and tan body that seemed strong and powerful, and she was definitely able to hold her own in a fight.

I shook these thoughts off and smirked at her. "Who says you're not happy. You get to spend time with a sexy beast like me. Any girl would die for that," I said, wiggling my eyebrows.

She rolled her eyes at me, clearly not impressed. She seemed to be the only girl I couldn't charm, and the only one who was as stubborn as I was. "I'm not very happy about this, but for the sake of our teams, can we please try to work as a cohesive unit so that we can get out of here alive?"

"Sorry, what was that? I was too busy not listening to you."

She huffed and rolled her eyes. "Fine. If that's how you want to play it, that's how we'll play.

She stalked off back into the room, and I found myself appreciating her spirit. I had never met a person before who annoyed me as much as she did. This was a girl who would fight me tooth and nail on everything I did.

"Hey guys, do you think we may cover more ground if we split into teams and look for the monsters? Then we can meet back here and report what we have found." Annabeth said.

"We should have one person from each group, the girls and the boys. That way, we can learn how the other team works." Calypso said.

"Excellent idea." Annabeth nodded her head.

Nico smirked and said, "who votes for the two leaders to go together guys?"

Annabeth and I glared at him as the rest of the team nodded and smirked with huge grins on their faces.

"Fine, I'll go with Annabeth. Who are you going with Nico?

"Hmm. I'll go with Thalia and Grover, I guess. We seemed to work well together, being cousins to each other. And Grover will have extra support as everyone knows satyrs hate the underground." Thalia and Grover nodded in response to this.

I turned to face Jason, Frank, and Leo. "Who are you guys going with?"

"I'll go with Piper, Frank will go with Hazel, and that leaves Leo to go with Calypso," Jason said. I looked at the girls, and they nodded back at me. I faced Calypso. "You sure about this? Leo's kind of the definition of completely insane, even by demigod standards."

"Hey!" Leo said, while the others struggled not to laugh.

"Trust me Percy, if anyone can control Leo, it's Calypso, She's probably the most patient one of us all." Annabeth said.

"Obviously it isn't you. Anyone can see that." I said, grinning.

Annabeth then proceeded to knock me upside the head, and let me just say that the girl can hit someone. Ow!

"What was that for?"

"Just making you look like an even bigger idiot. Wait, you don't need my help for that."