Percy Jackson: CHB Again?

Chapter 35: Three Gods

"I choose...I choose...All three gods."

"Very well." Hecate nodded. "Janus,"

The two-headed god gripped the key tightly in his right hand and walked over to the first door. He stuck the key into the wood which melted around the key like a magic lock. He twisted it, and pulled it out, then he stepped away from the door. The other four vanished with a 'pop' as if they'd never been there.

I chose all three gods because it was the better world in comparison to the others. How could I be normal after what I'd been through? I'd never choose that over being a demigod and going on adventures. I didn't want to be Percy's girlfriend as a child of Athena, and I most definitely didn't want to be in the middle of a war that started because I was the child of the prophecy. Don't even get me started about having to save Apollo whom was being held captive by Elsa and her evil family. What even was that? It was stupid.

I walked over to the first door and wrapped my hand around the metal knob. I glanced over my shoulder to see Hecate and Janus for reassurance that I could go in, but they weren't there. The candles had blown out. The only light came from the images in the portal.

I twisted the knob and stepped inside.

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Breathing was painful. I couldn't open my eyes. It felt like I'd been stabbed with daggers all over, and my lungs had been set on fire. I groaned and tried to move; anything to ensure that I had all my limbs intact. I knew I wasn't dead, this didn't feel like the Underworld, but that wasn't necessarily a big comfort.

"Oh gods, did she just...?" A girl's voice asked above me. It sounded like...like...

"Tera!" Another girl shouted. Yes, I knew these voices. Annabeth and Thalia.

Warm hands found their way to my cheeks. "Tera, oh my gods, Tera wake up!"

"Thalia, can't you shock her or something?" This had to be Percy.

"Yeah," Annabeth agreed. "Like a defibrillator. Put your hands here, and here, and do your electricity thing."

The hands moved away from my face and I couldn't feel them anymore. I wanted to ask Thalia to put her hands back on my cheeks, but I couldn't speak.

"Three...Two...One..."

I wasn't sure what was happening, but for a moment my vision went white. Thalia counted down again, and this time when she got to 'One', my eyes opened.

I coughed and frantically tried to push myself off the ground. I couldn't move anything but my head. Thalia was kneeling beside me, Percy and Annabeth hovering over her.

"Tera, stop!" Annabeth ordered. "Stay calm. We're going to bring you to the Big House."

"Nico," I choked. "Nico...memory..."

"Shhh," Percy cooed, scooping me into his arms. I wanted to fight him, to walk on my own, but I was limp in his arms. My face was wet. I was crying.

"Annabeth, run ahead. Warn Chiron," Thalia suggested. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate on Nico.

Chiron was with him in the Big House. We needed to get his memory back. Memory...remembering. I was remembering something. I was remembering pleading for the gods to bring him back in the throne room on Olympus. I remember them telling me that I was 'special', gaining each of their powers in turn. They didn't know who my real parent was.

So many problems, my head pounded. A pain erupted in my right side. I groaned, that was the only thing I could feel under my neck; the pain in my side. Everything else was numb.