The House of Hades

Jason XI

Jason

"Let's send a team of four" Nico suggested while the ship descended.

"I'll go" the satyr volunteered "I have missed all the action, my turn to have fun", nobody argued.

"Leo, you can go too"

"I'm in" Leo said

"I'll go" Hazel said

"But-" Nico tried to argue, but Hazel responded: "If the thing we go to is underground, I'll guide them"

"Jason, you go, they need a warrior."

"Then let's go!" Hedge ordered.

"Lets contact Groover and make him come."

"Jason!" Groover came running to the ship. "Wassup Groover" Leo answered

"Thank the gods you're okay, Percy and Annabeth are alive!"

"Thank you for comming, I could talk all the day, but we need to go" Jason explained.

Pipper introduced Groover the rest of the crew.

"Let's go in Leo's coast guard boat, so I can manage the turret!"

"But before we go" Leo gave each of them a blackberry, "take this"

"We shouldn't use this" Hazel complained "This are special, monsters can't track them, monster free, and they have signal all around the world." Leo explained. "And this", Leo gave them a digital watch, "If you press the button, it will expand into a shield"

Everybody pressed the button and instantly transformed into a shield. "Press it again and it will return to a wach."

"Thanks a lot Leo" Hazel said.

"Let's roll" Jason said.

Jason hoped that the italian police didn't question three kids and a middle age satyr in a U.S coast guard boat. Thankfully, nobody paid them any attention.

"What are we supposed to look for?" Glenson asked.

"I sense darkness" Hazel said "Lets follow the trail."

"Mabie that means the prophecy: the seven now five shall sail to darkness."

"But, what are we looking for?" Leo asked

"Mabie the keys from the prophecy, Nyx had also the keys of the doors of death" Hazel said.

"Let's follow the trail, and see what happnens". Leo said

"Let's hope there are monsters on the way!" Coach Hedge exclaimed happily.

"Stop here, Leo" Hazel ordered. "The trail leads inside that cathedral"

The cathedral was about five meters tall. It had faded paintings in the celling. Thankfully, nobody was around.

"The trail ends here" Hazel said "I can sense metal gears somewhere around" Leo said

Leo went behind a column and a staircase opened where the trail of darkness disappeared.

Everybody took their weapons and headed into the darkness.

"Hey, I found the light switch" Leo said "Leo don't-!" But Leo turned the lights on. Thankfully, nothing happened. The corridor seemed endless. At the end, a human body appeared, "Gaea" Jason said "show yourself!"

"But Jason, I'm not Gaea, I'm Nyx"

"Why did you took us here?" Hazel asked

"I need you Hazel" Nyx answered

"You are not touching Hazel" Jason said. He saw something in Nyx's belt, the keys of the Doors of Death.

"Leave us!"

"I'll let you go, but she will come with me!"

The earth swallowed Hazel, Nyx began to laugh and everything turned black.