Abandoned {Percabeth I} #Wattys2017

XII | The Servants of Death

Annabeth POV

I don't remember sleeping but I knew for a fact that I'm in the realm of Hypnos because I was dreaming of being back in Tartarus, but this time with neither Percy nor Bob. The problem with my dream was that I felt every hit as if it was true.

That was until a sword of stygian iron came flying from above, the sword had a jet black aura, it killed all the monsters then twirled on me, I think it was just a hallucination but I think I heard a familiar voice came from the sword, the voice said "Sorry" right before the sword went through my heart.

As soon as I woke up I knew something was wrong, so I acted as if I'm still asleep but I opened my eyes to just slits. I knew immediately by the looks of the nature surrounding me, and by the smell that we were in the Underworld. I started checking my surroundings to try to locate my self, there was a river next to us, and only then I noticed that I was moving, and I was carried by 4 people, with two people walking in front and two behind.

"Let's rest here" a sound clearly of a female came from in front of me, "We shouldn't be late for the master" this one from under me was a boy, "Baby, can you please not cross the line, I said we camp so we camp" the first voice said again approaching she then kissed the boy and I felt my right leg drop a bit. "So, is it done?" but no one replied, "Then drop the blood bag, and set camp" at that I was dropped to the ground, and saying that I wasn't prepared would be an understatement, because as soon as I was dropped I gasped from the pain.

"Tie the blondie", and the two boys pinned me in an instant and starting tying a very heavy rope around my hands and legs. As soon as I looked on the boy's face a lump came to be in my throat. He was a demigod who had gone missing one week before Theseus arrived and destroyed our lives, I identified the guy in front of me at once I guess two years of fighting by his side in capture the flag helped that, he was the boyfriend of my best friend Clarisse La Rue, he is Chris Rodriguez a son of Hermes, but his face did not show any sign of even recognizing me. I knew the reason almost as soon as I looked into his brown eyes which were hazy and absent I knew immediately that he was under some sort of magic, and when they were done tying me the guy behind went to the campfire and I managed to see his face, and if Chris's face shocked me this almost killed me. He was Will Solace, the son of Apollo and Nico's boyfriend. I just couldn't help but start tearing up, "Will please, don't do this. You are more powerful than this, please Will think of Nico!" But if he understood what I said he did not show it.

"I see that you met my new pets" said the blonde girl, she looked like a daughter of Apollo, and she was terribly familiar. "Do you remember us blondie?" Said the other one, she was black haired with interesting looking eyes she looked almost like Piper's twin, I realized that she was a charm speaker, which is an Aphrodite ability. It took me a moment but then I realized who are they, "You're from the Lotus Hotel aren't you?" I asked afraid of the answer that I already know, "Good job blondie!" it was the black haired girl "Maybe you aren't a true blonde after all".

"What did you do to them?" I asked her as I felt my body shudder from anger, and although I feel my eyes filled with tears I could not cry I had to be strong for all of our sakes, "I swear if anything happened to them I will kill you myself" but she just laughed loudly and made an innocent face to me and said "I didn't do any thing to them, I only asked nicely" and she completed her laughter. "Who are you working for, the Lotus was destroyed", I asked her as a last attempt to distract her "The Lotus is immortal and it shall always emerge from the ashes, but I am only a servant of death" she answered with a serious face. "Now can you please shut up and never argue with me" said the black haired girl "Oh and you will regret your first question because I'll ask you nicely once and let us hope for your sake that you are as nice and polite as your two friends"