The New Chaos Army

Highway To Hell

Annabeth's pov

"Leo, I don't say this enough to but your a genius." I said. As I boarded the Argo III.

"You here that Frank, a daughter of Athena called me a genius." Leo bragged.

"I'm think she only said that was because you found a way to get her boyfriend back." Frank said.

"Still, it's good to hear it once and awhile." Leo said.

"Just drive Leo, we need to hurry up. If Percy got the message I don't want him to wait long. It already took us a year to remake the Argo, and figure out how to get it in and out of Tartarus." I said.

"Tell me again, what exactly happened that day again." Piper said. The others all looked over. They knew I didn't like to talk about it.

"Well, When he was called to Olympus I waited for him in the lobby. He didn't come down for a long time so I snuck up there and Hermes started talking about Gaea and Kronos returning and then Ares said that they had banished the only person that could save them. Then I asked what was going on and they told me Percy was in Tartarus." I said trying not to cry.

"Are you sure he's still...You know... Alive. I mean you and him barely survived and you had a giant and a titan helping you." Reyna said.

"He has to be..." I said still trying to hold back the tears. Thalia put a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm sure he's fine. He's pretty strong." Thalia said. Then under her breath she said, "For a boy."

"He's still alive." Nico said. I looked at him.

"How can you be sure!?" I asked.

"Um...Hello I'm a son of hades. When have I been wrong. Although I don't understand how he's still alive...When I was there...." Nico said. He had gotten less socially awkward since he got together with Will Solace.

"Yeah, I'm sure he's fine Annabeth." Hazel said.

"He's not happy." Nico muttered.

"What?" I asked.

"Well the only thing keeping him alive is rage. He's mad a someone, well more than mad, he's infuriated." Nico said. I let that sink in. I hated when Percy was mad. He scared me the last time we were in Tartarus, when he was controlling all of the poisons. I was terrified of him. Did he see Akhlys again? Did he...Kill her..? No. He's better than that. He probably didn't even leave the Hermes shrine and Damesen's house.

"He's probably a little shaken up too." Jason said.

"Why would he be shaken up?" Leo asked.

"Well, when him and Annabeth were in Tartarus for A couple weeks and they still have nightmares about it. Percy's been there for a year. Do you think you'd be the same?" Jason said.

"So Percy is crazy?" Leo asked.

"Well he won't exactly be sane would he?" Jason said. Was it true? Would Percy be crazy? Would he still love me? Would he remember me? What if he accidentally went into the Lethe? (River that wipes memories)

"Guys!" Thalia said punching Jason and Leo.

"What?" Leo said.

"Your scaring Annabeth." Thalia said.

"No...I'm fine." I lied, "I just need to lie down."

"Actually Annabeth, were going to need you. We're almost there. We need you to help is find Damien's house." Leo said.

"It's Damesen." I said. I looked around and noticed we were descending into Tartarus. We were so close. In the distance I heard a cold, evil laugh.

You'll never find him. A woman's voice said inside my head.

Hey dirt face. Do me a favor and get out of my head. I said back. Gaea had been taunting me all year. Since we needed all seven to beat her again we needed Percy more than ever. He would not be happy to be part of a prophecy again.

Gaea just laughed again. The laugh reminded me of the laugh I heard in my dreams the last few nights. All I saw was Percy falling into Tartarus laughing manically. But that couldn't have been real. It was just Gaea and Kronos taunting me. Right?

"Annabeth!" Leo yelled.

"Huh?"

"I asked you if you knew where this giants house was." Leo said.

"Sorry. I spaced out." I said. I looked around and saw it. Tartarus. A thousand images flooded back to my mind. My knees buckled. Luckily Piper and Thalia caught me.

"You ok?" Thalia asked.

"Y-Yeah...Just never thought I'd be back..." I said. I described Damesen's house to Leo. He turned on a search light and looked for it.

"You see anything Festus?" Leo asked. Festus responded with a bunch of clicks and bleeps. I looked over the edge of the railing and scanned the area. I felt sick. I may or may not have thrown up over the rail. As I looked out I saw two figures standing infront of a poorly constructed house. Without thinking I said,

"Percy!"

The figures disappeared. The others ran to the edge. Was it him!? Did he just vanish?

"Did you see him!?" Everyone asked.

"No." I said. I pointed to the sloppy house.

"Set us down there." I said. Leo landed, before he had stopped the ship I jumped off and ran to the hut. All there was, was a poorly made bed. On the bed was a small glowing item. I walked up and picked it up. I froze. It was his pen...Riptide. He was here. Maybe he had gone to Damesen's house. The other eight waited for me outside.

"He was here. I think he might have gone to Damesen's house." I said.

"Lead the way." Leo said. We ran to Damesen's house. A layer of dust covered the furniture.

"Percy!" I yelled. I knew it was foolish to announce my position to any monsters but I didn't care. I needed to find him. I saw a small piece of paper on the floor. I picked it up. It was a crumbled up napkin with awful handwriting on it, but it was clearly Percy's.

Dear ANnAbEth,

ONe YeAr. OnE WhOle YEar i haVE liVed iN TaRtAruS aNd Not onCe diD yoU tRy to sAve mE, buT thAt doESn't MATter WiTH EAch daY I geT StROngEr. ANd AftEr wHat YoU anD tHe OThers DID tO me I AM nOt COming BaCK WItH YOu. BuT WHEn I DO cOmE baCk YOu, the OthEr EighT, ANd THe GOds wIlL be THE FIRst TO KNow! THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SEND ME TO TARTARUS.

-The Demi-god formally known as Percy Jackson.

I could move, I couldn't breathe. This couldn't have been him. Could it? The others crowded around me.

"Oh no." Piper said.

"This couldn't have been him..." Frank said.

"Does he blame us for being sent to Tartarus?" Leo asked.

"I think he does." Hazel said.

"We could keep looking for him, I mean how big is Tartarus?" Jason said.

"Big." Was all I could say.

"Well he has to be around here somewhere." Reyna said.

"He's gone." Nico said.

"What?" I asked.

"He's gone, he isn't here." Nico said.

"Wait gone as in he left Tartarus or gone gone?" Leo asked.

"Well, he isn't here." Nico said. .

"Well where is he!?" I asked.

"Let me put it this way, he's alive but he isn't in this universe." Nico said. And that confirmed it. Percy Jackson, my boyfriend was gone.