Reading Confused By Time

Chapter 3 - Reading Into the Storm Front

And a few Titan will arrive, he is from the time of Pernos, when they are together- another one will come to listen in the next chapter or so...

Chapter 3 - Reading Into the Storm Front

Before Annabeth had gone far she abruptly stopped and looked back at the Cocytus with a thoughtful expression. Her eyes scanned the river, searching for a flash of bronze. "Hazel, is there something made of celestial bronze in the Cocytus?"

"I dropped my dagger, in the river when Percy and I went there" Annabeth stated and held up a new one, a drakon bone sword.

Hazel raised an eyebrow and studied the river, reaching out with her power over riches. "Yes, there is," she said in shock, "how?"

Annabeth smiled, "Can you get it out for me?"

Hazel nodded slightly and drew the piece of metal towards her through the river. Annabeth stuck her hand into the water and scrabbled around for several seconds until her hand closed around the hilt of a dagger. She quickly drew back with a gasp, her face pale as she looked at the dagger in her hand.

The blade was shiny as if it had just been polished, but the edge was now serrated like someone had hacked away at it. Thalia's eyes widened as she recognized the dagger. "That's... impossible. Your dagger has been lying in the Cocytus for three hundred years?"

"Apparently so," Annabeth murmured.

Nico frowned, "Annabeth, you stuck your hand into the river. What did it say?"

"He's gone," Annabeth recited, "they have him. Give in; daughter of Athena, Perseus Jackson is gone."

Rachel stopped reading and looked up at Hades and then at Annabeth and Poseidon.

Annabeth lost her boyfriend and Poseidon lost his son, but they were keeping it together.

Poseidon had lost his son many times, each time he went back to his godly business, every time he let his son walk away, but the god always got him back, and Percy loved his dad no matter what happened.

Annabeth now knew what Percy had felt when he lost her on the cliff, when the manticore got her, but she didn't know what to think now since he had willingly stayed in the pit.

"He loves you, you know right?" Rachel said to her friend.

"Yeah, I just miss him. Thanks Rachel, you're a good friend"

The demigods were silent, and Thalia shook her head. "No. Kelp Head wouldn't give in; give him more faith, Bird Brain."

"Thalia's right," Nico said, "Percy has defeated Kronos before. Not even Tartarus will be able to make him give in."

"You should know that maybe Tartarus isn't the one torturing him" a voice mused, and when they all turned they saw a Titan dressed in Silver armor and silver hair.

"Bob!" Nico exclaimed and looked at the Titan.

"Ugh, Perseus insists that he calls me that, only to annoy me, Son of Hades, call me Iapetus."

"How did you get here, Titan!?" Zeus demands.

"Anake, she brought me here" with that the Titan of the Underworld nods to Rachel. "Continue Mortal, I would like you to read more."

"That's what I'm afraid of," Annabeth said as she studied the dagger that Luke had given her so long ago. "What if the Titans want revenge? He's been down here for three centuries – that's more than enough time for them."