Between the Worlds (Slow Updates)

Piña Colada

Annabeth POV-
    "Percy, help me, we have to keep the doors closed! I don't know what's between Tartarus and the mortal world, but I'd rather not find out." I said, trying not to sob like a scared six year old, but frankly, that's what I felt like at the moment.

    "Annabeth", Percy uttered, his voice brittle. " How can you be so calm? Bob, he..." Percy trailed off. Our friends Bob and Damasen had sacrificed themselves so that Percy and I could escape.

    "Percy, I know. Believe me, I know. But we have to keep going, we need to put an end to this, so that Gaea can't...Oof!" I exclaimed as the elevator car came to a screeching halt. Even the easy listening music singing "If you like piña colada..." had stopped.

    I struggled to get to my feet, when I felt a sudden shiver down my spine, as if a miniature blizzard was swirling around us. Eidolons, I thought. Quickly, I turned to Percy, checking his eyes for any unexplained hostility or a frosty, golden glare. Seeing nothing, I decided to ask him a question that only he would know the answer to:

    "Percy" I ventured. "What was the first thing that I ever said to you?"

    "Wise girl, the first thing that you ever said to me was 'you drool when you sleep'. And I will never, ever forget that."

    Gods, he's so sweet. I thought, my face growing hot as I felt blush spread across my cheeks. But if there isn't an eidolon, then what was that chill I felt then?

    Suddenly, the elevator doors shook. A small crack between the doors that neither Percy nor I had noticed began to widen. The elevator doors peeled away from one another with a soft hiss. A blast of frigid cold air hit us, throwing us against the back wall of the elevator. I couldn't see anything past the swirling snowstorm just outside the doors.

    Percy managed to get to his feet and offered me his hand. I stood up and he gave me a crooked smirk that didn't quite reach his eyes.

   "Well Wise Girl, you up for another life threatening and death defying quest?"

    "I'm up for anything Seaweed Brain, so long as it's with you." I replied, intertwining my hand with his own.