Broken || A Riordan Universe Story

Percy POV~ "Did Ya Steal That From A Comic Book?"

     The world shattered around me. I couldn't sense, hear, see, anything but Annabeth. Nothing mattered except her. Her arms were tied behind her back in solid metal chains, making her kneel on the floor. Her tan skin was covered in smudges of dark dirt. Her eyes. Annabeth's beautiful grey eyes were no where to be found. Her eyeballs were coated in some sort of glowing blue substance. Her pony tail was messed up. There were several blond curls out of it, framing her face. What finally broke me was her distinct scream that stuck out among the other girls.

     "PERCY!" She was screeching, "NO, NO, NO!"

     "Annabeth." I said, her name bringing tears to my eyes. "Wise Girl I'm right here!"

     She couldn't hear me, her screams raged on.

     "Family, Luke, you promised." She cried, gasping.

     I slid to my knees, crying. I couldn't help it anymore.

     I broke.

     I was working on putting myself back together after wallowing in self-hatred.  Annabeth was always there with me. She was the only thing keeping me from drowning into madness. She was my Achilles Heel. Her grey eyes kept me steady in the depths of hell. Her voice guided me through thick and thin. Her touch kept the torturous nightmares away. Her smile radiated happiness within me.

     I was in love with Annabeth Chase.

     And I couldn't bear to see my Wise Girl like this.

     The ground started to shake violently beneath my knees. Anger boiled inside of me. And it caught on like a virus. I could sense the rest of the guys unconsciously making the world spin too.

     "Where. Are. They." I growled, turning my gaze up to the dreadful screen.

     "And now ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your hosts!" Boomed a male voice.

The screen switched to a talk show set up. There was a vast wooden stage, with red curtains covering it. The so called "audience" was filled with monsters and other demons. They clapped as the bright red curtains lifted up. Behind the curtains were three men. They were wearing suits. I could tell that they were familiar from the gasps coming out of the Norse and Egyptian Squad. The first man had dirty blond, feathery hair. He had scars and burns all over his tan face though. They bridged his nose, and trailed down his cheek. It was as if there was snake venom dripping on his face. His eyes were burning intensely. The second man was bald with blood red eyes. His skin was a dark shade of brown, almost red. The last guy had red eyes, and not just the pupils. His whole eyeball was red. His skin was dark as the night. He had bleached white hair that was gelled over, it was swept to the side.

     "Hello young Demigods, Magicians, Demons, Monsters, Elf and Dwarf. We are the Legion of Doom." Smirked the one with dark skin.

     "Did ya steal that from a comic book?" Asked Leo.

     Right at that moment there was a bolt of electric lightning that singed the spot of grass right next to Leo.

      "Really man?" Squeaked Leo as he jumped.

     "Now, you will all be quiet until the presentation is over." Announced the Dark Skinned one.

     "Let's introduce our selves first." Started the burnt one, "As Magnus already knows, I am Loki. Trickster and the Father of Evil. Blood-brother to Odin, and a former member of the Aesir."

     "I'm Seth." Introduced the one with no hair. "The Egyptian god of Evil."

     "And none of you know me." Started the Dark Skinned one, "but I'm Khaos, Birther of Gaea, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx. I'm the one who exists in the Cosmos, made of the four Elements."

     "17 people will be chosen at random to participate in the Games we have planned for you." Smirked Loki.

     He snapped his fingers and took out a black top hat filled with slips of paper, which I could only guess, had our names on them. He reached his hand into the hat and pulled a bunch out. I quickly counted, and summed it up to be 17 papers.

     "Magnus Chase." Read Loki.

     "This thing is rigged." Magus groaned.

     "Samirah al-Abbas," Smirked Loki. "Alex Fierro. Blitzen son of Freya. Hearthstone son of  Alderman. Carter Kane. Zia Rashid. Sadie Kane. Walt Stone. Jason Grace. Piper McLean. Leo Valdez. Calypso of Ogyia. Nico Di'Angelo. Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano. Big name! What a tongue twister! Moving on, we have Annabeth Chase.

     And, Percy Jackson."

     "No way!" I exclaimed, using a large amount of sarcasm in my voice. "I never would've guessed I'd be me!"

     "Same!" Exclaimed Magnus.

     "Let the Games Begin children." Proclaimed Seth.

     "You'd better hope you can survive, for the girls are already at a breaking point." Cackled Khaos.

     "Is anyone else getting a strong Jumanji meets the Hunger Games vibe right now?" Asked Leo.

     "I fear it's much worse." Walt replied.