Lunar's Plight

Falling

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Percy Jackson, nor Heroes of Olympus, Rick Riordan does

Percy's POV:

After I explained how I was kidnapped by Hera and everything that happened in the past few months, except the engagement to Artemis of course. When I finished explaining, we all walked to the dining hall where we found a load of food displayed on the tables and I turned to the Campers.

"Well, eat up!" I announce to everyone and in a moment everyone charges past me to get a bite of the food

I laugh as I spot Artemis and her hunters sitting down at a table and eating. I make my way over before sitting next to Artemis who smiles at me. I smile back as I start eating.

(Time Skip a few hours)

A few hours later I found myself talking to Reyna about leaving for the quest when out of the corner of my eye I spot a very familiar person and I sigh.

"Excuse me Reyna" I say before walking off and toward the man who seems to be looking around "Hey Chris" I say and he looks at me

"Ahh, Percy, just the guy I was looking for, mind if we speak privately?" he said and I nodded before we walked off a ways

"So, what did you need to talk to me about?" I asked and he sighed

"The doors of death, a pathway that is being exploited by my daughter Gaia and her minions. Percy, what I am asking you to do is very very dangerous, even for a guardian" He said and I nod slowly

"What is it?" I ask calmly

"I am asking you to go to Tartarus, find the doors, eradicate any and all forces guarding the doors before sealing them off completely, once you do that, I will figure out a way to get you out that doesn't require you to claw your way out" He said and I felt my blood run cold

'He wants us to go to Tartarus?' Instinct asked

'Yes, I think that's what he said, and he also said about closing the doors of death' Iota said and I nodded slowly

"Alright, I'll do it, but first I need to find the entrance" I said and he nodded before snapping his fingers and a miniature globe appeared before he spun it around and a red dot flashed in Rome

"You will find the entrance to Tartarus here, in Rome, but be careful, there are monsters guarding the entrance" He said and I nodded

"Percy, what are you doing with Chris?" I heard Artemis ask and I cursed as she walked up

"Chris, asked me to do a favor for him" I said trying to avoid the topic

"What was the favor?" She asked and I mentally started freaking out

'We need a lie and stat!' Instinct yelled

'I can't think of one! Oh gods!' Iota shouted and Artemis narrowed her eyes

"Don't you dare even think about lying to me" She said in a low voice and all conversations that were being held mentally stopped "What. Was. The. Favor!" She said in a quiet voice that scared the hades out of me

"He... uh... wanted me to... erm... gototartarusandclosethedoorsofdeath" I said extremely quickly and she narrowed her eyes more

"Slower" She said and I nodded

"He wanted me to go to Tartarus to close the doors of death" I said quietly

"No" was all she said and Chaos looked at her in shock