So...My Life is Officially Mixed Up

Barry

Barry

I was training with Percy and Annabeth. I kept losing to them, but then Percy let me use my powers. I actually won! Yes, I was surprised that I beat him with super speed because Percy's really good. He high fived me and then went ridged. He fell to the floor.

"Not now! This is the worst time for that to happen!" Annabeth said with worry, rushing to Percy's side.

"What's happening?" Kara asked running next to Annabeth

"He's having a flashback. This is literally the worst time for him to get a flashback, what if the monsters come here to invade?" Annabeth was really freaking out.

"Hey, Annabeth, it's going to be fine. We'll wake him up." I said

"You can't, we have to wait for it to be over." Annabeth said

"What's a flashback?" Kara asked

"He literally slips into his brain and relives memories." Annabeth explained

"That must be terrible."

"Yeah."

I heard an explosion upstairs.

"What was that?" Kara asked

"Probably a toilet or a sink." Annabeth said casually.

"Oh."

"Who made the demigod mad?" Cisco's voice asked from the intercom, "I will have you to thank for fixing another toilet!"

"Sorry Cisco, he in another flashback. We don't know why he did that."

"That's fine. Just can you...whoa. Barry, there are a bunch of thermal signatures heading towards the lab. Check this out, there's one that's super huge."

"Tartarus." Annabeth said

I ran with my super speed to get Cisco and his Vibe goggles.

"What am I doing down here? The monsters are up there!" Cisco said, "And we need to get Percy to safety."

"Well I was thinking that you Vibe into his flashback and get him out." I said

"How am I supposed to do that?"

"Well you Vibed into the Speed Force and the weird world that the Music Meister put me and Kara in. Why is this any different?"

"Okay, I'll try." Cisco said after putting on his goggles.

He touched Percy's shoulder and inhaled deeply. Annabeth, Kara, and I watched and waited. After a few minutes, Percy's eyes fluttered open. Right as they did, Cisco sparked back into action and took his goggles off.

"Percy, Annabeth, I had no idea that you had to go through that. I thought that we had it bad." Cisco said

"What did you see?" Kara asked both Cisco and Percy

Percy didn't say anything and buried his head in Annabeth's lap. I looked at Annabeth. She shrugged and stroked Percy's hair.

"I saw literal Hell." Cisco said

"What do you mean?" Kara asked

"Tartarus." Percy said, his voice muffled since his face was still in Annabeth's lap, "And he's on his way with an army of monsters."

Almost on cue, there was a huge banging sound. Then another one. Caitlyn came running into the room.

"On the monitor! There were a bunch of monsters!" Caitlyn said

"Of course they're here now." Annabeth said, "Perfect timing."

Percy came out of Annabeth lap and said, "Okay guys here's the plan, we are going to attack all of the monsters, but when we get to Tartarus, stop fighting. I have to do it. It says so in the prophecy I got and I don't want any of you to get hurt."

"Percy no way! You are going to die if you do that! You are not leaving me again." Annabeth said the last sentence tenderly, "Plus, the prophecy also says that friends with help to overthrow the leader."

"Which one though?" Percy asked. I could see it in his eyes that he was scared. I knew that he didn't want to leave Annabeth as much as she didn't want him the leave her.

"We all know that Percy has to face this huge monster guy alone. As much as we don't want to let him, he has to. Then, we will come in if he gets into too much trouble and defeat him." I said

"Good plan. Plus, if Percy get taken I can Vibe where he is and then shoot a portal." Cisco said

"So, do we just let the monsters in?" Kara asked

"And what will I do?" Caitlyn asked

"Caitlyn, you will stay in the Time Vault and one of us will get you out when we need to be patched up." I said, "And once you're in there, we will not let them in, but we will go to them."

"What's the Time Vault?" Annabeth asked

"It's basically a room that is hidden in the wall." I said

"Wait, where's Leo?" Percy asked

"I didn't see him in the Cortex." I said thinking about it. Where did Leo go? Was he taken by the monsters?

"Oh, my gods where is he?" Annabeth asked

"Awww! I love to hear my fellow demigods worrying about me!" Leo's voice called

A few seconds later, Leo walked into the Speed Lab carrying three sets of armor. He was struggling. Percy walked over to him and took all three sets without looking strained. Then with his free hand, he punched Leo in the face.

"Never freak us out like that again." Percy said seriously, and then he walked back to us. He gave Annabeth her armor and kept his and Leo's. When Leo walked over he said, "Geez, I thought that we might need some armor. Reminds me of when I came back from the dead and came back to camp. Everyone just punched me and slapped me around."

Percy just slammed Leo's armor to him. Leo's armor was much smaller than Percy's. There was another bang. I sped Caitlyn to the Time Vault and got back to the Speed Lab.

"We ready?" I asked. Percy, Annabeth, and Leo's armor was already on.

"No." Percy replied, "But, let's do this."

"We need a plan if this is going to work." Annabeth said, "So, Barry should speed around killing the monsters, Kara can fly above. Percy, Leo, and I will make our way to Tartarus. And when the time comes...Percy will have to face him alone."

One at a time, I sped everyone to the back garage of the building. We got ready to fight.