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Jason XLIV

"Jason XLIV," Naomi read.

Time seemed to slow down, which was really frustrating, since Jason still couldn't move.

"Can we just skip to the part where Piper and Leo rescue him?" Thalia pleaded to no one in particular.

Celin patted her shoulder. "Hang in there."

He felt himself sinking into the earth like the ground was a waterbed—comfortable, urging him to relax and give up.

Don't you dare Jason Grace! Thalia sternly thought.

He wondered if the stories of the Underworld were true. 

"Are we really thinking about this right now?" the daughter of Zeus groaned in frustration. "Squirm around! Kick and scream! I don't care! Do something! Don't just give up and start making plans about the Underworld!"

Would he end up in the Fields of Punishment or Elysium? If he couldn't remember any of his deeds, would they still count?

"In most cases, yes." Hades said.

"I doubt he did anything too serious to earn the Fields of Punishment." Nico commented. "Jason's a pretty decent guy."

"Who cares about that? Jason's not going to die!" Thalia firmly told them.

He wondered if the judges would take that into consideration, or if his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: "Please excuse Jason from eternal damnation. He has had amnesia."

Hades snorted. "As if that'd stop me."

"Jay, can you please think of something else? Maybe like an escape plan? Or shock him with some lightning?" Thalia suggested.

"He really seems to have given up." Percy frowned.

Jason couldn't feel his arms. He could see the tip of the spear coming toward his chest in slow motion.

Great now he's watching a spear slowly impale him... DO SOMETHING!! 

The demigods around her suddenly jumped.

Thalia felt her face heat up in embarrassment.

"Sorry." she muttered in a lower voice.

He knew he should move, but he couldn't seem to do it. Funny, he that effort to stay alive, and then, boom. You just lie there helplessly while a fire-breathing giant impales you.

Is it really that funny? Jason... I swear I'm gonna... Eye twitching, she turned to Leo.

"When are you two supposed to show up?" she asked him. I don't think I can handle any more of this crap.

"Hard to say with the slow motion movie-thing going on," he replied, tossing the ball from hand to hand. "It didn't even take this long to save him. It literally could've been finished in the last chapter, if it weren't for that stupid cliff hanger."

He bounced the ball on the ground.

Leo's voice yelled, "Heads up!"

A large black metal wedge slammed into Enceladus with a massive thunk! The giant toppled over and slid into the pit.

"There we go!" Leo grinned. 

The daughter of Zeus heaved a sigh of relief and breathed a 'thanks.'