Percy Jackson a Second Chance

Chapter IX- Tartarus And A Chat With Hades

After finding the others and forcefully taking them out of the casino we got in a taxi and started towards Santa Monica. The others were complaining that they wasted several days in the casino. Danny was still trying to flirt with Annabeth and Annabeth was now trying to flirt with me. Grover was snoring in the passenger seat as there wasn't enough room in the back. I would've sat in the front, but Annabeth had dragged me into the back before I even knew what was happening.

Anyway, about halfway Annabeth gave up trying to flirt and Danny was explaining his dreams about Tartarus and Kronos.

That was all well and good until he started to say that the voice Kronos was talking, and it sounded like me. I was going to throw him out the window, but Annabeth was in my way and was explaining how it couldn't have been me. Looks like is good things about her being so flirty.2

When we arrived at Santa Monica pier we got out and heading down to the beach which now that I think about it was strangely empty, Poseidon must be doing some wacky magic to protect his favorite son.

"So how long do we wait for my dad?" Danny questioned.

"Danny the god of the sea asked you to come meet him, you are the son of said God of the sea. What do you think you do? You walk into the water until you come across someone." I said answering my own question, so he doesn't say anything stupid.

He nodded ignoring me calling him Danny and stepped into the water...and stopped there. "Danny you're going to have to go further than that. Go until you see something weird come up to you." I said before signing in frustration.2

He nodded before continuing. We waited for what must've been fifteen minutes. It was getting to the point where I was going to walk down there and drag him to Hades but before I could his ugly head appeared above the waves.

"It's about time Daniel come on we don't have time to waste we only have today left to finish all of this." I said walking away while he told the others what the nereid had said.

Thankfully we didn't run into the same gang as last time, so we didn't have to worry about the waterbed salesman Procrustes. I knew were we had to go to find the underworld, but I couldn't lead them straight to the place or they would ask questions, so I lead them in the general direction taking a few wrong turns here and there.

Eventually we stood in front of the entrance to DOA recording studios. I had I bag of drachmas in my pocket to bribe Charon but the other came up with the idea to pretend we were dead. I had also bought two red rubber balls for Cerberus since Annabeth already had one I only needed two. One for each head, it was Nico's idea and not a half had one keep him busier for longer.

Nico had said he liked red rubber balls. That's probably why he let us past the last time since Annabeth had one.

I should probably ask her why she has a red rubber ball in the first place.

Anyway, we walked in and went up to the desk. "Hello, we would like you to take us to the underworld please." Said Danny.

Charon looked at him suspiciously. "What? No screaming about being dead or asking me to take you back you lot are strange. Anyway, how did you lot die in the first place?" He questioned.

"Oh, we drowned." Annabeth said.

"Really drowned all together. How did it happen drown in the bathtub?" He said chuckling and looking directly at me though the others probably couldn't tell, because of the glasses on his face. I cracked a smirk behind them, Charon must be on my side if he can remember that then again, he is also the son of Nyx I believe, or I might be wrong it's hard to keep track of it all. Thinking about it now we are all technically all related.