The Darkness Within

Chapter 5

A/N Yay! Two chapters in one day!

Meanwhile at camp...

It was a normal day at camp. Some Stymphalian birds managed to get past the camp's borders, but it was nothing that nineteen-year-old Annabeth Chase couldn't handle.

"For the last time, Sepia. We're DONE. We're no longer a couple." Annabeth groaned as an annoying satyr kept pestering her.

Sepia sighed. "Come on, Annie. You know you love me."

"No I don't. I don't think I ever did."

Annabeth stormed off.

It had been two years since he left. No, Percy was a traitor. He killed Grover's cousins and Juniper's sister. Why did her mind always wander to that green-eyed backstabber.

She walked over to the Zeus cabin to meet up with Jason and Piper.

"Still no luck?" Piper asked.

Annabeth shook her head. She had been trying to break up with Sepia for the past few months. He still didn't get the message.

Jason added. "We have a counselor meeting in ten minutes. Let's go there and take your mind off Sepia, shall we?

Annabeth sighed. She stood up and walked with Jason and Piper to the Big House. Jason and Piper laughed and talked the whole time. Annabeth wished to find love like that, but it never felt real after...

Come on, Annabeth. Annabeth scolded herself. Percy is a traitor and a cheater. Stop thinking about him!

When they arrived, all the other counselors were silent around the ping-pong table. After demigod Pax's disappearance, the whole camp had become depressed. Pax was a lively soul. There was no trace of her anywhere.

Chiron rolled his wheelchair into the Rec Room.

He cleared his throat. "Any signs on our missing camper?"

Connor's voice quivered. "None, Chiron. Half our cabin is looking in the forest. The other half is spreading the word to demigods who are not at camp.

"We have all our tracking drones scanning all of New York. There's still no sign of her." Leo exclaimed while fidgeting with a piece of machinery.

"Maybe she's dead?" Sherman proposed hesitantly.

Nico objected. "No, she's not. I would have sensed her death."

"Your death senses aren't working so well. You've been using them a lot recently. Maybe you're just exhausted." Will said, with an arm around his boyfriend.

Nico retorted. "I shadow-traveled to the Underworld, you idiot. I even asked my dad. It is as if Pax disappeared off the face of the planet."

Everyone began arguing. No one but Annabeth noticed Rachel entering the room quietly.

"Um, guys?" she began. "I've been having some visions lately. I'm not sure if they're rela..."

Rachel stopped speaking. Everyone looked at her. Her eyes swirled and green mist began to come out of her mouth.

"The seven shall rise with a newfound friend

On a journey to the place that offends

Where, at last, the truth shall be uncovered.

Without the sea the world shall be smothered.

The lost sister shall finally return.

The true enemy remains to be learned.

The Dark shall come and put up a great fight.

Others round him quiver at his great might."

Rachel collapsed. Will immediately caught her before she hit the ground. Annabeth trembled. They needed him. She'll have to see him again. Why were the Fates so cruel?

Chiron looked as if he aged twenty years during the last moments they spent together.

"Leo Valdez!" Chiron barked. "Send an Iris-message to Camp Jupiter immediately. Tell them to send Hazel and Frank as soon as possible." Leo nodded. "The rest of the seven, come with me. We have to go convene with the gods."

- - - - - TIME SKIP - - - - -

Chiron, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, and Leo stood before the gods.

"So you're saying the battle cannot be won without Perseus Jackson." Zeus growled.

"Yes, my lord." Chiron bowed. "He was part of the seven and he was the only son of the sea we know of, unless Lord Poseidon has other demigod children."

Poseidon sighed. "I wish I did. Brother, I think we need to bring Perseus out of the pit."

"Can't we make your son, Triton, a temporary demigod?" Zeus asked, impatiently. "I will not be helped by a traitor of Olympus!"

Apollo stated. "But he has already helped you twice, father. And he is needed for this quest. I should know, because I am the..."

"God of prophecy. Yes we know, brother. Tell us something we don't know!" Artemis exclaimed.

Apollo pouted on his throne.

"Very well." decided Zeus. "I will bring him back from Tartarus."

"And if he proves himself, could he be free from his punishment?" Hermes asked.

An angry Zeus turned to Hermes. "Don't test me, son."

Zeus snapped his fingers. Then again. He looked at his fingers and snapped once more. He turned as pale as his own lightning bolt.

"He's gone!"

A/N Hope you guys liked my story so far!