"Where'd she go?!?!?!?!" yelled Nico, looking around for her.
"She entered the pit of Taterus. Kronos has her captive. We have to save her Nico!!" I screamed on the verge of tears, picking up her back pack. She was one of my first friends at Camp Half Blood. Now she was gone.
"This is bad really bad! Kronos could kill her.....or eat her....or turn her into something!! We have to go back and tell Chiron!"
"No......we have to finish the quest." I said quietly. I just couldn't stand it. Sapphire was gone. First my dad.....now Sapphire? I began to cry and as soon as the tears came they wouldn't leave. The salty liquid began to cover my face and I put my head in my hands.
Nico came to comfort me in his arms. I laid my head on his shoulder and just sobbed, muffling words and pleas about how my life was going ruined.
Once I finally stopped crying, Nico grabbed my hands and pulled me up.
"Addison, you have to be strong. We need to go now. I have a feeling the pit has other ideas. Come on."
I grabbed my bag and slung Sapphire's over my shoulder as well.
As soon as we left the Underworld we grabbed a cab to the area where we met Katie and Jesslin. Katie and Jesslin sat on a bench. Each were asleep.
Before we went to them I grabbed Nico.
"I have an idea. Maybe we could take Jesslin to the pit of tarterus and she could reason with her father, and maybe figure out why he took Sapphire."
"Uh....you gotta realize something here. First of all, Jesslins only four. She can't really "Reason" with a big scary, evil titan. Two, Kronos could just take her into his clutches and we would all be toast with a girl like that on his side. She's powerful. Third, you promised Katie we wouldn't take Jesslin anywhere."
"You're right. We could always just take Jesslin to Camp Half Blood and raise her up on our side. Then maybe we could just figure out another way to save Sapphire."
We walked up to the bench and Katie began to snore.
"Um.....Katie....." I said waking her up.
"What?" She said a little bit more rude than necessary.
"We have a situation. We need to take Jesslin to camp half blood."
"NO!! YOU ARE NOT TAKING MY BABY TO THE STUPID, WRETCHED PLACE!!!!!!!"
"You don't understand. If she is out here with just a daughter of Hermes as a protector she could die. Kronos wants her on his side. She has extreme power not even a god has."
"NO!!! She has no power!!!!!!!! She is a normal girl!!!! She has no powers!!"
"You could come to camp half blood with us."
"NO!!"
This lady didn't understand. I couldn't take it.
"DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS THE MOST POWERFUL DEMIGOD ALIVE!?!?!?!? EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN PERCY JACKSON? SHE CAN CAUSE PAIN IN ANYONES MIND AND BODY BY SNAPPING HER FINGERS! SHE CAN TRANSPORT THROUGH SHADOWS AND SHE DESTROYS MONSTERS BY CLAPPING HER HANDS! HER DAD IS THE MOST POWERFUL, EVIL, DARK, DANGEROUS TITAN EVER LIVED!!!! AND SHE'S FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"My daughter is no such thing. I will not believe this!!"
"If she happens to go to Kronos's side...we would be an ant being stomped by a dinosaur!!!!!!!!"
"No."
"You have to accept that your daughter is like this. You know its true...but you won't admit it."
"I....I..I don't believe you!"
"Really?"
"I....I..."
"Come to Camp with us. Bring your daughter where she can train and grow on our side."
"I....." But she was interrupted by the sound of a growl. Two more growls came, and I turned to find three green Kampes.
They had sharp fangs and snakes for hair. There beady eyes and scaly green skin scared me.
"Come on....we gotta fight.." whispered Nico.
Katie grabbed Jesslin and began to run away.
"Don't you dare go anywhere!!" I yelled at them. I ran onto a rock and immediately turned into a slimy rattle snake. My veins turned cold and my body grew long and skinny.
The sight of my new deadly animal image scared Katie and she followed my order and sat down on the bench.
I slithered up to the kampes while Nico pulled out his sword and ran up to the Kampes.
"Hello demigodsssssssss" said one of the kampes.
"sssshutup you ssstupid monssssterssss!" I said to the creatures in my snake voice.
"Reason with the kampe's hair Addison!"
I slithered to the snakes and began to speak while the kampe tried to push me away.
"Ssssstop attacking. We are jusssst leaving....why you attack ussssss?" I asked the snakes.
"We come to desssstry you from the orderssssss of our masssster." The snakes answered in unison. I turned and saw Nico chopping off one of the kampe's head. It immediately turned to golden dust.
"Pleassssse ssssstop. We are in a hurry!"
"Sssssory ssssnake....er...demigod. We musssst kill you now." as soon as they said that I slithered around and turned into an alligator. So much for reasoning.
I jumped on one of the Kampes and began to wrestle with it.
Suddenly, I heard a yell of pain from Nico I turned and saw that his arm had a huge bloody cut scraped over where he hurt himself before.
"NICO!!" I screamed, not paying attention to the Kampe, which then scraped my tail. I screamed in pain and the kampe scratched my nostril.
"Katie!! Help us!!" I screamed. But I forgot that she couldn't hear me. I used my last strength to turn back into a human while i still wrestled the kampe.
"Katie!! Help us!!" I yelled, throwing her the dagger that hung to my belt. She caught it in mid air and stared at me for a long time, but I couldn't look much because the kampe scratched my ear.
Katie ran for Nico's kampe and stabbed it in the back. It turned to dust and she ran for my Kampe. Still, the kampe on top of me was ready and it turned as soon as Katie reached us, where the Kampe stabbed her in the chest.
My vision became blurry and I screamed.
What I remember seeing was Katie stabbing the kampe with my dagger and falling to the floor with a huge gash in her chest where the kampe had stabbed her.
The Kampe....and Katie....where dead.
"She entered the pit of Taterus. Kronos has her captive. We have to save her Nico!!" I screamed on the verge of tears, picking up her back pack. She was one of my first friends at Camp Half Blood. Now she was gone.
"This is bad really bad! Kronos could kill her.....or eat her....or turn her into something!! We have to go back and tell Chiron!"
"No......we have to finish the quest." I said quietly. I just couldn't stand it. Sapphire was gone. First my dad.....now Sapphire? I began to cry and as soon as the tears came they wouldn't leave. The salty liquid began to cover my face and I put my head in my hands.
Nico came to comfort me in his arms. I laid my head on his shoulder and just sobbed, muffling words and pleas about how my life was going ruined.
Once I finally stopped crying, Nico grabbed my hands and pulled me up.
"Addison, you have to be strong. We need to go now. I have a feeling the pit has other ideas. Come on."
I grabbed my bag and slung Sapphire's over my shoulder as well.
As soon as we left the Underworld we grabbed a cab to the area where we met Katie and Jesslin. Katie and Jesslin sat on a bench. Each were asleep.
Before we went to them I grabbed Nico.
"I have an idea. Maybe we could take Jesslin to the pit of tarterus and she could reason with her father, and maybe figure out why he took Sapphire."
"Uh....you gotta realize something here. First of all, Jesslins only four. She can't really "Reason" with a big scary, evil titan. Two, Kronos could just take her into his clutches and we would all be toast with a girl like that on his side. She's powerful. Third, you promised Katie we wouldn't take Jesslin anywhere."
"You're right. We could always just take Jesslin to Camp Half Blood and raise her up on our side. Then maybe we could just figure out another way to save Sapphire."
We walked up to the bench and Katie began to snore.
"Um.....Katie....." I said waking her up.
"What?" She said a little bit more rude than necessary.
"We have a situation. We need to take Jesslin to camp half blood."
"NO!! YOU ARE NOT TAKING MY BABY TO THE STUPID, WRETCHED PLACE!!!!!!!"
"You don't understand. If she is out here with just a daughter of Hermes as a protector she could die. Kronos wants her on his side. She has extreme power not even a god has."
"NO!!! She has no power!!!!!!!! She is a normal girl!!!! She has no powers!!"
"You could come to camp half blood with us."
"NO!!"
This lady didn't understand. I couldn't take it.
"DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS THE MOST POWERFUL DEMIGOD ALIVE!?!?!?!? EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN PERCY JACKSON? SHE CAN CAUSE PAIN IN ANYONES MIND AND BODY BY SNAPPING HER FINGERS! SHE CAN TRANSPORT THROUGH SHADOWS AND SHE DESTROYS MONSTERS BY CLAPPING HER HANDS! HER DAD IS THE MOST POWERFUL, EVIL, DARK, DANGEROUS TITAN EVER LIVED!!!! AND SHE'S FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"My daughter is no such thing. I will not believe this!!"
"If she happens to go to Kronos's side...we would be an ant being stomped by a dinosaur!!!!!!!!"
"No."
"You have to accept that your daughter is like this. You know its true...but you won't admit it."
"I....I..I don't believe you!"
"Really?"
"I....I..."
"Come to Camp with us. Bring your daughter where she can train and grow on our side."
"I....." But she was interrupted by the sound of a growl. Two more growls came, and I turned to find three green Kampes.
They had sharp fangs and snakes for hair. There beady eyes and scaly green skin scared me.
"Come on....we gotta fight.." whispered Nico.
Katie grabbed Jesslin and began to run away.
"Don't you dare go anywhere!!" I yelled at them. I ran onto a rock and immediately turned into a slimy rattle snake. My veins turned cold and my body grew long and skinny.
The sight of my new deadly animal image scared Katie and she followed my order and sat down on the bench.
I slithered up to the kampes while Nico pulled out his sword and ran up to the Kampes.
"Hello demigodsssssssss" said one of the kampes.
"sssshutup you ssstupid monssssterssss!" I said to the creatures in my snake voice.
"Reason with the kampe's hair Addison!"
I slithered to the snakes and began to speak while the kampe tried to push me away.
"Ssssstop attacking. We are jusssst leaving....why you attack ussssss?" I asked the snakes.
"We come to desssstry you from the orderssssss of our masssster." The snakes answered in unison. I turned and saw Nico chopping off one of the kampe's head. It immediately turned to golden dust.
"Pleassssse ssssstop. We are in a hurry!"
"Sssssory ssssnake....er...demigod. We musssst kill you now." as soon as they said that I slithered around and turned into an alligator. So much for reasoning.
I jumped on one of the Kampes and began to wrestle with it.
Suddenly, I heard a yell of pain from Nico I turned and saw that his arm had a huge bloody cut scraped over where he hurt himself before.
"NICO!!" I screamed, not paying attention to the Kampe, which then scraped my tail. I screamed in pain and the kampe scratched my nostril.
"Katie!! Help us!!" I screamed. But I forgot that she couldn't hear me. I used my last strength to turn back into a human while i still wrestled the kampe.
"Katie!! Help us!!" I yelled, throwing her the dagger that hung to my belt. She caught it in mid air and stared at me for a long time, but I couldn't look much because the kampe scratched my ear.
Katie ran for Nico's kampe and stabbed it in the back. It turned to dust and she ran for my Kampe. Still, the kampe on top of me was ready and it turned as soon as Katie reached us, where the Kampe stabbed her in the chest.
My vision became blurry and I screamed.
What I remember seeing was Katie stabbing the kampe with my dagger and falling to the floor with a huge gash in her chest where the kampe had stabbed her.
The Kampe....and Katie....where dead.