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"Guys, we need to move now!" yelled Annabeth, the others followed her eyes to the red-ness of the setting sun. She hauled Percy to his feet horrified as before her eyes he began to fade, becoming transparent.

"Run" yelled Sadie running towards the stairs dragging Carter behind her. Everyone forced their tired limbs to run as fast as they could up the stairs. It seemed to be a losing race, the sun setting faster than they could run. Annabeth began to cry, her chest heaving to get enough oxygen into her lungs, her legs were burning. Percy began to become less visible by each passing minute as the sun last rays began to vanish over the horizon.

"Dear God, Apollo please hold the sun, please don't let it set. I can't lose him Apollo, he helped save your sister last winter, please just hold the sun" she cried aloud. Apollo seemed to hear her plea as the sun seemed freeze in the sky as the group raced up the final steps and into Brooklyn house.

Sadie led the way to Carter's room, where the bodies lay. The shades of Percy and Carter glowed brightly, so brightly that the others had to close their eyes. When the light abruptly cut off, the others were hesitant to open their eyes. Afraid of what they would see, either they had failed or the light meant that they had returned to the underworld, or the souls had rejoined with their bodies. Sadie's hand found its way into Annabeths, and with a gentle squeeze they both silently agreed to open their eyes.

They were greeted with the sight of Percy and Carters eyes looking at the group. With a shout of joy the two girls flung themselves forward hugging their boys, followed closely by Nico, there was no dry eye among them when they finally broke apart.

All avoided the talk of the torture Percy and Carter had been subjected to, though the boys skin had a red angry look to it, the only reminder what their souls had gone through. Their joyful reunion was soon interrupted though. They all jumped when Anubis appeared before them.

"It is no longer safe for you here" said Anubis going straight to the problem, "Already many of Hades forces have crossed the river Styx. They are coming for you, there is only one safe place for you to go to. Percy, Annabeth, and Nico know what place I am talking about."

Nico looked confused, "But Father can get into Camp Half-Blood" he stopped when he saw Anubis shaking his head.

"No Nico, a place that even Hades cannot transverse with absolute certainty"

Percy's eyes brightened, "The Labyrinth, you want us to go back into it."

Anubis nodded, "The Labyrinth is the only place safe from Hades forces, no one except its creator knows for certain the safe paths. Your quest is still not over Mr. Jackson, Kronos's armies still seek the String, they are getting closer to Camp Half-Blood. Daedalus still might be able to help you, but that's only if you can find his workshop."

"We've tried to navigate through it" answered Annabeth. "We don't know which paths to take, the Mist is too strong, even for us."

Carter leaned back on his pillow thinking, he remembering the stories of Daedalus's Labyrinth that he had read about. "Wasn't Minos's daughter able to see through the Mist and find her way through it?"

Annabeth nodded and began to pace. "Yes she was, she was a mortal with the ability to see through the Mist. The only person that I've ever seen who demonstrates this gift is Sally Jackson, Percy's mom."

Something tickled in the back of Percy's mind, of a red head girl with glass, looking at him strangely, a girl that he had met last winter at the Hoover Dam. "I know of someone else, a girl that I meet at the Hoover Dam last winter, her name is Rachel Elizabeth Dare. She saw Riptide in its natural form."

Annabeth looked at him strangely, but didn't say anything. However Sadie spoke up, "Do you think she would help us?" she questioned.

Percy considered it for a moment before slowly nodding, "Yes, I believe she would, I did promise her answers."

"So how do we get in touch with this girl?" questioned Annabeth.

The End

No joking this is the end, my muse for this story is entirely gone. Maybe in the future I will make a sequel that goes on from this point, but for right know this is the end. Thanks for taking the time to read this story and all the reviews!