We meet The Lord of All Death
At last we reach the Fortress of Death. Cool, right?Except we have to go inside it.
We stop at its forbidding black gates. Stray skeletons litter the ground, bits of flesh clinging creepily to their bleached white bone. Both Annabeth and Ajax begin talking at once.
"Okay, people, this is how we should--"
"I'll attack Pluto, and you guys can go for--"
They realize they're both trying to be in charge and go after each other.
"I'm more experienced, I've been here before--" begins Annabeth.
Ajax glares at her. "You need to BACK OFF, I'm leading this quest!" He yells.
"Is that how it is? Well, the Greeks can handle this without you Romans, thank you very much!"
They're drawing their weapons, eyes fiery. I throw myself between them.
"Dudes! Calm down! We need to, like, get along and stuff. And because neither of you can agree on anything, I'LL make up the plan!"
Silence follows my words. I take a deep breath. "Uh, okay then...the plan..."
But Julia does it for me. Marching up to the huge black door, she swings it open. Apparently Hades isn't afraid of being robbed, or else he has a really good alarm system, because it's been left unlocked.
Julia steps inside. I follow her, swords drawn.
Darkness.
And then I see him-- a great dark figure with a black cloak and flashing eyes.
Then a shaft of light falls on him, and he doesn't look so creepy. More emo than anything. I wonder if he had a traumatic childhood.
WHAT AM I THINKING THIS GUY IS ABOUT TO
"Welcome, demigods. Please enter. But I cannot assure you that you shall ever return."
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