Percy in Tartarus |✓

||The Failure of Plan A||

Percy's POV

I woke up in a sudden pain. But I managed to open my eyes, but only to see white spots. I was still on the ground. I tried to get up, I gasped. My legs. I feel like that bone in my leg has been crushed a million times. I just couldn't stand up. I tried again. More pain. Tears swelled in my eyes, no, I wasn't sad, it was just the agony. Wait. Tears. Water. I managed to sit up right. I winced when I had to use a fraction of my leg muscles. I manipulated my own tears and directed them to my legs.  

Relief. Though it was little. It was still relief. I figured that it mended only a few bones, but it should be enough. I wobbled as I tried to stand up. I leaned on Riptide for support. With great concentration, I stood up on my feet. But my legs still hurt like Hades. I tried to take one step, but I fell hard to the ground. I groaned. Now I can't even walk. Great. Just what I needed. 

I decided to talk to Grover. Perhaps he can help me out of this.

Grover's POV

I was by the lake when I heard in voice in my head.

"Grover!"

"Percy! Are you okay?" I mentally slapped myself. Percy is anything but okay.

"Ow." 

"What?"

"You slapped yourself, in the mind. It hurts." I was baffled. I didn't even know that was possible.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"I was just messing with you G-man." He gave out a laugh, a weak laugh.

"How did you know?"

"That's what you do every time you says something wrong."

He continued.

"Grover, look, do you have any idea how to get out of this...place?"

I thought for a moment. It was a long time ago, before Thalia, Annabeth, and Luke. It was when I was only 3 in satyr years.

Flashback...

"Tell me a story!" I demanded.

"Oh, just tell your little cousin a story. A happy one. Not the one of Ferdinand's sudden disappearance. He couldn't sleep the last time you told him that." Auntie Flora said.

"Fine, Ma." Cousin Stevie said. (I think his name was Stevie, well that's what I called him.)

"So Grover, this is a true story. A satyr story. A bit non-fiction also. You might not like it. No adventures, no action, no-"

"Get going!"I pleaded.

"So this is the story of the Empathy Link. (A/N: This story is totally made up, so it's not a real myth) A satyr name...oh, I don't know, I'll just call him the satyr, the satyr was surrounded by a hydra." I gasped. 

"He prayed to Pan for help, and because he was such a loyal satyr, Pan bestowed the gift to let him have an empathy link with a human demigod. He chose his closest friend, of course, a son of Hermes. The son of Hermes heard his distress call, and was able to come to his rescue with sound if ringing pipes in his mind."

"What?" I asked. It was a lot comprehend for a 3 year old.

"Let's put it this way: the satyr played the pipes through his deepest emotions, heart and soul, so that the empathy link can feel the majestic music of the pipes. That. Hermes kid heard it through his empathy link, and was able to track the satyr."

"What happened though?"

"Oh, the son of Hermes brought a group of friends along and defeated the Hydra. They had the empathy link ever since. The end."

He walked away and came back with something: reed pipes.

"Here are my reed pipes, take them, perhaps they'll save you in the future like the satyr." I hugged him in glee.

Flashback ends...

That was the last time I ever saw Stevie, he never came back. 

"Do you have any idea?" Percy was getting a bit impatient. ADHD demigods.

"I think so..." 

I told him about the hazy story Stevie told me.

"So...you're going to play your pipes and lead me out Tartarus's armor?"

"Yeah, I think so. How far do you want to walk each day?"

I felt his emotions darken, probably fear and uncertainty.

"I can't walk." 

"What do you mean?"

"My legs are...messed up." 

"Like how messed up?"

"Like "I-can't-walk-and-it-hurts-like-Hades" messed up."

Okay, I guess now it's time to think of a Plan B.

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Haiii! I hope you liked this chapter! It was sorta short....

Well, if you have any ideas, list them in the comments (the idea of Plan B would be helpful).

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