Chapter 7

"Stuck?" Came the light-hearted voice of my former boyfriend, "Looking a little entangled Wise Girl." He teased good-heartedly. 

"Nevermind that!" I laughed despite the situation, "Cut me loose!"

Anaklusamos emerged in all its glory, and the webbing hissed as the blade scrapped the iron tight web. I had never been happier to nearly be cut with a sword until then. 

"Run, Annabeth! I got this!" He shouted and waved me away. 

"No, Seaweed Brain! This is my quest. I have to succeed." I wrenched my bronze dagger out and ran past him toward Arachne. 

"A son of Poseidon? On your side? No doubt I recollect you breaking this boy´s heart.¨ The spider woman stated, mouth-agape.

"Good thing for her, since, I'm only slightly butthurt," Percy responded, and I felt my hands shake. 

"Too bad for you," I muttered, and charged forward, ignoring the bag I hurdled over. I ran forward knowing full well she was going to kill me. 

But- who was smart all the time? Certainly not a heart-twisted Athenian girl, mentally and spiritually bonded to the love of her life, who just so happened to be an idiot. 

So....definitely not me.

Okay- maybe me. 

It took all my strength, but I remembered how to do a Roman formation D like Reyna had taught me and used what little flexibility I had to flip up and drag my dagger right into her chest.

A black ooze creeped out and she fell over in pain, venom spraying the ground. Some splashed along my legs and a burning sensation ran through me. 

"F-f-"

"Annabeth!? Annabeth!" Loud footsteps and a glowing light as the spiders took their vantage point. 

"ATHENA?!"