chapter 7

                                    

                                          
"To be honest" Luke said sighing" I'm surprised we're here"
                          
The girl tied up upside down next to him growled  in pain,frustration and anger.
                          
"Yeah yeah" she said" I told us to follow a Pepsi goat and now we're in an ogre lair. By all means,rub it in my face"
                          
Luke's chuckle was strained as the steam from the boiling water below them burnt his pores" I wasn't talking about that,Thalia,although you are correct. This is all your fault"
                          
"What were you talking about?" She asked.
                          
"I'm talking about my brother" he said" usually,it takes him about two weeks to find me whenever I run out on him. Now,its almost been two months and still no sign of him" 
                          
"You have a brother?" The eleven- turning -twelve year old Thalia asked.
                          
"Yeah"Luke said" a grumpy -ever scowling older brother with an accurate aim on his nail gun and a really powerful swing with his metal baseball bat"
                          
"Sounds like he's a really tough guy" Thalia said.
                          
"Believe me,you have no idea" the blonde said" he rarely talks,except when he's yelling at me,never laughs or smile,always bossing me around. He's a real pain in the ass"
                          
"Does he have cool stealing powers like you" Thalia asked,remembering the whole three weeks of fun stealing they had. Seriously,she had never eaten so much chocolate in her life. At some point she even thought she was gonna die!
                          
"If he ever knew I snuck us into a chocolate factory he's gonna skin me alive" Luke said smiling.
                          
"Smile all you want little demigod"
                          
An ugly bearded and popping pimpled face came to his darkening view. The breath the ogre exhumed almost made him pass out.
                          
"Cause you're gonna have a few seconds of screaming" the ogre looked  at Thalia grinning" then its off to Uncle Hades."
                          
Thalia's face paled considerably,her blue eyes flashing with fear. That made Luke angry at the gods,you know,more than he usually was.
                          
Her stupid father,who was the most powerful Olympian,couldn't even send a tiny volt to rescue them. He was just gonna sit back and watch as they were plunged into steaming hot water,which was now being filled with salt.
                          
These stupid ogres were about to have a feast with them. Luke furiously tagged at the chains on his arms,but the action  made his vision turn dark. He knew he was gonna have a really huge headache if they got out of this.
                          
"Just drop them in already" one of the ogres said,drooling like an idiot" There's some hounds roaming below us. Her fathers powerful aura could draw them here and then we'd have to fight for our food"
                          
"He's right you know" another ogre said" her blood attracts them like flies to a carcass. Best to get this over with"
                          
"Well,it was fun running around with you Luke" Thalia said closing her eyes.
                          
"Come on you stupid excuse of a deity. Couldn't you at least zoom in to free us from these bounds!" Luke growled. He hoped Hermes would be angry enough to come and punish them personally instead of letting rotten monsters kill them.
                          
"Don't know who you're praying  to kid but whoever it is,he will definitely not answer your prayer"
                          
"Got that right Lanslot!" Another ogre said,licking his lips.
                          
"I know who he was praying to" a new voice said.
                          
It was so calm,deep and out of place that nearly everyone jumped. Thalia gasped at the young man standing in front of her,hands in his pockets,a metal baseball bat slung over his back and a nail gun strapped to his thigh.