All Heroes Fall

I sat on my bed, and polished the top of the knob. It was almost complete. Leo was working on the magic part because that was much more complex, and I was sticking to the blue prints and the simpler things. We were almost finished. And then came the moment of truth. I just hoped that Percy was okay.

"There," I said with a smile. It was nice and shiny.
Just then, Leo came bursting through the door. Breathlessly, he said, "I - I think I got it." I smiled and hopped off my bed. Running a hand through his hair he held the door open for me. I nodded my thanks and we made our way to the dining hall where he had been working. In the middle of the table was a big glowing box. Inside, was a bright blue mist. It was beautiful. Leo snapped his gloves on and positioned his goggles.

"The knob, please." I handed him the knob. Gingerly, he opened the lid of the box. Instead of spilling out, the mist stayed in place. Leo smiled and set the knob in the mist. Closing the lid, he turned off the lights.

"It should probably stay in there for a while, to make sure the magic is distributed throughout all of the knob." He took off his gloves and took a seat at the table in front of it. I followed his lead.

"Why did you need to turn off the lights? Does it help it move faster?" Leo shook his head.

"It just looks prettier in the dark." I nodded my head once and continued to stare at the knob in the magic box.

"It's so beautiful." Leo smiled knowingly.

"Kind of makes you wonder how it could be used for evil, doesn't it?"

"Yea." We continued to just watch our magic box until we thought the time was up. Lifting the lid, Leo carefully pulled the knob out.

"Well," I said taking the knob in my hands. "I guess we'd better go get the others. It's time to pull my boyfriend out of Tartarus."

*AT THE DOORS OF DEATH*

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Hazel asked tentatively.

"Pretty sure," I said. All I got were four blank looks and one very anxious one. "Fifty percent sure, anyway." I took the knob and placed it over it's place in the door. I screwed it in and waited. Sure enough, after about five seconds, the blue in the light bulb spread throughout the whole door and shimmered.

"I estimate we have about two mintes before the magic runs out and the knob falls off. I'm going to go in, you guys guard the door and make sure no monsters come in, alright?" The four other teens nodded their heads and I turned.

Well, I never thought I'd be going back to hell. It's not like I wanted to. It definately earned it's name. Because it was Hell. Literally. Taking a deep breath I closed my eyes and put my hand on the knob. I tried to turn it, but it stuck fast. I was about to lose hope and start crying, until I tugged harder, and the knob opened up the door. Breathing a sigh of relief, I opened the door, and without hesitating, took a step through, hoping I'd be coming back out. If I didn't, then the Doors of Death would have earned it's name as well.

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