THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH Percy Jackson ... - No one's invited.

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“My creation will show you the way,” Hephaestus said. “It is not far through the Labyrinth. And try to
stay alive, will you? Humans are much more fragile than automatons.”
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We were doing okay until we hit the tree roots. The spider raced along and we were keeping up, but
then we spotted a tunnel off to the side that was dug from raw earth, and wrapped in thick roots. Grover
stopped dead in his tracks.
“What is it?” I said.
He didn’t move. He stared openmouthed into the dark tunnel. His curly hair rustled in the breeze.
“Come on!” Annabeth said. “We have to keep moving.”
“This is the way,” Grover muttered in awe. “This is it.”
“What way?” I asked. “You mean…to Pan?”
Grover looked at Tyson. “Don’t you smell it?”
“Dirt,” Tyson said.“And plants.”
“Yes! This is the way. I’m sure of it!”
Up ahead, the spider was getting farther down the stone corridor. A few more seconds and we’d lose it.
“Well come back,” Annabeth promised.“On our way back to Hephaestus.”
“The tunnel will be gone by then,” Grover said. “I have to follow it. A door like this won’t stay open!”
“But we can’t,” Annabeth said.“The forges!”
Grover looked at her sadly. “I have to, Annabeth. Don’t you understand?”
She looked desperate, like she didn’t understand at all. The spider was almost out of sight. But I thought
about my conversation with Grover last night, and I knew what we had to do.
“We’ll split up,” I said.
“No!” Annabeth said. “That’s way too dangerous. How will we ever find each other again? And Grover
can’t go alone.”
Tyson put his hand on Grover’s shoulder. “I—I will go with him.”
I couldn’t believe I was hearing this. “Tyson, are you sure?”
The big guy nodded. “Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. I am not like Hephaestus. I
trust friends.”