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

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looking at wasn’t strong or tall. And he wasn’t any older than I was.
“How can I retrieve my sister?” Nico asked.
Theseus’seyes were lifeless as glass. “Do not try. It is madness.”
“Just tell me!”
“My stepfather died,”Theseus remembered. “He threw himself into the sea because he thought I was
dead in the Labyrinth. I wanted to bring him back, but I could not.”
Nico’sghost hissed.“My lord, the soul exchange! Ask him about that!”
Theseusscowled. “That voice. I know that voice.”
“No you don’t, fool!” the ghost said. “Answer the lord’s questions and nothing more!”
“I know you,”Theseus insisted, as if struggling to recall.
“I want to hear about my sister,” Nico said. “Will this quest into the Labyrinthhelp me win her back?”
Theseuswas looking for the ghost, but apparently couldn’t see him. Slowly he turned his eyes back on
Nico. “The Labyrinth is treacherous. There is only one thing that saw me through: the love of a mortal
girl. The string was only part of the answer. It was the princess who guided me.”
“We don’t need any of that,” the ghost said. “I will guide you, my lord.
Ask him if it is true about an exchange of souls. He will tell you.”
“A soul for a soul,” Nico asked. “Is it true?”
“I—I must say yes. But the specter—”
“Just answer the questions, knave!” the ghost said.
Suddenly, around the edges of the pool, the other ghosts became restless.
They stirred, whispering in nervous tones.
“I want to see my sister!” Nico demanded. “Where is she?”
“He is coming,”Theseus said fearfully. “He has sensed your summons. He comes.”
“Who?”Nico demanded.
“He comes to find the source of this power,”Theseus said. “You must release us.”
The water in my fountain began to tremble, humming with power. I realized the whole cabin was
shaking. The noise grew louder. The image of Nico in the graveyard started to glow until it was painful to
watch.