"I, Percy Jackson … AM THE BIGGEST, MOST MORONIC, SEAWEED BRAINED IDIOT ALIVE!" I shouted into the darkening bliss that is the night sky. "How could I be so stupid?" this pestering
question kept racing through my kelp filled brain. I made the biggest mistake of my miserable, little life. I told the most beautiful, intelligent, amazing girl in the world that I would risk our love
over some "friend." This "friend," just happens to be on the other side of this Gods forsaken country, on an island somewhere in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. In which certain
Olympian Gods could certainly send someone to help, but no I had to go, and screw up my life, that was finally getting on the right track, over this "friend." The horrid, depressing, haunting
memory still taunts me.
FLASHBACK
I was lounging in a lawn chair on the breezy beach of Camp Half-blood. When I heard a lovely voice call "Seaweed brain, where are you?" "Over here!" I shouted in response. Soon enough the most
gorgeous goddess jogged over to where I was lounging. I slid my sea-green shades into my messy, unmanageable hair, and looked up at her. She was wearing a light gray bikini, that had Athena's
girl printed on it in sea-green letters. I lightly chuckled at this as I swept my eager eyes over her golden tanned, body up to her deep, intelligent, gray eyes, and soft, shoulder length, blond hair.
"What are you doing?" she asked playfully "Lounging," I responded in a sarcastic-ish tone that stated the obvious. She grinned at my laziness, and lack of effort to hide the fact I was ogling her.
Grinning still she said "Let's go swimming" I hopped up off the creaking lawn chair, only to destructively catch my foot in the cheaply made fabric, and stumble backwards with a "Thud!" Now she was
laughing with that lilting, melodious voice. I just shrugged it off, and raced her to the restless, glowing sea. In the middle of her forcing my head under the water, in a successful attempt to dunk me
(I am so glad I can breathe underwater) Chiron called to us from the sandy shore. We waded over to the dry shore, and the moment I stepped foot on the rough dry sand all the water molecules
leaped off my skin. One of the many useful benefits of being a glorious son of Poseidon. Annabeth was standing next to me dripping wet. This time I tried not to ogle her amazing, attractive, and
perfect body, while I ran my fingers through her soft, flowing hair. Instantly the millions of water droplets evaporated in to the dry, humid summer air. "What's up?" I asked Chiron casually. He
respond in a grim, almost hopeless voice "Calypso's island has been under a endless siege for weeks."
I Have worked hard to forget the rest of the horrifying memory, but I still cannot fully forget the worst, most regretted words.
"So your seriously going to risk our relationship to help her!" She spat venomously. We had been in a hateful, hurtful argument for the last hour. Luckily we were in her empty cabin, all her cabin
mates were at dinner. I had had enough "Yes," I spat back it was horrible, and idiotic. The moment that infuriating word flew out of my loud mouth I regretted it, but I had spun around, and stomped
out of her insufferable cabin right after.
END FLASHBACK
So here I am one long, drawn out month later standing outside her apartment hating my miserable life. That was our last, and worst summer at camp. We are both eighteen, and she is
starting her enlightening, learning experience in college in two weeks. I know if I cannot repair this disaster soon I never will get the chance. I forced myself to raise my hand, that suddenly
felt like it weighed a ton, and knock on the door. Nothing... I knocked again Nothing... I set my hand on the door knob, and instantly I dropped to my knees an arching pain coursed through
my arms, and down my spine. I stood up forcibly, and shouted "Damn you, Thaila!" If I hadn't taken a dip in the Styx I would be dead. Time for plan B I decided. I yanked my cell phone out of
my now static charged jeans shocking myself in the process. I started muttering some unfriendly words in ancient Greek. She fried my phone... my phone... I hurled the useless piece of junk
in my hands with so much force it shattered into thousands of malformed shards, when it connected with the rough pavement of the half-empty parking lot. I was pissed now Zeus knows all
I wanted to do was talk with Annabeth even if she still ignored me. I took a quick survey of my surroundings no source of water for an iris message anywhere. I cursed some more I didn't
really want to, but the only way I could contact anyone was through the empathy link with Grover. Me and him were not on very good terms since the incident, but I needed to contact Nico. I
closed my irritated eyes, and concentrated as much as my anger would let me soon an image of Grover burst into my vision. He looked slightly depressed, possibly a little angry. "I wonder
why." I sarcastically muttered under my breath. I took an exhilarating deep breath "Grover?" "What?" he spoke rushed with a slight bitterness to is voice. "Sorry Percy, What do you need." I
could still hear the bitterness in his voice, but it was a better attempt. "I was wondering if you could IM Nico, and tell him to meet me at... the old, abandoned gas station on sixth." I didn't
want to tell him, Annabeth's apartment, it would just lead to an interesting, and painful vocal experience. He raised a furry eyebrow at me, but reluctantly agreed. I was about to raise my
eyelids, and cut off the vision. When he swiftly asked "Percy?" "Yea?" I responded surprised he was going to say anything else. "Don't do anything stupid." This got a weak, fragile grin out of
me, the first in a month. "Well, you know me always accidentally getting into trouble." "Accidentally, being the key word." He responded the bitterness had left his voice. I slowly lifted my
heavy eyelids, and watched the image of Grover fade away quietly. I began my lonesome walk across the street to the old, abandoned gas station. Fifteen minutes later Nico walked out of
the dark, looming shadows of the massive oak tree near the gas station, scaring the crap out of me. "Whats up?" he asked inquisitively "Nothing, just be ready we may have to fend off a
pissed, temperamental, and probably PMSing Thaila ." I explained with a serious look etched on my face. "Oh shit, I didn't come here to die Percy." he said with an eerie grin on his face yet
he also looked serious. I jogged regrettably towards the bane of my existence, with Nico following as silent as a shadow. We reached our destination, and I hesitantly decided to knock once
more before we shadow travel inside and get our asses shocked with a thousand volts of electricity. To my grim surprise the door swung open in a wide arc, and miss temperamental herself
walked out, and slammed the door shut with much unneeded force. For a brief second I could see Annabeth in the back of the room, and in the short millisecond I saw her I can say she
looked terrible. I felt horrible, and angry at myself that I did that to her. Gods I'm such a seaweed brained idiot. "What the hell do you want?" Thaila spat viciously. She looked like the same
young energetic fifteen year old girl with an attitude, she was wearing her bright, elegant silver, and gold hunters robes. "Oh that's nice I haven't seen my dear cousin in two damn years,
and the first words that come out of your damn mouth are What the hell do you want? You know very well what the hell I want." I spat back I was reeling. Gods she has not seen me in two
gods forsaken years, and that's the first thing that comes out of her mouth! I heard Nico snickering, and noticed him spinning his razor sharp, Stygian iron blade around in his hand. I glanced
back at Hades herself. She had her spear ready, and bristling with electricity in her left hand, and her useless, ugly shield Aegis that has no effect on us what so ever in her right. "You
seriously are going to fight us over this?" I asked inquisitively, and completely serious with my question. I thought I heard a faint "no, duh" but I was not sure. She charged at me with a evil
glint in her electric eyes. When the spear came in contact with my skin it snapped like a twig. A scowl quickly appeared on her face. "Now you knew better than to do that Thals." I taunted,
but she didn't have any intention of stopping. I could see her finger tips sparking frantically. Suddenly a wave of lightning arced from her fingers, but at the same time the ground in between
us ripped open, and spouted a spire of earth received the powerful, deadly shock instead of me. I nodded at the savior that is Nico, and snatched Riptide out of my torn jean pocket. I
uncapped the shining celestial bronze pen, and the awesome three foot blade that is Riptide spouted from it. Nico, and I readied ourselves, and charged a severely pissed off Thaila. She did
an extremely good job of blocking ever strike we threw at her with Aegis, but when Nico, and I raised our blades that reflected the glistening moonlight, and brought them down at the same
time. They both struck Aegis with great force, and with a loud crunch sound that echoed into the night. Aegis shattered into multiple pieces. This didn't do anything, but annoy Thaila even
more. I noticed sparks growing in her blue eyes, as soon as I realized what she was doing I shouted with urgency "Nico move!" the second I shouted that two intense, bright beams of
electricity radiated from her eyes, narrowly missing us they impaled one of the metal poles that support the power lines. I glanced around as all the lights in a two mile radius went dark.
Damn, residents would certainly be running out of their apartments in no time I had to end this. I could see Thaila reaching for her damned hunters bow. Re-capping Riptide, and placing it in
my pocket I closed my eyes, and concentrated on the earth. Soon I could hear a humming radiating from deep within the earth, which slowly grew into rumbling, getting louder, and louder.
Then thrusting my arms upward in a swift motion, the entire parking lot exploded as the thousands of water pipes that ran to the apartment complex burst. Thousands of gallons of water
were circling around me ominously in the form of a wave. I could see Nico smirk, and fade into the shadows. "Thaila just stop, and let me talk to Annabeth!" I exclaimed reasonably. She
responded by knocking an silver arrow. I sighed I am so tired of this I released the wave in the blink of an eye two thousand gallons of water impaled Thaila sending her crashing into
Annabeth's apartment door, which was ripped of its hinges, and knocked back until it connected with the back wall of the apartment. I calmly walked into the apartment not looking at
Annabeth just using my peripheral vision to glance at her. She almost looked like she was starring in awe, but I couldn't tell, and I wasn't going to look at her to the point where it was
noticeable. I merely walked to the back of the apartment, and picked Thaila up by her shoulders "Go to hell!" she spat. I starred into her deep electrifying eyes, that failed to daunt me, and
with a face that showed no emotion I simply said "I'm already there." I turned around swiftly, and calmly walked back outside, and into the endless dark. It was a failed attempt, not the first,
and not the last, because I noticed a framed picture of me still propped up next to Daedalus's laptop.