Percy POV

I wake up to a white blinding light, not knowing where I was or what I was doing there. I raise my hand, calling out my girlfriend's name, and there's movement to my right.

"Percy dear, what is it?" Says a voice that wasnt her.

I sat up so fast that purple dots clouded my vision. "Where's Annabeth? Where is she? Is she okay?" I look around frantic, searching for her. Was she hurt? Obviously im in a hospital so why isn't she here? Did camp call her? Did a monster attack? The last thing i remember was Wise Girl and me falling into Tartarus... As long as she's safe and with me im okay.

The person beside me touches my arm and i turn towards them. Who it is, is a lady about thirty-eight with gray mixed in with her brown hair, pair of soft brown eyes swimming with tears, a relieved thin smile, and a bruise on her left cheek. I gasp as i look at my mother."M-mom?" I hug her fiercely. "Mom! Oh gods im so sorry!" I let go of her and look around,"Where's Paul?"

She shakes her head, "Percy what're you talking about? Who's Annabeth and Paul? Sorry for what?" A crease line appears between her eyes showing her worry.

I look at her impatiently, "What do you mean 'who'? Annabeth my girlfriend and Paul your husband, my stepfather!" I take a deep breath, hearing my voice getting upset.

Sally stroked my hair. "Baby, Gabriel is your stepfather and as for the girlfriend, I've never seen or heard about her. Seeing as how long you've been out..." A uneasy look came into her eyes.

I shake my head unbelievingly. "Mom, you dumped Gabe when i was twelve and married Paul when i was l fifteen! (A/N i don't know if the wedding was before or after the 5th book and im to lazy to look it up) You met Annabeth when i was thirteen and heard about her everyday! And why do you have a bruis-"

I got interrupted by the door opening and the doctor coming in. "Oh good you're finally awake! Gave us all a fright ,young man, not waking up!" He looked up from his notes noticing the tension. "I see ive interrupted something but this cant wait. Now, Mr. Jackson, do you feel any great discomfort or hallucinations? It is to be expected of course considering how long you've been in a coma."

I looked him stubbornly. "Im not saying anything without my girlfriend and brother here," then what he said sank in. "Wait! I've been in a hades forbidden coma?! For how long? What happened?"

The doctor looked at me cautiously,"The summer after your sixth grade, you and your mother went to Montaurk Beach. Halfway though y'all's trip, there was an unexpected hurricane and had to leave. Granted, you two almost got away but the car lost control and flipped. You've been in a coma ever since... That was four and a half years ago... Your seventeenth birthday is in," he checks his board," a month and you'll be a junior in high school.