Chp 1
Percys POV

I groggily tried to blink my eyes open. My whole body oozed in pain, being weighed down like a rock. I tried to coordinate myself with my surroundings. Then I remembered. Annabeth.

I started to panic as I urged my self to turn my neck. I saw her lying next to me, on her side, with her hair over her shoulder. I bit my lip to fight back the pain as I tried to look up.

I was filled with a little hope when I saw light coming from the end of the tunnel. Annabeth's passed out figure lay next to me, looking peaceful, but as soon as she woke she would be evolved in pain again.

I felt my heart skip a beat as I heard something. My ears pricked as I tried to make out the noises. I adjusted my hearing and heard the familiar voices. "I can sense them!" I heard Nico's voice. I welled with a bit of determination.

If I wanted to get out, if I wanted us to get out alive, I had to get up and find the source of the voices. I bit back a sob as I hoisted myself up. My screams came out, unable to keep the pain in.

I pulled myself up, and sat up. Rolling onto my knees I slid an arm under Annabeth's back, and my other arm anger her knees. I but my lip again, pain erupting through every limb and vein in my body.

I managed to make it to the entrance of the cave, the light making my head go dizzy, when I collapsed. "Help." I croaked out, lungs and throat on fire. There was a bit of shuffling about but no one came. "Help." I said, a bit louder, but my lungs ached again.

My vision, still blurred by the sudden sight of light, started to clear and I saw some figures running towards us. "Percy! Annabeth!" I heard Hazel shout. When they came a few meters from us they stopped.

Pipers POV

We all stopped when we finally saw them. We had expected them to look bad after we found them, but not like this. Annabeth was passed out, scratches bruises everywhere and her ankle looking a bit limp, but not as bad as Percy.

He was sweating, cuts, bruises and burns everywhere, there was some blood dripping from his abdomen, and he looked like he hadn't slept in ages. "Percy." Hazel said again, snapping out of the trance first and moving forward.

She kneeled down to help Percy but he put his hand up and winced. "An- Annabeth f-first." He croaked, his voice like sand paper. "You also need hel-" she tried again but he said louder. "Hazel, I c-can't lose h-her." She sighed and nodded.

"Leo, get a stretcher please." She said. He rushed off and came back. The guys got Annabeth on a stretcher and we all started towards the ship, Jason and I helping Percy to the infirmary with her.

She peeled her eyes open as we lay her on a bed in the infirmary. "P-Percy. Where..." She said, her voice barely a whisper. He moved forward. She let out a breath closing her eyes.

She opened them and noticed the spot where his abdomen was bleeding. He propped himself up against the wall with one hand. His throat made a gurgling sound and he bent over.

He coughed up blood, making me pale. "Percy." Annabeth said, reaching out for him but pulling back when she felt pain. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Help her, please." He said, leaning against the wall. He looked up at me and I saw it in his eyes. The pain, exhaustion, pleading. I nodded and we asked the boys to go out.