Chapter 1

I bolted up, my head feeling dizzy from how fast I sat up. I looked at my clock '1:47am' Crap! I was gonna be late to meet Annabeth. I snuck out of my cabin and raced off to our spot, and just my luck Mr.D was walking around again, so I had to wait for five minutes for him to leave. When the coast was clear I rushed off once again. Thankfully Annabeth wasn't that mad"Sorry... I'm... late" I panted bent over my hands on my knees from my sprint to get here.

"Don't let it happen again Seaweed Brain" She teased sticking her tongue out.

"So what'd you wanna tell me this early?" I asked.

"Well.." She told me taking a new interest in her shoes,

"Well what?" I asked stepping closer to her, causing her to look up. "Well... Luke..he isn't dead." She muttered, at this my jaw practically hit the ground.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked stepping back "I thought you trusted me" I said bitterly turning around.

"Perc-" She cut off by screaming, that got my attention. I whipped around to find a 7-foot cyclopes snatch her away.

I clicked my pen "Riptide" and darted after them. I jabbed it in the leg leaving a cut which turned into dust but it kept moving. I followed the screams nearly tripping with every step I took. I finally got to the cyclops' cave where it had her tied up to the wall. Fear made her stick out like a sore thumb. I silently walked over to her to cut her loose, but luck wasn't on my side so of course I stepped on a twig.

The angry cyclops roared so loud people in Virginia could've heard it.

Ah crap I told myself silently. I slashed its arm off, but that made it mad so before it died it broke my hand.

I cupped my broken hand with my good hand. I remembered just before I left to get Annabeth down.

"Did wittle Seaweed Brain get hurt?" She teased gently taking my broken hand. "Shut up" I teased back, I started turning around but what Annabeth did next surprised me a little. She kissed me. That's something she hasn't done since my 16th birthday.

" I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Luke." She mumbled. Then of course Luke came in and slammed a rock in my head quickly saying before I blacked out"Stay away from my girlfriend."

I woke up laying against the cold cave wall.

I rubbed the back of my head, I feel like I have a hangover.

"Percy!" Annabeth yelled basically falling in my lap wrapping her arms around my neck.

"I see somebody got worried" I teased, sitting up a little, I was feeling pretty awkward Annabeth has never been this worried about me before, I decided to ignore it.

"Of course I am" She told me. I guess she figured out what she did, because she bolted off of my lap, her face turned bright red, so did mine. I heard footsteps, we both looked up at the same time. Annabeth defensively went to my side kneeling down.

"You will not hurt my Seaweed Brain" She gritted through her teeth. That got me confused. I mean like did we just start going out or something?
"Like you can stop me Annie!". I can't believe it they know her nickname that she despised the most. This was gonna turn out bad.
"How do you know me?" She asked her voice quavering he took her hand with his broken one, try picturing the worst pain ever and times it by 1,000,000.
"Remember I'm your boyfriend Mark, you ran away and told everybody how I hit you." He yelled at her.

"No." She whispered backing up to Percy she knew one thing that her Seaweed Brain would protect her. No matter what.
I tried reaching for my sword that Annabeth took, and then stabbed Mark in his chest, causing him to retreat.

"Never again." She whispered to herself, I put my arms around her when she sat back in my lap ,her head on my chest tears streaked down her cheeks, soaking his shirt. He was about to tell her something when the cave entrance collapsed trapping them in. There was a small hole but neither of them could fit through.

"How are we gonna get out?" I asked not knowing I said it out loud.