The Mark of Athena

Chapter 1

Annabeth's POV

There it was. Camp Jupiter. The fucking camp which stole Percy. Well, not actually stole, but you know what I mean…

We'll be landing in 15 minutes and I couldn't do anything. Just stare. Stare at the fields, the architecture…. Stare to see if I see someone familiar. No. No, who am I kiddin'? Of course, I won't see anybody I know. Hope. Yeah, I'll hope. I'll hope that Percy is there. I'll hope that he still remembers me. I hope they don't shoot us before we landed.

Actually the last thought made me smile. I haven't done that in a while. I missed it.

Hey, Annabeth! Wanna give me a hand here? – Leo shouted, quite annoyed that I just stayed like that doing nothing.

Yeah, sorry. – replied and went to see what was happening.

Yeah, nothing. Piper and Jason are just trying to distract me. They try. They fail. Every time. But I know that they try to be helpful and I'm thankful for that. I am.

Jason's POV

It was around 6am. Me and Piper made Annabeth breakfast. Well she didn't really looked impressed. Or happy. The one thing I wanted from her is to get to know her. Not like that. No. The way she was. The way she was before Percy disappeared.

Suddenly I felt a presence next to me. Piper. Yeah. She was always there for me. Always. I liked it. I liked her. But not like that. Like a friend. Only like a friend.

I sighed.

You okay? – she asked curiously.

Yeah. It feels strange now. Being so close. So close…

It will be okay. I promise. – She took my hand. – It will…

So what's the plan? – Piper asked.

Plan? – Annabeth joined the conversation. – There is no plan. The plan is to stay alive.

It's kind of scary to hear this from her mouth. The way she said it…

Guys, here we go! Just don't look down. I'm not sure what we can expect!

Yes, captain! – I laughed.

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