A/N: This takes place after The Last Olympian but before Heroes of Olympus
All rights, characters, and setting belong to Rick Riordan.
Percy's POV
I was in so much pain. I was slowly losing consciousness. At first I could clearly head the world around me. Now it was just a faint sound fading into the distance. I could hear Annebeth shouting at someone although I could no longer register what she was saying. I could tell someone was trying to stop the bleeding by putting pressure on it. Sadly it did not stop the bleeding and only put me in more pain.
It felt like my back was on fire. This was more painful than Mt. Saint Hellens and a bath in River Styx combined. Pain was exploding in my back and was starting to spread to my legs. The pain was unbearable. I wanted to scream, however I knew I couldn't. I couldn't let Annebeth know how much pain I was in. Then she would start to worry and that would put her in pain. No matter how much this hurt I could not put Annebeth in pain. I could not do that to her. I bit my lip to stop my screams from escaping me. I could see the blackness threatening to overcome me. I had no energy left to fight. I let the darkness devour me.
Annebeth's POV
I watched as Percy lost the fight aganist consciousness. Just as Percy passed out Chiron arrived.
"Help him" I practically begged of him.
"Will get him to the infirmary quickly. I will IM Apollo" he responded. Will threw some gauze onto the wound while some of his siblings picked Percy up. They carried him all the way to the infirmary and carefully set him down on a cott. Just as the people who carried Percy here left Apollo arrived.
"Will, what happened" Apollo asked in a calm tone.
"We were playing calture the flag and he was accidentally shot with an arrow in his Achilles heal" Will told his father while he was running around while grabbing a handful of ambrosia squares and a few bottles of nectar.
Apollo put his hand over Percy's wound. "A piece of the arrow has pierced his spine and is wedged between to spinal discs" Apollo said. "I need to prep him for surgery. Annebeth I will have to ask you to leave."
"Ok" that was all I was able say while I walked out of the room. I kept my eyes on Percy as long as I could.
