Jason

They found Percy in his cabin, breathless and leaning against the bed. He was sweating like crazy, and Jason had to admit that it wasn't one of his best moments.

"Percy?" Annabeth pushed passed Jason and kneeled down next to her boyfriend. She brushed away the dark hair from his face.

"Are you okay?" Piper gasped, running in. Percy looked startled for a moment, then stood up with a breathless laugh. His voice was tight.

"Yeah. No big deal. Fell off the bed." Leo put his hands on his hips and made his voice high pitched like a girl's.

"You, Percy Jackson, are a terrible liar." Even though Jason felt bad for admitting it, it was true. Percy was breathless, sweating, and held Riptide in his hand like the Nymphs held Narcissus.

"What happened?" Hazel asked. Percy smiled in a really unconvincing way.

"Nothing. Sorry to scare you guys. Why?"

"We heard your scream from upstairs." Frank said, worriedly.

"Oh." Percy said, pushing himself up. "I got startled out of sleep. It's nothing, really guys. Get some rest."

"We heard you scream something about not touching Annabeth." Leo said, raising an eyebrow. "So, got some competition, huh?" Jason swore he saw Percy's face redden a bit. Out of anger or embarrasment, he couldn't tell.

"Guys, let's let Percy sleep." Jason said. It was obvious Percy was hiding something, but there was no point in drilling him, being that it was also obvious that he wouldn't confess. "He's been awake all day." Percy shot him a grateful look.

No one wanted to leave Percy, but they all knew Jason was right. Everyone got out except for Annabeth. Jason let her stay.

"Is he okay, do you think?" Piper asked worriedly. "I mean, it seems like he's been pretty spaced out since he came back." Jason knew what she was referring to. Just a few days ago Percy and Annabeth had been in Tartarus while the rest of them continued to the other side of the Doors of Death. It seemed nearly impossible-how could they coordinate it so they all came at the same time? But it worked.

Jason thought about Percy, laughing, acting like his usual self. He saw Annabeth smiling at Percy and staring into the sun. Then he shook his head at Piper.

"No, they seem like themselves. It must be something else. Bad dream?" Piper bit her lip, thinking. Jason had always thought she looked prettiest when she wasn't trying. Piper shrugged.

"Maybe. It must've been someone trying to hurt Annabeth or something. I don't know. But I do know we need him to tell us. It could mean something." Jason nodded-demigod dreams were never normal. He sighed. He just wanted to rest and not worry about the war. Why couldn't anyone give them a rest?

How many wars could the Seven handle? How many quests? Jason shook his head to himself, and Piper looked at him weirdly.

"What? I just wanted to make sure he was okay."

"Oh, wait, no, sorry." Jason stuttered. "I was just thinking. What did you say again?"

"I said that maybe we should wait before talking to Percy. He's probably going to hide it from us anyway."

"Yeah." Jason agreed. "But we may not have time. Two days have already passed. That means… twelve days. That's it. And, no offense to Percy and all, but the war might not be able to wait for him. Sooner or later he'll have to tell us. Maybe he saw something important."

"Maybe. But if it was important he'd tell us, right?"

"I don't know. Maybe Annabeth can convince him?" Jason asked, as they turned to Piper's cabin. Piper nodded.

"Yeah, I can ask her if you want." Jason ran his hand over his face tiredly.

"Yeah. Thanks Piper. I'll go check on him, ask Annabeth how he's doing." Piper hugged Jason then smiled.

"Goodnight Jason."

"'Night Pipes."

Jason walked to the door of Percy's cabin, then paused in front of it. Should he just walk in? Wouldn't it be rude to interrupt Percy when he was sleeping?

Just when he came to a conclusion and began to open the door, it was thrown open by Annabeth. The door swung outwards, so it banged into Jason's face.

"Ow," He muttered, running a hand over his nose and jaw. "Jeez Annabeth, do you really—"

"No time. Are you here to see Percy?" She waved him off in a talk-to-the-hand guesture, so unlike the daughter of Athena.

"Uh—"

"Great." She interrupted, and walked towards her own cabin. Jason blinked before turning to Percy's door. Inside Percy was standing, holding Riptide like he had never moved.

"What happened?" Jason asked, walking inside.

"Hermes exploded."

"What?"

"What, you didn't hear the Crash, Boom, Bang?" Percy looked at him weirdly.

"No, and neither did Piper."

"It was pretty loud. Do we need to bring you to the doctor to check your ears, or…?"

"What did he say?"

"He said that something was coming. We need—LEO!" Percy interrupted himself and broke into a run towards the control room. Jason followed. "Leo! LEO! LEO!" The room was empty. "Where is he? Jason, do you know—" Suddenly a door opened and steam rose from it. Leo came out with a towel wrapped around his body, his hair wet.

"What?" Leo grumbled. "Can't I take a shower brake at least?"

"Leo. Emergency. Alert everyone. Hurry—LEO!" Leo was combing his hair with his fingers.

"Fine, fine. " He ran to the control board and sounded the alarm.

"Get changed." Percy said grimly. "This is going to get ugly."