Chapter 2
Percy Pov
"well nice to meet you molly, Christy" I said smiling, with wasn't very easy because of the pain. "so how did you girls survive this long? Were you always alone" I asked as we started to go forward to the sports center. "our dad was taking care of us until, until one of those creatures got him" said molly on my back looking down. For few minutes it was moment of silence than Christy spoke "where are we going?" "place where you are gonna be safe" I smiled at her. I stopped for a second to catch my breath "whats wrong" molly asked "everything's fine, just need to catch my breath" I pressed on my wound and when bleeding stopped I straightened up again. "we are almost there, can you run Christy?" I asked her "yes mist-" I cut her off "Percy call me Percy" "yeah Percy I can run" and we ran because I felt like I would fell soon, and I didn't want to leave them outside with my body. Finally we reached our building. "this, this is it" Christy ran to the door quickly "come on Percy lets go!" she sounded so exited with made me smile. When I was about to knock I remembered that I DON'T remember the secret knock so I did the only thing I could "hey open up its percy!" I said loudly. Nothing happened "come on zombie couldn't say all this" I tried to convince still no effect, when I was about to give up slowly door started to open. "how hard can it be to remember a simple knock kelp head" Thalia scolded. "sorry. Just a lit-" than I fell to my knees, pain was overtaking. "Percy?!" Christy shook me while molly got off me. Than Thalia dragged me in, I tried to get on my feet but I fell "Percy you ar-" I cut her off " fine, I am fine" I straggled and got on my feet "just need w-w-w-water" everyone was looking at me "NOW!" I yelled and fell again Jason seem to understand and threw a bottle of water, I drank and once again tried to stand up but all I could manage is to get on one knee "better, thanks" Christy hugged me. "its ok, someone take them away from here" I suggested and few people came and took them, the moment I saw they were out of sight I fell "h-h-h-hel-p" i couldn't move anymore, few guys ran and lifted me up "what are you looking at! Take him to the ER! Apollo kids get there now!" I heard Annabeth scream, I tried to look at her but just couldn't turn my head. Weirdly even her voice made me feel better. Everything seems blurry few people are running next to me and one of them have hands on my chest and there's a glow coming from his hands than they put me on a bed, after I lost my consciousness. When I woke up few teenager kids came to me "hey Perce how you feeling?" asked me one of the two, he was wearing a black hoodie with black jeans "what happened?" "you lost your consciousness from a little scratch" I looked up and saw Clarisse, well at least that comment made sense. "are Christy and Molly okay?" I asked worried "yeah man they're fine, nice work" "how long was I out?" I asked "just few hours, stoll brothers said you were gonna be fine in few days, so just take it ea-" he stopped as I started to stand up, but Jason tried to push me down "dude I just need some water and I'll be fine" "you think water can fix you up?!" Clarisse said as I started to leave the room and I simply nodded to her "son of a Poseidon" Jason said and Clarisse was obviously surprised. "is there a lake nearby or something like that?" "yeah but its safer if you take a bath" Jason suggested "thanks but, lake's better, where is it?" "I still think its better if y-" Clarisse interfered "let him go hope he will get eaten. Lake is down the road" "one of reasons we picked this place for a base" Jason added, "okay see ya later" I told them "yeah see ya" Jason replied. I left the building no one noticing me except the guard "if anyone asks I'm sleeping alright?" "why?" he asked "can you just do it? Please?" "okay fine" he said and opened the door. "thanks um.., I didn't catch your name" I asked "Travis" he answered "thanks Travis" I said and left. As I was told I went down the road, in about hundred yards I could smell the smell of the water, in about half a mile I saw a lake so took off my tank top than my shorts and jumped in the water and swam. Water always makes me feel stronger, more powerful and it feels like I'm home, my territory where I'm the strongest the fastest. I like swimming or resting on the bottom (since I can breathe underwater) I was down there for something what seemed like hours than I started to get out and when I reached the surface I looked around and saw someone was walking around on the beach (as you guessed and an ordinary small leak this one is big with little waterfall) I quickly got out of water ready for a fight i ran to the creature from behind and was about to take it out but then it seemed to sense me and turned around attacking me I just grabbed it by the hand caught it in both of my arms and was about to break its neck when I saw that it was a person and not any person the most beautiful girl I have ever met it was annabeth. I let her go what now seemed like a hug "I am so sorry, I didn't know-" she cut me off by attacking me "how" punch from left I block it "dare" uppercut I dodge "you" leg kick I block with both of my hands "who do you" she strikes me with a dagger trying to stab me "think you are!" she says and I catch her wrist making her drop the dagger and pulling her into a hug? Well something like it and than I look into her stormy grey eyes and she looks in my ocean green eyes. "oh… Percy" she says and looks down at my body and was that a blush? Anyway after a little while she pulled away pushing her hands on my chest "Percy what are you doing here?" she asked in annoyed tone "taking a swim?" "well you were there quite a while, were you a swimmer?" I decided to take my chance if she was a demigod she would know what I said if she was mortal she would take it as a joke. "son of a Poseidon" I saw surprise on her face with turned into angry face and turned away starts walking "wait did I say something?" girls always confuse me I pulled her by the shoulder "I am daughter of Athena and you are an annoying dum-" she got cut off as I pulled her behind me and hit the zombie behind her again and again, than I grab dagger that she dropped and slit zombies throat, after the yelling Annabeth has done I bet more will be coming "that's my dagger!" she yelled and I handed it over to her, she seemed little surprised but quickly shook it off her. "what are you gonna fight with?" she asked me and I remembered that I left my pen-raptide with my shorts. "I got an idea" I answered and commanded water to wrap around my body, not only I would be almost impossible to bite, my attacks will be hard and brutal. Zombies were coming down, a lot of them, maybe twenty? Thirty? I got little nervous, but no no, I couldn't afford that I have to be strong. "we need a strategy, first we go to higher ground, you need to cover me and I-" I cut her off "just get to safety wise girl, I got this" I told her and smiled at her tried to sound confident. Zombies are here already few feet away "get to safety!" I yell but she doesn't move "NOW!" I say as one of zombies tried to grab me, I punched him once stopping him and second time I put a lot of power in it so he landed in few feets away, I looked next to me and annabeth was still here with got me worried. But there was no time for her to escape now, they charged us growling, groaning "gggggrrrrrrrraaaahhhhh" zombie from left dodge punch from right block with my hand kick punch from the right, zombie tried to jump me I caught him, punched him and threw him away zombie bit me but my water armor protected me, I threw him away again, and looked over at annabeth she was having a hard time, stab kick slit throat , dodge kill etc. but I could see that she was running out of stamina I got nervous and that's when zombies got a drop on me, they were all over me so many, I was using all my powers to keep my armor up, but then I saw that zombie got a drop on Annabeth and was about to bite her she was pushing it off with her hands but she couldn't hold on much longer, than something happened that drove me over the edge one of zombies scratched her from behind and she dropped probably had few seconds left, rage overtook me I couldn't stand the idea of someone, something hurting annabeth. I got angry and water came out of lake and gave me extra power, I stood up knocking over, I charged them getting middle of flesh eating zombies, stab kick zombie from left cutting him off in half, another from right kicking and stabbing him few times, zombie dropped on me but I didn't fell I just flipped him over and stabbed him In the gut, kicking zombie behind me with elbow again again until he fell over, then kick for a zombie in front of my and opening his skull in half, summoning wave of water from the lake knocking few zombies over only three zombie were left now next to each other, stabbing one of them in the gut leaving my raptide in him than punching the zombie right to him , one two, three, four and he fell over third zombie tried to tackle but he fell instead of me,( because of my rage my water armor was way stronger) I stepped on him than took out my sword from the zombies gut cutting off his head and stabbing zombie under me. "P-P-ercy you…" annabeth was saying something but I was too tired, I fell to my knees out of energy, out of power, I started to notice all the scratches around my body, I just couldn't take It anymore, I dropped in somebodys arms and passed out