I DO NOT OWN THE PERCY JACKSON SERIES...
Day of Departure.
Camp Jupiter.
On board Argo 2.
ANNABETH.
Annabeth stretched as she took a break from the strategizing of their mission. She had been in the meeting room for about an hour or two...or maybe three, pouring over maps and other such papers.
Her neck hurt, her arms were stiff and her mind was abuzz with various ideas.
Which was why she didn't notice the sinking temperature of the room, nor did she pay much attention to the chills clawing up her spine, or the way the hair on her neck stood straight.
At least, not until the voice spoke.
"Hm...Very interesting..." a sleepy voice filled Annabeth's mind, and she spun around, her dagger in her hand, ready to face who or whatever was in the room; but there was no one.
"Hello" Annabeth said slowly, stretching the word. Her dagger still in her outstrectched hand, her eyes darting to every corner of the room.
No one answered, unsurprisingly.
Annabeth sighed and closed her eyes, thinking that she really needed a break.
Maybe when this is all over, Percy and I can take a better look at Camp Jupiter...their city...new rome was really beautifull and thir architec...
"Hm...you should have stayed and enjoyed it while you could have..."
The voice came again and Annabeth once again scanned the room.
There was still no one but her.
A low mocking laugh still her head and she realised where the voice was coming from.
It was coming form within her head.
She also knew whose voice it was.
It was Gaea.
The voice laughed louder, as though it had been plesantly surprised.
"Finally. I was beginging to wonder what they hoped to achieve by sending a not so wise daugther of Athena to defeat me."
Annabeth creased her eyebrows and gritted her teeth; fuming silently. She seriously despised being called dumb...in any manner or language.
After all..she was a daugther of Athena.
"But then again...you're really not supposed to be here...are you now child? You're not one of the strongest..."
The sleepy voice of Gaea pratically purred in Annabeths's head, and even though the voice was in her head, she felt the skin of her neck tingle as if the words were spoken against her neck.
"Athena's children are not among the strongest."
Annabeth's ire was rising. She could handle being called dumb, even being called weak, but her mother and her siblings were an entirely different matter.
"You'r right Gaea...Athena and her children are not among the strongest...we are beyond that...afterall...my mother did play a major role in get rid of your giants the last time...remember? Or were you already asleep...?"
ok...big mistake...goading all powerful Gods is not what I do...its what Percy does...but not me...
Then for some reaosn, the proverb : talking comes by nature; silence by wisdom popped into her head.
To late for that...she thought to herself.
Gaea gave a grudging chuckle.
"Hm...true...but you, child...you will make that right...you will be my advantage..."
Annabeth was confused.
"What?"
She could practically see the smile Gaea wore when she spoke next.
"You will see child...you will be my leverage."
"No...I won't"
"You have no choice...child you are no match for me"
Annabteh swallowed.
"And your mother...she won't help you...she won't be able to..no one will be able to...
"I will... I will stop you...and the other six demigods...we'll stop you..."
The voice laughed a low mocking laugh that made Annabeth shiver.
"You?...you will stop me? And the other demigods..." Gaea asked incredulosuly.
"Are you that strong child? You weren't even chosen by Hera..yet you'll stop me?"
Annabeth froze.
Gaea was right...Hera hadn't chosen her.
She had gone to Camp Jupiter looking for Percy, and when she found him, she didn't want to lose him again, and he didn't want to lose her either, so naturally she came with him.
Hera hadn't chosen me.
Annabeth felt anger and doubt fill her.
Anger because she was not chosen.
Doubt because she wasn't sure she should be here.
Hera has a grudge against me...but surely she wouldn't...let that get in the way of the survival of the world...right?
I mean...the fate of the world is what this entire quest is about...so nothing should be allowed to wrong...and a child of Athena is needed to ensure that all goes right...
Annabeth had almost convinced herself, then she thought;
Then why...was the rest of them hand picked while I wasn't?Hera appeared to both Percy and Jason...both as Juno and Hera...and the other Gods had a part to play in the selection of the other demigods...
All except me...
Annabeth hesitated to say anything more to Gaea.
Gaea grasp the opprotunity presented by Annabeth's silence.
"You child...will be my way...you'll be the downfall of them all..."
Gaea laughed. A low menancing laugh that made fear rise in the pit of Annabeth's stomach. She swallowed.
no...I would never hurt them...I would never hurt Percy...
It seemed that Gaea could read Annabeth's thoughts.
"Oh child...you will hurt him the most...Percy Jackson will suffer the most because of you..."
no...no...no...no
Annabeth recited in her head, while unconsciously shaking her head.
Then more firmly, she spoke out loud; "NO...I WILL NOT HURT HIM...I WILL NOT HURT ANY OF THEM."
Gaea paid her no attention. She simply laugh lounder and louder.
Annabeth heard voices outside the door. It was Percy, Jason and Frank.
They were talking and laughing, oblivious to what was happenign right now, just beyond the door.
Annabeth stared at the door, a million things running through her head.
Then the door handle started turing, and Percy was coming in.
The laugther stopped, and in a much sleeper voice, Gaea said "we'll see"
With that she was gone. The chills on Annabeth's spine crept away, and the hair on her neck went back to their natural positions.
Percy looked at Annabeth,he was smiling from ear to ear. Her heart pounded as she looked at him.
'Percy Jackson will suffer the most because of you..." Gaea's words echoed in her skull; reverberating through out her body.
"Hey wise...you okay?" he asked her, his eyebrows furrowing. his smile died on his lips as concern filled his green eyes. He made his way to her, his eyes never for a second leaving her face.
Annabeth breathed in deeply and looked at him. She found strength somewhere in those trusting sea green eyes; in the hand that he wrapped securely around her.
I will never hurt you...she thought.
Annabeth gave him a nodded, and her strongest attempt at a smile.
"I'm good.'' she simply said.
soo...please review...please? i'll give you a cookie... *big grin*
btw...i changed the name...if anyone wants to know...
