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Chapter 2: Drifting.

It was an hour after I woke up when Annabeth sat down next to me on the raft. Before that she was on the raft to my right.

"So how are you feeling?" She asked me with concern in her voice.

"Shity." I replied.

My arm was killing me and Will didn't have any painkillers. It just hurt so much.

"I really am sorry." Annabeth said, seeing the look of pain on my face. "But you were going to be dragged down with the ship if I didn't."

I nodded to let her know I heard her. It was hard not to scream from the pain, talking only made it worse.

"Any one see a shore yet?" Hazel called out from the raft to our left.

No one had. And so that was how our first day was spent. Me lying on my back and trying not to scream from pain as the others kept an eye out for land. That night the temperature dropped to what felt like freezing. It was hard to see in the dark but it appeared that the others had clumped up for warmth. There were several shapes that appeared to be two people each. I guessed that Nico was enjoying snuggling up with Will.

I just rolled onto my uninjured side and curled up, trying to stay warm.

"You cold?" I heard Annabeth ask in back of me.

I looked over my shoulder to see a dark figure sitting in back of me.

"I guess." I said, not really sure what she was doing.

"Well I'm freezing." She stated as she laid down in back of me.

I felt her wrap an arm over my left side. I would have brushed it off but there was no arm there and I was laying on the other one.

"Annabeth?" I asked. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to get warm." She answered. "If you want I'll move."

I thought about it for a second before I realized I didn't really mind. I was lying on my arm to try and keep it warm but my other side was completely exposed without the arm and it was nice to have some heat there. It was also nice to feel another person in the cold dark night after the day I had.

"No, it's ok." I told her.

I felt her curl in closer to my back and the warmth felt nice.

Before long I felt myself drift off to sleep.

When I woke up it was daylight out and I could still feel Annabeth pressed into my back with her arm around my side.

When I shifted I felt her stir. Then I was disappointed when her arm removed it's self from my side.

"Percy?" She asked.

"Hm?" I responded.

"How are you feeling?" She asked.

I thought for a second before replying.

"A little better." I said. "My arm still hurts but I think I'm just getting used to it."

I rolled onto my back as a shout to my left called out "Land!"

I looked to see Piper pointing to an outline to the left.

"Start paddling!" Nico screamed.

I forced my self into a sitting position as scooted to the edge of the raft. I stuck my hand into the water and started to paddle towards land. It took five hours but eventually we were close enough that we could swim to the island.

So we all dove in and swam to the sandy shore of the island. It looked to be about two miles long and a half-mile wide. We landed on the narrowest side and crawled ashore.

Once ashore the others split up into groups. Most of them went out looking for food while Nico, Annabeth, and Leo started to build shelters. Will also stayed at the in construction camp sight to tend to my arm.

"That salt water probably soaked through you bandage." He said as he de wrapped my old shirt. "Plus we need to swap it to avoid infection."

"Swap it with what?" Nico asked from ten feet away as he tied together two branches with some roots of a small plant. "You would need to clean the bandage and that's all that's left of his shirt."

Will frowned for a second before his thoughts were interrupted.

"Use mine." Annabeth cut in.

"What?" Leo asked.

"My tank top would work right?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, technically." Will began.

"Mybe my shirt would be better." Nico said, uneasily.

"Why?" Annabeth demanded.

"Because…" Nico began. "Because…"

Annabeth just stared at him with a determined look.

"Well you have…" Nico started to say before cutting himself off.

"Breasts?" Annabeth finished. "Yes I do because I'm a girl."

"Well," Nico began.

"You do realize most girls wear bra's right?" Annabeth asked.

Nico nodded nervously as Annabeth shook her head.

"Here." She said, pulling the blue tank top over her head and tossing it to Will. "Use it."

"Will nodded and started to wrap my arm with it.

"You don't need to do that, Annabeth." I began.

"I cut off your arm." She began. "The least I can do is let you use my shirt to stop the bleading."

I wanted to argue but she was shooting me death glares every time I would open my mouth.

"Thank you." I eventually said.

She nodded.

"Don't mention it." She replied.

"When the other's find fresh water I'll need to wash the old bandage to clean it so we don't all have to sacrifice our shirts." Will said as he finished wrapping my arm stump.

Time Break!

It was later that night and we were all gathered around a fire that we built on the beach. Leo was very good at starting fires, as it turns out.

We were eating some plants that Katie found that she said was edible.

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