Chapter 2

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Third Person POV

Annabeth hurries to the Apollo cabin with only one thing in mind: saving her seaweed brain. She enters and looks around until she sees Will, who's studying some runes in an ancient medical book. The Apollo child raises his head as soon as he hears the door open, and raises an eyebrow when he sees Annabeth.

"You look... Completely sane," Will says with a kind smile on his face. Some of the kids are looking at her weirdly, but she doesn't care.

She rolls her eyes at Will, and approaches him, closing his book with a glare. "It's Percy. Will, he won't wake up." She takes a deep, shuddering breath, and Will's smile drops, replaced by a deep frown. "He looks like... He's in pain. Will, I need your help. "

Will nods, standing up, and taking his medical toolbox (courtesy of Leo Valdez). He dutifully dons his white lab coat, and looks at Annabeth in the eyes. "Bring me to him."

Annabeth, Will, and some worried Apollo kids, arrive at infirmary. They enter Percy's room in a characteristically Greek-demigod way –meaning terribly uncoordinated and noisy– and see Chiron at Percy's bedside, wiping the sweat off his brow.

Will quickly rushes over to Percy, taking out his tools, and checks Percy's vitals and breathing patterns. "He's hot," He mumbles, then takes out a stethoscope from his bag. He puts it to Percy's chest, and everyone is the room falls silent, while Will listens intently. "Arrhythmia. His heart is beating faster than it's supposed to."

Annabeth sniffles slightly, causing Will to turn towards her and smile. "Don't worry, I got this." He continues listening to Percy's breathing, the stethoscope pressed to his chest. "Rapid, strained breaths. He's definitely having nightmares." Will says, shaking his head, and standing up.

He puts his two hands above Percy's chest, his palms turned downwards. Before anyone could say anything, Will's hands started to glow a bright golden, and the symbol of Apollo appeared in the air, hovering above Will's head.

After five minutes of the impressive vitakinesis show, and Will's angelically singing a hymn to his father, Percy's breathing starts to calm down and his features seem to have softened. He looks peaceful, but still a bit troubled. And he's still not waking up. "Annabeth, go see if there's anyone else in camp that can help. Try the Hypnos cabin. We need some sleep experts here." Will says, still focused on Percy. He starts signing another hymn, and Annabeth takes that as her cue to leave. She knows exactly who can help her.

Annabeth is running as quickly as she can to the Hypnos cabin. She knocks on the door, but there's no answer. Typical. They're probably asleep. She quickly knocks two more times, before opening the door herself.

Clovis was sleeping in his bed, like always. He was clutching a teddy bear in his arms, and he was wearing baby blue pajamas. "Clovis. Clovis, wake up, we need your help." Annabeth almost screams, as she shakes him awake.

"What? What do you n-" Clovis mumbles before falling asleep again.

Annabeth's impatience is clearly growing as she rolls her eyes, and punches Clovis, a gesture which clearly awakens him. "Like I said Clovis, we need your help."

"Fine, fine. I'm up." Clovis mumbles, yawning and rubbing his eyes. "What do you need help with?" He asks, while slowly getting out of bed.

"Percy is asleep and won't wake up for some reason, no matter what we do. He looks like he's having nightmares."

"Hm, that's exactly my domain. Let's go." He says, clearly more awake now.

Once again, Annabeth arrives at the infirmary, this time Clovis following her.

They find Will on the verge of exhaustion, the light coming from his palms and his father's symbol nearly invisible now.

"Will! Don't push yourself too far! Get some rest." Annabeth says gently, putting a hand on his back. Will looks like he wants to argue, but he chooses not to, instead settling on falling asleep on a cot next to Percy's.

Clovis walks over to Percy, puts his hand on his forehead and starts chanting something in ancient Greek.

The room starts to morph and suddenly they're at Camp Halfblood, but something's... off. Annabeth doesn't know how to describe it otherwise.

They see Percy walking, but he looks younger, maybe fourteen or so. The sky is the color of blood, clouds passing in the sky at breakneck speed. It all seems all too paranormal, but Percy doesn't seem to notice.

He's walking towards the dining pavilion, determined, and... Frightening.

They try calling his name, but he doesn't respond. Annabeth runs over to him and tries to touch his shoulder but falls through him instead. She quickly gets up, looking shocked, as she tries again, and fails.

They follow him into the dining pavilion and look around. Everyone else looks younger as well.

As soon as everyone notices Percy, things start going downhill. People start morphing into monsters. Grover turns into a Cyclops, Annabeth's head spins a full circle, Clarisse turns into a giant version of the Minotaur and people are screaming in terror.

The demigods watching the scene are more than terrified, but they're trying to stay calm, because there's no use in panicking. It's like they don't exist here.

Suddenly, the room is empty, dark and cold, and Percy is still there. He's visibly shaking, and he starts looking around him in confusion. Luke appears in front of him, smiling sadistically, while holding Backbiter in his hand.

Annabeth tries her hardest not to cry, but she cannot help the few tears that roll down her cheeks.

Percy slowly backs away, putting his hands up in the air in surrender. He starts to speak, but Luke is fast and appears millimeters away from his face. Before Percy can react, Luke stabs him in his right thigh and slashes across his left underarm. Percy screams in agony, but his wails are muffled by Luke's hand in front of his mouth.

Annabeth tries to scream but no sound comes from her mouth. She looks at the others in terror, and sees that they're frozen with shock.

Luke finishes what he started, and stabs Percy in the chest, then they both disappear into thin air, as if they'd never been standing there.

Annabeth, Will, Chiron, Clovis and the other Apollo children are left alone, standing there for a couple of minutes in silence, barely moving, letting what they saw sink in.

Annabeth was crying silently, Will trying to comfort her. Some of the Apollo children had already left, either off to tell the others what just happened or to vomit. What they saw was more than disturbing. It was horrifying.

Chiron was the first to break the silence. "I think it's better for you all to go get some rest. I'll stay here and look after Percy." He kindly says.

They all nod, and each demigod walks to their cabin, an unsettling feeling at the bottom of their stomachs.