Author's Note

Here's the next chapter (: again I got the idea from the movie Contagion, but I'm twisting it around a little bit.

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or the movie Contagion

Chapter 2

Annabeth

Annabeth hadn't seen Leo, Piper, or Jason all day. She saw them at breakfast at the pavilion and that's it. They went off to do their own thing and she hasn't seen them since.

"Hey Wise Girl," Percy said, coming up behind her and giving her a kiss on the cheek. She smiled at him.

"Hi Seaweed Brain."

"What are you thinking about?" he asked, lacing his fingers through hers. She sighed and looked out at the camp. They were standing on top of Half-Blood Hill, next to Thalia's tree.

"I'm worried about Piper, Jason, and Leo. I haven't seen them all day," she said. It was almost time for dinner and the sun was beginning to set. Percy frowned from next to her.

"I'm sure they're fine," he said. Annabeth sighed.

"How do you know that?"

Percy frowned again, furrowing his eyebrows together which Annabeth found extremely cute.

"I'm just saying. They have Jason who has like the powers of the sky, Piper who has charmspeak, and Leo who can summon fire at his freaking command. I think if they got attack or something then they'll be fine," he said.

Annabeth smiled and rolled her eyes.

"I guess your right but what if it wasn't an attack-"

She was cut off when she saw Jason and Piper walking nearby the archery fields.

"Found them!" she announced, running down the hill, pulling Percy along with her. Annabeth ran down towards Jason and Piper. So what if she was being too worried? She couldn't care less, she just wanted to make sure her friends were ok.

As soon as she reached them she could tell something was wrong. They both looked worried and not as hyper as they had before breakfast. And Leo wasn't with them which was a shocker.

"I've been looking everywhere for you!" Annabeth said, exasperation filling her voice. Jason and Piper seemed to take a minute before responding to her.

"Oh hey Annabeth, hi Percy," Piper said softly. Annabeth put her hands on her hips and Percy chuckled.

"Something's wrong," Annabeth said softly.

Jason looked up quickly.

"Leo's sick. Like really sick and we don't know what it is. Neither does Will and the rest of the Apollo cabin," Jason said. Annabeth and Percy both frowned.

That couldn't be good if the children of Apollo couldn't heal him. Apollo was the god of medicine.

"They gave him ambrosia and nectar, but he doesn't seem to be responding well," Piper added on.

"What were his symptoms?" Annabeth asked, obviously worried now that she knew what the problem was.

"He was shaking, mumbling his words. He had a really high fever and he was sweating like crazy," Jason said.

"Could is just be the flu?" Percy asked curiously.

"That's what the Apollo cabin thinks it is. But wouldn't the ambrosia and nectar heal it?" Piper asked. Annabeth shrugged.

"Not necessarily. It may take a while for the ambrosia and nectar to take action," she said. Piper sighed, twirling the hair around her finger nervously.

"I guess you're right," she said softly. Annabeth smiled.

"It's Leo, he's tough. I'm sure he'll be fine," she said. The campers were all suddenly called for dinner. Annabeth took Percy's hand again and they all walked towards the pavilion. Hazel and Frank ran up to them, greeting all four of them.

Annabeth gave Percy a soft kiss before walking over to the Athena table. She sat down next to her siblings and smiled at them.

As they made their offerings to the gods, Annabeth just wondered what it could be that Leo has. She wasn't worried though. It was probably just the flu, but she still made an offering for Apollo just to heal Leo.

Everything seemed to be going along normally. Annabeth talked and chatted with her siblings, but suddenly there was a loud thud. Everyone grew quiet as they looked to see what it was.

"Jason!" someone exclaimed. Jason was on the ground, his eyes rolled back in his head. He was as white as snow and he was trembling like crazy. Just like Leo had been.

"Someone bring him to the infirmary! Now!" Piper yelled out. Annabeth looked back and gave Percy a worried look, but he wasn't looking.

Jason had fallen right near Percy's feet and he looked sort of stunned. He quickly bended over and was about to pick up Jason when Annabeth yelled stop.

Everyone frowned and turned to her.

"Piper!" Annabeth called. Piper spun around quickly, worry filling her face.

"You said Leo had these same symptoms?" Annabeth asked. Piper nodded.

"My guess is Jason caught them from Leo. Percy, step away from him," she commanded. Percy held up his hands like he was being arrested. He backed away slowly from Jason.

"Will!" Annabeth barked, "get gloves or something and bring him to the infirmary! I think we have a disease spreading around and we can't afford anyone else getting sick."

Will and the Apollo cabin quickly stood up and ran to get Jason after some of them ran off to get gloves. They carried Jason off to the infirmary and Annabeth frowned.

"It's probably just the flu," she murmured to herself.

A/N: uh ohhhhh. Haha what do you think? Is it good? Bad? Haha thanks for reading 3

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