A/N:This will get better, I promise! Just keep reading!

Chapter 3

Bridget's POV

I open my eyes and everything's fuzzy, like when you cry and the tears block your sight, that's how it is. I blink several times and I can see more around me, I'm still strapped to a chair.

"The freak has woke its now time for the next test," a man said sounding very impatient.

A lady wearing a doctors suit, her hair pined back came to come unstrap me from the chair.

"This next test is to see if you are stronger then normal humans. Can last longer on condition and pressure."

I recognize her voice from before; she was the one to tell them to knock me out. When I'm all unstrapped I'm once again grabbed hard by the arm and dragged to the next torture. We step into a room, all the walls are mirrors, the ceiling a redish color which is ugly, and the floors are black. There were machines all in the room, causing it to have no walk space. Every time I'm the one running into the machine. When they reach one, they throw me down on it, jerks! The lady, doctor comes up to me and flips me on my back so my heads facing the ceiling. She lifts my arms up and wraps my fingers around a metal bar. She then straps them that way. When she steps away from me I'm in a sitting position with my back slightly leaned back, my knees bent, and feet flat on the floor. The doctor looks me over then nods her head and steps back.

"Okay this test is to see how strong you are. Bruce will you please put 5 pounds on each side."

A dark haired man with striking blue eyes grabs two 5 pounds and puts one on one side and the other on the other side.

"Thank you, now lift the weights up and back down, do that ten times, now."

I look at her like she crazy, but she had a curious look on her face. Her eyes wide, her mouth slightly apart, with a little smile. I grip the bar as best I could and lift it, I bring it down to my chest and back up. 1. I do it again and again. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I bring it down and I can't lift it up, but these jerks need to see that there not just dealing with a little girl. I start to gain more strength and I lift the thing. 8. 9. 10. I put my arms up and lock the bar. I look at the doctor, she is smiling.

"Good, good. Were now going to add 30 pounds to each side."

The same guy, Bruce, comes and puts more weight on. There adding 60 pounds! I could barely lift 10! Bruce walks away and thats my cue to start. I unlock it and bring it down. I let out a gasp, this is too much. I lift it back up. 1. Again. 2. 3. 4. I lift it up again and my arms give out and the 70 pounds starts falling towards me.

Annabeth's POV

I step out of the shower and dry off with the towel. I put back on my clothes that I washed with the washer and dryer they had for us. I go look in the mirror, I have lost a lot of weight, my cheeks were just bone, with skin on top. My gray eyes are frantic and my wet hair dripping down my back. I look on the wall and find the built in blow drier and dry my hair. When I'm dressed and ready I open the door and I see Percy still asleep. The clock reads need to leave soon, why isn't he up. I walk over and pull off the covers.

"Hey, honey. GET UP!"

I flip him over and he falls off the bed. Opps. He jumps up, wide awake and alert.

"What, what," he looks at me, "What are you doing?"

"We need to leave, its almost 5am, come on."

I tug on his arm and he follows me. I push him in the bathroom.

"Take a fast shower there are some clean clothes in there."

I went to sit on the bed, instead I flopped down on it and snuggled up listening to the water from the shower. I had everything running through my mind at once, my little girl, if she's still alive, will we ever find her, how Percy can be so calm. I couldn't stop it and it was causing a major head ache. Why does everything have to happen to us, from the very beginning something was always a pain in the ass. Why can't things just be normal, people betray us, leave us, and kill themselves under stress! I heard the shower turn off, Percy finally opens the door all fresh and ready. His eyes still the beautiful sea green they always have been, his hair has gotten long, it was covering his eyes now. Tears start to swell up in my eyes, Percy rushes over to me.

"Hey, sweetie what's wrong?"

I try to force my best smile, "Nothing, nothing just thinking," I shake my head to try and clear it all. Percy grabs my hand and helps me up, we walk out the door, since we were on the bottom floor we didn't have to go down stairs. He starts heading for the exit.

"Wait do we have to check-out?"

"One step ahead of you, already did it last night."

I smile at him and wonder how can me, a daughter of Athena be so clueless sometimes. I blame it all on the, me going crazy.

"I was thinking we should head more North, towards the mountains. We have pretty much checked everywhere around here," Percy suggested.

"Sounds good it can be easy to hide a child up in the mountains. It should take about 4 days to get there from here, we better get started."

I start walking towards the car, I look back and see Percy just staring at me, with a blank expression on his face.

"You coming or not seaweed brain," I give him a smile and he smiles back remembering the nickname I used to call him.

A/N: This chapter is longer! For me, hope you like it! Please review what you think!