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Annabeth's Pov

As we approached the warehouse, I stepped onto the brake, making the car come to a halt. Percy and I got out, slamming the doors simultaneously. I glanced back at him, seeing that he was checking something on his phone. I glared at him angrily, walking over and grabbing the phone from his hands.

He looked momentarily stunned, his expression was in shock and surprise. As he continued staring at me, I logged on and checked on his call log. Scrolling through the files, I saw that nothing was there. I sighed in relief and gave the phone back to Percy, who was glaring at me.

"You can't just snatch people's phone from them!" He answered in irritation.

"I'm sorry, I was just a little worried about your phone being able to be tracked. I didn't mean to act rude." I apologized, earning a bewildered look from Percy. He opened his mouth then closed it again, then opened it again. "You…you apologized?" He asked incredulously. I nodded my head, my fringe bouncing in front of my face. I quickly brushed them aside as I clicked on the lock button on my car keys.

As I wandered to the front of the warehouse, I placed an arm in front of Percy, who was standing beside me. He stopped, looking at me with a weird look. He raised his arms up in gesture, asking, "What?"

I shook my head, tossing the keys to Percy. He caught it with his left hand, holding it up his face. "Why;d you give me this?"

"Stay here, if anything goes wrong, call Thalia." I replied, handing him my phone. He took it slowly, staring at the black, cased phone. After a few seconds, he handed it back to me. I stared at his hand, pushing it back again. He jerked it forward again, making me lose my patience slightly.

"Percy, take the damn phone!" I whispered in a yelling tone, afraid that Dr. Miles might be able to hear us. He shook his head stubbornly, taking my hand and flopping the phone onto my palm. And as he did so, I felt tiny little sparks flare up my body as my heart raced up slightly. I didn't know what the cause of it, but it couldn't be because of Percy. I don't like him, we're just acquaintances.

"I won't! I won't let you go in there alone!" He shouted, making me shush him by putting my finger on his lips. "Percy! It's too dangerous! You're a civilian!" I answered. He shook his head from left to right as a few strands of his messy hair fell in front of his face. He blew it aside, annoyed.

"Annabeth, I won't let you go in there yourself. It's just too dangerous for you!" He replied in stubbornness. I shook my head in disagreement, as I answered irritably, "Percy, you will not go in with me! And that is an order!"

He smirked as he laughed sarcastically. "Oh, I get it. Since you're my 'bodyguard' You're not allowed to let me get in harm's way, right?" I paused, thinking how to answer it as he stared at me with a patient look.

"Well, that's one of the reasons. Besides that, what if you got shot?" I answered. It took me a second to realize how my answer sounded as he grinned like a Cheshire cat. "That means you care."

I shook my head in disagreement, scoffing as if I was avoiding the question. "Puh-lease. It's just too much baggage to carry on."

He smiled dropped, replacing it with a slight hurt expression. I felt slightly guilty because I didn't mean to make it sound that way. I sighed, pushing Percy back lightly, not like I would normally do.

"Percy. Just stay here." I replied sternly. He shook his head childishly, running in front of me and blocking my path. I glared at him in annoyance. "Percy, move." I commanded. He shook his head, folding his arms as he did so.

"Move, Percy." I commanded again, through gritted teeth. Yet, he shook his head again! I was so frustrated that I was ready to slug him and grab him by his wrist and flip him back, but I knew that violence wouldn't help.

I sighed, rubbing my temples gingerly as I closed my eyes. Opening them up, I raised my arms up, like I was surrendering to his conditions.

"Alright, you can come. But if you get shot, it's your fault." I warned, pointing a finger at him. He smiled cheekily before nodding, waiting for me to walk up to him.

"Just stay behind me." I ordered as he bobbed his head up and down.

Drawing my gun from my holster, I raised my right arm up as Percy let out a whoa. "You have a gun?"

I nodded my head, placing a finger to lips, signaling for him to shut up. He nodded , trailing behind me as I walked up slowly to the door. I heard someone saying something before a piercing scream was let out. I placed an arm in front of Percy, making him stop. He refrained from going forward before he nodded.

I decided to peek through the crack, seeing two figures standing beside the door with someone lying on a table as another person stood next to the dark figure.

"What do you see?" Percy whispered.

"Five figures, one on the table, one next to him and another next to him and two other near the door."

Another loud shriek was let out of the building, making me get up and raising my right hand up. "That's it! We're going in!"

I kicked the door, the hinges break off as the splinters of the wood flew across the floor. As I approached in, there was some medical supplies near the operation table and a man lying on it. Two dark, heavyset men drew their guns from the holsters, pointing them at Percy and me.

"Who are you?" The man barked angrily. I pointed my gun to one of bodyguards as I glared at the man that was on the sterile table.

"Pigs! Do you know what I would do to you?" He shouted angrily. I scowled, rolling my eyes. "There's no need for violence, fellas. All I want is Dr. Miles."
"No way in hell!" The man who was known Diego Sorens, gang leader of the Sorens cartel. Dr. Miles looked up, his eyes flaring like fire. "You morons, do you know what you're doing?"

"Yes, we do. C.I.A. I need you to come with me Miles." I answered sternly.

"No way! Keep working doc, I'll handle them." Diego ordered angrily before he barked something to his bodyguards in Mexican. One of them nodded, pointing a gun at Percy. I glanced back quickly to check on Percy before looking back at Miles.

"Dr. Miles, all I need is to talk to you." I answered as a bead of sweat fell of my face. Miles looked back at the gun wound, examining it very slowly. I let out an annoyed breath, not lowering my gun by any chance.

"He won't ever go with you, Agent." Diego answered as a evil grin grew on his face. I gulped nervously before I glared at him as I scowled. "Now, now Diego. No need to go ballistic. I just need Dr. Miles." I answered calmly.

The doctor looked up, glaring at me with anger. "Why is that Agent?" The woman that stood next to him looked around quietly, her face, grim.

"It's about….. a murder." I answered slowly, looking at the guards.

"What? And you think I'm involved in it?" He replied angrily as he pulled the bullet out of Diego's shoulder, as he screamed bloody murderer. He placed the tiny bullet on a tray and tossed the tweezers onto the table. He grabbed a white towel from the side, cleaning the blood from his hands. He threw them onto the bench that was next to him.

"There. Anyone with little medical could help you stitch it up."

Diego looked up at him, holding a towel on his wound. "What…you're leaving?"

"Cleary these vultures will not leave me alone. The only way is to use…." He gestured his head to the woman as she stared at him uncomfortably. And that's when I knew that she was going to shoot.

She pulled out a revolver from her back pocket and pointed it at me, her finger on the trigger.

I quickly pointed at Diego, seeing that he was the only without a gun. But as I did so, the woman's gun pulled back in a hot burst. I tried to avoid the bullet as it streaked across the room, but the bullet was lodged into my ribs. I reclined, screaming in pain as I tumbled down.

"Annabeth! You ok?" Percy shouted in worry. I nodded my head, ignoring the stinging pain that was at my side. "Yeah, my clevlar took it."

"I'm going to kill you, Percy! And your little girlfriend too!" I heard him shout. So I was right, he was after Percy, or his gang. But I was not his girlfriend.

I ducked to the next table, turning and pulling Percy with me. He scrambled down with an oof as I peeked my head up, ducking down again as fires were shot. The splinters from the wooden table sprayed across the floor, as Percy brought his hands up to his face for protection.

I got up again, fired a few shots before ducking down again. "Damn it! I'm pinned down!" I shouted.

Percy brought his hands up to his ears as he heard loud cracking from a gun. I turned to the other side, seeing Miles and the woman disappear through the dark shadows. I slammed my palm onto the floor angrily. "Shit! He escaped!"

I got up, quickly seeing that Diego was distracted, so I did something insane. I got up quickly, rolling and ducking to the next table, (That was overturned.) and shot him straight through the skull. He fell back onto the table, dead.

"She shot him!" One of the guards shouted.

I heard some soft, pitter-patting of feet before I shouted loudly. "Are you two ready to surrender?" There was no response, but instead cold, silence. I could hear one of them fumbling with a bottle.

"You smell that?" Percy asked worriedly. I gulped nervously, nodding my head. "Do you hear that?" I asked.

I could hear one of them stuff paper in the bottle and the sound of a lighter flicking. "Crap! They're making a Molotov Cocktail!"

"What the heck is that?" Percy screamed in agitation.

I quickly ducked under, seeing the two feet below. I lined up my gun, firing at his lower thigh. His leg busted open, blood spilling onto the floor. I stood up, seeing the guard drop the bottle on himself, engulfing himself in flames. I looked away in disgust as I tried not puke as I saw the body.

I walked to the next side of the room, seeing that the guard wasn't there. "Come out coward!" I shouted. There was no response, but I heard Percy clear his throat. "Uh…Annabeth?" He called out nervously as a gun was pointed at his neck.

The guard smiled sadistically, ordering me to drop my gun. I didn't, pulling up my hand as I lined up for the shot, but my hand trembles nervously.

Deciding it was too risky, I placed my gun on the floor, kicking it to the other side as I held my hands up. "Alright, don't hurt him."

The guard smiled, bringing to gun up to shot me. But before he could do that, Percy grabbed him on the shoulder, elbowing him on the back of his head. His legs wobbled before he fell on his knees and tumbled to the floor, completely unconscious.

"Wha?" I stared at Percy in surprise as he smiled in accomplishment. As he looked up, he saw me staring at him with amazement and bewilderment.

"How-how'd you do that?" I asked. He laughed nervously, shrugging as he scratched the back of his neck. "Just a move I picked up from one of the stunt men on my set." He answered quickly as I eyed him suspiciously. No one is that good, beside's officers or people who work in the government. But I let it slide as the cold silence washed over us.

I stared at the injured bodies as my eyes blinked in astonishment. "You just killed the man who tried to kill me."

"Yup."

He smiled, letting out a breath of relief. "So… I'm no longer a hit?"

I smiled as well, giving him a pat on the shoulder. "Nope." He grinned happily, grabbing by my shoulders and hugging me tightly. "Thanks, Annabeth." He answered, letting go of me.

I smiled, brushing the dust off my jacket as I shook my head. "No, problem, Percy."

"So… quite a shoot out you kids had." The captain of the N.Y.P.D answered. I nodded as I shoot near the ambulance, as the both paramedics checked me and Percy out. I tried to tell them I was alright, but it seemed like they had other theories.

"Yeah, it was a close call. It's was lucky we came out with minor injuries…"

She smiled, patting my shoulder awkward, as if she was encouraging me. I smiled and she walked away.

I let out a small oof as Thalia attacked me from behind. "I'm glad you're ok! You gave me a heart attack!"

I smiled, trying to push Thalia off as she was cutting off my air supply. I asked her to get off of me and she let out a meek sorry. As Thalia and I chatted animatedly, Percy interrupted with a faint cough.

"Uh..Annabeth?" Thalia and I stopped talking as she smiled and walked away, leaving me with Percy, no one here. Talk about a great friend!

"Yeah?" I asked, smiling in friendly way.

"You ok?" He asked, his eyebrows creased in worry. He pointed a thumb towards my rib cage, seeing that I was taped up.

"Yeah… I'm fine. Just a minor injury." I replied, looking at my wound.

"You sure?" I nodded in annoyance rolling my eyes as I replied that I was sure. He nodded meekly, staring at his shoes as if he was hiding something. A cold breeze washed over us, making my hair fall in front of my face. I flicked it off in irritation. I heard a small mumble from Percy as I leaned in closer to hear him. "Pardon?" He looked up, his eyes slightly widened.

"Well…..I was wondering if you.. you-would.. uh…" I arched an eyebrow at Percy, seeing his mumbling, stuttering state.
"Spit it out, Percy." I answered.

"Would you like to have dinner with me?" He blurted. My eyes widened in shock as I stared at him, speechless.

He smiled nervously under my gaze as he mumbled nervously, "It's ok if you don't want to and well, I completely understand that you don't like me. But we would be totally safe, since the case is closed. Wow, I'm rambling.. aren't I?"

I laughed at him, he looked cute when he's stuttering, his eyebrows get wrinkled up and he moves his hands a lot. Wow, did I just say that? No way I like Percy Jackson. There's no way…..right?

I snapped out of my little analyzing that was going on in my head. I noticed that Percy was still looking at me nervously as he bit his lips uncomfortably.

"Yeah… I get it. You would never like me." He muttered sadly. "I'll just go…." He mumbled as he got up, but I pulled him down, bringing his face near mine. I could see him blush, as I did so too.

"I would love to go out with you. I should really give you a chance. You might not be the jerk I thought you would be. I would just like to that I was proven wrong."

He smile as he pulled away, sticking his hand out so that he could pull me up. I gladly accepted it and he pulled me to the car, as I laughed.

Ok! I know that it looks like that it's over, but it's not….. in fact there's more chapters. Such as Luke's killer, their date, Percy's killer, the investigation, about Percy secrets and some interesting stuff.

Was it slightly rushed with them?

Until the next chapter,

Peace out, Peeps!
CaseyMarieCarter